Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@NintendoByNature You're welcome. The great thing about the game, in my opinion, is the continuity. Because this madman of a billionaire built his city under the ocean, time has basically stopped, and they're still living in the exact decade that they started in, at least aesthetics-wise, and that gives the game a real cool, classic movies vibe.

@ThanosReXXX
You played ACNH ?? 😀
What theme will you bring to your island ?

@NintendoByNature Thanos did a good job outlining the premise.

The genre is FPS with lite RPG elements, but it’s hard to pin down the game aesthetically. I can think of 5 films or books it reminds me of, but they are from different genres. So I’ll leave that task to you my friend.

Haha. I guess you’re waiting longer than expected for the Wonderful 101. At least you have some good stuff to play, and by the time you get around it the performance patches will be available. That’s the bright side.

Added: Now that you mentioned an era, have you watched Fritz Lang’s Metropolis? Bioshock reminds me a lot of that movie and 20s-30s futurism.

@redd214 True dat...especially at a time like this!

@NotTelevision yea he did. It reminds me of a darker blast from the past lol. I havent watched that movie yet.

And yea tw101 I'll be all ready when that arrives. Can't wait.

Aaaaaand my left joycon is no longer functioning. I dropped it and now the thumbstick is no longer usable.

I looked at the price and it is amazing how only the left joycon is worth as a new AAA game.

@Zuljaras Try replacing it. There are thumbstick kits online. If i can do it, anyone can..

@NintendoByNature Sure but it will be here in in week or two. I will have to get new joycon or joycons.

Update: I ordered one. But will I will buy a new pair. Such fragile thing for a gamepad.

@NintendoByNature Im glad your enjoing BioShock its one of my favorite series, played it to death on the ps3.
The atmosphere the story the RPG elements its al fantastic.
I bought it again!
All 3 of them I need it doe handheld sessions 🙏

@DenDen it is VERY atmospheric. Especially with head phones on lol

The DS Lite had so many cool color schemes, I had the black/red one.
Also that battery was unmatched. One aspect that isn't very good nowadays is that the pixel density is very low, so pixels are visible (though it looks kinda cool for 2d games).

To be fair I didn't play mine a lot, since I got the original 3DS not that long after I got the lite (and started playing DS games on it instead). But playing Mario Kart DS's mission mode after finishing homework was always fun.

@Vinny
My NDS Lite is Pink color from Love & Berry edition. 😂
I bought it on January 2017 with very ridiculous cheap price, around US$ 20.
I use my NDS lite for playing GBA games (K-1 Pocket GP 1 & 2) by mostly.

@Anti-Matter thats very cheap nice catch!

@Anti-Matter What kind of theme? Death and destruction, of course. I bring the Mad Titan to my island...
Nah, just kidding. I've only been playing for two evenings, so I'm not that far along yet.

@NotTelevision I was going to say Metropolis, but you already mentioned it. There's quite a few movie references and/or styles in the Bioshock games. There's probably also a little bit of Citizen Kane in there, and if we think long and hard, we can probably come up with a couple of others as well...

The talk of old consoles and all the colors they had just reminds me of how I am bummed that Nintendo stopped releasing new color pro-controllers and joy cons. Not that I "need" anymore, I have too many already, but I like having different ones. We never got controllers for anything past Super Smash Bros, right? No Fire Emblem, no Luigi's Mansion, no Xenoblade, etc etc. Nor have we gotten any more basic colors either. Aside from the Pokemon Switch Lite and the Animal Crossing Switch, we have no other color Switch consoles. I guess they did add one color Switch Lite, that pink one.

I just think back to Gamecube which came in Purple, black, silver, orange, red(Japan only, a Gundam theme'd one that I nearly bought for way too much money) and light blue.

@Anti-Matter so how many DS variations do you have now, across all models?

@ThanosReXXX I have reactions to a lot of that stuff, but not to where I'd need to head to a hospital or clinic...yet anyway. XD I'll take the creeper over poison any day though. The latter gives me a pretty good rash and will make my skin weep sometimes. Fun stuff.

Other than keeping an eye out for certain native plants, the outdoors here is a decent place to hone your photo skills. I actually caught an image of two Canadian geese with their half-grown goslings awhile back, but I had to zoom in to take it. The resulting photos unfortunately weren't the best. I didn't want to disturb them and wanted to keep my distance. XD I've never personally been chased by a goose, but Untitled Goose Game isn't off the mark at all lol.

@NotTelevision According to Wikipedia, it looks like Dollywood started out as its own thing, but in the mid-70s it was picked up by the Herschends, the current owners (Dolly Parton apparently didn't purchase a stake in it until a decade later). It was apparently called Silver Dollar City Tennessee for a little while.

Looks like Tennessee Tornado was constructed in 1999, so it's been a little while since you've been. They'd just opened Lightning Rod when I went, so that would've been back in 2016. Where does the time go?

