No worries, it's there mostly to remind me to continue with it

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is interesting because it's kind of a hodgepodge of Mario and Donkey Kong elements, including Country's pre-rendered visuals. Thing is, I don't think they work nearly as well here. They're muddier than Rare's work, and the vibrant wonderland that is the Mushroom Kingdom is just a strange fit for that style (the sequels go for more traditional sprites and are better off for it). I recently replayed DK Jungle Climber, and though its visuals more accurately ape Country, they're still off.

Let me know what you think of the Sonic series when you try it! I'm a fan and hope you enjoy it.

Devil May Cry 2 isn't the worst game ever, yeah. It's functional and does have level design, which automatically puts it over stuff like Big Rigs or Superman 64. Still, it's so uniquely boring. Lucia's story isn't really any better so far, either.

Sadly, I haven't played Breath of the Wild much. I've seen friends and streamers play it, so I have an idea how deep it is, though. One day I'll dust off my copy and join the rest of society. Hopefully TotK is just as good, if not better!

Hi Mr. Italian British Celebandune

I'll be playing it at a SNAIL'S PACE. But I sent you a Discord to my personal Discord!

Oh same, I'm a stickler for playing games anthologically. I love FF1&2's on the GBA! I never beat FF2 because it's TOO archaic. Like, girl, please let me explore the world {~_~}

The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild is a MASTERPIECE! But a Link Between Worlds, now THAT'S motha!

The Backloggery suxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and hates latinos but you didn't hear it from me "you_passed_the_line_one_too_many_times.gif -_-" @Drumble

Sorry for the year plus delay in responding but, yes, I am, indeed, still around. Still doing lots of gaming but just haven't updated my Backloggery in forever for whatever dumb reasons. I've been thinking a lot about updating it lately and going through my list of games in trimming out stuff that doesn't need to be there and generally just decluttering before getting back to actively listing what I'm playing and keeping up with it.

So. Here's hoping I stick with it. Hope all is well with you! Take it easy!

Yeah, I made the banner myself, but I'm not stuck on The Witcher, I'm just playing other games until I get a long weekend to play it.

Die Zeit verfliegt wieder. Ich war jetzt auch eine Weile krank und habe Tage verloren, in denen ich nur ein bisschen lesen und Bravely Default spielen konnte (weil man das vom Bett aus machen kann), der PC war quasi völlig außer Reichweite.

Cinderella Phenomenon ist eine Otome Visual Novel, also vermutlich ein Genre, was dich jetzt nicht so anspricht - daher musst du den Titel jetzt auch nicht kennen.

Ich habe noch so viele Bücher, momentan geht es sich gar nicht aus, dass ich anderes auch lese. Ich habe aber noch einige Mangas bei mir stehen, sogar komplette Reihen (noch von früher, also alles sehr alter Kram), die ich definitiv auch irgendwann noch lesen möchte. Würde die dann auch bei Goodreads eintragen, ist ja auch unser gutes Recht - lesen ist lesen!

Oh ja, das mit dem Home Office verstehe ich gut. Bei uns ist das inzwischen wieder abgekommen, aber ich hatte zumindest 2021 ein Jahr, wo beinahe die ganze Zeit über Home Office war. Da ist mir der Schreibtisch + PC auch irgendwie ein bisschen unsympathischer fürs Spielen geworden. Da liegt dann auch das ganze Arbeitszeug noch drumherum und man assoziiert das wirklich dann einfach auch mehr damit.
Katzen kann ich aber nur empfehlen! Also ich wohne alleine und gerade jetzt, wo ich krank war, war es wirklich schön, dass sich in der Wohnung doch auch was bewegt hat, und ich im Bett eine Kuschelpartnerin hatte. Eine meiner Katzen ist leider im Februar gestorben, aber umso wertvoller war nun die Gesellschaft der verbliebenen!

Ich muss jetzt auch irgendwas Kurzes, Lockeres spielen, nachdem ich wenigstens einen meiner Brocken geschafft habe. Fire Emblem macht mir echt viel Spaß, aber ich brauche total viel Konzentration dafür, und das ging die letzten Tage halt wirklich überhaupt nicht.
Es ist nur so schwierig, weil mein Backlog zwar auch kurze Spiele hat, diese aber trotzdem auch einen funktionierenden Kopf erfordern (hauptsächlich Point & Click Adventures und so), und ich dazu eigentlich auch noch nicht fit genug bin. Also mal sehen, wann es wieder ordentlich weiter gehen kann.

Aber hey, Glückwunsch zu Breath of the Wild! Auch einen richtigen Brocken geschafft, juhu!

e bravo Cele con BOTW nel sacco! Pensi di fare i DLC?

