32, living in SoCal. I’m a lifelong gamer, collector and Nintendo aficionado. I’m a huge Legend of Zelda and Pokémon fan, and I mostly stick to solo action/adventure titles. On my blog you’ll find reviews, first impressions, snippets of my collection, and backlog progress!
In January, I mostly revisited some old favorites and worked on my backlog, and I’ll be continuing that in February!
Pokémon is one of my favorite video game franchises of all time - I literally grew up with the games, as I first started playing at 11 years old, when Red/Blue were released in the US. As the Pokédex has grown over the years, I’ve developed some favorites that I choose for my teams over and over. After watching an old video by TamashiiHiroka listing her favorite Pokémon in each type, I decided it’d be fun to pick my own favorites.
I’m over 130 hours into New Horizons, my first ever Animal Crossing game, and it’s safe to say I’m a little obsessed. I wanted to share my daily checklist since I’ve found it helpful in making sure I don’t miss out on anything I want to do each day.
As a longtime Pokémon enthusiast, I had mixed feelings about the newest releases Sword and Shield when I started playing them. The game certainly looked beautiful, and I loved the new Pokémon designs, but like so many I was quite disappointed by the news of Dexit. In the end, I loved this game and feel that Sword has taken the franchise in an awesome direction.
I hit a pretty big milestone in my gaming collection recently - a full set of Pokémon core series games! I was missing the original Gameboy version of Gold and when my brother heard that it was the only one I didn’t have, he generously gifted me his childhood copy so I could have the full set.
As a Chicagoland native, getting to run around underneath L tracks while rooting out corruption in my favorite city was a fantastic experience, complemented by varied and interesting gameplay mechanics.
When Super Mario Maker 2 came out, I decided to pick it up right away despite my huge backlog. It was a great decision - like most first-party Switch titles, the game is an absolute blast to play, although it does suffer a little from Nintendo’s frustrating decisions regarding online play.
I’ve finally gotten started on my Zelda Timeline project, and recently completed my first playthrough of Skyward Sword. Maybe it’s because my expectations were low - this game seems to get a lot of hate - but I really enjoyed my time spent exploring Hyrule’s distant past!
As a lifelong Pokémon player, I was initially wary of the changes in the Pokémon Let’s Go games. I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy a beautiful nostalgia trip through Kanto - albeit with a few caveats.
In honor of the Legend of Zelda series turning 33 years old today, I thought I would share a little peek at some of my collection.
