@Pastellioli Yeah, it was really awesome. I was trying so hard to contain my excitement. They were absolutely lovely people to talk to. I'd love to talk to them again someday. Maybe even gift Patricia Summersett a burned CD copy of the Zelda Cinematica album by Sam Dillard. I maintain that he needs to be the one to compose the score for the upcoming Zelda movie, as that album sounds just like something you would hear from a Zelda film. I may have to mail a copy of it to Wes Ball (the director of the Zelda movie) so he can give it a listen and decide if that's the kind of style he wants to go for.
@Pastellioli Thanks for the bolded list of games. I played a bit of Jet Force Gemini on NSO actually. I think I finished the first two or three levels? It does seem to be a pretty cool game, though I'm not sure if I like the aiming. It would take some time to get used to I guess. I also rented the game back in the N64 days, though I was very young at the time. I'll try to remember to try out the other games. Actually, I tried out a different game on the NES NSO app, which was Journey to Silius, but I didn't like it that much. I went more in detail in the Games You Recently Dropped thread.
I also 100%'d Banjo-Kazooie! Though in my case, it was my N64 copy. That was before the NSO expansion pack came out. The DKC games on the SNES were what introduced me to Rare. Finished all three of those games, but I haven't 100%'d them. I've never played Nuts & Bolts, just the original two Banjo games. I didn't like the character redesigns and I heard the game wasn't very good, so I skipped it. I stuck with the Wii and DS at the time.
@Tyranexx Anytime. To be honest, I'm not sure if or when I'd get to the Ys series. There's only so much RPGs I'd actually want to play, lol... they tend to be very long. When I do finally finish XC2, I'll be sure to keep you guys posted in the Games You Recently Beat thread.
Yeah I like visiting places I've not been to before as well. It can suck getting to said places... at least if you're driving in unfamiliar locations or dealing with those dang flight delays, lol. Gotcha on the wooden roller coasters. Hopefully I'll find a coaster that's more stable and not ultra high and fast. I'm expecting them to still be fast, I will say that. So I'm better prepared for what would feel like F-Zero/Sonic speeds to me, lol. Thanks, I'll be sure to visit all the parks that Disney has to offer. Absolutely... I've had my fair share of both kinds of experiences and I've been bettering myself from them.
You know, Tyranexx. We're not so different, you and I. We're both not biased towards cats at all, lol! It's a fun power-up for sure. Heck, I won't mind it making a comeback in a future Mario game. Gotcha, yeah I don't personally recommend getting every Shine Sprite. Can't blame you for finishing the game the regular way. Maybe I'll give it another playthrough, but it'll just be a regular one, lol. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I played Super Mario Odyssey. I might give that another playthrough as a result.
@Sunsy Oh that's awesome. I actually have relatives who live in Florida... would love to fly there and meet them. I wanna visit Disney first, then Universal's Nintendo park, since it looks like there's more to do at Disney and I've been getting back into their movies and cartoons. I even got the Mickey Mouse cartoons on blu-ray last year at Walmart. There were two volumes, I got them both (the second volume was a birthday present), and they were for Disney's 100th anniversary. Oh gotcha, I don't remember there was an alternate control scheme... I hated the on-foot missions, it's why I didn't like the game. I'll probably like the game more if I tried that dual-stick setup, but I've gotten so used to Splatoon's gyro controls, lol.
That's cool, I might try out that Movies Anywhere thing, I've never used it. I do know on Disney+, you could download movies to your mobile device for offline viewing if you have the app. I've tried it out once. Never had any of those Genesis ports to the GBA, the Sega games I had for the GBA were the Sonic Advance games, and Gunstar Super Heroes.
Yeah, it's kinda weird... I can't really see why those rereleases would only be exclusive to certain locations. Good to see you can always find Illumination and DreamWorks movies in your area.
Guess the devs of 8-bit Sonic 2 wanted to spice things up, lol. I remember that barrel of doom, I was stuck in that same exact level! That also reminds me, not a Sonic game, but the original F-Zero had a course like that. There's that huge jump in White Land II, and if you don't hold down on the control pad, you go off course and blow up. How was I supposed to know that without looking it up?
Getting bullied really sucks, I think that first happened to me in middle school. Wow that does makes no sense! Imagine being a kid, and ridiculing another kid for liking a children's show of all things, lol. I was bullied for liking Nintendo games, as well as Mega Man. I got ridiculed for not playing M-rated games too. Some people are just plain uncool.
