Alex Olney - @alexolney.co.uk
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Senior male video hostess for @nintendolife . Find me on Bluesky @alexolney .co.uk
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The transition has begun, you can find me on BlueSky:
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Let's not pretend that Nintendo didn't just show up the entire games industry with a game that runs on a 7W console from six years ago.
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Who would’ve thought that all the Pokémon series needed to be critically successful was a massive overhaul and modernisation after 20 years of borderline stagnation?
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I love Tears of the Kingdom to death, but 'Secret Stones' is a stupid name.
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How do people actively think like this?
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Just realised I have no idea what the start menu looks like in Tears of the Kingdom because I've never closed the game since I got it.
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I find it super cool that Nintendo hid the concept of tri-colour Turf Wars in their original icon for Splatoon 3.
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Reminder:
You can play The Witcher 3, Subnautica, DOOM Eternal, and bleeding Crysis on a console that consumes 6 watts.
A decently bright LED light bulb uses more than that.
Switch ports are little miracles.
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DIRECT INSIDER LEAK TIP
There's going to be a new Nintendo Direct. I don't know the exact date and time, but it's sometime between tomorrow and the heat death of the universe.
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Seriously Nintendo, ANOTHER anime swordfighter?
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You know, you could have asked for permission before taking my footage of Super Mario Bros. Wonder for this terrible video.
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Scalpers are awful, they're going to ruin Super Mario 3D All-Stars for many people that want it.
To stop this, I have placed 20 preorders on various sites and will be selling them after release for £100 to make sure you don't have to buy from a dirty scalper.
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Pro tip for any Nintendo Direct or Indie World
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Nintendo fans only want one thing and it’s disgusting.
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Breath of the Wild 2 better have a fishing minigame.
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Splatoon 3 outsold the lifetime sales of Paper Mario: the Origami King in its first day.
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What does 'OLED' in Switch OLED stand for?
Wrong answers only.
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Canon: Someone wanted to make a Robotnik film but had to put Sonic in there to get it approved.
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I think after the Wii U Nintendo will release a portable console with removable controllers that can also plug into a TV.
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The more I think about it the more Majora’s Mask feels like a design document for a game Nintendo would never greenlight.
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Now I’m not saying I was right, but I was right.
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There's going to be a new Nintendo Direct. I don't know the exact date and time, but it's sometime between tomorrow and the heat death of the universe.
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Wow, this looks identical to the image I made yesterday.
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If you don’t like the Switch OLED Model don’t buy it.
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Ugh, [new Smash DLC fighter] is so broken
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I'm calling it, Nintendo will announce Pikmin 3 Deluxe for the Switch coming out late October.
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Top marks to Nintendo for understanding what it’s really like to play Mario Kart with a load of young children.
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Sex is a biological factor.
Gender is a social construct.
Many cultures have more than two genders.
The world isn't going to collapse in on itself because a small portion of the population would be happier if referred to by terms not directly related to their sex.
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Hit me up with your most controversial Nintendo take of the day.
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"Urgh, ANOTHER anime swordfighter in Smash"
"Who do you want instead?"
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Is it just me or is nostalgia for the N64 significantly stronger than it is for the PS1 despite the latter absolutely trouncing the former sales wise?
Or am I in a Nintendo echo chamber because it's my job?
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YouTube Comments: "Nintendo Switch has no good games"
Me:
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Give me your most lukewarm and non-controversial Nintendo-related take because I can't sleep.
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I'm baffled, it's just over a month until release and we STILL have so many questions, and as far as I can tell there haven't been any previews of any kind. This is Nintendo behaving extraordinarily Nintendo.
Customise your character, home and landscape as you create your very own island paradise in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, coming to Nintendo Switch on 20th March! 🏝
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Best thing about this whole remake is the fact that we’ll get to hear another rendition of Tal Tal Heights.
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Ring Fit Adventure has sold 14 million copies.
14 million.
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Banjo’s inclusion is just an ad for a 20 year old platformer not available on Switch.
