Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Never mind, I fixed the problem..

@Sunsy @Tyranexx @TheJGG @Losermagnet Sorry for the late reply, it's good to see you guys! I missed the site haha.

By the way, anyone's planning to get Mario Strikers? Do you think that it will be fun and varied enough enough to play online frequently?

I'm passing on pretty much any game for now until Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Live A Live, and Digimon Survive all release in late July. I'm quite set on titles and want to work on my backlog a bit.

...I also didn't just buy both Tales of Vesperia and Paper Mario: The Origami King for the Switch. Nope, not at all. <.< >.>

@MarioLover92 Many shooters at the time were a mess of muddy browns and grays, so I didn't find them visually appealing either. Visuals aren't dealbreakers for me by any means, but they do help separate others out from the pack. I also didn't have the best experience with a mode in the first Call of Duty: Black Ops since I was thrown in blind against a team of CPUs lol. I do like Street Fighter II...most of its incarnations anyway. Though I won't pretend I'm an expert at the game.

I think you've hit on why I like many entries in the Mario series: How distinct they can be from each other. Gameplay all the way, though I can't recommend the main series for its plot elements lol. At least some titles like Super Mario 3D World tried to change around the "Bowser kidnaps Peach" trope.

@Snatcher Yep! Well, according to the internet. I'm strictly on the Android phone ecosystem, so I can't confirm, but this page seems to indicate the game still exists.

@Anti-Matter Glad to know Epic Chef is on the Switch. That makes sense that the PC version will perform better compared to consoles, depending on system specifications. I appreciate the walkthrough video and guide links! I'm completely fine with using walkthroughs and hints as long as they don't spoil any plot elements a game might have.

@BruceCM Must be a relatively new fiber installation all around then? If I'm following. Sounds like your setup is all legit. I caution people when dealing with ISPs since my previous one used to run a monopoly in my area and just didn't care. Overpriced, atrocious speeds during high traffic hours (lines were oversold), adding a "surcharge fee" for something or other every year or so.....I'm glad to be off of them.

@Sunsy Wow, I'm pleased that you could give me the exact model; most people struggle to answer that question when I ask! I looked up the specs, and they appear pretty standard for the time...but definitely minuscule by today's standards!

@tekoii Miracle Mask is very much worth experiencing, even with an out-of-genre section that seems a bit rudimentary...but this is from a Zelda fan who's been spoiled by dungeon crawling. I quite enjoy the Layton series. Layton's Mystery Journey on the Switch is self-contained and perfectly playable whenever...though it occurs some time (years) after the other games.

Figured I'd tie in my (brief) response for the discounts & deals thread (since we're getting off-topic) here: I'd dearly love for Monolith to port over XCX, and I don't think it's impossible...just not very likely. Hopefully the current Xenoblade titles continue to do well, and MAYBE they'll rethink not porting it.

@Tyranexx I also have yet to play Tales of Vesperia depite of buying it years ago haha, it's the game I have delayed the most. Oh, and I'm also waiting for Survive, I'm a huge Digimon fan and this strategy-visual novel combination looks really promising. I even have some V Pets.

@Anti-Matter oh that is lovely! Thanks for sharing (and teaching me) and a very Happy Vesak Day to you! <3

@tekoii Yeah, it's nice when games introduce you to music. That sounds nice. BTW, before the Monstercat battle pass ended, I made it to battle pass level 26 (out of 30). Got a lot of cosmetic items just for 500 crystals. Though had to play a lot, 3x week helped a lot. Will do if I ever decide to give it a try.

@roy130390 I don't have any plans to get Super Mario Strikers at the moment. Currently, the only game I'm planning to get, as silly as it sounds, My Little Pony: A Maretime Bay Adventure. I liked the previous generation of My Little Pony, as well as the newer movie this game is based off of, and always wanted a game based on it, so looking forward to it.

I still like playing cartoon based games, while most of them are on mobile, I miss playing these kind of console and PC games. Honestly, Smurfs: Mission Vileaf is one of my favorite games from last year. They did a nice job making a great licensed game.

@Tyranexx Yeah, I used that Mac so much as a kid, I know the exact model name from memory. Yeah, I imagine that's what the specs were. I didn't try other computers until middle school, where they had Windows. My elementary school years, it was all Mac computers.

Well, around town generally, most areas have been switched to fibre already, @Tyranexx .... So it's slightly surprising that these places hadn't been already
Around here, there's definitely plenty of competition for broadband providers, so that helps motivate them
Tales of Vesperia is great & Origami King is pretty good, although since you haven't just brought them you presumably aren't ever going to play them, either?

@Anti-Matter Hellooo! I've created a brand new thread for gaming progression This will be the perfect place to post your daily updates

https://www.nintendolife.com/forums/general_discussion/gaming...

