Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I can certainly relate to easing on posting @Tyranexx, I’ve gotten more busy in real life as well. I met someone outside of my family (in my own free time, that is) for the first time in a year, so finding human interaction again has felt super rewarding. Hope you find it too with co-workers and such when you manage to get back into a more stable life, it’s easy to miss but it tastes so good. You’ll be missed here though, it’s relaxing to see your take on various topics throughout the realm of discussion!

I’ve been working on video game arrangements for… two years. I’ve made a lot of music in that time… maybe thirty hours? Most are alternate versions of songs, when I experiment to see which sounds best, and I’d only say four to five hours make a compilation of “complete” songs, but yeah! That’s my free time! I initially gravitated towards Zelda music, but expanded my attempts to include Xenoblade, Final Fantasy, and some good Mario tracks.

Over time of course my mixing and arrangement skills have gotten better so I’d say most of my best work has been from this year, because I’ve worked with more diverse instruments and such. Feel free to listen to some of said best works in this folder! https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g35Um2P7dEpnjlEK8TObG... My favourite… Koopa Road. That felt like the most complete out of all of them. Crystalline Chill is a solid second.

Wow, that’s amazing. Incredible that you found inspiration for your career from video games, it sorta tethers your very being back to video games, doesn’t it? I’ve tried coding in the past, and it’s a bit like game design. It’s so open ended that I just freeze in indecision. Partly why Mario Maker, as incredible a tool it was, never suited me in terms of making good levels.

I haven’t beaten a single video game yet where I wasn’t spoiled, be it from myself or others. Persona 4/5, and Final Fantasy 7/10/15… I don’t know about 12’s ending… yet. So VI… that is, Terra’s journey… is unspoiled. I can play it through my Mini SNES, so I may play that during a rainy day. I love how the Korok seeds require you to really comb the world, and adds insane replay value.

I haven’t played Ocarina of Time’s Master Quest, I already had a ball with the Normal Quest! Breath of the Wild’s increased sense of realism made me realise just how easy combat was in other Zelda games, and made me appreciate that you’d really have to f&#£ up badly to die on merit in most titles. Breath of the Wild has fall damage, enemies that can straight up one-shot you, terrain, elements (lightning), and heat/volcanic heat/snow. I’d love to try a playthrough of Twilight Princess HD, with Hero Mode and the Ganondorf amiibo. I only have two amiibo and the Ganondorf one I actually have, so quadruple damage would make for a good session!

Sometimes I forget to drink when gaming for a long time, which doesn’t happen as much now. I livestream my playthroughs of games, mainly to time how long I’ve been playing, and rarely does it get above an hour. The only times it would get very high is when I’m in a massive grind to the end of the game. In Death Stranding, and FF7 Remake I streamed the game for four hours consecutively, then beat it. I took bathroom and lunch breaks of course but the pure length… I can’t do it regularly!

I listened to some ZREO (Zelda Reorchestrated) music today and it once again made me wonder about the potential Ocarina of Time has for a remake. It’ll never ever happen but it’s food for thought. Some of the music can really use a facelift, and after remembering how ridiculously hyped I was for the Xenoblade DE music… it’ll be too much! Back in May I used to refresh Nintendo UK’s Twitter feed every Friday at 3pm just so I could listen to the 30s excerpts from the songs.

Yeah I meant the original Hyrule Warriors. I doubt it is canon but Nintendo have changed the timeline in the past. For instance moving the two Oracle games after Link’s Awakening. Before that it was easy to assume that Link had those adventures, and died at sea, with the game being a memory of his dead self… but this makes things better, because in this revised history he survives his shipwreck and travels to Holodrum and Labrynna! They really threw it open with the vague comment that Breath of the Wild did, in fact, take place after Ocarina of Time. Age of Calamity itself is canon, in my opinion. You can give me your two cents when you’ve played!

