With the top of the Swap’s lifecycle lastly upon us, there appears no higher time to look again on its immense library and see which video games outlined this era. On this episode of Stone Age Gaming, Kris picks a small handful of the video games that made this presumably his favourite era ever.
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Hello there, Kris from Stone Age Gamer right here. And welcome again to Stone Age Gaming. The Nintendo Swap is life is lastly coming to an in depth. It has been available on the market for a good period of time. And I’ve to say it is in all probability one of the crucial particular sport consoles that I’ve ever owned in my lifetime. I’ve all the time been a diehard Nintendo fan, and even after I lastly branched out and began exploring Sega and horrible graphics and PlayStation and Xbox, I nonetheless Nintendo all the time had that place in my coronary heart, however I type of fell out of gaming, at the least gaming frequently for for fairly a very long time there just like the we within the we you era. I wasn’t gaming practically as a lot as I used to and doubtless as a result of I had grow to be a guardian and a house owner and a husband. And you realize, life was actually taking away my capacity to play video games. , I would nonetheless write about them and speak about them. I labored in video video games, shops, and so forth., however actually digging in and taking part in video games type of stopped being as a lot of part of my each day life as I as I used to love. And the swap is what actually introduced that again, not simply due to its library, however due to its type issue. My capacity to take it with me to work and like play in my automotive, on my lunch break or actually simply type of play wherever, but in addition have the ability to take those self same video games and put them on my TV, which is the place I want to play. So it is actually simply been a life kind, life altering system and there have been so many video games on it which have simply been a lot extra necessary to me than video games had been for a number of generations now. So I assumed now that the swap is type of coming to an in depth, it will be enjoyable to spotlight a few of my absolute favourite video games on the Swap.
Now, if we did this multi function episode, I would be right here for hours as a result of there’s actually a number of video games on Swap that I like. Like, significantly. So what I did was I checked out my shelf behind me right here and I picked out similar to I feel ten video games that jumped out at me to begin speaking about simply bodily releases. I have not contact the digital solely stuff, simply bodily releases to speak about and what makes them so particular and what makes them actually defining video games for this platform on this era. So with out additional ado, let’s have a look.
All proper. So if you are going to speak in regards to the legacy of the Nintendo swap, you need to begin with The Legend of Zelda, Breath of the Wild. This sport was a very particular expertise for me. Now, Zelda has all the time been my favourite sequence of video games, ever since I used to be just a little child. I adored the unique Legend of Zelda, the entire sequence, just about. I imply, there are video games I like higher than others, clearly, however man, once they had been speaking about going Open World with The Legend of Zelda, I obtained fairly scared by it as a result of I do not actually like open world video games. I like issues to be directed and I like issues to be, you realize, simply comply with a narrative starting, center and finish, you realize, have some freedom to do what you are going to do. However boy, boy, I used to be not prepared for this sport. I simply wasn’t after I introduced my swap house and I plugged this factor in. And also you first must stroll over that cliff at first and also you see the nice plateau. I used to be simply actually blown away as a result of it had that sense of exploration, that sense of marvel that has all the time been on the forefront of why I like Zelda a lot. Clearly excursions The Kingdom is phenomenal too. Cadence of Hyrule Hyperlink’s Awakening. Regardless that I used to be echoes of knowledge, all of the Zelda video games on the Swap have been very cool. I like that they exist, however for my cash, that is my favourite one which’s on Swap as a result of Wind Waker shouldn’t be on Swap. Wind Waker is all the time going to be my favourite Zelda sport. It is my favourite sport ever. However Breath of the Wild is a very particular sport and simply an absolute defining second for actually carry me again into gaming to a level that I hadn’t been in a very long time. I do not bear in mind. I do not suppose it is since highschool have I spent this a lot time with a single online game.
The swap usually actually introduced me again into gaming a lot greater than I had been in generations, and I feel it is simply because the sensibilities of the video games that got here out for this that basically matched my type. However one thing like Breath of the Wild was simply this excellent mesh of old skool Nintendo kind video games with a brand new college design philosophy, and it is simply an absolute masterpiece. Will all the time be considered one of my favourite video games of all time. Shifting on, I used to be going to place that proper over right here.
