I find it hard to believe that I’m technically a Zoomer, but being old enough to remember a time when online multiplayer wasn’t based on yearly payments? I must be a dinosaur! Hope you enjoy this latest Nintendo Top Picks piece folks!

With Kirby And The Forgotten Land (PSST, which we have) coming up and promising a fun multiplayer experience, let me take you on a semi-autobiographical journey through the wild and wonderful world of multiplayer gaming!

Outside of PS2 Tekken games and other fighters, my first love with multiplayer was Rayman Raving Rabbids 2, the first Wii game I played, even. While most of the party games were competitive, there were also cooperative modes. I have many a fond memory of playing that plunger-shooting Time Crisis-style campaign with my brother.

When we got our mitts on Mario Kart Wii, bro and I would try, fail and sometimes succeed in out-racing folks in online play, riding with other friends online where possible.

Even had a gay ol’ time with Star Wars Battlefront 2 (no, not that one).

And the best part? All completely free. No monthly PS+ Subscriptions, no PC-building shenanigans. Online modes in gaming were just there! So there was a bit of a private mourning period around 2014 when Nintendo removed it’s online multiplayer features for the Wii.

Don’t get me wrong, I have and will sing the praises of many great modern games with multiplayer modes. Cuphead, Broforce, even the new Tekken and Mario Kart titles are leagues better in many ways.

And to any folks at Nintendo reading this, me and my mates would pay good money for a full-on Double Dash mode if you’re thinking of future Deluxe expansions! Pretty please? With sugar on top?

And as much as I mock the “disembodied multiplayer” functions of Mario Galaxy and Odyssey, I’d be lying if I didn’t say they weren’t fun to play, especially with company.

That said, this is literally THE only time where a “they don’t make em like they used to” argument actually makes sense! To riff on an old analogy: I don’t want “them” to make Blazing Saddles again (although “they” could), but if they do, maybe make it so parts of it aren’t locked behind a gosh-darn pay wall!

Jokes aside, I’m a realist, going back to free online modes isn’t likely. At the end of the day, as long as we keep getting fun quality games (as we have been getting for a while now), then I’m a happy duck… Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk, now let me waddle away!

Product Poems:

Galactic Destruction King, Benevolent World-Eater… Kirby.

“Annie, get your gun, gal“! Her mech appeared. “Shooty bang-bang, y’all”!

There was once a pink ball-boy called Kirby, who looked like a featherless furby. I jest of course, but there is some discourse on Forgotten Lands, almost found, surely!

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Sonic the Hedgehog is celebrating 30 years this year and has already had birthday treats like a Minecraft DLC, and confirmation of a new animated show arriving in 2022.

And we now have a brand new visual for the next celebratory event, Sonic Colors Ultimate!

Improvements added to Sonic Colors Ultimate

SEGA has released the new trailer for the Wii remastered game, highlighting all the improvements fans can expect, and it looks visually stunning.

The trailer explains how the game will run in 4K resolution and 60fps on selected consoles and will feature improved lighting, improved graphic details, and new character models and textures. What makes it even more stunning is the trailer compares it to the original Sonic Colors to really show off how much has improved.

The trailer also shows the newly added features for its gameplay. A new Rival Rush mode, where players can race through the game’s stages against Metal Sonic to unlock rewards. Players will also be able to visit the in-game store and use their tokens to customise Sonic with new boots, gloves, and auras! There is also a visual of the new Jade Ghost Power-Up, which lets Sonic pass through solid objects to reach hidden places.

Sonic Colors Ultimate will be released on September 7 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PS4 and PC. All physical versions will come with a Baby Sonic keychain and there will be a Digital Deluxe version that gives players early access, exclusive music, exclusive icons and a ‘Sonic Movie’ boost.

What are you looking forward to the most with the new updated features? Let us know!

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Club Nintendo

The loyalty programme will cease to exist by September this year

Club Nintendo is a loyalty programme which opened in 2007, which rewarded free gifts to owners of the Nintendo DS, Wii, 3DS and Wii U. As of this September, the programme will be no more! Nintendo have said that they are “working hard to create a new programme”, which we are expecting to launch later on in the year. Aside from Nintendo’s pledge that those who sign up to the new program will receive a free copy of Flipnote Studio 3D for the 3DS, no further details have been aired.

Customers existing on Club Nintendo will have until 30th September 2015 to spend their remaining currency of stars and, after this date, all stars will have been deleted. Any news games arriving from Nintendo will no longer come with reward points, by the end of April this year, and the new Nintendo 3DS will not come with Club Nintendo reward points when it is released on 13th February.

Prizes for being a loyal customer included toys, apparel, wallpapers, ringtones and soundtracks. Nintendo has said that the programme has more than six million members! The company also added that, “There are plenty of unique and exclusive items already available in the Stars Catalogue, and we’ll keep adding more over the coming months, so there’s plenty to spend your Stars on before September 30th 2015.”

You can read the full notice on the official Nintendo website HERE.

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 HAPPY GAMESWEEN!
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