Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Yes guys... YES! Let's go! What're you guys hoping to see?

Dance Dance Revolution on Nintendo Switch.

@Tyranexx No need to apologise, I’ve been quite busy too. I’ve had free time here and there but not enough to draft up one of these. Hopefully you’ve found some downtime when needed, I know pretty well how bad it can get in terms of running out of quality recreational time.

I’d say The Avalanches are quite nuanced, they remind me of early-2000s Daft Punk in that they use a silly amount of samples in their work. Some of their songs have hundreds of samples, if not thousands, and some even feature an artist; like one song I mentioned has Weezer’s lead singer in it, for example. I believe CHVRCHES is less niche, though the genre they specialise in is very specific. Either way hopefully you’ll like what you see, or in this instance hear.

Wow. Considering the pedigree of games you’ve played that is very high praise indeed. I was wondering whether your impression of it had ultimately been very good or if it had fizzled slightly but that’s excellent to hear, and I’m glad you enjoyed it that much. And as for the music linked, just… unbelievable! Deadly Temptation sounds like something you’d find in a hack’n slash game, I imagine this plays during a really intense sequence? For the song “Opening”… man it really reminds me of Joe Hisaishi’s work for Studio Ghibli. Swelling horns, a powerful piano and strings. Thanks for the music, that’s helped my case for getting it pretty well. Hopefully you’ll enjoy Monstrum Nox, since it’ll be another five years until the next one comes out, and another two until it’s translated into English!

As much as I like headphones there’s instances where they’re virtually unusable, like, funnily, being on a plane. Because my head leans to the side I’m worried I’d crush the large cups (since my preference is over-ear, the ones that cup your entire ear), so I switch to earbuds. Earbuds are good for quick use and things like walking because of how subtle they are but for things like gym workouts, as I found out a few days ago when training on a treadmill, it’s awful. They kept falling out to the point I thought I ruptured my eardrum from how many times I was shoving them back in.

Again, zero rush. I haven’t had enough large blocks of time to work on it the whole month, but I have a few ideas on where to go. I’ve “reached” Frontier Village at the moment, so that’s around… 30% through so far, and it’s totalled about 250 pages so far. Ambitious end point obviously but I’m mentally prepared to wait a few years to get to it if necessary.

I think the PS5 showcase was absolutely key to Sony’s fanbase. I think it delivered, especially when considering the breath of the IPs they’re covering in that one presentation. I’d say that showcase was just a little better than Nintendo’s E3 Direct this year, because it attacked almost every possible niche. You have a really stylish hack’n slash with an impossibly pretty heroine with Project EVE, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, giving us the chance to explore a really good story, God of War (personally I don’t care but I know it’s great for the fanbase), Gran Turismo 7 for all those motor junkies out there, and more. Today a game released, called “Kena: Bridge of Spirits” by the same talented team behind a really well-animated Majora’s Mask short film, I’m very excited to see how that goes, based off the early reviews it’s looking good. Death Stranding comes out on the 24th as well, for just £5 I can upgrade… so I think No-Simp September’s failed, especially no thanks to Norman Reedus’ silly mo-cap tom foolery in the private room. I do love how GTA V was delayed half a year though. Same with Uncharted 4’s getting a remaster, and Skyrim’s getting yet another bloody port. These studios are showing us what’s wrong with gaming at the moment, all these meaningless ports.

Good luck with the Breath of the Wild DLC excursion, I think you may well have a decent time. Tragically I think you may have to wait to get into the action… we have a Nintendo Direct on our hands! I, not being a night owl by any stretch of the imagination, will naturally wake up at 1am to watch it and spend the rest of the day complaining about how tired I am. Find time to see it! Enjoy either way.

Well naturally. Dunno how they'll manage to map physical floor buttons to a Joy-Con but I'm open for correction anytime lol.

Me... I hope we get Xenoblade X. God I'm getting tired of saying this, I've already said it three times for the last few directs.

Bayonetta 3 ......? Don't really mind what they show, I'm sure there'll end up being something I like!

