@Tyranexx Yeah, Gera Gera Po! That song is such a banger and I was repeating the song so much. It’s so iconic for me and I think both the Japanese and English versions are amazing. I can’t remember the dance for it since it’s been a while since I watched the anime.
I do think I have heard that creatures turning themselves into humans or disguising themselves as them is common. It is kind of related, but I believe that there was a Japan-only Yo-kai Watch spin-off and anime where it was set at a high school and Jibanyan and Komasan were ordinary human students. I don’t know much about it, but I do think that their human designs there did a really good job resembling their yo-kai designs.
I can’t remember a lot of the Manjimutt segments besides the one where he got sent to Alcatraz, but I remember that in one, after he was let out of prison one time, he got a job making pastries and was trying to resist the urge to eat one, but failed and got arrested again! I think that with some of them, you are supposed to feel bad for him but I think at the same time you do feel like that most of the trouble he gets into is all on him, especially with the pastry segment and how he couldn’t control his hunger. Most of the time him getting arrested by the police was played for laughs, mostly for the reasons why he gets arrested. I do sometimes watch subbed anime on Crunchyroll, but a lot of the shows on there are locked since I have yet to get a higher tier on there, but I do like the anime I did watch with the free tier, last anime I watched on there was JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and I do plan to get a higher tier to watch the remaining seasons, but I have gone onto YouTube movies and they offer a couple of anime films on there and I did go ahead and watched a few. Unfortunately, Crunchyroll doesn’t have Yo-kai Watch on there or any of the movies.
Oh, I see. I wonder what season that was in. Maybe I did see it in the first season but can’t remember. I do think that standards for stuff like that is a bit different in America than Japan from what I am assuming, but that change they did with the Next HarMeowny thing on TV does make a lot of sense.
Yeah, I do hope that Holy Horror Mansion could be good, I do worry about the AI thing and the quality a bit because I heard Level-5 is constantly delaying games years away from their initial release dates, and it’s been taking them a bit long to release a game in America. But, the game was an early concept and it’s likely a few years away from actually being finished. I do think that game steering away from calling the creatures yo-kai and more like ghosts is to make the game more appealing universally, also from the fact that the game isn’t using the Yo-kai Watch name or branding besides the “Yo-kai Watch concept” text they showed at the beginning of the concept trailer.
I wouldn’t mind them rebooting it, cuz I did read a few old comments on some Yo-kai Watch articles NL wrote, and a lot of people say that it would be too late for them to localize the 4th game and it’s films, mainly coming from two things: 4 performed poorly out of the four mainline games, and the fact that it’s an unpopular choice to have people watch multiple shows and movies to understand the story or characters in a piece of media they want to get into, and in this case, people wanting to play 4 would likely have to watch two movies (Yo-kai Watch Shadowside the Movie and Yo-kai Watch: Forever Friends), two anime series (the original 2014-2018 Yo-kai Watch anime and Yo-kai Watch Shadowside) and have played the previous 3DS games with Nate to understand some of the characters, story, and concepts that 4 introduced. That’s quite a lot! Reminds me a bit of some cinematic universe film series like the MCU where you need to watch most of the films to understand the events and know the characters in big films like Avengers: Endgame. People think that Yo-kai Watch would benefit if they started a new story or rebooted it so newcomers can join in without having to play multiple games or watch anime shows and movies that haven’t been localized in English, and I do think that would be the best route for it if Level-5 wants the series and Holy Horror Mansion to do well internationally.
My handheld hasn’t really broken besides the volume slider being busted and the screen having a small scratch on it, but because 3DS and 2DS systems are no longer being made, no longer get official repairs, and it being hard to find them cheap online, I need to be extremely careful with how I handle mine, and the minigames in Yo-kai Watch 2 make me feel like I’m damaging the handheld or am a few seconds away from completely breaking it. I just really don’t like the feeling those purify and Soultimate minigames give with how much you need to use the bottom screen. When I do those minigames, I try to be soft and gentle when using the stylus to reduce wear and tear. Having your DS break sounds terrible. I’d be completely broken and sad for a few days if I had a game console or handheld that broke in front of my eyes…all that game progress and data being gone in the blink of an eye would hurt.
“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.
