Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

...okay, I'm gonna bite the bullet here:

What is this "Palworld"?

@IceDomino A recent game that got popular, it has that pokemon theme of catching stuff, the only difference is that it's a survival game, so you use those pokemons to help you survive the days

Meh it happens, emotions are weird, don't try to over think it, trust me on that one :v

So you know how "Kid Icarus: Uprising" had several different factions, like the Underworld Army, Forces of Nature, the Aurum, etc?

Well, I got bored and brainstormed one of my own within that universe, one that my persona, Luca, would be a part of.

@IceDomino Ooooh interesting, sounds fun

@ThatWeirdGuy A legion of beast-men, Luca would be the second-in-command. They're rather similar to the Forces of Nature, but rather than killing humans left and right, they prefer to operate away from human civilizations. But they also dislike the Underworld Army.

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I know a prototype exists for it or something, but Lewis should hurry up and put it up for sale!

Is it me, or do a lot of web videos seem to include glitches as a main source of conflict in their stories?

Late responses again because I've been gaming a little too much. Playing the classic game X-COM: Terror from the Deep led me to playing the more modern game XCOM Enemy Within. I played Disney Speedstorm a lot and unlocked Anna, my favorite Frozen characters.

Me too, I use to wear Pokemon shirts a lot and played the games all the time. Thanks, it really is a nice set. Definitely, I saw the picture of it online, but the hair is a nicer touch seeing it in person.

Glad it was nice. It's just seafood was always a Christmas tradition with my family. Even when mom and I went over to my brother's a few years back.

Good time gaming. That's nice, I've been doing the same with my mini bedroom Christmas tree. Just using it in the evening until the batteries go out (so I don't waste them). I'm surprised the batteries lasted this long since the bedroom tree lights are battery powered.

Nice, I still need to try out Tails and Knuckles. Yup, Amy is my favorite, when I first came here I did use her as my profile picture. It is Amy's modern outfit from Sonic Adventure on, it's still classic Amy wearing it. Picture classic Amy wearing modern Amy's dress and you get the picture.

Lucky, you got to try both, all I had was the Wii one. Funnily enough, I remember the Wii version was better received than the other two. At least with reviewers at the time anyway. Oh ok, now I'm trying to remember if the Wii had quick time elements in its werehog levels. I do remember the Wii remote and nunchuk were used like fighting though, lol.

That's cool, yeah it was a really good show. Just missed it in its heyday, so Sonic Boom for me were the three games up until I got the DVD of it.

Yup, sad that Disney Store is gone where I live now. Anna and Elsa plushies were certainly a fun memory, I still have them. I imagine that, I think the biggest appeal to places like Disney and Universal is just meeting characters.

Indeed, also it doesn't help when other games catch my attention. Been playing XCOM, and weirdly enough it's making me want to play Mario+Rabbids. I have Mario+Rabbids too thanks to the sale from its NSO trial a few years back, that game and XCOM have in common is they're both turn-based strategy games.

This is truth. Seriously though, I have more enjoyment out of shows, movies, and games that are seen as "kids entertainment," than more mature shows and movies. Though I do play some mature themed games, like Quake and Mortal Kombat for example.

The whole positive reception Trolls Band Together has been getting on YouTube surprises me, especially since a lot on that site trashed the first two movies (most common being "it's cringe," or "kid movie bad"). Even a critic who called the first two movies "terrible," ended up liking it. It makes me happy to see people finally see why fans like myself love this series so much.

According to the commentary regarding the game “Tales of Monkey Island”, episode 1's bar fight had to get trimmed down to an offscreen cutscene in order to fit the episode in the Wii's 40 MB size limit. As a result, the bar was named Club 41 as in the 41st MB of content.

@Eagly_lmtd_xmasskin Thanks. Hope you get to see, it was really good. Trolls Band Together is my most watched movie in theaters, saw it a total of five times. Twice alone (includes the early access showing), and three times with my friend. Even got it on Blu-Ray/DVD already... this has to be some sort of record. The DVD came out practically two months after release.

Also happy to see it did well at box office. I haven't seen Wish, but I keep seeing others mention the villain song is much better than Wish's. I'm surprised by that.

Not so much novels, I just feel kids entertainment in general is more magical as oppose to being dark or sad. My mom watches crime dramas, and I see no appeal in it personally. Just an example I could think of at the moment.

Looked through the best bands of 2020s and it's either old bands from 00s or some completely unknown names I have never heard of.

The future is grim, we need to archive history of the 90s and 00s and hold on to it for as long as we can

Kind of a weird thing for me to say, but I appreciate moments in movies where two or more main characters are walking through some gorgeous scenery, and the camera panning is slow enough for me to appreciate it despite their conversation.

That’s called getting old. Every generation at some point finds all the cool yoof counter culture music of today different to what they think it should be due to being out of touch. The same thing happened to your parents when Motley Crue and Genesis were replaced with Nirvana and Blur, the same happened to your grandparents when The Beach Boys and The Kinks were replaced with Led Zepplin and The Ramones. Really that is as it should be, the cool music of right now shouldn’t be established household names that even your Auntie and Uncle knows about, like imagine asking your Great Aunt who watches Emmerdale and hasn’t gone up in da club for decades about what is hot in the scene right now.

@jump it would be but there are two points worth considering:
1. I am not getting old yet (I mean technically everybody is getting older and older but you know what I mean)
2. I never stopped being out of touch with music, it's just that there are no names worth mentioning nowadays. If there was cool music of today, I would have known that, I can say it with some certainty. I'm not claiming to be the all knowing musical guru, but I really know my way around the beats, half of the music I listen to are older than me, that means something.

