A week or two ago I started playing a game I’ve been thinking about playing ever since the sequel was announced, over 20 years after the first game. Pokémon Snap. Admittedly I first thought about buying the new game, ‘New Pokémon Snap’. But it felt a bit expensive for a rail shooter in 2021, especially since its coming from a game company that doesn’t really care. So I thought I’d wait for a while, see if the price dropped....
A while ago I beat THPS 1+2 for the fifth time and it’s still as good of a game as the first time. I never played the originals when they released, but I did play a lot of Tony Hawk as a kid. THPS 3 was the first in the series I played, a cousin lent it to me after I had gotten hold of a used PlayStation 2. It was a great game, but I had heard that there were better Tony Hawk games....
Nintendo has done a lot of custom coloured Switches, especially of the standard Switch. The ’lite’ version though, mostly has some basic recolours. And a couple of Pokémon variants. But there is one Switch Lite that stands out of the crew. The white, custom gold painted Avicii Invector Switch Lite. 2017 Hello There Games released ‘Invector’ on the PS4. A rhythm based music game with 22 of Aviciis hit songs. In 2019, the year after his tragic passing, they released an updated version with 35 songs, in collaboration with the Tim Bergling Foundation....
March 10, a.k.a. MAR10 day. First celebrated by Nintendo 2016, probably when some clever Nintendian came up with the idea. And since then, they’ve actually made something each year to celebrate Mario, even if some years have been lazier than others. This year we got the final trailer for The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Wave 4 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass (car stuff, pretty fitting since it’s also the V8 engines day today) and a new Mario themed Nintendo Switch bundle....