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I bought XANADU PC-8801 PC-8801mkIISR developed by Nihon Falcom. I loved Ys VIII and IX so wanted to try one of their earlier RPGs.
Also continuing Persona 5 Royal.

I’ll be playing SteamWorld Build. A great addition to the series. I’ve got all the previous games.
I’m going to try and finish the main story in Zelda TOTK. It’s been a long time coming. 130 hours and counting.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of 3 of my favourite albums. Linkin Park - Meteora, Evanescence - Fallen and Muse - Absolution.

They all got anniversary editions released with additional CDs featuring demos, a few alternate versions and live recordings of tracks. The Muse album came with a book telling the story of the albums creation with input from the band members and producer.

I also saw Makoto Shinkai film Suzume at the cinema. I really enjoyed it. I would rank it alongside Your Name. The blu ray special edition and steel book have recently gone live for preorder.

Person 5 Royal was on the backlog for a while so have started this. I’ve clocked 4 - 5 hours so far and I’m loving it. I’ll also spend some time with Sonic 2 on the Mega Drive mini.

I’ll be playing Persona 5 Royal and Zelda. Persona 3 portable and Persona 4 golden bundle are on 40% discount £19.79. I’ll double check the reviews before deciding to buy.

Looks and sounds very promising. Seems there’s plenty of depth for level design and traversal. I’ll wait for the final verdict but will likely be picking this up.

I caught Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume at the cinema and it was amazing. With Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron as well that’s some tough competition.
I did like the Mario Bros. film but I hope Suzume wins.

I think Super Nintendo Kart is the way to go. It opens up so many possibilities for track design and items. Courses from Kirby’s Dreamland, Metroid and Zelda. Imagine racing around death mountain or an alien planet from Metroid.
Otherwise if they release another Mario Kart then they’ll need to drastically change the gameplay. Introduce something so different so it feels fresh.

I was hoping for a review of this game as I love RPGs with realtime combat. An interesting story and good soundtrack as well. I’ll pick this one up.

This is one of the best action adventure games I’ve ever played. A highlight of the N64 library and Rare’s output.

I’ve been thinking about getting Lego Star Wars. Is it worth paying a few extra quid 17.99 for the DLC?
It seems like the base game is packed full of content already.

An original story in that world is the best thing they can do. There is still a lot of material to work with, lots of room for an interesting story. Written and paced for a 2hr or so run time.

I’m working my way through Star Ocean: The Second Story R demo. I never played the original. The combat didn’t quite click at first but I’m getting the hang of it. I’ve read the praise in the NL review so I’ll stick with it.

Happy Birthday Nintendo Life. The best unofficial Nintendo magazine. Online. Lots of interesting content consumed over the years. I first discovered NL when searching for Wii virtual console reviews.

I voted for the NA cover because it shows multiple Kirbys attacking enemies, giving an idea of the in-game action.

Too many games to play so will focus on the main story in Zelda TOTK now. No side quests. I’ve done a lot already at 110 hours.
There’s also the latest from Mario and Sonic and I bought the Metal Gear collection.

N64 Bowser’s Castle is the best castle track. My other vote was Airship fortress DS

nintendo.co.uk has SteamWorld Build for 1st December

NES OG for those sounds and those graphics. The doom ship music sounds better.

I picked up FPS Forgive Me Father. I like what I’ve played so far. The animation / sound effects make the action satisfying. There’s a skill tree for weapon, skill, ammo capacity upgrades.
I’ll also be playing Pikmin 4. I think I’m nearing the end.

Mainly Pikmin 4 and Zelda on the Switch. I got the Delphine cinematique collection on Evercade, released yesterday, so I’ll be playing some Amiga games.

I think the Japanese version is the better box art. The different variety of cookies are clearly shown along with the tin. An easy choice this time.

My palate cleansers tend to be the latest version of Picross, replays of retro titles or anything that’s ideal for short bursts of play.

I’ll be playing Horizon Chase 2.
Important note.
A prompt appears saying you need an Epic account to continue. Press B to close, but when you press any button on the title screen the prompt appears again.
When you press B for the second time you are taken to the mode select screen, so can play without the account.

Otherwise it’s a good high speed racing game. Still satisfying as you weave between cars climbing the ranks.

This game reminds me of Project Warlock. I’ll wait for a Switch review but it’s looking like a likely purchase.

On the Disney collection by Digital Eclipse, the GameBoy Aladdin is like the Mega Drive version extremely scaled down and isn’t very good.
As opposed to building the game from the ground up, tailored to the hardware, resulting in good alternatives. Like the GB versions of Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong Country and the Ninja Turtles games with their altered titles.
You end up with a good selection of different games for anniversary collections.

