Topic: The Newbie Introductions Thread

Howdy. Been watching this site for news for a while now so I thought I'd join. I'm a 30 yo male who grew up with a PS1/PS2 and GBC/GBA but I stopped keeping up with new releases for a decade (I kept playing PS2 games mostly). My PS2 died during the pandemic so I wanted to upgrade to a PS5 but due to the mayhem during the launch I ended up getting a Switch instead, and I'm so glad I did. Now I have a backlog that should last me until 2050.

Nice to meet you all and see you around here, then.

Hi friends! I've browsed this site for a long time and decided to make an account here. Nintendo games were such formative pieces of media to me, namely Paper Mario, Kirby and the Pikmin franchise! My fave console right now is the Nintendo Switch since I love how versatile it is and I love playing games on it while in bed. My fave Nintendo Switch games are BOTW, TOTK and Pikmin 4!

Hey there, everyone! I’m technically new here, but like many others, I’ve been lurking on this site for a while now. I like this place because it’s nicer than the other gaming sites. I’m a Dragon Quest and Splatoon fan, but I also like Zelda, Xenoblade, and other JRPGs!

I guess it's time I finally threw my hat in the ring. Hi, you guys can call me Nova! Much like many of the newer members, I've been a lurker for a really long time. I've never been one for conversation, it's never been my strong suit, but lurking for so long I knew it was only a matter of time before I finally caved and joined the site. I've never really been able to express passion for gaming anywhere else, so I look forward to putting that side out there and engaging with the community!

Hi there, I am 34 and from Germany. First contact with gaming was the NES of older siblings and cousins. My first own hardware were Gameboy and SNES. I switched to Playstation in the PS1 era. In the early 2010s I came back to Nintendo (alongside Playstation). First with a DS Lite and a Wii, which I bought used for really cheap. Then later with New 3DS XL and Wii U.

For quite some time I am mostly interested in handheld gaming, retro games and indies. Therefore Switch is a great main device. Other than that I have a huge interest in homebrew gaming and emulation. I have several of those SBC handhelds and will soon be launching a website covering these topics.

For the last years I mostly surfed on German speaking websites. Even though they mostly just copy their news from Nintendofans and Nintendoeverything (so you have the same information, but less and often delayed) I stayed their just for the community.

My favorite German Nintendo community unfortunately lost some users. They where the majority of why I liked the community and are reason why I am now leaving. Since there are pretty much no other active German Nintendo communities I figured that I just can go to the English ones, where the forums aren't as dead and there is still some community left.

@Twapsel
Liebe Grüße aus Bremen und herzlich willkommen bei Nintendo Life!

Greetings from Bremen and welcome to Nintendo Life!

Hello!

I haven't done this forum-thing since i was an annoying 14 year old spamming a forum over 20 years ago. I'm 37 now.
I'm a big fan of video games, anime and things like that. I've also started learning japanese for the past few years.

Nintendolife is my number one for gaming news. Not because i don't like other games than nintendo games, but i'm just casually following the rest, i guess, or something.

Some of my favorite video games are ICO, Monkey Island, Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, Mario Galaxy 2, Banjo Kazooie, Zelda Ocarina of time, Zelda Link's Awakening, Zelda Majora's Mask, Final Fantasy IX, YS II, Ace Attorney, Professor Layton, Donkey Kong Country 2, Disgaea, Phantom Brave, Etrian Odyssey, Suikoden, Atelier series (Played from Atelier Iris up to Atelier Ayesha). I really think the Atelier series is the most fun i've had with more modern jrpgs, and i also really like the music.
I also really love horror games like Silent Hill and Fatal Frame, but i'm too scared to play them by myself.

Favorite anime: Gunbuster, Macross, Porco Rosso, Spirited Away, Whisper of the Heart, Maria-sama ga mitteru, Bubblegum Crisis, Irresponsible Captain Taylor, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Magic User's Club, Princess Tutu, Read or Die, Princess Nine and many more.
Also love a lot of manga like Aria, BLAME, Aoi Hana, Wandering Son, Yotsuba, The Drifting Classroom, Uzumaki, Parasyte, Watamote.

@Hompen
Welcome! I hope you have a great time here.

I remember reading Blame! , many years ago. This manga is truly something else. What an atmosphere, with visually impressive locations.

@Jhena Thank you! Yes! It truly is! I can't get myself to watch anything based on "Blame!" or Parasyte because i like the manga so, so much!

