Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I feel like the "Spider-Verse" style could get old quickly if everyone is doing it.

I want to see more animated movies like Klaus its style is yet to be touched (2D made to look like 3D, yes Spider-Verse technically is doing that but it is more 3D than 2D)

@Anti-Matter I still play on 3DS fairly regularly; in fact, I just finished Kirby: Triple Deluxe a few days ago. I have most of my eShop purchases squared away on there, but there are a couple of things I still need to take care of on that front. Unfortunately, many 3DS games are quite rare and expensive nowadays. The worldwide pandemic is mostly to blame for that, but some games/series were inflating in price even before that mess due to small print runs and/or ended production. It makes me glad that I picked up most of what I was interested in between the 3DS's physical game sunset (mid 2018ish I think) and the mess that was 2020. I knew the system was on its way out and wanted to grab what I was interested in before the inevitable happened. I just didn't figure in a worldwide pandemic.

I've owned some form of 3DS since early 2012. My first game was Super Mario 3D Land, not followed too long after by Ocarina of Time 3D.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika Duly noted! I'll try to get in a viewing for our leche-loving friend soon. I presume I don't need to watch the first film?

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika is Community worth watching? It's still on Netflix and I need something new to watch.

Thought I'd ask since you've said you liked it (or something) before.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I trogged through seasons 7-9 of The Office, I think I can handle this show...

alright, I'm hitting play see you in a few hours.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika I am converted. I love this show.

Happy New Year! Time to get to those replies.

Yup, so far, I'm loving it. The open area of Kronos Island is what I like most about it. It just works so weirdly well! My only complaint, in the level areas, moving Sonic feels looser than I expected. Aside from that, I'm loving this game.

Cool, yeah this model was the one my brother had. I always found it interesting as it was more like a SNES with a power and reset button, yet, the older model had volume, power and rest, and even a headphone jack. I always liked how classy the model 1 look, but the model 2 provides the most nostalgia for me.

Enjoy it when you do, I'm loving it so far and I'm really surprise it adapts things from each game. Sonic doing a floor tile light puzzle in one spot, I was like "wait, did they seriously use a puzzle from Sonic Boom?" It's fast, there's lots of rails to reach certain areas, quests, mini events, it's really good so far IMO. Yeah, it's always fun to draw characters I love.

It seems that way, still cool as it does mean new tracks. I still haven't tried Tour. Thanks, I'm glad to have him too, Poppy and Branch belong together! Especially after the events of the movie.

I usually use YouTube often, I like putting on streams, or gaming news videos to listen to while I do chores around the house. Even streams to fall asleep to, like space, or a train ride, or a fire place during the holiday season.

That I am, been playing it for a week already and enjoying every moment of it.

Apologies for double post, I missed these while trying to catch up.

Happy New Year to you too.

Skye because that's who was on the drink topper our friend at the local supermarket gave me. A friend that helps mom at the local supermarket with online orders gave me a Paw Patrol drink with Skye on it and some brownies as a Christmas surprise. She's cute, so no complaints.

So far, I don't know what games I would focus on getting in 2023 yet, I want to wait a bit to see what comes out. I might pick up some games I've been waiting on, like Smurfs Kart.

I don’t know if I can watch the NFL game tonight. A player went into cardiac arrest and has went to the hospital and they still are trying to play the game. They should just cancel the game, but the NFL totally can’t afford losing a the revenue from the game.

@Sunsy
I think I have to pick 3DS games I don't have yet during year 2023 as 3DS eshop will get closed by end of March 2023 and I'm concerned it will make some 3DS games in retail will get inflated price due to its rarity.
I will keep building my PS3 , PS4 & PS5 games during year 2023 but I also will build my Switch games once I found cheaper price for 1st party games.
Btw, have you tried Paw Patrol Grand Prix on Switch or Steam / PC ?