Some nice surprises but a lot of big hitters have already been confirmed. Mario Bros. Wonder, Metal Gear, Batman Arkham, Prince of Persia among others. I think that lessened the impact of the showcase. A lot of big games are on the way.
Also a lot of remasters were announced but still welcome releases. I’d like to try Another Code. I didn’t play the initial release.

I think this is also a sign of winding down for the next hardware release

@Sequel I’ve already pre-ordered from Nintendo UK store. They normally have good gifts but they don’t announce them until closer to the release date.
GAME no longer offer free delivery and there’s a more expensive train fare to get to my nearest store.
Otherwise you’d of had yourself a deal.

The GAME pre-order bonus is an elephant power-up stress ball. I’d rather have the trading card pack.

The first thing I thought of was the Simpsons but I voted Batman as there’s more possibilities for villains and story.

I played the Biker Mice from Mars racing game on the SNES. So for a new entry, a run n’ gun or beat em up with motorbike riding sections?

It looks amazing. Looking forward to discovering other wonder flower effects. I like all the online functionality.
New worlds and enemies means more Mario Kart course possibilities.

The game did remind of 16-bit RPGs with new weapons and armour in each town and some in the wild. Levelling up the usual stats.
But the combat blew me away. Action packed as it should be, with spells going off while combos are being executed. It was really well done.

The Japanese cover is good but EU/NA shows a racer mid stunt against a blue sky, chequered flag with the logo as well. Makes it the winner I think.

I’ll be continuing with Zelda TOTK and Pikmin 4. Quake 2 and War Hammer Boltgun, save anywhere retro shooters are good for short bursts of play.

I got my copy of Ninty Media’s GameBook this morning. I also have John Szcepaniak’s untold history of game developers volume 5.
So lots of gaming reading to do.
Otherwise I’ll be playing Zelda and Pikmin 4.

When I was younger, back in the 90s, my parents bought me a TV Boy. It was just a game pad / controller by itself that connected to the TV with an RF cable. It had 126 built-in games. The product seemed legitimate. There were no TV or movie related IP. They were all Atari games. There was a version of Donkey Kong where the Jump Man sprite was coloured brown below the head. No dungarees.

Edit: I did a google search and found the product https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TV_Boy

The capabilities of the console being what they were, you could say a lot of games of the time looked similar, but the music and graphics did stand out in Secret of Mana. They were very strong and so, more memorable than others.

@JohnnyMind I voted the same. You get the the nicely coloured sky and mountains. Easy choice this week

I think given the time since Mario Odyssey’s release, and the popularity of the film, launching with a new 3D Mario is likely and would be a good choice.

I store my games mainly in draws and on shelves.
I still have my N64 magazine stand for cartridges as pictured in the article. I also have the NGC magazine holder for GameCube games. With those games packed away, they currently hold my Wii U games.

I still have the NES with 7 games. Maniac Mansion, Rescue the embassy mission and Robocop 2 are the games I haven’t seen much of.
I think it’s highly unlikely they’ll reappear. Not that I miss them. Maniac Mansion and Rescue were the better games.

My cousin had the master system 2 which had Alex Kid built in. You would turn the console on with no cartridge and it booted up the game. I think he had a copy of Castle of Illusion as well.

I enjoyed the isometric view action in Darksiders Genesis so after reading the review of the Lara Croft collection I decided to download that.
I’ll also give the Pikmin 4 demo a try.

I can understand the argument for 3rd party games. A lot of games have been initially platform exclusive before releasing on other platforms later. Like Final Fantasy VII and Cup Head among others. However, if the developer of the hardware is also developing the software then I see no problem with exclusivity. It’s their product.

Sub zero would be the more family friendly with just striking and ice moves. It could’ve worked. Otherwise Raiden, as the protector of earth realm doesn’t want to kill anyone. It would be energy projectiles like what other characters have.

I love the look of this. Similar art style but very different world. While Cup Head was brutal but fair difficulty I’d like it if this game could be slightly less punishing.

A new 2D or 3D Mario would be awesome.
So much retro content has been released over the years I can’t think of anything in particular. Past Mortal Kombat games are more likely to be a 3rd party announcement. Unless they’re made available on NSO.

I don’t think there should be rush for the next console given the popularity of the Switch, but it has been on the market for 6+ years. Even if new hardware is planned for next year it’s probably best to announce it late 23 / early 24.

Persona 3 Reload for Switch is listed on retailer GAME website if this is anything to go by.
https://www.game.co.uk/en/m/persona-3-reload-2914160

13/17. The toon / cel shaded designs were the difficult ones.

With all the retro collections being released the absence of the MK games is notable. New games are certainly most welcome but I’m surprised they haven’t announced a arcade / console versions kollection. Especially for the 30th anniversary.