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I was working at the time and I heard about it from some co-workers who when at break where going around catching Pokémon. They were going on saying oh I caught a Pikachu outside in the parking lot and oh did you catch the Geodude in the toy section stuff like that. When I asked them what they were doing they showed me and I wont lie I was intrigued with it. Especially since at that time I didnt own a car so I walked everywhere so I was always catching things and hitting stops. It didnt take long till everyone I knew was playing the game.

I played for about a year and a half, I mainly stopped playing because I pretty much caught all the Pokémon in my area. My breaking point was when I went to New York in 2018 for a vacation and though cool I can get some new Pokémon only to discover they had the same Pokémon that I did where I live. After that I was done with the game since I felt I did everything I could. Then of course when COVID hit everyone that I knew that played stopped since well we couldnt go anywhere so that was that for me.

I thought it was an interesting game, definitely neat to see everyone playing. I honestly havent seen my town so alive with people before or even after Pokémon Go came out. I would see mobs of people everywhere. I even happened to go down a nature by a river in my town that I knew for years and never explored before, so there's that.

However just like an fad it had its time, but still happy anniversary Pokémon Go. The only mobile game that had my attention longer then a few hours.

Well, its July 4th weekend which means one thing

Jaws Retro Edition (Switch) Yep I am going to need a bigger console. This game has a soft spot in my heart as it was the second NES game I ever played. So I will be starting it this weekend after of course I start my 4th off with watching Jaws as its not the 4th untill you watch it.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) Doing seasonal objectives.

I thought using a third party dock bricked your Switch console or something like that. I remember it not being good for it.

@Anti-Matter. Do your games talk to you at night? If you are being serious the looney bin is that way.

@WhiteTrashGuy Either that or they will stick with the current gen consoles, Series X, PS5, Switch. But once consoles get rid of the disc/card slot they are going to be screwed.

Well just some more grim news for modern gaming. With this news it just makes me want to walk away from modern gaming in general.

Well that sucks, always wanted to play this game but never got around to it and I guess I never will. A little warning would have been nice like you have done for other games in the past @NintendoLife.

@DennisReynolds Technically not a rerelease. Its just an emulation of the PS1 version and you have to be subscribed to PS+ Premium or whatever its called to play it.

@Diaclone_Dad Gon was only on the home port on PS1 he was never in the arcade version. As a result of him being in the game its very rare that they rerelease the home port of Tekken 3.

The Tekken 3 rerelease on PS4/PS5 is not technically a rerelease its part of PS+ Premium service where much like NSO a subscription gets people access to emulated PS1 games. The last time Tekken 3 was rereleased was a port of the Arcade version on Tekken 5 for the PS2.

None cause I dont have a Switch 2.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) Doing my usually seasonal objectives. I got all the barn finds now and all the stamps for Discover Japan.

It wont matter this game will still sell gangbusters. The hardcore GTA fans that have been waiting for this game will still buy it.

@Sindayl Sony has no controll over the Tekken games they are Namco.

Not to many N64 memories as I didnt own one, I went the Playstation route. My brother did own a 64 and mostly we played GoldenEye, Ocarina of Time, and tbe N64 WWE games.

Not much due to the World Cup going on.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) Just doing the seasonal objectives right now when I get a moment to play in-between soccer matches.

Not surprising with the World Cup going on probably gave people the itch to play a soccer game.

As much as I want to pick NA on nostalgia factor alone, the European one just looks better with all the colors.

Kinda surprised the Japanese version of Nintendo World Cup isnt mentioned on this list. Still a solid game after all these years.

@molkom I did think about playing a FIFA/FC game because I am in the mood for soccer, but I dont think I will have the time.

So not to much in the way of video games this weekend due to the World Cup but here's what I will be playing.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) Still doing races and such in this game. Got the new season objectives to do and just about got Discover Japan finished.

I like how they are tying the survivor triliogy to the original trilogy rather then making it a different time line/multiverse thing. Definitely interested in this game.

@coolioam @StewdaMegaManNerd The fact that ever since it has came out you can play it in one form or another on every Nintendo console since the N64. While games like A Link Between Worlds are stuck on one console.

