Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@MarioLover92 Same. I always do a 100% playthrough, even as a kid in Super Mario Bros. 3! I haven't gotten every Power Moon in Odyssey but I have beat the game three times! I've beaten it again every summer, so I've decided to beat it a fourth time this year. I always get a kick out of playing Mario games, so I just go ahead and play when I can. Right now I'm busy with Fire Emblem: Three Houses, but once I'm done with it I'll be playing Super Mario Galaxy again. It's a shame that the boss fight(s) is easy but as long as its fun, I guess I don't mind too much.

Say! I'm pretty curious, what's your favorite Mario Party title? Mine's Mario Party 6 on the GCN

@Tyranexx Oh yeah I've heard of Unity, I'd like to get some hands-on time with that at some point. I'm fairly decent as a programmer but sometimes I can get pretty overwhelmed with the amount of code I gotta write, lol. I find that I'm quite a bit better at the art stuff, but I still have my copy of Visual Studio so I may screw around with that. Maybe I'll make a text adventure game with C++ or something. IIRC, Shovel Knight was made in Unity 3D as well, and that was pretty much made as an NES-styled game.

Ah okay, and yeah I only played mini golf in real life as well, which was pretty fun but I'm not the greatest at it. I never played real golf, lol - the sports I've played IRL were baseball, soccer, and tennis. There's not too much sports games in general that I'd dig, aside from examples like Wii Sports and a good chunk of the Mario sports games. Those sophisticated sports sims and stuff like Madden, not my cup of tea.

I didn't play too much of the Xbox 360, but I did play a few games on it like Hexic HD (which was built in), Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, and yes...Sonic 06. Was considering games like Halo 3 and Kameo: Elements of Power, but just didn't get them. There was also a demo disc I had for my 360. Part of the reason why I didn't play much of the 360 was because I was quite into the DS at the time - I played a whole lotta Mario Kart DS back then, lol. I was starting to get into the Mega Man series as well. I've heard of Oblivion and Assassin's Creed at the time, though I didn't think I would be into them.

@Heavyarms55 Yeah, agreed. It's why I'm grateful for keeping the GameCube games that I've always had.

@Fujimoto-San Yeah, challenge isn't really a priority for me when I play Mario games. As long as I have fun with them, that is all that matters. Mario Party 6 is also my favorite one! Love its boards and the day-and-night feature, and many of the minigames are good fun.

Yeah, I wasn't really a fan of all the monastery stuff, for instance, @Tyranexx.... So, I never did much of that See how it goes & if there's anything more specific you want to ask?

i keep everything in box, if i get copies/doubles i may open one...may...lol
ill never open those white or red golden axe skeletons thats for sure.
big trouble in little china...have you paid yer dues jack?
the check is in the mail.

thanks, its really simple and few tbh.
im very picky, always looking for that one green skeleton that meets my standards. theres like 2 im after for sure right now

@Fujimoto-San The last game I 100% was crash 1, I have yet to do odyssey as well, I'm doing it pretty slowly, as well as Paper Mario OGK.

@kkslider5552000 I also saw them do it to Bob-omb battlefield as well LOL.

I beat Bioshock 2 and my reward was choppy, completely silent, ending sequence.

Very avant-garde.

@Eel You got the bad ending or the happy one? Come to think of it there were 6 endings to that game. I played Bioshock 2 only 2 times.

@Zuljaras I went for the best one. From what I know, the endings are mostly just three, with slight variations depending on a few things.

@Tyranexx There's been some new regulations regarding COVID, and vaccinations. First, vaccines for minors have been legalised, meaning many people can now get the shot, helping our defence against this virus. But this is at least partly because after Eid al-Fitr, new regs were put in, that basically prohibited people from doing... well... anything, if they weren't vaccinated. In Saudi Arabia it's even worse, because that country is very devout, and I mean very devout. If you aren't vaccinated you won't be allowed to go to mosques. So this is massive.

Glad to hear you're starting to get back into things! I don't know specifically how IL has been doing but from your account it's gotten good enough for D&D! I also doubt the "normal" people have been craving, will ever arrive, because some people, like extreme recluses, would probably prefer the isolation. I'm mixed about it, I'm a person that's in both frames of mind, while I wouldn't say no to going out and such I also like being at home. Going out only when you want to means you have very focused outings.

