I’ve been playing The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.



The graphics are lovely but there’s some frame rate issues in some areas - bit weird for a Nintendo game to be honest. The music is alright in that typical twee fashion which suits the new aesthetic but it lacks that Nintendo goodness that they’re known for.
Anyway, I’m really enjoying it and it’s cute and stuff if you’re into that. If you like Nintendo games you’ll probably know if you’ll be spaffing into your pants at a tiny cute Link. I just need a bit more I think.

I’ve been playing The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.

It’s the remake of the 1993 Gameboy OG. I never played the original so I can’t comment on the accuracy but having looked at a couple of videos on YouTube it’s very similar but has some QoL changes.

The graphics are lovely but there’s some frame rate issues in some areas - bit weird for a Nintendo game to be honest. The music is alright in that typical twee fashion which suits the new aesthetic but it lacks that Nintendo goodness that they’re known for.

The game itself is just ... very nice. It’s pleasant. It’s enjoyable. It’s not exactly taxing, mind. It’s just a very pleasant enjoyable relaxing walk in the park, I guess. I’m about 70% through it, I think, and I’ve got the whole map unlocked. There’s some annoyances - there’s some changing weapons around when there’s a few redundant buttons on the pad not being used. I mean, come on, you only get two empty slots for abilities and weapons and I have to choose if I want to jump!? I basically always had “jump” filling one of the two slots and switched between the others. Just irritating really. Those frame rate issues are a minor annoyance too. Some of the boss fights are irritating since they don’t telegraph how to kill them. I went through all my weapons trying to kill this bull guy when I only needed to charge up my sword move which I hadn’t done in fucking hours and hours of playing the thing. And the thing is, a charge move has never worked with ANY other enemy that possesses a shield - so it’s a break in the game logic - nor does the enemy do anything to suggest that I needed a charge attack. Also, the dungeons are mainly just blocks of rooms stitched together which is a bit disappointing, and there’s a guy who will let you make your own dungeon and you just bash a load of blocks together and BOOM you’ve done the job of the devs.

Anyway, I’m really enjoying it and it’s cute and stuff if you’re into that. If you like Nintendo games you’ll probably know if you’ll be spaffing into your pants at a tiny cute Link. I just need a bit more I think.

Here’s a brilliant looking game by the way.

Enter the Gungeon is fantastic and this looks to

I’ve been playing The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening.

Y’know what’s bugging me about this game? There’s far too many random staircase entries that are just hidden under some innocuous thing with no indication that there might be an, often important and needed to actually fucking progress, staircase. Like, you slash a bush (because you’ll be slashing a load of foliage because reasons) and there’s a hidden staircase below it. Why not have a shine or some rustle or something that might give it away? Seems really stupid and crap to me.

Can't find a switch at the moment!

Where did you last have it?

Can't find a switch at the moment!

All the Argos's near me seem to have stock ?

None near me!

Have you tried CEX?

I didn't really play the original much, but this was pretty much how it used to be on the first game on the NES, set fire to a random bush because there might be a staircase underneath. Bonus, as the candle you had for most of the game could only be used once per screen, you had to go out the screen, come back in, remember which tree you wanted to try next, and repeat. I think it was all secret stuff on the first play through, but the second hid some level entrances that way.

Arcade Archives Gradius, Sunset Riders, and Trigon coming to Switch

Doom 64 is out today for the Switch and it's only £3.99. I've had a quick go on it and it's great. Not like any Doom around at the time as it was made especially for the N64 but it's still familiar Doom.

Doom.

Super Mario Odyssey
Captain Toad
Mario + Rabbids
Splatoon 2
Tetris 99
Zelda BOTW
Super Mario Maker 2
Mario Kart 8
Golf Story
Outrun SEGA Ages
Virtua Racing SEGA Ages

As above.

Add Katana Zero.

This is a good list. It's missing some shooters but there's loads of those on the store and pretty cheap too. Ikaruga is definitely one to get.

Another noob question, what's a sensible sd card size to get? Expect I'll be getting things like BOTW, Skyrim etc.

Doc, which company made the case you bought for your switch? I remember thinking it was pretty natty.

https://www.sfbags.com/products/nintendo-switch-pouch

(The waxed canvas is by far the nicest.)

Spendy through. Especially if you have to ship it here.

How can I buy a game from the US eShop from the UK?

I have created a US-region Nintendo account, added it to my Switch and linked the console up, but I can't buy the game as it says I need to use a payment card that was issued in the US.

I would just buy a eShop credit code or something, but the game I want is only 1 cent so it'd just end up with a massive amount left unused.

What's the best wireless controller for the switch? All of my joycons seem to be suffering from drift these days and it's driving me bloody bonkers.

I do have a wired one with a really long cable though and will sometimes use that sitting on the couch to play
If that would work for you Argos sell them for about £15 - £20

Yeah, a good size cable would also be okay. Cheers, will take a look.