Oswinner

I have a Switch. Which is kind of like a portable SNES already.

I’m going on internet hate here..

Yoshi’s Crafted World
Yooka-Laylee

Both games I like a lot more than the internet seems to.

Nice. From Leicestershire myself and I kept pointing out to Mrs that Rare is from the area as we drove to Twycross Zoo last year. We have Banjo, Yooka-Laylee, DKC toys in our house. Just need a Conker one now lol.

I’ve put in 80 hours or so into Tropical Freeze and I still haven’t beaten Hard Mode with DK whilst collecting the Blue KONG letters. World 6-6 atm. Enjoyed every second of it.

I would love, as others have, to sink my teeth into the delicious last course. However, I bought Cuphead a few months ago and haven’t got up to speed with it yet as playing a few others games first.

This weekend?

Celeste is my go to at the minute, after finishing Kaze and the Wild Masks last week (highly recommended for DKC fans). What a game Celeste is. Think I’m on the 5th chapter and really enjoying myself.

When I need a break and some downtime I’ve been playing a bit of Jurassic World: Evolution. Not long into the 2nd island, just hatched a couple of Velociraptors. Ooo errr…

So many games to play. So little time.

However, when I do get time it’s…

DONKEY KONG: TROPICAL FREEZE
Going thru Hard Mode with DK whilst getting the blue KONG letters. Up to world 5-4 and the G is giving me a bit of gip!

YOSHI’S CRAFTED WORLD
Going thru trying to get all flowers. Up to 490 now. The game I play when DK dies for the 100th time. Lol.

My first Zelda was Ocarina of Time and I fell in love with the series. BotW has really soured me on it though.

Lovely idea. Slay the Spire is not in my backlog or on my radar so will give this week a miss. May have to give Earthbound on NSO a go the week after if it wins the poll as I’ve got a lovely week off work. Should be spent building wardrobes etc for my new house but I think playing as Ness coming off my bucket list is more important 😂

Not long completed Blue Fire. Decent 3D platformer.

Yooka-Laylee I loved. Very underrated on the internet. Not quite as good as Banjo games though.

Never played Crash Bandicoot back in the day but picked up the n-sane trilogy. Only played the first and 100% it. Awesome game. I see it more as 2.5d than 3D though.

Replayed this Nov/Dec 2020. Loved it still. Classic.

Losing Goldeneye and Mario Kart out of my n64 collection and losing Smash Bros out of my GameCube collection.

As for never purchasing?

On the n64?
Diddy Kong Racing
Star Fox 64

On the GameCube? Loads…
Star Fox Adventures
Pikmin 2
Viewtiful Joe 2
Luigi’s Mansion
Resident Evil games

On the Wii?
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Super Mario Galaxy 1&2 (although since got 1 on the 3D collection on switch)

Not played much this past week but plan to get back to Hades. I’ve had 10 or so runs so far and managed to get to the second boss twice. Hope to make it third time lucky and mess it up.

Other than that, been stuck near the end of Guacamelee for a while so will look at ending that one. Blue Fire is the same boat. Must be near the end but kinda stuck.

And finally, Yoshi’s Crafted World I’m currently attempting to get all flowers which is proving quite difficult.

Oh and elsewhere, I like to have a Snes game on the go. Stuck in Super Metroid. D’oh. Will finish it one day.

I’d rather they released a remastered version ala Rare Replay.

One of only a handful of games I wanted but missed out on buying during the n64 era. Will be getting this at one point for sure.

@Gwynbleidd thank you. I’m halfway thru Guacamelee and loving it.

As for Blue Fire… it’s like a 3D cross between Hollow Knight and Zelda. Apparently. Fingers crossed it’s good.

Picked up;

Guacamelee
Guacamelee 2
Yoku’s Island Express
Blue Fire
Cuphead

I’m only spent about £30, if that. Should keep me busy for a while…!

Same as have been for the past three months.

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Super Mario Odyssey

Got to soft credits after about a week of playing but the post-game has kept me busy since. Hard mode DKC:TF - up to world 4 boss atm.
Mario I’m up 630 moons or so. Just tried the Darkest Side of the Moon last night. Died a gruesome death. Who said this game was too easy? Only those that play up to soft credits that’s who.