Io ci avevo fatto un pensierino, ma non credo rientrerà nella "schedule", ma chi lo sa, ci sono 2 mesi e passa, magari mi piglia la scimmia e mi ci ributto a capofitto nella landa delle spade fatte di pastasfoglia.

(Scusa se non ho risposto ai messaggi precedenti che mi hai scritto mesi fa, non ero proprio di umore in generale, casomai ti spiegherò tutto più avanti quando avrò lasciato questo lavoro, mi sentivo uno stronzo a rispondere mesi dopo, quindi ho lasciato cadere, come hai visto.

Per il blog boh sì, cerco di essere "sintetico" il più possibile, per certi aspetti, ed anche nelle recensioni lunghe sono diventato meno prolisso, con l'esercizio, devo dire.

Account instagram ci ho pensato ma non ho voglia di stare a fare un account solo per quello e promuoverlo, o meglio, anche volendo ora non ho tempo, a malapena riesco a tenermi in pari con il blog nonostante la mole orrenda di lavoro ed il poco sonno visto che quasi per forza devo lavorare molto di notte DOPO il lavoro)

I loved it! European humor is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!

OMG, I may start FF3 soon on my 3DS! Hit my line if you ever need me! I'll send you a DM with my discord!

Best of wishes to everyone in your side of the world! Talk soon

Yeah, I also like DKC's pre-rended graphics, think they hold up well, and believe they were and are essential to the trilogy's identity. They gave Donkey Kong a unique visual style distinct from Mario and Nintendo's other mascots, one that came as close to photorealism as the Super NES could manage. On a technical level, they were rightfully regarded as a big deal, since there was nothing else like them at the time, but they carry a level of polish most of their imitators—stuff like SEGA's dishonestly named Sonic Blast, even Nintendo's Mario vs. Donkey Kong and DK Jungle Climber—lack. I get why people would dislike pre-rendered visuals and not every game should use them, but they define the DKC trilogy.

Will do! I'll let you know what I think of Samba de Amigo whenever I get it. If nothing else, it has to be better than DMC2. That's one of the most nothing games I've ever played. Objectively speaking, it might be the worst game I'll have reviewed for Source Gaming (really, it's between it, WarioWare: Snapped!, and FlingSmash. I suffer through a lot of garbage...).

That sounds like a strange control setup. I am still curious to try Jet Force Gemini, and if need be, I'll use the more traditional control scheme Rare Replay added. I do plan to try Conker first, though.

I think I'm pretty good on the eShops at this point, especially since the Switch now has Game Boy and Game Boy Advance apps. I'll give them another look soon, though.

Congratulations! I take it you enjoyed BotW?

Retro Studios’ Donkey Kong Country games aren’t exactly like Rare’s, but they’re still very strong mechanically, especially Tropical Freeze. I have my issues with them—Returns’ score is lacking, neither game references the original Country games much (even a few more small Easter eggs would have gone a long way)—but they’re still fun and have their own strengths. I’m definitely curious to see what direction the next DK game goes in.

I wonder if the Nintendo 64’s technical limitations informed Rare’s cartoonier direction for their Kong and Kong-adjacent games of the era. I get that some people dislike DKC’s pre-rendered visuals (even though they’re wrong), but they conveyed lush tropical settings in a way the N64’s blocky models never could. Either way, the googly eyes-style is perfectly fine and fun, even if I prefer DKC’s more naturalistic aesthetics.

I actually haven’t played a Samba de Amigo game, sadly, but I really want to! I’ve heard the original is great, and I told myself I’d always nab a new one. My experience with the genre is also limited—Donkey Konga, some Guitar Hero and Rock Band at friends’ houses—so this’ll be a new experience for me.

Conker and Jet Force Gemini are two games I really want to try, which I’ll do sometime this year. Is the latter’s control scheme really that weird? Also, yeah, no one likes Grunty’s Industries.

DMC2 really is as bad as people say. Like, it’s shockingly awful! I am not good at these sort of games, but just waltzing through mostly empty corridors, shooting most enemies before they even get near me is so… nothing. I’m playing Dante’s story and haven’t decided if I’ll touch Lucia’s yet. That’ll depend on if I decide to review the game. …Which I’m kinda reluctant to do, since I’m sure DMC2’s failings are very well-documented. I’ll see how strongly I feel about the game after I beat Dante’s story, I guess.

Good luck getting your Collector’s Edition.

You’re welcome.

I think so too!

Those are lovely memories of you and your mother. I always find the theme of Tomb Raider 2 super nostalgic as it takes me back to my childhood when we’d play through the levels. It makes me sad how time can just fly by.

