Directory Extended Boundaries Hi guys it's Amina. This is my love letter to Nintendo not because I glaze them as a company but because of the impact their games had and still have on my life. This will be a WIP for the rest of time.

If you are cool my NSO code is: SW-2691-2732-9803
⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀

• OK I'm gonna start this out with a confession: I don't own a Gamecube and I never did. I'm a poser. Kill me. But on a serious note I really do plan on getting one. Like seriously. Like after my SNES and Gameboy and Gameboy Advance and N64. Like then I'm gonna get it. Yk? Sorry Wavebird enthusiasts who also happen to be on Rentry if you can get me like a super crazy Nintendo realted URL you can have this.
• TO THE WII U which will always hold a special place in my heart, I love you. I got my Wii U when I was very young; I tried asking my parents if they remember when they had gotten it for me because I know that I was young, but how young I was I do not know. I would place the year around 2013 and maybe after September, as that was the time when the price for the 32GB deluxe versions dropped from $349.99 to $299.99. I also vividly remember playing Super Mario 3D World on it and that was a game included in one of the deluxe sets. Speaking of Super Mario 3D World...
  • This game will always and I mean always mean the world to me. This was one of the first games I played just ever and it was an experience I wish I could have for the first time again. When I was too little to understand the meaning of cooperation, I'd play this game with my dad. One level in particular, 5-1 Sunshine Seaside, will forever be ingrained into my memory. I remember my dad getting frustrated with me who was impatiently speeding ahead of him the entire time (what can I say, I'm a pro) and myself, who got frustrated in return because even though I was only 4 or 5 years old, I actually understood how a controller worked unlike him... (Love you Baba) All this is to say that this game had a profound impact on me; the only thing more profound was them SELLING MY WII U. I can't stay mad though because my cousin gave me his and now i have a homebrewed Wii U like a #Boss. Anyway I'd like to dedicate this part to Just Dance. JUST DANCEEEEE me and my sister argued so much over that game I was a Gamepad hog and she wanted one turn just one time but my stubborn ass was like. Nope. Go dance dancer. Anyway these are memories I'll cherish forever and to my mom, the one who most definitely convinced my dad to buy us that Wii U, I love you so much. I'm so glad you loved the Mario franchise enough to pass it down and give me a chance to grow up with him (saying this like he's my close and personal friend LOLLL). This is arguably what sparked my Mario Obsession™️. I'd also like to give a fat shoutout to my sister. Hi sister.
• I was too young to understand the discourse around this console when it first came out and I'm so glad my experience and opinion wasn't influenced by any negative comments of the system. I truly love and cherish my (current) Wii U and I'm beyond happy and grateful I was given the opportunity to grow up playing amazing games with a family that loves me.
• TO THE 3DS or I guess to be more specific... the New Nintendo 3DS XL. Who named that? Anyhow, I fucking LOOOOOVEEEEE my 3DS. Did you know it's so easy to mod your 3ds????? You can just mod it??? Don't pay for someone to mod it. I think I'm dragging this joke a little too much sorry Eva if you even see this (￢‿￢) I think the 3DS is objectively what "put me on" to Zelda. I remember one day (I forgot the date I'm such a fat fucking chud) I told my mom if we had a snow day she'd have to take me to Gamestop so I could buy the Ocarina of Time remaster for the 3DS and play it all night and when we had the snow day she ACTUALLY TOOK ME. She is the best I sat next to her all evening and night playing through it although I felt like a dumbass because I had to keep on googling things. I still do.
