It will bundle three of
the previous handheld titles including Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories and Kingdom Hearts 358 / 2 Days, which all titles will be remastered with HD goodness, new game content and trophies.
Super-huge boss battles that have become synonymous with the series are represented here, and as in
previous handheld titles, they are grindingly tough — level up before you attempt them.
Not exact matches
Japan had an interesting release week with several new
titles for both
handheld and console, so
previous contenders are starting to slip from the charts.
Coming straight from Nintendo of Europe, the Nintendo Switch has sold more units at launch than any of their
previous consoles and
handhelds and that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the biggest - selling Nintendo launch
title.
Speaking with Reuters at TGS 2011, Kawano said he didn't know why the popular
handheld title was only announced for 3DS and not Sony's newest
handheld, especially when
previous iterations of the Monster Hunter helped sell bucket loads of PSP units in Japan in the past.
With 10
previous games in the series though (including two
handheld titles on GBA and DS), it should have been obvious that Mario Party would never die.
While
previous LEGO
handheld titles have served as scaled - down side games, LEGO Batman 3 gives players an experience very similar to what's available on consoles.
Sadly, no
handheld titles like Tactics Advance or 4 Heroes of Light made the roster, but this is still about twice as many
titles as the
previous game's library.
Formally reserved for sports
titles (like FIFA «14, which is coming to PC, six consoles, three
handhelds, and mobile), cross gen
titles are more common in this generation than in any
previous.
In the 3DS's case, the 10 best - selling games for the
handheld are pretty much stagnant, consisting of the
previous titles with just a few shifts in the ranking and increased sales figures across the board.
For as simple as the storylines for
previous Castlevania
titles are, the
handheld versions are deliciously complex.
In a recent interview with Bloomberg, Reggie Fils - Aime was asked about Pokémon Switch, and he confirmed that the game will be «a traditional find, battle, train type experience,» in the vein of
previous handheld Pokémon
titles.
Yes, some visual sacrifices had to be made, but the benefits of playing Sonic Forces on the go — and the exact same version of the game instead of an entirely different product like
previous Sonic
titles on
handheld Nintendo platforms — can't be so easily ignored.
Announced at this year's E3, the multiplayer
title channels the visual style of
previous handheld entries such as Spirit Tracks and A Link Between Worlds into a co-operative adventure for three players.
It looks like the action RPG gameplay won't change too much from
previous titles in the franchise, most likely drawing from and improving on that of Kingdom Hearts 2 and perhaps integrating particularly successful elements from the
handheld titles.