First time in a long time someone has mentioned Smash TV. One of the best NES/SNES games ever.
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The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ releases 17 Mar 2017 for the Switch
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First time in a long time someone has mentioned Smash TV. One of the best NES/SNES games ever.
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
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I saw the size somewhere (eshop maybe?) it was about 550 MB.
If means anything the game all DLC is roughly $36 on Steam.
Thank you, but what's the difference? Didn't know there was anything other than the standard edition.
Edit - I looked, really want one with the manual, kinda the main reason I want physical.
The Day 1 edition comes with some cute stickers and a reversible cover. I think the instruction booklet is exclusive to the day 1 edition as well but I'm not 100% sure.
It is
would happily buy the Day 1 edition at a high price if I could find it.Someone mentioned the word "Fruck" but no idea what that is, google didn't help.
Flying Toaster
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This plus the extra $4 if you go physical you get an instruction booklet and stuff. I am excited to get a physical copy of this game and an instruction booklet.
casey_contra
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It is
Someone mentioned the word "Fruck" but no idea what that is, google didn't help.
I may be able to hook you up. I was going to cancel my extra pre-order today but lemme pm you.
That's baller. I preordered when they said there was a treat for the first run of physical copies of this game. Glad I did. That manual is dope!
That was my reason for wanting this version over the others.
Absolute legend!
When do those normally arrive? Just curious, my birthday is coming up in a couple of days.
Hispanicguy
Member
There are times where I just can't play games on home consoles, yet, I have no problems playing that same game on a portable. I just find it more fun and I think Isaac falls into that category. Pick up and play whenever you want.
Yea, shooting with the face buttons feels fine since you can only shoot 4 ways anyways. If i'm using a lazer instead of tears, I'll switch to the analog. Just so I can charge it and switch direction easily if need be but 85% of the time I use the face buttons.
Like someone else said, Zelda 1 and Smash TV are the best comparisons. You transition from screen to screen, going through a dungeon until you reach a boss. After you defeat the boss, you'll drop down a hole into a new floor and continue doing the same. There are secret rooms to find, shops, challenge rooms where you'll fight off 3 waves of enemies...a TON of things to collect. Each run is different.
Not to mention, there are other modes to play, and many characters to choose from, each with their own stats AND daily runs with leaderboards.
$40 is more than acceptable for the amount of content this offers. Feels right at home on the Switch.
HubbaBubba
Member
Luckily i never bought the first expansion on ps4 (or the game on pc at all) so it makes it much easier for me to stomach the price.
casey_contra
Member
Walking down the aisle at the store and seeing this game is going to be so exciting. Definitely one of my top 10 games of all time and I hope going physical does wonders for Nicalis.
Ditto. I have dumped hours and hours into this game and don't regret it one bit.
Nope. And now, we have to wait until Thursday since NoE no longer post EU eShop update reports on Monday.
Nope. They did say nothing about Europe.
Robin64
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Nintendo UK's upcoming games page updates before Thursday, at least, so we can see what's coming. Isaac isn't on there.
Answering my own question here, I actually got this on the 2nd, but forgot about it because it only applies to older wiiu/3ds games, that have honestly been available at better deals at some point already. I should have assumed as much knowing nintendo. At least I know I didn't miss out a chance to get a discount on BoI
I just pre ordered this yesterday from EBGames since I got a decent amount of credit for 3 games. I don't know what to expect. I've been super on the fence about the game because I'm not sure if I'll like the fact that you start over completely if you die but it does look really fun. Hope I like it.
casey_contra
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I had the same thought initially, but the fact that everything is different when you come back makes it so thrilling. So many times when I play and die I think "okay, I'm done now for a while..." only to start right up again and say "well, let me see what the treasure on this floor is."
That is utterly disappointing
Fingers crossed for Friday release, but it feels like that's not gonna happen...
Link_enfant
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At least you can easily access the NA eShop and buy the game in there.
Waiting for an actual EU release on Switch seems pretty pointless now that I think about it.
Waiting for an actual EU release on Switch seems pretty pointless now that I think about it.
peanutbutterlatte
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Lol
"Is a Nicalis game coming to EU at launch?"
Cmon guys. Cmon.
"Is a Nicalis game coming to EU at launch?"
Cmon guys. Cmon.
That is utterly disappointing
Fingers crossed for Friday release, but it feels like that's not gonna happen...
Good job the Switch is region free might just grab it from the US store
Diablohead
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With Nicalis published games buy the US version always unless you like waiting between a few months or forever.
Yeah that's what makes me intrigued, it seems like every run can be super different.
What happens when you finish a run? Does it just re-start over or do you get to carry forward anything?
You unlock items that can then be obtained on future runs. There's also a victory lap feature that lets you keep almost all of your stuff when you start over.
UberTag
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Essentially, the hook is that you play through a run with a certain character to a certain outcome and when you complete it, a new item gets added to your randomized pool of power-ups, trinkets, weapons and pickups. So when you play the next time, your randomized pool of potential outcomes is expanded by one... and keeps growing and growing and growing until you have an almost limitless range of possibilities.
That's the hook that keeps you coming back for more.
casey_contra
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I have no idea what that is. Is it exclusive to AB+?
Remember when Binding of Isaac Rebirth released on Wii U and 3DS? Yeah, that uh.. That never quite made it to Australia.
spoonablehippo
Member
So glad Amazon US ship worldwide!
Im in the UK, so pre ordered it as soon as it was announced :-(
Im in the UK, so pre ordered it as soon as it was announced :-(
Nope.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Is the lack of EU release date really that concerning for people? Honest question. They've made importing about as easy as possible on this thing.
Octavianus
Banned
Yeah, I finally caved and made a US account and bought 40$ worth of eshop monies for this game.
Would have loved a physical edition, or the ability to use the funds on my EU account but I don't want to have to bother with importing and I"m not waiting for the EU eshop release in 2027.
Yes. It's still more of a hassle than being able to buy locally.
Some of us might have money in our eShop account already.
Yeah it's a new feature you can use every time you beat
The Lamb.
Mom
Tribes of Trusty
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Welp guess I'll just buy on VGP, even if it means no manual
EDIT : I would be shipped on April 14th, guess I'll just wait it go down a little bit in price, Persona 5 will keep me company.
EDIT : I would be shipped on April 14th, guess I'll just wait it go down a little bit in price, Persona 5 will keep me company.
casey_contra
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What's
the lamb
Hahaha, I poured over 150 hours into Rebirth... I hope I didn't miss something!
Rushersauce
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Wait wait wait wait...... You have poured 150hours and haven't fought the lamb? Wow, it's in the base game, buddy.