This week I started a new career in Top Gear Rally 2 for the Nintendo 64 on the Analogue 3D. I had this game when I was younger and going back to it now, I was impressed that it felt like riding a bike. I hadn’t played in so many years, yet I felt back at home. I’ll probably finish this career eventually before I move on to any other N64 game.

On Switch 2 I got the physical edition of Bubsy 4D this week. I had played the demo and it convinced me to buy it. I haven’t had enough time to get into the main game yet. So I’m hoping to get some gaming hours this weekend with Bubsy.

Did anyone here get this? I’ll get it eventually, it’s full game on the cart (Bethesda Y U NO do this for all games?) and I do really like Indiana Jones movies.

Me too. I’m really hoping this is the proper reboot they attempted to do with Zero and we start seeing more Star Fox!

Yes, but the importance given to the prologue could be hinting at more. Maybe we’ll be able to play some missions with James McCloud in the past. Maybe there’s more development on what happened to him once you finish the game. Maybe in this version, you rescue him in Venom. Or maybe:

Who knows. I think it’s cool we’re getting more cinematic stuff with this saga anyway!

I doubt this will be “just a remake” 🤔

And also when Switch 2 has just nothing going for it.

Everything can’t appeal to everyone all the time and that’s ok. For me, playing Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild at 60fps was worth it. I loved Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment, Cyberpunk 2077 and Donkey Kong Bananza. I enjoyed Metroid Prime 4 too, I haven’t tried it on the Switch 1, but it looks and runs amazing on the Switch 2.

I do agree the design of the Switch 2 is very conservative, even compared to the colored joycons of the first one. But that’s what made sense to them to make after the success of Switch 1. There’s still some quirkiness there with the mouse controls and the Virtual Boy accessory (whether this last one is worth it or not, is a different discussion, and also the ownership of the games…). They didn’t have to do a reproduction of one of their biggest flops so you can play it with the Switch, yet they did.

The Game Cube is awesome, quirky and looks amazing, but it didn’t sell well at the time.

They’ve been on a cycle, they’re the most creative when they’re not doing well (Game Cube to Wii, Wii U to Switch). I don’t believe they’ll just go into PlayStation mode and keep releasing Nintendo Switch 3, 4, but we’ll see.

It’s fine if the Switch 2 is not for you. Maybe eventually a new 3D Mario or a new Zelda will get you excited, maybe you’re over Nintendo and that’s ok. But for some of us, the Nintendo Switch 2 has a lot going for it and we’re really enjoying it.

Assault is such an underrated title. While watching this trailer I imagined what if they remade Assault after this?! (And hopefully new titles in the future…)

Yes! This is my hope too. A reboot to start making new games with this style in the future 🙌 And I’ve played Star Fox 64 a lot, but I’m definitely getting this one. It looks amazing!

My hope is this is a reboot to hopefully start making new titles in the same style after this. What they probably wanted to do with Star Fox Zero, but the Wii U failed miserably.

That’s nice! Was your child excited? I’m really looking forward to this and am happy we don’t have to wait too long 😁

Well, that was a fecking delight! Star Fox is out on Nintendo Switch 2 June 25th. A remake of Star Fox 64 with redesigned graphics and new features.

I’ve played a few, and there’s stuff like Double Dragon Gaiden that I’ve enjoyed (but it’s pretty light on the roguelikeness). I got Absolum too, but I haven’t played more than a couple of hours yet. I feel like they’re designed to keep you playing over and over and being forever games. But the gameplay is just not there in most cases, at least for me. And I prefer the curated experience over a randomized experience every single run.

I know! 😅
I got both previous games and liked them. But I’m so tired of roguelikes!

Yes, it’s the View Askewniverse, created by Kevin Smith. It started with his independent film Clerks, followed by Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, Clerks II, Jay and Silent Bob Reboot and Clerks III (There’s also an animated Clerks show).

The stoner couple Jay and Silent Bob show up in all of them. Silent Bob is played by Kevin Smith and Jay is Jason Mewes. The movies are fun, they are from different times so they are pretty different between each other. I’d recommend starting with Clerks, a black and white 1994 comedy film which launched Smith’s career. Mallrats and Dogma are good starting points too I guess, but I’ve enjoyed all of them.

The NES game was made by the same studio that’s working on this one and Limited Run, to get some funds to keep developing this particular title. It’s an 8-bit beat 'em up, very reminiscent of the 80’s style of NES games.

I still can’t get over what a bad choice Chris Pratt is for this character. He puts zero effort in disguising his voice to be Mario. It’s just him reading from a script in his regular voice. He does one “wahoo!” in this trailer, are we supposed to applaud him for putting in the effort that one time? Sorry, just ranting… If you understand Italian or don’t mind subtitles, Mario’s voice in the Italian dub is great. Other than that, looking forward to this movie.

I haven’t had much time to play recently. But since last time I posted, I finished River City Saga: Three Kingdoms. I got the sequel, “Next”, but I’m saving it to play later.

I played and finished Earthworm Jim 2 on Nintendo Online SNES. This game has amazing style, graphics and silly funny stuff. But the game play is sometimes not great and it becomes pretty hard. I wouldn’t had had the patience to finish it without the rewind and save states on Nintendo Online I think. The puppy stages are particularly hard and devastating when you miss a puppy.

I am also playing a little bit of Parodius Da! almost every day on my Famicom. I’m trying to finish a run without losing any lives and going through all the secret bonus stages.

Finally I also played some Tetris and Wario on the Virtual Boy. It’s fun and the games are good, but I just find it hard to find a comfortable position with the Virtual Boy for longer than a few minutes at a time. No wonder it was hard to sell back then. Where’s my strap!? I want the VB stuck to my face! 🤣

The water looks so good!

Absolutely! Can’t wait! That Stan Bush song on the trailer, hope it’s in the game too!

Yeah and it’s great they have all the different versions! I’m curious about playing Silver Surfer, but the only reference I have is Angry Video Game Nerd’s video on it 😂

Yeah, I got the physical version and really enjoyed it. But as you said, there are so many others, that it kind of got drowned out. I haven’t played it in a while! I know there was at least one more update with free content before this one, so there’s a few new things to check out.