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Toby is an inspiration - just having so much fun doing what he wants!

@AgentGuapo I'm a therapist and honestly Nintendo are one of my main influences in my business. I never do free trials or offer discount bundles or any of that stuff - I offer something really good and people who value my work pay me. Sometimes I don't have as many clients as I'd like, but all the clients I have I absolutely love working with.

I'm glad I opted out of race-to-the-bottom pricing and purchasing a long time ago - it means I have less stuff but I'm happy and all my stuff and experiences are so much more valuable.

There's an incredible podcast episode with one of the 8-4 crew (John Ricciardi?) talking about Zelda II. It completely changed my view of the game. Essential listening!

Search for: Back in My Play Episode 103: Zelda II

@deecas You could always watch a YouTube recap of 2 too

@deecas Enjoy Torna - I absolutely loved it. I got stuck in my XC2 playthrough in 2017 but restarted last year (6 years later!) and then went straight into Torna. What a great couple of games!

This game is so confusing to me - it's like they were channelling the OG N64 South Park game or something! Matt & Trey put so much into the SoT and TFBH - I wonder what the decision making was here. I imagine they had little to do with it.

I really don't know what I want to play this weekend and it's stressing me out 😹

What a beautiful man. He's really found his flow and been in it for decades! He seems so healthy.

Personally I don't believe in retirement - i think a Miyamoto approach of doing what you love and sharing your learning with others until the end is a pretty good one!

Life's too short to work a draining job and wait for retirement!

@croz I feel ya on the RPGs! My next three are Xenoblade 3, P5 and SMTV! That's a lot of hours!

I'm just gettin' gud at playing games I own now on Switch. I'd love another year without the distraction of new Super Switch games taking my attention!

@Zidentia I think my favourite is 3DS, then Switch then GameCube, then N64

@Zuljaras I genuinely thought that was a Game Gear at first glance!

Reminds me of Bubsy!

@sportvater yeah it was like my Christmas Day in the early 2000s. Younger folk won't remember what it was like to be excited to get a VHS tape or DVD of the trailers after the fact. I remember watching the Smash Bros Melee opening video millions of times on what I think was an orange VHS tape?!

I have a teacher called Gabor Maté who has a teacher called A.H. Almaas. Almaas talks a lot about "essence" and the holes that develop in us as we unconsciously respond to deficiencies in our culture - holes which we then try to cover up.

I'm realising more and more that I love and have always loved Nintendo because it is so much closer to its essence than most other game companies. It doesn't usually get corrupted by the culture and therefore doesn't develop the problematic holes that other companies have and are constantly trying to cover up.

@Ralizah I completely agree. On day one of New Horizons I was like "Is that it?" when I first spoke to my locals, fully expecting I could keep smashing A and the weird and colourful quips would continue ad infinitum. I persevered with the game and assumed the dialogue would vary and increase with time or updates but, alas, that wasn't to be! It's really strange cuz the mobile game has loooooads of dialogue so I'm not sure what happened here. The genius of the dialogue in previous games is that you can skip through it quickly and those who want to read it can. 3DS or GC are still my favourite AC experiences.

Funny you mention Harmoknight as I've been meaning to buy it since launch but still not got around to doing so!

All of this becomes much simpler and less of a debate if you join up with a few friends and get a family subscription.

I'm in the UK and sent my out of warranty drifty one in via UPS and had it back within a few days. I didn't have to pay a penny even for UPS collection and return to me. I recommend you all do it - it was a very easy process from start to finish.

I remember reading a lot of news and previews in N64 Magazine and being pretty excited for 40 Winks!

I just started playing for free on Switch Online Famicom using the 7 day free trial. Finished the first map and really enjoying so far.

I saw this on the eShop yesterday and literally thought it was a Lego rip-off so I scrolled past.

This review, the price plus "like a British Earthbound" just made me pre-order my first Switch game!

@607jf yeah I use the SNES one for Shovel Knight and it's perfect!

It's hard to know how deliberate a design choice it is but I think Nintendo have done Switch right in terms of designing the UX so you can easily buy and play games and do nothing else.

