Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Well, I did think you'd like to know about the Peach Lego at least, @Sunsy .... Cool flying Mario there, too!

@BruceCM Thanks for letting me know. I'll say, I didn't expect a flying raccoon Mario ornament to be revealed.

That's OK, it's of some interest to others here as well, I'm sure....

Happy Mario Day all! The most I'm doing to celebrate is playing more Partners In Time later. Maybe a bit of WarioWare: Smooth Moves if I'm up for it too, though I know the latter is more of a stretch.

@MarioLover92 According to my Switch, I've put 165+ hours into BotW, which does include a lot of the DLC. That was a very fun game where it was very easy to get swallowed by Hyrule. On MPT, I wasn't expecting to enjoy those games as much as I did either. The FPS elements concerned me, but at the end of the day it was still the Metroid series I know and love; it was indeed 3D Metroid, with all the puzzle solving, exploration, power ups, and awesome boss fights.

@BruceCM Should be fine as long as my laptop doesn't kick the bucket in the meantime.

@TheJGG Glad to know that you enjoyed The Batman too. Definitely not a perfect film - I mostly agree with your impressions, especially on the runtime - but it got so many things right. I liked its take on the Batverse. I think I slightly prefer Christian Bale, but Pattinson did a very good job. I do agree he was a bit too broody, though the movie was trying to portray a younger Batman just coming into his element.

@TheJGG @Fizza @reporterdavid @1UP_MARIO @Sunsy @Tyranexx
Thanks guys! Been playing Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Super Mario 3D World today (finished a lot of levels as Mario), and I'm currently playing Super Mario Bros. 3 (via Super Mario All-Stars) with a friend of mine.

@Sunsy I love that Raccoon Mario ornament! That's one ornament I'm hoping to get this year.

Yeah, it is interesting to see what games have been advertised back in the day as well. I remember seeing coverage for games I never got, like Bomberman Generations for example. There was a small section for Mega Man Battle Network 2 in my first NP issue, though I wouldn't get into the MMBN series until a few years later.

My friend wrote today, we were gonna play Mario Party, but turns out they couldn't play since they didn't get enough sleep. Ah well. I'm playing SMB3 with another friend of mine as of this post, at least.

@Tyranexx I put around 135+ hours into BotW myself, and I still have yet to actually beat it. Yeah, for MPT, the first-person gameplay was kind of intimidating at first, which was perhaps why I didn't really get into it at first. That's cool you're playing Partners in Time. It's still a Mario game, so good way to celebrate Mario Day.

@MarioLover92 You're welcome! Mario Day was fun. Aside from doing my dailies in World of Tanks Blitz and trying Chocobo GP, mostly played Super Mario Advance 4, Super Mario 3D World with a friend, and some online Mario Kart races. Also wore my Peach sweatshirt. Yeah Christmas wreath Peach, but it was chilly today for the short sleeve one.

Me too, I want to get it later this year. Nice surprise to have on today of all days too!

Yeah, I always found it amusing that older Nintendo Power issues even had ads for multi-platform games redone to advertise Nintendo platforms. I remember the Animal Crossing Guardian, and it felt like an in-universe newsletter, and I just remember getting a PSO poster from an issue that use to hang in my old bedroom. Never had the GameCube versions of Phantasy Star Online, but I have Ver. 2 on Dreamcast (albeit, I played offline).

Still sounds fun. SMB3 is always a fun time with a friend, I'm glad you got to play with someone.

Oh hey my kindle updated, and the interface looks different yet again. I actually quite like this new look.

@MarioLover92 I normally try to 100% most Zelda games, but BotW was one of the exceptions lol. I needed to keep some of my sanity intact. I hope Nintendo re-releases Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Switch before Metroid Prime 4 eventually rolls around, but I'm sure it'll still be a bit. I...actually didn't get to Partners In Time yesterday - my evening got away from me - but I hope to get to it this evening. I did fit in some WarioWare: Smooth Moves though.

Hey guys, just wanted to share this with you all. There's a PC game bundle called Bundle for Ukraine and there's a ton of games in it, including CrossCode, Celeste, Skatebird, and Toree 3D. Me and @tekoii got it, and I highly recommend getting it as well! All the cash will go to charity too.

Also, I finally got to play the Monster Hunter Rise trial. And yeah...I still can't get into it! Just like with the other ones I played, I have a hard time adjusting to the controls, and thus, hunting all those monsters. Kinda wish I got into the MH games a lot more, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be. Maybe I'll come back to it at some point while the trial's active, but I don't know when.

@Sunsy That's cool, looks like we both spent Mario Day really well. Can't blame you, it's been chilly over here too...the day before Mario Day, there was heavy snow all over the place. And there's gonna be even more snow coming tomorrow, to the point where I may experience outages. That's gonna be fun to deal with, let me tell ya!

