Star Fox!! I’ve already finished two runs, I want to go through all the planets. I wanted to get the proper ending on my first run, but I messed it up in one of the later missions. Then I’ll check out the online and battle modes. Might even try my webcam to have fun with it 😁

I haven’t tried mouse mode at all on Switch 2 yet, I think this is the time!

I’ve had Super Hydorah on my backlog for too long… I am glad I wasn’t the only one finding it hard 😁

I miss that too! 😆 I mostly get to play with friends online only these days…

I miss couch multiplayer Mario Kart 64 😢

Indeed! Nintendo is really good when it comes to reliability. I’ve found all of my consoles to be very reliable. The only thing I’ve had to do so far is change the 72 pin connector on the NES for better reliability when reading games. Other than that, all of them are still going after decades.

But then there’s the issue with the N64 analogue sticks…

Last week I finished Yooka Replaylee on the Switch 2. It’s such a pretty looking game. It’s a shame the final boss battle is a bit boring and tedious. Like they ran out of game design ideas.

I got High on Life Switch 2 Edition to play now. But this weekend has been very busy and I haven’t had time to play at all. Hopefully will do some gaming during the evenings this week. Next weekend is busy too! Have to take advantage of the nice weather and sunlight while it lasts! Hopefully I’ll play some Star Fox on Thursday 😁

This sounds similar to Tiny Bookshop and it looks nice. I might get it to see what it’s like running a virtual plant shop. Might prepare me for when I finally rage quit my tech job 😅

I only played a bit over an hour and didn’t notice any performance issues. I’d assume the PS5 version looks better though. But it works fine on the Switch. It’s a Switch 1 game though, now I want all my games to have a free Switch 2 upgrade 😆

I finished Bubsy 4D and moved on to Yooka-Replaylee. Initially Yooka-Replaylee hadn’t hooked me that much, but I’m having fun just now. It looks so good on the Switch 2 with the latest updates. I’ll (try to) finish it before Star Fox comes out. I played the Star Fox demo and it looks amazing, it’ll be my main game once it comes out on the 25th.

I got NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition for the Switch after so many recommendations (and seeing it was low stock where I buy my games). I only played for a bit over an hour and enjoyed it. But it’s going to my backlog. I’ll save it for when I can give my full attention to it and not have to play it along 6 months or a year.

On the retro front, I’m playing Rockman & Forte for Super Famicom.

Horizon Chase Turbo is great. I got the physical version and really enjoyed it. The music by Barry Leitch is incredible. I used to play Top Gear on the SNES a lot, a friend used to have it. It’s definitely made with lots of love and respect for the original Top Gear (it was massive in Brazil!). Barry Leitch also wrote the music for the SNES game, and he pays homage to some tunes in Horizon Chase. Now I feel like going back to playing it 😁

Horizon Chase Turbo 2 I only got digital on Switch. I don’t think there was a physical release at all. Unfortunately, it didn’t come out in a great state and didn’t manage to hook me as much as the first one. I think it never got an update to fix some of its issues, I never went back to playing it. Unfortunately, the studio Aquiris was acquired by Epic and apparently everyone was put to work on Fortnite stuff (not sure if this is true, but read it on the community discord).

I hope Star Fox is something similar to what Metroid Prime Remastered was for Retro Studios. They used it as a project to get a new team to learn how to make a Metroid Prime. This could be a project to learn how to make Star Fox on Switch 2. So it’ll hopefully be a new beginning with more titles in the future following the same style.

I don’t think we’ll hear about new 3D Mario this year if we didn’t hear anything around the movie. Like Zelda, it’s probably taking ages because they’ll make something proper and big. Mario needs to implement some new game mechanic, who knows what they’ll come up with.

There might be a Nintendo Direct specific to this game soon. Remember they did a Star Fox Direct out of nowhere to present that game.

Yeah, lots of third party stuff, but it felt meh for me too. It’s a shame that the Ocarina of Time remake had been leaked. I wish I could avoid leaks, I really don’t get why anyone needs or wants to know stuff in advance. The highlight for me was the free demo for Star Fox 😁 (I left my Switch 2 downloading it). The DK Challenges sound interesting too, I’ll check that out.

Happy cake day!

It’s very similar, but there’s some more footage.

Digital editions of each will be available, but there’ll also be a physical release “Toy Story: Retro Roundup! + Toy Story 3 Complete Edition Double Pack”:

I think it’s definitely worth it. I played and finished Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers 2. It’s pretty short, I think it took just about an hour. I also played a bit of Goof Troop and Bonkers. I had never played Bonkers before and for a Capcom game, it’s a bit disappointing.

Hopefully some more Bubsy 4D on Switch 2 and Top Gear Rally 2 on Analogue 3D this weekend. I received the physical version of Disney Afternoon Collection for Switch today, so I’ll try to play some of that too. I played most of these games already when I was a kid. I had Chip N’ Dale (but lost it) and own Duck Tales on the NES (played the remaster on Wii U too). The rest I either rented or played at friends’ houses, so it’ll be fun to go back to replay them and see how many I can finish.

I don’t know if it came from the community, but the idea of Tetris 99 is great. The adrenaline of being one of the last players on the board and having all these pieces falling down, trying to survive while you attempt to attack other players… Pure magic! 😆

The Analogue 3D is great! I got a black one in the first wave. Of course as soon as I received it (after months of delays and no communication from Analogue), they announced the color editions. But I don’t mind, I like it as it looks similar to my original N64. The overclocking is great and they added save states with the latest firmware update, so it’s amazing.

Bubsy 4D is fun! I’m only on the second world, but it’s been good so far. I think it’s aimed at replaying to discover all the yarn balls and blueprints and speedrunning. But I take my time exploring each stage once, and still find it entertaining.