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Title: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Crying Freeman on April 13, 2017, 11:52:15 AM
Sure some Splatterhouse fans are on here. Splatterhouse 1 is coming exclusively to the Switch in the new Namco Museum. As if there wasn't reason enough already to get the system...
On a side note the XB360/PS3 remake was fucking fantastic as well- equally parody and homage
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: BLOOD MONKEY on April 13, 2017, 04:28:01 PM
I'm not gonna get the switch. Too much money for nintendo to keep giving me underpowered hardware to play their exclusives at 1080p60fps.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Abnormal Freak on April 14, 2017, 02:12:15 AM
That's pretty awesome. The Japanese Virtual Console got the arcade game, which I nefariously installed to my Wii, but I'll be glad to buy a release of the game, particularly if they handle the video quality well; the arcade game included on the remake was kinda balls, with really bad pixel rendering.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: zangetsu468 on April 14, 2017, 04:25:59 PM
Quote from: Crying Freeman on April 13, 2017, 11:52:15 AM
Sure some Splatterhouse fans are on here. Splatterhouse 1 is coming exclusively to the Switch in the new Namco Museum. As if there wasn't reason enough already to get the system...
On a side note the XB360/PS3 remake was fucking fantastic as well- equally parody and homage

Is that the NA version? I don't see it in the PAL one.

I agree there's a lot going for the Switch Atm. I was not going to fork my cash out for it, but after being gifted one with Zelda, I realise it's a lot better than I'd anticipated.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Crying Freeman on April 15, 2017, 04:53:34 PM
Even if the PAL version doesn't have it the Switch is region free (for once in a Nintendo system)

I want the system but just don't have the funds atm lol. It's not for everyone (a handheld first and foremost, despite some marketing) but I don't understand the power argument. For a handheld is wicked powerful
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: JR on April 16, 2017, 03:30:49 AM
Quote from: Crying Freeman on April 13, 2017, 11:52:15 AM
Sure some Splatterhouse fans are on here. Splatterhouse 1 is coming exclusively to the Switch in the new Namco Museum. As if there wasn't reason enough already to get the system...
On a side note the XB360/PS3 remake was fucking fantastic as well- equally parody and homage

Love the remake. I wished the gaming press didn't crap on it like they did...it was fun, and not nearly as bad as it was made out to be.

If I ever get a Switch, I'll have to pick the first one up. I still want to wait and see if the system is going to appeal to me, though.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Crying Freeman on April 21, 2017, 09:07:13 AM
Right, JR? The complaints they had like framerate drops at parts were fair but they were too harsh. A 4 from IGN and Gamespot? If slick graphics, fun gameplay, plenty of skills, pictures to find, original trilogy included and great writing with fantastic performances equals a 4, then IGN needs to give all AAA games a 4 lol
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Abnormal Freak on July 29, 2017, 07:00:52 PM
Is there a physical release of this compilation in any region? That's what I was hoping for; $30 for a download—and essentially only for Splatterhouse—is a hefty price. I was creaming my jeans at the thought of owning a retail copy of this arcade game.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Crying Freeman on July 30, 2017, 06:34:11 PM
No, digital only. Sucks cus I thought there'd be a physical release. I agree $30 is a shit ton of money for a digital arcade compilation, as good as the games are.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Abnormal Freak on July 30, 2017, 09:03:44 PM
I mean, I've bought all those Metal Slug games on Switch for $7 or 8 a pop, but literally the only game in this Namco comp. that I care for is Splatterhouse, and $30 for that doesn't sit well with me. Gonna have to wait for a sale somewhere down the road; I've played the game enough times anyway, I just don't "own" a copy that's any good (since the version within the remake is poorly emulated).

That remake is balls-rockingly awesome, by the way. Gotta go finish it, 'cos I was having a lot of fun. Parts of it felt to me like what a proper remaster of MadWorld could feel like with a standard controller. That waggle shit gets old fast.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: zangetsu468 on July 31, 2017, 04:57:22 AM
This needs to be a physical release. $30 is exorbitant.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Bloodreign on August 01, 2017, 12:39:48 AM
Wow, it's the first arcade emulated at home version of Rolling Thunder 2, though the Genesis version outclasses it with more content. But hey, having both Rolling Thunders is pretty sweet (3rd game is Genesis only, no arcade release), though I don't plan on getting a Switch, but about time Namco kind of comes out a little with RT2, but shame they didn't include Legend of Valkyrie, Return of Ishtar, Rompers, and Genpei Toumaden, as well as Mappy and Hopping Mappy (which Namco did put on the original Wii VC, but kept it Japan only).

Hell even this gem:
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Crying Freeman on August 01, 2017, 07:20:31 PM
Quote from: Abnormal Freak on July 30, 2017, 09:03:44 PM
That remake is balls-rockingly awesome, by the way. Gotta go finish it, 'cos I was having a lot of fun. Parts of it felt to me like what a proper remaster of MadWorld could feel like with a standard controller. That waggle shit gets old fast.

Yes the game was fucking awesome! There is a lot of cheap bullshit in the final stretch but it didn't kill the game. Some of the best voice work I've heard in a game too. I can see the MW comparison- still need to play that game.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Lelygax on August 01, 2017, 08:04:25 PM
Quote from: Bloodreign on August 01, 2017, 12:39:48 AM
Hell even this gem:


I know this one from Namco x Capcom.
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 17, 2017, 04:22:35 AM
Well, I caved in and bought the compilation. Hadda have me dat Splatterhouse goodness.

Thankfully there's a pretty wide range of display options. I managed to get it to fill my TV (in 4:3) without losing any pixels vertically. There's no option for a black border/background, but the gray one works almost just as well. Good port of the game, MUCH better than the hack job emulation included with the reboot. Just glad to have a quality licensed copy of the game (since the Virtual Console release was Japan-only and I had to take nefarious measures to get it).
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Crying Freeman on September 19, 2017, 07:15:15 PM
Sounds like everything we hoped for! Great compilation too (Rolling Thunder and Galaga 90 stand out too) but $30 seems so high for digital only
Title: Re: Splatterhouse for Switch
Post by: Abnormal Freak on September 20, 2017, 01:39:12 PM
These are compressed to hell and back on Facebook, but here's some screencaps I took (hopefully they show up):

(click to show/hide)

I think on the second pic, I've got very light scanlines on. Unlike Hamster's Arcade Archives line, you can turn on scanlines without softening the image, and it looks great.