StephenWolf

Wind Waker HD was a literal gamechanger for me. One of the few who was disappointed with the original release in ‘03. The remake, from the faster sail, to the fetch-quest streamlining, remedied every problem I’d had with it.

This is a great and extremely necessary piece, Kerry. I feel like Youtube channels/Twitter have created a groupthink for an era of gaming where, when it was actually happening, such a thing was nearly impossible. Part of the fun of visiting a friend's house back then was seeing what games they had you'd never heard of, and finding out first hand if they were any good. I would much prefer this service be a more realistic collection of games of varying quality than just yet another "these are the CHOSEN games" curation.

@KitsuneNight Hey now, it's got a girl, guns, and a room. Perfect Dark has all those things!

"Yeah, we know it's Japan" Hahahahaha! Way to guarantee all the contrarians show up to dissent!
Not me, though. The Japanese Perfect Dark box art might be my favorite for any game ever. It's got this awesome, dark, Fin de Siecle energy that's spellbinding and hypnotic. It's a work of art. The other two are fine, but they're just box covers.

North America. For me, one of the most iconic boxes of any game.

60 hours in, and I've crashed nearly 20 times...love the game otherwise, but this patch is welcomed.

Sometimes it feels like Sega is trying to fail. What a bummer.

WHERE IS PUCK?!?!?!

Oh, and of course, I'm STILL making my way through the enormous Wii catalogue on my Wii U

Happy with my Switch, but I love the Wii U. Made a promise that starting in Christmas of 2018 I'd play through and review a game in my Wii U backlog every holiday break indefinitely. Finished Xenoblade Chronicles X in 2018 and Child of Light in 2019. Thinking I'm gonna take down Paper Mario Color Splash this year. Long live the Wii U.

My friend with the really good PC would have to kick me out of his house to get me off of Myst. Was nothing like it at the time. Genuinely felt like you could get sucked right into the game.

Witcher 3 and Planescape...and that should about do it for the rest of the year

Really late for this party...I actually tried getting into an old copy of this I had for my PS1 earlier this year and had an epiphany: I think the only part of Final Fantasy games I like is the music.

So an even meaner Darkest Dungeon? Gonna stay as far away as possible, and leave this one to the masochists. Real life is punishing enough.

Once it got those last patches, Castle of Heart became a very charming and fun game. If they took the lessons from patching that up to heart, this could be quite good.

I remember when EA meant something. That was a long time ago.

Yes, another chance to spam Nintendolife with a link to another one of my old N64 reviews!
http://thenintendo64museum.blogspot.com/2014/08/turok-2-seeds-of-evil.html?m=0
Seriously, though, the lead up to this game in 1998 was huge! Acclaim's marketing team and the developer interviews had this game pumped up as the biggest ever, with huge levels like no one had ever seen, and the goriest weapons in gaming history. Unfortunately, upon its release, with all the slowdown, and massive levels with only a few save points, it was received as only pretty great, and not "INCREDIBLE!" I've always been a little scared the game would be lost to history.
Glad that's not happening, though a part of me is afraid the improvements, which will surely make Turok 2 a better overall game, might take away some of that Nintendo 64 charm.

@Doktor-Mandrake

Nice! Sometimes I think it may be my favorite, as well. Love that weird, N64 ambient, nightmarescape soundtrack. Since I'm link-happy, the composer has it up on bandcamp:
https://aubreyhodges.bandcamp.com/album/doom-64-official-soundtrack

Really underrated Doom game! I think the fact that this was essentially an N64 exclusive went under the radar at the time, as it is unique from all other versions.
...obligatory link to my own review:
https://thenintendo64museum.blogspot.com/2016/09/doom-64.html?m=1

Looking forward to this!

As much as I hate Pitchfork, and as many layers of pretension you have to get through to get to the core of what the writer is actually saying, I enjoyed that piece.

I...think this might be the greatest thing I have ever seen.

Holy cow, this is a good one. I let my son have our shared copy of Super Mario Odyssey, and this most definitely tempts me to get my own copy. Without a doubt, though, will be picking up Cuphead. For some reason, have made myself hold out for a sale, even if it is only $3.

Looks so promising, I can easily imagine it based on these descriptions. Another what could have been. Wish there was a way to make it happen.

When I finally beat the game (which I enjoyed immensely) and got the extra mode, I thought, "Awesome, maybe this will provide a more relaxed mode to go through the game." Then I found out it actually makes it harder. That was the last time I played. This might bring me back.

At first glance, I thought it was was a Sega 32X game

After playing Darkest Dungeon, which is admittedly a very well made title, I realized that I absolutely (curse word adverb) hate this kind of game.

A flawed, but brilliant fallen warrior, who will never be forgotten

Part of me is excited that Gamecube games are making their way to Switch, and the other part of me is eyeing the copy of XIII I collected for Gamecube last year and haven't played yet and feeling conflicted.

Now I can't stop imagining a movie with two Pikachu's, one voiced by DeVito, the other by Reynolds. Their interactions would be golden.