What I mean is that Rare's Nintendo 64 fare—specifically Banjo, Conker, and Diddy Kong Racing—are, for lack of a better word, much cartoonier than the Country trilogy. Not to say the 16-bit games aren't goofy and those 64-bit ones are devoid of darker, more serious moments, but Country 1 and 2 were more naturalistic and happy to be contemplative or quiet. The Nintendo 64 era is also where Rare's reputation for googly eyes was born, and characters like Grunty, Pipsy, or T.T. would look alien on Crocodile Isle, but at home in DK64. DKC3 began drifting in this direction, in fairness, and there's nothing wrong with the brighter, goofier tone of Banjo. But I prefer Country's balance, and while 64 has moments where it tonally matches its direct predecessors, it's overall closer to its N64 brethren.

Anyhoo, to actually answer your questions, I really like Diddy Kong Racing and the first Banjo. Not a fan of Tooie; I find it's too bloated, lacking the tight playgrounds of the original. I love its attempt to have an inter-connected world, however, but I don't think the technology was there for the concept to flourish (this is something I'd have loved to see a proper Threeie develop). GoldenEye was great at the time, though I thought its age showed when I last tried it (I'm really glad it's been re-released, though—that game's iconic and deserves to stick around. I hope DKR is next!). Same for Perfect Dark, though I had fun replaying it a few years ago. I've only dabbled in Conker, and everything else I haven't played yet. One day I'll go through the rest via Rare Replay.

Seeing Pikmin 4 was a safe bet, but it was still my favorite of Nintendo's showings. I'm not excited to see the caves from 2 resurface, but I'm sure 4 will be great; all the mainline Pikmins are. Metroid Prime Remastered was a great reveal, one I'll be buying a hard copy of. I really need to pick up Mario Kart 8 Deluxe again; I used to be really good at it, and the new DLC is giving me a great excuse to start playing again (here's hoping we get a Kong-themed DLC pack in the future to match the Yoshi one!).

Samba de Amigo's a must buy. Ghost Trick getting another shot is amazing. I'm glad we're getting a new Professor Layton, even if having him star again isn't as enticing to me. But hey, it's been years since Azran Legacy, so a back to basics approach for this one is fair (though I hope they're open to having a different protagonist next time). Overall, it was a very solid Direct!

Oh! Original Guild Wars. Never played those games to be honest (GW and GW2) and I think it is a bit late to try this game in my case

Indeed Japanese have a very logical grammar and it please me. It is easier for me in that sense. The only difficulty I had is to learn Hiragana / Katakana.

There is a lot of idle, clicker and mobile games in my Now Playing list which explain why it's exploding. I need to clean it up though like Deep Rock Galactic that I bought to play with friends and... well they don't play anymore.

To be honest Rammstein was one reason as to why I wanted to learn German. I loved the sonority of the language. While learning I fell in love with the grammar that is mostly logic (I'm a Mathematic kind of guy so it please me ). I also had a class about German culture and history. All in all I loved my German classes. I'm sad I lost a lot, but well, maybe one day I'll return to it. Currently I'm learning Japanese since I want to travel there.

I always try to complete "always online" game of my backlog first since we do not know when the service will end. I rushed Babylon's Fall and I am glad that I got the Platinum trophy before server closure later this month. As for Final Fantasy, well they are in my backlog since their release and FFXVI puts me in the mood of this serie.

Retro stuff are neat! Yoshi's Island is one of my classic from childhood. I never really played F-Zero on the SNES. Played the GBA port but I was... really bad at it. I could give it a go.

Yeah! Tears of the Kingdom is coming soon and I can't wait. The new trailer give me chills! I didn't know that Matt Mercer voiced Ganondorf. Can't wait to hear is performance!

Baiten Kaitos was a pleasant surprise.

Oh wow, hier gehts ja ab in deiner Kommentar-Spalte.

"Herrlicher B-Movie als Comics" klingt echt cool. xD Kaufst du deine Comics denn bei dir vor Ort? Hier wo ich wohne ist das so Nische, da bekommt man nichts. Und da ich in dem Genre so gar keine Erfahrungen habe, würde ich schon gerne mal irgendwie kurz reinschmökern, bevor ich die Katze im Sack bestelle, sozusagen.^^ Wobei ich natürlich nicht noch mehr Sachen brauche, die ich in meiner Freizeit tun "muss". ;D

Früher bin ich sehr viel gependelt, inzwischen nicht mehr so. Aber ein paar Mal im Jahr fahre ich zu Freunden, wo die Zugfahrten sehr lange sind, und mindestens dafür lohnt sich ein Handheld schon! Außerdem sitze ich auch gerne auf der Couch mit meinen Katzen, die sich zu mir kuscheln wenn ich nur einen Handheld (oder ein Buch) dabei habe - zum PC kommen sie natürlich nicht so, und meine Konsolen sind auch so aufgestellt, dass ich von der Couch aus nicht so gut rankomme.
Also logistisch gesehen ist es dann oft auch mit dem Handhelden einfach gemütlicher bei mir. Spiele auch Switch nie auf dem großen Bildschirm.