Shifting on, we’ll speak about Megaman 11. I advised you, these are in no explicit order. So Megaman, one other considered one of my favourite franchises ever. On the finish, he has mega man video games, particularly Megaman three. However these first three mega man video games had been so excessive on my checklist. I beloved Megaman. I like the mythology of Mega Man. I like the character designs. I like all of the robotic masters. I like that subject of Nintendo Energy, the place youngsters voted of their drawings of robotic masters. I used to attract my very own robotic masters after I was in at school. I beloved Mega Man. I obtained seven, so freaking good two Anyway, after Mega Man eight and so they did 9 and ten and so they had been like these retro revival issues which had been actually cool video games, however they did not evolve the components anymore. They had been simply, Nicely, we’re simply going to make Outdated Megaman once more. And that was tremendous enjoyable for some time with a 9. After which I assumed ten was type of a step again so far as issues had been involved. So once they introduced Mega Man 11, I assumed to myself, Nicely, that is going to be a reasonably fascinating state of affairs as a result of, you realize, how are they going to make a brand new fashionable trying mega man sport That looks like each a comply with as much as Megaman eight, which was probably the most fashionable mega man on the time and Mega Man ten, which was the sport that got here earlier than this. And I feel they did an exceptional job. If this isn’t the final word masterpiece of mega man, you realize, sport design, however it’s a brand new fashionable mega man sport. And I actually did not know that we had been ever going to get one thing like this once more. I feel this sport is tremendous enjoyable and simply the truth that it exists brings me so, a lot pleasure. That is actually a type of defining moments on the swap for me as a result of Mega man, I am simply such a fan of and I feel the sport is magnificent.
Subsequent. Subsequent. Let’s speak about Horizon, Chase, Turbo. Now, this isn’t my common type of factor. That is my common fare. I like racing video games. I used to love them a complete lot extra. However this sport introduced me proper again into issues in a method that I didn’t count on. Horizon Chase Turbo is a freaking masterpiece of a sport. That is arcade racing at its absolute best. A lot in order that I needed to monitor down a bodily copy as a result of I similar to this sport that a lot. I used to be so impressed with this sport and it dominated my life. I obsessed over this factor for such a very long time that I had to purchase myself a bodily copy simply to have that, simply have that again up, you realize? So after I was youthful, I actually appreciated High Gear, too.
I went to my buddy Dan’s home, not Dan from the podcast Totally different Dan, however I’d go over to his home and I’d play High Gear one and two, particularly two. However I bear in mind one very well too. And this sport I had seen a trailer for it someplace. I used to be like, Wow, this appears loads like High Gear. And so I simply gave it a attempt to I couldn’t put it down. I performed a lot of this sport. And the second’s fairly good too. Do not get me fallacious, the second is strong, however there is a magic on this one. A simplicity to this one that does not exist in the second. And possibly it is simply that the second does not run practically in addition to this does on the swap. I am certain the second, if it ran completely, if I used to be taking part in it on PlayStation 5 or no matter, I would in all probability prefer it extra. However I do not know. There is a particular magic to this primary horizon chase Turbo that’s so very particular and it is positively one of many defining video games on the platform.
Subsequent up, let’s speak about Blaster Grasp Zero. For those who’ve been round this channel for any size of time, you’ve got in all probability heard me point out Blaster Grasp at one level or different. The unique Blaster grasp on any S is considered one of my absolute favourite video games of all time, bar none. It is positively in my high ten titles. It is simply so good. It is so good. It is such a magical sport. However it by no means obtained the comply with up that it deserved. Blaster Grasp two was on an American developed, I feel, Sega Genesis sequel that was had some actually good concepts in it. It is a captivating little sport, however it’s not a worthy successor to Blaster Grasp by any stretch of the creativeness. And each sequel they’ve made since then, I really feel the identical method about they only they’re okay. However none of them captured that spirit. That is the closest we have ever gotten to that. Blaster Grasp Zero is the primary time I’ve ever seen a worthy comply with as much as the Blaster Grasp Video games Restricted Run did us a bodily version of this comes with an instruction guide, which is fairly neat. And a buying and selling card. Yeah. So that they, they integrated mythology from the Japanese. Wow. Now I am unable to bear in mind the title of the Japanese model of Blaster Grasp. That is going to harass the heck out of me. However that is the Japanese model of the sport. They’ve meshed that in with the North American stuff. And you realize, Fred the Frog and it is fantastic. They they get a reasonably deep into the metaphor proper there. It’s metaphor. I knew it will come to me.
