Tim B

First impressions are, it's bloody brilliant. I wish I wasn't so hungover today so I could actually play it. I'm a couple of hours in and it just plays so well. It seems more accessible than a lot of RPGs, so I hope its does well. Did someone say they saw a TV advert for this in the UK? Regardless, I can see a lower Top 10 debut for it in the chart. I have a drug testing trial coming up this week so will have a lot of time to play it when I'm there. But why is there no IGN review?

I forgot how utterly engrossing this game is. I just completed File 06, which took me 2.5-3 hours. This is how long most of the files have taken me, I would say. Is this the same for other people, because I've heard people saying each chapter takes just one hour?! Surely not...I am on the slightly harder 'Standard' difficult mode though. Hoping to be able to get this completed in time for Dragon Quest, but not sure if I can find the time.

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening scores No.1 in the UK charts and is the biggest Nintendo launch of the year thus far. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-09-23-the-legend-of-zelda-links-awakening-topples-borderlands-3-in-uk-charts

The technical issues are barely even noticeable with my copy of the game. I posted about playing it on *Facebook* and the reaction was huge compared with when I usually post about a new game. The nostalgia should carry it to No.1 this week, if not by a massive margin.

I wonder how this will fare in the UK charts. Could be very close vs. Borderlands 3, which was apparently the highest selling game of this year at launch. Borderlands is multi-format and seems to have been received well, so let’s see. I imagine it’s a very long time since a Zelda game was No. 1 in the UK.

Did you play it originally on Game Boy, out of interest? Which Zelda game was your first?

Launched at number 19 in the UK. Was outsold by Astral Chain in its third week which is number 18.

It's very common for games to be exactly £10 more expensive on the official Nintendo store.

Where’s the source for the price? Think I missed it somewhere.

If anyone has a pre-order, you might want to consider cancelling it if there’s still time. This game will be £20 or less by Xmas.

I saw the TV ad! Guess that means I can start counting down the days. I also need to attempt to finish Astral Chain in that time.

Great job on ALttP, guys. Personally I have completed that game in each of the last three decades, so I’m gonna wait until sometime in the next decade to do so again. It’s quite possibly my second favourite Zelda after Breath of the Wild. Maybe. Probably. I pretty much forgot that the NES games existed on the Switch. In the last twelve months, I racked up a whopping two hours of play on that service. The SNES library is just a million times more appealing, so I’m going to attempt to play it a lot more...if I can remember it’s there!

When is the review embargo up please? There's no sign of this game yet in the Amazon UK Top 100, so seems it's going to need some pretty strong reviews to avoid being a commercial flop.

The graphics on Pilotwings were so bad they almost gave me a seizure. I don’t think it’s aged well at all. I struggled with Super Tennis at first. I mean, the ball actually goes out etc. WTF?! Guess I’ve played too much Mario Tennis Aces. F-Zero is just as I remembered it. Will be great to dip into this from time to time. Ditto Super Mario Kart. I’d totally forgotten that one has to finish in the Top 4 in order to progress to the next track. Not sure if I would jump into something properly just yet with so many actual Switch games to play. At some point I’d love to see what all the fuss is about with Super Metroid though.

Hi Principal Skinner. Hi SUPER NINTENDO CHALMERS!!!

Errrr, yeah, I'm gonna need the GameXplain analysis video on this one. Is it a fitness application? Is it a game? What's the significance of all the cities?

Banjo & Kazooie is a bloody fantastic character, though I hope everyone doesn't feel that way as he's going to be very, very popular...

All in all, a really good Direct, but this year it wasn't as strong as what we saw at E3. Super Mario Odyssey/Sunshine or whatever at the end would've been perfect. It seems they are letting this year's four Mario (and Luigi) games sell for a while instead, which is wise. The highlight for me was unexpectedly the announcement of new Smash DLC characters. I wonder how many we will get...surely it will be between 3 and 5.

Somehow I think the GameXplain guys are expecting too much from this Direct. Saying that, the E3 presentation this year was exceptional and the Switch is on fire, so let’s see.

Ah yeah, it does specify Nintendo Switch titles.

How could I forget Mario Kart Tour? It should also be in this Direct.

I just completed the chapter that had me unlock my second Legion. If this one was normal length then the chapters are so.....long! There was just more and more and more even when I was expecting it to end. It took me three hours

They looked absolutely fantastic in person at Insomnia. It almost made me want to get one, but the next time I took my Switch on a trip I realised I really, really don't need one.