I don't mean to argue, but has anyone heard of any good band coming out after 2010? Like Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Blink 182, Green Day, Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy, Asia, The Beatles, The Cure, Sum 41, etc. These are the names everyone knows, even people born after their debuts. We don't see such big names nowadays. The last one that was everywhere was someone called Justin Bieber but his career was entirely engineered by the music companies in order to create a music celebrity, and he got lost to the sands of time the second his controversy stopped being fun.

Fluffy Dreams Everyone!

@Sunsy I still own some Pokemon merch and play the games, though I'm a bit behind when it comes to game releases since my time is finite and The Pokemon Company likes sticking to a short release schedule...to the newer titles' detriment. I just started Pokemon Legends: Arceus over the weekend and really like it so far, even if the pop-in is a bit annoying at times. I did try getting back into the card game, but it's an investment (and a bit hard to get good cards around here since the local card shop closed....I don't trust ordering online).

I love most forms of seafood, so I'd be more than happy to make it more of a tradition...but not a lot of my family is on board with that. Some things like grilled or fried fish are fine, but I'm an outlier when it comes to less bland things like, peppered fish, scallops, and sushi and its relations.

Luca’s idle animations:

-Quickly re-adjusts his glasses.
-Quickly brushes one of his own tails.

Luca’s taunts:

Up: Gets on all fours like a real fox and growls (rather similar to Wolf’s down-taunt)
Side: Summons a small flicker of fire from his right hand while saying “If you play with fire, you’re gonna get burned.”
Down: Does a quick backflip and says “Ha!”

Just one day left before I have delicious cake! In other news, been playing more of Golden Sun and got a little further... hopefully I'll make more progress soon. Also been playing New Super Mario Bros. on the DS. I still have my DS copy and I got nostalgic for that game, I used to play it a ton back when it first came out in 2006.

@Tyranexx They did! You're right, it's all in good fun, and no one really knows what the winning team will be until the final results. Also, you get super sea snails for participating in Splatfests. You can still get a healthy amount of them even if your team loses - the winning team only gets a few more. I got 21 super sea snails for getting the Family Ruler title. I would've gotten 24 had I chosen Solo, and got the Solo Ruler title. So it's not too bad.

I certainly did. She's been super nice and helpful to me during my drawing class, and the other classes that she taught. Everyone's drawings in the class also got displayed in the library... including mine! Oh gotcha, I'd say I'm better with scenes and objects as well. I did take a similar class where you'd make 2D designs with abstract patterns and stuff. It was a bit more challenging compared to drawing.

Absolutely... that stepmother is just plain heartless. Good to hear that Anastasia has changed a bit in the sequels, I've not seen those. Just the first Cinderella film from 1950. I do like that movie, actually. It's a cute movie for sure... sans Lady Tremaine and her daughters, of course, lol. And yeah, as @Eel said, this whole thing worked in Cinderella's favor in a way... she has still been figuring out a way to get her happy ending, even with all that abuse she's been putting up with. There's no stopping her, huh? (Side note: I did see a movie that's called Anastasia... but that one is totally different. lol)

That would be cool to replay 3D World, I've been wanting to give the game a replay on my birthday. It might just be my favorite Mario game, actually!

@Sunsy I actually finished Super Mario RPG not too long ago! Good to hear you're making good use of your little tree before the batteries go. We both pretty much made the most out of our batteries, except with totally different things.

I remember that. Always had my boy Mario as my profile picture here at Nintendo Life... except that one time when I had Peach instead! I've had both Mario and Peach in certain profile pictures of mine, too. All righty gotcha, that's cool they added the modern dress for Amy. I'm guessing it was part of a free update?

I think I remember that too, except that was from the more "official" review sites, for lack of a better word. I don't remember if that's the case... it's been years since I last touched the Wii version and I think I only played it once or twice. That's cool on Sonic Boom. Actually, I had a similar experience with not seeing Sonic SatAM during its heyday, though we rented a couple VHS tapes at Blockbuster or Hollywood Video (don't remember which) back in... I wanna say the late 90s. Sonic SatAM first aired in 1993, and I was only a year old back then.

Yeah, that is sad indeed... my local mall used to have a Disney store as well, but that unfortunately closed down as well. Too bad. It's where my mom and dad got me a Jiminy Cricket plush when I was a little boy... loved that plush back then. I would think so as well, plus many of the rides are a big selling point for a lot of people, too. Same with the Cinderella castle, and I think you can get souvenirs as well.

Gosh, Mario + Rabbids is another game I should play more of, or should I say, games. Kingdom Battle, and Sparks of Hope. I've not played XCOM, but I have played a few turn-based strategy games myself, namely Fire Emblem, Advance Wars, and Shining Force.

Been wanting to ask you. Do the Trolls movies all have a connected story, or can they be watched in any order? Looks like everyone's been liking Trolls Band Together, I was thinking of checking out that movie sometime. Also my mom's literally the same way, she also likes watching crime dramas, which also aren't my cup of tea. She does like watching Disney movies with me, though.

Personally, I don't think Game Freak or Nintendo should have to bother with Palworld's popularity, just ignore it and hopefully it'll die on its own. Like how Disney decided not to pursue legal action against the "Escape from Tomorrowland" fan film (because of the "Streisand Effect", where trying to censor or cover something up ends up giving it more publicity).

That being said, even if I had an interest in Palworld...I don't own any Xbox consoles or a PC.