They get actually deep within the anime nonsense territory, which may be type of extra I am certain it may be a turnoff for lots of oldsters. However should you’re simply there for Blaster Grasp gameplay, this and it is two comply with ups do an unbelievable job of truly evolving what made Blaster Grasp particular within the first place and feeling like they nailed it. And the finale The ultimate battle in Blaster Grasp zero three as a long run, very long time fan of the sequence is Simply Love It to Demise. Could not be happier. Blaster Grasp Zero. I feel it was the second sport I obtained on the platform after Breath of the Wild and it simply blew me away. I performed by means of, I feel, 3 times within the final couple of years as a result of it is simply it is simply marvelous. And I feel the third one could be the very best sport total, however that is the one which that speaks to me probably the most. It is probably the most just like the unique Blaster grasp, and it is only a actually particular and actually superior sport. Do this sport should you like Blaster Grasp, do not skip on this. That is the primary worthy sequel that sequence has ever gotten.
Subsequent up, boy, let’s speak about Sayonara, Wild Hearts. So that is one other a type of video games that I attempted after just a little over a good period of time and other people telling me that I ought to strive it. After which I appreciated it a lot that I purchased a bodily copy of it. I even purchased the frickin soundtrack on vinyl as a result of that is how a lot I like this sport. It is a rhythm sport that there have been a handful of video games that I’ve performed in my life which have had an emotional impression on me, like in a method that solely a online game can. And that is considered one of them. Once you while you play one thing like, as an example, Steel Gear and even Uncharted, while you’re a number of the story that occurs in these video games is stuff that you just watch occur. However when it is straight tied to the gameplay, like I feel again to Tremendous Metroid and the way that sport tells its story by you taking part in the sport while you’re straight concerned within the choices that make the gameplay, make the story advance. It feels a lot extra, I assume, in depth. It is the it is a method of storytelling that solely video video games can do. And Sayonara Wild Hearts is a unprecedented sport.
First off, I like the music. The soundtrack is unbelievable. It is simply this glorious pop music. However the story is what actually it actually killed me on the finish. It is a story a few lady who at the least that is my interpretation of it. It seems to be a narrative a few lady who’s going by means of a extremely powerful breakup. And as you play by means of the sport, you are beating up these like components of your self that you do not like. You are this character, and these are all like her persona traits that she’s mad at. And by the top of the sport, you need to do all of the bosses once more. And as an alternative of punching them such as you do all through the course of the the journey. You give him a kiss as a result of it is a sport about making peace with your self. And it tells its story by means of like interpretive dance. It is freaking bananas. It is so wild. The visuals are unbelievable, the way in which it feels to play by means of this sport, the way in which that the the visuals match as much as the music is astounding. I can’t say sufficient good issues about this sport and the message of the one solution to transfer ahead in your life is to make peace with who you’re is such an exquisite message and so nicely advised on this sport. I can’t stress this sufficient. For those who like pop music, should you like music and you are like rhythm video games, and should you simply have an appreciation for fascinating storytelling and wonderful visuals, this sport is on a bunch of various platforms. Clearly, I play it on the swap, which is what makes it such a defining swap sport for me. Sayonara, Wild Hearts is a masterpiece.
Subsequent up, what we obtained? We obtained Tremendous Mario Brothers Marvel. So I simply grabbed it. I feel I stated this within the intro, however I simply grabbed a stack of video games that meant loads to me. And I am positively going to do that greater than as soon as as a result of there are a ton of swap video games that meant the world to me. And this sport proper right here, this sport proper right here made me so completely satisfied. This sport introduced me a lot pleasure. It was unbelievable. It is not probably the most excellent Mario sport anybody’s ever finished, however it’s so near the Mario sport that I imagined after I was a child that I could not. I am unable to stand it. I am unable to stand how attractive this sport is and the way a lot how full of untamed marvel it’s. I am 3D. Mario actually obtained the lion’s share of the creativity within the Mario division for the final good lengthy whereas the brand new Tremendous Mario Brothers video games. I feel the unique new Tremendous Mario Brothers in Diaz is nice. I feel the whole lot after it was positive new Tremendous Mario brothers you is an excellent sport however it did not have the identical I do not know the identical diploma of creativity that you just had been seeing within the 3D margins, significantly Mario Odyssey. However then they introduced this sport out and it animates so in another way. It animates like a cartoon.