@DreamlandGem
Ah, thanks. 😃
So I can share my gaming progress over there.

Just in case you guys aren't aware, for the 3DS and Wii U eShops, we will no longer have the option to add funds from a credit card on May 23. And on August 29, we won't be able to redeem eShop cards. Friendly reminder for you all - be sure to get the games you want from those eShops before Nintendo pulls the plug on them! Here's a link to Nintendo Everything's article on it.

@Sunsy I played Kirby Super Star for a bit too, I had some progress in and I finished the entirety of Revenge of Meta Knight. Got some easy platinum coins from that.

Thanks, I'll let you know my thoughts when I see it! That's cool. I never saw Phineas and Ferb, I remember being more into Cartoon Network shows back when I was in my early 10s.

@tekoii Yeah, I don't play with items too often, and that actually helps me focus more on the battle itself. I haven't played too much of Smash but I'm down for it when I have the time.

@Tyranexx Ah yeah, I remember those days...a lot of shooters were rather colorless back then and they weren't very appealing to me either. I did try out Call of Duty 2 on the 360 (it wasn't Modern Warfare 2, just so you know), played a bit of the campaign mode, and I didn't get very far in it. So I didn't exactly dig it. I didn't play much of the 360 back in the day.

Yeah, I never play Mario games for the plot either. Just for the fun, inventive levels, power-ups, and the like. Loved how 3D World has that much playable characters, too, Peach is one of my favorites to play as since her floating ability really comes in handy!

Hear a lot of people about Fall Guys and there might be coming a call of duty to switch... might..
Have a nice day

@DreamlandGem interesting.

@MarioLover92 Thanks for the reminder. I have a few months as I usually use eShop cards (or codes in Amazon's case) on all my Nintendo systems. Still have some eShop credit left on both 3DS and Wii U, will probably get a few more cards before the August 29th cut off date. Also keeping an eye on sales, in event a game I wanted goes on sale.

Ooh nice. I completed the Gourmet Race last time I played. Will admit, it's nice for some quick platinum points. Though I did use a good chunk of them on Zelda Picross and Flipnote 3D because of a looming shutdown.

Please do, though it's been awhile since watching Mary Poppins Returns. Phineas and Ferb was a great show, it aired between 2008-2013. It was about these brothers home for summer, and they do extraordinary things, like building their own roller coaster, or a beach in their backyard, and a wacky side story of their pet platypus being a secret agent, and their sister Candace, who is always trying to tell mom the kind of things they do. Was one of my favorites, and I was reminded the other day it has an exclusive Disney+ movie.

@Sunsy Phineas and Ferb was my childhood show and the only show I watched on Disney channel. Mainly because (and I thank my parents for never letting me watch them) the Dis-coms, (not true sitcoms) showed the parents of the shows dumb and ""blind"" while the kids were smart and clever and could do anything without major help.

That was longer than needed lol

@MarioLover92
Man...
I have last chance to add 3DS eshop fund with 12 digit voucher until 29 August 2022.
I will spend $ 50 to buy Yokai Watch 3 USA digital version for $ 40 if the price still haven't changed and for $ 10 remaining, I think I will spend for Megaman Network 6 on Wii U VC.
I cannot pick all Megaman Network GBA VC since I have never played those games before and I don't want be a victim of FOMO (Fear of Missing One) that lead me to buy all the Megaman Network without thinking so I will pick one version that I think the best choice.
I think I still have a chance to get Megaman Network GBA in legit cartridge from Tokopedia.

Speaking about 3rd party games, I have finished two new released 3rd party games Epic Chef PS4 and Dodgeball Academia PS4.
It was such a fun experience to explore new games from 3rd party developers as mostly they bring different ideas and I like to adapt with their new gameplay and I quickly learnt from them.
How about you?
What upcoming / have been released recently 3rd party games that you have interest to play ?
Are you sure you don't want to try some have been released 3rd party games such as Youtubers Life 2 or Kitaria Fables or Cat Quest II or the games I have finished recently ?
They are still cartoonish enough and I'm sure you will like them.

I know you like Mario games a lot and I can see you keep discussing any Mario games from different machines to Sunsy or other users who have same interest with Mario games.
Here is a thing about me.
Despite I like Nintendo games, but I still have low interest with Mario games to be honest as I don't hold my attention toward Mario games for very long time so I tend to get distracted by other games when I played Mario games.
Even I still haven't continued my Super Mario Galaxy 2 Wii with latest progress already reached World 5. Maybe I still have some fatigue with some Mario games, to think how difficult some of Mario games, it made me thinking about other games that I could engage seriously.
I admitted Mario games are fun to play but some of Mario games were pretty hard like Mario Galaxy and i didn't really enjoy with game design like that. I still like to play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe but I don't play that game everyday since I am a gamer who have more curiosity for new 3rd party games.
Yeah, I still have tendency became PlayStation gamer since PS1 and PS2 games have shaped my gaming experiences during my teenhood and college age, yet I still keep maintaining my Nintendo gamer side on certain games.

