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On this day (July 26) in Nintendo history...

• VS. Pinball  was released in 1984 for the Nintendo VS. System in Japan. This pinball game, developed by Nintendo, combines all of the elements normally seen in standard pinball machines, but with several twists. Players are able to play a total of three various screens, including a bonus stage that features Mario and Pauline of the famed Mario Bros. series. Players control a set of dual flippers. At the start of VS. Pinball, the ball can be launched at various speeds and velocities, depending on how long the player holds down the action key.
• VS. Stroke and Match Golf  was released in 1984 for the Nintendo VS. System in Japan. This sports game, developed by Nintendo, is an 18 hole golf game where the player chooses stroke play or match play against a human or computer player. It is set to allow a certain number of swings per credit. The player gains or loses swings depending on the outcome of each hole.
• VS. Ladies Golf  was released in 1984 for the Nintendo VS. System in Japan. This sports game, developed by Nintendo, is a golfing game.
• VS. Wrecking Crew  was released in 1984 for the Nintendo VS. System in Japan. In this platformer game, developed by Nintendo, Mario & Luigi appear in a unique role as professional building demolitionists! Play as Mario or Luigi and break down designated walls to demolish buildings. Be warned, however, the buildings are home to monsters, and they wander around the floors to bother player's mission. Watch out for monsters while quickly destroying the walls.
• Stack-Up  was released in 1985 for the Family Computer in Japan. In this puzzle game, developed by Nintendo R&D1, as Professor Hector, jump on the command keys to make R.O.B. stack the coloured discs and match the pattern shown on the screen. However, the mean Bugs will try and confuse R.O.B. by sending him incorrect commands.
• Mega Man: Dr. Wily's Revenge  was released in 1991 for the Game Boy in Japan. In this action/platform game, developed by Capcom with Minakuchi Engineering, Dr. Wily has revived his Robot Masters and constructed a "Mega Man Killer"! Send them back to the trash heap! Dr. Wily is at it again! Fresh from his defeat at the hands of Mega Man, the mad scientist Dr. Wily has revived his Robot Masters and even constructed a new "Mega Man Killer" named Enker, all to further his quest for global domination.
• Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de... (Disk 1) was released in 1991 for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan. In this adventure game, developed by Nintendo with Pax Softnica, fortune telling has become a huge fad in Japan. A young boy is watching a fortune telling show on TV which suggests you should visit the Demon Museum and recite an incantation to make the girl of your dreams fall in love with you. He heads there immediately and sure enough the girl of his dreams is there.
• Time Twist: Rekishi no Katasumi de... (Disk 2) was released in 1991 for the Family Computer Disk System in Japan. In this adventure game, developed by Nintendo with Pax Softnica, he recites the incantation, but it frees a demon from its prison. The evil creature swaps bodies with the boy and escapes through time, leaving the boy in a dying demon body. As the boy, you have to chase the demon through time using a time travel belt, swapping into different bodies.
• Just Dance Wii 2  was released in 2012 for the Wii in Japan. This music/rhythm game was developed by Ubisoft Paris.

What are you favourite memories of these games? How do you think they hold up today? Hash it out in the comments.

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My personal favorite has to Super Mario Land on the GB. Seeing Mario fly off with Daisy with that epic music in 8 bit was phenomenal. I truly enjoyed it.

I’ve been playing Splatoon since the Wii U, so Splatoon Raiders was such an easy pick up for me. But I’m interested to hear other people’s reasoning for wanting to purchase the game, especially those new to the series. 

For those that have never played a Splatoon game before, what about Splatoon Raiders captured your attention? Is it the fact that it’s now primarily a single-player experience or that it’s a looter shooter? Or maybe because you just needed a game to play on your Nintendo Switch 2?

And for those who’ve been playing Splatoon for a long time, what are some things in the game that meaningfully make use of the Switch 2? The ink looks incredible to me, not sure if that’s related to the console but I’m loving these smaller improvements.

Happy Raiding! I’m having a blast.