Happenstance

Yeah I've played the Dread demo before and just finished trying it again. I love the way the game plays and everything around it but despise those chase sequences. Luigi's Mansion 1 I loved, 2 not so much but I think that's because I thought the multiple mansions watered the game down too much. I never played Skyward Sword on Wii, for me it was the controls. I cannot stand motion controls.

Yeah so as you said third party stuff will be elsewhere. Older Switch stuff like Mario Odyssey etc was already played the first time around. Games I'll get once I clear through some of the current lot: Sktyward Sword HD Link's Awakeing Luigi's Mansion 3 Metroid Dread (Still debating this one as I hate chase mechanics in games)

Started playing TOTK today. Not got off to the best of starts. I'm sure most people loved creating loads of stuff but I'm finding it more of a hassle than anything and all this Zonai stuff that's being thrown at me so early on is really overwhelming.

I ended up ordering a copy anyway. A short RPG could be quite nice over Christmas.

I never did play Super Mario RPG back in the day. How does it compare to the Mario & Luigi rpgs?

What did you think of the combat? I tried the demo last night but found myself a bit put off by the combat. I'm hoping it's just that I need to get used to it because I do still love the look of the game.

Hoping you already knew about Ted from Scrubs

Going with Mario Wonder. I've played load of Mario Kart 8 before, Metroid I did play a fair amount back on the Gamecube and Zelda I'll probably get to next but I was like you and not a massive fan of Breath of the Wild so I'm in no rush.

Picked up the oled today. Nice condition so that's nice! Came with Mario Kart and Tears of the Kingdom and then I bought Super Mario Bros Wonder and Metroid Prime Remastered. Those should keep me going for a while.

Reminds me of that director of football trying to storm the VAR room a few weeks ago

I've done the same for mine:

Did anyone ever end up playing this? Looks gorgeous.

You are going to be so embarrassed when I'm playing Super Mario 3D Universe on my new Switch Too on New Year's Eve.

There are still a few weeks left, there's still time

I'd have zero problems with it changing anyway. That's kind of the whole point of this series now, all that stuff already happened.

I ended up agreeing to the Switch anyway. It was a good enough deal that I'm happy enough getting it now for stuff to play and still upgrading if the Switch 2 comes out later this year and I want it.

All this talk of long running podcasts starting to die out has got me in a Giant Bomb nostalgia mood again. Going back into my archives and watching their 2011 Holiday Stream tonight.

The problem is, I wouldn't as this is Nintendo. I need to take a look back at all the rumours that were swirling around as I thought they were hinting no backwards compatibility and back to an LCD screen.

Been offered a Switch OLED cheap so I'm currently debating whether or not to buy it. It's been long enough since I got rid of my original Switch that hopefully there's a good amount of games now for me to play. It's the Switch 2 stuff in the back of my mind that's giving me pause. If it ended up coming out with backwards compatibility then I'd feel like this was a waste of money but if doesn't then I wouldn't mind buying this to play some stuff on, especially now I enjoy handhelds more after the Steam Deck and now ROG Ally.

Ok then, that's The Giggle watched. As far as anniversary specials go though these 3 weren't even close to the 50th. That was something really special and while these felt like a return to form, they still felt pretty basic Doctor Who.

If I want to finally get around to playing Bravely Default should I just jump straight into II?

I did consider it earlier but it's the shipping and import fees that put me off.

Oh yeah I agree but I think announcing them all at once is maybe where the nostalgia milking comes in a bit. I am willing to suckle at that nostalgia teat all day long though, don't get me wrong