Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@tekoii Yeah I agree, I'm excited for Kirby and XC3 as well. Mario Kart's DLC is of course, the one I'm most excited for! Loved Metroid Dread as well. How are you liking Arceus? I may get it sometime this year. Oh and best of luck with your classes.

@Zuljaras Those are some nice pics of Sonic, I especially liked the one where he's eating a piece of an apple.

Damn this sucks. I want to play Earthbound now but I can't.

Nice, @MarioLover92 .... Has it got somewhere to be around for you to admire?

@MarioLover92 I told him that you like his photo and he is sending you lots of hostile hissing

Oh, then tell him I don't like his photos, @Zuljaras ....

@BruceCM Still the same!

Lol, he's just an angry hissing little thing, then, @Zuljaras .... He definitely needs to get in some training, though!

I remember getting massively caught out by Xenoblade DE's collector's edition being sold out. I had to settle for a b/w Bionis poster and a tiny Monado keychain, but this time I'll put in more effort to get it this time around. I don't do collector's editions for many games, nor steelbooks, but I'll happily take them for a series I love.

I actually went back to XC2 for a bit, to catch up. Man that game hasn't aged well. The graphics and UI are so messy. It's almost like the game was rushed a bit near the end. I'll replay both... eventually. But I'm worried I'm gonna be absolutely saturated with some amazing video games over the course of the next six months. I pre-ordered Gran Turismo 7 a few weeks ago, and that looks incredible, in non-racing-fan terms. Horizon: Forbidden West, I'll get at some point too. I've spent so much time over the last few weeks playing GT Sport that I feel very ready for 7.

Glad LIVE A LIVE also caught your eye. I'm all for a game like that, especially with voice acting and HD-2D.

Glad you can see my times at the very least. I don't have NSO, so I was worried that they wouldn't show, but let the game begin. I'm sure we'll have to carry this out for years, because of the upcoming tsunami of DLC Nintendo decided to add. 200cc is so fast, though, and I've found in racing games that I'm better in slower cars. Usually speaking, at least.

The issue I have also, is consistency. I can't drive on the limit for three laps, using the same exploits. Sometimes the stars align and I'll put in a good lap but otherwise it's like Russian Roulette.

@tekoii No problem. I had woken up from my post-Direct sleep, and saw you were on, and thought there was no harm in dropping in. Your energy is invigorating, breathing new life into the Direct for me. I was watching it at 1am, so obviously I couldn't make any kind of noise. It was not easy watching the XC3 trailer.

September at this point can't come sooner. But I've assembled an absolutely gargantuan backlog of games to tackle in the meantime. That means I can save money up for... more games. The vicious cycle of rebirth and destruction continues.

@roy130390 Nice to see someone else who enjoyed Forces. I got my copy when I got my Switch years ago (along with Splatoon and Super Mario Odyssesy). Same, not much on GameCube, but I have a lot of memories playing the Dreamcast original of Sonic Adventure 2. I remember being up late one summer night because of the Chao.

@tekoii Indeed. If you ever beat Sonic Adventure DX, one mod I can recommend is the one that restores the look of the Dreamcast original. I like this mod as it looks more faithful to the Dreamcast original, and adds new features like an optional changing time of day, and using higher DX models with the Dreamcast-style colors. That's cool, glad to hear you're having fun with Pokemon Legends Arceus

Yes, I do like the Pokemon games too. I fell out of the series after Emerald, but got back into it when Pokemon Blue came out on 3DS (I remember downloading it at midnight too), and got Pokken on Wii U. I also have Ultra Sun, and a still sealed up copy of Pokemon X I picked up a few years back (grabbed it because it was the last copy the store had.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, it's really cool to see some of it come to Switch in some form. Most of the mobile games I have are a couple of cartoon themed ones, and some of the Sega ones. The only paid ones I have are Sonic 1, Sonic CD, and Crazy Taxi (crazy, playing a Dreamcast favorite on the go!) but I paid to remove ads and to play them offline to have something to play on it while out. Surprisingly, I haven't played any of the Nintendo mobile games at all.

Definitely, wanted to wear it that day mom and I went to see the movie. We had a good time since Frozen is one of my favorite Disney movies.

Also, that Mario Lego set looks great!

@Sunsy I really do wish they gave forces more time, if they didn't rush it to be made in under a year, it would have been waay more liked by fans and people, the sonic colors team didn't even work on the game, even tho they showed that in the trailer, boss fight that were promised never happened.

But other then that, I didn't hate my time with it, but it could have been so much better. 8/10

@Snatcher Understandable, while I like Forces, I did finish the game within one weekend. I think it was more or less referring to Sonic Team in general in the trailer. Kind of like how Turning Red's trailer mentions from the studio that brought you Inside Out and The Incredibles.

Glad you got some enjoyment out of it.

@Sunsy Maybe.

I really did Enjoy it tho, sonic's stages were really fun to play, and the CAC you could make was fun as well. My only real problem was classic sonic, its clunky as I don't know what, in my opinion.

@BruceCM Thanks! It's on the desk in my bedroom.

