#NINTENDOnews some games from this last Nintendo Direct

 A ton of stuff was showed during the last Nintendo Direct! Well, some stuff caught my eyes, including...

Another recent DK game, Donkey Kong Country Returns, is being ported to the Switch. Kinda weird to have this one released after the sequel, but there it is.

Metroid fans have been eating good lately. Re-releases. A new 2D title. And it's time for the new 3D title, it's about darn' time! Prime 4 is here!

While I'm more hyped to see Luigi Mansion 2 re-released outside a handheld system, Mario & Luigi fans rejoiced, the series is back as well! After Mario RPG and Mario vs. Donkey Kong, it's time for Mario & Luigi: Brothership to make a comeback! I admit, I never tried this series...

And finally, my favorite surprise in the bunch... a brand new Zelda game!

Not only that, a "brand new" game, not another port or remake.

Not only that, but using the same artstyle as Link's Awakening! Which is a great idea, it would be dump to not use that style direction for one more game!

And not only that but a game where you play as Zelda! It's truly a Legend of Link instead this time around! She got her own smart gameplay, since Link uses the triforce or courage with his weapons, she uses the triforce of wisedom..and therefore powers based on magic!

AND the gameplay seems to be a mix of the openworld sandbox of the last couple of main Zelda games mixed with the upgrade-gating progression of the classic games. It all sounds pretty interesting.

AND AND AND.. it's already coming this september!! 

I'm all in! Can't wait!!

#MusicVIDEO Jack Black - Peaches (Directed by Cole Bennett) The Super Mario Bros. Movie

 Alright, let's try to avoid spoilers for the rest of the world, heh?

This song started as a joke, got put into the film, and is now a perfectly epic music video. Check it out!

#MovieNEWS The Super Mario Bros Movie - Official Plumbing Commercial (2023) Chris Pratt, Charlie Day

The best ad I've seen for this animated film, so far. Color me converted to the cause!

The MARIO RAP!

And the animation is gorgeous as well.

#NintendoNEWS The Super Mario Bros. Movie - Official Trailer (Universal Pictures) HD

Alright, color me hyped! I'm loving all I'm hearing from the voice cast. Mario fits. Bowser is badass. Luigi is perfect. I love the Mario Kart references! And the Galaxies! Yoshis! The Kong (I like their Aztec-inspired look in a Mario setting, but wouldn't like it for a DK spinoff/game..)

CANT WAIT!!!

#NintendoNEWS The Super Mario Bros. Movie Official Teaser Trailer

 I'm still not sure how I feel about this.. movie so far.

Illumination definitively stepped up their game for this one, the art style and animation looks miles beyond anything they've done in the past. As for the new interpretation, tone and voices... hmm.. I need to see more to get used to it all.

Some bits are weirdly too serious. It acts as an origin story for the games?? The new original kingdoms feel off to Nintendo's world building. Jack Black is maybe the only thing I'm sold on so far.

The film is called "Super Mario Bros." (well, like the games, of course) but so far it didn't put much emphasis on the whole "super" nor "brothers" aspect. I do like seeing Luigi paired with the spooky elements as usual tho.

You know what all this reminds me of actually? Not the game. But the ol' Super Mario comics from way back when.

 

Or maybe it's just not for me. Wait and see...

#GamingNEWS Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet | Announcement Trailer

It seems like nothing will stop The Pokémon Company. With Nintendo, they've been slowly but steadily releasing new Pokémon games for a while now. I even bought into Pokkén and New Pokémon Snap. In fact after decades not playing any of it, I finally started playing through Pokémon Sword recently.. and Legend Arceus was released since then.. and now another mainline Pokémon title announced:

Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet! Which looks like a mix of the traditional structure of Sword/Shield mixed with the open world of Arceus. And it actually looks a bit better, visually.

They sure keep pumping these last few titles one after another!

The new starters look.. nice. And the game's even already coming late 2022.

#Blog The Game & Watch - Zelda edition

I finally received my little Legend of Zelda Game & Watch! 

It's not a great plug and play system. But it's certainly better than the Mario one. Zelda 1, 2 and Link's Awakening! Great bundle!

Plus I still adore the clever cutey packaging.

 

 Cute stuff. Wait for it to go cheaper, tho.

#NintendoNEWS Miyamoto Announces Mario Movie w/ Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, and More!

Okay, now I have seen everything..

You know what??? This should have been live action, like the 1990s one. There. I said it.

#E32021news End of the show, Nintendo saves E3 again

Allow me this little exageration on the title, but that's what it feels like reading off other people's comments or news articles.

