November 2025 - Recently added to collection/recently purchased

[doafan]

Christmas is almost here and everybody already knows what to do in this thread 

[bikingjahuty]

My wife an I have exchanged Christmas gift lists for years and unfortunately for the past 5 or 6 years I've struggled to fill it with games I would actually get excited about if I received them as gifts. Part of this is because I have most of what I want, but the other part is I often just buy games I really want throughout the year, leaving few games for birthdays and Christmas for me to get excited about. This year has been different however. There are a ton of games I currently want to get and have decided for one reason or another to hold off on getting them. I believe there are currently about 20 games on my Christmas list and that number is growing as I dive deeper into games I may have missed out on or forgot even came out. Of course, whatever she ends up getting me won't show up until December's thread, but at least there are some excellent games on the horizon for me to receive!

[telekill]

With Code Violet being moved to December, there's nothing for me to buy this month.

Oddly... the game I expected to buy Q4 this year was Instinction, which was said to be a Dino Crisis spiritual successor, similar to that of Code Violet. It was supposed to release in 2021 and then they had millions poured into the project which the dev then delayed to 2025. At the start of the year, Hashbane (dev) stated they would release the game in Q4 2025. There's been no updates for months. I expect the game has become vaporware.

[theflea]

Tons of great deals on Japanese games and a new rare game console added to my collection.

SWITCH
- Pui Pui Molcar Let's! Molcar Party! (Amazon $10)
- Hifumi Kato Shogi Dojo
- Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko
- Sumikko Gurashi: Oheya no Sumi de Tabi Kibun Sugoroku

PSP
- Toaru no Kagaku no Railgun
- Gundam Battle Royale

3DS
- Wreck It Ralph
- Snoopy's Grand Adventure
- Cardfight!! Vanguard G Stride to Victory

XB360
- Kengo Zero

NDS
- Super Robot Wars OG Saga: Masou Kishin - The Lord of Elemental

GBA
- Klonoa 2 Dream Champ Tournament
And here is my latest rare game console to the collection...
- Visteon Dockable Entertainment featuring Game Boy Advance
A portable DVD player with a built in GBA.

PS2
- Kensetsu Juuki Kenka Battle: Buchigire Kongou!!

WONDERSWAN
- Langrisser Millennium
- Sidepocket

PS1
- Policenauts
- GunBare! The Game Paradise 2
- Arcade Hits: Crazy Climber
- Langrisser I & II - Shokai Gentei Special Package
- Lunatic Dawn Odyssey
- Shin Nippon Pro Wrestling: Toukon Retsuden
- Armored Trooper Votoms: Blue Knight
- Armored Trooper Votoms: Lightning Slash
- Getter Robo Daikessen!
- Kidou Senshi Gundam: Ghiren no Yabou: Zeon no Keifu: Kouryaku Shireisho

SNES
- Jelly Boy

SEGA-CD
- Lethal Enforcers II Gun Fighters

MEGA-CD
- Mortal Kombat
- Urusei Yatsura: Dear My Friends

SUPER FAMICOM
- Go Go Ackman 3
- Sansara Naga 2 (CIB)
- Esparks: Ijikuu Kara no Raihousha
- Kingyo Chuuihou! Tobidase! Game Gakuen

GENESIS
- Art of Fighting (CIB)
- Snow Bros. Nick & Tom

MEGA DRIVE
- Thunder Force III
- Virtua Racing
- Afrer Burner II

PCE
- CD ROM2 Super System Card

GAMEBOY
- Jelly Boy
- Osawagase! Penguin Boy
- Cult Jump

FAMICOM DISK
- Samurai Sword

[dhaabi]

Oddly... the game I expected to buy Q4 this year was Instinction, which was said to be a Dino Crisis spiritual successor, similar to that of Code Violet. It was supposed to release in 2021 and then they had millions poured into the project which the dev then delayed to 2025. At the start of the year, Hashbane (dev) stated they would release the game in Q4 2025. There's been no updates for months. I expect the game has become vaporware.

Just last week, Instinction's developers quietly confirmed that the game is still in development.