@Hompen Hi, welcome to Nintendo Life! I'm also huge into games, especially Nintendo games. I'm a huge fan of Super Mario (plus Mario Kart and Mario Party), Animal Crossing, Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, F-Zero, and Splatoon - those are at the top of my head. I've been into Nintendo since I was little, during the SNES and N64 days. I do watch anime sometimes too, Spirited Away is a fantastic movie.

@MarioVillager92

Thank you!

Spirited Away made a very big impression on me when it came out. Felt like the first time i really enjoyed a movie.
I too grew up on a LOT of mario-themed games.

I’m diamond, I joined today, this is my first post, was really hoping to find some people here that might have Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, it’s not got much of a active lobby that’s for sure teehee, hopefully I can have a look around the site and maybe find or create a thread and find someone to play with.

Pleasure to meet you all.

@diamond_dog88 welcome!!
i own a copy of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 too!!

Hello everyone I’m not new but I am one of the older gamers here. I am 46 and my real name is Thomas. I have a OLED Switch currenty but I once had a switch lite. I also have been around long enough to experience the NES, gameboy, DS and Atari 2600, Pong and other things. I am happy to meet y’all. See ya around the forums.

@ThatZeldaNerd thank you for the welcome 🙏 that’s cool you own the game, if you wanna play with a scrub like me hmu as I’d love the help 🤙

Also, hello @Atomic77 my favourite old school game has to be dragons lair 👌

Hiya, I made an account a while back but never actually did anything with it. 35-year old guy from Belgium. I make professional video for a living, into playing music as well behind closed doors. And am an avid gamer. Mostly Nintendo games, the occasional other-console one, rarely something on Mac. I mostly enjoy RPG games and its music. Happy to be among my kind, so, hello!

@stubblegum Hey there, welcome to the site! We're pretty chill around here so I hope you enjoy your time on NLife; great to have you around!

Hey. I'm an new user but at the same time I'm not. I used to be a gamer and was on this website a lot until 2015 (under the username Knux). I became a Christian in 2015 and gave up gaming for the most part for nine years. But I decided to give them a try again (although I'm playing them a lot less than I used to) although I'm still a Christian and because of that I watch what I play and how much I play (used to I played whatever and almost all of the time, no self control). I may get a Nintendo Switch again when I have money to do so, but not sure yet. Mainly play on a Gamecube and on a special box for old games. So I'm content with playing retro games for now until or if I get a Switch. Not sure if anyone remembers me or if anyone is on here pre-2015 but nice to meet you and nice to meet you again. I may not be on here as much as I used to be but may pop in every now and then. God bless.

Hello! I did make my account a few months ago, but it is fairly new. I used to browse Nintendo Life and its sister sites and wanted to make an account so I could talk with everyone, since a lot of the discussions here looked interesting and everyone seemed chill and fun, though I also made an account here so I could get better at socializing and holding discussions with others since I’m pretty bad at talking to other people lol. Lockdown from a few years ago really did something to me…To add, I find Nintendo Life to be one of the only trustworthy and better gaming news sites, since other ones seem to have been falling down and saying some rather questionable things as of late (looking at you Kotaku).

I am a huge fan of Nintendo, but an even huger fan of Rare, so it won’t be a surprise if I can’t shut up about their games in every single thread or news article I comment on lol. While I do play modern games, my most favorite are classic games that come from the 90s to 00s, since I like the feelings they exude and feel that it is hard to find games that have the same vibes as them. I don’t really mind the age of them really, though I’m starting to slowly run out of classic games to play… If you do want to know what games I love a lot or tend to play, it’s Banjo-Kazooie, Conker’s Bad Fur Day, Splatoon, Super Smash Bros., and a rhythm game called Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! on my phone, though it’s Banjo and Conker I hyperfixate on a ton 😆 My main console is Xbox, though I’ve been meaning to get back to using the Switch. If you are a Rare fan, I would love to chat with you and get to know you a bit!

I am also a huge fan of Japanese media, and I like to listen to J-pop and Vocaloid as my main music genres! I also like to draw and have a dream of becoming a semi-professional, but I don’t know how to post pictures on this site and I’ve been creatively burnt out as of late I also like mint chip ice cream (controversially).

If you are curious about my account name origins, it is supposed to be a combination of “pastel” (referring to my main art medium oil pastels) and “ravioli” or “cannoli,” though I added an extra “l” in there for some reason. I randomly thought of this as I was making my account, and I wanted it to be a somewhat silly sounding name related to art.

Anyway, I’m really happy to be using this site, and I can’t wait to talk to everyone else on here!