Anyways, Covid or not, this has been another slightly lackluster E3 show. I get how the current situation probablyl slowed down most game devs...

But here we are! The last presentations have been streamed! Most publishers announced stuff! Nintendo actually showed games coming this year 2021 instead of 2022 (aside from a Breath of the Wild 2 teaser).

Let's check this out in no particular order:

First up, bye bye the only exclusive game on Xbox SX (is that how you spell it?) I kinda wanted. The Medium will come to PS5 now, as I guessed. I really enjoyed Bloober Team's Layers of Fear or the recent Blair Witch game. I didn't want to miss this horror title featuring the return of Silent Hill composer Akira Yamaoka on the music. 

We will apparently get a brand new Super Monkey Ball! I mean, not a new game. Like the last one which was a remaster, Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania is a remix of the original "trilogy", meaning SMB1, 2 and Deluxe (which was actually a remaster of 1 and 2 on the Xbox..?). A neat little package of over 300 of levels with a ton of bonus and modes right on time for the 20th anniversary of the Super Monkey Ball series!

On the Nintendo side, plenty of stuff. Starting with a brand new WarioWare, WarioWare: Get It Together! I like this news, but part of me wishes we could get a new Wario platformer instead...

After teasing a new Metroid Prime, Nintendo instead went back to the original sidescroller series and announced the long rumored and canceled Metroid 5 (which started on GBA before moving to the DS and then.. nothing),Metroid Dread. This looks great. I know lots of people will enjoy this one, including my bro who is a big fan of the series.

And finally while everyone wanted old games (people kept making up rumors and leaks about a Zelda Anniversary collection with the Wii U/3DS versions of Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess), Nintendo instead decided to show us some more of Breath of the Wild 2. Which seems to take a lot after Skyward Sword - which kinda explains the re-release actually. Exploring floating island over the world map, freejumping and more of the good stuff from the original BotW, which easily remains one of my fav entries with Zelda 1.

So a bit more good stuff over here.

I wanted new actual games from this whole E3 show. Not just remakes and re-releases. I'm sick and tired of the gritty action photorealistic-stuff. Give me more imaginative and colorful stuff. No wonder I spend more time replaying 8/16-bit stuff lately over current games. And even more homebrew and indie stuff. (Did you know the Sega Megadrive/Genesis has, like, 50 upcoming new titles this year alone??)

All in all.. I'm only here for Zelda and the Guardians of the Galaxy game, I guess.

See you next year!

#NintendoNEWS Return to the Sinnoh region + A familiar region. A new story.

 So after a disappointing Nintendo Direct and a disappointing Playstation State of Play, GameFreaks and The Pokémon Company came with banger announcements. And I might not even be into Pokémon personally, only having played Red back in the old GB days, I gotta admit this is how you show new stuff and launch kickass announcement trailers.

Get the latest from the Lental region! #NewPokemonSnap​

First up, is some more news/look into the New Pokemon Snap​. I gotta say, I like the look of this smaller-scale simple non-violent take on a rail shooter game. The original N64 was pretty good, for a more chill experience.

Then the announcement of the usual remake/update games, this time it's the turn of Diamond and Pearl to get the "Link's Awakening" treatment.

Return to the Sinnoh region in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl!:

And finally a brand new game - already! Not that long after Sword and Shield, and in fact it will be coming along right after the Pearl and Diamond remakes.

Pokémon Legends Arceus: A familiar region. A new story.

Wow! It's sort of an actual improvement/reimagining of the formula, like fans had been asking for ages! It seems to take some cues from Zelda Breath of the Wild (and Bowser's Fury), with a proper sandbox world to explore and a more free system to roam around the world. So more emphasis on capturing wild Pokémon rather than cups and championships and facing enemies with Pokémons.

It actually does look... interesting. I like how this one seems to take after classic Japan imagery, after the American/French/Britain-inspired games.

#GamingNEWS Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - MinMin ARMS DLC Fighter Reveal Trailer

MinMin joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!



Seriously, was I the only one who enjoyed ARMS? It wasn't that amazing, but it was a fairly decent first entry for a new fighter.

I'm glad they went with the cute MinMin and not the main male or female ARMS fighters. You know, those that are all over the marketing, cover art, menus, etc. I don't even remember their name! But I was all about MinMin or Twintelle. I'm fine with MinMin, her whole noodles-gimmick is quite fun.