"Give yourself the gift of being joyfully you."
Favorite games: Super Mario 3D World, Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Playing: Hollow Knight
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@MarioVillager92 I really disliked the aiming on Jet Force Gemini on Rare Replay. It still felt poor to play even when I swapped to the more modern control scheme. Maybe it’s a game I’ll like, but it’s the controls that make me really uninterested in playing it. I do sometimes play random games on the NSO service for fun, I can remember on the SNES app there was this game (can’t remember the name) that I played where you play as these animals made of clay. Never finished it, but I remember it was an okay game.
I have played the first two N64 Banjo games, but even though I am a big fan of them, I have not finished Nuts & Bolts and don’t have the intention of doing so. Not cuz of the game not being a traditional platformer like its predecessors and it having a pretty infamous opening cutscene that takes a dump on the previous games and makes fun of its audience, but it’s how much I suck at building vehicles and construction. I really suck at making good vehicles, and I had left the game untouched for a while so I am very confused as to what to do next. I am contemplating whether to continue my current save or creating a new one and following a walkthrough for the entire thing, but I am not super interested in playing it. I do know how the game ends since I watched these three videos on the Banjo games by a YouTuber named AntDude back in I believe in 2021 or 2022, and the ending sounds and looks really terrible, but around that time Rare was pretty much moving on from their original IPs, and I think the Banjo games were never intended to be continued after Tooie. I recall reading that the developers were pretty much finished using the Banjo IP and wanted to work on other stuff, which is fine and I do like it when companies pump out original games alongside their established games. The game isn’t bad in my opinion, I love the writing still and the characters were still funny, but the focus on construction is not my favorite and why I don’t have any intentions to complete it. Maybe one day, but not now. You can walk around without using vehicles, but it feels bad and you can clearly see that the entire game is intended to be played using vehicles almost the entire time.
I am also not a big fan of the art style, it’s not the worst thing, plus I don’t really like to hate on art styles and I pretty much like every art style out there. I would not say it’s lazy cuz I can imagine there was lots of work that went into the redesigns and making the characters still retain charm, but I don’t know, I prefer the older Disney looking art style with the googly eyes and I miss it a lot. I’m pretty glad that they brought back the OG art style when they put Banjo and Kazooie in Smash. Their OG designs look pretty charming and cute in higher definition
Made pretty good progress on my drawing and I’d say im proud of it! All I have left is the head and face, but I’m still sketching those a little and trying to fix some flaws with it. It has some flaws, but I don’t really care about it. I need to let go of perfectionism and just draw for the fun of it. Can’t wait to share in a few hours!
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flaky from Happy Tree Friends.
@Nintoz No problem. Hopefully you can relax for awhile now.
@Sunsy Same; theaters are a different atmosphere, plus I actually prefer few distractions when I'm watching movies. Hence another reason why I tend to go on Tuesdays. They don't seem to be very busy even with the discount. Plus it's rare I see movies the week they release. I'm glad you enjoyed watching Trolls Band Together! That's really cool that you went to a historic theater to watch Trolls World Tour. Classic theaters can be fun too; there was a single house theater near where I grew up that was restored and now shows modern movies. The pricing is still pretty reasonable too. The only drawbacks are they don't have movies too long - usually a week or two unless it's held over - since it's only one screen, and they also don't have many showtimes compared to a normal theater.
I haven't been to one since I went to see Inside Out 2 though. I thought about watching the new Deadpool movie with Wolverine, but it's one I can wait on for now.
@Pastellioli Ugh, don't get me started on Twitter/X lol. That site is a steaming pile of nope that would make even The Great Mighty Poo feel dwarfed in comparison. I think some of it is the character limit, but IMO that site is the worst example of how toxic modern social media can be. Your example of "I like X", "So you must dislike or like Y/Z/A too?" are what I call false conclusions. People are WAY more nuanced and that. The tribalism and echo chambers that some people are happy to stick themselves in (or try to stick others in) especially make me ill.
Music is highly subjective. Sounds like more jumping to conclusions with that "Bad music of the day's IG account. I'm sure the account holder didn't mean anything nasty by it, especially if there was no pattern before. Sure, something should be called out if it's there, but in many cases...there usually isn't. Another thing is the Internet doesn't like to forgive. Sure, some people make mistakes or might harbor opinions many dislike, but that person or group should be allowed to own up, have their side of the story told, be allowed to change, etc. Such reactions can and do ruin people's lives.