@Losermagnet A good Bruce Lee movie to start with? How about three?
(sorry, but I couldn't choose just one)

In no particular order:

• The Big Boss
• Enter the Dragon
• Game of Death

EDIT:
Okay, so... I simply HAVE to add a fourth title, seeing as I already hinted at it in my initial comment, which is the movie starring both Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris, Way of the Dragon. Just to pique your interest in that one, I'll add a clip of their fight in that movie, which by the way, was one of the few full contact fights in martial arts movies EVER. Bruce and Chuck were good friends in real life and both could stomach taking a punch from each other, so they ultimately decided upon making the scene look as real as possible, instead of doing the whole camera angle thing, making punches and kicks only look real.

P.S.

I hope you appreciate and can agree with my Bruce Lee recommendations...

@Tyranexx - My brother in law has never been a dog person, and his family has only ever had cats... until recently, they decided to dive in head first with a little pound puppy. It only lasted a few weeks. They didn’t know what to expect with a puppy, and it was way more than they had anticipated, haha. He texted me on day two and told me it had already peed in the house three times, and I told him he’s lucky it was only three times. They’re so cute, but soooo annoying. One of the bonus points for choosing an older dog is skipping all the chewing, and crate and potty training (hopefully). I’ve promised my kids they’ll have a puppy at some point, but I know it’ll end up being fully my responsibility, so they can wait until I’m ready.

@ThanosReXXX - We really shouldn’t be making martial arts movie lists and leave Bruce out. Totally agree with those three films as well, though I believe our friend losermagnet is taking a break from the site, so he may not see your recommendations. He made a post in the goodbye/vacation thread. He’s taking a little work related break from the site until E3.

Regarding Game of Death specifically, I think I’ve seen multiple endings to that movie. I swear I’ve seen one that ended with Bruce ascending the final set of stairs after besting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (just crazy to see those two standing next to each other), and another that ends with him beating up some mafia types. I know he stopped filming GoD to film Enter the Dragon and then passed, but I’ve never been sure about why there are two endings, or if I’m even right about that.

My friends and I also used to talk about how the game Kung Fu HAD to be based on that movie, even though the main character clearly isn’t Bruce and he isn’t wearing the famous yellow and black outfit from GoD. Everything else matches up with the movie.

@Fujimoto-San Yeah, I think it's great that it got a second chance on the Switch. Especially since the Wii U turned out to be Nintendo's equivalent to the Sega Saturn, in that it bombed hard. And they even went the extra mile to throw in a brand new adventure too! It's definitely one of the better rereleases on the Switch because of that.

My gaming haul for the past 2 weeks!

Finished RE3 and Village. Near the end of DooM for the Switch. For the King I got from trading it for Immortals Vampire Wars as I got extra copy from Amazon I nice trade!

Also my first SNES game ever - Doom! Yay!!!

I was surprised that my Pal copy of MHS had voices in Japanese ... then I googled that it is not Japanese, it was MonsterHunterNese language Quite entertaining!

And Code Veronica for the PS2. I tested it on my Fat PS3 to see it everything is ok with the disc and now I am going to play it on my moded PS3 Slim. I just wanted to have a hard copy before playing it.

Damn 10 years ago I would have just pirate it like Davy Jones! I have become too moral ... (if that is even a sentence)

@bimmy-lee on my notifications its says you said something to me twice but nothing shows up, ah well. im responding to yer nonresponse.
anyways, i couldnt resist ordering a second one of these after receiving my first one because of how happy i was with it, presentation and all...

i mean how can i resist?

@ogo79 - Another nice one man, do you keep them in the box, or get them out to display them? I had that problem with mentions recently. We were talking martial arts and action movies, and I wanted to give you the opportunity to mention one of your favorites about a truck drivin hero who finds big trouble. It’s one of my favorites as well, but it didn’t feel right for anyone other than you to mention it.

Big Trouble in Little China, @bimmy-lee....? That's pretty good & quite funny!

@BruceCM - Yep, love that one. Ogo is known around these parts for his affinity for that movie. I still laugh to this day just thinking about Jack Burton jumping out of the elevator ready to battle, shooting his gun wildly in the air while screaming and causing a large statue to break apart and fall on his head, knocking him out for a significant portion of the final fight!