@Pastellioli I like both versions of Gera Gera Po! It's so catchy despite the fact I was definitely not part of the target audience when I did manage to watch some of the anime lol. There are still plenty of YouTube examples out there. I've heard about that Yo-Kai spinoff, but haven't seen it. I'm sure watchifm Jibanyan and Komasan as high school students would be very entertaining. Especially with Komasan since he isn't used to city living. Manjimutt getting constantly arrested was definitely a running gag. Sadly, it doesn't seem like his life was much more remarkable when he was a living human either. Poor guy.
I catch most anime on YT, though I don't constantly watch it and mostly fit in N episode or two some evenings. I've considered using Crunchyroll, but as you mentioned there are different subscription tiers. I don't sub to anything visual since then I'd feel like I'd have to use that sub and would feel like I was wasting time doing other things. I only sub to Spotify premium since I use it at work.
I think Holy Horror Mansion is still in its early stages, so the franchise's overall direction remains to be seen. But yeah, so far I think the appeal will be more universal. I also share concerns about localization speed...and even Level-5's project scopes. They've delayed several titles into next year and beyond already. I can understand multimedia pushes - if successful, this means more revenue and recognition - but you've definitely listed some downsides. That's a lot to catch up with for some people who may not have the time, patience, or resources. I know going multimedia was one of the complaints with Final Fantasy XV, if I recall. Those are reasons why I believe Yo-Kai Watch 4 will never release outside of Japan as I'm sure Level-5 doesn't see the point this late in the game.
I am very careful with my retro systems. When that accident happened, regular DS systems were no longer manufactured, but they were still easily available to buy secondhand. I don't like buying hardware secondhand unless I know the source it directly comes from. Otherwise, it's a mixed bag. It took awhile to find a replacement DS Lite since I kept finding little issues with each unit I tried. I had to make an eBay return and think I drove a GameStop clerk nuts by going through pretty much all their refurb inventory back then. That phat DS's death was gradual as the top display had ghosting and eventually stopped working altogether. I COULD get it to work properly by moving/holding the hinge a certain way, but this became less reliable and more finicky over time. Pretty sure there was a damaged connection. It became a glorified GBA unit. But you've nailed it on the head why I'm not a fan of using the touch screens much. I try to be very gentle when I do use them.
Ok, I haven’t been super active on here as of late, but now they added Banjo-Tooie to NSO, so that’s cool and it makes me happy when Rare’s games come to Nintendo consoles even though I don’t have the Expansion Pack anymore, but gosh they took way too long to do it…
@Tyranexx The anime theme song just makes me so gosh darn happy hearing it, even though I am older than its target demographic haha, it’s just a really catchy and joyous song. The spin-off with them as human high school students does sound interesting, but because it was Japan-only, I don’t know much about its plot, but I did read a Yo-kai Watch wiki page on their human forms and it did kind of tell a bit of the plot. In that one, if I am recalling correctly, Jibanyan is a new student a special boarding school and he and Komasan are best friends and know each other. From what I saw in the original anime and games, I don’t think they were friends at all or knew each other, but then again, I only watched the first season of the original anime and the first movie and haven’t seen the countless series and movies that came after those because the streaming services we had didn’t have any Yo-kai Watch media besides Netflix. The spin-off is called Yo-kai Watch Jam, and it has an anime film and show alongside a game, so maybe I could find an English subbed version of the anime, cuz I did find it interesting that they both have human forms and it would be nice to see them interact. Though to my surprise, from what I saw on the wiki, it appears that the rest of the cast is composed of original characters rather than human versions of other yo-kai besides Jibanyan and Komasan, but I do recall reading there was a girl character in the spin-off who was inspired by USApyon rather than being a human version of him. I am a bit curious about that spin-off.
I haven’t used Crunchyroll since September mostly because I haven’t been interested in watching the newest anime, but some of the anime films I have watched on YouTube are pretty enjoyable, in my opinion, so far, I’ve watched Poupelle of Chimney Town,The House of the Lost on the Cape, and finished a film called The Wonderland today, which had some of the best visuals and animation. Those films aren’t very well-known though, but I enjoyed them all a lot. I would maybe sub to a Crunchyroll tier, but probably just to only watch more seasons of some animes I enjoyed a ton on there and would cancel later. Not really interested in subbing to one of Crunchyroll’s higher tiers, but I will probably one day. Binge watching shows on there was fun, but I maybe only got around 1 or 2 episodes in every night and fell asleep in my bed, so anime sometimes does take me a while to watch and complete.
