You're not missing much by not playing Sticker Star. It's bad. I have no desire to play Federation Force. Tri-Force Heroes I have but I haven't played much of it, as it's hard to get people to play it anymore.
Ever Oasis, WarioWare Gold, and Metroid: Samus Returns are very good, though. Worth getting if you can.
I reviewed Rune Factory 4 back in the day. I hope I have enough time for the Switch version. We'll have to see.
There are a lot of things I'm excited for in that Direct. Mario Maker 2 and ESPECIALLY Link's Awakening, as that is my number one favorite Zelda game. I'm a little disappointed we didn't get anything about Luigi's Mansion 3 or Animal Crossing, though.
So here's a true story. Right after I started writing for The Dallas Morning News, a close relative knew a guy who worked for a place in Dallas that made games and it was called Ensemble Studios. I went to visit them and they showed me a game they were working on called Age of Empires. They said they hadn't found a publisher yet, but they were thinking about going with Microsoft. I told them that would be a wise move. And then later the game came out and I got to review the first couple of them for PC.
How would an Xbox LIVE app work on the Switch?
One thing I can say about that Bayonetta costume is that it was very good and convincing.
I never hung out at the Sony booth much anyway at E3. It was always too crowded. Speaking of E3, I did just register for a press pass for this year's show. We'll see if I get one like last year.
I'm only surprised it hasn't happened sooner. Thanks for reading!
I know what you're saying. I thought we might've had Mario valentines around the Mario 3 era, as I seem to remember one saying "I'm Toad-ally Yours" or something. But I think I might've just imagined that. At any rate, I would think we would've gotten Mario valentines sooner and more frequently.
i can't imagine Yakuza valentines, but if I could do it in the one Yakuza game I played, I'd give a valentine to that arcade lady, because she was neat-o!
On the Hallmark thing, here's what I think has happened. I think Nintendo has lowered their licensing fees on usage of their characters. That's why we're seeing more things like Mario cereal. So I think Hallmark jumped on that boat.
I dunno about Bayonetta. She seems kind of scary. Instead of me WANTING to give her a valetine, she seems like a woman who would MAKE me give her one. Plus she beats up angels. I can't approve of that.
Here's a random real life Bayonetta story. One time at E3 I was walking along and I heard a CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP right behind me! I turned around and it was a lady dressed as Bayonetta, and her gun shoes were making all that noise! You're not sneaking up on me today, Bayonetta! I will say that it was a very nice costume, if you know what I mean.
I guess it's called Chicken Pox because you are a chicken and collect eggs. It's like a fast paced version of connect the dots. Just read the review.
I think I passed on a review copy of this, too, because I had too many other things going on at the time. Oh well, can't play 'em all!
I'm glad there's somebody else besides me who likes Mario 2 more than 1 or 3. Don't get me wrong, SMB1 was great and an influental game. It just wasn't the game that made me want a NES (that was original Zelda). And Mario 3 is also great, but I just preferred the gameplay, controls, and level design of Mario 2. And looking at the history of Mario 2, turns out the original game was made by Miyamoto and features a lot of ideas he wanted to put in the next Mario game, and it was just happenstance that they changed it to be about a festival going on that time in Japan.
But I just can't get on the Zelda 2 bandwagon. Don't like it that much. Give me the original any day.
I kind of hem and haw about my favorite 2-D Mario game. Some days it's Super Mario World, some days it's Yoshi's Island.