It is so expressive. It is the marvel results are insane. The singing piranha vegetation. I could not I am unable to put into phrases how a lot I smiled when that got here throughout on this sport. That is such a particular sport and I do know there are people on the market that had been actually laborious on it that thought that there ought to have been extra problem or that there sure facets of it ought to have been extra fascinating. I feel it’s simply it’s nearly precisely the sport that it wanted to be and actually put 2D Mario video games, that are amongst my absolute all time favorites proper up again on monitor. I wish to see extra video games that seem like this. I am unable to wait to see what they do with 2D Mario on swap to love with much more energy behind them as a result of this sport’s attractive. I simply actually the quantity of affection and care that went into this it was a type of issues that it did not it felt just like Yoshi’s Island on Tremendous Nintendo, the place you discover that block the place the programmers are like, we half our hearts and souls into this. That is how I felt about this sport, even when it did not all the time hit the mark 110,000%. On being simply the truest of masterpieces. This sport was made with a lot coronary heart and I like it. So Tremendous Mario Brothers Marvel is is simply one of many defining swap video games introduced me a lot pleasure are
right here we’ve Chrono Cross I do not like this sport are you could have tried to love Chrono Cross over time quite a few occasions and I simply cannot pull it off. It has an unbelievable soundtrack. However why is it right here? Proper? So Chrono Set off is considered one of my absolute all time favourite video games. I’ve replayed it over and again and again. Chrono Set off is a masterpiece. It holds up right this moment. It is phenomenal. And as a child, when it got here out, I used to be obsessive about Chrono Set off. I assumed it was simply the best factor ever. I beloved its mythology and I could not wait to study extra. After which I heard about Radical Dreamers, which was a Seattle Assessment sport launched in Japan. That was a comply with as much as present Sugar. In some methods, that was like a textual content journey. I by no means thought I’d have the ability to play it within the least, not in a particularly, not any official capability I figured I might emulate at a while and do a fan translation, However an official model of radical Dreamers? Are you kidding me?
That is on right here. Now. When Chrono Cross got here out, I took a whole week off work. Simply sit at house, play it. And I attempted. I put. I put the time in and it’s a first rate sport, however it’s simply not for me. And it actually doesn’t really feel like a sequel to Chrono Set off. This proper right here, Radical Dreamers is even weirder. It actually does not really feel like a sequel to Chrono Set off both, however a boring within the field. I hate when that occurs. What? I have been capable of play it. It was like a virtually lifelong dream of mine to have the ability to really strive that sport. And right here Sq. Enix dropping. Radical Dreamers. Formally English translated on the swap. And I simply. I misplaced my thoughts. I had to purchase this bodily, so I obtained a cartridge. A bodily card that has radical dreamers on it. Additionally, it was good to have Chrono Cross on the swap and remastered. I do know the remastering left loads to be desired, however it’s nonetheless a good sport and I ought to put the time into it once more to attempt to really end as a result of I by no means completed it. I obtained all the way in which as much as, I feel, the final aria within the sport and I simply I simply could not cross the end line. I simply did not care. I want I did as a result of I just like the character designs for this. Too many characters. This isn’t meant to be a Chrono Cross bashing. That is meant to indicate that the swap was a system that made desires come true on in a number of methods. Like I obtained video games on this method that I by no means, ever thought I’d see be actual. And whereas that is positively considered one of them, having radical dreamers on a cartridge made me the happiest, happiest little child round. And should you had advised me as a highschool pupil that I’d finally get to have radical dreamers on a cartridge, I’ve advised you had been loopy. However right here we’re.
