Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@TheJGG I want to go ride the paved pumptrack, but I don't want to deal with the 50 minute drive. It's 35 miles away (56 km).

Watched a bit of F1 practice yesterday, saw the banked turn on the netherlands course (I read they have two banked turns). I didn't watch long enough to see anything else interesting.

If I game this weekend, I'll work on my improving my Rocket League skills to get back to diamond rank. Mainly I want to unlock diamond tournament rewards. Every time skills improve, though, it makes the game so fun.

Lost enthusiasm for Skyward Sword after getting the first sword flame and the clawshot (40 hours of playtime). Haven't touched it in a week.

Hadn't played Luigi's Mansion 3 in a year+. Story is maybe 80% complete. Completed floor 11. Floor 12 is next.

How's @TheJGG doing?

@TheJGG Doing just fine here. Been playing Xenoblade Chronicles recently.

@TheJGG i'm doing pretty well. Feeling good on this three-day holiday weekend. Got myself another monster statue in my collection:

He's roughly a foot tall and even wider due to wingspan. @ogo79 has skeletons, i've got monsters.

How 'bout yourself?

I'm sleepy....

@TheJGG Ok, I guess. Just visiting a sixth form and doing biology.

@Link-Hero I tried it for the first time in high school and actually liked it. Before that, I'd heard all sorts of stories (as you might expect with that age group) and was expecting to hate it. I might try to track a can down next time I go grocery shopping just for the heck of it.

@MarioLover92 Don't you worry, you have plenty of ground to cover in the game yet.

On Club Nintendo: Ah, I've heard of that figurine! Quite an impressive one to look at. Glad you managed to nab that one! I kind of wished I'd been able to get my hands on some of the playing cards at least. Maybe now that My Nintendo is offering physical rewards, they'll rotate those in...eventually? While I'm glad My Nintendo even has physical rewards now, the few I've been interested in getting tend to sell out almost immediately. That, or I don't want something badly enough to pay shipping costs. XD

@Anti-Matter Ah, so spam alternatives do exist. That mixed with eggs and tomatoes sounds like a good breakfast combo...or fit for any point of the day really.

Good for you on picking up more games you'll like. I really enjoyed Super Mario Galaxy 2, though personally I prefer the first game. In a way it's a rehash of the first game, and I'm not fond of the Yoshi sections at all. I believe it was disclosed in an interview a few years ago that SMG2 was born from left out concepts the team wanted to add to the first game, but they decided to create a sequel with them instead. Nowadays, SMG2 would most likely have been DLC.

I hope you get Megaman Network Transmission! I love the Battle Network series, though I've heard that particular game is more like the main series Mega Man titles.

@Losermagnet I can relate on carpenter bees, though thankfully (at least in my experience) they aren't very aggressive. Just very, very damaging. I grew up in a log cabin and they just loved to chew holes into the beams for their nests. I don't mind most stinging insects generally, though I'll take bees any day over wasps/hornets since the latter don't have to worry about dying when stinging. I've had a couple of foul experiences.

@BruceCM I'm aware that isn't his true name, but the game does a good job of making the player dislike the character. I've been trying to buy games slower than I play them, and that has been working with some success. However, I also seem to have less time for them these days....

@ogo79 I've only ever had it straight out of a can, but I'm morbidly curious enough that I want to try using it in a couple of different ways now lol.

@Tyranexx Yeah, I wanted to get the My Nintendo gold and silver pins, but I was torn on getting that or the Cat Mario keychain. I ended up getting the latter, since I only had 800 platinum coins and I thought it would be sold out quicker. Turns out the pins sold out first...and their catalog doesn't have the pins anymore. Ah well. lol

Adding to part of your reply to TheJGG, yeah a vast majority of my games are physical, though I have plenty of digital games too. Last year I ended up getting the digital version of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Mainly because I wanted to check up on my island and play with my Nintendo Life friends without swapping games. (My brother visited my island at one time too.)

Have a safe and fun trip in advance - I know it's not right now but I wanted to wish you all the best anyway.

@Losermagnet monsters are cool too, used to do that myself

omg, you like it raw like that? no maam lol. please try it fried. ill forget you said this.

thanks, cant wait till my scare glow shirt gets here for halloween, actually its halloween here everyday but ya know...the "official" one.

thank you sir. i been sitting here staring at the figure you made me, much appreciated

@Tyranexx
I just wonder why don't Megaman Star Force get same popularity as Battle Network in both anime and games ?
I found the NDS games of Star Force were expensive even on Japanese version and the USA / PAL version like nowhere to be founded (if there are, they have insane prices). Tough luck if you still able to find Star Force 2 & 3 English version from Ebay (and with insane prices for 2D games).
But, luckily I found one seller from Tokopedia have 1 Star Force Pegasus NDS Japanese version with affordable price.
I will get that game once I have right time to pick.
Reading Japanese texts for RPG games kinda difficult but I believe I can play the game by following the walkthrough video from YouTube.

BTW, I saw the gameplay of Battle Network (GBA and NDS) looks very similar as Star Force (using 3D scene during Battle).
I still didn't really understand the gameplay rules like which card should I pick and how did I attack the enemies and did I need some timing in execution ?

