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Congratulations Alex. Here's to 10 more years. You have been a linchpin in Nintendo Life and I truly enjoy all the videos.

I really enjoyed team Asobi's speech, both in the recognition to Nintendo and Mario but also how reverently they take making family games. I anticipate Astro's Playroom to be the first gaming memory of my niece with she and I playing together since she was very young and we had a blast waiting for and then playing AstroBot together. Thank you for that experience team Asobi.

P.S. Please Nintendo release the next big 3D Mario game soon. Mario Odyssey is probably my favorite game of all time and am chomping at the bit to play the next entry.

I really wanted to like Shenmue 3 but just couldn't get into it. I did just re-beat Shenmue 1 & 2 before playing it so perhaps I burnt myself out.

I also wasn't a fan of the retconning of 2's ending (trying to dance around it to avoid spoilers). I had been looking forward so for years to see *** introduced into Shenmue's world, but then they just said, nah we are not doing that anymore.

Though I love the setting and atmosphere of the areas in the first Metroid prime, the second one i believe has the superiors= gameplay and exploration, with making the new suits feel really different and their own (the light suit is probably my favorite suit in Metroid history along with with the original fusion suit).

Fantasy Life i is one of my most anticipated games of 2025. I cannot wait.

This is one of the few RE games I have yet to play. I bought the RE6 Anthology for the PS3 back in the day which came with 1-5 download codes. I then worked my way through the whole series but by the time I got to RE6 I was burnt out and then given the negative reviews never felt motivated to go back. Perhaps this spooky season this will be a fun game to dive into.

@Damo The title tag line reference to Goldfinger was perfect. Thank you.

One of the big things for me will be is there a way to play MvC2 without all the characters unlocked.

I know that doesn't make to much sense but I really enjoy unlocking the characters in the shop as I play as it gives me a sense of accomplishment as I play on single player while at the same time not overwhelming me with too many characters right off the bat. I am more likely to try them all as I put them in a team on my next run in single player right after you unlock them. Either way though this is a must buy for me.

I’m having a wonderful time playing dawn of sorrow (though not the best castlevania it is my personal favorite). My one complaint thusfar though is the change to the save room. Super minor but they changed the way the room twinkled with light and it bugs me everytime. But I’ll gladly take it given that we have this amazing collection of castlevania games.

The visual style reminds me of the old PC game "9: the Last Resort"

@mariomaster96 I'm in the exact same boat and am really excited to give this a try. I love all the paper mario games (some more than others) and am so pumped to finally play this.

@Sisilly_G agreed. I think it would be really cool function and you could use it to then create a dual screen experience. Granted, pretty dang pricy and potentially complicated dual screen set up but I could see some grabbing a switch lite to do make it happen.

@Erigen I think he may have burninated too many peasants that may have voted for him.

Nintendo life's Nintendo Direct youtube video got me. I didn't want to actually watch the recap without watching the direct so I looked for a couple minutes and when I couldn't find it started the NL video and then realized I had been duped. Well done.

These first the Superb Owl now this. These What we do in the Shadows references are relentless...cause they do not relent. Not complaining mind you, enjoy them more than Creepy Paper.

Love the What We Do in the Shadows reference. Great show (for all those 17 and older or whatever the rating is as the jokes can be quite adult/graphic.

You all picked the three that stand out most to me. The one that falls a little short is OoT, not because of how good that game is (I think it is the best of the bunch actually on its own) but as far as remakes go it had less distance to travel to make it as incredible as it is.

The two metroid games were completely lost to time though. Don't get me wrong I have been the originals on there first native consoles and on virtual console (I'm old), but they weren't at the standard set by Super Metroid. So getting a chance to experience them with all the modern bells and wistles at the time was truly special.

Heart gold is a special case for me as I never played Gen 2 pokemon. So the first time I played Heartgold, it blew my mind, especially that end game moment that I won't spoil. I still treasure that memory despite it being a decade after most experienced it.

Could not stop laughing. Thank you!

There's a ton that I would love them to dip into, more jet set radio, golden axe, shinobi etc. I would also love a Sonic Adventure 3, really enjoyed 1 & 2 and if they made a similar style game I would be pumped (sonic Frontiers was good and Sonic Generations was great). I would go nuts for a continuation of the original Shenmue 1 & 2 story line. Shenmue 3 retconned the magic that was alluded to and about to be seen at the end of 2 and that really bugged the heck out me. Was looking forward to a game that took place in semi modern real world where magic just got unleashed.

@sketchturner I would plan vacation around then so I could take time to watch all the coverage. Truly was Christmas to Gamers.

Kokiri Forest, that spot right before you get your sword with the fences and that sign you can cut. I spent so much time there just slicing away.

I know its technically Super Smash Bros U/3DS, but that Megaman reveal trailer blue my mind (pun intended). but for ultimate I would have to say toss up between Banjo and "Sephiroth!" *sung in the tune of one winged angel.

@Clyde_Radcliffe Love that early 90's rap style. That song reminded me of "Partnerz in Kryme"''s Turtle Power.

Left field answer, Swat Kats. Awesome show that would be fun to play with the cool gizmos and gadgets the cats have.

@Lizuka When it showed the eclipse I has the exact same thought.

