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Post by Leon on Aug 5, 2016 13:32:46 GMT -5
Today marks Samus's 30th birthday!
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Post by Nester the Lark on Aug 23, 2016 21:24:36 GMT -5
I may be a little late, but apparently it's the 25th anniversary of the SNES's North American release. I remember getting it as an early birthday present not too long after it came out. It was exciting because it was my first 16-bit game console, and it really felt like a jump in power. (I didn't get a Genesis until a couple of years later.) I remember playing Super Mario World the first time and thinking to myself, "I am playing a 16-bit Mario game!" ...Seemed like a big deal at the time.  I have a lot of fond memories playing the SNES, and it still has some of my all-time favorite games, including Super Metroid, Yoshi's Island, Diddy's Kong Quest and Zelda: A Link to the Past. But a lot of the games still seem to hold up really well today. I think I was still buying new games for it into the early 2000's. I could walk into a Toys R Us and find a lot of cheap games at bargain bin prices, and I remember picking up SimCity for $5 in 2001. Those were the days... |
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Post by nocturnal YL on Aug 24, 2016 9:03:05 GMT -5
All I remembered was "my computer is 32-bit. What's will all this 16-bit buzz?" I even assumed the Mega Drive was from an earlier era becuase of the giant "16-BIT" text printed there. (Technically, I was right; I didn't try either system until at least 1994.)
The Super Famicom remains one of the systems that I like better, mostly due to its audio capability. There's a unique ring to the synthesized music of the SNES that cannot be replicated by the many SNES remakes I've seen.
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Post by Johans Nidorino on Oct 5, 2016 9:35:37 GMT -5
Today is the fifth anniversary of Pushmo/Pullblox. Old like the 3DS itself.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Nov 19, 2016 11:39:10 GMT -5
The original Wii is 10 years old today (first released in North America on November 19, 2006).
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Post by Da Robot on Nov 27, 2016 1:52:17 GMT -5
While there have been many anniversary's celebrated for various Nintendo hardware and software in November (GCN, Wii, Wii U, etc). There's a Nintendo "service" that also celebrates it's 10th anniversary with the Wii.
Happy 10th anniversary to the Virtual Console and it first 7 games: Donkey Kong, Mario Bros., Pinball, Soccer, Solomon's Key, The Legend of Zelda and Wario's Woods!
I'm surprised to see Nintendo or even other gaming sites have not even acknowledged it.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Nov 27, 2016 11:31:52 GMT -5
Retronauts did (and by extension, so did USgamer), but mainly to complain about it.
The first VC game I bought was Devil's Crush, I think in 2007. Probably the first digital game ever bought, period.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Jun 2, 2017 10:27:04 GMT -5
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Post by nocturnal YL on Mar 3, 2018 12:18:05 GMT -5
Let's revive this kind-of-dead thread and use it to talk about the Switch.
Happy 1st anniversary, Nintendo Switch!
I happily ignored it and spent my day playing the PS4. Yay!
But seriously, now that the Switch is out for a year… actually, I don't have much to add. I didn't buy the Switch until more than half a year after its release, and at this moment, I have more third party games than Nintendo ones.
Buying the system half a year after release was a record breaker to me, actually. It sure caught my attention earlier than the Wii (18 months), 3DS (14 months) and Wii U (16 months).
The Switch has generally left me a good impression (portability and a clean system UI have won my heart), although its library isn't quite there yet. Games I want either aren't released yet, aren't available on Switch, or they have a Switch entry that I don't feel like buying (ports, cheap Unity games masquerading as full-fledged games, and so on). I already have enough games to keep myself entertained for the first half of this year, so this isn't really much of a complaint.
What I really want to see on Switch has yet to come. With main series Kirby and Fire Emblem coming in this year, I will probably like the system more when its 2nd anniversary comes.
As with before, I'm… cautiously optimistic about the Switch. The system itself is fine, but on a personal level, it's still very far from the 3DS in terms of being my favourite system.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Apr 27, 2018 13:02:59 GMT -5
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Post by nocturnal YL on Nov 21, 2018 11:13:17 GMT -5
Happy anniversary to, um… Well, 21 November is the release dates of several titles throughout Nintendo's history, so where should I even start? I'm counting only Japanese releases from Nintendo or The Pokémon Company, since barring simultaneous worldwide sales, other branches of Nintendo don't seem to be as attracted to this date. They do release games on 21 November, but it doesn't feel like a "special" date as is the case with Japanese releases. JP releases: Mach Rider (1985) Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987) Super Mario World (1990) F-ZERO (1990) The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (1991) Yoshi's Cookie (Famicom/Game Boy) (1992) Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest (1995) Diddy Kong Racing (1997) The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) Pokémon Gold & Pokémon Silver (1999) Monster Tactics (2000) Sin & Punishment (2000) Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001) Pokémon Ruby & Pokémon Sapphire (2002) Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga (2003) Pokémon Colosseum (2003) Super Mario 3D World (2013) Pokémon Omega Ruby & Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (2014) Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival (2014) |
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Post by Da Robot on Jan 6, 2019 4:51:50 GMT -5
A few days late but Suda 51 has turned 51.
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Post by nocturnal YL on Mar 3, 2019 14:53:20 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Nintendo Switch!
It also means Zelda BotW is turning 2 as well. And 1-2-Switch too, if anyone cares.
I have a dozen games on Switch and there are a dozen more I'm considering getting. I really like both the system's portable design and the intuitive system UI. If only its controllers are of a better quality…
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Post by Nester the Lark on Apr 21, 2019 22:58:42 GMT -5
April 21 was apparently the 30th anniversary of the original Game Boy.
I don't quite remember when I got mine. Maybe 1991? But I remember wanting one when it came out. There were kiosks for it in pretty much every department store and toy store, often with either Tetris or Super Mario Land. It seemed really cool at the time to have a "true" handheld video game system (as opposed to those LCD games like Game & Watch).
Over the years, I amassed a decent library of games for it, but I don't think I ever really appreciated it as much as just playing a console game.
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Post by Nester the Lark on Sept 22, 2019 10:13:56 GMT -5
September 23 is the 130th anniversary of the founding of Nintendo. Y'know, in case anyone around here is interested in that sort of thing.  |
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