Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Sunsy Pretty sure that SML1 was the first Game Boy game that I had as well. Balloon Kid sounds like a decent game then, I think I recall seeing it on a YouTube video once.

Oh that's awesome you got to play Daytona USA - it's such a good game. I adore the music as well! My local arcade had Mario Kart Arcade GP, but it's only the first one. It's a decent game for sure, though I had some trouble with the controls. Never played its sequels.

Thanks for the tip! I'll have to get a spare USB drive sometime then, I have quite a few Steam games so it'd be handy to make backups for all of them just in case.

@reporterdavid Good to hear that you're ok. I've played the Switch Sports online play test, but that's it. If they add more sports that I'd dig (more sports from Wii Sports Resort would be fantastic), I may pick it up. When they add golf, all three of my favorites from the first Wii Sports would be here - tennis, bowling, and golf.

The ori chase scene music is top notch. I haven’t played the games in months and I still find myself humming them.

Shorts weather is here, rode some pumptrack today with the bike for a couple hours, got a little air, got some sun (vitamin D). I love the whirring sound of tire tread as you whip around the bowl corners. I rode until my legs were jello. So easy to work up some sweat when you're having fun.

Gave my niece Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga (digital - my brother's family prefers digital) for the Switch for her birthday, which is Cinco De Mayo. Actually, while I was out riding, a picture text arrived of my Niece at the restaurant. My sister in law had printed the Lego Skywwalker Saga box art on a full piece of paper and had cut it into pieces, making it a puzzle. The pieces were in a card, and she had to put the puzzle together (while waiting for food at the restaurant) to see what her present was. Pretty slick idea.

@TheJGG Has F1 raced Miami Florida before? I'm not aware they raced there before.

@reporterdavid Glad to hear it. No, afraid I don't have Switch Sports.

@MarioLover92 So far, I'm liking Balloon Kid, honestly, it's making me want to play Balloon Fight. Think I might have to try it on the NES NSO app.

It is, I played the arcade version, and I have the Dreamcast version, which is usually called Daytona USA 2001, honestly, it's one of the best versions of the game out there. Thinking about kart racing arcade machine, I remember a movie theater had a Nicktoons Racing machine. I never played that one on PC or PlayStation, but I did have the GBA version which was pretty much a mode-7 racer.

Yeah, usually you go to the Steam menu, choose restore/backup, and you can choose to make backups that can fit onto CD-R, DVD-R, or custom for USB sticks or other drives. Games are restored via the same menu. It's a useful feature Steam has.

@Sunsy Whoa I never knew steam had that feature (too bad I deleted steam for PC performance reasons)

@WoomyNNYes That sounds like a really creative way of doing a surprise gift.

@Kermit1 Yeah, I use to use it a lot years ago in my old town where I had slow DSL speeds. Helped with bigger games as it would just install off a disc I backed up the game to, the only downloads I would have to worry about were the updates. Still requires Steam, but still a useful tool.

@WoomyNNYes Correct; F1 is at Miami for the first time, at the Hard Rock Miami Dolphins stadium. It's meant to be a hybrid between a street track and a circuit. I'm personally excited for it. Could be a very entertaining race. It's on a 10 year deal anyway so... not much's gonna happen even if it's a bore.

Excited for it? It should be in a better time zone for you.

Hoosha...!
Some progress from my Epic Chef PS4 gameplay.
I got some tough chefs to be challenged from Nyarian League and Culinary League to raise my Restaurant Prestige at least 50 points to continue the storyline as I cannot wait to get more new ingredients like Gomera (Giant Turtle) and Dragon egg.
Nyarian place was the best place to quick leveling the Vigor/ Spirit / Sophistication level for Zest by x2.5 for each gathering activities.
I still have difficulty to use sauces which multiply certain flavor point by 2x as I still didn't see the result. Maybe I need to know the method to multiplty the flavor points by sauces from YouTube.

@TheBladeOfRoses Yes it is. I have a copy and it is a standard edition.

