Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx That Lego set looks really cool!

@Anti-Matter I have no opinion on third party Wii Sports-like games. The only games that felt close was Sega Superstars Tennis, that played like Wii tennis.

@MarioLover92 That's cool, I still kept my copy of OVA on VHS despite not having a VCR in years. I biy both, I tend to get Blu-Ray/DVD combos. Have a Blu-Ray for the living room, but have a DVD player in my room, so I lean for both. I think the only movie I bought separately on Blu-Ray was Trolls, just to upgrade it, have a DVD copy from when the movie was new.

The Sega 3D Classics Collection is a cool collection, plus it's a physical copy of 3D Sonic the Hedgehog, which is kind of cool, and adds to the amount of Sonic 1 you have, lol. The 3D made the games pop quite a bit.

Tell me about it, I tried the game again, and now the nun-chuk acted like it had drift while I was trying to turn. Played a few online races with the Wii U Game Pad, no issues. Played Super Mario 3D World afterwards with the same Wii remote plus and nun-chuk, no problems whatsoever. All I found was a reddit thread with someone having similar issues, but no answer to why this happens only in Mario Kart 8.

I'm not too worried as I have extra Wii remotes (2 regular and 1 extra plus), but it is an odd problem as the controller works in menus and other games.

I'm so surprised you brought that, @MarioLover92 ....

Just got my oled, and honestly I am kinda getting sad transferring my data. I almost just want to keep my launch switch in a box just for the memories instead of trading it in

@Sunsy
Well....
Looks like some peoples here has no interest with certain 3rd party games.
Since I like to try other similar games such as Kinect Adventures, Kinect Sports, Decades Sports, etc I was thinking if Nintendo want to make their sport compilation games again for Nintendo Switch as the similar games on other machines helped me to get some number of games I can play on it.
Anyway, have you ever played Kinect games on XBOX 360 ?

@Anti-Matter I haven't, when my brother had an Xbox 360, I mostly played Rock Band doing the singing. I was surprisingly good at it too. He borrowed the game from a friend at one point.

Just never really found the need to play third party versions of Wii Sports and similar games. I do play third party games on Nintendo systems, just not Wii Sports-like games outside Sega Superstars Tennis, and I guess the Mario & Sonic Olympics if you wanted to count it.

@BruceCM It was a late birthday present, actually!

@Sunsy I actually wouldn't get blu-rays until later, as I didn't have a means to watch them in my room. I got a DVD set of the Back to the Future trilogy as a result. It wasn't until my cousin lent me a PS3 that I could finally watch blu-rays. I ended up getting Sega 3D Classics Collection with my Amazon gift card credit, just gotta wait for it to arrive.

Maybe the game has motion controls turned on for the Wii Remote and Nunchuk? I could be wrong. It's been a while since I played it on Wii U.

@MarioLover92 That's actually why I still buy DVDs too, the option to watch in my room. Cool, enjoy it when it comes.

Don't know, but I think I came to a conclusion, my Wii Remote Plus is failing in some way. I tried Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, a game the requires Wii Motion Plus or a Wii Remote Plus (whoever decided to not make this compatible with a regular old Wii remote, shame on you), and I got a message saying the Wii Motion Plus accessory was not attached, even though it's a Wii Remote Plus. Popping the battery in and out, and it worked until I needed to calibrate, and the calibration icon was just spinning despite the Wii Remote Plus staying still. The Wii Remote Plus still worked with Sega Superstars Tennis when I tried it.

I do have another Wii Remote Plus, and two Wii remotes. Wii Remote Plus is only a concern because Mario & Sonic at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games requires it for most events. In fact, I rarely use the other Wii Remote Plus just to keep it in good shape.

@Sunsy
Winter Olympic 2022 at Beijing is already started since several days ago.
I never expected the event will be started very soon, I thought it will be started on December 2022.
I wonder if SEGA want to make another Olympic Games on Switch and PS4 / PS5.

Hmm, perhaps it's to come, @Tyranexx .... I know it was covered but not all in one go & so I'm not sure when the last reveal about that happens! Glad you're still enjoying it

Nice present, @MarioLover92 .... Perhaps you could persuade them to put it together for you, as well?