I learned about the sad fate of Six Flags New Orleans some time ago and just recently found a video online that explained Astroworld's downfall. For the longest time as a kid, I had a comic book I'd gotten when visiting the Six Flags St. Louis location (still the only Six Flags I've been to) that had a map of all the locations at the time. This showed three in Texas, including Astro World. I always wondered what happened to it, then I ran across a video covering it on the Defunctland YouTube channel. The channel primarily covers the closings and/or histories of theme parks and rides, but they cover other material like TV shows as well. I highly recommend it if you're into theme parks from a historical perspective.

I have yet to get to Cedar Point, unfortunately. It's on my bucket list of things that I want to do within the next few years. Unfortunately, it's quite a drive for me, plus I'm gonna have trouble finding at least one other person to go with me. My immediate family isn't really into high-octane thrill rides TBH. I'm an outlier.

@Heavyarms55 That's generally what I've thought: the majority don't mind some of the changes. It's a VERY vocal minority making the statements.

On your points...I don't think #1 would be very feasible. As you mentioned, that is a huge undertaking that I'm not sure would even be worth it in the long run in lieu of the other points. Done properly, I could see point #2 being somewhat viable but still a pain to pull off in many cases. #3, which is what they currently seem to be doing, isn't bad. For all we know, TPC has had a very similar discussion. I can't say I'm on board with all they've done over the years, but when the franchise has become the juggernaut it currently is...sacrifices have to be made.

I do notice via following Serebii that the raids in Sw/Sh shift every so often like in Pokemon Go. I just hope that means that some Pokemon rotate back in so that later game adopters like yours truly are able to nab them.

@Heavyarms55
I have two NDS Lite actually.
Pink color Love & Berry edition 😅
And White color.
But my White NDS lite is broken (Cannot turn on) 😫
I can find another White NDS lite from Tokopedia with cheaper price.

For 3DS, I have three machines.
Pink White Old 3DS XL USA
Pearl White New 3DS XL USA (from playasia)
Pearl White New 3DS LL Japan

Looks like i will get New 3DS XL Europe Fire Emblem edition soon.
I have found one from Tokopedia.
Hopefully my game shop owner can quickly order the machine before someone else buy the machine.

@Tyranexx Yes the raids do shift - though we haven't had repeat events yet I think they'll role around eventually. I really like raid battles in SW/SH. I think it's one of the best features in the history of the series. The Mewtwo event was the best because it actually demanded 4 players work together and plan out a team and strategy and you actually needed to use fully EV trained ubers/legendary/mythical Pokemon to be able to fight him. And even then it was still only likely that you could win. Though the average raid can be beaten with just 1 vaguely competent human ally. AI allies really suck but lower tier raids you can solo. It does look like, and I hope this is accurate, that raids will be a big part of the DLC. I'm hoping for more Mewtwo level events too! Preferably ones that aren't event only but just a new difficulty level. Mewtwo was labelled 5 star but comparing him to regular 5 star raids is like comparing a pro soccer player to your local middle school team. lol. I think one of the trailers even mentioned going into the Pokemon nest or something to track down raids. Though I could have misunderstood what they meant.

Also yeah, I am sure Pokemon has talked about the various things they could do too. As much criticism as they get, I don't believe for a moment that TPC or Game Freak are just winging it. We might not always agree with every choice they make but I don't buy into the idea that they're just lazy or incompetent.

@Anti-Matter Oh wow, you actually found a Fire Emblem one at a decent price? Lucky! I wanted that back in the day but I didn't have the money to justify buying it. Since then I've not seen one at a decent price unless it was beat to hell or outright broken.

I played Dragon Quest Builders 2 PS4 for 3 days in a row and have reached the part where i should rescue Malroth at Malhalla, the bloody creepy place.
I understand why the game has been mentioned from ESRB rating contain Mild Blood. The place itself when you look at was like bloodshed place (red color blocks), blood river, animated blood when the shadow foes died and disappeared.

As i played DQB2, for me who is not familiar with Dragon Quest franchises, the more i played the more i heard about occultism and biblical storyline.
I just couldn't fathom why did Hargon really want a total annihilation of universe ?
Even i knew it was a game but somehow the storyline could possibly twisting your faith. The concept about the world we live was a fake (illusion), creation was a pathetic effort, destruction was the answer to end the illusion, etc.
I saw Dragon Quest series was heavily inspired from Medieval age with Catholic vibes as i saw Nun, Goddess statue (Mary statue), a Fork sign instead of Cross sign, teaching of Hargon (Satan), Satanic worship from Unholy ritual, etc. And let's not forget about something that considered as "Mature" things such as Bunnyladies (prostitute), Puff Puff / Buff Buff (Sexual innuendo), Bar with cards and alcoholic drinks, etc.
As i nominated Dragon Quest Builders 2 PS4 as the Best PS4 game i ever have, i felt weird to digest the deeper and creepier storyline from Dragon Quest series even in Chibi Cartoon style. I guess it has some similarity with Final Fantasy series with theme of humans against the God (FF IX, FF X, FF XIII Lightning Returns).

Dragon Quest as a series is meant to be something easy to play and enjoy for players of all ages.

None of the themes ever go as far as being strictly adult, but it's also not super dumbed down happy happy hello kitty kiddy stuff.