Reprise wrote:I never know why people wait on Western physical releases in the cases when Japanese or Asian physical releases with English language options already exist. I suppose it depends how pricey the cost of importing is. I don't think it cost me much (if any) more to import Record of Lodoss War for Switch when that came out in Japan a few months before the Western release though.
Yeah, there is something to be said for shopping around as a physical collector and considering all of your options. You want Mega Man X 3 on cartridge? You can pay a fortune for the SNES version on ebay, or you can get the Rockman X Anniversary Collection on the Switch. You want Shantae and the Pirate's Curse? You can pay through the nose for the ridiculously overpriced Switch version, or you can get the still pricey but much more attainable 3ds version. Ironically, the 3ds version is the better one with the stereoscopic 3d that the game was designed for, but the Switch version is the one that sells for more. When I played the game on Switch (digitally, not physically) there were visual things that struck me as kind of odd, until i remembered that those elements were probably supposed to be in 3d.