EDIT: I feel like a proper idiot for not mentioning the Direct. Yeehaw! I hope everyone gets what they're hoping for (within reason). I'm gonna have a good time in the live chat with everyone.

I've been busy but I have some time to catch up with everyone here. Hope everyone's doing well as usual.

My gaming exploits... I've put some time into SMT V. It's... just... so weird, I swear. Out are the meaningful relationship building mechanics in Persona and in comes heavy and customisable demon collecting. I was never big into Persona/Demon fusion so this was a new element to explore. Storytelling wise it's also strange. Cutscenes feel so detached from the main game and lore dumps are massive. But the religious overtones are really cool and the graphics are very nice. Love Nahobino's design to pieces.

NieR: Replicant. Jeez this game is over the top. I went to the Desert Temple and tried all the restrictive puzzles. In retrospect they do an incredible job of establishing the "contrived rules" theme, but at the time I was internally screaming as to how a game can be this purposefully intent on wasting time. It took lots of patience to avoid shutting down the game, and thank god that reason paid off because I didn't want to go through that sandstorm again. The music's a standout component as always. Emi Evans and Keiichi Okabe & team, take a bow.

@Snatcher Saw that you got Stardew Valley, and I couldn't be happier for you. I offer the same, if you need any help tag me too, and I'll see if I can give you any tips. I'm no expert of the game at all but I know it well enough. Certainly not as much as @Eel however.

@Tyranexx Glad you're still going strong with Xenoblade. It gets very interesting around about where you are now, at least at the time of writing.

Some of the standoff moments at the end of Chapter 9 are fantastic though, because I love the whole idea of facing down the head of what is essentially a religious cult of Core Crystal collecting purists. It's always good when religion gets brought into the fold.

Do enjoy assembling the "? Block", I'm a little jealous of you! LEGO has become very expensive, unfortunately, so it's been tough to look such a great piece of kit in the eye and refuse, but my wallet'll thank me later. Hopefully you like what you see!

Continuing with my Castlevania obsession I sketched Alucard vs Death

@Tyranexx It's so funny, I always associate such cold weather and snow with December around Christmas time but late January and February are really when it gets worse (at least where I live that is lol). Also, I think you might have mentioned this before but I forget...do you plan on playing Torna the golden country?

@Vortexeo DON'T GET ME STARTED ON APRIL LAST YEAR. SLEET THE COUNTRY OVER FOR THE ENTIRE MONTH.

Hmm, I think Alucard is winning in that pic, @Zuljaras ....

I bought the Disney Classic Games Collection, just because it was cheap on amazon, and because it had that "blindbag" bonus of the random physical manual.

Got The Lion King's manual. It's cute. The game itself will probably be played mostly by my brother, but I do have good memories of watching these games being played when I was little, so I'm quite interested in the auto-play feature.

@TheJGG Eel, well, now that you said something, I'm on day ten, but i'm not to sure what I'm supposed to do you know? It asked me to get a farmer level for a scare crow, I did it, but the barn, it cost 4,000, where do I get that kinda money?

@Snatcher there's various things you can do. Money will start off slow, but as you keep playing and learn more it becomes a non-issue.

You can start by investing all your earnings into buying more seeds, just keep track of the days left in a season and how long do the crops take to grow, because once the season changes any out-of-season crops left in the field will wither. Plating crops is a big money maker, and it plays a big part in the main storyline since you need certain crops for the bundles in the community center (you may have already unlocked this quest).

You can also go the beach to get a fishing rod (if you haven't already) and catch fish to sell for money. Fishing has a steep learning curve, but it becomes much easer as you level your fishing skill up.

Another thing you can do is forage. Go around the forest and other areas to look for things you can pick up, and then sell them. Sometimes the townspeople will throw perfectly good stuff away, you can check the trashcans when nobody is looking to... Uh... Rescue their stuff. (and sell it!)

Thanks, these tips are great! I was kinda doing the farm selling thing, but I haven't been selling fish or anything else, again, thanks!