video-games
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What to expect from the next 3D Mario Game
On 2nd April, Nintendo will properly unveil the Switch 2. This could involve some big-game announcements. So it’s time to speculate wildly, and potentially for the last time (at least in this generation). I recently finished playing Mario Sunshine, which might be the most frustrating game that Nintendo has ever made (it’s great, and I…
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Nintendo laying the ground for Switch 2 with surprise Switch 1 Direct
Yesterday, Nintendo dropped a surprise Direct presentation for the Switch 1. Surprising, that is, because they’re holding the first big Switch 2 Direct in under a week (2nd April). Surely they would want to save their new and unannounced games for the new console? Games I think most people were expecting a handful of comparatively…
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Switch 2 Announcement!
Holy moly, Switch 2 Nintendo Boogaloo, it’s here. I can already feel the hole in my wallet. After months of speculation and a lot of leaks from third-party accessories manufacturers, the Switch 2 has finally been announced. It was only a teaser trailer, so we don’t know much. A full Direct will be held on…
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Thoughts and Fiction in 2025
What’s coming in 2025: Star Wars, DC, Nintendo and more posts. We’re six days into 2025 now, and I think it’s going to be a good year. I’ve surprised myself with how consistently I’ve been posting, usually once a week (when life events don’t get in the way), but I want to do a lot…
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The Mario Timeline: Mario 64 DS
Time to drop the pretence. I’m kidding myself if I don’t think I’m making a Mario timeline. I didn’t intend to make one, but here we are. Let’s talk about Mario 64 DS. The first and second Mushroom Wars occur, respectively, during the original Super Mario Bros. and New Super Mario Bros. series. In those…
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Nintendo Switch 2: Announcement and Launch Date Predictions
When will the Switch 2 be released? A recent rumour has stated that Nintendo is producing as many Switch 2 units as possible to avoid a console shortage at launch. If true, they’re clearly confidant and have every right to be. The Switch is one of the best-selling consoles ever. Assuming they’ve learnt the lessons…
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What will be new in Mario Kart 9 on Switch 2?
It’s time to speculate widely! With the Switch 2 likely to launch in 2025, a new Mario Kart is probably around the corner. It’s been ten years since the release of Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U, which is a lot of potential development time. So, my expectations are unreasonably high! I don’t think…
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Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 2
Origins, habitation and population movements. Part 1 Part 3 In part 1, it was argued that the Zonai King Rauru, in the flashbacks of Tears of the Kingdom (TotK), founded Hyrule between the events of Skyward Sword and The Minish Cap. There’s nothing particularly out there or groundbreaking about this conclusion, but the timeline was…
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Switch 2 Launch Titles
What games will Switch 2 have at launch? The Switch 2 rumours are heating up. Some leaked images have been released, and fans are speculating that it could be announced this month! In my wildest dreams it will be capable of turning into a VR headset, but I realise this is unlikely (maybe Switch 3).…
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Ultimate Zonai Theory Part 1
Introduction and Timeline Placement Part 2 Tears of the Kingdom (TotK) has thrown a spanner into the Zelda theory community. The Zonai, introduced in that game, are an entirely new element of the Zelda timeline, which complicates many old theories and established narrative details. The term Zonai was first used during Breath of the Wild…
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Nintendo Switch: The Ultimate Zelda Console
The Wii U was the ultimate Zelda console. Thanks chiefly to the eShop/Virtual Console, it could play an enormous library of Zelda games. It also had HD remasters of Wind Waker and Twilight Princess and the spinoff Hyrule Warriors. And whilst Breath of the Wild is a Switch game (the launch title, no less), it…
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Monstrous Hylians Treating Monsters in Monstrous Ways
(A new, more coherent, version of this post is available here.) The Hylians/‘good guy’ factions in The Legend of Zelda are doing horrifying things to the monsters. When you kill a monster in a Zelda game, it explodes in a puff of evil smoke. Then, depending on the game, it drops an item. Sometimes it’s…
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The Mushroom Kingdom: A Land of Tyranny and Stockholm Syndrome
I may have gotten carried away on this one, maybe let my mind wander a little too freely. But Princess Peach is a tyrannical dictator and all the toads/mushroom people have Stockholm Syndrome. I refuse to elaborate! Okay, maybe I will. How did the Mushroom Kingdom survive before Mario showed up? The Mushroom Kingdom’s people,…
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Fallout Falls In: Season 2 Predictions
I don’t know what I mean by ‘Fallout falls in’, but I like how it sounds. Spoilers for season 1 of Fallout. The new Fallout show dropped on Amazon Prime a couple of weeks ago. I am a little late in discussing it – I had uni commitments – but I do want to talk…
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Zelda: In Defence of The Downfall Timeline
Ahh the Zelda Timeline, some hate it, some loathe it! I joke. But then there was a fair amount of disagreement when Nintendo, during Zelda’s 25th anniversary, published the official timeline (in the pages of Hyrule Historia). Fans had been theorising about it for years and so when the official chronology was revealed, some people…
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