Summertime (Fangirling over Nintendo)

This past weekend I went on vacation to visit family and just spend time with them. I had a lot of fun, and made a few memories. One such memory was playing the Nintendo Wii with my mom. It brought back memories of when my family fist got the Wii. How we all stayed up to 5 in the morning playing Wii Sports Bowling. Playing Wii Bowling with my mom also brought back memories of when my family would gather around the N64 and play games like Mario Party and Mario Kart. Nintendo games just make me feel good. Use of bright colors and a warm aesthetic brings me back to better days of spending time with the old 64 and just playing games.

Playing the Wii over the weekend made we want to bust out a few other Nintendo games. Unfortunately these were games that my cousins did not have. The games I wanted to play were all by Nintendo, because their games have a certain feel about them that is distinctly Nintendo. Those games being: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, because I wanted to tear it up as mah gurl Zero Suit Samus, Super Mario Galaxy, because that game is totally awesome and grandiose, Pikmin, because I could look at it for hours, I also wanted to play Metroid II: Return of Samus, and Zelda The Twilight Princess. All right, so not all of those were Wii games, but they're Nintendo games none the less. Something about Nintendo games just reminds me of being a kid again. They're fun, and sometimes that's all a game needs to be about.

There's something that is genuinely serene and calming about dedicating an entire day to playing old video games. A lot of it is nostalgia, but most of those old games still are a lot of fun to play. The N64 for has become quite foreign to me over the years, as I don't recall it being that small. I digress. Nintendo games remind me of being a kid, with no responsibilities or cares in the world. Just to sit there and enjoy the game that I was playing, to beat the next level, to get the next star, to delve deeper into the unknown. Games made up my childhood, and Nintendo was right there with me.

Nintendo is still with me, as their games still have that same feel to them. The feeling of having fun, and being a kid still exists in Nintendo games. We still need Nintendo, and we still need fun. Games today are so dark and gritty and adult. I just want a summer day like I did when I was a kid.