Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@TheJGG Really sad news...my condolences go to Uemura-san and his family and friends too. There's no denying that the NES left a massive impact on the gaming industry, and the SNES happens to be my favorite console - may he rest in peace.

@Sunsy Oh that's cool, some of the Game Boy games I happened to have as a kid were Super Mario Land 1 and 2, Donkey Kong '94, and Pokemon Red. Just curious, what version of the Game Boy did you have? I had the Game Boy Color, which was purple. (I think its color was called grape? I used to want the teal one.) Too bad I lost it years ago, and to this day, I still haven't found it. XD We did have the Super Game Boy for the SNES as well.

Oh gotcha. Some of my childhood movies are still in the attic. Those VHS tapes are rather fragile too, from my experience. I had a few instances of the tape being caught up in the VCR, and that's never fun. Loved 101 Dalmatians too, that was also a childhood favorite of mine. That was probably the first movie I ever saw, if memory serves me correctly. That Pinocchio plush you had sounds cute as well. Shifting gears from Disney just a notch, I did like Sonic OVA as a kid too, I also had that on VHS, and before that we rented it from Netflix back when they mailed DVDs. I don't recall what happened to my tape.

Speaking of festive trains, I made this Christmas-themed drawing last year, which has Toad in it. I pretty much made this drawing to be as cute as Toad himself. Also @Tyranexx - thought you'd like to see my drawing as well!

So I got invited to the Multiversus Beta, And wile I would love to tell yall about it, The NDA is crazy about not saying it any where, not on apps, sites, Nothing, not even impressions.

I don;t have your user name here but you did ask me to tell you about it, so I thank at most I can only say if it was good or not, and nothing more LMAO.

I had to leave early, were the game awards trash?

It's not that I like guns because I'm American. It's just the easiest way to dispatch zombies 😝

Got my moderna booster shot today. We'll see if I feel like garbage in 12 hours.

@MarioLover92 I've played all of those, well I had Pokemon Blue version, but it is the same game for most of the part. IIRC, I had Super Mario Land and Yoshi when I started with my Game Boy, albeit I got them months apart. I had the basic grape one, I got it around the time I got Pokemon Blue, as well as Frogger, which was my first GBC game.

Tell me about it, I ended up destroying the Pinocchio VHS and needing another one because I watched it so much. Kids have it lucky these days, I pop in Trolls World Tour, and the DVD plays and loops over and over, lol.

The Sonic OVA is great, I originally saw it on Starz, and when I found out a mall had the VHS tape, I bought it. Possibly the first anime home video I ever bought. I do find it interesting ADV Films, the company that dubs it, are some of the people who work at Sentai Filmworks (same executive producer IIRC) now, since I have some anime DVDs from them, my favorite being Is The Order A Rabbit (or GochiUsa as some fans call it). A really cute anime about a girl who works in a coffee shop.

Your drawing looks great!

@Sunsy Ah okay, I ended up getting the red version just because it was (and still is) my favorite color, lol. Pokemon was one of the newest high-profile Nintendo games at the time, and I saw many other kids playing it during my elementary school days, so I went ahead and got it. I did have some trouble getting into it at first though, mostly because it was the first RPG I ever played.

Ah, sorry to hear. Yeah, DVDs and blu-rays are generally a bit more durable, though they can get scratched on the bottom and they would stop working. I do take very good care of them, I always put discs back in their own cases every time I'm done with them. At least they don't clog up the inside of our consoles/DVD players with a whole bunch of tape. lol

Yeah, I always thought the Sonic OVA was a fun watch. I wonder if Sonic CD's animated cutscenes were a source of inspiration for it? Since it does look very similar, and Metal Sonic is in it (though oddly enough, he's called "Hyper Metal Sonic" in the OVA). I like the OVA's soundtrack too. Never saw Is The Order A Rabbit, but it does sound like a nice watch.

Thank you! I'm happy with how my drawing turned out. I want to get to do at least one drawing this year too. Maybe I'd have Mario holding a present that Toad gave him (delivered straight from his magical holiday train!), or Princess Peach relaxing and having hot chocolate. Or both, if I have the time. Just a couple ideas I have. What do you think?