I do think that them delaying their other games a lot, like that Decapolice game by two more years is a bit concering and surprising. I never was really into Level-5’s other game series besides Yo-kai Watch, but I do feel like that them constantly delaying their other games does make me wonder if development of those upcoming games are going well, which I do hope they are and that the games’ will release to positive reception since Level-5 hasn’t been on the international market for a few years after their North American localization studio was shut down.
I still do want Yo-kai Watch 4, but the multimedia thing they had going on with it and how you have to have watched and played a lot of the shows and games beforehand to really get into the story and the characters is kind of something I don’t really want to do because of time, and reading wiki entries on the characters and stories wouldn’t help a lot because even after all that reading you still wouldn’t really know or understand what is happening. I do maybe feel like that could have played a role in 4 failing in Japan since newcomers would have to spend a bit of a long time with previous Yo-kai Watch games and shows before jumping in, but I really do wonder if there were other factors that caused 4 to sell the worst out of the previous entries despite being a Japan only game and the series being a sensation. I know the biggest factor for 4’s commercial failure was that the series lost popularity around 2016 with the release of Yo-kai Watch 3, mainly coming from Pokémon Sun and Moon from what most people say and cite. Stinks that the commercial failure and multimedia approach they took for 4 is likely why they won’t release it in English. I did read that the game did get localized in Chinese back last year, which does give me a small bit of hope they will eventually localize it into English and other languages, but Yo-kai Watch is more popular in Asian countries than American countries, so it would make more sense that it would get a Chinese translation.
I try to be careful with any electronic device I have besides game consoles. I get extremely worried when I’m playing my Xbox and it overheats, so I always let it cool off and I unplug it, mostly cuz I’m paranoid the thing won’t work anymore if I let it stay warm, but nothing has happened and likely won’t, and I get really afraid when it falls off the table I have it on cuz I don’t want it to stop working and there’s a lot of game progress and other games that might strike my fancy. But, since 2DS and 3DS systems can no longer get official repairs and my handheld is slightly damaged, I gotta take really good care of it the most and I really get afraid when I need to do the purify/Soultimate mini games when I need to tap the heck out of the screen with a stylus, didn’t realize till now that the mini games in Yo-kai Watch 2 were terrible and really require you to be rough with your handheld. I remember that my brother’s old handheld did break and become unusable, but it was for another reason relating to the battery. I think that what happened was that the battery overheated somehow and acid spilled out from the back and the back of the handheld was damaged, but he luckily got a new one to replace it because 3DS and 2DS systems were still being sold at the time. It did hurt me to see his handheld get damaged like that unexpectedly though.
@Pastellioli Cool, I actually remember playing Sonic Boom's version of Sonic Dash on my mother's iPad. Even though I didn't have a smartphone until 2020, I still tried some games and used a few apps on there for the time being. Wasn't as flexible as a phone though since it was big, lol. Yeah, I remember putting Talking Tom livestream on one fall on my Wii U. I was really surprised it was an app, since I just thought it was another cartoon. The "Disney Channel" version sounds new to me, I'm guessing it was an acquired show Disney got for their channel (something like Bluey comes to mind, Disney airs it, but they didn't make it). I just thought it was a cartoon on YouTube, and a bigger one since I did remember seeing Tom Kenny was credited as one of the voices.
Yeah, I was actually surprised the gear store in game was tied to online, which is weird since the game didn't use microtransactions. I just assumed the stores would still be accessed and the rotation of items was just an in-game thing. I haven't tried the web browser on 3DS or Wii U in some time, I assume they could still be used online. For the longest time, the Wii's Internet Channel still worked well after the shut down of Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.
Indeed, usually it's rare if a Nintendo game has any sort of crossover. The only one I can think of is Mario + Rabbids, I should play that more since I've been getting into turn based strategy the past year thanks to playing Jagged Alliance on my PC.
Cool, I need to look for that article then on Time Extension, I don't visit it much so I was unaware there was an article on it. My guess it could have been a 3D version of Pocket Tales. Twelve Tales was going for that older Conker idea they had in Diddy Kong Racing and Pocket Tales. At least from the magazine screenshots I remember seeing a long time ago.
@Tyranexx Yikes, the most I was sick was a flu I had when I was in my teens. I ended up having the flu for three weeks straight. No idea what happened or why I had it that bad. I did get better from it.
