Something weird happened last night in that brilliant Nintendo Direct.
This was the arrival of Game Boy and Game Boy Advance games onto the Switch.
Everything, in other words, that one expects from Nintendo.
So here are some of the games we’re really excited to play again.
Was it the engrossing story, or the sequel which flipped things on its head?
Perhaps the battle systems, with lavish elemental effects that looked dazzling on the Game Boy Advance screen?
Or maybe it was the block puzzles?
No, it definitely was not the block puzzles.
It is a proper old school party-based RPG with a story and ambition that belies its humble GBA cartridge.
Perhaps its upcoming re-release via Nintendo Switch Online could mark a new dawn?
At long last I can rectify my mistake.
Thats enough to tide me over untilTears of the Kingdomat least.
Somehow they seem more hostile.
And Imakuni - sorry, Imakuni?
A man trapped behind glass, dressed like a nightmarish mime.
But something about the Trading Card Game feels especially potent.
And it’s not even because I particularly like the block liveries for the Game Boy version.
I feel like I fall through the screen somewhat, into the other side, the mysterious Gibsonian cyberspace.
And isn’t that the Game Boy too?
Oh yes, good music too.
Mario Kart: Super Circuit
Such an easy one, this.
I think this game has the best jump in a Mario Kart.
Cannot wait to go back.
All of which makes it sound a bit serious.
But this is one of those autobiographies that revels in chaos and happy accident.
It’s joy and vividness captured in five-second bursts.
And it was all designed on Post-it notes.
