amongtheworms

I really enjoyed Elden Ring and Nightreign but I would love a return to the old formula as per Dark Souls 1, Bloodborne, and Sekiro- a smaller, denser, interconnected world, with more of a focus on core mechanics over endless (baroque, even) combat options. I also enjoyed the PvP, with the constant threat of invasion (but only if you had restored your humanity). Would be wonderful to see them return to this style.

Anyway, I say all this but Duskbloods will probably be the game which causes me to finally get a Switch 2. I reckon it’ll still be a grand old time!

I’m all about hoop and stick in the street like some Victorian Urchin

What’s the one thing people would want to do after a devastating nuclear war? Fight each other, hand-to-hand!

“There’s no potable water; the land is barren; the grid is down; society has collapsed. Eugh…that makes me so, so angry!”

“Stop! We don’t need to fight! Though resources are ultimately scarce, there’s so few of us left that we can easily share.”

“Thems fightin words!”

The Japanese one because the guy at the top of the graphic looks like some sort of Fatal Uncle Fester.

There have been a few remakes of Tactics Ogre. Each of them brings something new and is a good game in its own right but none of them capture the magic of the original. I feel that the situation would be the same should someone try to remake March of the Black Queen or Person of Lordly Calibre. Instead, I think they should make sure that all of the originals are available on modern platforms and then focus on a new entry…a F2P arena shooter with loot boxes and season passes!!!!!1111(/s)

Cursed Castilla EX is worth a go, for people who want more of the same! I prefer it in some ways, to be honest.

I used to play it almost every day after school. There was a "club" for kids who had to wait to be picked up by their (single, working) parent. The best part of this was the NES and a whole box of games, donated by someone’s brother when he went off to university. Battletoads was in that box too…the Waterloo to my Napoleon.

@The_Nintendo_Pedant

This is how I feel about SMB too. Such tight design and still a joy to play. Good platformers just don’t age, imo.

“One must take extra care with one’s wanko, lest it end up doronko”

— a great sage

I’m already living my best life as a fly

Time for something bold and new. Time for a spin off. Time for Mega Flan, the rhythmic, cooking-themed platformer.

The JP one should have been used for an N64 TIE-fighter, with the appropriate blueprints at the bottom. Love Rogue Squadron but the TIE-fighter/X-Wing series was also brilliant.

I really enjoyed this article. Mirrors my experience very closely! Endlessly poring over NGC too…ah.

@Maxz

They never knew the horror that was "The Head".

@PJOReilly

Don’t think I’ve heard anyone talk about bumbags for about 25 years. Are they back?! Finally!

@Keman

Is he actually causing any harm though? All he does is repeatedly post pro PS5 comments and express his dislike of the Switch 2. He’s not spewing hatred against any marginalised groups or using this place as a soapbox for some extremist political viewpoint. He’s not even trying to get at anyone really.

I like all the regular commenters on here, including him, even if what they say might be sometimes irksome. It’s a very colourful place! It’s like some slightly off-kilter Animal Crossing 😂❤️

This article (and many others) reminds me of the halcyon days of Future publishing, specifically SuperPlay, N64 Magazine, and NGC. Nintendo Life is definitely the spiritual successor to that fine lot!

@Duncanballs

Made my day! Hope you have a blast!

Very excited for all those that are getting one this week. Fire up some 4K, 60fps BotW and cook up an apple for me!

@The_Nintend_Pedant

I still laugh every time I see your new name. Also the circumstances around why you changed it. So, so good! 😂

I put on my favourite shoes.

I donned my Pikmin Visor.

I stepped outside, ready to be a Hot Girl

I was immediately arrested for offending public decency.

Yer a wanzer, Harry. A fuggin’ wanzer

Just look at all those mascots and staff members waiting to interact with you. Sends shivers down my spine.

Regards,

A reclusive nerd

Procedural generation has been used in video games from a very early stage. Rogue, which spawned roguelikes, has procedurally generated levels!

They find it out by playing it obsessively for years to the detriment of my social life outside of the smash community and the small circle of nerds I call friends….

Err, I mean their social life and their small circle of nerds they call friends!!!

I cancelled my preorder as I’m not experiencing the “magic” that I felt with previous Nintendo consoles. Perhaps in a year I will be in the right frame of mind!

Pokémon: PokeTogether

…

I feel regret

I’m starting to think that I might be a really poorly programmed AI

@Splash_Woman

It could also be BEEWAR, warning of an impending global conflict with the world’s bees.

It really could…

@batmanbud2

Ty for the recs. Heard good things about Clone Wars in general, so might get on that!

Bloodborne and DS1 4 eva <3

Still, enjoyed Elden Ring and I’m now enjoying the DLC on PS5. I’m not enjoying the lore in Ring as much as the Soulsborne games. There’s a lot of it, and it has some very cool parts to it, but it doesn’t fill me with the same sense of wonder. I’m also not entirely sold on the more open environment, but I also think it was done well. Very excited to see what their next main entry will be, though also hyped for Duskbloods!

