This week on the Pure Nintendo Podcast, Jemma and Trev have a good time the thirty eighth anniversary of the unique Metroid for the Famicom and thirty seventh anniversary on the NES.
Final week, we talked concerning the lack of Mario and Sonic on the Olympics. This week, we mirror on a wholly completely different collection with a recreation that helped coin the phrase “metroidmania”. That’s proper, Metroid was launched in Japan on 6 August, 1986, adopted by its US launch on 15 August, 1987. We speak about our recollections of the sport, in addition to a few of the sequels.
We additionally delve into the newest trailer for Zelda’s upcoming title, Echoes of Knowledge. This beefy trailer offers us 5 minutes of very good footage, from exploring Hyrule to aspect quests. We additionally get our first have a look at how you can journey utilizing waypoints and horses. We love the carrot echo! There are additionally new skills, outfits, and rather more, and we chat about all of it forward of subsequent month’s launch.
We’re additionally enjoying a number of video games this week. Jemma is enjoying newly launched Cat Quest III and loving it; look ahead to her upcoming evaluate! In the meantime, Trev is enjoying Nintendo World Championships: NES Version, together with one other traditional title within the type of JALECOlle Famicom Ver. Pinball Quest. We speak about these enjoyable classics from the NES period and the professionals and cons of all issues retro.
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