{"id":24191,"date":"2024-01-19T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24191"},"modified":"2023-12-18T02:51:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T02:51:53","slug":"cary-is-looking-forward-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/19\/cary-is-looking-forward-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Cary is Looking Forward in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Happy New Year!\u00a0 Around this time of year, I like to make a list of games that are releasing in the coming year that I\u2019m looking forward to.\u00a0 Of course, this isn\u2019t a full complete list, as there will assuredly be titles announced throughout the year that I may get as well. But anyway, here\u2019s what I know now, for the most part, so let\u2019s take a look at what games I\u2019m looking forward to in 2024!<\/p>\n

Pac-Man Mega Tunnel Battle: Chomp Champs<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a pretty long title!\u00a0 So does anyone remember the Google Stadia?\u00a0 No?\u00a0 Not surprised, as it was a game console that bombed hard.\u00a0 But one of the exclusive games on it was Pac-Man Maze Tunnel Battle.\u00a0 I like Pac-Man a lot, but I\u2019m still not going to buy a new console just for that.\u00a0 But I kind of had a feeling that the Stadia would bomb and Namco would eventually put that game on other consoles, and I was right.\u00a0 It\u2019s a battle royale game, but instead of how Pac-Man 99 did it with one classic maze, in this one each player gets their own maze, and you can enter others via the warp tunnels.\u00a0 You can also customize your Pac-Man with hats, and I freeze framed on one of the ads and found that some you can get are from other Namco games like Klonoa, Katamari, and Dig Dug!\u00a0 I hope I can unlock those!<\/p>\n

Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n

I always thought that the lost GBA Shantae game was eventually turned into the one that was on DSiWare initially.\u00a0 But I guess I was wrong!\u00a0 WayForward is going to release the long lost GBA Shantae game on modern systems.\u00a0 Shantae games are always good and I\u2019ve played all of them.\u00a0 I\u2019m usually pretty good about getting to review WayForward\u2019s games, so I hope I can review this one, too!<\/p>\n

Hebereke 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

So the next two games on my list haven\u2019t been officially announced for a US release date yet, but I have a feeling that at least ONE of them will.\u00a0 This one\u2019s the least likely, but Hebereke was originally a NES Metroidvania game where you played as a penguin, a dragon, a ghost, or a girl dressed as a fox.\u00a0 They looked like warped Hello Kitty characters and were kind of Sunsoft\u2019s mascots for a while, starring in later puzzle games and such.\u00a0 It was originally going to be released in the US under the name Uforia, and it did come out on WiiWare many years later.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if Hebereke 2 is a sequel or remake, but either way I hope it comes out over here.\u00a0 Or maybe I\u2019ll import it if it\u2019s not too expensive.<\/p>\n

Ys X: Nordics<\/strong><\/p>\n

NIS America is usually pretty good about bringing over the Ys games to the US, so I have better hopes for this one.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t done much research on this one yet, but I\u2019ve liked the past three mainline Ys games I\u2019ve played, so I think I\u2019d probably like this one too.\u00a0 It may not release in the US this year, but I have a feeling NIS America might announce they\u2019re bringing it over and it may just take some time to translate it.<\/p>\n

Visions of Mana<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t watch the VGA awards, but I do get press releases with announcements from it, and this was one of them.\u00a0 It\u2019s a brand new game in the Mana series, and looks like a pretty fun action RPG.\u00a0 I really liked Secret of Mana on SNES and Final Fantasy Adventure on Game Boy, but I never got into the other Mana games as much.\u00a0 But I\u2019ll definitely look into this one.<\/p>\n

SEGA VGA Announcements<\/strong><\/p>\n

The other announcement in the VGA show that interested me was that SEGA is planning on making new games based on classic franchises like Jet Set Radio, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Shinobi, and Crazy Taxi.\u00a0 Not sure how they\u2019ll top Streets of Rage 4, but I\u2019ll certainly keep an eye on what they\u2019re doing with those franchises!<\/p>\n

Big Walk<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not sure what type of game this is, but it\u2019s done by the same folks who made Untitled Goose Game, so I\u2019ll definitely keep an eye on it.<\/p>\n

Mario vs. Donkey Kong<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is a port\/remake of the GBA game, and it\u2019s also a sequel to Donkey Kong that came out on the Game Boy in 1994.\u00a0 I wish we would get a port of that DK 94 game instead, that\u2019s one of the best GB games and one of the best arcade updates, even to this day.\u00a0 But the sequel was still pretty good.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019ll get this game right away or wait and ask for it as a birthday or Christmas present.\u00a0 Haven\u2019t decided yet, guess it depends on how bored I get in February.\u00a0 I hope Nintendo doesn\u2019t charge full price for this one since it\u2019s just an enhanced port of a GBA game that came out nearly 20 years ago.<\/p>\n

Princess Peach Showtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a new game starring Princess Peach!\u00a0 You play out 3D action stages on a stage play and can change costumes to get new abilities.\u00a0 Looks like a lot of fun and I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll write a Princess Peach related blog close to the game\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

Luigi\u2019s Mansion 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

An HD re-release of the Luigi\u2019s Mansion sequel on the 3DS.\u00a0 Luigi\u2019s Mansion: Dark Moon is the worst one in the trilogy, but it\u2019s still fun.\u00a0 Even so, I wish they would\u2019ve put a HD re-release of the first game on here too and made it a collection.\u00a0 Then you could play all the Luigi\u2019s Mansion games on Switch!\u00a0 Well, except for the arcade version, but that just uses HD assets from Dark Moon, so they could easily put that on here, too!\u00a0 Wishful thinking, I know.<\/p>\n

Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door<\/strong><\/p>\n

In my opinion, Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door is the best Mario RPG and the best RPG on the GameCube (sorry Tales of Symphonia fans).\u00a0 So I\u2019m really excited for this remake.\u00a0 The battle system was so fun with the audience, and this game has one of the best text scripts of any video game.\u00a0 Seriously, the writing in it is so clever.\u00a0 Hopefully Nintendo will go back to this style of gameplay in future Paper Mario titles, because when they try and fix what wasn\u2019t broken, it didn\u2019t work as well.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all I\u2019ve got for now.\u00a0 Unless this is the year that Nintendo says anything more about Metroid Prime 4.\u00a0 Or the next Switch?\u00a0 I know it seems like this is the year for them to do that, but I\u2019m happy with the consoles I have now so as long as they make fun games for those, I don\u2019t mind if the next Switch doesn\u2019t come right away.\u00a0 So in the comments section, let me know what you think of my picks and let me know if there\u2019s any I missed that you think I\u2019d like, and tell me what games YOU are looking forward to playing in 2024!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy New Year!\u00a0 Around this time of year, I like to make a list of games that are releasing in the coming year that I\u2019m looking forward to.\u00a0 Of course, this isn\u2019t a full complete list, as there will assuredly be titles announced throughout the year that I may get as well. But anyway, here\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24193,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24191\/revisions\/24193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}