Yeah absolutely, that was perfect timing! I think that same day, there was an announcement for a Lego Mario set that's themed after Princess Peach - thought you'd like having it.

That's cool. I don't really remember seeing Animal Crossing Guardian, I guess it was while the first game was out? Since I started with New Leaf. I've heard of Phantasy Star Online, but never played it. Was thinking of giving the new one a shot, it's on PC last I knew.

I'm glad I got to play with someone too. My friend and I finally got to play Super Mario Party tonight, by the way. Though, playing it after so long kinda made me realize that it's not quite my favorite in the series - the boards could've been better and more plentiful, and I wasn't a fan of the ally mechanic. Some of the minigames weren't too bad however. We still had some good fun nonetheless, and I ended up winning the whole round!

@Tyranexx I don't think I ever 100%'d a Zelda game. I've 100%'d Super Metroid last year, though that was with a guide and it was after my previous playthrough. I hope they release Metroid Prime Trilogy on the Switch as well, and that's coming from someone who got it on Wii U. Ah, I see...it happens. I used to have Smooth Moves, but I don't now.

@MarioLover92 I mainly 100% Zelda games due to all the benefits of doing so, such as max hearts, energy, etc. depending on the game. Plus, before BotW it usually didn't take too long to grab everything. Super Metroid is a fun one to 100%! I sometimes will play Metroid titles to completion for the same reasons as Zelda. I love Smooth Moves; it has the WarioWare charm, and some aspects of it are absolutely bonkers lol. As for Rise, I enjoyed my time with it but think it's definitely more fun with others. It becomes very grindy outside of the main story bits IMO.

Heh, 100% for BotW would take awhile, @Tyranexx .... I certainly didn't get all the Korok seeds, for a start

@BruceCM I found just enough Korok seeds to get all the inventory space upgrades lol. But I certainly didn't find all 900+ of them!

Yeah, quite, @Tyranexx .... I liked the shrines enough to do about half of those, too!

@Tyranexx I always try to 100% the 2D Metroid games. I've 100%ed Super once, Dread twice, and Zero Mission once. There's just something super satisfying about becoming the most overpowered thing alive.

The 3D ones are a little tougher for me for some reason, but I still try to collect as much as possible.

@Tyranexx I typically just get as much items as I can without too much guidance. Both for Zelda and Metroid games. If I get everything in the game, great - if not, no sweat. Yeah, fully completing Super Metroid was quite the fun journey indeed. By the end, I was insanely powerful and I took down the final boss pretty easily. Yeah, I did hear MH's better with friends overall. I can see that if you play with others, you'd be able to take down the big monsters more easily.

@MarioLover92 Sounds like we did. Hope the day was alright. We got a dusting of snow, but it's now sunny and chilly.

I do, I'm very happy to see a Lego Peach.

Yeah, the Animal Crossing Guardian portion of Nintendo Power was after the first Animal Crossing came out. I find Phantasy Star Online 2 fun, and when Microsoft revealed it during E3 a few years ago, I got so excited having played one of the original games (Vers 2 is the original Dreamcast games with updates and newer content).

Still sounds like a good time, I'm glad you were able to play some Mario Party, even if it's the older game.

@Fizza Seeing your post in "Unpopular Gaming Opinions," making note about Pokemon TV. I use to watch the XY anime when it was on Netflix. Responding here because I'm sure it has nothing to do with unpopular opinions. Actually, chose to play as the girl character in Pokemon X as Serena and her Fennekin were my favorite parts of the anime, and I have a Fennekin plush.

Had this for years, I also have Dedenne. When I got back into Pokemon in 2016 and watched the original anime, I noticed XY so decided to see what the anime was like now, and loved what I watched.

BTW, will be looking forward to that song once I reach that town.

@Sunsy That plush is adorable! I only really have one Pokemon plush myself but I would argue it's probably the best one you could get: a retro Pikachu teddy my uncle and aunt gave me when I was younger. It's literally Fat Pikachu and I couldn't be happier (the amount of chonk on this individual is spectacular).

(this isn't my specific one but it's the same design)

@Fizza Thanks, oh wow, I haven't seen a retro Pikachu in years. I use to have one until my dog at the time chewed it up. Take good care of that, those Pikachu are really classic toys.

Still remember the night I got mine. My brother, mom and dad went to the mall, and I opted to stay home for some reason (dumb move in hindsight, since looking for character stuff while shopping is something I love to do nowadays). I was playing my brother's PlayStation that night, I think it was Tomb Raider, I vividly remember playing that game, and my mom came home with a Pikachu just like that. Thanks for the memory.

@Sunsy @Fizza Those are so cool!

Me and the soon-to-be-wife have those in our bed

We have one more Pikachu like that one but it is in the new place

I bought Sylveon for her because her name is Silvia(Sylvia)