438 zelda breath of the wild - taobab grassland and mount faloraa korok seeds

Dear Readers,

Three more Korok seeds for me at this area. On the mountain it was up on top of a tree. In the middle of the grassland it was hanging from a tree and the one to the west was a metal puzzle in the cliff. I had a fun time when I dropped the metal block and it rolled all the way down to the grassland. I searched all over before I realised it had despawned and went back to its original position. I climbed back up and did the puzzle.

437 zelda breath of the wild - korok seeds at oseira plains and grinnden plains

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I continued north through Oseira Plains and found three Korok Seeds on both sides of the valley and on a tree in the middle. One of them was a balloon to pop and another was a nut to crack inside a log. They were both easy to reach and I used my weapon to slash at both of them to win their seeds. Nice to know I can do that at least.

52 51 worldwide games - 6-ball puzzle and credits

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This is just like a Tetris-derivative bonus game that was in Mario Party 9. You gotta match balls of the same colour to clear them. In this version there's an opponent. I'm not sure if the Mario Party 9 one had an opponent. Anyway there are sparkly and water visuals with nice sounds and music. I played one round and won against the opponent so hooray!

That's all 51 games played! It seems the piano doesn't count as a game but I made a post about it anyway.

I also had to play Hanafuda and Riichi Mahjong again because I didn't finish a full session of them. I still don't know how to play them but I can always use the tutorial to learn. I replayed them to unlock the credits.

I don't recognise any of the voice actors in the credits. I saw a lot of localisation companies. This wasn't a collection that was thrown together. I'll come back to it now and again.

51 51 worldwide games - shooting gallery

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This one was quite fun and the aiming controls worked really well! I didn't even have to adjust the grip or anything! Just tap a button to calibrate and I was all set! Very easy to recalibrate too. Gyro aiming is really nice for this little shooting gallery game.

It's presented with passing trains and a lovely landscape on a nice day. Shooting balloons and targets and UFOs is fun and satisfying and looking at the passing trains with targets on them is fun. I really enjoyed this and it's a great demonstration of the Joy-Con's aiming controls.

50 51 worldwide games - team tanks

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In this mode of tanks there are three more levels and you fight with a friend against a bunch of enemies at once. In the final level there's also a huge boss to fight. So far, everything's been a breeze for me except for the boss fight which I've tried a few times and haven't beaten yet. I'll get it sometime in the future when I'll play again.

49 51 worldwide games - battle tanks

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Two tank games on this collection that are really just two modes of one game. In this one you fight over three levels with infinite spawns of one opponent. Winner gets the most kills within a time limit. You can shoot over walls which is nice.

I did well in this one on the easiest setting. Tank games are generally a nice time.

48 51 worldwide games - toy curling

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Nice simple version of curling where you just have to shoot. You don't have to go after the iron with a sweeping brush or anything but you have to be aware of how much of the analogue stick power you want to put into shots to make it as close to the winning circle as possible. I did okay for a while but I narrowly lost at the end. It's not bad and it's quick.

47 51 worldwide games - toy football

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This isn't foosball but it's very similar to it as an idea. The figures just move differently. It's awkward and difficult to get used to, though I only tried it once. I didn't really like it very much.

46 51 worldwide games - carrom

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I never heard of this one before but it feels familiar, like pool or marbles, and it uses pieces that look like draughts pieces. It's very nice and easy to play, with a similar aiming to the billiards game that's on here.

I got on very well sinking my pieces, but I forgot to sink (or is it pocket?) the queen before doing my last one so I lost. I'll do it properly next time I play it!

45 51 worldwide games - darts

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I've played real darts and video game darts before. This version is very easy to get into! You have to use touch or motion controls. All I had to do was detach one Joy-Con and position, hold button and make a dart throwing motion and that was it. No hassle whatsoever! I like this a lot!

This version lights up and makes arcade sounds when you hit targets so it's quite pleasing as well. I did the counting up thing but you can do the counting down thing as well like regular darts rules. For my first game I didn't win but it wasn't by too much.

44 51 worldwide games - billiards

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Here's a very nice version of billiards! You can do nine ball, eight ball and the simple rules where they're all the same colour and you just need to sink a certain amount. It doesn't have the red and yellow ball pool rules that I'm used to seeing, but eight ball is more or less the same as it.

I had a go of the simple rules and won it very quickly. Then I had a go of the eight ball rules and had a very nice time. The assist is very nice and it shows a little aiming guide which I appreciate. In real life I was never good at pool and I just went along with friends who played and they were really good. I never had much interest in the game.

43 51 worldwide games - mini shogi

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For the mini version, I decided to be a bit more serious. I'm still very much a beginner but thanks to the assistance mode I know where and how to move. I had to use undo a couple of times as well.

I forgot about the mechanism of using captured pieces as your own until the computer started using it. I was winning and I won the game much faster when I realised I could do that. Even though I was winning, I was being very careful in case the computer pulled some kind of a comeback.

The smaller board still makes it a challenge but there aren't as many pieces to be worried about. I won the game this time so that was nice.

