Zippo's Nonsensical Ramblings and Other Stuff

Well, this week certainly started with a boom. A Sonic Boom, perhaps? Bad puns aside, multiple sources have leaked the entire State of Play days before it's airing date. Can't confirm the other contents myself, but yes, a remaster of 2011's beloved Sonic Generations is on the way for this year.  Here's the bits I know: -It's a remaster from the ground up, it's now running on the Hedgehog Engine 2.  -The console versions will now run at 60FPS with the option for 4K. -There's been a very strong internal mandate from SEGA higher ups to improve the quality of Sonic remasters from now on, so *knock on wood*, no Colors Ultimate and Origins mishaps this time.  -There is brand new content, featuring Shadow.  -Will release in the first half of the year, sometime around Sonic 's 33rd birthday in June.  And just to get ahead of all of the speculation, no, this is not the Sonic/Shadow game I'm hearing about. That's a brand new game coming this holiday, in ti...

Hey, remember how I said in 2022 that a new Star Fox game is in development? I have an update. But first, here's some interesting findings.  Code for this new Star Fox appears to have been in Switch Sports this entire time, it's gone widely unreported on for some reason.  Next, a trademark was filed for Star Fox last month, on December 19th, in Brazil, of all places: Finally:  Star Fox was given an entirely brand new trademark last November as well. Why is this interesting? Because it's a new trademark, it's not Nintendo renewing it or anything like that, which is what they usually do in these situations.  Credits for these findings go to Mondomega, Necrolipe, and Brian/bpijr.  As for my own information, here's a few new details. -It's actually being developed internally. This is the first time Nintendo has taken the reigns of development since 1997's Star Fox 64 . -It apparently is a sequel to a previous Star Fox game. Not a reboot.  -Online multiplayer w...

  2024 is here, and after an insanely long six years of waiting, I'm now hearing that the next 3D Mario, set to launch with Nintendo's brand spankin' new console, was finished over the holiday season. This is standard Nintendo practice, many of their big games are done well before release. As was said before, this is EPD Tokyo's first full attempt at an open world game, and the game is said to look " Absolutely jaw-dropping". I can confirm a few other new things as well: Donkey Kong will appear in the game in some form. I'm unsure if he's playable, a boss, or an extended cameo of some sort. Given how Mario and DK have appeared as a pair in pretty much everything as of late, which includes the movie, LEGO sets, a remake of Mario Vs. DK, and now in theme park promotions, it only makes sense to continue that trend.  Luigi, Peach, Captain Toad and Pauline will all appear as well, though I'm unsure what roles they'll play in the game.  The other, mu...

We're starting 2024 with a bang. Didn't expect that, did ya?  Yup, I'm hearing from the usual sources that Nintendo is planning a Direct to air this very month. It could air from this coming week, to the end of the month.  Expect this to be "cleanup" for the Switch. Nintendo has been pretty silent since September, so expect more details on Paper Mario, Peach Showtime and a few other things. There's still a few surprises left in this old thing.  They have an obviously insane   of them, so it's smart to get Switch stuff out of the way earlier than usual this year.  Stay tuned here for more.  

Hi! Merry Belated Christmas and Happy New Year!   I'm so, so, so very sorry. Please accept my most sincere apology.  While I'm still waiting on full details on what happened, It seems someone of some sort tried to actively take the blog down or invade my account. After running it through with blogspot support, it seems I've got the go ahead to go through with it and safely log back in.  Just to debunk some theories I've seen: No, I did not leave of my own accord, I had no intentions of dipping, even despite the holiday season.  No, Nintendo nor SEGA, nor any other corporation tried to take me out. If they wanted me, they would have gotten me by now.  No, This wasn't some effort for me to take heat off of me for the rumors I've posted over the years.  I've been doing this for a whole three years now. I'm in too deep to pull out now.  If things hadn't gone awry, you would have gotten a few more scoops on Christmas Day. You'll get those throughout t...