The phrase
"nostalgic itch" refers to a strong desire or longing to relive or experience something from the past.
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Come November, Nintendo will be scratching a lot
of nostalgic itches with its miniature NES Classic Edition console that comes pre-installed with 30 retro games.
However, Sonic Mania revitalizes that
nostalgic itch quite perfectly, and some of these game's zones were new to me since I haven't played through the entirety of the 2D era.
I could say the same for Double Dash, but 64, for me, scratches more of
that nostalgic itch.
If you aren't a fan of the bandicoot he's never going to win you over now, but for fans of the franchise, he'll scratch all
those nostalgic itches nicely.
Still though, it's not bad, and it does scratch that
nostalgic itch.
Fantastic level design and a real sense of speed help to scratch
that nostalgic itch, but it also stands as a solid game among its contemporaries.
It scratches
this nostalgic itch, and is a joy to play.
Yooka - Laylee's overall presentation is where it really shines and scratches
that nostalgic itch for me.
If all of that wasn't enough to scratch
that nostalgic itch, the studio announced yesterday that Kikuta has signed onto the project and will be contributing along with the game's main composer, Shannon «Pongball» Mason.
Featuring tracks from classic games like Banjo - Kazooie, Banjo - Tooie, Donkey Kong Country, as well as Yooka - Laylee, Rarities is sure to scratch
that nostalgic itch.
In the meantime, you can qualm
those nostalgic itches with Nintendo's release of every NES game manual to be featured on the system.
It scratches
the nostalgic itch of gaming from a simpler time yet puts a modern twist on it.