42 51 worldwide games - shogi

Dear Readers,

Never played this before and it hits like a more exotic chess with more rules. Lots of familiarity at least but I wanted to fly through it for the first go without paying too much attention to strategy so I could get a feel of the flow. It's strange how there aren't any queens.

I could get used to it but then I'm not really in the humour for chess-like games right now.

41 51 worldwide games - chess

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The famous chess! I know about this but I always take it for granted. I'm also jealous that it's one of those games that's accepted everywhere. In this version there's all these kinds of aids and lessons. They're very handy because sometimes I just don't focus on every piece. I had to undo a few times. I won in the end. This game takes a bit of time, even when I was just running through it. It's a good version of the game.

40 51 worldwide games - renegade

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Here's Othello! Or reversi or as it's known here, renegade. It probably has a whole bunch of other names. Also, the other names may have slightly different rules?

Anyway, I've played many computer versions of this and when I played the one session of this one... I lost. Ah well, no worries!

39 51 worldwide games - backgammon

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The famous backgammon! I never heard of anyone in real life play it but from the sounds of it here it seems to be very common and very famous. This is my very first time playing it and it seems to be very strange and unfamiliar, going into different sections and doing a big U-turn to reach the goal. I absolutely needed the aid feature to show me where I was able to move. I won the game which was nice but I still feel very much like a beginner. I notice many more features and rules in the game too that I haven't even tried yet.

38 51 worldwide games - chinese checkers

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Here's a game that always seemed too exotic and complicated for me to play, but in this video game form it's very helpful to learn. It's kinda weird how there are more than 2 players on the board but it's fun. It's also quite fun to do so much leapfrogging. I played just the one session and I won! On the easiest setting of course!

37 51 worldwide games - gomoku

Dear Readers,

I thought this was Othello at first, but no you have to make five in a row with your colours. I played one short game of it so far and I won, so that was good. Might be a good one to try on higher difficulty. It's easy to mix up with Othello because they look very similar to begin with.

36 51 worldwide games - hare and hounds

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Here's a nice simple short game with figurines. I played a few times - as hounds and then as hare. The hare has chess queen-like movement ability so it's tricky to win against, whereas the hounds are a bit more like pawns I suppose. I won with both and it has a different feeling. I feel clever for winning as the hounds, but I feel like I've won against the big lads when I win as the hare.

35 51 worldwide games - hex

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Another game where the strategy hit me pretty quickly and I lost just as quickly. I wasn't paying much attention in the start to the opponent's path making and suddenly they were blocking me and making their own path to win. I played once and might play again if I feel like it.

34 51 worldwide games - nine men's morris

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My first time playing this and wow the demand for strategy hit me straight away. I got stuck in a bad way and I got defeated quickly on a loop of the opponent making mills. It was a very fast game. I might try again and actually put some thought into it.

33 51 worldwide games - yacht dice

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It's Yahtzee! Or at least I think it's Yahtzee? Maybe Yahtzee is trademarked? I don't know for sure. I just remember playing a computer version of Yahtzee a long time ago and this seems like a throwback to it.

It's fun to roll dice and let the computer take care of the rules like I usually did with Yahtzee. I had one game of it and lost but it was fun trying to get matching numbers. I never did take it seriously.

32 51 worldwide games - hit and blow

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I've played a version of this before on the Macintosh and I think it was called Masterguess. It had lovely sound effects. Actually I think I may be mixing it up with a game that has very similar gameplay. It took a long time for me to suss the game out.

Now that I play this version it's like I have to learn how to play this game all over again. I remember cues like something belonging but in the wrong place or something that needs to be swapped with a different thing. It's a nice throwback but of course doesn't have the same exciting sound effects. I only played one game of it so far and I didn't win.

31 51 worldwide games - dots and boxes

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Here's one that it feels like everyone knows! It's a nice way to play it too with its scribbling and affirmation sounds. I did the normal strategy of drawing just enough lines that I don't let the opponent get a chance to fill boxes. I could only do this so many times of course and I was lucky enough to get many boxes in a row that gave me a significant win.

30 51 worldwide games - mancala

Dear Readers,

I had never heard of this game at all before this collection came along. The beads make a pleasing sound and the hints make it fun to learn. I still don't have much of a feel for it yet. Without the hints I think I'd be very lost between all the holes and piles of beads to keep track of. I'd need a lot of practice before I'd play a real life version of this. I just played one game for now and I won nicely.

29 51 worldwide games - golf

Dear Readers,

Just a nice miniature version of golf. Looks like it's taken inspiration from the NES Golf as well. I haven't played much of it yet but I think it's very nice and easy to get into.

28 51 worldwide games - air hockey

Dear Readers,

I tend to really like air hockey video games and this one's really nice to play! It's got the fun sounds and you can play with controller or touch screen. Just very pleasant. I didn't play at high difficulty but I had fun!

27 51 worldwide games - bowling

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I didn't play this properly but from the looks of things it seems like it's almost every bit like Wii Sports bowling! In fact, this compilation has tennis, golf, boxing and baseball as well, but in miniature or mechanical toy form. I daresay this collection is better than whatever sequel Wii Sports has on Switch.