@Tyranexx Happy New Year! May all our dreams come true for 2023. On my Christmas haul, thanks! That's cool we both have Mario sweaters, albeit in different colors. That sweater I got was actually an early Christmas gift, and I got to wear it right on Christmas. Plus my other Mario sweater to keep extra warm.

Yeah same here, Steam lets me get games that aren't on Nintendo consoles, as I don't own any of the newer PlayStation/Xbox consoles. There are some games that run/play best on PC, too, those reasons are pretty much why I have Steam.

Been playing quite a bit of Splatoon 3, really enjoying this game. There's a Splatfest coming up next weekend... I'm looking forward to doing my best in it! I'm on Team Sweet.

@Sunsy Happy New Year from yours truly! May all our dreams come true for this year. I wonder if Sega had any inspiration from the SNES when making the model 2 Genesis, lol. The power and reset buttons are literally on the same spots! Only there's no eject button for taking out cartridges.

I'll be sure to let you know when I get Sonic Frontiers, and what I thought of it. Right now, I've been in a Splatoon mood since last Christmas, when I got Splatoon 3. Especially with the next Splatfest coming up next weekend, so I've been practicing quite a bit. The team I picked was Team Sweet, since I love stuff like cake and cookies. I'm not too into the other taste choices either, lol. Just curious, do you have Splatoon 3, as well?

Awesome to hear you have them together.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika
It is the athletes choice if they participate ( in most cases). But when someone literally dies on the field the game needs to be called off.

Also that hot pants story is inexcusable.

They called off the game. About an hour to late, but at least they called it off.

@blindsquarel Read up on the WWF PPV Over the Edge from 1999. Similar situation, except a wrestler tragically died that night and they still went on with the show. Really sad to read about. There was even a Dark Side of the Ring episode about it.

@Anti-Matter Sounds like a plan to me. No I haven't, this drink was a gift someone gave me. Skye is cute so I do like the top, but haven't played the game. I like these kind of drinks, you get a drink and a collectable character top. I have something similar with Trolls and MLP, drink, but the cap is collectable.

@MarioLover92 Thank you, happy new year to you too. It did come out after the Super NES, it was also a bit more compact than the original Genesis 1 model. The buttons are in the same exact spots!

Hope you enjoy it whenever you get around to it. Glad to hear you're enjoying Splatoon 3, I don't have the game yet, hoping to get it within the year. Sounds like a good plan, I would have chose Team Sweet too.

Indeed, Poppy and Branch's friendship is one of my favorite things about the series. There's a bit more to it, but I don't want to spoil the movie in event you want to ever watch it.

@blindsquarel someone died during a game! Which game?

@Kermit1
The NFL game tonight ( bills and bengals)
They had to do CPR for nine minutes on the field. Luckily they got his heart beating again, but he’s in critical condition right now.

@blindsquarel oh dear, I hope everything turns out well for the person.

@Sunsy Yeah there the weakest part of the game in my opinion, not nearly as fun to play in as the open world.

@Anti-Matter I am not implying that there are no good looking cartoons, it's just that there is a trend of anime looking better than cartoons, as a whole. I know that in 60s and 70s cartoons looked better than anime, but now the trend has reversed. The big oof is that western cartoons tend to reverse all that progress. Seeing the cartoons in 90s and seeing cartoons now, I can say that nowadays companies tend to skimp on animation budget, probably thinking that kids won't see the difference.

@EaglyTheKawaiiShika That was a great comparison, thanks. Yeah, that's pretty much the problem, adult cartoons look like they were scribbled in 10 minutes in a bus, because the companies don't care, as long as it sells. And unfortunately, it does sell, seeing how many of those copies of copies of copies are coming out annually. Sounds like we completely agree on animation being not only for kids and being a great medium for conveying brilliant stories without mind-blowing budget.

It's a shame that nowadays everything is so... standardized. Every western AAA that came out after 2010 looks and plays exactly the same, as if I bought the same game 5 times. Same with movies. That's why I mostly gave up on them and retreated to anime/indie and Nintendo games.