I'm in IT and completely support being very careful with one's personal info. Which does include general online anonymity. Not that I've never spilled a bit about myself in private channels or groups before, but that was after a long time (years) of communication and rapport. And that's just me. I'm very protective of people and their identities in my private life.
@MarioVillager92 Most Ys games tend to be on the shorter side if one isn't a completionist. At least up until the more modern entries, which can be longer depending on the side content. I completed both Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim and Ys: The Oath In Felghana on PC in under 20 hours, though you could probably tack +5 hours onto those if I hadn't been using a guide. And the former can be difficult even in Normal mode. I can at least guarantee any Ys title I've played til now is shorter than XC2.
I wonder how things would go for you if you were to find a medium speed family-type coaster that has a top speed in the 30-50 MPH range. If you ever do get to Disney, Space Mountain can be fun and isn't too intense IMO...though it is all indoors and mostly dark. You can't really see where you're going. Speed wise it isn't bad. I'm okay with dark rides and still think it's a fun experience, though I can understand why it wouldn't be for everyone.
XD We certainly seem to relate on cats! I'd love a cat or two, but sadly now isn't the best time for me to have a pet. My schedule isn't always consistent. I'd love to see the cat power up return in a future Mario game! From what I understand, collecting every Shine Sprite is very frustrating; props to those who have 100%ed Super Mario Sunshine lol. I'm due to revisit Super Mario Odyssey at some point as well.
New profile pic. This time it's Daisy, and this is from a screenshot I took from one of my most recent online races in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Been playing as Daisy a lot in that game lately. Also been playing a lot of Tetris 99, and get this... I got 1st place for the very first time last night!!!
@Pastellioli Yeah, I can see why. The aiming feels a bit... awkward, lol. At least compared to today's standards. I've been used to the gyro aiming in Splatoon, as well. That clay game you mentioned, I think you were talking about Claymates? I don't think I've heard of it before it came to NSO.
Ah gotcha, yeah I don't think I would be too into Nuts & Bolts because of that vehicle gimmick. That's another thing that turned me off from that game. I vaguely remember the opening cutscene, but not too well. From the sounds of it, I don't think I'd like how it plays out, lol. That reminds me. Did you ever play Yooka-Laylee? I didn't play the first game, but I did play quite a bit of Impossible Lair. I'd like to come back to that game sometime.
I also like the older character designs for Banjo as well. Love how they brought that back for Smash Ultimate too. They did that for Pac-Man as well, they used his old-school design instead of the newer one.
@Tyranexx Oh that sounds good for me, thanks for telling me. I think I'm starting to prefer shorter games now, while just having one long game to focus on, like Tears of the Kingdom in my current case. I'm no completionist when it comes to RPGs, lol. Maybe after I finish TotK, I could continue Xenoblade 1 and see how much progress I make. Or I could look into the Xenoblade 2 boss I'm stuck at. Hope you're enjoying Future Redeemed and Pushmo World, by the way.
I'd probably handle those family-type coasters, those sound OK to me. Space Mountain might be all right considering the speed of it, but I'm not sure if I'd like the darkness, lol. Guess I could try it out when I go on while sitting next to a friend/family member who can handle coasters/dark rides just fine. I do like outer space themes though.
Ah, that's a shame about not being able to have a pet. I have a cat myself, and he is a very good boy. I have 100%'d Super Mario Sunshine myself (thanks for the props!), but I did have to look at Mario Wiki to find the Blue Coins. Those things can be incredibly difficult to find. I also got pretty nostalgic for Super Mario Odyssey recently... the last time I played it, it was when I finally got the last moon for 100%. That was back in 2019.
"Give yourself the gift of being joyfully you."
Favorite games: Super Mario 3D World, Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Playing: Hollow Knight
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@MarioVillager92 Lovely new PFP! I’d swap mine out but I don’t have the energy to design a new one and heaven forbid I simply put in a character render! No, I must do my own editing… Maybe that is a strange restriction to put on myself but it keeps me from changing images every 54.9 seconds!
