It’s hard to believe there was roughly an 18-year gap between Metroid Prime 3: Corruption and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond. Retro Studios decided they didn’t want to continue the Metroid Prime series and instead revived the Donkey Kong Country subseries, which led to Bandai Namco Entertainment getting a shot at developing Metroid Prime 4. After…
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Things I Like: The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo Switch)
The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom came out in 2024 and surprised everyone by featuring a quest that starred Princess Zelda herself. This made it the first Nintendo-made Zelda game to do so, and the third overall if you count the infamous Philips CDi games. I am not sure why I skipped it originally,…
Things I Hate: Pilotwings 64 (N64)
Pilotwings 64 is a title I’ve heard about for a long time, but I only played a demo of the 3DS sequel and didn’t like it much. Now that I’ve gotten over my fear of flying, I became curious about flight simulators. While this one is an exaggerated simulator, it’s definitely more of a flight…
Things I Hate: Mr. Driller 2 (GBA)
I saw Mr. Driller 2 pop up on the Nintendo Switch Online GBA collection the other day and wondered why the first game wasn’t there. Apparently, it was meant to be a continuation of Dig Dug, which evolved into Mr. Driller. Though the 2nd apparently plays almost exactly like the original. The game is super…
Things I Hate: Gradius: The Interstellar Assault (Game Boy)
Gradius: The Interstellar Assault is a Game Boy title that many probably don’t remember, but Nintendo added it to the Nintendo Switch Online collection for seemingly no reason. I had never played this Konami game before, so I gave it a bit of my free time, and it’s pretty bad. They at least give you…