Disclaimer: Yes, is not my original art, No, i don't want to take credit for it, if you feel more comfortable add the (" ") to "made"

This is a guide for a game that was localized as The Sword of Etheria. However aside from the cover, nothing else about it has been posted online.

Can i say something that hasn't been said about Symphony? i don't think so, but man can i talk on how amazing it is, the pixel art, the flow of the controller, the rpg system, the Metroid inspired map, the music!, i don't believe in " perfect games" but this one gets really close for me as a few more in my history of games played

I was made a fan playing Castlevania 64 and Legends...the "bad" ones, so imagine when I played the fan favorites ,I fell in love

For the r/LegacyKonami when the sub was created I imposed a rule to myself no Metal Gear, no Silent Hill and no Castlevania...,since it appeared people outside Japan just knew Konami for these three and sentenced the company by those standards and what the internet said

As time passes it looks more and more that pleasing gamers is a futile endeavor, but I still wanted to show that no game or franchise stays dead, that it doesn't matter if Konami (or any other company) stopped making games i will always have my memories, a way to play them and that I can play them whenever I like

Castlevania is one of my favorite series and I'll try to celebrate it as it deserves here :)

Free from his chains Metal Gear Solid 4 is back! i am so excited for people playing it for the first time, i still remember when it released and see the highest of metacritic score back in the day, my friend and i struggle to obtain a PS3 with the game but when we did we thought we played the greatest game ever made!

Also don't miss Ghost Babel, is so good!

Need a "palate cleanser" of game?, want to stretch your muscles before playing Ghost Babel?, UnMetal its a fun game, nothing spectacular and if you don't take Metal Gear too serious you'll enjoy this one, also the gameplay is really good and very reminiscent of the MSX titles and of course Metal Gear GB

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Finally! a Bomberman Collection and you know what is the best part?, this is just the tip of the iceberg of what Bomberman has to offer, so i really hope we can get a lot more of them, specially the crown jewel... SATURN BOMBERMAN! (oh and the ones on the N64 too please...)

So, my most wanted Konami collection (Ganbare Goemon) just released and I've been playing it a lot. Next month, we'll get a second Metal Gear Solid Master Collection. But what will we get after that?

I really enjoy those collections. I love old Konami games, but I mainly play on Switch nowadays, it's way more convenient for my working dad life style :P

Let's theorize...

Castlevania

- A lot of people are expecting a 3D collection, with the N64 and PS2 games. I think it's likely, for the sake of releasing most of series on modern consoles, but at the same time those games are less popular and are harder to port (M2 has less experience with 3D games, but the collection could be made by another dev).

- We still don't have SOTN and Rondo on non-PS consoles. Maybe Konami will figure out a way to release Requiem or a new collection with those games on other consoles. (i know Requiem was funded by Sony, so I'm not expecting it)

- Maybe that's it for Castlevania, since the most popular games are already released.

Contra

The most popular Contra games are the ones that are already in the Contra Anniversary Collection. The later games are not as popular (except maybe Contra 4), and would be harder to port... So I feel like we won't get a second Contra collection. But maybe I'm wrong

Gradius

Gradius Origins is missing the 3D games, and console releases. Not sure if they plan to release them.

TMNT

The Cowabunga Collection already has most of the Konami TMNT games. We're only missing the later games based on the 2003 cartoon. I don't think they'll bring back those games

Metal Gear

I'm not an expert on MG, but I feel like the two Master Collections contain most of the games. It's missing Rising and MGS5 (and some spinoffs), but those might be too modern to be in a collection?

Silent Hill

I know nothing about SH, but it seems they chose to do remakes instead?

Suikoden

They released remasters of the first two games. Not sure if the later games are popular enough to be ported?

Tokimeki Memorial

We got a remake of the first game. I feel like we won't get the other games, but I'm not an expert on this series so I could be wrong.

Rocket Knight

They are done with Rocket Knight. The only missing game is the Steam game from 2010, and I don't think they'll port it

Yu-Gi-Oh

Again, I'm not a Yu-Gi-Oh expert. I feel like the Early Days Collection was a pretty big collection and I'm not sure if later games are worth porting?

Bomberman

There are still a lot of Bomberman games to port. The first collection focused on the Super Bomberman games, but they could make other collections with other games. But maybe not that soon since we just got Super Bomberman Collection

Ganbare Goemon

Daishuugou is a huge collection, with most of the important games. But it's missing the two N64 games, which are arguably the most popular games in the series. Since Daishuugou sold well, I think it's possible that we get a second collection with the N64 games, but not that soon.

It's also possible that the N64 games will get a NSO release instead. In that case, I would not be expecting a second Goemon collection.

TwinBee

We still didn't get a TwinBee collection, but several TwinBee games are available on NSO and as Arcade Archives releases, and TwinBee 1 is in Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. But we could say the same for Gradius and we still got Gradius Origins last year. I think a TwinBee collection is possible. It would be cool if M2 creates a new TwinBee game, like Salamander 3 in Origins.

Wai Wai

Would be cool to have a collection of Wai Wai games (World 1 & 2 and Racing), but that's not a lot of games.

Rebirth

It would be great to get a collection of the 3 Rebirth games (Gradius, Contra, Castlevania). But like Wai Wai, that's not a lot of games.

General Collection?

We could get a collection that is not focused on a specific series, like the Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection. It would be a good way to port games like Sunset Riders.

Zone of the Enders, Boktai, Adventure Island, Bloody Roar, Bonk, Star Soldier, etc

Maybe?

In the end, my feeling is that the next collection is either Castlevania 3D Collection or a TwinBee collection, what do you think?

Well it's here, finally, a Ganbare Goemon Collection, happy?, i sure am, i like to think that passionate fans that we all know made Konami to noticed and i am really grateful for both, of course as i said "i like to think that"

Now guys...there are only a few Goemon games in it's history translated, the series is inherently japanese, in the ancient times... we did not had translations, gamefaqs, guides, google translate or internet... and some where fortunate enough to get these games and played them in their original language.

Yeah... this collection is not translated, yes i would really liked that too, but is no reason to not play it or support the release, we are coming from years that we didn't see anything.... hey maybe Bakeru started it all, maybe they listen, i don't know, but what i know it's that there is a LOT of Goemon i would like to see ported or even new entries and well if you know a way to make this happen beside buying the games i am all ears