Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

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I've been getting completely and utterly destroyed in Splatoon 3's Splatfest. Thank goodness I got the Ruler title and scrubbed my Splatfest tee before it ended... good riddance. In other news, my younger brother came for a visit last night and we also played some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe races! It was fun, and it was a nice break from all that ink-filled chaos that I've been enduring.

@DiamondCore Anytime, and congrats on the brown belt!

Nice, third time's the charm. Glad you're enjoying the movie. I like playing as Yoshi sometimes and I used to play as him a lot when I was a kid. When the Yoshi's Island course came out for Mario Kart, I played as Yoshi quite a lot to match the occasion. That's cool, we both like the good guys! They're the ones who save the day, after all. If there's any lessons that characters like Mario have taught me, it's to never give up and always do your best.

Yeah exactly. There's nothing wrong with being critical as long as you're constructive about it, and not just throwing insults around. Here's an example of mine... I like how Mario Kart Tour has a bunch of different costumes for all the characters and how it introduced courses that took place around the world, but I just did not like playing the game itself. I didn't like the touch screen controls and the microtransactions, and now that the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe DLC is here, I'd much rather play the Tour courses over there. I know some people liked Tour, and that's fine. Everyone has their own opinions, after all. That's good, as long as you're enjoying whichever movie/game/etc., that's all that matters. I'm pretty much like that with movies as well.

All righty, gotcha. Holiday in Harmony does sound like it's more of a Christmas special, yeah. The cape was also insanely powerful in Super Mario World... you could literally use it to fly over many of the game's levels when you got the timing down.

I'd like that as well, maybe increase the screen resolution while keeping the pixel art, like what Sonic Origins did. Maybe even tweak the controls a little bit. Yep, they made Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection - they made a collection for the Mega Man Zero games as well. Oh that's cool, I think I recall that about the Metroid games... I remember that before Metroid Dread came out, I finished Metroid Fusion. I finished the other 2D games beforehand, too. That's cool, I used to have Pokemon Red and Yellow when I was young. I was considering getting Red from the eShop, but I didn't like how it was all in black and white, and I was content with just getting one of the gen 2 games.

It did kind of feel like the SNES controller, yeah... the original GBA came in similar colors as that of the US design of the SNES. Ah yeah that's good, those combo packs definitely save money in the long run. Disney stopped doing the vault? Didn't know that, that's good to hear.

All righty, that also sounds like a nice plan. I'm planning on getting the tree up after Thanksgiving since my mom likes having seasonal decorations up for each holiday/season. I also got a new ornament this year, this time it's Cat Mario! Can't wait to have him on my tree this year. Agreed on decorating for the holidays. I actually have a few Christmas things in my bedroom as well, such as my little potted cherry tree. It's also got pine cones and a large red ribbon. My train set is here on my shelf, too... just waiting to be put under the tree! I have a picture of that, if you'd like me to show you.

Agreed for sure. That's cool you got quite a few Trolls merch.

Yeah. I'm sure there's a ton of work involved for if you're a voice actor, as well. Similarly, I've been wanting to get into game design, but I found out that I don't like programming very much. I know it's essential for making games, but it's quite taxing for me... partly because I tend to overthink a lot and there's a lot of code that would have to be made. I'd probably be best at doing stuff like artwork. I'm sure you remember that I've posted drawings before.

That's understandable, yeah the level design doesn't always favor going fast. I think I get hit more often in the Sonic games than in the Mario games, too... at least you won't lose a life as long as you have at least one ring. I do like the Sonic games and they get better the more they're played, but I definitely like Mario's adventures more overall. (Bet you didn't see that coming... haha!) Oh gotcha, I was thinking that tournament part was around Battle Network 4's plot or something. I guess that NT Warrior's ratings went down later on, IIRC, BN5 and 6 didn't sell very well. Presumably because the GBA was on its way out.