I think that instead of beating a dead horse Nintendo bring A Link Between Worlds to Switch.

Hard for me to get excited when most of these are Switch 2 games and I dont have a Switch 2. What about Switch 1 Nintendo or you just going to forget about those people?

@inenai You didnt read my post. You can play OoT on the NSO app on Switch 2. Last I knew that was legal. I suggest reading a person's comment before being so quick to argue with someone.

Honestly this game is getting as bad as Final Fantasy VII or Skyrim. Do we honestly need another remake? If you think about this game has been on every Nintendo home console since it came out.

N64 (The original)
Gamecube (The Original Ported along with the Master Quet)
Wii ( Via the Gamecube disc or VC)
Wii U ( Via the VC)
Switch (NSO)
Switch 2 (NSO)

And if you want to get technical you can get the remaster on 3DS. If anyone hasn't played this game already then they aren't going too and bringing out yet another remaster isn't going to make them. Not only that but if someone wants to play it as I pointed out there are many other ways to play it thats available. Instead of wasting time on yet another remake I wish Nintendo would take that time, effort and money to make a new Zelda or maybe port A Link Between Worlds to the Switch.

Makes no sense for yet another remake.

About time we get another Female Belmont.

Digital Eclipse has become the @At Games of physical re-relases. Use to be I would get excited for the next Digial Eclipse collection now it just seens they are just throwing crap at the wall to see what sticks.

Nothing against Barbie but there are so many other collections they can do or we need. What about like people said a Tiny Toon Collection. How bout a Batman Collection in the vain of the TMNT Cowabunga Collection. Theres a dozen more I can probably come up with that would make more sense then Barbie.

Just more of the same for me this weekend.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) The winter season is upon us and that means a new set of seasonal challenges to do. Along with that I will probably go do some things off my Discovery Japan list so maybe I can get the last 4 barn finds I need.

Borderlands 4 (Series X) I have been neglecting this game since Forza Horizon 6 came out so hopefully this weekend I can get some things done in it. Vex is coming along nicely ane I am still having a blast with this game.

Travis is going to be Sephiroth!? Did they get accidentally get their Critical Role cast members mixed up? Lol.

@rjejr Well if Jaguars leave how would that effect AEW, so I cant see them leaving and Dolphins I doubt they will leave but then again 5 years ago I couldnt see the Bears leaving.

I can see the move to Indiana causing fan base to drop. Not to the same degree as Brown fans were to Art Modell when he took them to Baltimore or Colt Fans when they went to Indianapolis. Bears fans and to some extant Cubs fans it more of a Chicago thing then a football thing. I know people who arent football fans but are Bears fans just because they are from Chicago. While if they do move to Arlington Heights, they can still use the Chicago name since that is a suburb of Chicago. However, Hammond Indiana is the same distance as from Chicago as Arlington Heights just a different direction. You could have the Chicago Bears playing out of Indiana much like how Washington played out of Maryland, New York as you said playing out of New Jersey or San Francisco playing out of Santa Clara. In fact alot of NFL teams dont play in the city they are named after. I mean I dont see them changing their name to The Chicago Bears of Hammond Indiana like the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim or Indiana Bears.

Still if the city itself want to get the income from a pro football team then I can see them trying to get another team maybe even doing something like the what happened with the Browns and Ravens where they new Chicago team gets the name and records of the Indiana team and then the Indiana team has to change its name but if that were to happen I am sure we would have heard something. They could do like the Hornets of the NBA team did as well. Then again we could just end up with two Chicago teams like they did when the Cardinals called Chicago home. Its is an interesting turn of events.

@rjejr I know they aint staying in Chicago they city voted down the purposal for a new Stadium there so its either Arlington Heights (which is still in Illinois) or Indiana. I just dont know its sounds odd Indiana Bears??? A fact is that the Bears arent original from Chicago they started playing in Decatur Illinois first and werent even called the Bears. The owner at the time when moved to Chicago changed the name to Bears in honor of the Cubs baseball team. Also oddly enough this wont be the first football team Chicago loses, the Arizona Cardinals were original Chicago Cardinals and then moved to St. Louis then Arizona.

