Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

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@TheJGG First of all, apologies for the delay. There were a couple of evenings this past week where I was hoping to get around to this, particularly Thursday, but RL likes throwing in an extra wrench or two lol. At least now I have a post-Direct and post-E3 perspective. (More on that soon)

Not sure when I'll get around to the BotW DLC, but it will be sooner rather than later. Just definitely not this weekend. I've been away long enough from the latest iteration of Hyrule that I'm starting to get the itch to explore again...though not strongly enough to sink 100+ hours into a new file! I'll be continuing on my current one.

I figured you noped out of the Square presentation for sleep reasons, though apparently those were less intentional than I thought. Totally understandable; last weekend I fell asleep oddly early for a Friday night. I must be getting tired in my old age. XD While I'm happy the Switch is getting Guardians of the Galaxy in some form, as I suspected it's the Cloud version. Fine for those who want it, but I'd rather get it on a different platform. As on the fence as I am about an impending all-digital video game future (I won't repeat that discussion as I believe it's one we've had), I vastly prefer it over being at the mercy of a streaming service and, thus, near reliable Wi-Fi. I was hoping Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster would surprisingly show up during the Direct in a similar fashion (native, not streamed), but to no avail. It's possible it'll eventually show up, but I'm not holding my breath.

I'm pretty sure a look of "WAT" was on my face during the Stranger in Paradise: Final Fantasy Origins trailer. I just rewatched it, and it IS perfect meme material. Heck, the most upvoted comment on the official video lists all the "Chaos" time stamps! XD I started reading the comments, and then read on that you read the comments...I agree. So many of them are perfect! We all need a little chaos in our lives every now and again. Be it in everyday living or meme-worthy trailers. 6.9K upvotes vs. 6.3K downvotes at this point. I now hope someone with the time and video skills memes the Hacker saying "chaos" from the Cyberchase cartoon in the appropriate places. Everyone needs more Christopher Lloyd in their life.

Much luck on the Xenoblade progress! Glad that you could find some online resources to help out. I still need to listen to the rest of those songs - listening is a gradual work in progress on my end!

I never got into Clash of Clans, though I've heard it's a microtransaction monster. Not nearly as bad as the Fortnite fever though. A lot of kid seem obsessed with that game. While that's all well and good, I've come across stories of those who went way too crazy with V-bucks. I guarantee you if microtransactions had been a thing in my youth, my parents would have said "Sure, but you're paying for them." I do give credit to some games like Pokemon Go; it's lenient enough with what you can do that I've never yet spent any money on the game. None of their monetary offerings have been "Had to have" for me, though one of the more recent events was ticketed and had a shiny locked behind it.

As for Stardew Valley, I've heard many decent things about the game but haven't played it. I avoid farm-like sims on principle, no matter how good they are. Most sim games in general really, mainly because they can be major time sinks. Too...Well, I think I might have explained about how obsessed I was with Farmville and other related games at one point, which I think might've affected my interest in the genre. Though I'd certainly play another Roller Coaster Tycoon or Zoo Tycoon game if one rolls around and is decent. I used to play a ton of simulation games like those back in the day.

I've thought of reserving some time each week to watch what I wish, though that would also include TV series and anime. I sorely need to revisit Avatar: The Last Airbender and, after that, finish watching The Legend of Korra. I've only seen the first season of the latter; a moved time slot coupled with my work schedule at the time meant I missed out on the later seasons. I'd need to find a consistent hour or so when I don't have anything going on. I used to go out and watch the occasional movie, but nothing has been on recently that I care for....Though I am bummed I missed airings of Raya and the Last Dragon. I do hope to catch Luka when it hits theaters. I'm too cheap to dive into Disney+.

Some of Nintendo's pricing is indeed a bit weird. Some games like Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (HAH! I put "furry" at first. XD) had the extra effort put in, so I'm fine with the pricing there. Some of the other games you mentioned depend on the case. I don't think Pikmin 3 Deluxe should've been full price, same with the Switch port of Tropical Freeze. They did add Funky Mode to the latter, but when you consider the original price of the game (I believe it was $50 USD), it seems like an odd mark-up. I did pick up The World Ends With You: Final Remix, but that was via a significant online sale awhile back.

Peanut butter on toast is one of my favorite combinations. Hope you replenished the stock; I very rarely don't have any in the house. Besides that, I also like using fruit spreads, goat cheese, and will rarely use butter. Chunky as it is, I've found a bit of applesauce can work wonders too...or maybe I'm just crazy that way. XD Darn it, now I want pancakes and waffles.

I hope your vaccine went well, with few significant side effects. At the very least, you're posting, unless you're literally ghostwriting.

There wasn't really anything new with the Capcom presentation, but they covered about what I expected. I probably would have been less pleased if I weren't a Monster Hunter fan, however. It was a little more...brief than I thought it would be. The crossover content between Rise and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin was almost a given. Not being well-versed with Ace Attorney, I also appreciated the detail overview of The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. The Resident Evil stuff wasn't my cup of tea, but I know it's a big franchise for them with plenty of fans.

I did leave some general Direct impressions when I briefly dived into the thread Tuesday. Overall I was quite pleased with the presentation; there was something for just about everyone. Metroid Dread stole the show for me, though the new Breath of the Wild 2 footage was a relatively close second. I'm sure some are disappointed that game isn't showing up this year, but I honestly wasn't expecting it until 2022 anyway. I also really want the Game & Watch; it has the original Link's Awakening, one of my favorite handheld entries (in all its forms), the game that started it all, what looks to be an entertaining Game & Watch game that features Link, and Zelda II for some good old-fashioned masochism. Other highlights for me were Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp (Honestly been wanting to try this series, was poised to grab the games on Wii U but will likely wait for this version) and WarioWare: Get It Together! (Love the series!).

As for E3 overall, I'd rank it as middling. Outside of Nintendo's show, I found the others that I watched/have read impressions about to either be somewhat decent, middling, or fairly bleh. Though I did hear Microsoft's showing was strong as well. I haven't watched their presentation but have read a couple of highlights.