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Tony
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Software engineer undergraduate. Video game enthusiast.

https://backloggd.com/u/nintenerd/
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Too many games, not enough time. That's the true human struggle.
Even as someone who very much disliked Prime 4, this is sad. Tanabe is listed as producer in some of Nintendo's best titles, beyond the Paper Mario and Metroid Prime series: Mother 3, Chibi-Robo, Brawl, Tropical Freeze, WarioWare Gold, etc.

A bona fide industry icon.
Metroid Prime 4 is the last Nintendo game from producer Kensuke Tanabe, game imagined as first part of Sylux saga https://nintendoeverything.com/metroid-prime-4-kensuke-tanabe-retirement-sylux/
January 21, 2026 at 6:39 PM
He's escaping the Matrix.
January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Cranky Kong found dead in DK Island.
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD 1.1.0 update out now, patch notes – Dixie Kong, Turbo Attack mode, Nintendo Switch 2 improvements https://nintendoeverything.com/donkey-kong-country-returns-hd-1-1-0-update-out-now-patch-notes-dixie-kong-turbo-attack-mode-nintendo-switch-2-improvements/
January 21, 2026 at 9:40 AM
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ZELDA
January 20, 2026 at 12:13 PM
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Fire Emblem protagonist: "We need to save the kingdom from these evil invaders!"
Grizzled Advisor: "Only you can lead the people to victory, my lord."
Love Interest: "Come on, let's go save the villagers!"
The Other Two Guys You Start With:
for 3 years now the ads on all of my devices have been begging me to watch a christmas movie with will ferrell and ryan reynolds and literally all i know about it is this fucking picture
January 14, 2026 at 9:02 PM
January 18, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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FF7
January 18, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Please enjoy this nearly three seconds of footage from the original Mother 3, newly captured off of a tape we're working with
January 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
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January 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hi, my name's Tony and I like games.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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January 12, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Watch TPCI release all this anniversary merchandise for their precious first generation, but still no classic mainline titles on Switch. Just watch.
January 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
😤😤😤

(I found this more challenging than I remembered; guess 14-year-old had way better reflexes. I'm growing old)
January 11, 2026 at 5:10 PM
after six months, I bought my first Switch 2 physical game. They look sooo nice, but are just too darn expensive 😭😭😭
January 9, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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As part of our project to preserve the history of Sega Channel, we have recovered OVER 100 new Sega Channel ROMs, including the legendary lost game Garfield: Caught in the Act - The Lost Levels.

Read more: gamehistory.org/segachannel/
December 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
now that I'm back home I can finally start this beaut
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
For me, it's clearly Princess Mononoke. It was the first movie that made me cry, and to this day I cannot pinpoint why. Maybe it was the music, maybe its characters or maybe the story. They all work together wonderfully, creating such a beautiful movie.
January 6, 2026 at 8:59 AM
here's is my Prime 4 review (beware of spoilers). Like I said at the end, it's a mediocre title. For any other series, it could be serviceable, but for a Metroid game, it must be better than this

backloggd.com/u/nintenerd/...
January 5, 2026 at 1:30 PM
since I've been travelling for the past 10 days, I forgot to share the full list of every single game I finished in 2025. I'm pretty content with what I played overall, but I wish I had played more retro stuff (especially quintessential franchises I have yet to try, like Castlevania or Mega Man)
January 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Happy New Year from Italy!

2025 was a rollercoaster: many ups and many, many downs. Thankfully, my nerdy interests were always there for me. I'm positive that 2026 will be better
December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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December 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - promotional artwork and draft.
December 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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traveling so much makes me truly realize how much i love my OWN BED and my OWN SHOWER in MY OWN HOME
December 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
…. I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed. Beyond disappointed. (Pun intended, I'm a funny guy).

In the coming days I'll write a Backloggd review going more in depth as to why I disliked it, but holy shit, 8 years just for that.
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM