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I'm actually happy they went with this one because I've played through all of Zero on PS4 and barely started this one so I'll maybe play it on Switch instead!

Yeh.. that's where I'm at, unfortunately 😕 Tears of the Kingdom left such a sour taste that any and all similarities I'm seeing with Echoes of Wisdom are hard to overlook. I've never been particularly into the top-down Zelda games as it is, bar enjoying Phantom Hourglass and A Link Between Worlds, but I could have been interested in this had the gameplay not looked so tedious to me. It's visually pleasing and Zelda as the protagonist is cool but I just don't think I want to play it. The whole thing with echoes and binds just isn't what I'm looking for and I'm already sick of seeing how overused the bed echo has been for traversal in the footage so far!

You hear correctly 😅 Apart from that nightmare, Octo Expansion was excellent 😃

I'm also up to Chapter 3 in Alan Wake Remastered and feeling kinda similar to Bomb Rush Cyberfunk, I guess. The gameplay isn't really delivering so far 😕 Thankfully, I've also started Metroid Zero Mission and it's excellent so far, as we know 😃

I'm ready to be hurt again 😅

This "generation" of consoles is definitely passing me by! I say "generation" because Nintendo are off doing their own thing and for a long time now my focus has been, and continues to be, on Switch. There are so many games that I want to play on Switch, many of which I haven't even started never mind finished. There just aren't enough hours in the day and largely brings me around to why I just haven't properly been following what's going on with PlayStation and XBOX. If I can't even find enough time to play the games I want to play on my Nintendo Switch, why would I throw money away on other consoles that I have very little interest in as it is..? Part of that disinterest is that I've owned both a PS5 and XBOX Series X, something that still barely makes sense to me. I was kinda playing my PS4 more than Switch for a little bit a few years ago which kinda made an upgrade to PS5 seem worth doing but after playing Astro's Playroom, I was just left playing PS4 games. I can do that on my PS4 and since I hate the size and design of the PS5 as well as finding the Dualsense slightly too large to be comfortable, it was easy to sell the console on after a few months back then and not lose any money on it! A few months later, there was a curiosity about Series X and the value that GamePass seemed to have. I picked one up from Argos one time when it came in stock and it was sold on within 5 days. Ultimately, I realised I made a mistake soon after setting it up and I just knew it didn't feel right. Even the click of the D-Pad was driving me nuts as well as the same navigation sound effects that still haunt me from the 360 days! Buying them both was absolutely the best thing I could have done, though, as it got the curiosity out of my system and helped solidify where to focus my time and money. I feel like I've been massively benefitting from that clarity since and the Switch has grown into my favourite console of all time 🔥 It does mean that I haven't properly kept up with what has been going on with XBOX and PlayStation for the last 3 years or so. Having disliked every XBOX I've ever picked up (the original, 360 and Series X) I now know to steer clear and while I still happily own a PS1, 2, 3 and 4, I no longer feel that it's likely I'll even bother getting a PS5 again at any point. I'll just keep playing the Switch and I'll no doubt be all in on Nintendo's successor too 😃 Liberation!

I haven't really ever played this much. I do like it, to an extent, but I still find having 99 players crashing into each other at the start of every race too chaotic to be particularly enjoyable. I did, however, jump in randomly at the weekend and discovered the 20 player Classic GP in the rotation so I dived in. So much better 🔥 I kinda wish that was the main mode..

That you enjoyed it 😅 I fully expect to be playing it with the original visuals and control scheme when I eventually pick it up but who knows!

Glad to hear it 😃 I have only played about half of the first game on PS1 a few years ago and there was definitely enough there to make me want to eventually finish it so I will absolutely be picking up the trilogy at some point. The recent sale price of about £20 would probably have been enough if I felt I was going to be playing them any time soon but I've got a load of other games on my mind right now so it felt right to play the waiting game (just like with Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown)

Don't worry.. it's an easy mistake to make 😂

I totally get this and I kinda agree with most of what you're saying.. ..but Tennis and Golf are just about enough to carry the game for me. They're both a lot of fun to play 😃 Bowling is OK too and the football and volleyball have their moments. For me, Chambara is a waste of time and not an enjoyable experience at all while Badminton feels almost unnecessary when the vastly superior tennis is in the package. It's so frustrating that that there aren't more games included like Archery or even Frisbee but, like I say, I weirdly still think it's worth picking up if you love a couple of the included games like I do!

