Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@ThanosReXXX thanks for the insight! I'll give em a look today for sure. Really trying to build up my library on my older consoles.

@NEStalgia I know what it is, I was just messing with 'ya.

@Eel But what are they made of and ARE they edible or not? Now I've become curious as well...

@NintendoByNature You're very welcome. Enjoy the videos. I'm curious to find out how many games that you previously didn't know about, you will come across in those videos, so be sure to let me know. I'm going to give them another watch tonight as well, because it's been quite a few years since I first watched them myself, so I'm going to check if all of my own recommendations are in there as well, and if not, I'll also add some of my personal favorite gems.

It’s some sort of polymer. Not edible, not toxic but not edible.

You don’t want little orbs expanding in your gut do you.

@Eel So, what is their use? Purely useless entertainment, or does it also come with some kind of game/gameplay purpose?

They’re mostly decorative. You can also use them as substitute for direct water in flower vases, and for plants with water roots.

I personally keep a small glass bottle filled with transparent orbeez and a string of fairy lights going through them hanging next to my bed, I use it as a lamp.

I guess you can also add a bunch to a balloon, fill it with water, and make a stress ball.

@Eel Hm, okay. Useless entertainment, then.
And do they shrink back down again, if you deprive them of water, or are they a one-use item?

I'm also kind of curious about that lamp now. Got a picture?

@ThanosReXXX they do shrink after a bit if you let them dry out.

Here you go.

@Eel Thanks for obliging, actually looks pretty cool. Kind of has an alien vibe to it, in my opinion. Different colors would have made it even cooler.

I also see they're actually hollow, or is that just my impaired vision? The one on the bottom on the right seems to have some kind of skull face on it, but that definitely IS just a bit of mind trickery...

They're not hollow, you're probably just looking at the ones squished up against the glass.

I considered adding colored ones, but I figured clear would be more functional for a light source.

@NintendoByNature By the way: if you're a stickler for a chronological order of things, then you should start with video 5 in that play list and watch the first one as the fifth in the series. I've no idea why they're arranged as they are, but it's wrong. I only just noticed because I started watching them. Otherwise, if you just watch them in the order that they're presented in, you might raise the odd eyebrow at the statement in that fifth video, which explicitly mentions it being the first video in the series of Wii hidden gems...

EDIT:
Turns out, videos 2 and 4 also need to be swapped around to see all videos in the right order.
So, in short, the correct chronological order of these videos is 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 6.

@Eel Ah, so that's probably just because they're soft, then. I wondered if they were hollow because quite a few of them seem to have circles within circles, but I guess that's just the side where they're squished against the sides of the bottle, creating that visual illusion of them being hollow. Well, for me at least...

Lol got it. I'll give it a good look later. I'll also send you a list of my current Wii games. Like i said a while back, I didn't give the Wii a ton of credit. Back then i was mostly playing Madden, MLB, NBA or fps. I would occasionally stray for big assassin's creed or God of war releases, but that's about it. The Wii didn't have many games i was interested in believe it or not other than Mario games or party games. You'll see what i mean. Aside from madworld and metroid OM, it'll be games i bought a decade ago.

Edit: here's the list...
New super Mario bros
Wario land shake it
Mlb2k9
Re:umbrella chronicles
Little league world series 08
House of the dead 2 and 3
Metroid OM
Just Dance
Smack down vs raw 09
Hooked fishing
Game party
Wii sports
Just Dance 2
Twilight Princess
Madworld

@Eel Huh, sounds/looks like something they used to sell for plants for plants so you didn't have to water them all the time. Back in the 80s or early 90s. Now they've reinvented the long forgotten product as a brand new toy.... Supermarkets had them in the floral aisle back then.

@NintendoByNature Elebits!

I got a little time in with my son on his LM3 file this afternoon. He’s been playing since launch, and has just over a half hour in. We just got the special bulb that shows secrets and releases things from paintings, but he lost interest on the way back to free E. Gadd. So that’s where we’ll pick up sometime late spring, early summer. We’d probably be a bit further along if we didn’t have to wipe the save file so he could watch the intro multiple times.

@ThanosReXXX - Late reply here, but the game you linked reminds me exactly if my screwball high school and college years! Seems like as good a reason as any to own a really nice monitor, capable of displaying the game’s highest settings.

@Tyranexx - So how do you like your gaming chair? What’s your set up, are you at a desk with a monitor/tv when docked? I sit in a rocking chair in front of the TV when docked, and either at the dining room table or the chaise part of the couch next to a big Lava Lamp for handheld.

@Anti-Matter - They both look good, but I like Hector a little more. I like villains, and Hector looks a little more like a villain. He has cool facial hair and possibly a tattoo. I like his colors a little more too, especially the red/yellow combo. Joe looks like he would have an awesome special punch maneuver in a fighting game though, like maybe a Grand Upper.

@HobbitGamer - I took a poop to the hand last summer at the park while taking a picture of a flower. My kids were so thrilled by the whole thing that they both remember the spot where it happened and bring it up every time we walk by so they can re live the glory of it.

@Eel - Cool idea for a lamp. I’m pretty sure I have quite a few strands of those same LED fairy lights. Are they on a soft, rubber cord with a white control box? I can’t remember the brand, but they came in a red box. They’re amazing lights actually. I have them for my Christmas trees. Pink, light blue, red, clear, and I got a multi colored strand last year, which are outrageous.

@NintendoByNature - Ugh, I hate to even do it, but you and the kiddos would have a blast with Boom Blox Bash Party on Wii. Throw it on a list or something.

@bimmy-lee yeah it’s a wire with little bumps for the leds and a little battery box. For things like this you just need to be sure it’s water safe.

@NEStalgia Orbeez is just a name brand, they do actually still sell these under different names and with different targets.

@bimmy-lee
Thanks. 😀

@Eel - Mine plug into an outlet, so it’s a slightly different style, but I’m guessing they’re the same brand you’re using because they’re so similar. The control box on mine allows me to cycle through different light settings, from always on, flashing, fade, etc. They make nice Christmas tree lights.

Oh I think mine is just from like a dollar store. Not many options.

@bimmy-lee sounds fun, my man( LM3 with the boy). I still need to get back into Pokemon with my daughter. Think we're 7 hours in.
@hobbitgamer I'll check that out too.