mjharper

I can relate to so many of these stories. The Zelda games are all special, and I had great experiences with so many of them, and each for different reasons. Happy new Zelda game day, everyone!

Ys IX is intriguing, but it didn't receive the best review on PushSquare, so I'm keeping it off the wishlist for now.

That’s awesome! Way to go Nintendo for giving this guy more work.

Sky looks interesting, and it's free, so I'll get that. My kid will probably want to get Mario Golf at some point.

I loved the surprises and reveals, but ultimately, it was all about the new Zelda for me. Not a big surprise, it's my favorite game series, and anything new from it would've made best of show for me, but I can't describe how much I'm looking forward to that game.

I'm kind of stuck in the middle of Super Metroid. I'll get back on it eventually. That's what happens when I start a game when I'm already playing through another game (or two or three). But Super Metroid is a classic. I've enjoyed my time with it so far, which is saying a lot given that it's my first playthrough of an old game.

I'm also getting this error. Very annoying, but it's only an annoyance.

I cashed in on that NBA 2K21 deal yesterday (and deleted NBA 2K20 — that I spent $5 on). That's a great deal on Doom Eternal, that'll probably be happening too. I'm struggling with downloading too - it took lots of retrying/cancelling/restarting/black voodoo magic to finally get that game to download.

Very, very fun Direct. There were lots of surprises there (Metroid, WarioWare, Advance Wars, etc.), and while I didn't really add anything new to the wishlist, I feel like Nintendo put out a really strong list of announcements there. Cannot wait for the next Zelda, whatever they decide to name it.

So glad we got some updated footage, but now I just want to see more. Can't wait for this game!

I may give it a try, but I'm still playing Pokemon Go pretty regularly, and I only have room in my day for one GPS game.

I used to get the calendars every year for my office, and I still have a 3DS bag with the Club Nintendo logo on it, and the red/yellow/green/blue Wii remote wristbands that Club Nintendo offered to tie in with New Super Mario Bros. Wii. That's still the only way I can tell my Wii remotes apart.

Waiting for the reviews on this, but I’m definitely interested. There’s such a plethora of good RPGs on the Switch - so far removed from the Wii U days.

This is happening to me too. I'm one of the "keep trying and it eventually works" people. This is not stability.

I forgot about this game. It looks very nice. Added to the wish list.

Great memories, thanks for the post. I chose the Breath of the Wild gameplay reveal, but I thoroughly enjoyed rewatching all of these, especially the puppets. Nintendo used to put a lot of effort into these presentations, and I'm thinking it had more to do with the personality of the people involved (Iwata-san primarily) than the direction the company's marketing is going. I remember watching them live and thinking, get past all of the theatrics, I want to know about the games! Now I enjoy watching the silly puppet show more than I did playing any of the games announced that year. This year's E3 "digital event" will probably be more of the current presentation format - game announcement, gameplay video, rinse and repeat - which isn't bad, since we all just want to know what games are coming, but it's very generic and lifeless compared to the highlights posted here. It's also interesting also how much more bravado Reggie and Iwata had in the 2000's, I'm guessing as a way to appeal more to American audiences. I can't see any Nintendo staff saying they were playing Smash Bros last night and were kicking you-know-what.

Thanks for the emoji at the bottom of the story under the poll - I just spent five minutes researching what the heck it is.

I could definitely see Jonesy, Fish Sticks, or Peely in Smash Bros., taunting with emotes and using a rocket launcher to knock all of the numbers out of their opponent as a final smash. Prepare yourselves now.

Not my thing, but my 12-year-old son is loving the new season so far. I’ll second the randomness comment - they went from dinosaur and primal season straight into alien season. Huh?

I don’t think Samus is happening. If she was coming to the game as a skin (which would be weird, because she wouldn’t be able to use her arm cannon), she would’ve been a natural fit during the bounty hunter season, which has already ended. That’s when Master Chief showed up.

I’m looking forward to this one.

The only game I’ve really played on either service is Rygar, and that was a blast to replay. I’ve kind of given up on anything noteworthy being newly added to these services - it’s time for a new system to get added.

It's a good time to be a Nintendo system owner. Lots of great games, promising new games coming, and even quality third-party support, all on a system that can be played literally anywhere. The fact that we're even talking about Nintendo being in a position to take advantage of its position over Sony and Microsoft would've been laughable 5 or so years ago. No matter what Nintendo shows at E3, the gamers are the true winners.

That said, I can't wait for more info on The Sequel.

And how has Fight Crab not been mentioned at all!? Shame on all of us.

https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/fight_crab

There's a scene in Romeo Must Die where a ganglord threatens someone with a crate of live crabs.

(Since we're being random, with crabs.)