Plus she seems to play pretty fine in Smash too:

#GamingNEWS New Pokemon Snap - Official Reveal Trailer

Real talk, I'm not really into Pokemon RPG games. At least, not anymore. I didn't feel like trying the Switch ones, and only really played the original Red and Blue back then. But I like the design of Pokemon and the concept behind them. So as a huge fighting games fan, I did love Namco's Pokken.

But you know which Pokemon game I really enjoyed? The chill nature of Pokemon Snap. And what surprise, Nintendo announce a new one, like the recent Marios Bros entries, simply titled New Pokémon Snap! Check it out:



Looking lovely so far! A nice mix of old school creatures and the new ones. I can dig this. A sort of chill take on rail shooters.

#GamingNEWS Deadly Premonition 2 - Nintendo Direct 9.4.2019 - Nintendo Switch

And the best news to have come out this last Nintendo direct is....



Deadly Premonition 2!

That's right, Zack! Everyone's favorite Twin Peaks-inspired horror game is back!

Nintendo tweeted "Deadly Premonition 2 : A Blessing in Disguise". So this is real. Because It's too late for April fool, Right Zach?#deadlypremonition #DeadlyPremonition2 #dp2 https://t.co/gJ4TSB2dNh

— HidetakaSwerySueHERO (@Swery65) September 5, 2019

 

Swery is back with a game that will allow us some closure as well as some flashbacks, between past and future, York and Zack. Here's the preview:



The true sequel to Deadly Premonition is coming to the Switch in 2020. And if you want to be brought up to speed, the original game is also coming under the title Deadly Premonition Origins, to get ready for the sequel.

Switch in the coffee... what does that mean, Zack?

#Randomz Get Ready with Me (Pika Edition)

Ryan Reynolds is back at it with his genial marketing skills:





And I can't wait for this Detective Pikachu movie....!!!!

#MovieNEWS DETECTIVE PIKACHU "Earth Day" Trailer NEW (2019) Ryan Reynolds Pokemon

This film is gonna make us cry, isn't it?

#AnimeNEWS Pokémon Evolution trailer #2

There's a new trailer for the upcoming CGi Pokémon animated film, which, sure, is way below the upcoming Detective Pikachu in terms of quality but I like some little details.

Check out the trailer:



It's basically a CGi remake of the very first Pokémon animated film. Here's some comparisons made by fans:

While the animation's a bit too simplistic (aimed at kids..) and Ash's face terryfying, I like the rest. The Team Rocket for example looks fantastic!

#PokemonNEWS Casting Detective Pikachu

The best Detective Pikachu teases come straight from Ryan Reynolds's youtube channel:

#AprilsFool 2019 recap

Not a lot of great funny April's Fool, this year. At least I haven't seen any remarkable ones.

Aside from...

A fun SHAZAM! teaser trolling AQUAMAN fans:



A fanmade fake Splatoon spinoff. A great well-made "Splatoon Island" DLC campaign, that had so much work put into it it actually seems realistic. Fantastically put together by Mike Inel:



I'd buy that!

And the Tekken team announcing a fake new DLC, HARADA himself!!!

A new champion is about to enter the King of Iron Fist Tournament! By popular demand, #TEKKEN 7’s very own Director @Harada_TEKKEN will step into the ring for some epic showdowns. Can you guess who he will side with in the war to settle the Mishima feud?

って実機映像やんこれ。。 pic.twitter.com/6RrA35U929

— Katsuhiro Harada (@Harada_TEKKEN) April 1, 2019

I know this is supposedly a fun goofy joke... but I could totally see this as real DLC. I'm sure fans (myself included) would love it. And, hey, it's not a goofier guest than, say, Negan or Noctis!

You win this year Tekken. And I only find the fan-made Splatoon one better by a small margin because the Tekken crew didn't make a video and just some fake screenshots.

#GamingNEWS Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020

SEGA finally announced they got the Olympic Games license back from Ubisoft this year and will be making a bunch of games in time for the Tokyo 2020 games.

The main game being a new Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games for Nintendo Switch. They also revealed a generic game for other systems as well as an arcade and smartphone spinoff:

• Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
• Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Arcade Edition
• Olympic Games The Offical Video Game (PS4, Xbox One, PC, Switch)
• Sonic At The Olympic Games - Tokyo 2020 (iPhone/Android)

And here's the trailer for the announcement:

#GamingNEWS Forge a Path to Greatness in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield

With hype for the upcoming live action Detective Pikachu game, Nintendo finally announced the brand new Pokémon game, coming for the Switch and therefore the first proper major Pokémon installement for a Nintendo home console not a portable (kinda).



This looks exactly like what the fans had been asking for ages.