Typing out the above actually makes me want to double dip and get Ring on Switch 2…

We all saw the article and immediately thought of poor @YunoboCo 😂❤️

I actually prefer to sit at a desk to play PC games, like I’m plugging into the mainframe to perform a dangerous task in some dystopian cyberpunk future. I’ll always have a desktop!

I preordered a Switch 2 and it will be my only console going forward. I have great love for all of Nintendo’s IP. I feel let down by PS5 and only keep it around to play FROM games. Haven’t had an Xbox since 360 and I don’t feel that I’ve missed anything.

I feel that I should play one of the Dizzy games, given that it’s Easter. I think that they still hold up well!

“Tomorrow and tomorrow and to Morrowind”

—Macbeth, upon hearing this news

For me, Morrowind still has the best open world. It’s janky by today’s standards, but the setting, the ambience, and the lore are all so well realised. Also, the mechanics were strange and obtuse, yet allowed for a lot of freedom and a real sense of power. It’s also not just another high fantasy world; not that there’s anything wrong with that. I’m hoping for either a total remake (with Mr Howard not touching it), or a remaster (and available on Switch 2).

As to the ongoing BotW argument, well, I loved what they did, and it still feels magical, but I have only completed it once. Each time I replay it, I get about halfway through and then it drops off. I’m actually really looking forward to the Switch 2 upgrade as I think the boosted frame rate and resolution will help preserve the magic inherent in the design.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/aboutus/transparencyandgovernance/freedomofinformationfoi/historicandpresentukwages

Office of National Statistics, with the last link being a spreadsheet showing weekly wages from 1968 to 2021. Gives some idea as to how much a given console might cost the average British worker at a given time. What with rent/mortgage, child-reading, taxes, etc, £740 a month in 1986 probably meant you’d be saving a while for a NES!

Edit: ~20% of ones monthly wages pre tax is a lot, but SMB is still an absolute banger of a game 😌

Those two are assets controlled by my uncle, Director of Special Operations at Nintendo HQ.

Huh. So weird. Always thought their name was Acklobbeddeywobbeddywibbeddyclaim.

@Splash_Woman

Yes, those were the days! Once, I was required to set MYSELF on fire while entering into a covenant with a pantheon of dark and foreboding gods just to trade for a Meowth ( I had Red version). The scoundrel also pranked me and named it “Fartbreath” knowing that I couldn’t change it. Good times!

Can’t wait to once more hear “This grau is frenché and teh uberdesnah!” and “I’m sorry Nikkeh!”

Or whatever they’re meant to be 😂

There I was, outside the doors of Nintendo HQ.

**CRASH**

The doors flew open and out strode my uncle, looking resplendent in his red suit and tie.

“My boy, you’re going to the hands-on event! You wouldn’t believe what I had to do to get you a ticket.”

“Are you in trouble again, uncle?”

“No, no, nothing like that. Haha! Here.”

He handed me the ticket, bid me goodbye, and strode back inside. After he’d left, I looked down at what he’d given me. It had been edited with a marker pen and read, “Dear —eoff—Keigh— AMONGTHEWORMS, congratulations on securing a place at the hands-on event. We can’t wait to see you there! Love, Nintendo.”

Sad that people are losing their jobs. As for the company, maybe their AAAA games will save them. Avast, ye swabs! 🤡

I’m going to get into collecting mud. There’s a lot of it about where I live and everyone can have a go. Mud for all!

It’s not necessarily the end. Maybe Thorson and the gang will be ready to have a go again after they’ve released a couple of smaller titles. Whatever they decide to do, I’m excited for it.

I’m coping and hoping!

Company that intensively processes dead animals into crappy food teams up with company which peddles a fiction involving obsessively imprisoning and collecting animals.

Anyway, I think they should both go all in and genetically engineer these creatures into existence solely for the sake of novel meat products. A “Pikachew” meal could be on the cards!

I’m hoping that these new joycons hold up a bit better than the old ones. You see, I love to coat my hands in a yellow, oleaginous substance and then grab and manipulate objects for hours on end. My poor white joycons are quite soiled!

They named it “Nitro Blaze”…

“…and regarding that world-ending, quantum-magical trap we accidentally tripped last weekend when astrally projecting. Well, I redirected the spell’s trigger to activate only if the blue dog in Majora’s Mask wins a race. Honestly, who gonna bother with something like that?! The odds are astronomically low AND it involves a glitch! Anyway, as I was saying bef—„

The only way to make this even better would be to somehow shoehorn in NFTs, crypto, and general WEB3 shenanigans. All hail the Segaverse!

/s * 9000

It’s actually a ”rough” because he’s “well rough (innit)”.

Ubisoft: “We’re gonna make a game to take on Animal Crossing!”

Public: “You be soft in the head.”