-
The Switch 2 needs a mascot – I offer Linkle as Tribute
Most Nintendo consoles have had official or unofficial mascots. Captain Falcon, a more muscular, futuristic man than Mario could ever be, initially was created to represent the Super Famicom/SNES, with his colors intended to match the console’s Japanese controller’s buttons. The Wii came into this world bearing the visage of a whole new lifeform – the Mii – things that…
-
Game Complaint Department’s Game of the Year 2019
Last year, I came to the realization too late that I didn’t actually play many games released in 2018. In 2019, I worked to remedy this, and did it work? I guess so. I reviewed 7 games released in 2019 this year which is… Well, it doesn’t really feel like a lot, but it’s better than last year. I also…
-
Saturday Morning Scrutiny – The Legend of Zelda (Season 2)
The initial run of the cartoon adaptation of The Legend of Zelda ended in 1989 after one season as the special Friday edition of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Both Link and Zelda would show up occasionally in the second season of Captain N, which provides some closure to the plot of the original series, but that was the…
-
Saturday Morning Scrutiny – The Legend of Zelda
It’s funny to think that there was once a time when video games were looked at more as something for the kiddies, rather than the “serious business” it is today. It was yet to be seen as a medium ripe for storytelling, and I can only imagine that few people thought their works would blossom into the titanic franchises they…