@MarioVillager92 Yep, you got it, it was Claymates. A decent platformer game, but I got stuck at this one part and gave up. I do have the Switch again, so maybe I could revisit it. Super unlikely I will though.
The vehicle gimmick is why I don’t really want to finish it. I had planned to play it back in late June or July, but I cannot play it for longer than a few minutes without getting upset with the vehicles, and I missed a few necessary pieces for the vehicles… I have to treat it more like a sandbox game rather than a platformer to enjoy it more, and I hear that you do get the hang of it later on, but I am confused to what to do next, plus the playthrough I was trying to use is super long and hard to follow cuz I missed pieces that were used to make efficient vehicles in the video, and I have to skim through to find the parts I struggle with. I really wish I used a playthrough when I started it like I did with the other Rare games I played, but I didn’t…
Even though I am a big fan of Rare and anything related to them, I still haven’t played Yooka-Laylee. It’s because I heard it got mixed reviews, and some of the people I have interacted with on Pure Xbox have said the same too.
There is this guy I am friends with on PX, and he is a HUGE Banjo fan, but despite loving Banjo and Rare’s platformers a lot and 100%ing Yooka-Laylee, even he thought it wasn’t a great game. Back in April, that game club I was mentioning was playing Banjo and someone else told me they were disappointed with Laylee because it didn’t fix issues they had with the Banjo games. My friend sent me a video that compared the first Banjo game and Yooka-Laylee, and the thing that made me lose interest in possibly playing it was that the game apparently repeats this game show segment THREE times, which is the one part of every Banjo game that fans collectively agree is the worst part of them, and I do agree. I think that the game show segment is wacky and funny as a concept, but it’s annoying and unnecessary, plus pretty stress-inducing if you haven’t been taking notes or remembering stuff that you see and hear throughout the game, but luckily you can use the internet and videos for it nowadays. I used the heck out of the save states function on NSO when I got to that part on the Switch, and it saved me from a lot of frustration. Nuts and Bolts also had one, but from what I saw it looked extremely underwhelming. However, they announced that they were making a sort of rework or remake of Yooka-Laylee, and it sounded like they were going to take the opportunity to fix issues the original had, so maybe I’ll wait till that releases and hear what everyone has to say about it. Haven’t played Impossible Lair either, but I heard it was really good.
I am really a huge fan of the original art style of the characters, Bottles looks super cute in the older art style especially. I’d say my favorite Rare games are the ones that use cartoony art styles since it exudes charm and I am a sucker for colorful visuals. It’s why I wasn’t a big fan of the art style the Conker remake used, cuz it made the characters look a bit soulless (though I think the stiffer facial animations play a role in that too) and it makes the game look gritty and less charming as a result. They still kept a lot of the characters looking cartoony, but they also added a bit of semi-realistic elements to their character designs that I wasn’t a big fan of. It de-emphasized the cartoon elements a lot and I kinda disliked it. Nuts and Bolts still used a cartoony art style, but I prefer the original one over the newer one they used.
Also, I love changing profile pictures…I have been wanting to change it here for a few days, but I have been super lazy lol, plus sometimes the cropping is weird and off. I had such a hard time cropping a picture I had on here back in May, since it got off center and I had to cut a lot off the image I used to make it look nice. I am stuck between using an official render, an in-game screenshot, or going on the web to find some amazing artwork someone made. It’s the endless amount of possibilities that make changing profile pictures so exciting. I’ll probably change mine today, I just need to find an image that’ll look cool and nice! Probably not a render this time, since they are becoming boring. I’d love to have a GIF or video as one, since I have an idea for one, but I have no idea how to do that on my phone. My Instagram and Xbox profile pictures have stayed the same for months, so I think I need to update those too.
@Tyranexx Yeah, I’ll never touch Twitter/X in a million years lol. It’s maybe the worst social media site I have ever seen, and it’s thanks to a bunch of YouTube videos I have watched on Twitter arguments and situations that made me want to never ever use it. Everyone on there seems to act so awful. I only used the web version to look at stuff related to my interests, but I stopped once they made it a requirement to make an account to actually use it.
I did read a bit of comments the account owner wrote and the account is more subjective than objective and is more for posting songs that they personally don’t like rather than songs that the public collectively dislikes, but they have posted songs that sound objectively bad and are agreed by many to be awful. There isn’t a pattern with the songs the person has been posting, but I think that accusation people had is absolutely from jumping to conclusions and not letting the person come and give an actual reason. Jumping to conclusions with opinions people have is way too common online.