One of the dumbest video game things I have ever done in my life. Back in the Gamecube days while I was a impulsive and stupid teenager, I sold my copy of Fire Emblem Path of Radience for Gamecube at Game Stop. Don't think I got more than 15 bucks for it....

If you know anything about that game today, it's one of the more expensive, possibly among the most expensive Gamecube games and like most GC titles, has never seen a re-release or remake anywhere...

I really really really really really don't want to pirate a copy. So I guess that just means I'll never get to revisit this game and actually beat it properly. I feel like I'll be kicking myself about this for the rest of my life at this point.

If it makes you feel better, I did the same for Paper Mario:TTYD. I did at least beat it, but otherwise same terrible decision. I sold so many games back in the day, even well after when Gamestop had somehow gotten worse at giving you money for anything released more than a year prior.

@Heavyarms55 You're not alone. I sold a good chunk of games and old consoles when I was a teenager as well and I regret doing it. Especially since many retro games are being way more expensive now and you may get counterfeits online. I don't mind emulation, but I much prefer playing games via official means over it. Whether it's the original hardware, Virtual Console, or mini consoles.

Pretty sure I tossed my PS2 and most of my games in a trash can after “packing” it all in a trash bag while moving. That was the last time I ever saw it.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, I'd buy a Fire Emblem collection on Switch in a nanosecond.

@MarioLover92 Agreed. I think adding Bowser's Fury as an extra mode in the game was such a smooth move on Nintendo's part. I've heard people talk online that Fury Bowser is a difficult boss to fight (although the music is badass) so I'm looking forward to a challenge.

As a Mario fan, that's the one thing I've had issues with, especially now with the new releases. I believe that Mario games have gotten too easy. I understand that Nintendo is trying to appeal to first time gamers, but I feel like they're also forgetting about their more hardcore fans. Playing Super Mario Odyssey was great but it wasn't the challenge I was hoping it'd be. As our resident number one Mario fan, what's your take on this?

@Heavyarms55 Same here. I use to own a GameCube back in the day, but over time it just wouldn't load games anymore. Instead of finding someone to repair it, I was persuaded by others to just throw it away and buy a PS3. It didn't help the fact that we were in the process of moving so.. yeah. I still regret doing it and if I ever had the chance to play on my GameCube again, I'd do it in a heartbeat.

@Fujimoto-San Ohhh moving. Trust me I know the pain of having to throw things away because of moving. Because I moved overseas I had to get rid of so much stuff and it just sucked so bad.

@Heavyarms55 I feel your pain. I can't begin to tell you of all the things I've had to throw away, or the things that just randomly "disappear". It sure is frustrating, but hey. I guess we live and learn right? I couldn't help but notice that you have a Fire Emblem icon, so am I right in assuming you're a fan? I know I am! I'm actually on my second playthrough of FE: Three Houses, so I sort of felt inclined to ask.

@Fujimoto-San Yeah a lot of the Mario games are easy to finish, particularly if you're just aiming to beat Bowser. That's one reason why I like getting all the collectibles when I play through them. In the case of Super Mario Odyssey, yeah most of the Power Moons are easy to find, but in my 100% playthrough I found that some of them are quite hard to find/acquire as I got more and more of them. So it definitely gets challenging at certain points.

As for the Fury Bowser fights, yeah it can be tricky to dodge his attacks, but the game lets you find another Giga Bell during your battle, which kinda makes it too easy. That's my only issue with them. I have done one of the Fury Bowser fights with no damage, though - that felt satisfying.

@Heavyarms55 That'd be cool to see. I'd like to see a GameCube compilation of some kind too - with GC games raising in price it'd be the perfect opportunity for Nintendo to rerelease more of them in some form.

What did I say people!, shut it down, but no, now comment's have been disabled, nice job. I called it tho didn't I, I mean heck, Eel even had to get rid of some, again! but thats just how talking to people work I guess, we don't always get along, but I really try'd to tell you guys before it happen's.