I play a lot more games on my Switch precisely because I'm spending less time faffing about with themes and less time organising my collection into neat little folders.

I want BotW Majora's Mask. A zanier game in a crazier world using same engine and game mechanics.

Wow, 3DS eShop basically got no love this year - I didn't even realise!

I backed this - really not bothered about it now though for some reason.

My bet is instant release of Rhythm Heaven

I want to cuddle that

I hope this means we get to play it at home too...

@Kosmo I've really lost interest in the Shantae game and couldn't care less about it any more! Same with Hex Heroes. I don't think I'd tire of waiting for Playtonic and Yooka though...

3DS is probably my favourite console ever

(I started gaming in the Mega Drive/SNES days)

I was really 'into' Renegade Kid when Mudds first came out and I was hyped for Moon Chronicles and Xeodrifter and Treasurenauts but the games either haven't made it to Europe, came out but with very little marketing to encourage a purchase or haven't released at all.

To be honest, I feel the failed Kickstarter has something to do with their lack of success right now. I feel like that deflated them somewhat.

So bored of waiting for this game to come out. Unless it's something truly unique, I don't think I'm going to Kickstart any project again! Very cheeky of them to talk about DLC when the main game isn't anywhere near finished.

@jobunker Yeah, I often liken their position to Ghibli's. I wonder if Miyamoto and Miyazaki are friends? Kondo and Hisaishi too?

@Mrclaycoat We can still say that - Nintendo still delays titles to ensure they are of a high quality (Xenoblade X, Star Fox, Zelda...)

It's true that they have released a few rushed games, presumably to fill gaps in their release calendar. I wish instead they'd release smaller, downloadable exclusives (not free-to-start) as they've done with Harmoknight, Dillon's Rolling Western, BOXBOY!, Pullblox, Hydroventure, Pocket Football Club, etc. - these games are at varied price points with varied play styles and can never be 'let downs' as rushed full price games can be.

I completed The Starship Damrey yesterday - that was pretty spooky!

@JaxonH Haha - sorry I don't recall anyone using it (but I don't go on forums etc. much). The new Mario Tennis definitely appears, at least to me, a very uninspiring game. This conversation is making me want to get the GBC game out of the cupboard though, so something good has come from my moan

@JaxonH huh? archaic? 'very old or old-fashioned'?

This game just looks so archaic

The demo of this one actually reminded me more of Ristar, than Sonic

Don't think I'll be buying OoT for the 6th time...

That is fantastic!

@edhe Omg, yes! Haha. I miss those days. Remember Worldy Bloke? And did you know Tim Weaver is now a bestselling author?

I guess Nintendo Life is my current day N64/NGC magazine... Just without the sense of humour.

I think I remember her from the N64 Magazine days?

I hope this'll then keep F2P games like Pokémon Shuffle off the 'dedicated games consoles'. Shuffle is the first demo/game I've ever deleted from my 3DS - I don't like what it stands for and even seeing the icon irritated me!

As a 'dedicated gamer' I don't mind DLC and F2P on my console if it's in the form of Sub Wars or Iron Fall - but Pokémon Shuffle shouldn't have ever really made it to 3DS, it should have been better developed and launched on the Nintendo mobile platform.

The image of Miyamoto sitting in front of Android Studio making a game for a Samsung Galaxy is a weird one...

@CAM290 Exactly my sentiments!

I usually agree with reviews here but feel compelled to disagree.

This game is boring, unimaginative, arbitrary in many areas and it's incredibly repetitive in an un-fun way.

And I've played seven hours of the damned thing!

The decision to release this game is very un-Nintendo. But I'm not too worried as I see this purely as Nintendo checking a box for their investors and those desperate to see Ninty cloning successful mobile games.

I expect Nintendo to continue to develop strategies as seen with the release of Steel Diver: Sub Wars and IronFall: Invasion as they try to work out the best way to deliver free content while encouraging people to upgrade to paid - this seems a lot fairer and more 'Nintendo' to me...