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flaky from Happy Tree Friends.
@CaleBoi25 Thanks! Actually been wanting a Daisy profile picture for a good while so I'm glad I have one now. Daisy is one of my favorite Mario characters as well. I used the Mario Kart TV feature in MK8D to take this picture. I typically have my profile pics stick around for a long while before I feel like changing them.
@Pastellioli All righty. Ah I see... I could see myself struggling with that game too, lol. I think the closest thing I played was Tears of the Kingdom with how you could make vehicles, though it's not really the main focus of that game. It still plays like Zelda, so that's good. I did hear Yooka-Laylee had some mixed reviews too, so I also skipped it. Oh that reminds me, I wanna get back to A Hat In Time, I still haven't finished it yet. I have it on Steam.
I think I know who you're talking about, is that the person with the Banjo profile picture? I've talked to them a few times here on Nintendo Life. There's three game show segments in Yooka-Laylee? I also didn't like it in Banjo-Kazooie, that part stressed the heck out of me. I don't like being quizzed, lol. I can't blame you for using save states in that part. I also love colorful visuals in general... the Super Mario series come to mind, love how many of those games look.
I also like making my profile pics to be as good as possible, lol. I did cropping for that Daisy one I have since that was from a screenshot I took. Went ahead and got her vehicle in the pic too, which is the Sports Coupe. It fits Daisy really well honestly, since it's all yellow and has this cool, sleek look to it. It takes place in Daisy Cruiser, too. Really happy with how it turned out.
"Give yourself the gift of being joyfully you."
Favorite games: Super Mario 3D World, Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Playing: Hollow Knight
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@MarioVillager92 I think my brother and sister had A Hat in Time on the Switch and played it. Never tried it but it looked fun and humorous. I also watched funny videos for it too.
Yes, it is the person with the Banjo render as a profile picture, there are a lot of people on here that do have Banjo profile pictures though. He sometimes comes on here but I have talked with him on Pure Xbox way more. He is super kind, and I remember that I would see him on this site a lot way before I made an account on here. I remember that my first interaction with him was when I wrote in a thread about Conker on a PX thread, and we both gushed a ton about our love for Rare lol. Banjo only did a game show once in each game, but Yooka apparently doing it about three times was enough to make me lose interest in playing it.
Your profile picture is nice! I like it. Usually I have character renders as profile pictures, but I have had an in-game screen shot as a profile picture on here once, though I quickly changed it and had to edit it a lot. In fact, I’ve only had renders as a profile picture twice. One time it was a plushie, one time it was an in-game screenshot, and one time it was from a game trailer. I’m thinking of changing mine to a piece of fanart I’ll find on the web. I’ll probably try crediting who drew it in my bio, since I’m all for crediting artists and the sources where I get images from, but if it’s on Pinterest, it might be hard for me to find the source, cuz on there a lot of images get stolen and don’t have any artists attributed to them.
“Woah-shi! It’s a double Yoshi explo-shi!” - Yoshi’s Woolly World ad, 2015
If you’re curious, the character in my PFP is Flaky from Happy Tree Friends.
@MarioVillager92 No prob! I do like the occasional longer game, but I really am trying to curb which ones I pick up outside of certain franchises for the most part. I usually balance a longer game with a shorter game or two. It really can depend. I blame some of it on the popularity of open world formats. I get sidetracked very easily in them since I like to explore in games. I'm very rarely a full completionist, but I at least try to finish a game unless it's one I really dislike (or if it keeps going on "forever"). Do revisit the Xenoblade series when you get the chance and are up for it. On my current games: thanks!
Many family coasters are a good step between the kiddie coasters and your smaller, but still full-size, rides. I'd recommend trying Space Mountain with someone who doesn't mind such rides, or riding in the dark. There really are a lot of cool special effects, and it is a fun one. As long as it isn't closed, which seems to happen now and then.
With pets, I've thought about getting something in a tank or terrarium (not fish), but I don't want to deal with cleaning something like that out frequently. And I'm definitely not home enough to properly care for a dog. They're more needy than cats, plus walks would be hard to do without going elsewhere since there are no sidewalks and a busy road where I live. Congrats on 100%ing Super Mario Sunshine! I recall the blue coins indeed being tricky. I never fully 100%ed Odyssey; I think I ended up with almost all the Moons, barring a few.
