Listening to this while writing this, maybe you should listen to it as you read 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJDpj-HRQu4
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You know the feeling
The feeling of playing your first video game ever and being mesmerized. Being drawn into a new world, and experiencing something you could not normally experience
My first video game ever was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, quite the first game for a 9 year old. I was living in Cuba, my grandfather on one of his visit had bought us (me and my brother) and N64, and the first game we all ever got to play was Mario 64 and Ocarina of time. My brother was too young, so the task at had was for me....and my dad. He knew some English, and he was my translator. Telling what the NCP were saying, what the signs said etc. It was a journey, at one point we got stuck for days, so we went with our bicycles to a friend's house who also had the game and had beat it already, he gave us a hint, and we went back to the game to try to solve it. It was a great feeling, something I had never experienced before.
That's the feeling I'm talking about. It's something I thought I would never experience again. I love many games, I love all of the Zelda series, Mario, Metroid, I've played some fantastic games that I hold dear to my heart. But I had always asked myself if I would ever experience that same feeling of wonder ever again. Was it even possible? Or is that something you only experience once in a lifetime? I wasn't sure.
But then I played Xenoblade Chronicles.
I had no clue what this game was about. I only owned a Wii console, and by that time I had already beaten Skyward Sword, and there wasn't much to play. Thank God for Operation Rainfall. Watching trailers, I saw nothing special with Xenoblade, but I saw all of the good reviews, all of the praise, and I told myself, I have to try this out. The game took me completely by surprise. Right at the beginning I thought I was right, I told myself 'huh, I don't see it'. But I gave the game its well deserved chance, and sure enough, I was soon hooked. It was at about the 5 hour mark that I knew I was playing a masterpiece. But the game only got better and better. I had not experienced a sense of wonder like that ever since my childhood memory of Ocarina of Time.
The game was intriguing. The best way I can describe it is like an amazing book. A book that you just want to keep reading, a page turner, you want to know what happens next, you want to keep experiencing this feeling, you want to know how it ends but at the same time you don't want it to end. Everything did it for me, the exploration, the big open world (no loading times!), the combat system, the incredible soundtrack. Jumping into Gaur Plains was just like jumping into Hyrule field for the first time back in the day. The game was simply beautiful, and it was a Wii game! The story, the story went beyond my expectations. I thought I knew it all but with every corner there were new plots and twists. It was mind blowing to me. The story alone can last over 70+ hours, but with all of it side quests it easily lasted over 100+. I was not used to a game to be that long, most are only quick 8 hour campaigns, and to be able to keep the player interested and invested in the game (I never got bored) through its entirety like that, it was just amazing.
On top of everything, this was the game that would become a gateway for me to try new series, after I learned that playing something different could turn into something you didn't know you loved. After the surprise of Xenoblade, I started trying new games, games that from far off didn't 'seem' my type. Games like Pikmin, Fire Emblem, The Last Story, Tropical Freeze, and most recently Bayonetta etc. I can now play, or at the very least try any game, if its not my thing I can said I tried it and it just didn't do it for me, but thanks to Xenoblade I'm not afraid to jump into a new genre I might not be familiar, I'm encouraged to try them, I'll try anything once.
And so, in short, Xenoblade to me brought that feeling once again. That feeling I thought I might never get again, and I'm glad I did. I hope to experience that feeling again, and I'm incredibly excited and have high hopes for its sequel to deliver - if its half of what Xenoblade was it will already be a masterpiece.
I am glad I was proven wrong, and felt that childlike, almost 'fall in love' with a game feeling again. I went into the unknown with Xenoblade, and came back with an experience I never thought could be repeated.
And for that, I am grateful
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PS
I would like to know if any of you have been through something similar. Have any of you been through the same, experience that feeling again? If so please share it, I would love to know! And if not, do you expect to have it one day? Do you have any idea how it could be? Do you maybe expect to have it with virtual reality in the near future? What is that game you hold dear to your heart? Etc
Please share with us!!