@TheJGG Super Mario Odyssey 2, Mario Kart 9, and/or the next F-Zero. Though I doubt those will be announced in the direct, so I won't lose sleep over that. lol

I'm literally only expecting more details on previously announced games, as well as the last Smash Ultimate DLC fighter, since Nintendo said that they're gonna have all the Smash DLC ready by the end of this year. Hopefully it's Cat Mario, but we'll see.

@TheJGG If any of those are at the Thing I'm going to blow my *** top!

@TheJGG DK anniversary stuff, paper mario for smash dlc, mario kart 8 dlc, a mario platformer, mario + rabbids sparks of hope and splatoon 3 and botw 2 and metroid dread news.

@WoomyNNYes D'oh! No Pokemon or turn-based!? Eh, I understand... everyone has different likes and dislikes We're definitely around the same level in terms of RL, though I would say you are probably better considering you won that challengers tournament, right? I'd say you're pretty solid in hoops just need to actually play the mode. But yea man, we'll dominate hoops again sometime (at random) >;D

Oh man, for the N Direct... I want Xenoblade, DK, Odyssey 2, 3D Kirby, and Starfox.

HD ports/remakes of 3DS games like Kid Icarus, Samus Returns, Luigi's Mansion, Ever Oasis, etc.

We got Bluetooth <3. Now... folders & themes

Oh... and gb-gbc-gba library for new virtual console

@tekoii Hmmm allready nice titles. Please dont fill it will a half hour metroid. we got that. rather new things... allthough there is already a lot. I think I made the choice to go for Nickelodeon All Star Brawl first, or maby pick up Gamemaker. My wish is that Goldeneye might come again to do coop.

@tekoii Yeah, I unlocked the All-Star cup rewards last season. I've won several platinum cup 3v3 tournaments(solo queueing). In July, I came super close to winning a diamond 3v3 tournament - We made it to game 3 of the final - SO CLOSE!

Side note, last week I FINALLY landed an unpainted Dingo car. I thought I was never going to get one. I can't believe how long it took to get one.

Yeah, I'll try and spend more time in hoops to get more familiar with that arena - learn the angles & strategies for offense/defense.

This is my take on the Direct from what we've seen/heard so far
Maybe:
Bayonetta 3 since they want to show something but Nintendo didn't let them yet
Some Metroid Ports
We still need an announcement for the next Mario game so probably that
Mario & Luigi RPG, I know that the company shut down that made the M&L games but we might see something from another developer
Something from Monolith Soft
Something from ATLUS, probably Etrian Odyssey, maybe Project Re Fantasy or another Perona Q game
Probably something from Intelligent Systems in the lines of a Fire Emblem Remake, which was highly discussed & speculated and Wayforward (?) is handling Advance Wars
Highly Likely:
Next smash DLC character
Some updates to existing games (Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, maybe Mario Kart)
Updates to announced games (Splatoon3, Mario + Rabbids)
A recap to Pokémon Arceus & The Gen 4 remakes
Some ports that have been rated in various countries but not yet revealed (hack & Alan Wake for example)
Some Indies
Something from Donkey Kong (Maybe from Zelda & Metroid)
Nintendo Online Updated games + N64 or GameBoy emulator

@TheJGG
"Well naturally. Dunno how they'll manage to map physical floor buttons to a Joy-Con but I'm open for correction anytime lol."

Bluetooth DDR mat like bluetooth Pro Controller.

@tekoii
I want another Starfox games with Ratchet & Clank style where Fox McCloud, Falco, Slippy & Peppy Hare are playable characters with different abilities each other and the gameplay is mixture of 3rd person shooting with 3D platformer and on rail shooter like old style Starfox for certain missions.

@Anti-Matter Oh, like Starfox Adventure?

@Nephestinus
Yup, but with more playable characters, more weapons choices, ability to jump or double jump.

@Anti-Matter You know what, I really want that too, there perfect for it.

@Snatcher
Also, I want to see a scenario where Fox McCloud can time travel and he can meet with his father after he thought his father was died. Not just only meet each other, I really want to see some father and son time moment to see a bond relationship between father and son after long time no see each other.

@Anti-Matter I need to catch up on the lore.