@GothicZM Can and will aren’t the same word

@Anti-Guy I love Melee, but I agree with this 100%. If a newcomer wants to come into competitive Melee at this point, they can look forward to putting thousands of hours into becoming frame perfect with one of three Melee characters (Fox, Falco, Marth), and having to pretend the other 20 don’t exist. It’s really de-evolved in recent years to just Fox vs Fox. That’s not exactly fun. The blessing of our times is that Nintendo can hopefully keep tweaking Ultimate until many, many characters are viable. Unfortunately, Melee is now stuck in a three-character historical mire.

Content to play these on my Gamecube, as they all carry that vibe. What I want are the Resident Evil's that have never appeared on a Nintendo console...RE's 5-7. I mean, 5 is a decade old, and 6 seven years. The Switch could handle them. This actually feels a bit insulting.

I will say good. Nearly very good. Really excited about Senua (never thought I'd get to play that one!), Bloodstained, and the Link's Awakening remake (if anything, just to hear some cool modern renditions on the music). Seriously hoping they are releasing something about Animal Crossing soon, though, as I'm starting to worry that's further off then they've implied. I still play the Metroid Primes on their original systems, so I wasn't ticked about that, though, I really want to know what's up with this rumored Star Fox racer. I mean, Retro had to have been working on SOMETHING for the last five years, right?

@Moroboshi876
No problem. I'm hoping the finished N64 version is better than the PSX one.

@Antraxx777
Always wondered how far into that one they really were when they pulled the plug

I always thought Survivor Day One looked really awesome, and had a great concept, but Konami cancelled it. Wish that one could be resurrected.

@Moroboshi876
I messaged them on Facebook, and they said they will be putting it for sale on their webstore, as well, once they have finished shipping out all of the Kickstarter orders

@Frontiersmann
To be fair to current Nintendo, from what they told me then, I was not the first to have the issue. It was the "Echo Visor" glitch, so they were aware of it. This was also a time when one could buy replacement manuals from Nintendo's website for most of their fairly recent games for a reasonably small fee. I remember in particular buying one for Golden Sun II after picking up a used copy of the cart only at my local video game store. It was admittedly a different time.

Back in late 2004, I was about halfway through Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, when I somehow jumped over something I wasn't supposed to. I found a save area and saved, but then found I didn't have the item necessary to get in or out of that particular region of the game. I e-mailed Nintendo support, told them what happened in detail, and they air-mailed me a memory card with a save file just past where I was stuck in the game. Like someone above said, customer service ain't what it used to be.

I used to think I hated Roguelikes and lites, but I am finding that as long as they feature some kind of permanent progression, I shouldn't disregard them. I had more fun playing Dead Cells than anything else in a long time. It looks like this one might do the trick.

@Don I've very slowly introduced my kid to mine. Never let him go through it on his own, or handle them roughly. For some reason, he really latched onto the Dreamcast (his first real gaming obsession was an old copy of Sega Marine Fishing...I ended up letting him keep the manual in his room because he loved going through it, and it's shredded with use now, but considering that's still an easy to get game, and he loved it so much, I actually enjoyed watching him wear it out). He's eight now, and we've played through plenty of old games together. He has his own Wii U (he's still more enamored with that than our Switch) and a 3DS. Over time, I've taught him that my old games, especially the ones in the box, are rare and valuable, and have to be respected in how we handle them, but he also knows and appreciates that one day they will all be his.

I don't want any updates, I want my life back! This game is crack!

@NaviAndMii
Yep...I was about to say, I remember reading this in the manual that came with the game in the mid-80's. Next up:
INSANE SUPER MARIO BROS. HACK FOUND: HOLD B, AND MARIO CAN RUN!!!

@joey302 Right on! And adding that portability factor only sweetens the pot!

@Cobalt I can’t view that video in the US. Your comment was a bit patronizing, though...I am also a musician...and I write music...and I have a bit more than 12 years of experience. Agree to disagree?

@joey302 Right on! I recently played through 1 and 2 with my son, and we had an absolute blast. He loved them. It was just like playing with my friends back in the day. Games have aged immaculately.

@Cobalt There’s a huge difference between “ripped off” and “inspired by.” Yuzo most definitely didn’t “rip off” anyone. Like Antrax777’s very well-detailed comment stated, he was tasked with capturing a particular vibe, and he absolutely nailed it. That YouTube video clearly shows this, to the point that it has “inspiration” in its title.

While the gameplay for this doesn't quite look up my alley, every additional resource Square puts into the Switch makes me hopeful that they are going to finally make another Nintendo-exclusive Chrono Trigger game. I think Octopath's sales have to be encouraging. A new Chrono Trigger would at least equal that.

While I think the second one is best, the soundtrack and atmosphere are probably better in the first one. It blew my mind back in '91...also, coincidentally, I just recently reviewed this.
http://classicvideogamereviews.blogspot.com/2018/06/streets-of-rage.html