Thanks for the kind words, it's very much appreciated! Hopefully none of the tracks I've put bore you, I had a lot of fun making them. Tal Tal Heights is a great song, it sounds very good originally, in the 2019 remake, and, arguably, in my own arrangement. An important thing when making an arrangement is making sure the entire audio spectrum is used, so you don't have a feeling of hollow-ness when listening with headphones. But yeah! Hopefully you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making them!

Coding takes a lot of skill and experience so forging a career out of it is no mean feat. The most in-depth experience I have with coding and robotics... Arduinos and Scratch. Embarrassing, yes, but true. I love exploring various tech, reading about it and seeing it, but in terms of building stuff, and coding, it's something I'd best leave to people of competence !

If I was more gullible and unaware of my true aptitude (lack thereof) for coding I'd happily buy Game Builder Garage, which I'm guessing was repurposed Labo software. It looks, simply put, insane, and the potential for this tool is frightening. I'd guess that your coding background makes you better suited to get it then? Of course one's passion for game design is important and for me while I can analyse it to the ends of the earth I can't replicate it for the love of God.

Since you know about these scenes I'll add my two cents, while being vague for potential readers. I hope Square takes the chance to re-imagine the entire story of Final Fantasy VII, but I don't want them to ruin the story. They have the chance to execute this idea brilliantly but they also have the chance to completely rewrite the game. I'd love it either way. The potential is great and I feel like Square couldn't have started in a better position with the Remake project.

I can't remember how much I died when I played through Breath of the Wild back in 2017, but I doubt I died little. I do remember the trials of Demon's Souls, but it's hardly a fair comparison between a Zelda game and a game... engineered for the specific purpose of making Sony more money off broken controllers and televisions. I love the difficulty scaling in BotW but it gets frustratingly easy very quickly. Sometimes even Master Mode feels like a farcical, especially after leaving the Great Plateau. The whole thing's great with the Lynel patrolling the area, but the floating platforms can give you stupidly powerful loot.

There are some points in time, like September 3, 2020, where I'd rather take a fan remake over what Nintendo offers in terms of legacy content and remakes. Some of the fan work put out is amazing, and it would be easy for Nintendo to sign the developer with a royalty / commission payment, with every copy sold, in exchange for working on a Switch port of the remake, or handing it over to a Nintendo team to finish. Instead they nerf them, because at times it puts them to shame.

This'll make me look silly but the only instance in which I would be less likely to buy Ocarina or Majora on Switch, is if they do what they did to Mario 64; just change nothing. I have a fully working 3DS so it's easy not to give in.

@Fujimoto-San Fates had 2 things that certain groups of people get really butthurt over.

The first is fan service. Some people get almost irrationally angry about that kind of thing.

The second is that they released the different routes as different versions. Think Pokemon. Only the different versions are actually different. And then released a 3rd route as DLC.

I can't speak on why people might hate Corrin in Smash beyond just the usual backlash that Fire Emblem gets from Smash fans. Perhaps some players find Corrin OP or too weak of a fighter.

Fighting games never hold my interest for long so I never got into Smash enough to know the "meta".

The used copy of Wario Ware Inc. I bought off ebay last year finally came in the mail today! And wow, whoever had it before, they unlocked everything, including Pyoro 2.

That takes dedication. I won't be deleting the save file.

@bimmy-lee Well, if memory serves ME right, you could actually be on to something, concerning Game of Death. I do believe that there have been some re-edits, or Director's Cut versions, if you will. And there's even a bootleg or possibly some bootlegs with Bruce Lee stand-ins. Heck, there's even Game of Death 2, which is completely made with a stand-in/Bruce Lee wannabe. Obviously, the martial arts in that movie pales in comparison to the original, but apparently, there was a market for a sequel, back in the day. Or at least: the company who made it, thought so.

@Heavyarms55 I see. That must be why I've seen so many Fire Emblem games with different titles and colors online. I thought they were fan made but.. I guess not. Unless its excessive I usually don't have a problem with fan service. Thanks for clearing that up!

@Fujimoto-San "Excessive" is a relative thing. Personally I don't think it is at all. But I've seen people who see any attractive characters as excessive fanservice. We're never gonna please everyone.

There are some people who I swear want everyone to dress like priests and nuns, be overweight, unhappy and either super bland looking or outright ugly.

Relative to other FE games, Fates does have more fan service. But I'd hardly say too much. On the other hand, though I don't really mind it, they really could have just released all 3 routes in one release, which they clearly learned from with FE3H and didn't repeat that poor design choice.