Charles Martinet also did a wonderful job narrating for the series High Score. I'm really hoping they do another run of episodes for that series (with Martinet narrating of course).

Sad to hear this isn't up to the caliber of the DK DLC for the original Mario + Rabbids. Played Sparks of hope when it first came out and loved it but will wait till the DLC goes on sale. The combination of a reduced price and some added time between playing the base game and the DLC will hopefully make for a rather delightful experience.

@abbyhitter Its tough to say with only playing the demo but I don't think so. I know they are supposed to be in the same universe (super early prequel) but my gut tells me you can play sea of stars first and that will be fine. Just miss out on some nods here and there that will make sense when you play the messenger.

This was a amazingly fun read for me for a couple of reasons. 1) Never heard of this game before until it was talked about last week on IGN’s Nintendo Voice chat (fortuitous timing) and 2) I have recently been attempting to go through every puzzle game listed on GOG to attempt to find a puzzle pc game from the late 90’s early 00’s that my family had and all I remember are 3 of the puzzle modes.

A simple toothpick/matchstick puzzle game where you move or pick up the picks to make shapes in certain number of moves

A puzzle where you have to create an optimal route for a harvest tractor

And a traffic light simulator where you have to program the lights for the amount of traffic.

This is probably a pass for me but may look into as I do want Mario Wonder, RPG, and MGS volume 1.

Will wait and see I guess.

@-wc- @DanijoEX I agree 100%, and really pumped as 32bit era platformer is probably my favorite game look.

Still pixelated while having a lot to work with on screen. Your Casltevania SotN, Megaman X4-X6, the DS Castlevania games. All are stunning and most incredible fun, the screen doesn't get too busy with excess junk.

@Bobb agreed. Thankfully my brother has a nice 32in CRT in his basement with all of my families SNES games. Love to go there and still play the super scope games. Never tried Yoshi Safari but hope to do so one day.

@DonkeyKongBigBoy Though I would love to go back and try Chaotic, I know its a bad game. However not including the master system versions of these games makes no sense to me. having the extra screen space makes the games way more enjoyable.

@Nf157That sounds like the perfect collections. Would really love that, especially since I have never had a chance to play acid series.

Last years Retro bowl was one of my favorite sports game of the last decade. Tecmo Bowl holds a special place in my heart and that game was a perfect ode to it (with the exception of no playing defense, which drove me nuts). May have to give this one a try to though I am not of fond of the games its based off of.

@Serpenterror Thank goodness for the indies. Just hope Capcom sees the light and gives us more than just a new collection of old games (not that I don't love and own all of them and wouldn't be thrilled if they finally did one for megaman legends).

@ryu_san I'm also very pleased with mine. Was still using my day 1 switch so this was a nice upgrade. I also like buying new consoles when possible towards the end of the systems life cycle to hopefully future proof it.

@Magician that gave me a good chuckle. Thank you.

My own made up back story for this guy was he is the young man playing BoTW from the beginning of the switch reveal trailer 7 years ago. Now he is a little older living in a new city, but rediscovering that sense of adventure.

@Claytonbob that dogbone is mighty high on my personal list. I my family had a NES renaissance in the late 90's early 2000's when we got box of games from our cousins so we pulled out the newer top loader NES (not certain that our toaster works anymore) and we beat so many games that were great then a decade after their release and that dogbone prevented out now larger hands from getting hurt but the NES sharp edges.

@Sebazy was hoping someone out there remembered that game. It was a fun time but I never made it very far. I still have my pc disc for that game I should give it another go.

@ryu_san ordered the zelda oled for that long term hold as well. I like buying a later version of these newer consoles to upgrade from the day one version (like the switch I currently am using) to hopefully extend the life of my switch library.

I feel like he actually played those, which is nice. Wasn't the awkward forced game shoe in like some for the super mario movie trailer.

@belmont agree with the megadrive/genesis versions of spinball and 3D. Those were both fun games but were 100% better on the newer system.

@TYRANACLES Happy to hear you are loving it. It really does do a fantastic job of both giving quality of life updates of a modern game while still being so faithful to the classics it is based on.

@TYRANACLES If you enjoy oldschool platformers visive Castlevania, Faxanadu or NES Batman then you will more than likely love this game. One of the best games of 2022 for fans of the genre.

@Smug43 agreed, finding that sweetspot for the cinematic platformers is pretty tough. As a huge fan of a lot of delphine studio games so I'm cautiously optimistic.

Whats funny is two of my favorite 3ds themes made it to this list. Top three in no particular order are:
Megaman stage select (I reordered my aps so I can see megaman in the middle)
Sega Genesis: has the awesome Sega CD theme that slaps
Toy Story: Simple theme but with a really beautiful jazz piano version of you've got a friend in me.

@TheBigBlue Hahah, very true. Maybe this can be Pokemon's first Empathic Trainer and they perform actions with their Pokemon. Then the whole premise would be to take down those lazy sociopathic trainers.

I wish instead of pokemon sleep they made a pokemon exercise game that uses the ringcon and leg strap to give me a workout as I capture and battle pokemon.

I'm getting bored of the same ringfit adventure levels and running around Kanto and all the other places would be really cool.