Subsequent up, let’s speak about doom. All proper. I’ll speak about this and the opposite doom as nicely, as a result of there’s a lot doom on the swap. I like doom, which is bizarre as a result of it is fairly exterior of my common wheelhouse of video games that I actually like. However the unique doom, the unique PC model of Doom, the MSI Dos model, is amongst my favourite issues to play. It is considered one of my favourite video games for stress aid. It is simply I discover a lot peace in taking part in doom and to a lesser extent Doom two. However these two video games so freaking good and they’re on swap and like probably the most excellent trend conceivable, they seem like I imagined. They regarded again within the day like, you realize, you return and play an precise Ms-dos model of Doom. It does not look the way in which that this newer model does, however it’s, you realize, it runs phenomenally. It sounds precisely the way in which I would like it to sound. It is so good. After which there’s this one. I all the time needed to play it and I by no means obtained round to it and so they ported it on Swap. And I used to be like, what? Advantageous, I will give it a shot. I can’t consider how good this sport appears on Swap. This sport is unbelievable trying and I am so glad to have performed by means of it. I had an absolute ball taking part in this mountain of ridiculousness on the swap. I had a lot enjoyable going by means of this sport and I nonetheless have not performed Doom Everlasting as a result of everybody’s warned me that it’s totally totally different from this sport and I am in all probability not going to love all of it that a lot. And that makes me actually tremendous unhappy. However I am in all probability going to get round to it will definitely as a result of I simply love doing a lot. And sure, I picked up Doom 64, which I did not like again then, and I do not actually significantly take care of now. However that doom one, one and two, particularly this newer model that they type of rejiggered for swap and the opposite platforms doom one and two and dune 2016 phenomenal video games. And I simply the truth that I can simply boot up the unique doom anytime I would like on my swap the straightforward peasy is such an exquisite factor and an effective way to type of relieve stress on the finish of a tough day. Adore it. Two itty bitty bits. All proper. I obtained a pair left right here.
I’ll do two and a two for one sale right here. Ultimate Fantasy. I’ve by no means been the hugest Ultimate Fantasy fan. I actually like Ultimate Fantasy six. I’ve by no means correctly gotten into the opposite remaining fantasies. So the truth that this assortment exists and so they look and sound so fantastic is basically cool to me as a result of I would prefer to undergo and end six considered one of today. Much like Cross. I’ve performed by means of six, however I used to be actually having fun with myself. I feel. I feel I obtained slowed down by a bunch of labor stuff and that I by no means went again to as a result of I did not really play six correctly. I did not actually get flip based mostly RPGs till Chrono Set off and I performed Ultimate Fantasy three earlier than I performed Chrono Set off. So I did not get Ultimate Fantasy three after which like I did not perceive it after which they rereleased it on PlayStation one and I performed by means of that on I wish to see what that was the anthology that had six in it, and that is when it clicked with me and I obtained by means of virtually the entire sport and I used to be loving it. And I’ve by no means completed it as a result of I am a foul particular person, however I wish to end it on swap or swap to or no matter, wherever comes first. It is on my checklist of issues to do. So this assortment is nice. This one proper right here, man, This one proper right here cracks me up. I do not actually like Ultimate Fantasy seven. I by no means have. I’ve tried to get by means of this sport quite a few occasions, however after I noticed that this existed, I had to purchase it as a result of as a diehard console warrior, Nintendo going method again within the day, these advertisements about Ultimate Fantasy seven being on PlayStation and it might by no means be on a cartridge as a result of it will value $1 million and weigh like 100 kilos. Right here it’s, Ultimate Fantasy, seven and eight on a single cartridge for my Nintendo 4 cracks me up. The truth that this can be a actual. Simply knocks my socks off. I like it to dying. That is completely hysterical to me each time. I have a look at this on my shelf, it makes me smile each single time. And I nonetheless have to trace down night time Lure for a similar actual cause. I simply cannot carry myself to spend cash on that terrible sport. I’ve like 4 copies of Evening Lure. I’ve the Sega CD one, I’ve the 6230 2X1. I feel I may need one different one. I feel I’ve an additional, however both method I do not like night time entice in any respect. However I’ve that one. However the truth that it exists in a swap cart is wonderful and I must get my arms on it. However sure, Ultimate Fantasy seven on a cartridge for Nintendo Swap is fantastic. And you realize, this different assortment is fairly dang nice too.
