Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Tyranexx Ohh, that sounds like quite the journey then. I've dealt with long walks before in that long walking trail in our area for example, but looks like the strips are longer. Yeah, New York City's a cool place for sure. Me and my mom went there in January 2017, I wanted to go to try out the Nintendo Switch before its release, but unfortunately for me, we were...kinda late. I did get a badge that has the Switch logo as sort of a consolation prize, at least! And of course we went to the Nintendo NY store; as a Nintendo nut myself, I have to go there every time we go to NYC, lol! We went out to eat in a couple places, too, one of which was vegan-friendly and the food's really good there. Yeah, I can't blame you for going the public transportation route. NYC in general gets insanely crowded.

Oh, that's great to hear your GBA SP's in working order after all. The last time I played my blue GBA SP, just to see if it worked, I was playing Tetris on it and the game froze. That didn't happen on the NES edition GBA SP that I have. As for your OG DS, jeez!!! Sorry that happened...I've had my fair share of people driving like jerks as well. Yeah, my phone's case has been treating mine well, too. As far as I'm concerned, they are absolute musts for smartphones.

Dang, that sounds worse than what I had to put up with. I'm not a big fan of having to be up super early myself...I wanna sleep instead, lol. Best of luck on recovering from your jet lag.

@Eel That's just a temporal solution, I pooped and I'm hungry again.

@roy130390 just bring a snack in with you next time

@roy130390 You're not you when you're hungry, Eat a Snickers.
(though in my case it would probably be a Galaxy, I despise Snickers with a passion)

@Fizza Galaxy company, I told you already to stop selling me your stuff, I don't even know if it's available in my country. I knew that you guys created that profile just to convince me and trash on Snickers

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How did you know?

@MarioLover92 Yeah, the only one I have on Switch is Let's Go, my nephew has Sword and Shield's entry. I may consider one of the Diamond and Pearl remakes, haven't played those entries. Nope, rented F-Zero as a kid for Super NES, I also remember renting the GameCube one.

It's ok, like I said I lived more in-land and the shelter for coastal residents was five minutes from where I lived at the time, so we were fine aside from no power. Never dealt with a flood, awesome you had your 3DS and they had consoles. Handheld gaming getting us through them tough times!

Yeah, I wanted to watch a Disney movie, and chose that.

@Tyranexx Indeed, one of the smaller Trolls sets I keep on my dresser on display. I remember watching a video about the Serious Sam 3 one, lol. I've played a few entries to that series, so seeing a monster chase after the player constantly is pretty funny. I also remember the fake ones, those were entertaining.

@Sunsy That'd be good to get the D/P remakes then. I'm not sure I still have my old Diamond copy, but I could look. I may get the remake if it's lost. Ohhhh, I remember now. Totally forgot about that, I tend to forget things easily, lol. That's cool you rented F-Zero GX, been meaning to revisit it. I loved playing it when I was younger. It gets really hard, but man I love the thrill of going fast. lol

Yes, true dat. They were super kind to us and everything, so it worked out nicely. Lucky you, then - floods are real dangerous for sure! Still want to see Encanto, as well.

Shifting gears a bit, are you gonna get Kirby and the Forgotten Land sometime? I'm thinking of preordering it myself sometime soon.

@Sunsy Despite having legitimate issues, I would highly recommend BDSP. They're actually really difficult if you rotate your team around so you're not overleveled and they have some of the best late/post game stuff in any Pokemon game imo. Also, shiny hunting is incredibly fun, at least to me, with Pokeradar. I've already gotten 2 (well, technically 6 but 2 different lines) so I would highly recommend it if you have a favourite Pokemon that you want shiny (provided you can get them in grass of course).

Today was my first day back at work after my trip, and it was NUTS. Some of it was just playing catch-up, but I had a lot of irons in the fire too. Is it Friday afternoon yet? X.X

@BruceCM I'm still enjoying it, but I'm starting to get that "I wanna move in" feeling. Good thing I'm almost finished with the main story (I think). Gonna need a short palate cleanser after this one.

@MarioLover92 The Strip is long and full of people! Depending on where you are anyway. What Nintendo nut wouldn't hit up the NYC Nintendo Store? XD I do wish they had more locations scattered around the world though. Sounds like you found some pretty good food too; for better and for worse, I like trying new things. While I like the convenience of public transportation, unfortunately that can come with a LOT of people, which I'm not a fan of.

The GBA SP functioned last I checked, but... it's been at least a few months if not over a year already. As for the OG DS, the fall damaged the connection the upper part of the unit had with the rest, and over time the display became worse,; I'd have to adjust it to sit just right so that it wouldn't have a washed out ghosted look. Eventually it started turning completely white at random times.

That high school trip was fun, but I find it hard to sleep on public transportation....I think I blacked out during a short IMAX film that first day. I was to tired that next evening that I ironically had a ton of trouble sleeping. My jet lag is wearing off, thanks.