@Zuljaras Oh noes. He's not a fan of compliments, huh? lol

@Sunsy I did play a few of Nintendo's mobile games. Super Mario Run is probably their best one, at least with the main story mode. My mom loved Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, that's actually how I got her into Animal Crossing. Glad to hear you and your mom enjoyed seeing Frozen II. Still remember seeing it in theaters a few years back!

Thanks! Really happy to see it all finished. A few parts were tricky but I persevered.

Tagging @tekoii @BruceCM @Vortexeo @Snatcher and @TheJGG for a delayed XC2 update:

• Some Indoline Monks were sent to give Rex and Co. a message: to use the Aegis's power to take out Torna's warship. Our party didn't exactly comply, and they didn't like taking "No" for an answer. I had to send these guys packing.
• Okay, now things are officially getting delightfully weird. Amalthus is a Blade Eater via Fan La Norne's core crystal; he can use his power to control both Blades AND Titans. He has a heck of a pull on all Blades and Flesh Eaters present and forces Pyra/Mythra to attack the Tornan Warship using the Artifice Siren. Rex, however, breaks free of Amalthus's control.
• This guy still isn't done. He begins summoning the Titans as well, causing them to attack the World Tree with energy blasts. Specifically Mor Ardain (End Chapter 8, Begin 9), Genbu (Tantal), and Uraya. Mor Ardain can't afford to expend much more energy....
• Mikhail sends Akhos and Patroka after Jin and Malos, then causes the warship to change into a Titan-sized robot that proceeds to whale on Indol. I feel kinda sorry for the Titan....
• Rex comes up with a plan to shut down Amalthus's control over the Titans. Getting to a higher vantage point took awhile. Powerful monsters like ganging up with everything else in the area; an intruding Lexos was a HUGE pain for awhile, but I finally broke through.
• Rex's plan using both Poppi and Mythra works. Amalthus isn't pleased and tries firing on Rex and Co. with Indol's Titan. But...Mikhail defends them, buying them time. Heck, he sacrifices himself!
• Mikhail's backstory is interesting. Turns out he's a Blade Eater, one who knew Lora (Jin's Driver) back in the day. His background reveals that Amalthus cares nothing for the refugees Indol takes under its wing. At least in Mikhail's day, it appears some refugees were used in Blade Eater experiments....
• My progress was thwarted, by all things, something that requires field skills I didn't quite have enough of. I did some side quests and raised my Merc rank while I worked on improving the Focus skills needed. Herein likes a complaint: So far, these were mostly optional for exploration and some side quests. I'm fine with that. However, I don't think these should be used to gate story progress....At least I finally unlocked the door and continued onto the next room before stopping.

@Snatcher I think the create a character feature added replay value to it. Trying to unlock outfit stuff for my avatar made me replay levels over and over.

@MarioLover92 Cool, I remember seeing Super Mario Run and Mario Kart Tour, I think there's a Fire Emblem one, funnily enough, I forget there's an Animal Crossing one. That's cool that's how your mom got into Animal Crossing.

You're welcome. I don't have too many Lego anything, but I do have some Lego Dimensions stuff, and I do have a nice Trolls set I got as a gift. It came with Poppy, had a swing set and the "Catterbus" from the movie series. Outside those, I haven't gotten Lego anything since I was a kid.

@Tyranexx Oh sweet, that'd be cool for you to share as well. Glad to hear you're enjoying yourself with the building process overall, best of luck on getting the rest of the build done! Been wanting that Lego set in particular, since I always loved Super Mario 64.

Yeah totally, games should indeed get harder as they go on. Yep, they've been around since the first game! There's a hammer in Super Mario RPG as well, though it's just a weapon you can equip. You have a great trip in advance - stay safe out there!

@Sunsy Ah yeah I played Fire Emblem Heroes as well. That was a decent game from what I've played. That's cool, and yeah, the SM64 set's the only Lego set I have now. Before that, when I was younger, I'd put together those sets that were vehicles, like that blue motorcycle and a car that was likely a red Ferrari, or something that looked similar to that.

Happy Valentine's day everyone!

I wish your love for gaming doubles this year!

@MarioLover92 he is not a fan of anything except dried worms

Yeah, the new demo for Triangle is much better, @Tyranexx .... You won't mind it being a bit 'story heavy', presumably? Glad to hear XC2 is still going well! I liked Origami King quite a bit, the battle system is a good balance overall & the story is great

Holy flurking schnit.

Have my US people seen this non-profit online pharmacy site started by Mark Cuban? https://costplusdrugs.com/ Is this real? If you don't want to click the link, you can google "mark cuban pharmacy". The story is, Mark Cuban started the non-profit to disrupt excessive prices of the US pharmaceutical market. Two drugs I take retail for $200-300, and $50 for a 90 day supply. He's selling them for $8 and $11. Strangely, even albuterol inhalers are still $30-40, those things have no business being over $10-15. Anyway, supposedly, they are continually expanding the drugs they offer, in case you can't find one on the site. (cough! Advair)(Non US people, advair inhalers are $300 USD)

Probably smart to avoid political commentary. The regulars here know, even objectively true unoffensive constructive statements can be like playing with matches in the forum. Sad, but true.