You have to understand that in 1995 we were still seeing the limit for what’s possible graphically get broken every month or two, not every generation. Games like FF5, Super Metroid, DKC, Star Fox, Super Metroid, FF6, CT were busting through the SNES ceiling. And Saturn and PS1 were out in Japan.

This is on point. I was there, I bought Earthbound, and I loved it - but at the time, compared to other stuff that was coming out, EB looked straight up bad. Hindsight is 20/20 and now we can appreciate it properly, but in 1995, next to FF3 and CT, it looked old and outdated right out the gate.

Switch 2 after one year: I love it. It’s by far my most played platform - anything that I know will run smooth on Switch 2, I’ll play on Switch 2. Otherwise it’s PS5 Pro. Between the two, I feel like we’re covered pretty well!

TWELVE IN A ROW BABY

Heading to Japan for the first time ever tomorrow. Hit me with your Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka recommendations. Interests: music (live shows, instruments, record stores), food, art, video games, general culture.

Happy 40th anniversary, Famitsu! The issue that drops today has a whopping 400+ pages including lots of congratulatory msgs from various game devs and pubs. If you look closely you might even find us in there… 👀 @famitsu.com @weeklyfamitsu.bsky.social

Best possible result. LGK

Eating good this week... 🎃MADHOUSE update on Monday. ⌨️868-BACK tomorrow (Thursday). Sequel to my favorite game from @smestorp.bsky.social, which is saying a lot because all his games are so compelling. 🐭Mina the Hollower on Friday. Can't wait to finally soak myself in those pixels... Big week!

The results are in: 0/4 of the recent Tales Remasters/Ports have credited the English localizers who worked on them. This has been an ongoing issue since 2014, when Tales games suddenly stopped crediting English localizers in both remasters and new entries. #TranslatorsintheCredits (1/8)

Japanese DQM is called DQM4: Bianca and Flora of the Land of Withered Trees (or something like that). Bianca and Flora (Nera in English I think?) being the OG bride choices in Dragon Quest 5

Pleased to report that Mina the Hollower is a masterpiece — a rollicking blend of 2D Zelda, Castlevania, and Bloodborne with loads of clever mechanics and delightful secrets. I love it so much that I played through it all, got 100%, and then replayed it with the built-in item randomizer. GOTY

That is easily the worst looking protag in the entire series by a country mile

DQ5-themed new DQM huh

Hey! If you’re an indie dev with a demo in June’s Next Fest (or appearing in a showcase soon), show me whatcha got! Looking to play through a bunch before SGF 🫶

40 years ago today the landscape changed permanently. Happy birthday, Dragon Quest 🐲⚔️

@nycsanitation.bsky.social I’d like to report a sweep

It had been 20 year since I last saw the Wu-Tang Clan play live; seeing them rock Tokyo with rad friends was surreal

KNICKS!

Lovely time at BitSummit as always, thanks to everyone who said hi or spent some time, and sorry to anyone I missed! Crazy to think it’s been 13 years since this thing started in a little hall with 170 of us… Now it’s what, 50,000+ attendees? Still my favorite event of the year ❤️

Kenji Eno’s company fYtO has a booth at @bitsummit.bsky.social where you can look at @lostincult.co.uk’s upcoming #Eno55 vinyl box set, and also purchase merch for the revived ONE-DOT GAMES, featuring ONE-DOT ENEMIES and four other games. Please stop by and say hello! #飯野賢治 #KenjiEno #fYtO #WARP

Friendly PSA to all friends heading down to the river gathering: Please keep your conversations to a moderate in volume and dispose of your trash properly, to help ensure we are welcomed back every year. Thank you! 🙏🏻

Photo opp with an old friend at #BitSummit

Not tonight, Cavs!

has anyone ever precisely measured the input lag Celeste has? I'd be curious about the result, and if I could find ways to improve for future games

Taking a moment to appreciate this oversized mouse pad Square Enix put out a few years back, still the best mouse pad in the history of mouse pads

Who all is going to BitSummit?

Some good protips for BitSummiteers

Today marks Nakba Day, an annual day of remembrance to commemorate the expulsion of more than 700,000 Palestinians between 1947 and 1949 during the creation of the State of Israel and the year that followed.   Inea is a New Yorker and a Nakba survivor. She shared her story with us.

Why can’t there be more Mamdanis and less grifter fucking chumps in politics

Remembering the world back when 98% of gaming “news” headlines weren’t clickbait garbage

Next Dragon Quest title to be announced on Dragon Quest Day/livestream (May 27th) along with "various other things besides the next title" according to Yuji Horii on KosoKoso podcast (episode currently private) www.resetera.com/threads/new-...

Never really got over the Knicks losing game 7 in 1994 but this crew gives me more hope than any squad since - and they seem more balanced overall. Great D, deep bench, zen-like focus. Good time to be a (lifelong) Knicks fan 💙🧡

We were honored and humbled to host the great Nakanishi-san at our Espoo office. We greatly appreciate him taking the time during his vacation trip to Finland to share his wisdom and passion for games (and saunas!) with us. Remedyに来てくれて嬉しい！ @mikaelkasurinen.bsky.social @samlakewrites.bsky.social

Takashi Tezuka retiring next month? Arguably #2 most prominent legend behind Miyamoto himself? Or is he just no longer a company officer? Someone who gets paid to find this stuff out, please find out

Random, but Star Fox is dropping two days after the N64 turns 30 in Japan. N64 being 30 years ago makes me feel a bit ill… 😱

SF64 is the best Star Fox and this remake actually looks and sounds good. Hopefully it’s followed by a proper sequel but either way, I am onboard 🦊

KNICKS.

next up for the vn reading club is @ggdg.bsky.social's soul of sovereignty prelude! thank you @plushbow.bsky.social for the pick 🧡 please check it out join us saturday june 6 at the sunrise/sunset backyard to discuss!

Wrapped up Pied Piper after a three-day marathon. It felt good stepping back into this world after being away from it for so long - the characters and storytelling have always been on another level, and PP was no different. Maybe I’ll revisit the main trilogy someday once my backlog clears up a bit…

That also means that the previous Hall of Fame is now available for everyone! Here's Phantasy Star Online for the Dreamcast! youtu.be/PT7fC2eYV4g

RJ BARRETT "CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?"

This looks terrible?

@tinari.bsky.social Meant to say this the other day, but congrats on release! Saw you up in there right after firing it up

22 years ago, I used to stack shelves like these at Gamestation in the UK… now I’m on them ❤️

Eventually nabbed a cart of Castlevania during one of my first trips to Japan, and still have that day 1 copy of SMB3 (with the left-side Bros.) so it all worked out in the end 🧛🍄

I -almost- bought Japanese Castlevania III (悪魔城伝説) as my first import in Feb. 1990, had the money saved up and was all set to order (back then you ordered imports by phone!), but then US SMB3 showed up at my local Toys R Us and that money suddenly disappeared…

I consider myself extremely lucky to have grown up with a rental store 15 mins from my house that rented Famicom games (w/Honeybee adapter) in 1988. Must’ve been fate. Rented a bunch of stuff before US release, most notably SMB3.