@Sunsy I love anti-piracy measures that troll the player. XD Some of the fakes are excellent too, at least the ones that don't creep into creepypasta territory. Those just feel cheap IMO.

@MarioLover92 Yeah, I played the Blue/Yellow, Gold, Ruby/Emerald, but not the original DS entries. I still remember renting it and how fast and smooth the game was. F-Zero GX was also made by both Sega and Nintendo IIRC.

Very good to to hear. I still need to see Encanto, I don't even know if it's out on DVD/Blu-Ray yet. I was waiting as digital was $20 to own, and I'd figure for a few bucks more, just get the DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital pack.

I might wait on the next Kirby, I'm thinking about it. I really want to try and get Super Mario Advance 4 on Wii U and Sonic 1 Game Gear on 3DS, and a couple of other games before the eShop stops accepting eShop cards. Switch is going to be around, Wii U and 3DS eShops won't be.

@Fizza Didn't know that rotating thing. I always put the lower level Pokemon out first, then switch to a stronger one to level to get it up enough to fight on its own. Been doing it since Blue. Nice to hear good things about the game. It may be awhile before I decide to play it, I recently started playing Pokemon X.

@Tyranexx I can't blame the creepiness of some. One time, I got an anti-piracy screen on an authentic copy of Super Mario All-Stars, really scary seeing that message show up. The fix was cleaning the cartridge, it can happen on some authentic carts if it's dirty or not inserted correctly. Some of the creepiness of the fake ones are over the top though.

I don't like being a downer but I just don't sympathise with FromSoftware fans in terms of championing Elden Ring as the greatest game ever made. It strikes me as remarkably evolutionary, even in the tiny sphere of Soulsborne games, but in the wider range of gaming... it strikes me as a relatively safe game in terms of, design, combat and visuals. Apart from being the most complete Soulsborne game yet, what's the... killer item?

I'm not trying to insult fans of the games at all; simply trying to understand. Playing Demon's Souls kinda led me to the same conclusion. I've accepted though, that I'm simply an atrocious game player. Or of games like that.

I found out today that in the DSiWare version of Wario Ware Touched, the secret Mona Pizza music video is not only unobtainable: it's entirely absent from the code.

And that's... Smart? I mean, the video, while nice, was only ever meant to be accessed with a feature the 3DS is physically incapable of using, and it being a DSiWare title, it has strict size limitations. So removing it completely probably helped it meet that restriction.

@Tyranexx Those are the best kind. Did you know if your pirate cuphead, the music plays backwards at the start screen?

@Sunsy That's kinda nuts, though I have heard the rare stories about false positives. I can definitely see how older software/hardware can be fooled.

@Snatcher That actually sounds really awesome!

Well, they can't exactly have played the game for that long yet, @TheJGG .... Steam version doesn't unlock for most of the day here! Demon Souls was a 'remake', so you wouldn't expect that to do anything new, though. I've only played Dark Souls Remastered, so I don't think I qualify as a fan of the series
Once I've played some Elden Ring, I can report back on my experience with that, though

My heart goes out to anyone affected by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Pretty shocking to witness this unfolding before me, democracy being threatened by one of the most powerful countries in the world. I know someone with a wife and child in the country; that person was visibly distressed, naturally. Reach out to people, check in. We could be living through history.

@Tyranexx Appreciate your honesty; I've taken it to heart. Always trying to improve my covers; this is very helpful. I tried to blend the styles of the original and DE versions when making it. I heard a guitar in the DE version, and more synths in the original. I wanted to lean into the synths, and have background ambiance that gave the impression of... being gigantic. The area was so huge, and the massive echo that the song has at the start was something I wanted to carry through.

I'm no stranger to Mechonis covers though, I did Central Factory a while ago. At some point I'll try and do Agniratha. That song's pretty amazing.

@BruceCM Yeah I agree. Demon's Souls' elementary design in comparison means it's flattering with a new coat of paint. Either way enjoy the game when it comes out.

Only thing I have is that I really don't want that game to beat Breath of the Wild in terms of aggregate score. It's not the world beater BotW was.

With the possibility of cyberwar, if phones could be targeted, does anyone think it's a good idea to write down important phone numbers? Dumb idea? I wrote down close family & friend's numbers. Kinda seems like a prudent thing to do?
@BruceCM @TheJGG @Snatcher

edit: Logic being, I imagine I'm not alone with this, but I have very few phone numbers and email addresses memorized. If something happened to the phone, in an emergency, that could be bad.

As long as you look after them, @WoomyNNYes .... Yeah, effectively tomorrow, @TheJGG! I don't think most people can have really played enough to be providing 'proper' feedback on it yet It's only the biggest fans that'll have played it overnight if possible & so on, so it's when most get around to it that you'll see more commentary from others, as well

@Tyranexx Sorry for the late reply but glad to see your progress!