@Pastellioli I think I've seen a couple of videos and memes about Twitter/X, and those alone were nearly enough to make me facepalm repeatedly. I used to go there once in a blue moon for game related news, but I never bothered making an account. Since they're now a requirement, I don't bother at all.
Yep, the music we like and dislike is all subjective; I didn't get the impression from your description that the account owner was only interested in songs disliked by many. Jumping to conclusions is sadly WAAAAAY too common. It can happen in any facet of life, but it's very bad online. Partially because the nuance of speech and nonverbal communication is lost when we communicate via text only.
@Tyranexx I saw a bunch of cringy memes on Twitter/X that were pretty unfunny and a bit controversial. I never laughed at a Twitter post or meme once. I only really used the web version of Twitter to look at video game accounts and posts from Nintendo and Xbox, sometimes look up tweets from a film reviewer I watch occasionally, which would lead into reading fun posts on film and television analysis and criticism, entertainment and pop culture, alongside amazing artwork from so many great illustrators all over the world, though I’d also find myself reading up on drama involving some random celebrities and people on there for some reason. There was this popular account I did like that was dedicated to posting things that aged poorly over time, I found that to be the only Twitter account I found hilarious, but I just stopped caring the second they made it a requirement to make an account to use the web version and after I saw everything crash and burn with all the bad modifications and changes they made to stuff like the verification system and the rules and moderation despite how heavily they were criticized, plus the site, at least on the video game side, was trash.
I came across a lot of troll-y game accounts that were dedicated solely to starting console wars and division...it was only with PlayStation and Xbox accounts, I never came across any troll Nintendo accounts, but it was so annoying to see anyway despite being a Nintendo-only user at the time, plus a ton of stupid comparisons between games. I remember seeing this comparison someone tried doing with Metroid Dread and some other bigger budget title (can’t recall what game it was) and it was nonsensical because the games were nothing alike in genre and budget and it was clearly made to troll/flame. I am glad I don’t go on there anymore, because me going onto the web version of Twitter was a bit of a bad habit I had for a bit, so I guess them blocking access to people without an account was beneficial for me and my sanity lol.
Yeah, the account posts both subjectively and objectively bad songs. The person has stated time and time again that the songs they post are mostly opinionated, but they have posted few songs that are objectively bad (either musically, lyrically, or thematically; I heard a really awful diss track on there today that was bad musically and lyrically, alongside being racist) so the account is a mix of subjective and objective opinions. Some songs on there are well known and some are super obscure. I wish that everyone against the account didn’t just jump to conclusions over the owner’s opinions on what they think is a “bad” song. I do think some of the songs on that account don’t sound bad, but it’s the owner’s opinion, and I respect that.
Been busy between playing the new Asphalt Legends Unite update, DOOM + DOOM II, and preparing for a friend who's going to visit. Hoping for a day of gaming with him.
@Sunsy I also didn’t watch the film only for Ugly Sonic, I think I was planning on watching it before they confirmed he was appearing in the film. Sometimes on Disney+ I randomly watch stuff for fun maybe once when I’m bored, and I just thought that the movie looked like some decent, silly ol’ fun. But, some of the cameos did make the film funny, and I did like some of the different animation styles and mediums they used for the characters there, though I remember a lot of criticism with the 2D animation simply being CGI made to look like 2D. I still thought it was great, I was expecting a possible sequel to it but that surprisingly hasn’t happened yet.
I still really want that trailer soon. I am now really REALLY looking forward to hearing Keanu Reeves in it after seeing The Matrix. It is a bit stuck in my mind right now lol.
I sometimes read the Community Rules a lot. I do know what not to do, but sometimes when I type something, I do worry a bit if I am accidentally breaking rules or not. I really don’t want to make the site unfun, or give anyone a bad time. Sometimes some things I have don’t need to be said. I remember posting this really unneeded comment on this vacation/goodbye thread, and I think now looking back on it, my comment really wasn’t needed and was super unconstructive. I really wish I didn’t comment, but I did, but I’ll at least be more careful with what I say and post. The moderation here can sometimes give you a good lesson on what to avoid commenting and how to act the next time. The mods are super kind, and they are just doing their job to make the site a fun place to chat and visit.
