My takes on Nintendo Switch Sports

  

This is The Chronicles of Trevor, the only blog who's owner is friends with Haru from Wii Sports. Yes, really!

  Ah, the Wii Series. These games are very iconic, from the scenery of Wuhu Island, to the 100 characters that are well known and loved by millions, you can't deny that this series is nostalgic. But in 2021, Nintendo announced a new entry in the series which would change everything for the worst. I'm talking about Nintendo Switch Sports.

    NSS is considered to be a new entry in the Wii Sports series, but it just doesn't feel like a Wii Sports game. It is more like "We Have Wii Sports At Home". Besides, the Sportsmates look like Xbox 360 Avatars if they were designed by Video Brinquedo.

The Sportsmates also use the names of the CPU's from Wii Sports Resort, rubbing salt in the wounds of Mii fans.

That one above is the Sportsmate version of Haru. This one isn't as memorable OR as adorable as her Mii counterpart, as shown below.

Look at her. She is so cute. I thought so when I first saw her in Wii Sports Baseball back when I was 7. She just looks like that one person who's so charming, that they'd make friends with a stick. She just has that innocent look on her face, like "I'd like to be your friend!"

Other than the obvious change, NSS gives us a plaza called Spocco Square, consisting of 8 sports, 6 of which are sports available in previous games. Sure, WSR gave us a few returning sports, but the game modes within each sport made it alright in the eyes of many players.

This game also lacks the personality of the previous titles, especially when it comes to Bowling. In the first 3 games, you could throw the ball backwards, causing the background Miis to spin in shock! This was comedy GOLD back in those days. In Switch Sports however, you can't.

Also, you cannot release the ZL or ZR buttons on the Joy-Con, like how you had to release B in Wii Sports and its 2 other sequels, in order to roll the ball. Releasing the button made it more realistic, like the ball coming out of your hand. Way to confuse your players, Nintendo!

Thank goodness I have a Switch Lite, so I can't play this trash heap. But seeing gameplay of it is how I made this review.

I'd give this game a -4 out of 10.

Thanks for reading this, and have a great day!

Today is Kenji Ito's Birthday!

This day is very special for me and other fans of video game music. Famed musician Kenji Ito has turned 55 today! Ito is known for his work at Square Enix for the Mana and SaGa series, and is also part of the large group of musicians that collaborate to compose and arrange music for the Super Smash Bros. games. His musical style has always been an inspiration for my the music that I produce, and as such, he has been my favorite musician ever since I first heard his music when playing Final Fantasy Adventure, an extremely underrated game. Happy Birthday, Kenji Ito, and thanks for being such a great inspiration to many musicans worldwide.

My takes on Wednesday's Nintendo Direct presentation

 Wednesday, June 21st was the latest Nintendo Direct presentation. These presentations showcase upcoming game releases and DLC for games already released. These presentations, to gamers, are like Christmas. Tonight, I am going to share my takes on some of the announcements.

First, I'm going to talk about the Super Mario RPG announcement. This is a fully 3D remake of the 1996 Super NES game Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, which was a collaboration between Nintendo and renowned game publisher SquareSoft. I was shocked to see a remake of this cult classic, since Square Enix, the successor to SquareSoft, is very stingy with Intellectual Properties, and since they developed the game, the original characters Mallow and Geno are owned by SE, which I find to be weird, since Nintendo PUBLISHED the game, and as such, I think that the characters to a game should be owned by the publisher of the game, even if they were made by a seperate developer.

Next, I'm gonna talk about the reveal of the new Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC Wave 5 track "Squeaky Clean Sprint". From what it looks like, I think it's the bathroom of Peach's Castle. The new characters were surprising, too. Wiggler, the caterpillar enemy, is being added, after being in the Mario Kart 7 roster, and absent from the original MK8 roster. Petey Piranha, from the Mario Kart: Double Dash!! roster is back, alongside a new character, Kamek, the Magic Koopa who has been Bowser's adoptive parent since Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.

The new 2D Mario game, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, looks so psychedelic and trippy, and I LIKE IT! It looks more like a fan game than a real Nintendo-published game, which is ironic, considering Nintendo's stance against fan games.

Pikmin fans must have had the time of their lives with the details of the Pikmin 4 game, alongside remasters of the 1st and 2nd Pikmin games. That means that the whole series is now available on Switch, since Pikmin 3, a Wii U game, was ported to Switch as Pikmin 3 Deluxe. 

There was also a new Princess Peach game teased to us. It is slated for a 2024 release. I think that this game is going to be a sequel to the 2006 cult classic Super Princess Peach.

And the Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon remake looks alright so far, I think that Next Level Games will polish it up and make the graphics look like Luigi's Mansion 3. 

These were the best announcements in my opinion, and I think that Nintendo had a better presentation than the other guys this year!