Glad things are going well. That's understandable, didn't know you did haunted house work. For me, Halloween's always been a day to dress up as a character I like, never was big on the horror aspect. Tonight, I watched some Halloween cartoons, and they were on the cuter side than spooky side. Which is funny since I have played zombie themed games like House of the Dead and Resident Evil. Here's hoping the rest of the month will be slower.
The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!
@Sunsy I did kind of download a few Sonic games on my phone in the past, but the only one I have right now is Sonic CD. I’ll probably try to download a few more Sonic mobile games to build up some hype for the third Sonic movie. The release for the film is nearing slowly but Iget excited just thinking about it.
Yeah, a few years before the Talking Tom and Friends show with Hank, there was an older, more short-lived Talking Tom show, which was actually called Talking Friends and ran for one season and 10 episodes. I am reading a bit on the show’s production, and it seemed to have been animated and made by another studio rather than Disney themselves, so they likely were distributors on that show and acquired the rights for it. The show had a different voice cast and setting compared to Talking Tom and Friends. Now looking at the voice cast for that one, I am a bit surprised they did get well-known voice talents like Tom Kenny in that one.
I remember a few moments from the show, and it was for sure way more memorable than Talking Friends, but a lot of the memorable moments from Talking Tom and Friends were from Ginger and Hank; a few of Ginger’s lines did make me laugh a bit when I was watching it back then. The show was a YouTube web series, but I remember that Netflix had the first two seasons of the show on there once, but I kind of didn’t see a reason why they put it on there since all seasons of the show are free to watch on the official YouTube channel. I can remember how fast they were with releasing episodes, but they slowed down with episode releases later on and apparently the show didn’t get a proper conclusion and appears to have abruptly stopped.
I also don’t visit Time Extension a ton compared to Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox, probably because Time Extension isn’t super popular compared to NL and it’s hard to start conversations with people on there because of how it has a small amount of users, but I do occasionally read articles on that site for Rare articles, especially the ones that are on Conker. I think you can find the specific Twelve Tales article if you look for a tag saying “Rare” on an article, but you can look through archives for March 2023 articles. I can remember that Time Extension and Nintendo Life have made articles on info on Pocket Tales and cancelled Conker games, and I always found the info on them really interesting. The information on the cancelled Bad Fur Day sequel is probably my favorite because of the crazy storyline they wrote for it and the ideas they had planned to use for the gameplay. There also was a cancelled spin-off prequel called Conker: Gettin’ Medieval that sounded interesting from its premise and the name alone, but I believe that there is not much info on it besides the fact that it was going to star a different protagonist and a different cast of characters and was a prequel to the story in Live and Reloaded’s multiplayer mode. I honestly would have loved to see more info on that game. Unseen64 doesn’t have an article on it!
The director of Bad Fur Day usually talks about some cancelled Conker games online and the ideas he had for them, and I once read an article here on NL where he shared old drawings and doodles he made of Conker, and in those I remember he resembled an actual real life red squirrel and wore overalls. It was really cool to see how he was originally supposed to look, but because the director doesn’t have Instagram and only posts on Twitter/X and how you can’t view tweets or accounts on the site unless you make an account, I can only see the scrapped game info he shares via embedded posts and links NL has on articles and sites like Unseen64, and he probably has posted more stuff that I haven’t seen or heard of, so it’s very hard to see if he has shared more game info.
Taking a break from the site this weekend. I'm going on a day trip tomorrow that'll involve a lot of driving and hiking. Outside of using my phone for photos and navigation, I don't plan to use it for much other than a littlePokemon Go while waiting for food or something. I'm a bit overdue for a slight internet detox lol. Especially with how my life has been lately.
@Pastellioli Heck, I enjoy the anime theme song, and I wasn't part of the target demographic even when there was some Yo-kai Watch hype outside of Japan lol. I don't think Komasan and Jibanyan ever crossed paths, at least not in what I did manage to watch of the anime. I recall the spinoff's name being Yo-Kai Watch Jam now that you mention it. I might check out the subbed version sometime (like there's another version lol) when I get the chance. Layton Mystery Tanteisha is enough for me for now since I'm watching it very gradually. I am sure it has some charm, but if I were to guess, the main series anime seasons had more legs. I admit I haven't heard of any of those anime films, but I'm sure they're very entertaining. I admittedly watch very little actual TV unless I'm at my parents', and that is very rare since I'm usually preoccupied with entertaining/wrangling my toddler-aged nephew these days. I find enough to preoccupy my spare time without watching much of anything. I typically game or read when I'm not exercising, doing chores, cooking, doing laundry, trying to keep up my house/yard, etc.
