Five Year Rewind Review

18/02/2023

83 days to go

Well I breezed through Four Swords and totally forgot to actually capture anything from it yesterday and even had plenty of time to sink into and now I'm here

I don't actually dislike the in fact I actually quite enjoy it. I always argue that is a far worse dungeon than this. As I would argue is the water temple from

15/02/2023

86 days to go

I missed yesterday so here's a double (album) post. Gp this at launch and it is definitely one of the coolest albums I own.

released through arranged and composed by Eric Buchholz and recorded with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra and artwork by Ryan Brinkerhoff, if you ever get a chance to pick this up jump on it. Its definitely worth it.

13/02/2023

88 days to go

I'm beginning to lose count of how many versions of each game I have. Pretty sure I'm up to 4 if you include the version. But I do love I've really been enjoying this playthrough

12/02/2023

89 days to go

I finished the collection today.

I know that it's not canon but considering it uses assets from it was a no brainer that would be added to the collection eventually. It might be the cheapest addition too at the princely sum of £1.50 from

11/02/2023

90 days to go

I had mixed feelings about when I played it on the when it initially launched. I loved the story but on a second playthrough I really began to hate the controls.

Cut to 2021and release with a slew of quality of life improvements. Most importantly optional motion control with the wiimote mapped to the right thumbstick. I honestly would happily rank this as a top tier game

10/02/2023

91 days to go

Minor detour but still with the realms of

Still can't quite wrap my head around releasing these two on us along side and

At least I know what my weekend looks like

09/02/2023

92 days to go

We finally got a proper look at gameplay from and there's been even more story elements thrown out there to keep the out there speculating. Personally I have my own theory about how and Tears of the Kingdom fit into the wider narrative.

Obviously this wasn't the only big announcement from yesterday's getting a re-release, more and of course 2 new retro gaming apps are now available in the form of the and

Basically it's a great time to be a Zelda fan if you've got a switch...now if only would hurry up and announce a edition we could play the majority of the series on one console

08/02/2023

93 days to go.

There's a direct on the horizon and hopefully we will get some more info about but today I want to focus on arguably the best handheld title.

I love so much and everytime have gone back to that well they've only improved on it. I mean if it ain't broke don't fix it right.

Now all I need to do is pick up the original version of it and I'll have the full set

07/02/2023

94 days to go.

Today is a day for one of my favourite handheld games.

I managed to get my hands on a decent Wii U last year and despite already owning the game on the I had to pick up from the Virtual Console.

06/02/2023

95 days to go and todays post is dedicated to the 35th anniversary of release.

Got this one for Christmas off of my player 2 and its a lot of fun to play. It comes with my favourite handheld zelda as well the original and

05/02/2023

With 96 days to go until the release of I've decided I'm gonna try and do a daily countdown.

I picked up yesterday which means i now have a full set of games. 3/4 complete. Just missing the manual for to really cap off the set

20/08/2022

It's been a long time since I posted but what better way to come back than with a complete collection of

10/01/2022

Playing some last night with my friends and this...this is how I was flagged at one point...genuinely look like I just gave up here.



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31/12/2021

Added a dual charger from to the collection because I was sick of chewing through batteries on my controllers

29/12/2021

So with the end of the year looming ever closer...what is everyone excited to be playing next year? Personally I am so stoked to (hopefully) get my hands on the sequel.

So over to you guys

#2022

28/12/2021

Pretty sure this is the only platinum I managed to get this year, only started it in January

27/12/2021

Playing through and during this cuisine with the monitor we had an unexpected guest

18/12/2021

Finished tonight. The last run of missions was tough I think I spent around 49 minutes on the last third of the final boss fight but it was worth it. Loved it e en though I do have a couple of hang ups with it. Still I do love a

16/12/2021

The footage is captured and cherry picked, the voice over has been recorded and edited so now all I have to do is distill all that down into around 10 minutes...keep your eyes peeled for a new video going up at some point in the next couple of days.

18/11/2021

The first episode of my new review series has gone live over on the YouTube channel. Head on over and check it out

12/10/2021