There are lots of interesting bits. Somethings that didn’t age too well, for instance, these comments about voice acting in games:

Itou: It’s about how weird you can get. Realistic sounds are just boring, you know?

Itoi: On the PC Engine CD-ROM, the games use actual human voices, but it’s really lame.

Itou: It ruins the immersion. You lose the ability to project yourself into the character because you’re forced to hear this other distinct voice.

Itoi: Imagine if the Flying Men’s lines in MOTHER were read by a human voice… wouldn’t that be awful?

Itou: That’d be terrible. Everyone is already reading those lines in their own heads, giving him their own version of a frail, delicate voice.

Miyamoto: In my head, I don’t picture most game characters as Japanese. The protagonist always has blue eyes, right?

But then there are lots of other interesting discussions of how the games will evolve when they don’t have to worry about the memory etc, and games where you don’t have a goal, how to keep people engaged in such a game. One example for a new game genre / design:

Miyamoto: I think there are still plenty of possibilities in game design. For instance, imagine a game where you input something, and when you check back a month later, it’s transformed into something totally unexpected. We don’t have anything like that, do we?

Or, take how people living in apartments today can’t keep pets. If someone who was obsessed with the joy of having a pet made a game that captured that feeling, I think it would become a huge craze. And since it’s a simulation, you could even include the “unfortunate” parts, like the pet eventually passing away, as part of the experience.

This Mario vs Donkey Kong is the one they remade a little while ago?

Not counting Mario Wonder, there are 7 first party games announced for 2026, that isn’t a bad lineup, IMO. Though, I am hoping we will get at least a couple more.

Yeah, I am kind of same. If I am sure I am going to play a game, I don’t watch or read more about it.

I am a very patient gamer, other than Nintendo first party games and some very few exceptions, I rarely buy games day-1 (or even year-1, or year-5). Even then, when I do buy them they should feel worth the price. I don’t care much about the length, bought Metroid Dread on launch and was happy with what I got.

So, going to check some reviews and then decide. Would love to hear your opinion about it when you get it.

Have you watched the show Twin Peaks? I heard that Bright Falls is very similar to the one in show, and apparently it has somewhat similar vibe.

It does, but it’s about respecting the wishes of original creator. They want to keep working with him so don’t want to mess up their long term relation with a short term benefit.

I heard someone else say the same thing. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Well, mianly because this generation we kept getting PS4 games even from first party for many years. And also Pokémon is kind of it’s own thing in Nintendo’s lineup, and generally plays with different rules.

Did you see the Pokemon Winds and Waves trailer? What do you think about it?

I was planning to get Pokopia, but not sure its worth $70 for me.

I haven’t even seen that 😀

Ah, my bad.

If it’s your first camper, I think you have to take them, they won’t leave otherwise.

Looks nice, but seems to be Switch 2 exclusive.

I can’t get him out of my camp.

This guy comes when you are building something. You probably need to pay more bells before he can complete his work. Dont’ recall if you need to talk to him or go to Town Center and talk to Tom Nook / Isabelle.

My bridge I started is coming alone okay ish. It’s almost 200,000 bells so I’m finding it hard to actually pay for it.

Ah, well that’s why he is there then 😀

After taking care of all the main stuff, we decided to redecorate the whole island and move all the houses, didn’t want to spend too much time earning money so I “cheated” and got into Turnip business. Made tons of money. There used to be online apps where you could enter details of your island and it’s weather for few days and it would deduce the seed of your island, giving you details of turnip prices and when the meteor shower will be etc.

There was also a discord where people shared the prices of turnip in their island, so people would go to island with low rate and then go to island with high rate and sell it there.

Oooh, I remember some of these game. Would be nice to give them another whirl.

Thanks, will add them to my list.

Never heard of it. Adding it to my list, will check it out.

Interesting video. Which other puzzle games do you play? And not counting puyo puyo, which one is your favourite?

Saving the message. Will check them all out.

Cult of the Lamb is a fun game from all reports. Enjoy!