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E3's body is ready to be laid to rest. Rip, Thanks for the meme-ories.

The Legend of Hyrule: Zelda's Kingdom

And the all time greatest pinball game: Psycho pinball on the mega drive! Anyone remember it? Still play it with my dad from time to time, unreal level design and music.

I actually think his villainous outro is the greatest in gaming: climbing the final castle stairs, the huge clunking door opens to reveal Ganondorf himself is playing the villainous theme that's been accompanying you this whole time on the organ. He keeps playing, building the tension and suddenly pauses, and turns around unfurling his cape in frustration at you, hiding in plain sight the triforce piece he needs for total power.

Just brilliant, let's have that in the live action film please!

Would LOVE HD remakes of this and mario 64, and Banjo kazooie too. Three of the most incredible games ever made.

Timothée Chalamet and Saoirse Ronan definitely the best Link and Zelda look, no contest!

I still bought it just to have the handheld option, and been enjoying it - still love MGS1 to death, it's a shame they couldn't have upscaled the resolution or smoothed the graphics a bit but the quality of the game is so good it still shines. Hands down best PS1 game ever made for me, still baffled how they achieved it with 32bits.

Are there still humans left on this planet who haven't played Mariokart 8 yet?

I ordered a physical copy before knowing this but ah well.... i know i am chucking almost 50 quid at Konami literally just to play these handheld, like its criminal but I am fullybfully aware of my actions...... Just fancy snakin it in handheld - sometimes you just spend money stupidly for a silly little reason, eh?

Pro controller or joycon with a D-pad 😉

8/10 for me so far - it's very polished and good clean fun. Feel they repeat wonder seed ideas too often across levels though and its geared towards kids with difficulty. Still, nice to see a change in art style and make 2D mario weird in a good way again!

Hey Big Spencer!

Who in their right mind imagined 7 years ago we'd be discussing which olympic medal for all time console sales the successor to the Wii U would get?

Massive cause for celebration regardless for Nintendo fans 🎉🎉🎉

N64 "Significant releases: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 (August 2022)"

So.... The N64 still going in its 26th year? We have a winner!!

Destroyed ganondorf at 85 hour mark. Have out in 120 hours total, over 100 shrines done, starting to lose interest a bit now - but this is double what i put into BOTW before feeling similar do I'd call that a major success!

I got the DLC ike a sucker but honestly, all of it belongs in the base game. 4/10.

55 hours..... Which shocked me, thought I was at 40, so now i need to give it a rest to avoid rsi !

First 4 temples down after .... Maybe 30 or 40 hours? Have been pretty main story focused, unlocked all the map and zelda memories. Think I might start just exploring and doing some chill stuff before it ramps up, but no idea how much content is still left in the story so I put "half way"

My copy arrived a day early today from ShopTo .

Loved the first 2-3 hours, a cosy opening with a beautiful combination of new ideas while homaging BOTW. Super cool.

Is it just me or do Andy and Nell sound really similar?

Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy, Daisy Daisy Daisy Daisy, I Luuuooorrvveee yyyoouuuaargh!

Knuckles did it

I returned to pick up a few: affordable space adventures, scram kitty, year walk, armillo, dillons rolling western, alien on the run, starfox guard, chain blaster (cos it was 89p) and the rest of the boxboy series on 3DS

Consider my wallet singed but hopefully have a good time with these 🙂

@John_Deacon same - I know it should be said like Theatre but I always say it like Theatrical...

Also I am not into any FF besides FFVII and I loved the 3DS version and the demo of this hooked me so there I am £50 lighter for a... Rhythm game and... No regrets?

Always my high school nickname, "Bug"

Although I am enjoying these titles more than previous retro additions, the drip feed approach is outrageous. It baffles me these weren't added years ago. Why wait until near the end of thie console's lifespan? And then slap an insult by only releasing a tiny selection of retro games? By now, there should be a Netflix level library of a thousand or more retro titles - maybe this will be the future but the fact it's a subscription service that works slowly like a snail on an escalator to deliver a content range, is irksome. We deserve better from Nintendo.

