I'm all done with Echoes of Wisdom, so I'll be playing Super Mario Party Jamboree this weekend, and maybe some F-Zero 99. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend.
Splatoon 3 this time. Been getting into the anarchy battles recently. Maybe I'll play in the Big Run... but unfortunately I'm terrible at Salmon Run. Hope all is well with you folks and you all have a great weekend.
I'll be playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with some NL buds, as well as some more Tears of the Kingdom. Been a good while since I last played MK8D, lol. I hope you all have a good weekend.
@Kraven Really sorry to hear about your dad's passing. My deepest condolences go out to you and your family/loved ones.
I'll be playing in the splatfest, so Splatoon 3 for me. Maybe a few other games too.
@jufonuk I don't know about the Doom updates, but if you wanna see if they have updates, on the home menu, press the + button while highlighting the game you wanna check the updates for, then pick "software update." It'll download the update if there is one, or you'll get a message saying that the game is up to date. Hope this helped.
I didn't have the original Game Boy as I was too young during its heyday, but I did have the Game Boy Color. A lot of the games I had were original GB games though... stuff like Super Mario Land 1 and 2, Donkey Kong '94, Game & Watch Gallery, and Pokemon Red. So that's cool at least. I don't have my GBC anymore though, I lost it years ago.
Splatoon 3 for the Splatfest, and I wanna start playing Princess Peach: Showtime, as well. I've got star fragments to collect today in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so I'll be playing that too. Have a great weekend, everyone
I'll likely be playing Splatoon 3, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Metroid Prime Remastered this weekend. S3 to get some early conch shells before the Splatfest, ACNH for Happy Home Paradise, and MPR to hopefully beat that boss fight that's been giving me trouble.
I'm playing Golden Sun on NSO + EP. It's my first time playing it, and it is a pretty good RPG from what I've played. Funnily enough, it came out on NSO right when I finished Super Mario RPG!
I'm going for Mario, of course! I love a good Mario game, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks really good. But I do wanna get Sonic Superstars at some point, too.
Mario Kart 64 was the first one that I had. Got it with my Nintendo 64 as a Christmas present when I was 5. It was fun just racing around the courses for my child self, plus they looked awesome for the time! Surprisingly, we never had Super Mario Kart before I got MK64, but I did get SMK a year or so afterward.
It was A Link to the Past for me. How I got to play it was actually with that SNES model 2 bundle from the late 90s. Kinda weird, I know. I liked it, of course, though I didn't make too much progress in it as a kid - the furthest I made it back then was the second dungeon, if I recall correctly. I have finished it now though, and I play through it every now and then, since it's such a good game - I'd say ALttP is my favorite Zelda game overall!
I actually didn't really get into Zelda until years later, surprisingly enough - around the early 2010s. Fun fact about me - Wind Waker HD was the first Zelda game that I finished.
The first one I played was the first one. Metroid on the NES. We just happened to have it for our NES, and it was years after the game originally came out, since I wasn't around during the 80s. I didn't really get into it, I remember getting stumped when I got to that super tight corridor, lol. I didn't get into the Metroid series until much, much later, with stuff like Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and the GBA Metroid games.
The GameCube's 20 years old now??? I was 9 years old when it came out - that's how old I was when me and my brother got it as a Christmas gift. Lots of good games and memories I had with it. Happy anniversary, GameCube!
Probably my favorite console of all time. The SNES literally got me into video games in the first place, as it was the first console I've played. Many of my favorite games came out on the SNES as well! I'm a bit younger than the SNES too - I'm literally gonna turn 30 early next year.
@HammerGalladeBro Happy birthday! I hope you have an awesome day - my brother's birthday was just yesterday. lol
Game Boy Advance SP and New 3DS XL for me. I LOVED how the GBA SP had a backlight and I spent so much time playing mine as a kid. As for the New 3DS XL, I liked its new features like more controls, face-tracking 3D and those nice big screens from the original 3DS XL, plus there was an all-red variant. I did like the DS Lite as well, but I wasn't a big fan of how the buttons felt. Mine had that dead pixel on the touch screen too.
Picked the first option since I did have the N64 back in its heyday, but I never had it at launch. Thanks, Nintendo Life...