Edit: I wrote this in one go, it started as something small and then I could not stop writing. I will be going back and forth and editing it as I read it again and see things wrong with or find things to be fixed
Also, this is not strictly Nintendo, I've been writing under Let's Talk Nintendo for while now, and most of my experiences have been with them, but yours do not have to be!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJDpj-HRQu4
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You know the feeling
The feeling of playing your first video game ever and being mesmerized. Being drawn into a new world, and experiencing something you could not normally experience
My first video game ever was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time, quite the first game for a 9 year old. I was living in Cuba, my grandfather on one of his visit had bought us (me and my brother) and N64, and the first game we all ever got to play was Mario 64 and Ocarina of time. My brother was too young, so the task at had was for me....and my dad. He knew some English, and he was my translator. Telling what the NCP were saying, what the signs said etc. It was a journey, at one point we got stuck for days, so we went with our bicycles to a friend's house who also had the game and had beat it already, he gave us a hint, and we went back to the game to try to solve it. It was a great feeling, something I had never experienced before.
That's the feeling I'm talking about. It's something I thought I would never experience again. I love many games, I love all of the Zelda series, Mario, Metroid, I've played some fantastic games that I hold dear to my heart. But I had always asked myself if I would ever experience that same feeling of wonder ever again. Was it even possible? Or is that something you only experience once in a lifetime? I wasn't sure.
But then I played Xenoblade Chronicles.
I had no clue what this game was about. I only owned a Wii console, and by that time I had already beaten Skyward Sword, and there wasn't much to play. Thank God for Operation Rainfall. Watching trailers, I saw nothing special with Xenoblade, but I saw all of the good reviews, all of the praise, and I told myself, I have to try this out. The game took me completely by surprise. Right at the beginning I thought I was right, I told myself 'huh, I don't see it'. But I gave the game its well deserved chance, and sure enough, I was soon hooked. It was at about the 5 hour mark that I knew I was playing a masterpiece. But the game only got better and better. I had not experienced a sense of wonder like that ever since my childhood memory of Ocarina of Time.
The game was intriguing. The best way I can describe it is like an amazing book. A book that you just want to keep reading, a page turner, you want to know what happens next, you want to keep experiencing this feeling, you want to know how it ends but at the same time you don't want it to end. Everything did it for me, the exploration, the big open world (no loading times!), the combat system, the incredible soundtrack. Jumping into Gaur Plains was just like jumping into Hyrule field for the first time back in the day. The game was simply beautiful, and it was a Wii game! The story, the story went beyond my expectations. I thought I knew it all but with every corner there were new plots and twists. It was mind blowing to me. The story alone can last over 70+ hours, but with all of it side quests it easily lasted over 100+. I was not used to a game to be that long, most are only quick 8 hour campaigns, and to be able to keep the player interested and invested in the game (I never got bored) through its entirety like that, it was just amazing.
On top of everything, this was the game that would become a gateway for me to try new series, after I learned that playing something different could turn into something you didn't know you loved. After the surprise of Xenoblade, I started trying new games, games that from far off didn't 'seem' my type. Games like Pikmin, Fire Emblem, The Last Story, Tropical Freeze, and most recently Bayonetta etc. I can now play, or at the very least try any game, if its not my thing I can said I tried it and it just didn't do it for me, but thanks to Xenoblade I'm not afraid to jump into a new genre I might not be familiar, I'm encouraged to try them, I'll try anything once.
And so, in short, Xenoblade to me brought that feeling once again. That feeling I thought I might never get again, and I'm glad I did. I hope to experience that feeling again, and I'm incredibly excited and have high hopes for its sequel to deliver - if its half of what Xenoblade was it will already be a masterpiece.
I am glad I was proven wrong, and felt that childlike, almost 'fall in love' with a game feeling again. I went into the unknown with Xenoblade, and came back with an experience I never thought could be repeated.
And for that, I am grateful
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PS
I would like to know if any of you have been through something similar. Have any of you been through the same, experience that feeling again? If so please share it, I would love to know! And if not, do you expect to have it one day? Do you have any idea how it could be? Do you maybe expect to have it with virtual reality in the near future? What is that game you hold dear to your heart? Etc
Please share with us!!
Edit: I wrote this in one go, it started as something small and then I could not stop writing. I will be going back and forth and editing it as I read it again and see things wrong with or find things to be fixed
Also, this is not strictly Nintendo, I've been writing under Let's Talk Nintendo for while now, and most of my experiences have been with them, but yours do not have to be!
