Oh dude... something scary happened to me. When I turned on my PC, it was super laggy when it shouldn't be. I did look it up and it did say that the first thing I should do is restart, which I did. But after the "restarting..." screen, the black screen showed up as usual, except it stayed there indefinitely. It didn't actually restart! I had to hold down the power button for like 5 seconds, wait 10 more seconds afterward, and turned the PC back on. It's been behaving better now, thankfully. If it helps to know, I'm using Windows 11.
@Tyranexx Oh that's cool, yeah the games just didn't interest me for some reason. I did play a little bit of one of the Dance Dance Revolution games though. It was pretty fun, though I only did the easy songs, lol.
Brawl is a decent game, but it's not really one of my favorites. Mainly because of how slow it felt, and I didn't like the assist trophies. (I didn't really care for them in Smash 4 and Ultimate, either.) There's this dumb "tripping" thing that happens on occasion, too... who thought that would be fun? I'm not too crazy into its art style either, where it's all super-realistic and everything. Just... doesn't fit Nintendo's universes in my eyes. The online wasn't very good, either. I know it's a popular opinion, but I had more fun with Melee, personally.
Just a fair warning, there's gonna be a bit of a rant coming up.
There's one stage in Brawl that I have a personal hatred for, too... and that's one of the Pokemon stages. I forgot the name of it (I'm not a big Pokemon fan), but it's the one where Dialga and Palkia appear in the center at times. Every time Palkia shows up, the screen turns upside down, which can really screw me up big time! Heck, it even shows up in a Poke Ball, at least in the newer games, and yep, that jerk makes the screen upside down that way too!!! What were they thinking?! It's even worse than the blooper in Mario Kart! At least with that, you can still kind of see where you're going.
OK... I'm done blowing off steam now. lol
I like Kirby's Dream Land 2 more as well. The original Kirby's Dream Land definitely has its place since it was the first Kirby game, though it's pretty simplistic without the copy abilities. So I like the other games more. I like the atmosphere in TTYD's chapter 4 as well. I know on the Switch, there's Dragon Quest XI, along with the remakes of DQ I, II, and III. The ones on the other Nintendo systems probably got price spiked, since the 3DS and Wii U eShops have been done since last year.
Gotcha, yeah most people I've seen aren't really into Nintendo games, outside of Pokemon and Smash Bros. At least, they aren't as huge into them as I am, lol. I think most of my family's not into gaming, either. My mom's not much of a gamer, but she does love Animal Crossing. My dad used to be huge into the NES and SNES - his SNES got me into games in the first place - but also not much of a gamer nowadays. My brother, and some of my cousins, do like games, so I can play with them! That's cool you almost 100%'d Touched. I don't think I have Twisted anymore, which does suck... it's a victim of high retro game prices. I did hear Move It is supposed to be pretty good. I might get it at some point, but I think I want to play more of Get It Together before I do.
How are you all? Do any of you have any games you are looking forward to in the future and plan on buying? There have been plenty of video game showcases recently, and I thought I’d ask since there have been a few announcements for new games and brand new trailers for upcoming games we’ve already known about.
For me, I’d say maybe the Perfect Dark reboot that’s coming to Xbox. They announced that a few years ago and held a fantastic showcase earlier today that finally showed gameplay for it. In my opinion, it looked really cool despite me having not made any progress in the original game. It’s convincing me to play the original games more actually! There was also a shooter game in the showcase that has a really appealing art style that somewhat interested me as well.
@Pastellioli
Hell0, I’m doing fine. And yeah, I’d say there’s some games I look forward to. I feel LEGO Horizon is gonna be my jam. I was quite happy with the Lego movie, so it’s cool seeing its sense of humor and style of animation still carried over into the main games.
Doom: The Dark Ages’ trailer looked quite stellar. I do hope it runs ok on my steam deck haha. That will be fun to test.
And yeah, the xbox IPs look like they’ll be fun. I enjoyed my limited time with perfect dark on rare replay and golden eye. So I think I’ll enjoy the new perfect dark, and Fable looks pretty cool too.
@Yousef- I absolutely love games that are comedic and humorous! Hearing that the new Lego Horizons game is being released on the Switch was a real shocker, and if I did still have one, I’d probably enjoy it if I did ever buy it.
The Xbox games were so cool to see during the showcase live, and chatting with others on the Pure Xbox chat room just made my experience all the more fun. I’m hoping that Perfect Dark delivers upon release! It’s going to be fun playing some newer games, since I tend to replay older games I’ve already completed because most modern releases tend to not appeal to me.
Viva happy!
Currently playing: Rare Replay
Playing soon: Perfect Dark, Perfect Dark Zero and Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
@Pastellioli Indeed, friend. I’ll likely dust off my Xbox series if the occasion calls for it. I can’t wait. I do also relate to playing a lot of older games. So much of my time is spent on ps2 these days. I keep giving new games a chance but they can be quite the hit or miss haha.
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I also played FF IX, FF X, FF X-2 , FF XII during 2000's era.
@MarioVillager92 Regarding your computer: It's hard to say what's up with it other than probably some sort of hiccup. More than likely software related, but I wouldn't rule out hardware either. This stuff can happen on rare occasion and usually isn't concerning. However, if it becomes more frequent, you should probably look into getting it repaired somewhere (or, if the hardware is old, buying a new device). Windows 11 is the newest OS, but I know some Windows 10 machines were eligible for an upgrade.
I can't really comment much on Super Smash Bros. Brawl since I haven't played the game, but the game's speed and tripping are some common complaints I've read about the title. I suspect the online was very limited too if it was P2P like many other Nintendo titles were at the time period. That Brawl stage you dislike sounds challenging. As a Pokemon aficionado, I'm unsure if you're familiar with Palkia and Dialga's MOs. The former is the master of Space, while the latter controls time. So the stages flipping does make sense. I can understand how that would be a major pain during gameplay though!
Kirby's Dream Land certainly has its place in history and is still worth the ~1 hour romp to clear the game. Partially due to how short it is lol. Kirby's Adventure is where the series started hitting its stride IMO, though the Nightmare In Dream Land remake is still the best version IMO. I finished Chapter 5 in TTYD on Saturday and did some cleanup/the intermission stuff yesterday when I got the chance. I'm due to start Chapter 6 when I next play, which will at least partially involve one of your favorite things. Correct, pretty much any non-Switch DQ - at least those released on the DS and 3DS families - is ridiculously expensive at this point. The prices started rising even before the pandemic - VI actually had a short print run, was published by Nintendo if I recall, and was rare/pricey before then - but became way worse during the lockdowns.
I like gaming and do know a couple of people at work who play, but they're more on PC. One guy's GF does like some Nintendo stuff though, so we did relate a little the one time we met. My siblings "grew out of" most gaming, though I think my brother plays some version of Farming Simulator on his phone rarely; he's very busy IRL and doesn't have much time for hobbies. My mom used to play the Just Dance games on Wii for exercise but had to stop after she injured her knee in an unrelated incident. Gaming and my dad do not mix at all, though I have some anecdotal evidence that he had access to a family Pac-Man cabinet that was passed around in the 80s.
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