Anyway, the Nintendo 64 was the first console I pretty much had to myself! I got mine on Christmas 1997, I was 5 at the time. Loved games like Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Banjo-Kazooie (I used to rent it a ton, didn't own it until much later) Diddy Kong Racing, F-Zero X, Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros., and even stuff like San Francisco Rush. Surprisingly, I wouldn't play the Zelda games until much later. Particularly when Ocarina of Time came out on the Wii Virtual Console.
Loved Club Nintendo back in the day! I think my most cherished one is the Mario characters figurine from 2010. Some of my other favorites are the Super Famicom controller, the Mario and Peach pin, the Mario playing cards, and the 3DS game card cases.
It really depends on what game/genre I'm playing at this very moment. I'm pretty good at platformers and kart racers for example (I'm also a pretty decent Tetris player), but I'm awful at fighting games and a lot of shooters. I'm all right at Smash Bros. and Splatoon, but not too great at them. The last few Smash Ultimate online matches saw me get destroyed, lol.
But yes, the important thing is this - if I'm enjoying myself regardless of my skill, that's all that matters. I don't like getting stuck in games, though.
@BlueOcean Yeah you're totally right, Sonic 1, 2, and CD got remade for mobile with widescreen support (and in the case of CD, console/PC releases), while 3&K remained untouched by Sega themselves. I guess it felt jarring to see it in its original aspect ratio. lol
It's cool to see that Sonic 3 & Knuckles is coming back after so long, but there's one thing that annoys me. Why is it not widescreen? The other games are...
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Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (26th October)
I'll be playing Banjo-Tooie, Super Mario Party Jamboree, and Splatoon 3 this weekend. Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.
@Tyranexx Hope everything's going OK with your family and that you're having a smooth recovery.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (19th October)
I'm all done with Echoes of Wisdom, so I'll be playing Super Mario Party Jamboree this weekend, and maybe some F-Zero 99. I hope you're all having a lovely weekend.
@Ganner Congrats on your wedding!
Re: Poll: So, Will You Be Getting Super Mario Party Jamboree?
Already have the game preordered, so yes I'm getting it!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (12th October)
I'm not done yet with Echoes of Wisdom... so I'll still be playing that this weekend!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (5th October)
Still playing Echoes of Wisdom. Maybe some F-Zero 99 as well, but definitely the former. Hope you're all having a fabulous weekend.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (28th September)
I love how the Nintendo Life staff simply said "Zelda," lol. I'm also playing Zelda as well this weekend.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (14th September)
Once again it'll be Splatoon 3, this time for the Grand Festival. Hope you're all doing well.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (7th September)
Splatoon 3 this time. Been getting into the anarchy battles recently. Maybe I'll play in the Big Run... but unfortunately I'm terrible at Salmon Run. Hope all is well with you folks and you all have a great weekend.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (31st August)
Once again it'll be Tears of the Kingdom for me. Maybe one or two other games too, but definitely TotK.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (17th August)
I'll be playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with some NL buds, as well as some more Tears of the Kingdom. Been a good while since I last played MK8D, lol. I hope you all have a good weekend.
@Kraven Really sorry to hear about your dad's passing. My deepest condolences go out to you and your family/loved ones.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (10th August)
I'll be playing in the splatfest, so Splatoon 3 for me. Maybe a few other games too.
@jufonuk I don't know about the Doom updates, but if you wanna see if they have updates, on the home menu, press the + button while highlighting the game you wanna check the updates for, then pick "software update." It'll download the update if there is one, or you'll get a message saying that the game is up to date. Hope this helped.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (3rd August)
More Tears of the Kingdom for me, and I've been wanting to play Splatoon 3 as well so I can pick my next splatfest team.
Re: Anniversary: The Game Boy Is Now 35 Years Old (North America)
I didn't have the original Game Boy as I was too young during its heyday, but I did have the Game Boy Color. A lot of the games I had were original GB games though... stuff like Super Mario Land 1 and 2, Donkey Kong '94, Game & Watch Gallery, and Pokemon Red. So that's cool at least. I don't have my GBC anymore though, I lost it years ago.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd June)
I'm almost done with Paper Mario: TTYD so I'll be finishing it up this weekend!
Re: Nintendo Showcases All June 2024 Direct Games With Colourful New Graphic
Looking forward to these the most... these are my favorite announcements from the Direct.
