Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Snatcher
I didn't complete my Pokedex too on Pokemon 3DS and Switch games as i'm not really a huge fan of Pokemon games so i only get the interesting looking Pokemons.
I have some Pokemon 3DS games and two games on Switch (but i rarely to play them recently).

Recently i got motivated to add more Yokai from Yokai Watch games on 3DS. I think some Yokai design on Yokai Watch games look more interesting than Pokemon design as most of them can talk like human and have humanoid looking rather than animal looking. Komasan is the cutest one in my opinion, Slugger (Damajor Nine) is the coolest one as i like muscular looking creatures with sporty outfits.

@Tyranexx I know several recipes for tomato sauce, or I just use the pre-made ones I mentioned earlier and mix them into something that I still call "my own" tomato sauce...

As for licorice that actually tastes good: yep, the rumors are true. Licorice actually CAN taste good. Germany has really good licorice (Haribo is the best brand, so look for imports, if you're curious enough and can find any in your area), but nothing beats the Netherlands, so as an appreciator of this particular type of candy, I count myself VERY lucky having landed here. I always have a jar full of it in the house, containing a multitude of different kinds. They have SO many of them, that even for the most picky of eaters, there ought to be at least one or two kinds of Dutch licorice that you might like.

The proof is in the pudding, though, so I had to eat my way through a LOT of different ones to find my favorites, but nowadays, I have a pretty extensive list of good ones, so I can mix and match, so as not always having the same kinds in the jar.

@ogo79 "I'll take what I can get"

Good man...

@Anti-Matter at least if your system breaks you wont be losing all your yo kai.

@Anti-Matter Yeah, you could look on GameFAQs if you want to. Don't sweat it if you can't find a 12th game though. Try to be thankful for what you can find and get, regardless of how many games you've found. Personally, I just buy whatever games I'm interested in - the amount of games I have isn't really a concern for me since I just have so many of them across all the consoles I have hooked up. lol

Oh actually, remember when I brought up Super Monkey Ball 2 on the GameCube? I just remembered that there's Super Monkey Ball Deluxe for the PS2 and Xbox, I remember seeing that there was a double pack with that game and Sonic Mega Collection Plus on the latter. You'd probably like it.

@Snatcher
If i remembered, every Pokemon games only have one save slot.
But Yokai Watch games on 3DS have three save slots (two save slots for Yokai Watch 3)

@Anti-Matter you don't need to insert yokai watch into every pokemon conversation. We know you prefer yokai watch, and that's perfectly valid, really, but it gets kinda pushy.

Thank you

@WoomyNNYes I hope you injoyed it yes?

@ogo79 Think you can get me some skelo's on the beach?

@Anti-Matter Right, fair enough. I don't know many other Xbox games to suggest but good luck with finding another one you like.

@Tyranexx Did you buy a European copy of Professor Layton and the Spectre's Call intentionally or is that just what you were sent? I don't know if you know this but that's probably not the best version of the game because it originally came with an extra RPG mode called London Life, but that was removed in Europe due to the amount of text and the number of languages it would have to have been translated into. I have a UK copy that I've had since not long after launch but I'm thinking about buying an American one at some point so I can play that mode. I haven't checked how much that would cost yet though.

@Anti-Matter Psychonauts is probably your kinda thing and is on Xbox. Jet Set Radio Future is the best Xbox exclusive still stranded but it’ll be expensive now.

@nessisonett Such a great game, can't wait for part 2 this year.

@MarioLover92 I'd also like to get to Canada, at the very least British Columbia and Montreal/Quebec. My parents briefly crossed into Canada on their honeymoon when they went to see Niagara Falls. The irony is it's the closest international border to yours truly, but that's still quite a drive. Some EU countries are also on my list, and I'd also like to get to Mexico or at least some part of Central America at some point. Same with areas of the Caribbean. Australia and New Zealand too. Naturally, I'd also like to go to Japan, though preferably with someone who can read and speak Japanese. Sigh...If only traveling internationally wasn't so time-consuming and expensive lol.

That trail I mentioned meets up with many of the others in a sort of nexus in the middle. It's pretty convenient and is a decent place to rest as well as long as we haven't had a ton of rain; the area it's in is near a river bottom that tends to flood in those conditions.

@Snatcher The lack of cloud saves for the Pokemon games is one of my biggest gripes about NSO. While I technically understand the anti-cheating angle, believe me when I say there are other ways to hack Pokemon; people do it all the time. Pokemon Home is intended to be a solution I suppose, but that only saves the Pokemon, not the progress one has made in the game. I suspect Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl will have the same limitation.

@Anti-Matter I'm not very familiar with the original Xbox's library, but are you into Digimon? I believe one of the Digimon Rumble games (fighting) released on the original Xbox, as well as one of the Digimon World games (action/adventure).

Just checked, and if interested you'd be looking for Digimon World 4 and Digimon Rumble Area 2, respectively. Most of the other games in those sub-series released on Playstation platforms, though it appears there was a Digimon All-Star Rumble on the Xbox 360.

@ThanosReXXX Glad to know I've found someone I can consult on licorice! I'm actually familiar with the Haribo brand, primarily their excellent gummy bears. I'll keep my eye out for any licorice from that brand if it exists in the area. Thanks for the suggestion!

