Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Solid stamp of approval right there. Your work was so good that the hosts thought you 3D printed it. This level of talent can't be restricted because it's a hobby. Castletoria merch?

@TheJGG I would love to do Castletoria merch after I release the game! I have to work really hard to release it!!! I am drawing assets even on my vacation

@Zuljaras My coursework for the summer's keeping me honest too... analysing emojis is not my idea of a fun time. If you're enjoying working on Castletoria, you're still on holiday, believe me!

@Zuljaras amazing work and talent

@TheJGG Analysing emojis? That seems interesting good luck with it!
@1UP_MARIO Thank you!!!

@ogo79 You're posting a LOT indeed. It's almost un-ogo like...
But good to see that you're not crawling into/hiding in your shell, which would be an entirely natural response to losing a loved one, so that's a positive note for ya.

By now, you've collected more than enough skeletons for people to not just find them in your closet. I wonder what happens whenever someone else ultimately inherits all of that. Oh, the stories they will tell about crazy old ogo79 and his skeleton fetish...

@Zuljaras That is simply brilliant, and VERY well deserved, my friend, as your work keeps getting better and better. Perhaps even we wouldn't have known that you made it yourself, had we not seen the whole process from start to finish, but being able to fool the pros is just an added bonus. And even though you didn't win, you must feel pretty damn satisfied about that.

@Dogorilla Well, I thought they were more expensive before, so that's why I said discounted, but maybe their prices were already that low. Either way, they're cheap anyways: the Prime trilogy and Other M are €19.99 each and Metroid Zero and Fusion are €6.99. I live in the Netherlands, so that's the eShop I'm using. Should be the general EU eShop, so you should be able to access it as well, if prices in the UK are higher.

@ThanosReXXX thank you!!! And I really am satisfied as I got recognized and even if I did not win I will still get the prize(minus the pixel frame ofc)

@ThanosReXXX Ah yeah, those are the normal prices. I bought Zero Mission a few days ago, it was £6.29 IIRC. They are good prices, as you say, and I don't want to be overly negative but the ability to get Wii games for £18 on Wii U kind of puts the £50 Skyward Sword remaster to shame. I don't have Prime Trilogy yet but I'll certainly get that in some form before Prime 4 comes out. (If the Trilogy comes to Switch then I may get it on there, but I'm guessing it will be twice the price of the Wii U release so I'll most likely stick with that).

@ogo79 - It’s a continuous and unrelenting gut punch at first man. Every time you catch your breath, bam, another punch. It’s normal, natural, and it does stop being this way. It just takes our dumb brains a long time to move on from, “they can’t be gone” when they definitely are gone. When you get on the other side of that particular gutter, you can begin to see the beauty of the full picture. It’s just real rough getting there.

I'm sure @ogo79 will like these Skeleton Yokai from Yokai Watch 3.

Oh, there is another one.

(Names are my choices, not based on actual Yokai name in games due to limitation 8 digits letter)

I didn't even use those Skeleton Yokai LOL.
Not a fan of bones thing.

I just got home and watched the whole LRG Castlevania stream!

At the 21:32 they also show my Simon drawing as well!!!

I am not going to lie that felt good!!!

@Zuljaras So, what price did you get, then?

@Dogorilla So, it's a little more expensive in pounds, then? Perhaps you should make a Dutch/Euro mainland account then, if that's possible. If so, you'll be able to save quite a bit of money.

Metroid Prime Trilogy looks surprisingly good, for such an old game. I've got the Wii U on component cables, run through a component to HDMI converter and plugged into a powered hub on my new 55" LG OLED55CX6LA screen, and there's zero lag and it looks simply brilliant, even though it's basically just slightly cleaned up GameCube games. Well, at least the first two games...

As for Skyward Sword HD: I kind of agree, but more work has been done to that title than to any of the Metroid Prime games, because these are still in SD, so some price disparity was to be expected, also because it's on a Switch cartridge. Personally, I'm not sure if I'm going to get the game, seeing as I already own the limited edition on the Wii, with the gold-colored Wii remote Plus and the concert CD, which is great, by the way, if you like Zelda music.

I did pre-order the limited edition Skyward HD joy con set, though. Couldn't resist those...

@ThanosReXXX I meant that the prize of the contest was the Castlevania Collection Ultimate Edition but I have ordered it because I saw how good the other pieces are

@Zuljaras Ah, okay. I thought you won something in the contest. Well, you did win the SURprize...

On an un-related side note: my new TV did NOT like my old HDMI switch, so I had to get a new one, and this time, I decided to spend a little more money and get a powered one, with a normal wall plug.

