Picola-Wicola

It’s so, so interesting to see fellow Nintendo fans discussing such a wide range of issues. Personally speaking, I have struggled with what’s right and wrong on equality. I am a white man, who was brought up in a white world, with a mother who taught me never to judge anyone by the colour of their skin. Then I fell in love with an Indian woman, whose family didn’t want her to be with a white boy. We had a son together, who has had to grow up being mixed race. And let me tell you all this, videogames brought us together. I had a daughter from a previous relationship, who was was white, and initially she wasn’t accepted into their family. But I won my mother-in—law over, and that was hard because she was so against inter-racial marriage. But I embraced it, and walked proud to have an Indian woman by my side, even though I am English through and through. And even though it didn’t work out with me and my son’s mum, it is the greatest love I have ever known. I will bring this back to Nintendo now, because their videogames have saved me. I have played them for as long as I can remember, and I have passed that onto my children, a white girl and an Indian boy, who learned to beat me at mario kart, who watched me save Zelda, and who rejoiced at Christmas when they got their own DS, then 3DS. better leave this and make a forum topic, even if no-one reads it, it is cathartic and game related...

@Themagusx1 wow, that’s exactly how I feel! The magic of playing that game has not been repeated for me, until mario galaxy maybe. There was one one level I could never do back then, the mid-level castle on world 8, I always had to use a cloud to skip past it (this was way before the days of online walkthroughs). The secret whistles, frog suits, tanooki suits and hammer suits, what a game on such primitive tech

@Themagusx1 I have been reading all these comments with interest. I don’t really want to go into the politics (or have others views shoved down my throat) but I’m very interested in your SMB3 v Super Mario World question! I am a SMB3 man myself, even though I love World and most people prefer that. Why did you pick 3 over World?

What exactly does ‘cloud based’ mean? Sorry for my naïveté

I’m going to buy this game tomorrow, as I am close to finishing botw and want to continue the story (or, more accurately go back). Liked the demo but is the DLC worth it?

This game just keeps on giving. I was terrified of guardians after first starting, but now hunt them for fun

@frogopus very, very well said.

I honestly can’t believe the stance on voice chat. I’ve only had my switch a few months and have been just playing BOTW so am not used to all the features yet, but some of best times on the WiiU was playing mass effect 3 multiplayer. All you had to do was press the touchscreen on the gamepad to chat to anyone. I met many friends all over the world that way. So if it was that easy to do 9 years ago, why on earth not implement it on switch?

Does anyone know how this update affects the switch lite?

I would absolutely love to go there, and Japan in general to experience their culture

As someone who only got a switch and this game 4 months ago, and have played it nearly every day since, I’m not surprised just how much is being discovered still. Such a great game, with an overwhelming amount of content

GTA 5 has sold over 150m copies without being released on a Nintendo console. Who on earth is still buying it these days!?

I still remember a lot of the songs from GH3, used to rock out to it with my daughter on Wii, awesome memories, I’m in the band!

Cannot wait for this. Although I couldn’t quite finish super metroid back in the day, I loved fusion and samus returns.

The GB ping is just so iconic it has to be that. I actually never hear the switch start up as I always leave it in sleep mode

Wow, reading these comments has been a real eye-opener for me. I can’t believe so many Nintendo gamers either don’t like this game or got bored and gave up. I’m playing through it now and have sunk about 200 hours in so far, and have found it to be a really transformative experience. I get the Korok seed complaints (no way am I getting 900!) but other than that it is a joy to play. True escapism.

@chewytapeworm wow, thank you so much! I had no idea different buttons made different sounds, so I just turned on my switch using ZR. I had only ever used the a button till your comment.

For me it has to be opening a chest in Zelda, although the 1-up from Mario comes close.

I’m unlocked ganon but can’t bring myself to finish it, (because I don’t want this amazing game to end!) and still finding new things after over 190 hours. My favourite part was finding the forgotten temple, and having to take out approximately 10 guardians just to see what was hidden there

I love you Nintendo Life. I’ve been reading you for years. I remember the first NMH, and Sylvia Crystal, my daughter pretended to be her at nursery. Is she in this game?

I love you Nintendo Life, I’ve been reading you for years. I remember the first NMH, my daughter went to nursery pretending to be Sylvia Crystal. Is she in this?

I loved my Wii U, still remember getting it at midnight launch and playing Nintendo Land with my family. Plus Mass Effect multiplayer was an awesome online experience with voice chat implemented perfectly (arguably the best on a Nintendo console)