Nintendo

[shadowhive]

So today’s love meme thing is about Nintendo.

My first memory of nintendo was when I was in primary school. I can’t remember how old I was, but I came home from school one day and there was a NES set up to the tv. It was a complete and total surprise and I remember playing the original super Mario and duck hunt. (Duck hunt being the only game that I can remember playing with my nan so it gives me feels.)

I only got a few games on the NES and it may come as a surprise that I never actually got either of the Zelda games that was released for it. I do remember playing on it though, just at a school friends.

I never got the SNES, but vaguely remember playing it at my cousins. I did get a game boy though. Again my games were limited, but I know I had Tetris as one of them, as well as Link’s awakening when I got the game boy colour. Speaking of the game boy I got every version: the first brick one, the pocket, the colour and then the GBA and GB SP.

I got Pokemon when it came out on the colour, both red and blue and that’s been a loving lasting fixation ever since.

I got the N64 pretty late. It was actually a gift from my uncle and it remains the best ever gift that I ever had from him. It came with Shadows Of The Empire and it took me ages to get through it cause I got stuck during the battle of Hoth stuff. It’s during the 64 that my fixation with Zelda really started, with Ocarina of Time and The absolute masterpiece that is Majora’s Mask. (Oddly as I typed that the guys at monterey bay mentioned the Majora’s Mask moon which was so strange).

Since then I got the consoles pretty much on release and mostly got the following on release: Pokemon, smash, Mario and Zelda, as well as smash. It wasn’t until the nintendo DS that I got into Animal Crossing.

One of my lasting memories of my grandad was him watching me play Twilight Princess when I first got it and him making comments.

So yeah Nintendo has been a huge part of my life.

Which brings me to two things.


I got a few Lego blind bags when I went in Sainsburys. Although one is a double (and I didn’t get the dolphin from the regular figures) I did get the Fly Guy which is the one I wanted most from this series! I think the blind bags are probably the best value of the Mario sets which s a bit of a shame but they are nice.

Then there was the new Nintendo Direct tonight. It was 50 minutes and it’s been a long time since there’s been one that long. Most have been minis which tend to be short or just focussed on one thing. Naturally there were some things that I wasn’t bothered with but there was a few that got me excited which I’ll detail.

There’s a Famicom Detective Club two pack which looks very interesting. One has you investigating a murder (in a haunted town! With amnesia!) which the other seems to be about a ghost. Both look pretty interesting.

Fall Guys is coming in the summer and it looks kinda cute, though I blame Maxx and Cody’s streams for that.

There’s going to be a Star Wars game called Star Wars Hunters! There was no real info about it, but it’s free so that makes it even more excite. I suspect there’ll be more info on that soon.

Miitopia is coming to switch and it was fun on the 3DS. I’m not quite sold on getting it again yet as there just seems to be new fancy hair and a horse.

There’s info on the new Animal Crossing update which goes live next week. It’s mostly Mario focussed (in fact that’s all the vid shown) and it’s a mix of outfits and items. The items look pretty cool and you can collect coins, but the best one is the warp pipe. You can actually jump on it and go down it to a second one letting you fast travel to somewhere else on the island! I love that so much, it’s so cool! I just wish they gave us more space to properly use them.

There’s going to be an expansion pass for Hyrule Warriors Age Of Calamity, but it’s a bit vague on the details. Plus it’s not out until June and November which seems so far away so there’s no rush to get it.

There seemed to be a Breath Of The Wild update because the head of Zelda stuff came on.... but nope. Instead they’re bringing Skyward Swird to the Switch, complete with fancy joy cons! You can play with joy cons or with buttons which is good. That’s a game that has memories too.

Last was a new Splatoon which looks pretty cool and there’s a bow! It’s not out till next year though.

I’m sure I’ve missed something but yeah, it’s made me excite and feel better.

Comments

[turps]

The SNES and NES, that brings back memories.

I'm so glad you got some happy things to make you feel better.

[shadowhive]

It really does!

Thanks!🖤

[bunnyboo]

My very first video game was Gator Pinball on my dad's Gameboy! We were a Nintendo family all the way up to the PS2 era when my dad started branching out into other consoles. We, of course, had the Wii (Remember that launch? What a nightmare to get!) but my brother and I were more invested in the PS3/360 as tweens and teens. I still have so many great memories with Nintendo though!

[shadowhive]

Ohh cool! I was all nintendo and never got into PlayStation (other than at my ex’s place) and it took me ages before I got an xbox one (though I’m glad I did). Oh wow yeah that was a mad launch! Mum got it me for Christmas and had to get her friend to get it because she worked in town and so was able to get notified. Yay memories!

[dreamersdare]

Other than the Gameboy (and man, did I love my Gameboy) I don't think I ever owned any of the Nintendo platforms. I spent ages trying to convince (aka begging) my mum to buy me a Sega Megadrive, which she just refused to do, but in the end we did get a Playstation, wrangled as a Christmas present, with two controllers and an adminition to share.

Given that both me and my brother survived to adulthood, I think we did pretty well at that :D

[shadowhive]

The game boy was awesone🖤 and aww no! I think I had the mega drive though only had two games for it so never really used it. And ewww sharing!

Well clearly you didn't kill him which yay!

[dreamersdare]

We used to play Sonic and Lemmings on the megadrive when I went for sleepovers* at my friend's. I was so jealous that she had one, and I didn't.

I remain astounded that he survived until adulthood... (actually, we got on pretty well most of the time; we used to bicker, but I don't think we ever really fought much, or for very long!)

*for a value of about two hours sleep, because we'd stay up all night watching movies, playing games and talking shit!

[shadowhive]

I know I had a sonic and a golden ax/streets of rage game. Awww. Did you know that This is a thing?

Awww that’s good

Hee nice! I never had any sleepovers soo

[dreamersdare]

I am torn! On the one hand, nostalgia. On, the other, early games graphics... :D