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At long long long last, the feeling has come back. That fantastic, yearning feeling, just sitting there, looking at the TV, and absent mindedly fiddling with the controller. Then turning the console on yet again, just to look and play the game. Of waiting at school, and wanting to get home to play it. Of playing, not out of some sort of guilt, but actualy because it immersed you so.
The first time I felt it, was playing Super Mario World. Just sitting there, turning the beloved SNES on, just to watch the chirpy hills in the background, bounce up and down on Yoshi, and explore the magical worlds. Then, it was Ocarina Of Time. This was the greatest. It just blew me away, gave me something to live in for weeks on end. It was all I did from afternoon to night, after school.
Now, finaly, at long long last, the feeling has come back. Metroid Prime has brought it back and with a vengeance. All weekend I blasted and explored my way through the fantastic canyons, cliffs, temples and caverns of Tallon IV. Not since the opening of Hyrule Field had I felt so happy at a simple piece of plastic. These are the real times, the places where Nintendo merge storytelling and disbelief with emotion and reality. You know its a game, but its more than that. Its an experiance you only get a few times. Ever.
Ever since OOT, no other game had quite filled that feeling for me. Mario Sunshine came damn close, but it did not quite encapsulate the wonder that OOT did in me. Then on Saturday (after an agonising wait) I got to play Metroid Prime. Oh yes. It was back. I was once again immersed in worlds far away, playing to explore things. The storyline may not (as usual) be the greatset ever, but the game itself is so good, that you don't care.
Thank you Nintendo, and thank you Retro.
:)
The first time I felt it, was playing Super Mario World. Just sitting there, turning the beloved SNES on, just to watch the chirpy hills in the background, bounce up and down on Yoshi, and explore the magical worlds. Then, it was Ocarina Of Time. This was the greatest. It just blew me away, gave me something to live in for weeks on end. It was all I did from afternoon to night, after school.
Now, finaly, at long long last, the feeling has come back. Metroid Prime has brought it back and with a vengeance. All weekend I blasted and explored my way through the fantastic canyons, cliffs, temples and caverns of Tallon IV. Not since the opening of Hyrule Field had I felt so happy at a simple piece of plastic. These are the real times, the places where Nintendo merge storytelling and disbelief with emotion and reality. You know its a game, but its more than that. Its an experiance you only get a few times. Ever.
Ever since OOT, no other game had quite filled that feeling for me. Mario Sunshine came damn close, but it did not quite encapsulate the wonder that OOT did in me. Then on Saturday (after an agonising wait) I got to play Metroid Prime. Oh yes. It was back. I was once again immersed in worlds far away, playing to explore things. The storyline may not (as usual) be the greatset ever, but the game itself is so good, that you don't care.
Thank you Nintendo, and thank you Retro.
:)
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And You know what elese I love about MP? The tension.
I was working my way through the Phazon mines, low on helth, when a bog fat super elite pirate decides to make an apperance. It didn't hurt me once, but the fact that it was big and scary and ha a plasma rifle strapped to his back kinda made me jumpy.
I thought it was really cool how they incorporated Sumus' weapons into the Pirates themselves. That rocks.
Ah dear, I love this game so much. When i complete it, it'll be through again, this time with the fusion suit! :D
I was working my way through the Phazon mines, low on helth, when a bog fat super elite pirate decides to make an apperance. It didn't hurt me once, but the fact that it was big and scary and ha a plasma rifle strapped to his back kinda made me jumpy.
I thought it was really cool how they incorporated Sumus' weapons into the Pirates themselves. That rocks.
Ah dear, I love this game so much. When i complete it, it'll be through again, this time with the fusion suit! :D
At long long long last, the feeling has come back. That fantastic, yearning feeling, just sitting there, looking at the TV, and absent mindedly fiddling with the controller. Then turning the console on yet again, just to look and play the game. Of waiting at school, and wanting to get home to play it. Of playing, not out of some sort of guilt, but actualy because it immersed you so.
The first time I felt it, was playing Super Mario World. Just sitting there, turning the beloved SNES on, just to watch the chirpy hills in the background, bounce up and down on Yoshi, and explore the magical worlds. Then, it was Ocarina Of Time. This was the greatest. It just blew me away, gave me something to live in for weeks on end. It was all I did from afternoon to night, after school.
Now, finaly, at long long last, the feeling has come back. Metroid Prime has brought it back and with a vengeance. All weekend I blasted and explored my way through the fantastic canyons, cliffs, temples and caverns of Tallon IV. Not since the opening of Hyrule Field had I felt so happy at a simple piece of plastic. These are the real times, the places where Nintendo merge storytelling and disbelief with emotion and reality. You know its a game, but its more than that. Its an experiance you only get a few times. Ever.
Ever since OOT, no other game had quite filled that feeling for me. Mario Sunshine came damn close, but it did not quite encapsulate the wonder that OOT did in me. Then on Saturday (after an agonising wait) I got to play Metroid Prime. Oh yes. It was back. I was once again immersed in worlds far away, playing to explore things. The storyline may not (as usual) be the greatset ever, but the game itself is so good, that you don't care.
Thank you Nintendo, and thank you Retro.
:)
The first time I felt it, was playing Super Mario World. Just sitting there, turning the beloved SNES on, just to watch the chirpy hills in the background, bounce up and down on Yoshi, and explore the magical worlds. Then, it was Ocarina Of Time. This was the greatest. It just blew me away, gave me something to live in for weeks on end. It was all I did from afternoon to night, after school.
Now, finaly, at long long last, the feeling has come back. Metroid Prime has brought it back and with a vengeance. All weekend I blasted and explored my way through the fantastic canyons, cliffs, temples and caverns of Tallon IV. Not since the opening of Hyrule Field had I felt so happy at a simple piece of plastic. These are the real times, the places where Nintendo merge storytelling and disbelief with emotion and reality. You know its a game, but its more than that. Its an experiance you only get a few times. Ever.
Ever since OOT, no other game had quite filled that feeling for me. Mario Sunshine came damn close, but it did not quite encapsulate the wonder that OOT did in me. Then on Saturday (after an agonising wait) I got to play Metroid Prime. Oh yes. It was back. I was once again immersed in worlds far away, playing to explore things. The storyline may not (as usual) be the greatset ever, but the game itself is so good, that you don't care.
Thank you Nintendo, and thank you Retro.
:)
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