Metroid Dread has fallen off a cliff…

Loved Mario Golf 64 and was amped for this. Never got it though as judging by reviews they’ve dumbed down the mechanics too much for my liking.

I went for black. It looked better. The marketing team were right.

That’s a shame it’s just the first game. I’ll pass (and remain happy with the original 3) and wait to see if 2 and 3 follow suit.

It really depends on the game.

Is Tropical Freeze a short game? I got to the end pretty quick, maybe 8 hours or so. However, I have now pumped in nearly 40 hours into it and have 116% completed it.

Give me a short-ish game with loads of replay value over a long game with no replay value anyday.

So 10 hours or under that I want to replay again, maybe in a harder mode > 30 Hour+ game where I may not be bothered to play again.

I imagine when I eventually get around to playing Metroid Dread I will really enjoy the playtime. 8-10 hours first playthrough and then another playthrough in hard mode. That's about 20 hours right there. And then in a year or two I may blast it again for another 8-10 hours. Before you know it, I've cranked up 30 hours on it lol.

It’s funny you should say that because I’ve been playing Skyward Sword as my weekend daytime game, albeit on the Wii, whilst my nighttime game with headphones in has been Tropical Freeze. 2D platformers work best in handheld mode I believe.

I imagine this would be the same if I had Skyward Sword on the Switch.

Wish we could just buy SNES games for £2.50 and N64 games for £5 each as an added option.

I already own an n64 so it’s a no from me. The day SNES gets taken away from the basic bundle is the day I cry. I’m loving playing the SNES.

Smeg! Missed the boat here. Would have purchased Dread for that price for sure.

Man I want to go through the 2D Metroid games. Would love a collection on the Switch.

Here’s my collection and order of preference, with the Nintendo Life ranking in brackets;

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1)
2. Perfect Dark (7)
3. Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (2)
4. Goldeneye (3)
5. Banjo-Kazooie (4)
6. Banjo-Tooie (16)
7. Conker’s Bad Fur Day (12)
8. Donkey Kong 64 (37)
9. Super Mario 64 (5)
10. Mario Kart 64 (9)
11. Mario Tennis (23)
12. Super Smash Bros (11)
13. F-Zero X (10)
14. Jet Force Gemini (43)
15. Mario Golf (25)
16. Mario Party (28)
17. WWF No Mercy (20)
18. Star Wars Episode 1: Racer (45)
19. Pokemon Stadium (n/a)
20. WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (39)
21. ISS 2000 (n/a)
22. ISS 98 (n/a)
23. Excitebike 64 (n/a)
24. International Track & Field: Summer Games (n/a)

My thoughts? DK64 gets hated on way too much on the internet. I loved that game back in the day. Four of my top-5 is also in the NL top-5.

Only ones in the NL top-10 that I didn’t play/own were Star Fox and Paper Mario.

Missed out on the first two on the GameCube. Shall I pick them up? Or is this new release better?

Can’t argue with the top-4 as from my collection of 24 games I have it rated as;

1. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
2. Perfect Dark
3. Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
4. Goldeneye
5. Banjo-Kazooie
6. Banjo-Tooie
7. Conker’s Bad Fur Day
8. Donkey Kong 64
9. Super Mario 64
10. Mario Kart 64
11. Mario Tennis
12. Super Smash Bros
13. F-Zero X
14. Jet Force Gemini
15. Mario Golf
16. Mario Party
17. WWF No Mercy
18. Star Wars Episode 1: Racer
19. Pokemon Stadium
20. WWF Wrestlemania 2000
21. ISS 2000
22. ISS 98
23. Excitebike 64
24. International Track & Field: Summer Games

The top-5 of my collection that are in the NSO are also rated in the same order here.

1) Ocarina of Time
2) Majora’s Mask
3) Banjo-Kazooie
4) Super Mario 64
7) Mario Kart 64

Not got Star Fox or Paper Mario.

Are these games gonna play with better frame rate than on the n64? Don’t think I can take the lag of DK64 if that ever gets added…

Mario Odyssey and Links Awakening at the top of my shopping list for this Thursday it seems…! Love it.

Strange list. Sunshine in 47th? Metroid Echoes nowhere near top 5? Let alone top 10.

