\nBy Thomas Grip, Creative director<\/i><\/p>\n
This is one of my earliest memories. Eons ago, when I was about 5, my dad took me with him to his work, a department store. He then proceeded to dump me in the electronics department.<\/p>\n
Nowadays you can find game test booths everywhere, but back in the day this was definitely not the case. Instead every single item was locked inside a glass cupboard. Usually these cupboards remained locked unless you bought something\u2026 but that day was different. Tony, my dad\u2019s co-worker, let me try out a game.<\/p>\n
As I trembled with the excitement of a 5-year-old boy, he jangled his keys, and took out the showcase version of a grey box called the Nintendo Entertainment System.<\/p>\n
Ice Climber for the NES was my first video game experience, and from that moment I was hooked.<\/p>\n
Since that watershed moment, Nintendo games have always had a special place in my heart. Super Mario, Zelda, Mega Man, Battle Toads, Blaster Master and many others were all a part of my childhood magic. The plastic feel of the controller, the chunky cartridges, and instant-booting games still evoke fuzzy feelings in me.<\/p>\n
Because of these magical childhood memories, and how video games were perceived back in the day, Nintendo has always had a certain mysterious feel to it \u2013 like an enchanted factory in a far-away country, creating games through some sort of wizardry.<\/p>\n
When I started making games myself, some 20 years back, I never thought the hobby would evolve into anything bigger. It felt highly unlikely that people would want to buy anything I produced. But, eventually, what started as a hobby turned into a job. That felt so surreal. There I was, with my stupid hobby, except it was suddenly a source of income to me. Game development still felt like that enchanted factory, full of people who knew a lot more than me with tech I couldn\u2019t possibly afford to have. But it was real, as I came to realize over time.<\/p>\n
Yet consoles, and especially Nintendo, retained a very illusory feel. While I released my games on Steam and similar stores, the birthplace of my childhood magic felt far off.
That\u2019s why it\u2019s so special to announce the following:<\/p>\n
AMNESIA: COLLECTION IS NOW OUT ON THE NINTENDO SWITCH<\/p>\n
Finally \u2013 Frictional Games has made it to a Nintendo console! What had, for most of my life, felt like a distant and far-fetched dream, has now become reality. Sure, it\u2019s not shipped on one of those fantastic grey cartridges, nor will it have a Nintendo \u201cseal of quality\u201d slapped on top, but I\u2019ll take what I can.<\/p>\n
If the 5-year-old me heard about this, he would never believe me.<\/p>\n
But this is by no means the end of a journey for me \u2013 quite the opposite! It\u2019s thrilling to think just how far the company has come, and it makes me super excited for what the future will hold.<\/p>\n
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