Mayhaps the BBC should’ve pinged Greg Leahy before yelling you can wedge NES games into Super Nintendo this morning. No clue why that thought’s bouncing around, but hey—here we are!
You know, everyone’s buzzing about Donkey Kong Bananza this week—no kidding, check gaming mags for our breakdown next week—but what’s lurking in this jungle pot of madness? Oh, if your brain’s dancing in a weirder rhythm, might I nudge you to the Pac-Man platformer, the news desk still says beats Montreal in Shadow Labyrinth into glitchy oblivion. On Switch? Oh, snag that free upgrade pack. For a vibe shift, we’re all in on The Wandering Village—a whole city riding on a giant beast’s back. Not kidding.
What flew past our radar? An ArcSys smackdown champ called HunterxHunter NenxImpact—courtesy of the Dragon Ball FighterZ crew, so fingers crossed it’s a power move. Spotted a Neverwinter Nights 2 port, and uh, Golden Tee games, resurrected by Digital Eclipse but trackballs are missing a comeback tour. God Wars is shuffling publishers too. Wild shuffle, huh?
LAST WEEK’SGONEGONES: RFN spilled the beans on Super Dimension Fortress Macross II digging for its dues—plus some Australian Rules football made it global, missing enough licensing flair to pull off a Grand Final showdown between St. Kilda and the Gold Coast. Alas.
FIVE DIMITRIS ALERT: Pineapple: A Bittersweet Revenge—Willem raved about it. Stateside, eight bucks. Across the Pond, eight Euros or seven quid. But Canada’s prodding with 80 smackers. I mean, whaaaat?
## North America Recap(?)
Switch 2 Blitz:
– Donkey Kong Bananza—brace your wallet, it’s $69.99 US or a cool C-note Canada-style.
– Pac-Man: Shadow Labyrinth jogs in at 30 US bucks, 40 in Canadian green, arriving Friday.
Switch 1 Smorgasbord:
– HunterxHunter Nen Impact brings its A-game Tuesday at $59.99 US and 79 Canuck clams.
– Bustafellows Season 2 stands there at a hefty $49.99 US.
– Neverwinter Nights 2 Enhanced Edition swings in Tuesday, tagging $29.99/$41.42.
– Golden Tee Classics and The Wandering Village square up at around $30 US.
– Loads more games: Neon Noodles, Beat Em Up Collection, Anomaly Collapse, and a slew of simulators with quirky price tags covering the raw spectrum of “out now” to “coming soon.”
## Europe Hoedown
Switch 2: Donkey Kong’s swinging in at €69.99, £58.99.
Pac-Man: Shadow Labyrinth’s shadowing in for €29.99, £24.99 come Friday.
Switch 1 Lineup:
– HunterxHunter Nen Impact leads at €59.99.
– Bustafellows Season 2 knows its worth at nearly €50.
– GIANT list of other kooky, costly, or surprisingly reasonable titles from Neon Noodles to Karma City Police flanking all over the shop.
## Japan Chronicles
Switch 2: Initiate Donkey Kong chaos at ¥7980. Pac-Man plays its cards at ¥3960.
Switch 1 Compares:
– DistortedCode: The Scent Of Life’s got scents going for ¥8580.
– HunterxHunter weighs in at ¥8360.
So much more, from Anomaly Collapse to the petite and puzzling Korean Drone Flying Tour Pocheon-si for the yen values.
Got sidetracked or skittered off topic? Maybe, but if any of it sticks, consider my work here done!