Ich habe mir jetzt auch mal wieder selber ins Knie geschossen. Bravely ist halt auch ein richtiger Brocken, wenn auch wenigstens motivierend, zumindest die meiste Zeit über. Aber ich habe das Gefühl, gar nicht voranzukommen und bin noch nicht mal bei der Hälfte. Und Fire Emblem 4 ist auch so lange und dabei so schwer, dass ich wirklich immer lange herumtüfteln muss, um eine brenzlige Situation zu schaffen. Es macht Spaß aber... ich werde jetzt sicher noch eine ganze Weile mit beidem beschäftigt sein.
Also ja, ein JRPG und TRPG gleichzeitig sind jetzt schon auch irgendwie viel gerade. Und mein "On Fire" habe ich ja leider dadurch auch verloren.

Ich habe Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters geliebt. Ich bin hingegen nicht überrascht, dass es allgemein wenige Fans hat. Ich glaube die weniger guten Reviews haben grundsätzlich mit vielem recht, und objektiv gesehen sind einige Sachen an dem Spiel problematisch. Aber ich hatte einfach so viel Spaß damit, sodass das alles gar nicht so wichtig war. Ich würde es also auch nicht wirklich empfehlen, bei mir persönlich hat es trotzdem einen ganz besonderen Platz im Herzen.^^

Oh, that navi image isn't a hidden emote. I think the ones you posted are all there are unless I'm forgetting something.

Argh, sorry, dass ich Deinen Post erst jetzt sehe. Ja, ich kann deutsch. ^^
Hm, ein Fan der SOTE-Storyline? Das wäre vielleicht zu viel gesagt. Zum Bücher Lesen fehlt mir leider grundsätzlich die Zeit, aber das Spiel habe ich damals geliebt. Als das N64 neu war, und die ersten Kaufhaus-TVs Promo-Videos gezeigt haben, war ich schon völlig gebannt. SOTE hat mich da noch deutlich mehr geflashed als beispielsweise Super Mario 64. Und als ich dann endlich mein eigenes N64 hatte, ging die Faszination weiter. Das Spiel hat natürlich seine Probleme, aber damals war es der Wahnsinn. Die Grafik, der Sound, die Musik, das Star-Wars-Feeling, die Abwechslung, die knackige Action,
Und so viele tolle Setpieces, wie mit dem Snowspeeder auf Hoth, die Kämpfe gegen Tie Fighter, das Tentakelmonster in den Kanälen, die erste Begegnung mit einem Wampa, mit dem Landspeeder auf Tatooine, der Droiden-Kampf, die Zugfahrt, usw.
Schöne Erinnerungen, die ich mit dem Spiel verbinde.

I AM ECSTATIC! METROID PRIME REMASTERED HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED & RELEASED DIGITALY (I am waiting for the physical version later this month).

I am loving the new trailer of Tears of the Kingdom. Can't wait to play this game in May. Pikmin 4 looks neat and I didn't see this game coming but a new Samba De Amigo is on the way. Sega is digging in their oldies and I like it.

Unfortunately, no new Donkey Kong, F-Zero or Star Fox which makes me sad.

Disney's Illusion Island is a great throwback to the Illusion titles from Master System and Mega Drive. By pure nostalgia, I'll probably get this game.

What are your thought about the Nintendo Direct ?

When it was new, I went through Donkey Kong 64 with my two best friends. I was in elementary school at the time, but even then, I didn't enjoy the game, and every attempt I've made to replay it ends prematurely. It's bloated, doesn't understand its gameplay loop, and is tonally off from the Country games (though, in fairness, it does fit in with Rare's other Nintendo 64-era stuff). I'm glad Donkey Kong 64 exists and I think it added worthwhile stuff to the greater franchise, but it just isn't very fun. ...But I really, really want to write about 64, which will require a replay.

Anyway, yeah! You know what I'm rooting for most that's within reason, but I'm happy with everything I own already. As long as we see Pikmin 4 and get one or two new announcements that appeal to me, I'll be content. I wonder if those rumored GameCube remasters are really a thing. And yeah, if Zelda gets a collector's edition, I hope you can secure a copy.

I've been carefully looking over every game on the Wii U and 3DS eShops, checking to see if they've been released elsewhere. I'm kinda reluctant to buy too many Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games, too, since it's possible they could come to the Switch Online service down the road. This situation is lame, y'know?

Aw thank you, I really like your theme too. Thank you, I really felt I had to write something as a lot of my early childhood memories involved my dad and I gaming together, those where our bonding sessions as it were.