I bought this one, that you can switch on and off, and that also has a varied range of support for audio channels and devices: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tendak-Switcher-Optical-Toslink-Extr...
So, in case you're still looking for a good HDMI switch, I can heartily recommend it. I currently have the Xbox 360, Xbox One S, Wii, Wii U and Switch connected to it, and it works like a charm.

The Wii is connected by a Portta component to HDMI device (which also happens to be Amazon's Choice, as in: recommended device). I don't know which ones you've tried before or which one you have now, but in my experience, this is the best one so far. The Wii looks brilliant on my new big screen, and all games look surprisingly good.

But the Wii main menu definitely shows it's true face though, because it's SO fuzzy/blurry looking, that it simply MUST be below 480p, something that obviously didn't stand out on older/smaller TV's, but now it's painfully obvious...

On the other hand, it makes the games themselves look even better, so it's still a win in my book.

@ThanosReXXX A little bit, yeah. I don't know if it's possible to make other region accounts on Wii U. If it is I might consider it but it would be a bit of a hassle lol.

I've never actually played Skyward Sword. I'll probably pick it up next month... on Wii, because I don't think the slightly improved graphics and QoL features of the Switch version are worth the price difference for me, unless Nintendo suddenly announces a new exclusive dungeon or something. I am looking forward to finally playing it though, and I'm jealous of that Wii limited edition you have! I'm also tempted by the Zelda Joy-Cons...

@Dogorilla Well, they're not "slightly" improved, they're cleaned up AND HD-ified. The Prime trilogy is only cleaned up, but not turned into HD, so textures and so on are not improved. A good comparison to use is Twilight Princess. That most definitely has significant improvements in its HD version, compared to the GameCube original.

@Anti-Matter
It's totally fine, I get it. I wasn't on the site for a while, and I'm still kind of struggling to get responses done in a timely fashion. I hope you're doing well.

Anyways... Yeah, it did seem like there was a lot more hype for Ninjala when it was first revealed, but then as the release date came closer, a lot of interest seemed to die off. Ninjala doesn't take a lot of space (it's around 4GB, 4.2GB to be exact), so I think you should get it and try it out to see if you like it.

@MarioLover92
Yeah, I think that most people who played Super Monkey Ball have mainly played the first two games. I don't remember hearing about the Eye Toy SMB games, although the Eye Toy thing does sound vaguely familiar, emphasis on the vaguely.

The Disney Renaissance era definitely has well-done films, I do like the older Disney movies as well, although I definitely like the Disney Renaissance movies more, though.

@TheJGG
I saw Raya recently as well, and thought it was really good. I plan on seeing Luca in the (hopefully) near future, but we'll see. I mean, I feel like it's better to represent a culture with a new movie/TV show, than a remake can since you have more freedom and creative liberties you can take than with remakes.

I also thought that Sisu has a well-done character. Hey, I've also seen Crazy Rich Asians. Yeah, Raya and the Last Dragon has a good mix of well-done elements to it. The animation was really good also. It seems like they're starting to do the Frozen II trend of making everything look as realistic as possible also.

I know, I just know that sometimes I can go on a subject for too long, or I somehow come across an unpopular topic (not anything controversial/political, but more along of unpopular opinion types of topics, if you get what I mean).

@ThanosReXXX Skyward Sword certainly looks better on Switch but, from what I've seen of the original, it still looks decent thanks to the colourful, stylised graphics. To me the upgrade is not as striking as with something like Twilight Princess or Xenoblade Chronicles (which was already impressive for a Wii game but looks stunning on Switch).

My birthday's at the start of August so I might try and get the Joy-Cons then, if they haven't sold out by that point.

Since rhythm games were brought up couple of days ago, my 3DS reminds me, I have one of the Hatsune Miku games. Remember buying it while it was on sale. Wondering if anyone else played this series.

@SM3DASislit Yeah, he is the music producer on both movies too. Yeah, it was neat seeing him perform a song from my favorite movies during the half-time show. Funny, not being into sports, I ended up watching the half-time show on YouTube via the NFL's channel. It just popped up when I had a marathon of the ads, lol. When the song came one, I literally yelled "Trolls made the super bowl," even if it was just Justin singing the song. XD

It's an honor, think I'm going to start season 3 this upcoming week. Been enjoying a couple of PC games thanks to sales GOG and Steam had recently (mostly Bioforge, Mirror's Edge, Duke Nukem 3D and Two Point Hospital if you're curious). Under the Ninjala free pass, I found an emote I'd like to try to unlock.

Not having had a Wii/ Wii U, I'm looking forward to Skyward Sword for my Lite .... I pre-ordered it with my reward points, so that's like a freebie