I've only been using Wii Fit for my weekly weigh-in every Friday. I don't have a set of standard scales but I'm kinda appreciating that I'm not being tempted into stepping onto them every few hours and, of course, Wii Fit helps to keep track of your progress. I did play Ring Fit a few weeks ago for an evening (I'm probably only on Chapter 6 or 7, if even) and it's a great game but it never quite draws me in the same way Wii Fit would have done. The only other thing I've done with the balance board in recent weeks is played some Punch-Out on Wii with it 😃 Its not the easiest way to play it but what an amazing game 🔥 Most of the weight loss has come from discipline related to the amount of unnecessary junk I was constantly putting away every day and being able to get out to walk (and eventually jog) most days. I've had major problems with my Achilles for a couple of years now and was barely able to walk at times last year with it. I've slowly been able to strengthen that side of things with daily exercises and I've gradually been building things up to the point where I've been able to mix in some jogging to the walks. Not sure when, or if, I'll be able to play football again (which kills me) but the weight loss has definitely taken some of the pressure away from those tendons so hopefully things will keep improving 🙂 It is what it is 😅 I'm really in the mood to tackle the SMB1 Marathon tonight but then that locks me out of playing anything else until it's finished or I'd have to start from scratch again! Absolutely delighted that the game has won me over at last after all this time and it definitely increases my chances of picking up Banana Rumble in a future sale!

I feel bad for my negativity towards Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania in recent posts as I have had an absolute blast with the game over the weekend 😅 Yes, there are definitely control and camera issues but the more I managed to get used to things in comparison to the feel of the original GC titles, the more joy I have had! I still have plenty more to do in the game and there are certainly stages I am dreading having to revisit again but most of the levels from thr first Super Monkey Ball are still fantastic 😃

You better believe I'm playing this with split Joy-Con and motion controls 🔥 The game feels horrible on 3DS!

I'm not the biggest fan of the top down Zelda games but was excited to see a new entry in a similar style to Link's Awakening. A Link Between Worlds was a much more enjoyable experience for me overall in comparison to A Link to the Past so I was hoping for the same to be true after coming from the often irritating experience of Link's Awakening. It was all going so well.. and then they revealed the gameplay. Enthusiasm killed immediately 😕 I'm having such a good time again with Skyward Sword at the moment but seeing some Tears of the Kingdom elements worming their way into the design of this new entry isn't welcome in my eyes! All of this business with the echoes and faffing around with what is clearly going to be selecting from a long list of these for puzzles, combat and whatever else.. no thanks 😖

I just cleared this at the weekend and I just have to revive the thread to say that the game is exceptionally good 😃 I'm not normally a Kirby guy (apart from Epic Yarn and Power Paintbrush, at least!) but Forgotten Land seems to strike such a great balance of being welcoming and proving significant optional challenges. I know many Nintendo games follow this pattern too but it surprised me a little just how superb this game is! From what I can tell, I've done everything there is to do so far in the main game, having rescued all of the Waddle Dees and beated all of the target times in the challenges. The game shows that there is more (and that's pretty obvious given that I'm currently sitting at 71%) but the aim at this point is certainly to go after everything. The game deserves it 😁 My fear has always been that I'll hit a challenge that I can't quite overcome but so far so very good!

For the first 10 hours or so, I was impressed by the scale of everything and the seamless transitions from the sky to the surface. There were so many ways to go and so many things to do.. so many boring ways to go.. so many.. tedious things to do.. I cleared it, somehow, but I barely remember any of the good stuff. The more I think about the experience, the more I hate it. The main thing I remember, apart from the 'relief' that it was over, was spending ages building stuff only to lose hold of it and have it fall into oblivion or somewhere irretrievable. When you have no interest in even entering a major part of the world, that's a big problem! Thinking about it, apart from a few insanely high highs, the Zelda series has very few games I actually really like..

Wave Race: Blue Storm HD would make it extremely wet 🌊

Did anyone pick this up? It caught my eye for £19.99 on Argos the other day so I decided to order it to give it a go. It's currently about £23 on eShop (sale ends tomorrow) and I was tempted to go that route but kinda feeling like I want the security of being able to sell it on if it doesn't quite click 😅 It hasn't arrived yet but should be with me early next week!