Video Game Musings

Somehow Truxton Returns…

Truxton Extreme is coming to Nintendo Switch 2.

If this doesn’t revive Lord Karnage, then I don’t know what will…

Maybe a new Atari console or something…

Whom You Hate And Refuse To Support… Or Something

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/03/saudi-investment-firm-acquires-a-significant-number-of-capcom-shares

So the Saudis now own a bit of Capcom… or rather their Public Investment Fund owns a bit of Capcom, which adds to their list of video game stakes including EA, Nintendo, Activision/Blizzard, Take-Two, and others… and also they own SNK wholesale. That’s the controversial one because that apparently means Fatal Fury gets real-life soccer players and anus-relaxing DJs with funny accents as “guest” fighters. So does that mean we can’t enjoy Capcom games anymore because they’re partly owned by folks from a country who has a spotty history with human decency? Do we boycott them the same way we boycott SNK… or is it just business as usual?

My answer is… meh.

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Not A Word…

Source: https://aftermath.site/nintendo-tariffs-sue/

Posting this as a note of interest. Read the article for yourself. I’ve nothing to say on the matter until there’s something to talk about. Right now, we can only wait and see how things develop… assuming they develop at all.

In any event, this will be the only time I will post anything on the matter.

How Many Of EGM #100’s Top 100 Games Of All Time Have I Actually Played?

About a decade ago… but not quite a decade ago because 2016 was a leap year… I did a quick lookback at The 100 Best Games Of All Time from the 100th issue of esteemed publication Electronic Gaming Monthly. For those who want to read said lookback, click here.

Today, we’re doing something different and we’re going to list how many of these games I’ve actually played. A lot has happened in ten years and I’ve played slightly more games than I did originally, so… yeah, here we go.

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Nintendo Classics Virtual Boy Launch Line Up

For those who don’t want to watch the weeks-old video, your launch line up for Tuesday’s upcoming Virtual Boy debut on Nintendo Classics include Galactic Pinball, Teleroboxer, Red Alarm, Virtual Boy Wario Land, 3-D TETRIS, Golf, and the originally import-only release, The Mansion of Innsmouth…

Seems like a reasonable line-up of Virtual Boy titles… though ironic that the only one of these that pique my interest is the side-scrolling Wario Land game. Would be nice to play these without having to buy a piece of plastic (or even cardboard) that’s going to take up space and collect dust more than anything, so until that happens… I’ve got other stuff to keep me busy.

Konami Remembers Castlevania Is A Thing… Belmont’s Curse Later This Year

Yeah, it’s real. Yeah, it’s not the same as before.

But a guy/gal with a whip fighting monsters… and you can strike the whip in multiple directions?

And it’s not restricted to Playstation?

Sold.

JAWLS! The NES Game On Digital Storefronts NOW!

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/02/limited-run-games-is-bringing-nes-jaws-to-switch-later-this-week

Happy Friday The 13th, everyone! To celebrate the occasion, those snake oil merchants at Limited Run are re-releasing the NES adaptation of… Jaws… yes, they’re bringing back JAWS… or JAWLS if you want to go by the Chris Bores enunciation.

I reviewed the NES original (weird to type that out) back in 2013. I’ve embedded the video here for the sake of convenience. Should hold you over until the next review pops up later today.

Of course, this conveniently comes along as Limited Run announced that they were delisting their Jurassic Park Collection from digital storefronts at the end of March. Game preservation my ass.

Cenior Man Punk Is The WWE 2K26 Cover Guy – Please Buy Our Game

Source: https://www.f4wonline.com/news/wwe/cm-punk-wwe-2k26-cover-star/

Not until you make Piston Honda a playable character so that coward Punk can give him a rematch. Good for him, I guess.

Valis III Delayed A Bit… But Disney Afternoon Finally Hits Switch Next Month

Source: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/01/disney-afternoon-collection-finally-comes-to-switch-1-and-2-includes-two-additional-games

Yeah, the Valis III video is going to be a bit delayed… but should be up tonight. If nothing else, it’ll be a far short wait than Switch owners who were looking forward to the Disney Afternoon Collection’s eventual release that never came… until now… and by now, I mean next month.

And… AND… it’ll come with TWO additional games; Goof Troop and Bonkers, both SNES games. How ’bout that?

So… does that mean the pre-existing Steam release will see an update? Or do I have to double dip?