I was a bit lukewarm on the Namco Month thing, tbh. They've been in regular rotation for the last two years now. Similar sentiments for a Taito Month.
They're legendary names, with plenty of essential works not in the bag, but I'm not ruling out Numan Athletics or The OutFoxies for later in the year, should F/A end this set. (or vice-versa) 2023's contemporary picks - Phelios, Rolling Thunder 2, Splatterhouse, Burning Force, Cosmo Gang The STG - were spread out over months, too, with lots of other goodies interspersed. (Tank Force, Finest Hour, Baraduke 2, and last of the evergreens Galaga, Bosconian, Grobda, Sky Kid DX, Dig Dug II & Pole Position II)
A Tecmo Month that polished off Final Star Force, Pleiades, Phoenix, and Riot, now we'd be talking.
(yeah I know, Phoenix IP issues 3; I've hopes it'll make it in via Taito) Or Banpresto, yo I'll pay the animu tax for that Sailor Moon beltscroller.
Or even Konami tbh, given their recent long absence.
Ah well. re Namco, now that their 70s/80s catalogue is largely in the bag, I wonder if earlier 3D stuff like StarBlade, Air Combat, and Cyber Sled might get a look in, sometime. And Ridge Racer + Rave Racer, ofc. Maybe something for if/when they move to current gen.
OTOH, it wouldn't surprise me if they coast along with Vs. System ports and rando sports titles. \(˘w˘)/ Approaching a wizened quarter-century, Ruthless Hamster knows how to survive the jungle.
ACA Tenth anniversary's coming up in just over a month. I wonder how they'll handle it; technically they were PS4-only then, but the entire line (barring perennial straggler Wonder Boy) has made it to Switch now, too.
Dream no-hoper wish would be the return of SNK, and getting really out of hand, Technos and IREM. I was so happy to see stuff like Double Dragon II and Dogosoken get definitive home releases, when I first got into ACA in 2019. (not to associate FC Double Dragon II, a masterpiece in its own right, with Micronics' characteristically poor FC Dogo)
Would love to see the handful of gems left on Digital Eclipse's shitshow SNK 40th given proper home release. Search And Rescue, of course, but also Prehistoric Isle, Bermuda Triangle, and Time Soldiers. The last being ADK's, but if it's on an SNK comp, I'm guessing there's no legal issue.