It is a package where you get Dying Light the game with a box AND a case. Stickers. Survival Guide - which is a booklet with useful info. A map of the game.

@TheBladeOfRoses Yep. Germany have those super weird ban and censoring laws

My version of Half-Life 2 (German) had all the blood in the game to be black and not red. I bought it second hand and I did not know about this. Later I found normal copy And after that I am not buying German version of any game

Am I crazy to think these two songs sound the same at parts.

@Kermit1 I can see how their sounds cross wires in the mind.
(video 2 doesn't display for me. Don't know if it's regional. Using the quote button, I see it points to Prince 1999)

@WoomyNNYes I think it is a regional video, oddly. (Rad extreme biking video, btw)

After finishing Sifus secret ending today I think I realized that I actually find it sad to finish games I really like, don’t get me wrong I can still do more stuff, but it makes me wish I could do it all over again.Also I hope you all are having a great day.

@Sunsy Sorry it's been a while. I just been so busy with all my life stuff. I'm kind of in the same boat when it comes to Paladins. I thought Overwatch looked cool but you have to pay for it. But then I saw that Paladins is similar and free, so I hopped in. It's a great game for sure, but yea, comparisons are definitely there with Overwatch and the like lol. Fun game to play every now and again! Heck yea... we'll race more in the future Btw do you play Pokemon Unite?

@Tyranexx Hey sorry it took me so long to respond. Hope all's been well! Life's been rather hectic for me as of late but that's okay! We were talking a bit about the Layton games last we spoke. Seems like there is a bit to consider when jumping in as a new player. Dang, the fact that the 3DS ones are continuities from the The Last Specter is a bit of a bummer, but still I do wanna snag me the 3DS ones before the shop closes.

@TheJGG Just gave it a listen. Sounds great! I'm guessing there's more to the piece cause you did put that it's in alpha and at the end it does sound like it continues on. Always great hearing your covers man!

@MarioLover92 Ha yea, no worries man XD! Shine Thief is such utter chaos anyway, though it's always looks funny to see everyone rush the one guy with the shine lmao.

@Sunsy Ah yeah I forgot it was part of NSO as well. Then again, I didn't play the NES app nearly as much as the SNES one. I kinda wanna try out a few of the NES games on there, actually!

I played the PS3 version after that console was lent to me, and it's a solid version of the game. I think it's a straight port of the arcade version with widescreen. I think I saw that Nicktoons racing game on a few occasions too.

Ok cool, thanks for the explanation! I do have a thumb drive, though I used that for stuff like college assignments. Perhaps it would have enough space for some game backups.

@tekoii Yeah, I'm somewhat like that too. I try to be observant while I'm keeping an eye on the shine, and I like to keep a mushroom on hand if possible. Still really tough to get the shine for myself though!

@MarioLover92
Wait, what PS3 games you have ever played from your last comment ? (Racing games?)

Loving the new dark theme overall. Is anyone else beta testing this feature?

@MarioLover92 I'm not sure what sort of specs the Layton games require to run on mobile. If your phone is viable, that wouldn't be a terrible option. I don't believe Diabolical Box and Unwound Future on DS are very pricey used, but I know sealed prices are rising. As for Level-5, I found this NL article from 2020 that Level-5 has no plans for future games outside of Japan. That isn't to say that Nintendo won't publish anything, but I think it's less likely that we'll see many (or any) of their titles from now on.

XD To be fair, my mother didn't turn into a pseudo-Samara who crawled out of televisions and jumped through windows, but she knew to keep an eye out for any post-bedtime gaming. Unfortunately, my room was in a loft, so the GBA SP's backlit screen was a double-edged sword; she could see the glow, so I started playing it under my covers...with a little ventilation. It got stuffy in there!

I really like your new profile pic! Definitely a photographic moment with our portly plumber friend!

@Sunsy I hope your Star Wars gaming went well a couple of days ago!