@Dogorilla I intentionally bought a PAL copy of the game. I did my homework beforehand, so I knew about the Layton's London Life debacle before hitting the purchase button. I'm sure it's a cool mode, but it appears to be non-canon and is, ultimately, something I can live without. _{Especially with all the other games on my plate lol.} All the same, I appreciate the warning.

The main reason I went with this version was due to the fact that, at least at the time, it was the best deal I could find. New copies are very expensive, and that was one of the better deals I could find used since it came with the case and all the manuals. It's in excellent shape, and going by the previous save and condition of the cart, I don't think it saw much use. I still paid a bit of a premium over its original release price, but only slightly less than a new $40 3DS game.

@Tyranexx Canadian here

It's a very lively place to be. Quebec (mainly Montreal) and Ottawa in particular are pretty big tourist attractions that me and my family have travelled to on road trips and it's where a lot of key landmarks are like Parliament Hill and Mont Tremblant

Toronto is also like New York except not as much litter on the ground lol

@Tyranexx I hope not, please, I will half love switch online if they do.

@Tyranexx - Mice sure are sneaky little devils, they can squeeze in, around, or under amazingly tight spaces. I bet they just love your attic space with all that ready made bedding just waiting for them. When I was in real estate, I was in a whole lot of attics, and it was pretty rare to not see some kind of evidence that they’ve been there. We have the little brown field/wood mice around my place. They don’t come inside (knocking on wood), but they’re plentiful in the yard. They’re so small and cute that I don’t do anything about them, though my neighbor’s cats definitely don’t share this opinion.

Totally with you on the green bell peppers. You could stew them for three days trying to cook every last bit of flavor out of them, and it’s still the only thing I would taste if you added them to a dish. They could be chopped paper thin with a razor blade and added to a salad with 20 other ingredients, and they’re still all I’d taste. I just can’t do them at all on anything, always been this way too.

@Snatcher Honestly, if you can find a copy, any of the gen 4 or gen 5 games are pretty good. They’re grindy, but have good stories and gameplay.

Also, @Anti-Matter I never bothered to complete the pokedex in any of the games, and never bothered to complete the compendiums in yokai watch. The befriending system in 1-3 is kind of abhorrent, and the recolors seem a but too much.

@Tyranexx I can honestly see Legends being the first game in the series to have cloud saves, given it lacks online compatibility, making it impossible to clone pokemon or cheat.

@Tyranexx
From All monster taming games i knew (Pokemon, Digimon, Monster Rancher, Yokai Watch), Digimon was the least favorite as i didn't really like the storyline, some monster design and the branching of the series. If i rank every monster taming games i knew, it will be like this.

Yokai Watch > Monster Farm > Pokemon > Digimon

The reason Monster Rancher is higher than Pokemon because i grew up first by Monster Rancher 2 on PS1 and Monster Rancher 4 PS2 during 2000's era, also i have ever followed the anime series of Monster Rancher (Monster Farm in Japanese title) since year 1999. Too bad, the franchise was not as popular as Pokemon despite it has very unique way to regenerate the monster in game by inserting any CD or DVD (DVD is for PS2 version) to regenerate monster from the disc you inserted and there are some specific CD or DVD that regenerate Rare monsters. The CD or DVD could be from games or music or movie or backed up CD / DVD disc. There is no fainted monster after get KO in Monster Farm anime, even the monsters could get killed or aging or sickness and they will turn back into medal with some roots wrapped the medal (the sign of dead monster). In the game, if your monster got very high damage and KO, they might be sent into hospital for got injury and sometimes they will die after get KO by extreme damage from battle. Well, that was harsh.

Yokai Watch is currently higher than Monster Rancher and Pokemon due to some interesing monster / Yokai design, more interesting storyline and interesting way to get monster by using Gatcha machine in game to get almost random things (Yokai or usable items or accesory or fusion items). The amount of how many coins can be used to use Gatcha machine depend on the series as they have different rules.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation but Digimon games are not really my cup of tea. I will find one more XBOX game from the genre that i still haven't added yet or the game that have similarities with the game i knew from my last experience. ☺

@nessisonett
Hm, Psychonauts and Jet Set Radio ?
(Watching the gameplay from Youtube)
Not sure about those games. 🤔

@Eel
Eh, Sorry. Maybe i was too excited with Yokai Watch games. 😅

@VoidofLight
Same, i don't collect every Yokai medals as there are some Yokai design looks weird
or spooky to collect. Also, there are some rare Yokai that i might impossible to get them due to require save data from other series or from optional quest with very hard challenge.
Befriending Yokai in YW1 and YW2 are kinda frustrating if you don't put Shmoopie or Cupistol or Casanuva in your team to have higher chance to befriend Yokai after battle. But on YW3, there is an ultimate item called Forbidden Fruit (Purple apple like forbidden fruit in Bible) to get any Yokai after battle by rate 100% (The Master Ball in Yokai Watch games) and getting Forbidden Fruits is very easy, just scan the QR codes from internet (there is a website that provided 400 Forbidden Fruits QR codes).