I saw Capcom tried to be like Pokemon style with their Megaman Battle Network and Star Force by release their games in 2 / 3 different version during GBA until NDS era. I dunno if Capcom's only release those games in limited quantity and made the copies on Ebay get insane price tag for it's rarity. I was very late to consider Megaman Battle Network / Star Force when finally I have some curiosity with those games. And take a note, I didn't even grew up by Megaman franchises, I knew there was a different version of Megaman games but at that time I didn't really pay attention. As I grew up become adult and have a chance to buy original games, it was too late for me to get into those games as retro games getting more expensive by years, so the only one legal way I can do by find either Megaman Battle Network / Star Force Japanese version with affordable price. I have dealt with some Japanese NDS games so I have to able and get into the Japanese version of Megaman NDS games I can pick.

Also, I just wondered why does the Pokemon fans don't want some radical changes in Pokemon games ?
I mean, if the next Pokemon games have different battle style maybe like Yokai Watch 4 or FF X-2 with different ATB bar depend on the speed or like Gambit system FF XII, for me it's nothing wrong with that as 1 vs 1 battle looked tedious and archaic from my opinion than 3 vs 3 that most RPG games adopted this battle system. Also, the next Pokemon games need some completely different storyline structure by removing the gym leader, rival, professor, team villain, etc as for me it was very scripted for an adventure to become Pokemon trainer. Make some drastic changes by make the trainer as amnesiac guy who have no idea about their identity after got struck by accident but have to save Pokemon from real evildoers that made him lost their memories or make a feud between two different country about Pokemon and something and you have to stop the feud or make a young kid from real world suddenly got teleportated to parallel universe (Pokemon world) and have to find a way to return to their place while at the same time they befriended with the Pokemons and stop the evil things happened over there and their real world.
Put some different story line structure without living with Mom, meet the professor, meet the gym leader, meet the team villain, meet the Legendaries and I might get interested more with new Pokemon games. What do you think about my ideas ?

@WoomyNNYes Saw qualifying, plus F3, that track is absolutely nuts. Best part is that there are different lines for turn 1 and turn 3, so that'll help the start tomorrow. Quali was also great, both Williams ruined their chances of a top ten start when both of them crashed within minutes of each other. Shame you've lost enthusiasm for Skyward Sword though; the Clawshot's my favourite item, so at that point I thought to myself: "this is where the fun begins!" And... LM3, more or less the same. Saving that one for a rainy day.

As for me, I bought F1 2021 and in the space of one night, a day and a morning (so two days) I've already put 15 hours into it. I was gobsmacked when I saw that stat, it's almost embarrassing... but it's so fun, with a great "My Team" mode, plus a story for those into it. In racing games I love starting from the back and fighting my way through the field, there's something great about pulling off good moves. Plus the "push-to-pass" ERS overtake button's been so fun to use. Didn't even play anything else the whole weekend.

@MarioLover92 Saw that the other day, is it one of the disciples you're facing? I'm almost an expert on that game (except superbosses lol) but I can't remember any bosses with spike damage... either way have fun with it, that game is, as you likely already know, an absolute masterpiece!

@Losermagnet Wow... that's one hell of a statue. A whole foot you say?! Now that's a proper collecting hobby! Hopefully soon you'll ask @Zuljaras for a... monster statue? Pun aside that's a challenge for ya!

Yeah, I'm sure that's a problem plenty here have as well, @Tyranexx ..... Do keep us posted on it, anyway

@Anti-Matter
I have no idea why are you keep talking with wall of texts like that.

@ogo79 I will try and find a way to make them come alive like in Toy Story or Little Soldiers some day! Then I will send you a live one!

@TheJGG I would love that but I want Thanos to return soon so I can finish his statue of Zeus.
I am kind of worried about that man!

Surprise !
ABBA is back with their new song.

hahaha a live one. I wonder if a nutcase like myself could even handle that. and yeah im thinking were all getting worried about thanos now

Oi! @ThanosReXXX! What's takin' ya?!

Hm, it does seem like its been a month or so since @ThanosReXXX has posted. Hope he's doing okay.

@TheJGG yeah they're hard to find and usually pricey when you do. I found out that a series of Ray Harryhausen vinyl statues is being released and i preordered a handful. I actually havent been buying very many video games because i've been spending my cash on monsters 😅

@Zuljaras how is Zeus coming along?

@Tyranexx Ouch! We had a wooden porch on our old house and that was my first introduction to Carpenter Bees. We never did get rid of them. When we moved to our new house it was Paper Wasps that were welcoming us to the neighborhood. They're pretty imposing, but evidently if you leave colored construction paper out they will use it to build their tiny hives. I've been exaggerating a bit about how much bugs bother me. They dont scare me, but they can be a major nuisance.

@Losermagnet It is frozen in its current state:

I will continue working on him after Thanos returns

Stupid level 6 Minefield from Finding Nemo Gamecube !! 🤬
I keep constanly failed no matter how many times I tried to get into the bubble rings from Bruce the Shark. The ocean current was too strong, too impossible to catch the bubble rings even I have tried so hard to navigate the Dory swimming from analog button !
I knew Movie to games by THQ during early 2000's were really bad in term of gameplay difficulty and control.
Rocket Power & Finding Nemo really made me upset from the "impossible to clear" missions by given terrible controlling and punishment for making a tiny mistake. I think i will neglect those games for being unplayable at certain levels.

Oh, well.
Rant over.
I have to go to sleep.

Edit: About other games, Super Mario Galaxy 2 was not as hard as the first game so far from my gameplay progress. I have reached World 4, a half way through the World 8.