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Mario & Luigi: Brothership
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
Metroid Prime 4: Beyond
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)
Just got Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door yesterday so I'll be playing that this weekend! Hope everyone is doing well.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (25th May)
Tears of the Kingdom for me. Maybe Peach Showtime as well.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (23rd March)
Splatoon 3 for the Splatfest, and I wanna start playing Princess Peach: Showtime, as well. I've got star fragments to collect today in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, so I'll be playing that too. Have a great weekend, everyone
Re: Anniversary: Switch Turns Seven Today, With Over 11,000 Games On The eShop
Happy 7th birthday, Nintendo Switch! What an awesome console this turned out to be. I got mine on late May 2017... not quite at launch, but close-ish.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 24th)
More Splatoon 3 for me, as well as Side Order.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 17th)
Splatoon 3 for the splatfest.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (February 10th)
I'll likely be playing Splatoon 3, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and Metroid Prime Remastered this weekend. S3 to get some early conch shells before the Splatfest, ACNH for Happy Home Paradise, and MPR to hopefully beat that boss fight that's been giving me trouble.
Re: Splatoon 3 'Side Order' DLC Inks Its Way Onto Switch Next Month
Good way to start off my birthday! Been wanting to know when Side Order will be coming out... looking forward to playing it!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 20th)
I'm playing Golden Sun on NSO + EP. It's my first time playing it, and it is a pretty good RPG from what I've played. Funnily enough, it came out on NSO right when I finished Super Mario RPG!
Re: Poll: Mario & Sonic Face Off On Switch This October - Whose Corner Are You In?
I'm going for Mario, of course! I love a good Mario game, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks really good. But I do wanna get Sonic Superstars at some point, too.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 4th)
Probably more Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for me, been playing that a lot again lately. Maybe some other games too, just whatever I feel like playing.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (January 7th)
Splatoon 3 for me since the Splatfest is happening now.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Mario Kart Game?
Mario Kart 64 was the first one that I had. Got it with my Nintendo 64 as a Christmas present when I was 5. It was fun just racing around the courses for my child self, plus they looked awesome for the time! Surprisingly, we never had Super Mario Kart before I got MK64, but I did get SMK a year or so afterward.
Re: Talking Point: What Was Your First Legend Of Zelda Game?
It was A Link to the Past for me. How I got to play it was actually with that SNES model 2 bundle from the late 90s. Kinda weird, I know. I liked it, of course, though I didn't make too much progress in it as a kid - the furthest I made it back then was the second dungeon, if I recall correctly. I have finished it now though, and I play through it every now and then, since it's such a good game - I'd say ALttP is my favorite Zelda game overall!
I actually didn't really get into Zelda until years later, surprisingly enough - around the early 2010s. Fun fact about me - Wind Waker HD was the first Zelda game that I finished.
Re: Talking Point: How Were You Introduced To Metroid?
The first one I played was the first one. Metroid on the NES. We just happened to have it for our NES, and it was years after the game originally came out, since I wasn't around during the 80s. I didn't really get into it, I remember getting stumped when I got to that super tight corridor, lol. I didn't get into the Metroid series until much, much later, with stuff like Super Metroid, Metroid Prime, and the GBA Metroid games.
Re: Nintendo Kicks Off Some Tasty Switch eShop New Year Sales (North America)
Nice, quite a few games I want are on sale!
Re: Earn 2x Gold Points If You Buy Any Of These Nintendo Games On Switch eShop (North America)
Eh, whatever...I have these games already, except for Miitopia which doesn't interest me.
@burninmylight Yes I do!
Re: Poll: As Sora Joins Smash Bros. Ultimate, How Much Of The DLC Roster Do You Own?
I got both fighters passes, just need to wait until the Sora DLC downloads. I only bought a few Mii costumes.
Re: Upcoming Nintendo Switch Games And Accessories For October And November 2021
I have Metroid Dread on preorder now, it should get here by launch day. Would love to get Mario Party Superstars as well.
Re: Random: Wait A Sec, That Sure Looks Like Mario In Sonic The Hedgehog's Marble Zone
I actually remember that someone made a review of Sonic 1 on YouTube in like, 2007 or so, and he pointed out that Mario face in Marble Zone.
Re: Poll: Do You Use The Black Or White Theme On Your Nintendo Switch?
I use the black theme as well, for the same reasons as @YusseiWarrior3000 - if there was a Mario theme I would use that instead.