  • I of course modded my 3DS because it's so easy. Like just mod it. Its so simple I swear anyone can do it. I have a red one that I have yet to case swap but it is in amazing condition in my humble opinion. As a kid, I was very particular about who was allowed to touch my stuff; Only my mom, aunt, and one cousin could use it to help me beat levels. I'd get pissed at my sister or other kids my age who tried to use it because I knew that they were all gross germ monsters— that's not to say that I wasn't but I was infinitely more careful around my 3DS because I wanted to keep it clean and in return, I have a clean 3DS with no issues after all these years! Even after I went to mod it a few months ago, there was very little dust because when it wasn't being used it was being kept in a case that my mom of course bought me :3
• TO THE SWITCH Ohhhhhhh my god my Switch. This thing has been with me since ~2018? I remember I— technically me and my sister, got it for Christmas one year and it was like my whole world changed not to be dramatic or anything. I also got Super Mario Odyssey and Minecraft: Story Mode and FUCKKKK shoutout whoever got me those because I played the fuck out of them and STILL do. Super Mario Odyssey as a humble 190+ hours and Minecraft: Story Mode sits around 10-15 I can't remember forgive me. But lets address the elephant in the room: 190 hours on SMO. I know there are people out there with like quadruple the amount of time but I do slightly have a life so... anyway. I loved Super Mario Odyssey, I remember I was going through some really bad health issues and I was in pain for most of the day every single day but the one thing that distracted me and eased that pain even a little was SMO. I remember sitting extra close to the TV, on the floor with a cup of tea next to me hoping that would make me feel better (it didn't but I'm glad my mom was trying to help) and I was in Cascade Kingdom. That was the first 2D section in the game and when I tell you I was SOOOO mesmerized by it. Like I genuinely picked up my Switch, went to my sister and was like you HAVE to see this... It was awesome. I freaking love that game even to this day me and my best friend (HAI EVA) will replay SMO and the difference is funny because she often has to use guides despite playing the game as much as I do while I'm just sat there powering through everything through sheer muscle memory (is that the right word?). I think I just have a catalogue of all the Power Moons somewhere in my brain and I pull for it whenever I'm replaying again. Like no matter what it'll never leave me even if I don't play for a few months. Speaking of Mario...
  • I know literally everyone and their mother hates it but I... I like New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe. Ok before I get gunned down remember that I hardly played the Wii U version. Like why would I when 3D World is right there. Shut up you can't make the same argument about SMO it's DIFFERENT. But anyway, I have like 60+ hours on there which is arguably too much. I don't even know what I was doing that whole time. But nonetheless, it was a game that brought me great solace in elementary school. 5th grade me busted that shit out and PLAYEDDDDD okay I was an addict. I don't have much to say, unfortunately. It suffers from the same thing all NSMB games do: lack of memorability. I literally get it mixed up with New Super Mario Bros. 2 all the time which is crazy because NSMB2 is objectively better??? Anyhow... onto the next victim.
• ZELDA. ZELLLLLDAAAAAAA. If you don't know me then you don't know how annoying I am about Zelda but Ohhhhhh my god do I love this franchise with every piece of my soul. Even my mom knows, like I told her I wanna do my 17th birthday Breath of the Wild themed and she was like "I'LL HELP YOU WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S THE CUTEST THING EVER!!!!" She also reminds me that the movie comes out on my 18th birthday she is so cute. I have drumroll 235+ hours on BOTW. "Well I have—" don't care + didn't ask. I've also got 15+ hours on Age of Imprisonment, 10+ hours on Echoes of Wisdom, 10+ hours on TOTK, and I recently got Skyward Sword as a gift and I just started my playthrough!! Now I should say I'm the last person to think you need to play a game to call yourself a fan, hear me out. It's not feasible for everyone to buy and play all of the hardware required to play these games or even the games themselves, but full play throughs DO EXIST out there. I personally never played Twilight Princess and Ohhhhh here come the gasps I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS 5. Anyway I never played the game but I am currently watching a 26 hour play through of it on Youtube so like, yeah I like Twilight Princess. I'll never tell people that I've played it but like, I get the lore and understand the gameplay (as much as I can from watching). Should say it's the Wii U remake I'm watching so it's not backward upside down inside out whatever crap they did to the Wii version (I know Hero Mode is mirrored hush). Also I feel like I haven't made this clear BOTW is my favorite. I lowkirkenuinely don't give 2 shits that it's "not a classic Zelda game" fondle my balls it's still fun and objectively a Zelda game. Also I just love Link's model in this game he's just a Lesbian to me. My little He/Him Lesbian. We are making Zelink Lesbian in 2026. Anyway I could spend hours talking about how the progression goes Vah Medoh → Vah Ruta → Vah Rudania → Vah Naboris but someone would still say Vah Ruta comes first. No. Not having Revali's Grace early game would make me crashout. I'm not doing anything without it even late game I wanna explode when it's on cooldown. And lets talk about glitches. I hadn't registered whistle sprinting as a glitch initially but like, it is technically. That and windbombing were like a deadly combo for travel. Unfortunately I didn't use horses unless I was in Hyrule Field because then I would just leave it there in the middle of Hebra or something (ᵕ— ᴗ —) Also shoutout to BTB (Bullet Time Bounce) which I didn't use very often but when I did pull off were very satisfying. I almost forgot about the duping glitches Ahhhhh 2017 game how I love you so. You would overload the menu by equipping multishot bows with Shock Arrows and then pull the bow out as if you're about to use it and then like Google it I'm sick of explaining no one is gonna read this. Sorry. You drop the bow you have equipped and then equip another multishot bow and then close and reopen the menu really fast and repeat until link is bodyless or like. A head. And then boom the menu is overloaded. Hope that tutorial helped smash that like button and subscribe the goal is 1 quadrillion by May. Love you guys peace out. Also wanna talk about just like. How much I love that game. I just feel so peaceful like. Ahhhhh Zelda. Happy.
