Declan

The Pokemon, a Shiny Tyrantrum standing over a coffee table.

Got my shiny Trex and all he wants is my macarons!

Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 art.

Pre-ordered Mario Galaxy 1+2 (physical).

It is a bit too expensive but I have a weakness for these games and I've wanted to play an HD version of MG2 for years.

The only difference for MG1 over All Stars will be 4k and minor texture improvements. But it will still be the best way to play the game.

Pokemon Pokopia...looked like Animal Crossing with maybe Viva Pinata in terms of adapting the area to attract new Pokemon?

Need to see more but if they execute this well it could be very interesting.

Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 bundle gave me everything I needed from that. Was happy with the whole direct after 5 minutes.

The new Perfect Dark was cancelled? How many years was that in development for....what a waste.

Struggled with this for years. Probably is from a fairly healthy part of the brain telling you to be more productive 😅

Is why I mainly play at nighttime, or in the day if I know I have other stuff to do later.

Two weeks with Mario Kart World.

Overall...it's right up there! Wasn't sure on the intermissions but they keep things fresh and vary play. Knockout Tour is exceptional! Great offline but an absolute scrap online!

Some odd decisions (why limit Knockout to 8 routes?) but overall an exceptional game.

Wasn't sure if I wanted Resident Evil 9 to be first or third person, so the fact that you can play in either is perfect!

Will likely default to first person and on subsequent playthroughs switch to third.

Almost never jump from one game in a series to another. Nearly always play something else inbetween.

I felt that at first but he eventually wore my defences down. Then I found myself just finding his quirkiness endearing.

Yeah I've felt this a fair few times! Felt awkward being asked it as I had nothing big to offer.

Very much looking forward to the Persona 4 remake. Only played it in 2021 but really liked the story and the setting.

The dungeons were by far the weakest aspect of it, and presumably the remake can solve that.

A shame we got limited footage and no date, but I guess it's just not ready yet.

Can't believe there will be a new Super Meat Boy!

I gave up hope on that about 10 years ago!

With a Jill profile picture you absolutely are allowed to talk about it all the time 😄

Ok that Resident Evil 9 trailer did look pretty damn good!

Definitely leant onto the horror vibes which I really welcome! Hopefully it stays that way.

New protagonist is a plus for me too!

Tried Pokemon Scarlet as well.

It is soo much smoother. Very few frame drops (though felt the odd stutter). Pop in's better but still there. A lot more Pokemon are spawning, Shiny hunting will be easier.

Overall it doesn't quite make it feel like a new game, but is much nicer to play.

Yeah it's great to see! Love the enthusiasm so far!

Can't play until after work but I transfered data etc at lunch.

Early thoughts:
Joycons so much better!
The screen looks so nice and crisp.
Data transfer from Switch 1 to 2 was about 7 mins.
It auto-queues your games to redownload.
The NSO library is so clean.

Whole setup is prob 20 mins.

Nintendo Switch 2 Console out of its box.

It is here!

Really hyped for it! I think the world looks amazing and it's good they're really doing something different with it this time.

This is why I held off from going with them despite finding stock with them first.

Been on Blue Prince the last few weeks! On day 88ish now. So far...

Room 46 on Day 43.
Current: 7 Keys and 3 solved.
3 safes opened.
Allowance: 61.

Took me about 30 days to realise you could autofil the computer password (PS5).

Currently experimenting moving a certain room elsewhere...

Finished You...the show had become so ridiculous last season that I watched this almost inspite of itself.

It was OK.. They genuinely tried this season. It was at its best when it wasn't handcuffed by the previous season.

The finale was genuinely quite good. Just stripped it back to what mattered.

Debating treating Tears of the Kingdom as a Switch 2 launch title and having a second run-through.

I much preferred BotW (exploration and curiosity is more interesting than busywork) but it's as good an excuse as any to revisit it. Hopefully it could click more for me a second time around.

You spend more time fighting bosses than playing levels. Was so disappointing compared to Wonder.

I wish more games just acknowledged you mainly want to beat the game because you want to beat the game. Doesn't always need to be more than that. 😄

"The grand prize is yours, and that prize is a sense of accomplishment and fun"

I'm hyped for this. I'm going to play the he'll out of it!

It's really weird...MK8 did that perfectly when selecting Yoshi colours etc. Why revert it here?

Earlier on in Bluesky it felt people were making a concerted effort to be better than the last place. Now it feels a fair few are relaxing on that and reverting to some bad practices from the bad place.

I'll keep it up though. Am just not interested in social media drama.

The Mario Kart World Direct didn't reveal that much new. Was more a long launch ad.

Being able to rewind at any point though is hugely useful to speedrunners or competitive players.

Missions and other collectibles were cool. Hopefully there's enough of them to keep you wanting to explore.