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Re: Feature: Potential Switch Port Round-Up - The Wii U Games That Haven't Come To Switch

SMJ

@nessisonett You don't have to buy them. Farm the games out to a port specialist so it doesn't hinder Nintendo's new output. Where's the harm??? Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has made Nintendo enormous amounts of cash that helps fund new games and future consoles. It's a win for Switch owners who have never played them. It's a win for Nintendo's bank balance. It's a win for fans who have played the ports because it means tons more money and time for Nintendo to create new IP and new games in existing. Everybody wins surely?

Re: Editorial: Is This a Golden Era of Gaming? Absolutely

SMJ

It's a golden age in the sense that we have complete access to every previous generation and therefore gaming in general becomes a richer and more diverse medium with every year that passes. I have amazing memories from the 8-bit generation onwards and still get that same buzz today. NES - buying a copy of Metroid from Boots for £40 with my birthday money. SNES - importing my first Japanese game (Ranma 1/2) but then having to wait a further 4 weeks for the adaptor/convertor to arrive. N64 - playing Super Mario 64 in a kiosk in Beatties with a crowd of other kids trying to work out how to use an analogue stick. GameCube - marvelling at how small the discs were and thinking that graphics would never better than Burnout. Wii - getting an Uncle who had never played a videogame in his life to try Wii Sports and laugh his arse off while challenging me to one more tennis match. Wii U - using the GamePad to scan for security camera in Zombi U felt like the future. Switch - playing a fully fledged, no compromise Zelda game in the palm of my hands. The fact that I have all of these memories and can still enjoy all of these games if I want to is pretty special. Oh and my Famicom GB Micro is the tits.

Re: Castlevania II: Simon's Quest

SMJ

I had this when I was a kid and didn't get anywhere near completing it. Can't wait to download it to see if I've got better at games as the years have gone by.