@BruceCM Layton Brothers: Mystery Room is actually a detective-type spinoff that I haven't played yet. Funnily enough, I do have it downloaded! It slipped my mind that Millionaires' Conspiracy has a trial version on mobile. Kinda weird that you can't find Unwound Future; I'm able to locate it on the Google Play Store without any problems.

It's possible Nintendo will publish Level-5 titles outside of Japan, but they clearly aren't in a hurry to do so if that's the case. I'd love to see localizations of Yo-Kai Watch 4 and Megaton Musashi....

@tekoii Hey, no prob, you're allowed to live life! I can definitely relate in the "life is hectic" department lol. Since we last corresponded, I've actually started working my way through Azran Legacy; I'm only about six or so hours in and am enjoying it a lot. It does reference the previous two games in a limited capacity, but it wouldn't really hurt you to jump in with that one either. If you're looking at both 3DS entries, I would play Miracle Mask first; I wouldn't call Last Specter/Spectre's Call a miss at all, but you aren't missing too much context by skipping it.

@Tyranexx
Well, for Level-5 games on modern consoles, i'm ready to play Yokai Watch Jam PS4 and other Japanese exclusive Yokai Watch games on 3DS (Sangokushi, Busters 2, Sushi & Sukiyaki) even with Japanese language as I could play Yokai Watch 3 Tempura with Japanese language so I think I can play Yokai Watch Jam and other Yokai Watch games on Japanese 3DS.
I still thinking twice for Yokai Watch 4++ as in Yokai Watch 4, there was No Evolution and Fusion so a lot of old Yokai from previous series didn't present especially Merican Yokai from Yokai Watch 3 and there are some already Fushioned Yokai but without their original form (Reuknight without Helmsman and Armsman).
I considered Yokai Watch 3 was the best Yokai Watch games on 3DS as it has the most Yokai to get, even total amount of Yokai in Yokai Watch 4 is still lesser than Yokai Watch 4. Yokai Watch 4 have some disturbing Shadow side form that honestly I don't like their scary looking as I still have negative perception with scary looking creatures.

Btw, I really enjoyed Epic Chef game on PS4 as the cooking battle with very calculating points from flavor points (Vigor, Spirit and Sophistication) made me curious to find better combination of ingredients to get very high points on certain flavors and could win the Cooking Battle.
I have reached level 50 in Epic Chef and have discovered a lot of Synergy bonus for certain ingredients so with perfect combination of each ingredients, it will multiply the points with big numbers if you put them in right order (from 1st ingredients until 3rd ingredients, including sauces) and finding the right combination was interesting as I can use that combination for myself to level up Zest (main character in Epic Chef) quickly, usually I depend on High Sophistication level dishes as the easiest to make and find the ingredients.
You better try Epic Chef on Steam as it has the best performance than console version I played (almost no loading time for passing through the gate, more grass detail, 60 fps)

Yeah it's a shame that Doctor Strange got banned here. I'm personally not massively losing out, but I know people that aren't happy about it, and naturally my sympathies go to them. Eternals also got banned last year, since one of the Eternals in question, he has a husband. Again, a shame, but it is what it is. At least Sonic 2 wasn't banned, thank god. I dunno what I would have done if I hadn't been able to see it!

Frankly... as much as I love the Harry Potter series I never massively cared for the spin-offs. And believe me, I really love the books. The books were some of my first reading and the movies were simply wonderful. But I suppose I was satisfied with the story that was told in the seven books, and of course there's people out there that aren't.

Apparently there's meant to be three more Fantastic Beasts movies, which reflects how utterly devoid of imagination we are if WB is trying to milk the Wizarding World franchise this badly. It's almost as bad as splitting The Hobbit into three movies when it's a fifth of the length of The Lord of the Rings! But that's just my view.

I remember you use DIscord, by the way. May I send you a friend request?

@tekoii Thanks for the feedback! You'll be happy to know I finished that cover, plus the second part, and I skipped ahead to work on the fourth part. I'll put Act 2 out soon, that'll be exciting. As for Act 5... the biggest challenge will be replicating Kefka's laugh, ironically. I could sample it of course.