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Fantasy Life

I’ve been pretty lucky with my gaming experiences of late, and Fantasy Life is another game I’ve been having so much fun playing. At first, I got so caught up just exploring the different “lives” (or jobs) of my character that I played close to 10 hours before I realized that I should also make the story advance – which has now been my focus. There’s nothing groundbreaking here, it’s just an enjoyable world to be in, with addictive systems that vary for each of the different “lives” that you want to level up (as an archer, tailor, blacksmith, etc.) The writing in the game is quite good too, with some pretty funny lines peppered throughout. For me, as much as I’ve enjoyed playing Animal Crossing, I prefer something like this because of the structure, and the goals that I’m constantly chasing down.

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Nintendo Land

I finally got to play some multiplayer Nintendo Land last night, and it was an absolute blast. Before that I had tried a few of the solo games, and although they were fine, it wasn’t really the kind of thing I’d go back to. But having a bunch of friends over and playing through stuff like the Luigi’s Mansion or Animal Crossing inspired games were just so damn fun. But man, there were some frustrating – and downright ridiculous – things to deal with. First off is that for some reason, Nintendo Land refuses to let you use a pro controller for any of the games – I had the Wii U controller and two Wiimotes, and a friend brought over his pro controller. It makes no sense. Also, when you play most of these games, you are using the Wiimotes sideways (as NES-style controllers), but for some reason, only on the screen where you select your avatars, you have to hold them like a remote to make the selection (not by pointing, but just to use the digital pad to make the selection). Sure, it’s small stuff, but it really doesn’t make sense. I will say that the aesthetics are incredibly colorful, and it’s simply a beautiful game to play, even compared to stuff you see on the PS4. It’s also a nice touch that you see video of the face of the person who is using the Wii U controller on the TV screen on some of the games. I look forward to playing more of this next time I have friends over.