13 day Nintendo Retrospective (Starts March 19)
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The Gamecube 2.0, but with Motion Controls.
We were able to get the Wii the midnight it launched. Wii Sports was cool. It was amazing to move the controller and it would actually work. Bowling is probably my favorite sport in the game. The sequel was fun as well, but required motion plus which was a little more accurate.
But other games pretty much shoehorned in motion controls when it wasn't necessary. But it was the novelty at the time so I get why they did.
Regardless, many of the games were great. Like Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, Smash Bros Brawl, NSMBW, and Zelda Twilight Princess. There was so much hype going into Brawl, and was pretty fun despite some if its quirks. Even Wii Party was a good Mario Party clone.
Even the side channels like Everybody Votes Channel, Check Mii Out Channel were fun. The Internet Channel came in handy when I wanted to watch YouTube videos. Even the Forecast channel and News channel was cool.
The Wii was backwards compatible with the gamecube, so that also was neat. Virtual Console was also great to play games from the SNES, N64, and other systems. Although looking back, 5 dollars for each NES game is crazy to think about.
We were able to get the Wii the midnight it launched. Wii Sports was cool. It was amazing to move the controller and it would actually work. Bowling is probably my favorite sport in the game. The sequel was fun as well, but required motion plus which was a little more accurate.
But other games pretty much shoehorned in motion controls when it wasn't necessary. But it was the novelty at the time so I get why they did.
Regardless, many of the games were great. Like Mario Galaxy, Mario Kart Wii, Smash Bros Brawl, NSMBW, and Zelda Twilight Princess. There was so much hype going into Brawl, and was pretty fun despite some if its quirks. Even Wii Party was a good Mario Party clone.
Even the side channels like Everybody Votes Channel, Check Mii Out Channel were fun. The Internet Channel came in handy when I wanted to watch YouTube videos. Even the Forecast channel and News channel was cool.
The Wii was backwards compatible with the gamecube, so that also was neat. Virtual Console was also great to play games from the SNES, N64, and other systems. Although looking back, 5 dollars for each NES game is crazy to think about.
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Once again, the Wii is and was my childhood. I occasionally played various games with my family, and I've played NSMBWii to nearly 100% completion. I have played a decent bit of Galaxy 1 and 2 as well. Such a great system, and the motion add-ons were fun too
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Day 11 3DS
First console I ever got on launch date, in hindsight it was a bit too easy to do so but the build up to it was genuinely exciting
The 3D was neat but didn't really add much to the games themselves but still a lot of great games and probably the last console where most of the library consist of these lower budget games
First console I ever got on launch date, in hindsight it was a bit too easy to do so but the build up to it was genuinely exciting
The 3D was neat but didn't really add much to the games themselves but still a lot of great games and probably the last console where most of the library consist of these lower budget games
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I will always cherish Christmas 2011 when I got my Nintendo 3DS… Super Mario 3D Land and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team I played non-stop when I was younger! I got a Nintendo 2DS XL on Christmas Day 2018, but I still have my old 3DS. Fantastic handheld device overall and a personal favorite of mine.
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To be honest, I didn't really commit to the 3DS that much. Even after getting the 3DS a couple of years after it came out. Its crazy to think that the system started out at 250 dollars.
The new thing that came out of this was the 3D feature. I didn't use the 3D feature that much, but other people seemed to get use out of it so it did work.
I did like the games that I played though. Smash Bros 3DS was pretty cool. I think I might like it even better than the Wii U version. The Smash Run mode was cool. (Although it could have used more customization rules, being able to interact with other players, and online). Taking pictures with the AR cards was fun. And backwards compatibility with the DS was also nice.
The new thing that came out of this was the 3D feature. I didn't use the 3D feature that much, but other people seemed to get use out of it so it did work.
I did like the games that I played though. Smash Bros 3DS was pretty cool. I think I might like it even better than the Wii U version. The Smash Run mode was cool. (Although it could have used more customization rules, being able to interact with other players, and online). Taking pictures with the AR cards was fun. And backwards compatibility with the DS was also nice.
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Day 12 Wii U
Ah the console the Internet loves hate, there was a lot of good games but the Gamepad was rather bulky and there was lots of dry spells game wise
Ah the console the Internet loves hate, there was a lot of good games but the Gamepad was rather bulky and there was lots of dry spells game wise
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What's a Wii U?
To be serious, at first it seemed like the Wii U was going to be great. But the Wii U didn't have much interesting games in the beginning. Also, Virtual Console wasn't even ready at launch, and it took long to get N64, GBA, and DS games on the service. (And it cost 1-2 dollars per game to use Wii U features if you transferred VC games from your Wii to Wii U, which I didn't do).
I didn't play a whole bunch of Wii U games either since I only got it right near the end of it's lifespan, but there were a few good games. Super Mario 3D World was a fun multiplayer game, Splatoon was a cool new Nintendo game, and Mario Kart 8. (Although it was missing a proper battle mode).
To be serious, at first it seemed like the Wii U was going to be great. But the Wii U didn't have much interesting games in the beginning. Also, Virtual Console wasn't even ready at launch, and it took long to get N64, GBA, and DS games on the service. (And it cost 1-2 dollars per game to use Wii U features if you transferred VC games from your Wii to Wii U, which I didn't do).
I didn't play a whole bunch of Wii U games either since I only got it right near the end of it's lifespan, but there were a few good games. Super Mario 3D World was a fun multiplayer game, Splatoon was a cool new Nintendo game, and Mario Kart 8. (Although it was missing a proper battle mode).
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Day 13 Switch
A really unique concept with so much games I couldn't possibly keep count, but unfortunately Joy Con Drift is a real pain so I try to keep controllers in best state possible
A really unique concept with so much games I couldn't possibly keep count, but unfortunately Joy Con Drift is a real pain so I try to keep controllers in best state possible
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The Switch is a cool system. It improves on what Nintendo tried to do with the Wii U and is now a proper hybrid of a home/handheld system.
The Switch Joycons are fine and they also brought back motion controls with it as well. (Drift is annoying). The Switch Pro Controller is a good controller.
The Switch library is very solid, but many of the games are ports of Wii U games or sequels that don't give much reason to return to the Wii U versions. Nintendo did make games that weren't Wii U ports as well and they were generally solid games.
The Switch Joycons are fine and they also brought back motion controls with it as well. (Drift is annoying). The Switch Pro Controller is a good controller.
The Switch library is very solid, but many of the games are ports of Wii U games or sequels that don't give much reason to return to the Wii U versions. Nintendo did make games that weren't Wii U ports as well and they were generally solid games.