Oh, about XBOX 360 that you suddenly mentioned from your reply to Tyranexx, I have a plan to get XBOX 360 next month in early June 2022 from my local game shop with Kinect sensor to play Kinect games, DDR UNIVERSE 1 - 3, Fusion Frenzy 2, Zoo Tycoon since I only like these games from XBOX 360. I think I have to get XBOX 360 with RGH on it since I have difficulty to find non modded XBOX 360 machine in USA region since I need the USA machine to play DDR UNIVERSE 1 - 3 as those games are strictly Region locked and only playable on USA machine, so I have no choice but go down with Grey area side (RGH) just only to bypass Region lock but all my XBOX 360 games are legit genuine copies, no pirated disc at all.

@Kermit1 Actually my first time watching that show, I wasn’t a fan, but after three I fell in love with it lol.

@Snatcher
From Disney Channel during year 2004 - 2006 era, I have ever watched Kim Possible and this special episodes (and have DVD and Blu Ray release as well) I like the most (the third part in the future when Shego ruled over the world and I saw adult version of Jim and Tim Possible with muscular body and handsome looking, not gonna lie I have crushed on them. And the muscular Dr Drakken was pretty interesting too)

@Anti-Matter Mario, hm. well, there should be a follow up for galaxy/ odyssey or something like that in my oppinion. or a "super nintendo world" game, or maby one based on the upcoming movie.

@reporterdavid
I have some Mario games in my collection such as Super Mario Galaxy 1 & 2 on Wii, Mario Kart Wii, Mario Kart 7 3DS, Super Mario 3D Land 3DS, Super Mario 3D World Wii U, Super Mario Odyssey Switch, Mario Kart 8 on Wii U and Switch, Paper Mario Sticker Stars 3DS, Paper Mario Color Splash Wii U, New Super Mario Bros U + Luigi U on Wii U.
But, I don't hold my attention with Mario games for very long as I still prefer 3rd party games with more diversity than Mario games.

@korosanbo
I still have some interest with Mario games as you can see from my Mario games collection so far but I have very low interest to engage with Mario games as platformer Mario games felt pretty difficult to play than other platformer games by 3rd party developers so that's why I like 3rd party games more than Mario games.

About Dodgeball Academia.
I have finished the game yesterday.
It was pretty short, I finished the game in 13 hours accumulation.
And here is one thing.
You can adjust the difficulty setting and make the game become extremely super easy by adjusting Damage taken = 0% and Damage dealt = 100% so that means I will not taking any damage from my opponents but I still able to deal 100% damage toward opponents.
And you can buy a lot of drinks with permanent parameter upgrades (Strength, Agility, Technique) and EXP boost drinks at the end of chapter so you can easily level up your team to maximum level (level 50) with no sweat.
And the best thing, there was a mini game in school toilet where you can farming easy $15.00 each attempts so you can buy superior drinks to upgrade your team without having dodgeball battle and beating them just easy peasy like they cannot even harm me with setting damage taken = 0%. Even the Final Boss Nino with 999 HP was like a fly. 😁
I think the game developer was smart enough to provide the difficulty setting that you can adjust as you like and provide easy to level up items for casual players.
I gave 7/10 for Dodgeball Academia.

@Sunsy No problem. I linked my NNID to my Nintendo Account so I should be able to add funds no matter what, it just has to be on the Switch after August, IIRC. I might get the Golden Sun games from the Wii U eShop, I did see that the first game takes about 20 hours to finish, with the second taking 30 hours.

That's cool, Gourmet Race is a pretty fun distraction from the main games. That Zelda Picross was one of the first things I got from My Nintendo, and I got Flipnote Studio 3D for free when Club Nintendo shut down.

Will do. Thanks for telling me about it, I have heard it's one of the better Disney Channel shows from that era. I know I've seen stuff like Chip 'n Dale and Gargoyles, but hardly anything made after the 90s. I know, I'm kind of old. lol

@Anti-Matter Ok that sounds like a good plan, that one's easier to finish from my past experience. That's good you liked Epic Chef and Dodgeball Academia. Ah yeah, going by my wish list on Nintendo's website, there are actually some games I've been meaning to get but just didn't get around to. I wanna give Bug Fables a shot, that's an indie game that's supposed to play like the older Paper Mario games. There's also stuff like Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, Streets of Rage 4, and Golf Story. I wanna get Layer Section/Galactic Attack too, that's an awesome Sega Saturn shmup that just released on Switch, but it's too pricey for what it is I think. I'm curious about that that new Ninja Turtles game coming out too, wonder if that one's gonna be any good.