Am in two minds whether to buy it full price after this patch or wait a few months for a sale price. Sad even having to say this for a Golf Story sequel 😢

Dreadful direct. Goldeneye and pikmin only good announcements but no footage of either and an underwhelming Zelda segment. It feels like the Switch is just living out its last years with little effort and no big risks or reboots of old franchises (like cough F-Zero)

Maybe my limited edition gold majora's mask 3DS console... Or copy of Twin Snakes and boxed Snake amiibo.

@theSiFX That's a good point, an article like this would not exist if a male character like Luigi did a butter

Honestly? Looks like it needs some more time in the oven, looks kinda glitchy. Risk of another Sonic Boom?

Even if it doesn't sell well, Nintendo can afford give the fans an F-zero. Just one release in HD and I could die happy.

Sonic 3 and Knuckles is great, it has a great story arc, some standout levels, Robotnik steps up the iconography, the doomsday zone, the music. I will always prefer it to any 2D mario. Fight me.

Best golf game ever, they nailed the controls, it has better zoom function than the switch version.

I am more of a Mariokart Triple Tasche kinda guy. It is the oft forgotten entry where Waluigi never became a playable character. But the Tasche trinity of Mazza, luigi and Wazza was good enough for me.

Should have roped The Darkness into this promotion - Ta-Ta Touchin Yoooouuuuu!!

Love breakout so I'm all in baby

@Bizzyb Remember Nintendo more or less run a model like this. Tonnes of exclusive IPs.

It is also a good thing because you can access most of gaming now with a Switch and a Series S, which is super affordable and highly pro consumer.

As a Series S owner, this is awesome. Game Pass is genuinely phenomenal. Maybe Nintendo are friends with Microsoft because they deep down want to join forces to kick their old rivals Sony out of the business?

Of course Sony prob here to stay but the Ps5 is an expensive console with a dull as dishwater software offering, so they will have to plan some hotness for ps6 to survive.

agree completely. Current switch success means Nintendo do not need to rush into their next console. I hope it is a 2023 or 2024 release and a POWERFUL console, please!

I mean... That's practically top 100 RPGs 😂

Advance wars should feature, as should super Mario 64 and Meteoid prime. Also super mario world deserves to be higher.

Well it's finally a reasonable price! Just nabbed it for 8 quid in the eshop sale. So if it's pants, i won't care 😊

Sonic Movie > Mario Movie

It is super messed up paying additional money every month for a partially complete service, particularly compared to game pass which drops modern games (not retro games!) constantly.

I thought episode 2 of rebooted GM was a good amount better than the 1st

Totally backing up the series S love here. It's a superb machine!

Probably love it slightly more than the Switch.

In retrospect the gamecube, wii and wii U were all tethered to the same underpowered infrastructure. Nintendo really did get stuck in a box. Hope they pull their finger out with the next console... we'll see.

I think Microsoft or Xbox has learnt so much from its competitors over the last 20 years. The Microsoft of 2002 ruined Rare but I think the Micrisoft of 2021 understands gaming, smaller developers and gamers needs through its past failures. An example of lessons well learned.

@HexagonSun i would put Mario 64 as greatest game of all time but the original Banjo Kazooie is just a smidge behind it. It has such wonderful level design, humour, vibrancy, music and you can zip through it like butter and just feel pure joy.

I am afraid Yooka had some awful level designs, the Casino and that dark swampy one in particular. I think it possibly kept the bloated nature of Tooie and worsened it slightly. That's just my opinion ofc, I hold original Banjo in super high regard personally and love replaying it. It would be nigh on impossible for anyone to replicate its quality

@Liam_Doolan The first game was not a worthy follow up to Banjo, it was an atrocity. Fix this article this instant! 😝