As of September 15, 2021 the top ten (without collection ports) is;

10: Eternal Darkness
9: Mario Kart: Double Dash
8: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
7: Skies of Arcadia Legends
6: Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
5: Super Smash Bros: Melee
4: Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
3: Metroid Prime
2: Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
1: Resident Evil 4

I only played (and own) five of them.

I was disappointed with the Gamecube at the time and still enjoyed playing my n64 so missed out on quite a few games but my top ten list is;

10. Eternal Darkness
9. Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II
8. Pikmin
7. Mario Kart: Double Dash
6. Super Mario Sunshine
5. F-Zero GX
4. Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker
3. Super Smash Bros: Melee
2. Metroid Prime 2: Echoes
1. Metroid Prime

Twilight Princess I had on Wii. Others I’d like to add to my collection that could challenge my top 10?

Resident Evil 4
Timesplitters 2
Pikmin 2
Mario Power Tennis (was still playing n64 version)
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour (was still playing n64 version)
Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2 (have since added 1 but not played through)
Paper Mario (is it really that good?)
Luigis Mansion
Super Monkey Ball 1 & 2

Life has been getting in the way the last couple of weeks. Doubt I’ll get to play much this weekend but over the next week or so…

Quake
Got about two or three levels left on episode 4. Been playing on easy because I’m not the best FPS player but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed it.

Crash Bandicoot
Think I’m up to 103%. All I’ve got to do is get a time trial relic from Stormy Ascent, which means not dying for about 5-7 mins…eeek!

Skyward Sword (Wii)
Re-Started this in July I think and really enjoyed it. Near the end of the game I reckon (in the Fire Sanctuary) but I don’t get much chance to play the Wii on the main TV.

Been addicted to Quake since buying it. On episode 4 now, albeit on easy mode because I suck at FPS games lol. Defo gonna replay it on normal afterwards though!

I have a collection of games but wouldn’t really call myself a collector.

Still got my n64 with about 20 games that I play on occasionally.
GameCube with about 12
Wii with about 3 good games and 12 crap games.
Wii U I never owned
Switch I have 3 physicals and 40ish digital.

I have embraced the digital age. If the n64/GameCube/Wii games I have ever get made available digitally then I will buy them again and sell the originals. The good games of those anyway.

Lol. Not playing with real money so what’s the problem? It could even be a good life lesson that gambling can be bad if they lose all their in-game currency. The world is getting far too sheltered.

^2 hours later…

I’ve got 100% wahoo! No guide needed! Found the missing bonus tokens in Heavy Machinery and Jaws of Darkness.

Now, to get all 26 sapphire time relics and beat Stormy Ascent!! What a game by the way. Crash Bandicoot has really surprised me!

Skyward Sword (Wii)
Just done the Sandship. Creative dungeon. Off to get the third sacred flame now…!

Crash Bandicoot (Switch)
Up to 91% completion. Struggling to get the last three gems as cannot find all the head tokens for the bonus level but I fail to succumb to a guide. I will find them myself dammit…!

Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
Unlocked the Golden Temple a few weeks ago but not had much time to play it. Need to complete it. Once done, May go back through the levels getting at least silver on the time trials and find all the puzzle pieces.

@FishyS lol exactly the same. I haven’t got Mario Kart on Switch either. Waiting for Mario Kart 9 which will never happen.

I’m 10 years behind (if not more) as my current playing games are DKCR and SS on the Wii lol.

Switch-wise I’ve been playing DKC1-3 and Crash N-Sane.

Hmmm, don’t think I’m qualified to answer this question. Ask me again in 2031.

My top games based on what ive played for prolonged periods (not many games to choose from)…

1: Super Mario All-Stars
It’s 4 games in one, remastered! 4 games!! Granted, I’ve only ‘beaten’ 1 and lost levels whilst near the end of 3. I’ll come back to 2 at one point. I prefer DKC to Mario but this game has 4 awesome games!

2: Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie’s Double Trouble
Really enjoyed playing through all the DKC games earlier this year. I believe they get better and better with each iteration. Internet under-hypes 3. It’s a quality game. Would have been cool to unlock Diddy and DK for the rest of the game when you free them from K.Rool though.

3: Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy’s Kong-Quest
As above. Love these games.

4: Donkey Kong Country
As above. Love these games.