Level-5 has a decent library of games. The Professor Layton series is my favorite, but I'd rank what I've played of their Yo-Kai Watch games second. I was interested in Ni No Kuni at one point, but I was convinced to skip the game after reading/watching that the actual gameplay...wasn't great. Still, the plot and visuals are amazing since Level-5 collaborated with Studio Ghibli for the game's visuals. The studio certainly has talent. I'm just concerned their multimedia pushes within the last decade or so have been too ambitious.
Don't get me wrong; I'd LIKE a chance to play Yo-Kai Watch 4, but sadly I don't think it will ever receive official support in languages besides Japanese and Chinese. Wiki entries can be beneficial, but they're typically summaries and don't dive into the gritty details. There are some good wiki examples out there in general though. I kind of wonder if part of 4's failure in Japan was how much of a change it was from the original series since they were trying to reach an audience who would've grown older by then...and the multimedia homework involved didn't help either I'm sure.
It's generally good practice to try to keep electronics on the cooler end in the environment they're in. Definitely take gaming breaks and invest in fans and other ways to cool devices if possible/financially feasible. As for portable systems like the DS, 3DS, laptops, etc., I cringe with how common it is for people to leave them in piping hot environments long-term. At best, that treatment will sap the battery life faster. At worst, it'll irreparably damage that battery and possibly other system components too. This isn't to say don't use those devices at all; people just need to be mindful of how they treat them. And of course despite all that, accidents do happen. I've traditionally tried to be very careful with my systems. I grew up in a frugal environment and knew that if I callously mistreated something, I would NOT be getting a replacement. Especially if it was expensive.
@Sunsy That...is a very long time to have the flu. Were any reasons given as to why you had it so long? I am glad you recovered at any rate. I'd say the sickest I've ever been was when I had pneumonia in 8th grade. It was over Christmas break - thankfully after the holiday - and MAN did I have some crazy dreams. That was when I received my OG phat DS for Christmas. Let me tell ya, WarioWare: Touched! can lead to some pretty insane fever dreams lol.
I like some of the horror aspects. It depends on what it is. I'm way more attracted to classic monsters than all the ghost and serial killer stuff. I actually find stuff like Friday the 13th and Freddy Kreuger boring since I usually call what happens lol. It's more that I get a kick out of improv acting and scaring people. It's on them; they paid for it. XD There are rules that we and the guests have to follow however. If they're broken, someone gets tossed out. I haven't played many true horror games since many tend to be shooters, which aren't my cup of tea. I have played some House of the Dead and the campy Typing of the Dead, and I did try the demo for Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water back on the Wii U. I think I prefer atmospheric horror that makes one think, rather than blasting everything with a gun.
Today is the inauguration day of our 8th Indonesia president, Prabowo Subianto with vice president Gibran (Jokowi's first son).
The event is aired live since this morning.
I personally thinking the president candidates for this year 2024 was not good enough.
Whoever got elected as our president they should work seriously because our current exchange rate with USD is reached more than 15K IDR.
Our country Indonesia is keep being a big joke and ironical things all the time. 😑
@Tyranexx I do remember looking at the list of Yo-kai Watch movies, and there was one called Yo-kai Watch♪: Jibanyan vs. Komasan - The Big Amazing Battle, Nyan which I don’t know what it is about, but it seems that they have actually had interactions with each other in that movie alongside Yo-kai Watch Jam. I really do want to catch up with the Yo-kai Watch anime instead since getting the third game is so expensive, but the first anime is on more than one streaming service, and the following anime series and films after that are Japan only. I recall reading that in Japan, Hulu has almost all of the shows and movies, but I unfortunately can’t speak or understand Japanese at all. I believe that only all three seasons of the first Yo-kai Watch anime and film were localized and dubbed in English, and the animes released after that never received dubs. They were considering dubbing the Shadowside and Forever Friends animes when they were initially localizing Yo-kai Watch 4, but they sadly didn’t.
