Video Games you may well have played…
or in Japan they might call it…
get it?
no?… see it was a very specific reference to how only Japan tagged “Super Mario Bros. 4” onto the title of Super Mario World, and technically this is the 4th article I’ve got out of one mighty exciting day at the Nintendo UK Switch Premiere. >>FYI: JAPANESE SUPER MARIO WORLD BOXART<<
With that bit of mediocre yet educational humour out the way, let’s get into this!!
Continue reading “Hands-on The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”
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Day 1 -> The Switch itself, Sonic Mania, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Day 2 -> Joy-Cons, 1 2 Switch, Why the price?
Jumping straight back in…
Next on the hitlist of Switch games I played at the event was the new IP “ARMS“.
During the Switch Presentation, the trailer seemed relatively fun, but then afterwards when it became apparent this was to be considered a big title that was asking for £49.99 UK / $59.99 US. It seemed a bit bare bones for the price.
The Switch UK Premiere had quite a few setups of “Arms” on display so it was relatively easy at any time to get some games in. Me and one of my friends I was there with were simply walking towards something else at the time and a Nintendo promo team guy was lively and enthusiastic about getting us to play the vacant machine he was in charge of, so it would’ve been rude not too. Continue reading “Having played the Nintendo Switch… [Part 3]”
No formalities. Just continuing on from Yesterday.
No pun intended, but after getting to grips with Zelda, Sonic Mania, and Mario Kart 8, and trying out the Switch’s numerous play styles (TV, Tabletop, Handheld). I figured I’d seen enough to get my seal of approval. I was sold on the idea.
Though to be fair, I don’t put up much of a fight when it comes to buying games consoles. I was raised on video games, I collect them, I could talk about them all day, I gradually get tattoo’s of them, and ven though I’m armed with a smartphone swelling with games, I still pretty much go everywhere with at least one handheld on me.
Whether it’s my little cereal prize sized Game Boy Micro, my 3DS, my Vita, or even my little GPD XD Android handheld. The idea of ever being sat somewhere with nothing to do is probably an irrational fear of mine, unless I’m sunbathing on holiday, where I’ll happily stare into space and find zen, and not just because the sun causes screen glare and prevents any gaming, honest >_>.
GPDXD – Amazon UK // GPDXD – Amazon USA
As I was saying though. I’m not the market that Nintendo need to convince. So unless you were already an existing Nintendo fan, or just fancied treating yourself to what was new in the world of gaming devices, then I’d totally understand if you’re on the fence to this point. Stay with me though…here’s where I go into the next and possibly greatest revelation I had with the Switch. Continue reading “Having Played the Nintendo Switch… [Part 2]”
2017 will be going down as another footnote in Nintendo history, this being the year that Nintendo introduce their “Switch” console to the world.
Once upon a time it went by the codename “NX” which some speculate that to of actually meant “Nintendo Cross”, which in turn was to be a nod to the fact that the core idea for this system is that it is BOTH a home games console, crossed with an ambitious portable system.
After Nintendo gave us our first look last October, followed by a surprise showing on Jimmy Fallon in December. We’ve been left eyebrows raised and ready to know more. Whilst in the meantime a consistent internet rumour mill has been causing us plenty of highs and lows, whys?! and woahs!.
…’til Friday the 13th came along that is (late Thurs 12th in the US).
Continue reading “Having played the Nintendo Switch… [Part 1]”
Every other year we get to witness some new advances in video game technology. This might be in the form of a new video games console or cutting edge graphics card(s), or perhaps a new peripheral that gives us a new way to experience games such as Virtual Reality, 3D gaming, or even controller technology like motion controls, rumble packs, the analog stick, shoulder buttons…yada yada yada.
If I could time travel back to 1997 and tell that version of me about things like; PlayStation VR, the Nintendo 3DS, Steam Sales, smart phone games being better graphically than anything of that era, local multi-player becoming somewhat a rarity in place of online gaming…
11 year old me: “Woah! No way! I wish I could be there now!”
I’d lap it up.
Though if I was to go back to 1997 and tell that version of me that one day… Mario and Sonic will star in a series of games together, and that Sega will stop making console and go on to make a whole load of console exclusive and multi-platform titles, and start to see Nintendo as an ally and not the enemy.
11 year old me: “AHHHH!! Stranger Danger, get this deranged psycho away from me”
It would be entirely unthinkable… Continue reading “Winter in Gaming – Day 30 // Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games”
Across the growing number of entries into the coveted Legend of Zelda franchise. Snow is an environment you’ll rarely find yourself inhabiting. Ice on the other hand has a little more emphasis through it being a semi recurring dungeon theme, but traversing to these Ice dungeons is not quite the climatic shift that makes a lot of sense (but in a game of such fantasy we can let that fact slide.
An interesting conversation starter to ask any Zelda series fan is what their top 5 or so Zelda games are (don’t ask them to choose just 1 as that’s cruel and the type of thinking I’d expect from Ganon). So following on from that case study you’ll find that you’ll get different answers when it comes to asking people if they have a particular stand out memory when it comes to snowy experiences across the games.
Continue reading “Winter in Gaming – Day 28 // Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess”
The Animal Crossing series has been offering up some fantastic choice gaming to play over Winter for over 10 years now.
If you’re unfamiliar with the franchise… Animal Crossing is a laid back virtual life experience. You do chores, fish, catch bugs, dig up treasures, interact with a plentiful of personalities, make friends, and in the process you earn money, items, and open up more options for what you can do, see, buy, etc.
You can then use the money in many ways to either improve your own highly customisable home, or make improvements to the town you’re surrounded in.
Continue reading “Winter in Gaming – Day 21 // Animal Crossing (Series)”
