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It is a pretty gentle month, however let’s not prevaricate concerning the bush, let’s dive proper into issues…
Nintendo Life Mailbox – April 2026
“it’s enjoyable to bounce off them” (***STAR LETTER***)
Whats up,
I’m questioning what your favorite Nintendo hippo is. The best-profile ones at present are in all probability the Hoppos from Mario Marvel together with their look as one of many Marvel Results in Mario Tennis Fever.
The Mario universe additionally has a number of others such because the tree-climbing Bopapodamuses from Donkey Kong Nation Returns, Excessive-Octane Hippo from WarioWare Transfer It, the big-eared Hippopo enemies from Tremendous Mario RPG, Scoff from Donkey Kong 64 and the bubble-blowing Hippo from Tremendous Mario Land 2, together with a degree in that sport with a number of names together with the ‘Hippo Zone’.
Outdoors of the Mario universe, we’ve got ten Animal Crossing villagers who’re hippos (Bertha, Biff, Bitty, Bubbles, Clara, Harry, Hippeux, Lulu, Rocco and Rollo). Enjoyable truth: hippo is the one land animal to have had a complete of 1 villager in an Animal Crossing sport, with just one hippo villager in Wild World.
There’s additionally the Floor-type Pokemon Hippopotas and its evolution Hippowdon. Zelda: Hyperlink’s Awakening has a hippo mannequin within the Animal Village posing for a portray. And whereas he’s not really a hippo, we are able to think about King Hippo from Punch-Out too. My favorite might be Hoppos as a result of it’s enjoyable to bounce off them. I might love a Hoppo amiibo!
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With all of the stuff occurring proper now, I simply loved this one. Hippos. What’s to not like?
Oh, and favorite hippos? Simple. It is the fruit-eating Kablasta hippos from Labo VR. – Ed.
“Skipping to the nice bits”
Hey, guys! Avid reader right here.
Skipping to the nice bits, I used to be questioning how you are feeling concerning the Wii U’s legacy now that virtually its whole library is on change.
It got here to my consideration once I was gushing to my buddy concerning the Wii U, and he retorted saying that it’s redundant given the current ports, and I’ll confess I’ve no rebuttal to that, haha.I in the end do admire the Wii U for what it left behind (although I kinda want the Yakuza and Zelda remasters would get ported already). I nonetheless personal a Wii U professional controller even when I haven’t discovered a technique to join it to my steam deck.
Cheers!
Yousef
The Wii U walked so the Change run and leap and wahoo into the stratosphere. It is nonetheless the most effective place to play Mario Maker, Nintendo Land was an underrated winner, and I nonetheless love with the ability to whack a golf ball from my GamePad into the telly. I appreciated the Wii U and it is curvy discs then, and I like them now.
There are nonetheless a handful of exclusives, however Wii U won’t ever be really gone all of the whereas it holds Reasonably priced Area Adventures in its chilly, useless hand. – Ed.
