Capcom shoots for the moon
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REVIEW Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — This Mii sim is “deeply funny” but is “deflated by ridiculous sharing restrictions“. Logan Plant // IGN What are we doing? — With Tomodachi Life, did Nintendo make the right call in restricting sharing? I’m unsure, but Abram explores that here: “We’ve collectively decided that the sharing restriction is in place because Nintendo has to distance itself from the obscene content flooding socials. And this is probably true. But maybe this is also an opportunity to localize the Tomodachi Life social experience to the people we actually know and love, who don’t care about the fidelity of the image dropped into the group chat“. A good read. Abram Buehner // Medium How Nintendo’s Miis became the “world standard” for avatars Alan Wen // Creative Bloq Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream captivates me in a way Animal Crossing: New Horizons does not Tomas Franzese // Polygon Ask the Developer — Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — Five members of the development team sit down to talk making Tomodachi. Some interesting tidbits here across the three parts — including the surprisingly long dev cycle, and how much effort goes into a fart sound effect. Nintendo REVIEW Pragmata — “a fresh idea honed to near perfection” Willem Hilhorst // Nintendo World Report Pragmata works because it isn’t a “sad dad” game Garrett Martin // AV Club REVIEW Pragmata — “the game ultimately more than went beyond my expectations” Shaun Musgrave // Nintendo Insider Pragmata on Nintendo Switch 2 is a few patches away from being truly great Mikhail Madnani // RPG Site ▶ Pragmata on Switch 2 vs PS5/Xbox Series S — Another ambitious Capcom port Digital Foundry // YouTube Nintendo celebrates 25 years of Animal Crossing with new update and surprises Animal Crossing World REVIEW Mouse: P.I. for Hire — “a haphazard marriage of noir storytelling and amusing boomer shooter action that are often at odds“. Will Borger // IGN REVIEW Dosa Divas — “a heaping amount of heart in every crushing line of dialogue, every amend made to repair bridges burned, every dish served up by the party“. Ashley Schofield // startmenu ▶ Wild Gunman: Resurrecting Nintendo’s first coin-op on its 50th anniversary — A superb preservation effort here for a cool 70s era Nintendo arcade game. 74XX Arcade Repair // YouTube Yooka-Replaylee hits 60FPS on Switch 2 thanks to new performance update Chris Brandrick // Hanafuda Report INTERVIEW “A huge balancing act” – Playtonic spills the beans on Yooka-Replaylee’s massive Switch 2 update Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life INTERVIEW Fake it until you make it: The story of Minishoot’ Adventures Patrick Klepek // Remap INTERVIEW “What’s this stupid thing?” – How one silly idea became the Jet Set Radio-inspired Denshattack! — Me and my son have been playing the demo (up on the eShop now) a bunch over the Easter break. I think we will be picking it up when the full game releases in June. Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life ▶ Flying a drone in this sci-fi Switch game is super tricky – Nullstar: Solus gameplay — A first look from yours truly. Hanafuda Report // YouTube Pokemon & Zelda rip-off ‘Pickmos’ removed from Steam as publisher intervenes Ollie Reynolds // Nintendo Life Oli Welsh // Polygon When did Luigi get his own look? Drew Mackie // Thrilling Tales of Old Video Games
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