Re: Poll: Do You Call Handhelds Like Game Boy And Nintendo DS 'Consoles'?
I always considered consoles to be something to hook up to your TV, so no, I don't classify handhelds as consoles. To each their own, though.
Re: Anniversary: Goodness Me, Is The GameCube Really 20 Years Old?
The GameCube's 20 years old now??? I was 9 years old when it came out - that's how old I was when me and my brother got it as a Christmas gift. Lots of good games and memories I had with it. Happy anniversary, GameCube!
Re: Ubisoft's Latest Switch Sale Offers Up To 80% Off (North America)
Been wanting to play Scott Pilgrim for a while now. Looks like it's a good time to get it.
Re: Anniversary: The SNES Launched In North America 30 Years Ago
Probably my favorite console of all time. The SNES literally got me into video games in the first place, as it was the first console I've played. Many of my favorite games came out on the SNES as well! I'm a bit younger than the SNES too - I'm literally gonna turn 30 early next year.
@HammerGalladeBro Happy birthday! I hope you have an awesome day - my brother's birthday was just yesterday. lol
Re: Random: It's Masahiro Sakurai's Birthday - And He Got An Awesome Gundam Figure
Happy birthday, Sakurai! You deserve a break after the last DLC fighter. Thanks for everything - especially Smash.
Re: Feature: Nintendo Hardware Refreshes Through The Ages
Game Boy Advance SP and New 3DS XL for me. I LOVED how the GBA SP had a backlight and I spent so much time playing mine as a kid. As for the New 3DS XL, I liked its new features like more controls, face-tracking 3D and those nice big screens from the original 3DS XL, plus there was an all-red variant. I did like the DS Lite as well, but I wasn't a big fan of how the buttons felt. Mine had that dead pixel on the touch screen too.
Re: Anniversary: The Nintendo 64 Launched 25 Years Ago Today
Picked the first option since I did have the N64 back in its heyday, but I never had it at launch. Thanks, Nintendo Life...
Anyway, the Nintendo 64 was the first console I pretty much had to myself! I got mine on Christmas 1997, I was 5 at the time. Loved games like Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64, Banjo-Kazooie (I used to rent it a ton, didn't own it until much later) Diddy Kong Racing, F-Zero X, Star Fox 64, Super Smash Bros., and even stuff like San Francisco Rush. Surprisingly, I wouldn't play the Zelda games until much later. Particularly when Ocarina of Time came out on the Wii Virtual Console.
Re: Feature: What's Your Most Treasured Club Nintendo Possession?
Loved Club Nintendo back in the day! I think my most cherished one is the Mario characters figurine from 2010. Some of my other favorites are the Super Famicom controller, the Mario and Peach pin, the Mario playing cards, and the 3DS game card cases.
Re: Nintendo Halts Distribution Of Switch System Update 12.0.3
That's...very strange. I never even touched the update so I'm pretty sure I'm all right.
Re: Talking Point: How Good Are You At Games?
It really depends on what game/genre I'm playing at this very moment. I'm pretty good at platformers and kart racers for example (I'm also a pretty decent Tetris player), but I'm awful at fighting games and a lot of shooters. I'm all right at Smash Bros. and Splatoon, but not too great at them. The last few Smash Ultimate online matches saw me get destroyed, lol.
But yes, the important thing is this - if I'm enjoying myself regardless of my skill, that's all that matters. I don't like getting stuck in games, though.
Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Game Boy Color... Colour?
When I was a kid, I thought the teal one looked the best. Though I had the grape one instead! Ah well.
Re: Sonic Origins Spin Dashes To "The Latest Platforms" Next Year
@BlueOcean Yeah you're totally right, Sonic 1, 2, and CD got remade for mobile with widescreen support (and in the case of CD, console/PC releases), while 3&K remained untouched by Sega themselves. I guess it felt jarring to see it in its original aspect ratio. lol
Re: Sonic Origins Spin Dashes To "The Latest Platforms" Next Year
@BlueOcean Ah I think I totally missed that, my bad. I took a look at that part again. It does say that for all the other games though.
Re: Sonic Origins Spin Dashes To "The Latest Platforms" Next Year
It's cool to see that Sonic 3 & Knuckles is coming back after so long, but there's one thing that annoys me. Why is it not widescreen? The other games are...