Recommendation: a goofy, silly, fun, new-to-me ZeldaTuber

[brightknightie]

Recently, I added a goofy, silly, fun ZeldaTuber to my line-up: QuinBoBin. While normally I look for the deep lore theories -- the more complex and fraught the better (you've met me) -- I've recently needed some light, cheerful, pick-me-up content, and this hit the spot! Quinn specializes in edited playthroughs, glee in how fun games are, and cheeky yet comfy commentary that boasts expert gameplay to self-deprecate bumbling gameplay.

Quinn laughs a lot and never has a harsh word for anyone or anything (occasional Korok launches excepted). The closest I've yet heard was a mild, passing reproof to the sad online folks picking on others for having fun with EoW (girl cooties, you know).

If you're already done with (or thoroughly spoiled on) Echoes of Wisdom, try Quinn's EoW playlist. If you're remaining unspoiled, there's TotK, TP, and many others. (Yes, Quinn does draw the thumbnails.)

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[kirbyfest]

I love seeing you find joy in all of this.

At some point do you think you'll play? Or just enjoy the edges? Which is totally a legit way to enjoy it. :)

a Switch II for me

[brightknightie]

Thank you for asking!

While I'm happy with fanvids, fanfic, and library manga :-) I am indeed presently planning on buying a Switch II. (March-ish, folks seem to think?) It's just far too late in Switch I's lifecycle to justify to myself buying one now, especially as backwards compatibility has been fully confirmed but forward-compatibility seems unlikely.

I looked into buying a Switch during the pandemic lockdowns, but they were all sold out at that time, and I told myself it was for the best, that I should invest my time more wisely, remember what happened the last time I let myself get sucked into video games (The Sims) when I didn't write a word of fanfic in the years I played... and then in the event I spent over a hundred hours watching Pokemon cartoons as my pandemic comfort escape, so: so much for that theory of using my time well! ;-)

I plan to make Echoes of Wisdom my first game to play on my Switch II. Fingers crossed that Nintendo will have a remaster/remake/port of Twilight Princess for me soon after that. We shall see! Probably the Wilds games, unless they've made/remade something else for the new system, in which case I will likely follow their release schedule.

(I played the original game on someone else's NES back in the late '80s. I did not beat it. ~grin~)

Re: a Switch II for me

[kirbyfest]

Ah, if the SII has backwards compatibility, at this point you should absolutely wait.

I have heard multiple rumors that Twilight Princess is going to be on Switch at some point, and I am very excited to play it. Someday.

BOTW is and always will be the game of my heart and I hope you play it at some point so I can watch from a distance and enjoy. I have a good friend who I'll be lending the game to, and my one condition is that I get to come over and watch her start the game and play for the first bit. I'm so jealous of people who get to play it for the first time; it's amazing.

Re: a Switch II for me

[brightknightie]

Yep, on the Switch II backwards-compatibility confirmation! From Nintendo's official Twitter account on November 5:
"At today's Corporate Management Policy Briefing, we announced that Nintendo Switch software will also be playable on the successor to Nintendo Switch. Nintendo Switch Online will be available on the successor to Nintendo Switch as well. Further information about the successor to Nintendo Switch, including its compatibility with Nintendo Switch, will be announced at a later date."
(Source: The Verge)

(I gathered -- very peripherally, just from headlines and chatter -- that it was important to Nintendo's stock price that they officially settle the compatibility issue right away after their "policy briefing" -- aka "earnings call.")

It appears that everyfan has wanted Wind Waker and/or Twilight Princess ports (depending on personal taste) for the entire lifetime of the Switch I. The rumors at the moment seem to be leaning toward WW; I'll keep my fingers crossed for TP.

BOTW (and then TotK) will be interesting, not only because: of course!, but because I am so very thoroughly spoiled on the story (cut-scenes, video essays, etc. on YouTube), yet it's not possible to become spoiled on the world; you can only play it for yourself.

Re: a Switch II for me

[kirbyfest]

yet it's not possible to become spoiled on the world; you can only play it for yourself.

I think this is why I love it so much. People on the Reddit groups come in (often) asking "How do I play this" and the answer is always a version of "stop looking for a map and just WANDER AROUND" and how wonderful is that? I'm not going to ever be a big fighter or monster slayer, and to some extent that is absolutely fine in both BOTW and TOTK-- within some basic structure, you can play how you love to play.

(for both games, I will note that it's important to follow the main storyline for at least a while when you start playing, as it gives you abilities and materials you won't get otherwise. But that's really it.)

Re: a Switch II for me

[brightknightie]

The Reddit folks you cited here brought to my mind the early days of Pokemon GO, when some folks asked that same question, and literally had to be told: "Stand up and walk in the real world." ;-)

Do you usually play on the handheld itself, or do you usually cast to your TV or other big screen? My one in-person friend who plays is part of a big gamer household -- her husband works for a game company -- and they always play docked, and have a "tree" of assorted controllers next to their giant TV (hers, his, their kid's). The hosts on my favorite Zelda podcast, on the other hand, generally prefer to play on the handheld.

I definitely intend to follow the main storylines! I just won't be surprised by them... I think. ;-) We shall find out when the Switch II (or whatever they call it) comes!

Re: a Switch II for me

[kirbyfest]

I strongly prefer to play on the TV. Particularly with BOTW and TOTK, the worlds are so gorgeous that I like to see them.

(That said, I have taken the switch on trips and will play. But I generally save any important quests, etc. to play on the larger screen.)