And you right where I live there is a huge Raider fan bases and I remember alot of them flipping out when they moved to Vegas. I had co-worker sware that he was done with the Raiders cause they turned their back on California. Turns out in a shocking turn of events he still is a fan of them to this day.

Now what will be interesting if they move to Indiana will Chicago at some point get another NFL team.....

Why Caleb Williams?? That makes absolutely no sense he hasn't done anything the last two years in Chicago except blow our chance at getting into the Super Bowl. He must have payed EA alot of money for them to pick him out of all the other better quarterbacks.

Yeah I am done chasing older games down. As I said in a previous post, they just dont capture that same feeling when you played them years ago.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) Still enjoying the sites of Japan. There is so much to do in this game that its going to keep me busy for awhile.

Borderlands 4 (Series X) Still working on Vex though I have slowed down on it due to FH6. Got her to level 18 now.

@JimNorman Thanks for the heads up. I had the base game on Switch, Xbox and PS just grabbed all the DLC after this reminder.

I am so sorry for the Nintendo fans. They couldnt get a CoD in its prime and have to settle for this Fortnite Creepy Uncle game.

So basically another game to throw on the vaporware pile.

Thank you Captain Obvious. This is one of the reasons I dont like Reggie. The stuff that comes out of his mouth is so pointless it's like do you seriously believe that you are the only one that knew or sees that?

I havent played this game in about 10 years. I wasnt even sure if it was still around.

A couple open world games for me this weekend.

Forza Horizon 6 (Series X) Just got my first wristband. Mostly been exploring the beautiful countryside of Japan. So much to do and I am loving it. So far found a few barn cars and a couple treasure cars while exploring.

Borderlands 4 (Series X) Really enjoy exploring the world of Kairos. Right now I am doing side missions to get my backpack upgraded. I have Vex right now at level 15.

Hopefully this means a release of ALBW for the Switch.

I didnt know this game was still going. Last time I played it was when I went to New York in 2017 hoping to find different Pokémon then I did where I lived. I didnt so after that I stopped playing.

This reminds me I need to get back to this game.

@WaveBoy Yeah I dont have a Switch 2 either nothing has striked my interest. I am honestly more excited about the Steam Machine more then anything the big 3 console companies are putting out.

@WaveBoy Yeah after the Wii/DS era video games was alot less being innovative and more let's pump out the next sequel thats exactly like the last game with a few minor tweets.

I miss when game companies would be so innovative. There is no way in this day and age that we would get a game like Super Mario Bros 2 or Castlevania II or Zelda II. Companies are just to scared nowadays.

Final Fantasy IV (Series X) Just got Edge on my team and about to go after the final elemental lord.

Heroes of Might and Magic The Olden Era (PC) Still working on the campaign.

@WaveBoy Yeah I bet. As much as I enjoyed Mario 64 and then Sunshine during that time I always wanted a new 2D Mario. So I bet it just felt awesome to have a new one with all the new stuff like the mega mushroom and new abilities. I dont know why I didnt get it untill years later, I had a DS at the time but for some reason I didnt play it till I got a used copy at a garage sale about 10 years ago. As I said earlier it felt alot better then its Wii counter part which I played before hand. Ah well I guess better late then never. You can tell that that game came out when Nintendo was firing on all cylinders and were really putting there time into making a game a magical experience rather the churning out another same old game like now and shortly after the Wii/DS era.

I played it years later in fact my first New game was New Super Bros Wii. However when I went back and played New Super Mario Bros I enjoyed it alot more then Wii. I dont what it was maybe the level design was just better on the DS outing. Even compared to newer ones like NSMB2 or NSMBU the first one just felt better. I wasnt there day one so I bet the DS one just felt magical to return to a 2D Mario game after years of 3D Mario. @Waveboy were you lucky enough to experience New Super Mario Bros day one?

Played this game when it first game out and absolutely loved it. Its a nice pallet cleanser games. Probably will check out the updated this weekend.