Yeah it was a mix of all kinds of animation, really cool stuff. It honestly felt like a modern Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Glad you liked The Matrix. Let's hope Paramount and Sega shares something soon.
Yeah, I think it's always good to check the rules when it comes to posting. I don't do it all the time, but when I want to be sure about something, I'll always open it in a new tab to check and make sure.
@Sunsy Oh that's awesome. I actually have relatives who live in Florida... would love to fly there and meet them. I wanna visit Disney first, then Universal's Nintendo park, since it looks like there's more to do at Disney and I've been getting back into their movies and cartoons. I even got the Mickey Mouse cartoons on blu-ray last year at Walmart. There were two volumes, I got them both (the second volume was a birthday present), and they were for Disney's 100th anniversary. Oh gotcha, I don't remember there was an alternate control scheme... I hated the on-foot missions, it's why I didn't like the game. I'll probably like the game more if I tried that dual-stick setup, but I've gotten so used to Splatoon's gyro controls, lol.
That's cool, I might try out that Movies Anywhere thing, I've never used it. I do know on Disney+, you could download movies to your mobile device for offline viewing if you have the app. I've tried it out once. Never had any of those Genesis ports to the GBA, the Sega games I had for the GBA were the Sonic Advance games, and Gunstar Super Heroes.
Yeah, it's kinda weird... I can't really see why those rereleases would only be exclusive to certain locations. Good to see you can always find Illumination and DreamWorks movies in your area.
Guess the devs of 8-bit Sonic 2 wanted to spice things up, lol. I remember that barrel of doom, I was stuck in that same exact level! That also reminds me, not a Sonic game, but the original F-Zero had a course like that. There's that huge jump in White Land II, and if you don't hold down on the control pad, you go off course and blow up. How was I supposed to know that without looking it up?
Getting bullied really sucks, I think that first happened to me in middle school. Wow that does makes no sense! Imagine being a kid, and ridiculing another kid for liking a children's show of all things, lol. I was bullied for liking Nintendo games, as well as Mega Man. I got ridiculed for not playing M-rated games too. Some people are just plain uncool.
Yeah, he's already up here, so it's just a matter of days before he visits. Hoping to do some gaming once he gets here. Gonna hook up my Switch dock to the living room TV and enjoy some games. That's awesome, speaking of Mickey, I sometimes put on a stream on YouTube of Minnie Bow-toons, they're like modern day Minnie Mouse shorts (like 3 minutes long). I'm gonna share one, this one has the Pac-Man sound effect in it, lol.
Maybe, I do know once I changed the controls, I enjoyed the foot missions more. Corneria's foot mission is one of my favorites, mostly because of the plot twist that happens.
Movies Anywhere is cool, you make an account and link any streaming accounts you have (I have YouTube, iTunes/Apple TV, and Vudu for me). Whenever I add one of the codes from my DVDs, it adds the movies to those accounts too, so I can watch it anywhere on any device. Digital won't replace DVD and Blu-Rays for me, but I do like using Movies Anywhere for the digital codes that come with them. Yeah, the Sonic 1 port was poor (despite I still like it for portable Sonic 1 in 2007) and Sega Smash Pack and Arcade Galaxy were decent IMO. I have all the Sonic GBA games, but did get some of their other games too. Pinball of the Dead was cool, being inspired by the arcade game, and Chu Chu Rocket was a great port, and Puyo Pop was a lot of fun. Even though it's not the greatest, Crazy Taxi: Catch A Ride was impressive as it had the Dreamcast game ported to the GBA. Same course layout and everything.
Me niether, you'd think the movie companies want more money from re-releases. Yeah, they always pop up with those two. Some movie theaters like doing a family movie series during the summer months. Usually for cheap too (I think Trolls World Tour was like $4 when I went).
Thanks, now I know that trick for F-Zero whenever I can play it on Wii U, SNES Mini, or Switch Online, lol. Yeah the barrel I had no idea on what to do until a family member showed me and my brother, then it just stuck with me.
Indeed. Yup, imagine bullying someone for liking a TV show that that person is also watching. Thankfully it didn't stop me from liking it. Once I was out of that school, I had a Rugrats shirt, so guess I won. On an old gaming forum, I use to be bullied for playing cartoon tie-in games, people told me to play stuff like Doom 3 and Half-Life... the irony, I played Doom 3 and Half-Life, lol. There's no rule saying I have to play only M-rated games, I can like cartoon based games too. Especially being into cartoons.
