First Impressions

Mario Kart World First Impressions

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The Nintendo Switch 2 is here and with it comes its flagship title, Mario Kart World. It’s an interesting choice for the main launch title. Usually there’s an epic adventure, like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild or Twilight Princess for their respective consoles. But Mario Kart reaches such a giant audience. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is by far the highest selling game on the original Switch, so leading with a new game in the series absolutely makes sense. Is this game enough to carry the launch of a new console?

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Nintendo Switch 2 First Impressions

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After a long wait filled with rumors and speculation, the Nintendo Switch 2 is finally out. I picked mine up at 11 PM last night at my local Best Buy, along with a ton of other people, many of whom hadn’t preordered and were just hoping there would be enough stock for everyone. Since getting home with mine, I got everything set up and then stayed up until almost 5 in the morning playing with it. So, what do I think?

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Epic Mickey Rebrushed: First Impressions

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It feels a little weird to be doing a first impressions piece on a game that came out back in September, but I picked up Epic Mickey Rebrushed on Black Friday, so it’s new to me. I’ve also played the original Wii version of the game back in the day, but I honestly don’t remember much of anything about it. It was a Mickey themed platformer. That’s about all I remember. So, what did I think of the opening moments of this year’s remaster of the game?

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Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics First Impressions

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Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics released digitally back in September, but I’m a weirdo who needs his games physically when possible. Because of that, I had to wait a few months for my copy, but it showed up today! So, here’s my first impressions of it. And when I say first impressions, I really mean it. I didn’t have a lot of time today, it’s very late, and I played less than an hour. But whatever, he we go!

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Pokemon TCG Pocket First Impressions

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I don’t normally play a whole lot of mobile games, but I did grow up playing the Pokemon trading card game. So when a new Pokemon mobile game based on the trading card game became available, I thought it would be fun to give it a look. Will this be like most mobile games I play and I only stick with it for about a week, or will this be like Fire Emblem Heroes, where I’m still playing every day?

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Sonic Superstars First Impressions

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It’s been six years since Sonic Mania’s release. That was a game that was immediately clear was a labor of love, a game made by fans for fans. It also might be the best 2D Sonic the Hedgehog game of all time. With that in mind, I was ready for another 2D game when Sonic Superstars was announced. However, with a completely different developer, Arzest, the team behind Balan Wonderworld, it was pretty easy to be nervous. So, how did it turn out?

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Advance Wars 1+2 Reboot Camp First Impressions

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As much as I like the Fire Emblem franchise, there’s always been a part of me that was mad that it blew up and took the attention away from Advance Wars. Advance Wars was the first of Intelligent Systems’ strategy games that I had played, and many lunch periods and study halls were spent passing a single Game Boy Advance around a table, taking turns in intense multiplayer matches. It did get a few sequels, but ever since Fire Emblem Awakening’s success, it’s seemed that Nintendo felt that Fire Emblem was enough for the turn-based strategy niche and turned its back on Advance Wars. But now, after a fifteen year gap from the previous entry, Days of Ruin on the Nintendo DS, we finally have a new Advance Wars release.

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Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection First Impressions

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About 22 years ago, Mega Man Battle Network came out on the Game Boy Advance. I didn’t play it, or any of its sequels. Looking back on it, that seems weird. I always really liked the Mega Man and Mega Man X games, I had a Game Boy Advance, and I really liked RPGs, which Battle Network happens to be. But for whatever reason, I didn’t pick it up back then, and that means that today’s release of the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection contains a whole bunch of games that might as well be new to me. Do these games hold up so many years later, especially for someone who doesn’t have any nostalgia for them?

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