I did enjoy the anime films I did watch, they are aimed toward younger audiences, but I liked them a ton. I thought Poupelle and The House of the Lost on the Cape had heartwarming and beautiful stories, plus I loved the character designs and setting of Poupelle a ton. I didn’t think the story in The Wonderland was really memorable compared to the other two and I found its story a bit generic, but it has really gorgeous and stunning animation and a nice art style. I am now a bit more open to watching movies now, and I have been taking a bit of a break from my usual hobbies like drawing sand gaming. I really forgot how nice it is to just unwind and sit down or lay in bed while watching a film late at night, and I find that some of the movies I have seen have themes that are very important and valuable. I was also watching a few other animated non-anime movies alongside those. I wouldn’t call myself a movie or TV person, also since I don’t keep up with any new movies and the only 2024 movie I want to see this year is Sonic 3. But, despite not being a film fanatic, I love movies a lot, and I am really open to watching movies of any kind of genre or style.
My dad did play Ni No Kuni and its sequel, but he never finished the sequel despite being close to finishing it, but I think he did like Ni No Kuni. Level-5 does seem to have a nice selection of games and game series under their belt besides Yo-kai Watch, I always hear that the Professor Layton games are amazing and there was a good amount of hype here when they revealed that upcoming Switch game, so maybe I could give the games a try one day.
I think I did look at a wiki article for Yo-kai Watch 4 and tried to read up on the plot, but I think the plot summary only went up to the opening parts of it and didn’t delve much into the rest of the plot and what happens in it. Its why I really want the game in America since details on the game’s plot and summary seem very scarce on English language wikis, likely from the fact that no one has really tried to make a translation for the game. However, I remember reading on a site where a person mentioned that fans did make an unofficial English translation and posted videos of the gameplay with the translation online, but the translation was short and apparently only went up to chapter 2 and left most of the game largely unadapted. The change they did go for with Yo-kai Watch could have also been a factor. I think in the late 2010s, around the time the series was losing popularity, they released the Shadowside anime and film and made the themes and story in it darker than the previous animes to rejuvenate interest in it and possibly appeal to older audiences, and they kind of did that with 4 since people mentioned that it’s story was way more serious and kind of darker than the previous games. Maybe the change in tone could have been a factor, since some people do react negatively to a loved franchise suddenly shifting in appearance or tone and being significantly different than before, since Yo-kai Watch is a series that is more well-known for its goofy, absurd, and strange humor and eccentric characters rather than its story or being super dark.
I always avoid leaving my electronics in areas where it will get hot or won’t have any way to emit heat and cool down and will suffer from irreparable damage. I always left my handheld in its pouch in my closet and my Xbox always stands up and has space to emit heat when it’s working itself too much. When my Xbox gets super hot, I stop the game I am playing, turn off the console, and unplug it, and then I turn it back on a little later when it fully cools down, but I get the most anxious with my phone. I sometimes fall asleep with my phone in hand, but I heard that leaving your phone on any bed or linens is bad, especially leaving it underneath a pillow while sleeping since it can start a fire from not having any space or air to emit heat, and it’s worse when you have it charging, so I instead leave it on a table to charge.
Speaking about Yokai Watch, I have accumulated almost 330 hours gameplay of Yokai Watch 3 Tempura 3DS.
I still try to finish the other quests for Keita and considering I don't really understand some of the quests due to language barrier (I can read certain Japanese texts but don't understand with some specific words) so I depended on walkthrough video from YouTube to figure it out how to finish the quests.
@Princess_Lilly Recently Nintendo Life changed the block system as they felt the feature was being misused. Ignore still works as usual (ignored person can see the ignorer's comments but not the reverse) but all blocks have been removed and you have to request a block now (you can't block people yourself).
Come to think of it you never need a "Block". If someone if harassing you, you report then they warn him/her, if it is repeated the person gets a ban. If you do not like someone's opinion, you ignore them and you stop seeing their posts.
I do not know a single instance where "block" is needed.
@Princess_Lilly For "ignore" yes, but for "block" you decide what other people can see. And people started using it left and right for unknown reasons. Many people spoke against it and here we are
I can explain how it is a negative thing. Let's was a user do not like me at all because I really dislike something, and they want to ignore me. That is 100% absolutely fine! But I still want to see their posts because they might post something interesting like a gaming news or something like that. For example, in the physical games thread. They decide to "block" me and I can't see their posts, that affects my experience with the site without me harassing them. This is a misuse of the feature.
