This weekend I’m playing Super Mario Odyssey (unsurprisingly), Fire Emblem Warriors and Mario & Luigi: Super Star Saga. I finished Odyssey a couple nights ago, and I’m surprised that its ending is not a bigger part of the cultural conversation. Without spoilers, it’s worth noting that it was probably the game’s high…
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This is really good to hear. I’m finally planning to get this game on Switch (not least to just support 3rd party development on the console - I’m sure 60fps on PC would be a slightly better experience) and it’s exciting to still be hearing such great things a year and a half after release. Glad they stuck the landing…
I’ll probably be playing through the post-story content of Super Mario Odyssey. I plowed through the last half of the game on Tuesday, but still haven’t put it down. There’s just so much left to do. There’s only one minor complaint I have with it [next paragraph, not too spoilery, but still] Not sure I like that the…
Last weekend, I finished the main story portion of THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD. Slightly underwhelming in contrast to the best Zelda conclusions, but it hardly takes away from what is - on the whole - an absolutely incredible experience. I still have about 35-40 more shrines to find, and I haven’t…
I finished Super Mario Odyssey’s main story. That, of course, means that there’s still a lot to do, but it’s now a lot easier to put it down if I want to play something else.
I’m in the leisurely postgame of Super Mario Odyssey right now, and I think I’m ready to play some other games as well. I’m near the end of Secret of Mana and I’ve been neglecting Vs VIII for far too long.
What Have You Finished This Week?
Still Super Mario Odyssey, still amazing. What’s really been getting me lately is how many details are in this thing. Another online friend pointed out that the water in Bubblaine - which, unlike every single other kind of water in the game, has a natural carbonation - causes a light but noticeable fizz in the Joy-Con…
I guess it does kinda bother me when people come to a website they’re supposed to like just to complain.
Not to take away from the Steam Group or AVoCADo because they allow good long-form commenting, but if you want easy access, there’s the Unofficial Gameological Discord Group as well.
Join us on AVoCADo!!! Not sure if there’s anywhere else people are gathering. Oh, perhaps the Steam Gameological Group here. Also I hope the horrible-ness of your week goes away. Thank goodness you’ve got that Super Mario Odyssey in your near future!
Oh man, if I were him, I would have put the roaring bear a few inches lower so it’d look like his nipple was coming out of a roaring bear’s mouth.
a. Ring King was a better and deeper boxing game for NES.
The notion of two screens feels a lot less unnatural in retrospect that we might expect at the outset. It’s a good idea for allowing multiple perspectives, you can partition information more sensibly in a way that makes maps and inventory look so nice and clear, and there’s an odd kind of theatricality there. Looking…
I think there are a few reasons why Punch-Out!! has retained its popularity and iconography beyond its surprisingly short list of sequels. Firstly, like Gerardi said, it’s incredibly specific in what it is and what it does. Like Duck Hunt or Pro Wrestling, it’s clear about what it is to the exclusion of pretty much…
The day I beat Tyson goes alongside my wedding and the day of my daughter’s birth as the best days of my life.
I think there’s an old Gameological article about how, after 30 some-odd years, someone discovered that the crowds’ expressions telegraphed your opponent’s next move.
No, we need the code because we got that close and then dad made us put on Cheers.
It’s amusing how many times Nintendo has returned to the “two screens” well in one form or another. Game & Watch, Punch-Out!! arcade cabinets, GB/GBA link play, GBA/GCN connectivity, the actual DS/3DS family and everything they can do (including their own wireless version of Link play, especially before Nintendo…