Another fun step towards a return to normal. Thank you for finally confirming this, Nintendo.

I try to use it twice a week as my overall fitness exercise (I also go running a few times a week). I just hit day 100 last week, and I've finally made it to the final "world."

Wow. I don't think I realized how not-so-profitable the Pokemon Company was prior to the release of Pokemon Go. I realize the last few years throw off the scale of that Y-axis, but I wouldn't have guessed with as popular as Pokemon are that the company would have posted net losses a couple times in the past decade.

It'll be interesting to see (assuming this does come out in 2021) how well stocked it will be. You can't even buy the original Switch in stores right now (actually, as long as you don't mind an Animal Crossing-themed Switch, they had those at Target last weekend). Unless you want a Mario Game & Watch, there's no systems available for anyone these days (Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo).

But I'm still in the "don't believe it until I see it" mode on this rumor, and I'm kind of sick of hearing about it.

My first shiny was Magikarp on an event day in Pokemon Go. He ended up being my first Gyarados.

MK11 is very tempting, but I'm also a completionist. I realize I would end up spending a lot more than $14.99 to own that game. I don't know if I want to go down that rabbit hole.

Breath of the Wild almost immediately broke into my top 5 in 2017, so I'm barely in the "in the last 5 years" group.

I was kind of hoping they were going to pack it in with the game like with Twilight Princess HD years ago. As it is, even though I’m fond of this incarnation of Zelda, I’ll probably skip the amiibo. There isn’t really that much of a need to teleport from the ground to the air and vice versa that can’t be handled at a statue. I would’ve hoped something like the extra dungeon from Twilight Princess HD would’ve been locked behind the amiibo.

I remember trying this a few minutes when it was first released at the local EB Games and thinking okay, well that's a thing I guess. Back to my Super Nintendo. I'd try it out on Switch for a little while out of curiosity, but I'd rather Nintendo put their resources into other retro consoles we don't have on the Switch yet.

I'd be willing to give this a try if my company wanted to send our department for a "team-building" activity. Would I spend my own money on this? Probably not.

This would be super awesome and a great surprise. But at this point you have to wonder why Nintendo hasn't already done this. Or the original GameBoy. Or the N64. The DS. The Gamecube.

I'm starting to wonder if Nintendo analytics has figured out that it's not worth the time and effort to add these games/emulated systems because it's not driving up subscriber numbers/revenue.

I've loved MK8. I've bought the game (and the DLC) for the Wii U and the Switch, and I've played the game to death on both systems. But seriously, it's time for the next game in the series.

Now that I've made as much progress in Super Mario 3D World as I did on the Wii U (up to the final level, but never able to actually beat it), I got reacquainted with Octopath Traveler this past weekend, making progress in it for the first time since last December. I forgot how much fun that game is.

I voted US, though they’re all fairly boring. Weird observation - the block lettering at the bottom of the US cover looks like the popular block lettering used in memes. Weird.

It was a really cool idea, and a cool product, but there's not much to innovate or iterate from the original ideas. The set that Santa brought for my son a couple years ago was pretty fun to mess around with, but it's definitely geared towards children.

What's up with the Switch Lites over there? They've all of a sudden starting selling like crazy. Is this the "MonHun on a train" effect or the "OG Switch out of stock" effect?

You could throw pretty much any animal from Super Mario 64 (penguins, Yoshi, etc.) into this and it would fit.

And no. It is a crime to name anyone or anything Richard today.

Cowabunga, dude!

Duck Hunt 99? Contra 99?

Edit: Oh, oops, she did say indie games, didn't she? Hmm, how about Hades 99? FAST RMX 99?

I have fond memories of the NES. This was the system I waited months for before I finally got it under the Christmas tree back in the 80's. I've been a Nintendo fan ever since. "The greatest Christmas gift I had ever received, or would ever receive."

Definitely looking forward to Smut 3 In-header (sorry, that's how I read SMTIIINHDR).

@Roam85 Same - that's why I stopped playing the Harry Potter game from Niantic. I don't want more than one GPS game to keep up with. I'll download the Pikmin game and try it out, but I'm not expecting to play it alongside Pokemon Go for very long.

Congrats on your success, Nintendo Life! Good to have you back, @ThomasBW84.

Waiting for Sephiroth.

I loved A Link to the Past, and I played this little cartridge to death. But I never had the capability to try the multiplayer game. The only other person I knew who had a GBA was my girlfriend (later, wife), and she has had no interest in playing anything Zelda-related.

(It's our acceptance of each other's differences that makes our relationship work.

Looks awesome. Also looks like a natural for the Switch (retro, kid-friendly, etc.) Hope it plays as great as it looks, because they're pretty much going to be shutting up and taking my money when this is released. That would be a great cartoon, too.