Banjo-Kazooie

 Not played Banjo-Kazooie in about 15 years but bought it this weekend for £12, I love my N64. Last time I played it I quit after being scared by a metal shark in the water, the eel off of Mario 64s Jolly Roger Bay got me afraid of water levels. I also deleted my mates profile by accident and he was near the end, you can have three profiles on the game you see.

 The story is that a witch named Gruntilda steals Banjos sister Tooty because according to a cauldron she is more beautiful, it's basically Sleeping Beauty (or was it Snow White?) and now Banjo (a bear) and his bird Kazooie have to go save her. The more I played it the more I realised I was pretty much playing Mario 64 but with as a bear, even the noises are alike as my mum said that sounds like Mario!!

 Banjo you find jigsaw pieces, a mole gives you the first one for free and helps you throughout the game by learning you new moves, and then you had to the Witchs base kind of like the castle is in Mario 64  in that it links the levels. You find jigsaw pieces throught the various levels that open up newer levels, akin to the stars in Mario, there are 10 Jigsaw pieces on each level, also jigsaws in Banjo and Paintings in Mario.

 The game play is much the same as Mario aswell as are the level designs, cant remember the camera being as annoying on Mario though as when I reached the level mentioned in the intro with the shark you have to swim under him then free him but I could barely do it as camera was awful. A good thing though is that there's no order in which the levels have to be done, I think if you get enough jigsaws etc. from certain levels you may even be able to ignore a level or two on the way to the end.

 My comparisons to Mario may sound like cheap shots like how TNA is classed as a second rate WWE, but they aren't pot shots as if you want to copy a game then may as well copy a classic like Mario 64, but there are more things to do on the levels than there was on Marios which were 7 Stars only and yet on Banjo there's 10 Jiggys to find, 5 Jinjos (little dragons), 2 Honeycombs which when you find 6 boost up your health meter and there's skulls to find which can you trade in for the ability to transform on certain levels.

Zelda

 I remember where I was when I first laid my hands on Ocarina Of Time, my Nan had to leave her house due to work being done and was staying in a flat and it was Christmas Day. Ever since then I've always said i'm a Zelda fan but really I meant I was an Ocarina Of Time fan as that's the only game I'd played, I did read about Majoras Mask in 2000 but never played it, more on that in a moment.

 In 2007 I purchased a DS simply to play Phantom Hourglass but didn't get very far as bar Pokemon I've never really felt comfortable on a DS. When I heard about Twilight Princess I made plans to buy a Wii but as with most things I didn't get around to it until last year. Again as with Hourglass I haven't got around to finishing it yet but I have enjoyed it, the Wii controls does make it fun to play and Midna isn't as annoying as Navi, which admittedly isn't saying much. I had always wanted to broaden my horizons though with Majoras Mask and Skyward Sword both of which I'd never played or seen on sale, Majoras I can understand Skyward I can not.

 Brings me to 6 days ago, 18th July 2014, I bought a N64 last year off of Facebook as I'd lost mine over the years, how you lose a big ass bulky thing like an N64 I don't know but I did, and on that fateful day of July 18th I randomly asked a local shop on Facebook that sells retro games if they ever got Majoras Mask in and blow me they had one delivered that very day, stars aligned and all that, so I ran and picked it up along with Expansion Pack needed and heard that Argos had Skyward Sword for £10, this was one of those days where I kind of believe in fate. After 14 years I finally got to play Majoras Mask!

 Not done much on Majoras Mask as i've been busy but man the moon freaks me out, my sister ran out straight away when Majoras Mask spins at the screen. I am enjoying it so far though I did get annoyed as I made it down to the swamp then played the song to save the game and go back to the first day with out realizing that I'd go back to Clock Town. Started Skyward Sword as well this week and man it is a beautiful game graphic wise, and that's compared with all games not just previous Zelda titles. When I've played them in depth, whioch should be soon, I shall type a proper review of them and the shop also has a Super Nintendo in so I'll buy that and hope the Super Nintendo Zelda comes in.