Alright… now that I’ve had my daily vent session about Pokémon Legends ZA elsewhere, now I can talk about something I actually care about more.
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HOLY SH** WE ARE SO BACK. They played us all like a fiddle. I thought for sure the next Mario movie was going to be based off of Super Mario World with that post-credits scene in the first movie, but saying I am pleasantly surprised is a massive understatement. I’ve honestly only record saying the Pokémon Ranger series are some of, if not my favorite games ever made in the case of Guardian Signs, but the Mario Galaxy games are right up there in that discussion with them on top of just strictly being some of the best and most well-designed games I’ve ever played. But then they go even FURTHER and casually drop an expansion to the storyline like it’s nothing, announce the release date for less than a month away, and now that Donkey Kong Bananza is getting its own expansion and the anniversary of 3D Mario specifically is coming next year, and Galaxy’s own 20th anniversary coming the year after that holy crap I’m old, I’m not going to get my hopes up yet but the fact that terms actually a legitimate, non-zero chance the next 3D Mario game could be Galaxy inspired or dare I say it, just straight-up Mario Galaxy 3… just, wow.
Oh, and did I mention you can just straight-up buy Rosalina’s storybook now in real life?
In any case, this is giving me a disproportionate sense of hope that completely overshadowed the entire rest of the Direct for me. Yes, even the funny Virtual Boy announcement that feels intentionally like they’re making fun of its failure. They knew what they were doing because I can promise you no one is buying this thing and they know it. If the Galaxy games can make a comeback, I can’t help but wonder if a certain other 2010 game could too. How’s that for outrageous amounts of copium?