It's interesting seeing people call Byleth a commercial
Isn't all of Smash one big commercial? It certainly introduced me to a lot of franchises. Snake in Brawl is what got me playing the MGS series
I'm sure Hero got people in the West to play Dragon Quest
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Here's a wild thought:
Maybe transgender people are just trying to live their lives, like all the other scapegoat minority groups that strangely stopped being 'the cause of all the problems' when their hate train of rhetoric started slowing down.
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Elden Ring isn't that hard.
You just have to practice incessantly and understand its intricate mechanics and become particularly skilled at timing and understanding each enemy's unique attributes and weaknesses and be acutely aware of your stats with little to no direction and
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Having had YouTube Premium for a few years now I hadn't realised how bad things had become on the ad front on YT, from both the site and SOME creators.
Multiple unskippable ads at the start, followed by midrolls every 2 minutes or so.
It's rough.
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Playing Balan Wonderworld for review footage like
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Whilst we might be saying goodbye to Jon professionally, we’ll remain firm friends for the future I’m sure.
Here’s to all your future endeavours and Sonic NFTs ♥️
Unfortunately I'll be leaving my position at Nintendo Life in February. No bad blood whatsoever, I'm just ready to go in a different direction
Still got a few weeks to give NL a farewell so I can't comment on what's happening next - maybe I'll become an artist
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Not saying they should, but just imagine if Nintendo did this with their first party lineup.
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I was holding my two year old daughter on a walk moments ago and out of nowhere she said,
“Ok, that's all the time I've got.”
I started to quietly tear up. I didn’t make a sound, but she said,
“I gotta get back to playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf on my Nintendo 3DS.”
I was holding my two year old daughter on a walk moments ago and for the first time out of nowhere she said,
“God is good. God is real.”
I started to quietly tear up. She couldn’t see my face and I didn’t make a sound, but she said,
“Don’t cry. It’s okay.”
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More people own a Virtual Boy than an NFT.
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You cannot get a better deal on the eShop right now
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I predict Nintendo will announce the ‘Switch Pro’ that’s been rumoured for some time. It’ll have a slightly larger OLED display and a funky new kickstand.
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You wouldn’t expect the frame drops you get from a game that looks like this.
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PC is undeniably the most powerful and flexible games platform, but also ungodly boring.
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And lo, Pokémon Let's Go has already been datamined and torn to pieces. I'm bloody sick of leakers ripping the guts from an unreleased game and spewing them online for internet points. You have literally zero right to do this, and it can damage the industry you appear to love.
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New picture leaked of the N64 Mini’s redesigned controller.
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I shouldn’t have to wear a seatbelt if I don’t want to, I can’t believe the government is trying to make them mandatory! I’ve never been in a car crash so I doubt they’re even a really big problem. It’s my rights as a complete cretin.
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Now do it with 3D All Stars.
Thanks to all players of
#JumpRopeChallenge
for recording 2.5 billion total jumps! As new jumpers are joining, the free download will be available until further notice and will not be removed from Nintendo
#eShop
on 9/30.
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Nintendo keeps tweeting about Metroid and it makes me giddy
Samus’ arsenal includes a range of weapons. The Power Beam is her standard Arm Cannon attack, Missile Attacks are powerful but restricted by how many Samus can carry, and her Bombs can break down certain walls and obstacles.
#MetroidDread
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It's been brought to my attention that people have gone so far as to harass
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Uninstalling it
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It’s the Nintendo 64 of 2020.
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Take it from someone who has been working alongside Nintendo since 2015:
They're doing far better than 'OK'.
@Juan_Kenobi7
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Bro, business isnt going that well for nintendo, business is going OK for nintendo, they're still having to recover from the substantial loss from the Wii-U and 2DS sales which were huge flops.. iwata literally had to reduce his pay for a few years to help recover the loss too.
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Me: “Well, a 128GB card should at least get me through the Switch's first year.”
Q4: *cackling*
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I’ve just seen someone suggest that a Banjo-Kazooie remake should be called Banjo-Redooie and I don’t think I’ll be able to sleep tonight.
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Pay someone to read this you cowards.
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Pro tip: if you're ever angry about a character being in Smash, start liking that character. Then you won't be angry.
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