Oh yeah, since you're the Sonic guy, what are your thoughts on Sonic Frontiers up to now? I think it looks quite interesting, I'm starting to think that Sega/Sonic Team's making an open-world Sonic game this time around, and I'm wondering about how they'd make it. Would've liked to see gameplay footage of it though.

My PS2 Fat USA version got fixed this afternoon and it can play my PS2 USA games smoothly without making scratching sounds.
Woohoo...!

But i also have to put my Nintendo Switch machine in hiatus for 1 week before i will bring it to game repair shop again next Saturday. My Switch made very noisy fan sound recently and it should get new thermal paste.

Good news, looks like i will able to get OG XBOX machine in next 2 weeks after i got my salary.

Good day. Its cold outside.

@NintendoByNature 8 bit Christmas? Like a video game themed Christmas movie? I'm intrigued.

@WoomyNNYes how you doing after the booster bud?

@reporterdavid thats cool that you worked on Pirates! I love that movie and I highly recommend it to those who like stop motion animation and/or witty idiosyncratic writing.

@Losermagnet Woke up at 5am head & neck achey, arm is sore where the shot was taken. Took an 8hr tylenol. I'm doing better than I did after my second shot, though, since I still feel functional. Boy, that second shot wiped me out for at least two days - that one made me feel exhausted & wiped out, head & neck aches like a cold.

@Losermagnet it's great. Think Christmas Story and Ralphie wanted a red rider bb gun, but this kid Jake, from chicago( but based in batavia, IL which is 15 min from my house), wanted an NES for Xmas in the 80s. It's such an awesome callback to Midwest living. Even though I was more of a 90s kid (born in 87), it feels like my childhood was just like his.

@WoomyNNYes glad to hear it hasn't been as bad as your 2nd. Hope you feel better as the day goes on and that your sore arm doesnt effect your gaming lol 😜 i've still got to get my booster actually, i've been slacking.

@NintendoByNature dude, I'm 2 states east of you and one birth year different lol, so I totally get where you're coming from. I have to check this movie out.

@Losermagnet I love it. Watched it a few times already this year bc it's on hbo max and I'm not resubbing next month lol. If you're somewhat a sentimental type, especially in the last 5 minutes, expect waterworks. And I don't cry all that often in movies unless there's a little kid who unfortunately passes, or a dog passes or something of that nature. This movie just tugs on the heartstrings for this tough guy.

@Losermagnet yeah loved to see that the director even was reposting the picture. such a great book also. no , i dont get paid to say it. i love quality.

@NintendoByNature want to see 8bit as well. great christmas movie. HBO max might be coming next year to the Netherlands.

@reporterdavid you'll enjoy it when you watch it

@Losermagnet You may want to take a moment to see how available shots are in your area. I'm in PA, which has a sh*t vaccine system through pharmacies-only (if that's not true, my statement isn't too far off). Pharmacies dont have the staff to meet demand, and the soonest I could get an appointment was a month from now, which is ridiculous. So, I had to try to get a shot during a drop-in period at Rite Aid (which is 2pm-3pm M-F at this particlar location), and they only had the staff & time to give out 7 shots. More accurately, they don't have extra staff. They're short staffed, and pharmacists squeezed in these shots on top of their regular duties. Two people lost their sh*t and mouthed off rather agressively at the pharmacists when they learned of the seven shot limit for the day. I showed up 15 min early, so I landed shot number five of the seven they were giving.

I don't expect you to encounter this level of BS, because it was way easier in my brother's state VA to get a booster without an appointment. But you should probably take a brief look to see if what your region is like. I anticipated feeling like crap after my shot, so I got mine on a friday so I have the weekend to recover.

Man, after I got my hands on a white OLED to give as a christmas gift, now I can't help but want one for myself. Even though my launch console battery is getting old, it just feels ridiculous shelling out $350 for a new Switch, granted, I can trade in my old one and probably get about $175 for it.

@WoomyNNYes oh boy, haha. yeah 350 is a lot of money. at the otherhand, our government paid a whopping 150 million euro's instead of helping some hardhit shops in our country. so yeah... what's 350....