@Tyranexx - I forget, do you have a cat currently? They can be better equipped for long stretches of alone time. Seems like maybe we’ve had the allergy talk though. Yes, puppies are like toddlers: Cute, funny, clumsy, a little dumb (but learning), bowel control issues, they won’t let you sleep, they destroy all your favorite stuff, and you’re constantly, even irrationally worried they’re going to get run over. Other than that, it’s really fun!

@ThanosReXXX - I ended up doing a bit of googling as well, and it’s a pretty interesting situation. Yeah, there’s an original ending and another, longer edit made shortly thereafter. Part of my problem recalling a lot of this stuff is that I was watching it on public television, which made their own edits for time and content. Even cable made edits. Either version is a good movie if you ask me, though I definitely remember thinking the mafia story felt a bit tacked on, so I must have seen the original, shorter cut first.

Man, that fight from TWotD you posted is a classic. I’ve watched that video before, love the super slow motion. You can actually see Bruce be too fast at points and arrive at a block multiple frames before Chuck throws a strike.

Some of the shots that connect are brutal. It reminded me of an old wrestling angle between two big, scary monsters I liked back in the day. They had a long television feud, and decided to stand out on a mostly kid centric program by actually beating the crap out of each other in really brutal and bloody fashion. I was listening to one of the guys involved talk about those matches in retrospect and he said the scariest thing was knowing he was going to get punched in the face. In wrestling, they accidentally get punched from time to time, but to plan it out and plan on getting punched is a very scary thing to know it’s going to happen and anticipate it. So you can imagine how nervous Chuck might have been anticipating a kick to the head and then nearly getting his head kicked off by Bruce in one of those sequences!

My favorite part is a combo near the end where Bruce hits a nerve strike in Chuck’s right armpit, and then seconds later he sells it when he’s on the ground and his right hand is limp and twitching. Good stuff man.

@Heavyarms55 Exactly! That's what I've been saying. Some people just can't stand a character with good looks (either male or female) and just call it "fan service". I avoid associating myself with fandoms because of issues like that, besides the fact that they're also toxic most of the time. I don't think that separating the games' different routes was a wise choice but hey. I guess we got, what we got right?

@MarioLover92 Great news! My brother was browsing around in Target yesterday, and found Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury! We played it last night, and we had such a great time. As always I don't really expect a challenge from Mario games these days but its so fun to play. We already cleared and 100% World One and are in the middle of World Two. This morning we tried out Bowser's Fury and it was blast to play too. I'll be honest with you though, with all the metal in the background playing I thought that Fury Bowser was going to be.. more difficult. But we've barely started that mode so my hope is that the difficulty will increase, as we progress collecting Cat Shrines.

I wanted to ask you something. Are you familiar with Minecraft? I've heard that its a game that supports local co-op, but I'm rather confused to how the gameplay is. If you're not, then don't sweat it! I'll find out somehow, either that or I'll just buy the game, ha ha!

@Fujimoto-San That's awesome! I'm glad you got it and are having a good time with it. I know of Minecraft, but never played it.

@bimmy-lee Glad you liked it.

And yeah, I remember having seen that TV edit as well. As I have probably mentioned several times before, the Netherlands is very USA-focused, where entertainment is concerned, so it's probably the very same edit as well. I also seem to remember that stand-in having some kind of unnatural hairdo, almost as if wearing a wig, but my memory could be fooling me, so I'm not completely sure. Either way, as I pointed out before, the fighting in the edit and in the sequel was definitely of a lesser quality, so even if they did manage to make the stand-in look alike, that most certainly still stood out.

As for Way of the Dragon, yeah, that is to this day still one of my most favorite martial arts fight scenes I've ever seen, and I can easily watch it over and over. The slo-mo bit was new to me as well, by the way, so that was a welcome and pleasant surprise, thanks to that specific YouTube user.

On a side note and for your info: even though the punches and kicks did really connect, they were still the result of a perfectly choreographed scene, done by two professionals and dear friends, so they did rehearse beforehand and besides that, professional, high ranking karateka's know how to roll with a punch, so even though it will still have hurt somewhat, Chuck would at least have been able to mitigate some of the impact and subsequent damage.

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By the way, I know you sometimes chat with Anti. Have you got anything that you wish to or are able to share with us about his whereabouts or, in case of illness, condition? We may not always see eye to eye or like the same things, but I bear him no ill will, so if he's in a bit of a predicament or ill, be sure to send him some wishing wells from this grumpy old Titan...

@Fujimoto-San Hi, I hope you don't mind me stepping in, but I've found this video, which might help you figure out how it all goes.