  • Ok Age of Imprisonment time. Oh my god was that game good. Like seriously wow. I had Zelda nails while I was playing that game and I was just so like. In the zone. I'll attach a few pictures at the end and I'll also include my nails there but like even my mom was jealous (in a good way relax she doesn't hate me) like she saw me holding the controller playing a Zelda game and then she looked at my nails and she was like. You kind of remind me of Zelda. Mama. Don't say that. I am gonna explode. Also my mom is my wingman or whatever they call that because she saw these earrings and she was like "when me and you get our matching piercings we should get these they remind me of Zelda." Girl say less. Also more about AOI I freaking love the gameplay like. It just felt right somehow?? I've never played a Hyrule Warriors game but the controls were easy to grasp yet still satisfying when I'd pull off a combo. Obviously my highest level most played character was Zelda that's me but like I'm impressed I was very satisfied with the game I liked those. Those quest things on the home page. I don't remember the name but it was like to level up the individual characters with certain skills or perks yk? Like extra heart better combo attacks whatever the fuck.
  • Echoes of Wisdom makes me giggle because I remember one time I was playing and I was being really stubborn about how to do a certain part like I knew the intended way to do it but I was like. No I think I'm actually gonna see if my way is possible. Also I was in the Still World so you could fall into the void and every single time Zelda would fall into the void she would do this scream where she says WAHHHHH I don't know man I'll link it here but it's in a super high pitched voice which is like. Fine. But not when you're dying over and over again and so I was here doing this stupid thing falling into the void a million times and I had my Switch connected to the TV and I was in the living room and my parents were sitting in another room with the door open and I hear my dad just SCREAM "WHY DOES SHE KEEP DOING THAT" and I was like. I am so sorry man. Mind you he never screams so that must've really gotten to him like that frequency did not sit right with him. Love you baba... so sorry. But anyway that game was soooo fun to me but the menu was ASSSSS that shit was ass. There is 4 quadrillion items WHY ON EARTH do I have a BOTW menu. Not the inventory menu like that stupid thing that pops up when you press the arrows on the D-Pad. Like yeah there is another way to switch between Echoes but I'm not pausing the game to switch items bye. That has to be like, my only qualm with the game because other than that I never felt bored. Even when I was going from one place to another I was constantly engaged. Very good much love.
  • Hi Tears of the Kingdom. Bye Tears of the Kingdom. I'm sorry it's just not as good as BOTW I am genuinely writing an essay about it so stay tuned but like. No it's just not it I'm sorry. I won't post the essay without giving a fair amount of time on TOTK. I hate to say it but I might have to spend like 500 hours on that stupid game. Listen I know I won't hate it but I'd drop like 5 points for no Revali's Gale and 5 - 5 = 0. Don't care about the Zonai devices by the way. They don't do the same thing and they aren't a replacement they're just a different thing. They're useful no doubt but not how Revali's Gale is useful. We're still on the Switch? Wow.
• It's time to talk about... SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE. And also Mario Kart 8 Deluxe they're grouped together in my mind for some weird reason. Ok first of all can I talk about how jealous I am of everyone who watched that Nintendo Direct and was there for the hype? Like sure I watched the Direct but remember. I'm 16. SSBU was like the intro to Smash for Aya with a consciousness. Like if I did have Smash 4 I don't remember. But even now watching that direct where every character was anonunced and the initial one where they announced that a new Smash game is coming out I get goosebumps like Woah. Everyone IS here. But anyway I have 60+ hours that game and I'm proud to say I never played that game by myself. What I mean is all of those 60+ hours were spent playing against friends and family. This game has brought me some much joy and such silly moments between my family. People swearing they'll wipe the floor with me before promptly walking off the map. Or Eva, notoriously bad at Smash, trying to run me over with that Yoshi move where he's in his egg and he just keeps rolling. I'm so sorry man. There you go oh look you're still falling (≖‿≖) Anyhow enough making fun of Eva I should be nice. I wiped the floor with hymn in Mario Kart. AHHHH YOU MAD AHHHHHHHH. Sorry um I really love Mario Kart 8 Deluxe because I get to win. Also because the maps are SOOOOO good. Right now I am thinking of getting the Booster Course Pass I think is the name and yes it's only because of Coconut Mall. I would be typing the lyrics right now if there were any. I have many fond memories playing this game at school during lunch with my friend. We're so iconic.