Chit Chat thread people<3 Regarding the thread link above: When I see people join NL just to compliment a brand new, or uknown game dev like this, it looks like planted adverts. I can understand friends, associates of a game developer giving encouragement, but in a community that has that has kept adverts out, my pessimism grows when new, unknown users join to create buzz. It looks like fake reviews on amazon.
God knows I have deep respect for game developers. Should I be more patient or forgiving of this kind of thing in the NL forum? Antdickens usually puts things in a better context and puts me at ease. I trust Ant. I didn't want to bother him with this, though. Forgive me if I'm being too cynical. Am I being too cynical?
I mean it was cool and it was 3D but there was no Toy Box and to this day I still have that longing feeling of what could have been.
For some reason, I had almost no good DS games. I had mostly shovelware/licensed garbage. Mario Kart? Ha! Mario 64? What's that? New SMB? Nope. The 3 good games I had were Kirby Super Star, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and Sonic Rush. Jeez.
You could share your opinion in that thread. Let the devs and their peeps know this kind of actions have a negative effect on forums like this- respectfully of course.
I'm sure most of the time it's just people close to the project/dev trying to show their support, but I do believe they should make their connection a bit more clear. Most of the time they stay as anonymous one-time-use accounts... And that doesn't do the dev any favors.
@Eel I shared a variation of my above comment in the neko ghost thread, and ant removed it. I feel like I did something bad now, and regret saying anything. I guess I'm ignoring game developers in the future. It's a different dynamic. I think it may be rare that it works.
@WoomyNNYes I don't know if it was there when you commented before but the creator of that thread has a tick next to their name to show they're a verified developer.
Edit: Oh I see, you might have been referring to the person who replied to the thread. Their post was removed for being off-topic apparently so I don't know what they said.
I really need to start being more active on here lol. I hop back in like every two months and give updates and then lurk for a while normally, but hopefully I'll be on here more again soon. I just recently started streaming and when you do that along with working a job, attending college, and playing sports, it can get kinda hectic. Luckily I just quit my job to free up some time to do the other things I enjoy doing! I hope everyone else is doing good as well, I sadly haven't been able to keep up with all the stuff here so I have no clue what's been going on.
On the video game side I've mostly been playing Mario Kart in the free time that I do have. I've also been slowly playing through EarthBound on stream and it's as good as always. Still one of my favorite games ever. Pretty excited to stay up late tonight playing Kirby (hopefully Walmart will still have some copies...). But yeah, hopefully I'll be more active on here, seems like I sure did miss a lot in the last few months I've been less active
@Dogorilla Yeah, they had they developer check mark when they created the thread. The first comment was a brand new NL user that made an account to compliment the OP - likely a friend of the developer, which looks suspicious. And since they removed that comment, my comment calling attention to it was no longer needed. I guess I should have trusted that using the report button was enough. Since this sort of thing isn't addressed in the community rules, I wasn't sure reporting would do anything.
@Eel Do you think we need rules for developers outlined in the Community Rules? This isn't the first time a game dev has had friends join NL to create positive buzz on their thread - which looks suspicious. Does NL already has rules for game devs, and they just aren't following them?
Never saw the 'friend's' post, @WoomyNNYes .... It's tricky coming up with hard & fast rules for everything, so it's probably just not quite covered in them, since most of the forum simply doesn't allow any advertising posts at all!
@WoomyNNYes I’d like to believe you’ve already set the wheels in motion for that. Do feel free to use the contact form to ask for a reply and make suggestions directly to Ant, I’m sure he appreciates the feedback.
That whole dev forum thing is pretty new after all.
@Tyranexx Yeah, Flying Squirrel Mario is pretty fun to use. You could get some really nice distance while you're gliding. Though, I think my favorite power-up with flight capabilities is the Tanooki Suit from Super Mario Bros. 3. I like the Cape Feather as well, but it's kind of overpowered. You could literally fly over entire levels with it.
@Sunsy Me too! I'm already wanting more tracks, lol - though I certainly understand that it takes time. If I had to guess, we'd get the next batch of courses next summer, with the first three waves for this year, and last three for the next.
@WoomyNNYes I actually am avoiding articles, videos, and the NL thread about it. I plan on playing through Kirby and the Forgotten Land sooner or later. If it's a brand-new game that I'm really looking forward to, I'd rather play it for myself.
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@MarioLover92 The Tanooki Suit is pretty fun; it's one of my favorite power-ups, especially in Super Mario 3D Land. The Cape Feather was deliciously overpowered in Super Mario World. XD I remember when the controls fully clicked; I kept replaying Donut Plains 1 over and over again just to explore every inch of it lol.
@Anti-Matter Oooh, I've seen that shirt floating around online! I really like the design, though I admit I've never played a Sly Cooper game. I don't have a preference for the character one way or the other, I just haven't had a chance to play them.
@Tyranexx Yup, that's something I really wouldn't want to attempt. I'd be afraid I might damage something on the cart.
@Mikmoomamimocki Yeah, Disney games on the DS were usually different than their console counterparts. I have Cars 2 on DS, has a story mode that followed the movie, in addition to being a racing game. IIRC, after beating the story, I mostly replayed the race mode in that one.
Sonic Rush and Kirby Super Star are still pretty good choices. Wouldn't say all licensed games are bad. As mentioned, Cars had some solid racing games on DS, minus the mini-game filled first movie game, and as @Fizza mentioned, Phineas and Ferb was another good DS one too.
@Blooper987 Don't worry about it, life sometimes does get really busy. It's nice seeing you hop on though. I'm doing well enough, not too much happening lately outside playing some games and a friend who moved away visiting. Recently played Paladins and laughed because I forgot I had Amelia Watson set as my announcer, lol.
@MarioLover92 I think three waves per year sounds like it, we'll have to wait and see. I'm really hoping for Delphino Square, I always enjoyed that track on Mario Kart DS. Thinking about it, I would like the Wuhu Island tracks from Mario Kart 7 come back.
@Tyranexx
If you have a chance to buy PS3 machine and the games, make sure you pick Sly Cooper games on PS3 (Trilogy, Thieves in Time).
I have played both Trilogy and Thieves in Time and I have discovered hidden gems from Sony games. As I played through the Sly Cooper games, it grows my compassion toward Sly whose his father got killed by their enemies, Bentley got injured permanently at the end of Sly Cooper 2 storyline. Even Sly Cooper was a thief but he was such a good thief for taking back stolen things from dangerous criminals to save the world. Thief vs thief in this case.
Oh, imagine this. Amazon this morning said Kirby Forgotten Land had "shipped", was scheduled to arrive here by "10pm". It's been saying that all day. Now, 7:45pm, the status has changed, now it HASN'T shipped. So shady!!! It still says it will arrive by 10pm. I spidey senses sense BS.
I knew Amazon had a reputation of delayed new releases when I orders. I knew I was taking a risk. I didn't know they'd lie like that though.
Eel, I want to report Amazon for being stupid liars.😁
EDIT: 9pm, an email notification came saying it shipped, arriving tonight by 10pm, but it was too late for that to be credible. Open tracking, now it has a nebulous delivery window of March 26-27. Thank you Prime Membership. I wish this was the first time Amazon repeatedly gave me conflicting, dubious shipping statuses leading up to a delivery failure. This happened at least twice since summer. You can tell the package is stuck somewhere, but the system keeps right on saying it will arrive by the end of the day. And it doesn't arrive.
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