Expi Feliton's Corner

 *door opens to the sound effects and music of Deltarune* “Hey, Expi?” Yeah? “Have you thought about doing game reviews again?” Have you checked out my Backloggd ? I’m still doing them over there. “Well, I know that, but… what about those big game reviews you used to do on your actual blog? Or those console retrospectives?” I dunno, I already talked about why I kinda stopped doing them, and I think I ended on a really good note with my Sega Saturn retrospective . “Well, okay, that’s fair, but isn’t there something you want to talk about related to the recent Nintendo news?” …what ‘Nintendo’ news are you talking about? “You know, they just released their new console, the Nintendo Switch 2, along with the newest Mario Kart game.” Wait, seriously? “Yeah! I thought-” *suddenly runs off to buy and review it* Well, Nintendo has released their next console, and now I feel the need to temporarily come out of retirement and talk about it. Obviously, in my time doing game and console reviews...

In April 2020, I ended up buying the Xbox One X, and subsequently did a review/retrospective on, well, the Xbox One as a whole including the One X. I had wanted to do an updated version of it like I did with the Switch around 2021-2022, but ultimately I kind of felt like I would just end up saying mostly the same things I did in my original review. Regardless, it was announced that the system had discontinued production in 2020 (albeit two years later at the start of 2022) in favor of Microsoft’s next console, or should I say consoles - the Xbox Series X and Series S. To go back a bit, it is safe to say that the Xbox One as a whole didn’t have the smoothest lifespan. The system was announced around the time I started paying more attention to video game news (especially with it being an all new console at the time) and I even ended up watching the announcement with my brother the day it was revealed.  As you can guess, both me and my brother were less than impressed. The reveal pret...