And we’ll end issues off right this moment with the sport that I feel stunned me greater than the rest. That is a type of moments once they introduced it that I used to be simply I stood up. I virtually pulled my hair out. I could not consider my eyes. This exists. That is Metroid Dread. This was a rumor for thus lengthy. It was going to return out and Diaz and there have been little hints to it right here and there. After which they dropped that trailer and so they stated, Metroid 5. And I used to be like, I am sorry, What? I misplaced my buddy. I misplaced it. I could not consider what I used to be taking a look at. A brand new 2D Metroid sport on a console. Sure, we had Samus returns on 3DS and I actually appreciated Samus Returns. It was an fascinating redo of Metroid two. I assumed the the Parry system was fairly cool. Yeah, it did. It had its points. However this one, this one, they took the whole lot that was good about Samus returns and made it higher. This sport is stunningly attractive. It is not my favourite Metroid sport. Tremendous Metroid continues to be my favourite Metroid sport. It is fairly excessive up there although. Like this was actually good and I’ve performed by means of this now by means of to conclusion I feel twice. It is obtained unbelievable bosses, nice creature designs, and actually the one factor I feel that holds this sport again in any respect is for certain environments could possibly be extra fascinating. , I wish to see extra alien environments just like like Tremendous Metroid regarded tremendous bizarre, you realize, nothing regarded just like the areas on planets, EVAs and this planet that you’re on. Here is a I am unable to bear in mind the title of it. It is besides like a letter or a quantity or one thing. Anyway, the planet you are on on this sport, it is simply, it is cool, however it’s not as cool as you realize, Tremendous Metroid was the way in which again in the way in which again within the outdated days and in addition the the music strong however it did not have like actually melody pushed, tremendous memorable stuff like Metroid two like the unique Metroid Tanaka’s soundtrack or a brilliant Metroid soundtrack. They did not. It was lacking these issues. However exterior of that, it was so cool. I obsessed over this sport. I like it a lot and I am so glad it exists. I am simply so glad it exists. I am unable to consider that is actual. After which I’ve it in my arms. I really purchased this and the collector’s version as a result of that is how loopy I used to be when this got here out as a result of it is actual Metroid Dread occurred. It’s really actual. I am holding it in my arms. And as a lifelong Metroid fan, that is a type of issues. It is only a dream come true that is actually laborious to laborious to place a worth on. So there you could have. That is the primary. That is the primary set. Nicely, that is that, people. That is the primary chunk of video games that simply imply absolutely the world to me by way of the Nintendo swap and what has made this method so remarkably particular to me. I do not know what else to say. I am actually enthusiastic about Swap two. I am unable to wait to see what Nintendo does subsequent. I am unable to wait to see if there’s going to be much more in the event that they proceed this pattern. Proper? As a result of I like the Wii U. That system means the world to me. Our mates purchased it for me. I’ve a extremely nice story behind that one. That system’s all the time going to imply loads to me. Similar factor with the we. I’ve a number of nice recollections with that. However the video games that had been on these techniques, they barely evaluate to the stuff that I performed on the swap, you realize, apart from all of the we use video games to chop ported to change which is most of them are, however that is neither right here nor there.
The Nintendo swap has been such a enjoyable sport system for me to have. I like that it occurred. I am unable to wait to see what’s subsequent. Like, can we speak in regards to the subsequent stack of video games? Perhaps I will hit a number of the extra digital solely ones subsequent time. Both method, this has been enjoyable. Thanks for listening. Thanks for watching. And should you like what you noticed right here right this moment, please comply with remark like subscribe share. Take a look at the opposite movies on the channel and let me know down within the feedback. What had been the swap video games? Have been the video games this era, they do not even need to be unique or the video games this era that basically outlined it for you. Do you could have an identical expertise to me the place the swap had so many good video games that it introduced you again into taking part in video games extra typically than you probably did earlier than? I like listening to tales like that, so pontificate within the feedback. Thanks once more for watching what we’ve. Valve’s right here at Stone Age. Gamer Maintain taking part in video games. [00:00:04][0.0]