5: Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
6: Super Metroid
These two games I have both started twice but never finished them. Played them about 15-20 years ago on emulation but didn’t finish and briefly started them on NSO. I enjoy the games though and will finish them properly one day and they’ll probably rank higher in my list.

7: Super Mario Kart
Played it in the 90s before the n64 and loved it. Still a decent game today, albeit Mario Kart franchise is more refined now.

8: F-Zero
Not played too much of it but I love me some F-Zero. Obviously not as good as X or GX but still a fun exhilarating time.

Splitting the All-Stars games up I have it as;

1) Donkey Kong Country 3
2) Donkey Kong Country 2
3) Donkey Kong Country
4) Super Mario Bros
5) Super Mario Bros 3
6) LoZ: A Link to the Past
7) Super Metroid
8) Super Mario Kart
9) F-Zero
10) Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels

Skyward Sword is better than BotW in my opinion. Then again, I didn’t enjoy BotW and stopped playing it halfway thru. Dungeons and a developing story is what I like from my Zelda games.

Skyward Sword (Wii)
Never did finish this game after breaking my wrist 10 years ago but restarted it this past week and I’m enjoying it. Up to the desert now.

Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii)
Two levels left to collect all the KONG letters. Then onto the golden temple. Never did complete this back in the day either but it’s a barnstormer. Came back to it after going through the original DKC series on NSO. Love each game, think they get better with each game. Can’t wait until I get around to Tropical Freeze.

Those are the main two I’ve played over the past week. Had a bit of a Wii week.

The Metroidvania genre has grown a lot over the last few years. I’d be shocked if this isn’t the highest selling Metroid game of all time.

Hopefully it sells well and then leads to a 2D Metroid collection of some sorts being made available for the Switch.

Metroidvania has really kicked off the last few years. Metroid Dread should sell at least 3 million. It will also be the first 2D Metroid I purchase. Only ever purchased the three Prime games. Wish the other 2D games were available on the Switch. Come on Nintendo, make it happen…!

Ps…I won’t be buying until it’s £33 in the sale. Sod £50. Sorry Nintendo, sorry Metroid.

So the definite versions of Metroid games because nobody cares about the spin-offs…

2D Metroid
1: Metroid III - Super Metroid (94)
2: Metroid I - Zero Mission (91)
3: Metroid IV - Metroid Fusion (88)
4: Metroid II - Samus Returns (84)

3D Metroid
1: Metroid Prime I (94)
2: Metroid Prime II - Echoes (87)
3: Metroid Prime III - Corruption (86)

I’ve been playing through the Donkey Kong Country series slowly but surely the last few months alongside other games.

However, this past week or so it’s gone into overdrive as I now play Returns on the Wii during the day and then in the evening before bed I’m playing thru 1-3 trying to get 100% as I’ve already defeated K.Rool in them.

The other night I felt like going full arcade mode and started a new file on 1 and tried to beat K.Rool without getting a game over. I got up to Rope Bridge Rumble (level 25/40) before I got game over. Shame. Great way to play the game though.

So I then tried DKC2 the next night. All with intentions to save state the game when going bed. However, I kept playing and playing before meeting my demise at Rickety Race (level 23/41).

In Returns I’m up to level 7-7 I think. Once I get to the end I will then try and get all the KONG letter to open the key levels. Once done all that I just may well have to try out ‘Arcade Mode’ on this game too, with the idea that I can’t buy balloons from Cranky.

@I_commented awww man. You’re making me want to play the Prime Trilogy on Wii. I’ve been holding out on buying it in hope it gets re-released on Switch! I do still own the originals though so I could boot them up…!

@I_commented did you play it first on GameCube or the Wii trilogy? The Wii trilogy dumbed down the difficulty slightly.

The original GameCube versions, Echoes was defo harder.

As for rating the games, I’ve only really played the 3D games (wish the 2D were available on Switch)…

1: Metroid Prime *****
2: Metroid Echoes *****
3: Metroid Corruption ****

Loved the first two Prime games. Corruption was good but not quite as good as Prime

Man I wish the WiiU virtual console was available for Switch. I’d love to try out the older Metroid games. For now, all I’ve got is Metroid on the NES online and Super Metroid on the SNES online.