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Nintendo Existence Mailbox – April 2026
“it’s a laugh to dance off them” (***STAR LETTER***)
Hi,
I’m questioning what your favorite Nintendo hippo is. The top-profile ones lately are most definitely the Hoppos from Mario Marvel in conjunction with their look as one of the most 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, Prime-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, in conjunction with a degree in that sport with a couple of names together with the ‘Hippo Zone’.
Outdoor of the Mario universe, we now have ten Animal Crossing villagers who’re hippos (Bertha, Biff, Bitty, Bubbles, Clara, Harry, Hippeux, Lulu, Rocco and Rollo). A laugh reality: 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 International.
There could also be the Flooring-type Pokemon Hippopotas and its evolution Hippowdon. Zelda: Hyperlink’s Awakening has a hippo type within the Animal Village posing for a portray. And whilst he isn’t in fact a hippo, we will believe King Hippo from Punch-Out too. My favorite is most definitely Hoppos as a result of it’s a laugh to dance off them. I would really like a Hoppo amiibo!
eXtremeHippo
With all of the stuff occurring at this time, I simply loved this one. Hippos. What is to not like?
Oh, and favorite hippos? Simple. It is the fruit-eating Kablasta hippos from Labo VR. – Ed.
“Skipping to the nice bits”
Whats up, guys! Avid reader right here.
Skipping to the nice bits, I used to be questioning how you’re feeling concerning the Wii U’s legacy now that almost its whole library is on transfer.
It got here to my consideration when I used to be gushing to my good friend concerning the Wii U, and he retorted announcing that it’s redundant given the existing ports, and I’ll confess I don’t have any rebuttal to that, haha.I in the end do recognize the Wii U for what it left in the back of (even though I kinda want the Yakuza and Zelda remasters would get ported already). I nonetheless personal a Wii U professional controller even though I haven’t discovered a method to attach it to my steam deck.
Cheers!
Yousef
The Wii U walked so the Transfer run and soar and wahoo into the stratosphere. It is nonetheless the most efficient position to play Mario Maker, Nintendo Land was once an underrated winner, and I nonetheless love with the ability to whack a golfing ball from my GamePad into the small screen television. I favored the Wii U and it is curvy discs then, and I love them now.
There are nonetheless a handful of exclusives, however Wii U won’t ever be really long gone all of the whilst it holds Inexpensive Area Adventures in its chilly, lifeless hand. – Ed.