@Sunsy Same; theaters are a different atmosphere, plus I actually prefer few distractions when I'm watching movies. Hence another reason why I tend to go on Tuesdays. They don't seem to be very busy even with the discount. Plus it's rare I see movies the week they release. I'm glad you enjoyed watching Trolls Band Together! That's really cool that you went to a historic theater to watch Trolls World Tour. Classic theaters can be fun too; there was a single house theater near where I grew up that was restored and now shows modern movies. The pricing is still pretty reasonable too. The only drawbacks are they don't have movies too long - usually a week or two unless it's held over - since it's only one screen, and they also don't have many showtimes compared to a normal theater.
I haven't been to one since I went to see Inside Out 2 though. I thought about watching the new Deadpool movie with Wolverine, but it's one I can wait on for now.
Indeed, the theater experience is always great. Thanks, I still think about the early access showing of the movie to this day. Yeah, when my friend and I found the theater, we thought it was a nice little theater, then I was surprised by the history behind it. It may be small, but I want that theater to stick around. 1926 is almost 100 years ago. It only closed down once to replace carpeting. Wow a one screen theater. The one I went to only had five theaters. Probably had one screen at one point, then added five of them.
Cool, I hope you enjoyed Inside Out 2. My friend and I both loved it, especially my friend being a hockey fan. He enjoyed the hockey moments a little too much.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
@Sunsy I loved Chip ‘n’ Dale a lot, maybe my favorite cartoon duo after I watched the Rescue Rangers film and show. Super endearing and charming. I love rodents a lot, so it’s no surprise here!
I do get super worried and anxious over what impressions I leave in text, since it’s sometimes hard to tell the tone someone is speaking in since there is no actual talking or sound to convey emotion or tone, so I sometimes tend to edit messages a ton to sound nice and respectful, like a lot, even old ones because some more info pops into my mind. Sometimes I edit it to fix the comment and make it sound kinder if I come off as a bit rude, but also to add more info and rewording stuff to make it less wordy and excessive. I have a bad tendency to write long walls of text like these lol. It’s a habit of mine to keep going on and on and on when I chat with people on here. It’s one of my favorite things, and I am a bit surprised some people here take the time to read my long messages and respond to them. Usually on other places on the internet if you write lengthy responses no one responds or goes “I’m not reading all that.”
I’m not into one of your other conversations and I don’t know the context, but bullying people just because they don’t play “cool” M-rated games and just like to play fun kiddy games and movie tie-in games instead is lame. It’s fine to like both or prefer one over the other (I think there are some other users on this site who like kiddy and tie-in games over M-rated or popular games) but it just feels like some games are put on pedestals by gaming communities and forums (not the ones on this site, to clarify) and if you don’t like or play them, they always get on you for it, when it isn’t a requirement to play M-rated games, or games that get onto “the greatest games of all time” lists. It’s not nice or fun to pick on others for not having the same tastes as you. It’s so lame.
I’m not into playing movie and cartoon tie-in games, usually I play games that work with original gaming IPs and worlds, but I have tried a few tie-ins that I did find fun and something to laugh at. I remember that when me and my brother still had a PS4, we played a tie-in Ratatouille game they put on PlayStation
Plus I believe and we were laughing our butts off at a ton of stuff that happened in the game. I can remember this part where you are being chased by the old lady with the gun outside and running from her and it was so funny. I am sure we did have fun playing it. Plus, some tie-in games are so fun and well-made, like that tie-in game they made for The Lego Movie, plus there have been a ton of other Lego games that are fun too and although I haven’t played it, a lot of people say The Simpsons: Hit and Run is one of the best tie-in games ever made, I remember watching a video on it that sung its praises and it was entertaining. I think tie-in games have a very poor reputation unfortunately compared to games using original properties, mostly from the fact that a lot of tie-in games aren’t made with much effort, and it seems that the reception those games get bury a lot of the well-made and good ones, so a bunch of people instantly think that, if it’s a tie-in game, then it’s garbage, and if it’s an original game it’s good.
I mostly play E-T rated games, but of course a few M-rated games too.
@Zuljaras Yep. I still play 3 on a regular basis. I tried the mobile game a few years ago it was ok but to be honest it made me want to play HoMM 3 more then anything.
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