After all this is a gaming forum, not a social media site.
My Rabbids games collection on Wii (5 games) and Wii U (1 game) are COMPLETE.
I can start to find Rabbids games on NDS.
Looking back during Wii & NDS era, the companies like EA, Ubisoft, 2K can be so dedicated in providing a lot of kids games for Wii and NDS.
It was a beautiful day.
After I did some research, there were 4 Rabbids games on NDS, 2 Rabbids games 3DS.
I only have Rabbids Rumble 3DS so far.
Well, I will have a new agenda to get all those Rabbids games on NDS and 3DS.
Oh, also the Kinect version XBOX 360.
I loaded this up, and was swiftly greeted by The Green Thunder from a 2013 post. Wow. It's really been that long since this site started being overly active?
Anyway, here because I ended up chatting on an article for too long, instead of in a thread. Might need to be pinged.
@Mariotag Glad you found this thread! I often need pinged in here too depending on the activity level (Don't always have time to read everything).
I quite like bad jokes and puns lol. You preordered Sticker Star? Oof. I've heard some say SS isn't as bad as the Internet makes it out to be sometimes, but that opinion varies. Origami King had some great writing, visuals, characters, and locales, but I wasn't a fan of the wheel combat system. You'd think it's something I'd like since it's like a puzzle, but IMO the turn wheel got old fast outside of boss battles. And it was hard to line up enemies successfully to pull off combos much of the time within the specified limits. It's telling when I'm still fleeing from battles
@Pastellioli Sounds like Komasan and Jibanyan have had interactions based on that movie, though it's hard telling whether that's canon to the anime or not. Sometimes movies directly tie in with arcs elsewhere, or else they're separate in my experience. Your best bet would probably be to try to find the undubbed sections as subbed. There are ways I'm sure, but YMMV depending on the site used. Looks like the site I've been using to watch the Layton anime subbed - wcofun.net - has some Youkai Watch anime subbed, but I'm not sure how comprehensive it is. Normally I don't recommend off sites like this, but this one came via a Reddit thread where it was claimed to be safe. I haven't had any issues so far, though I exclusively use this on mobile. Sounds like you've watched some good movies lately! There is nothing wrong with taking a break from our usual hobbies now and then to avoid burnout. I went very light on internet usage this weekend and spent the better part of both days outside. I got some good hiking in even if I did slightly injure myself at one point. Nothing crazy, just some bruises and a mild sprain.
I'll likely watch a playthrough of Ni No Kuni sometime. I doubt I'll actually play the game by this point though. I can definitely recommend the Professor Layton series if you like puzzle games and plots that CAN at times be grounded, but at the same time almost fantastical depending on the scenario/explanation/game.
Now that you mention it, I think I do recall reading somewhere that YW4 was partially fan translated, but never finished. Sometimes retooling a franchise for a slightly older audience can work - see season 3 of the Digimon anime - but other times it can fall flat. Which very well could be what happened with 4/Shadowside.
With my previous point regarding how to treat electronics, that was a general tangent I went on, not so much your treatment of electronics lol. You do seem to take pretty good care of your stuff, going by your words. It is generally best practice to charge lithium ion battery devices on hard surfaces when possible, but you can be forgiven for accidentally falling asleep lol. I've done this while waiting for my dryer to stop once in awhile for laundry; one isn't really supposed to fall asleep while an appliance like that is running since they can introduce fire hazards.
@Tyranexx Sticker Star was more meh than it was bad. I literally don't remember more than like, 5 minutes worth of the game. I've heard a LOT of hate about Origami King's battle system. Your voice lines up with all the others. Ni No Kuni is neat. You looking at the ps3 and later version? Or the DS Japan only original? I got a platinum trophy for Ni No Kuni on ps3, then the sequel on ps4, only missing the dlc. I expected the third game to be something good, but, ahem mobile release. :/
I've used the anime site you mentioned, but primarily as a stand in for a certain other one that it's based off of. It's quite possibly one of the very few that can run directly off a smart TV.
I never saw or played Yokai Watch! I'm slightly interested, but don't have the patience. The theme of Yokai/Youkai (I suspect the extra u is in there purely to emphasize pronunciation. Absolute proper spelling loses the u, but has a dash, whatever you call it, about the o.) I'm a big sucker for kitsune.
Only Digimon season I've yet to see is The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time. I'm like, a bit more than halfway through, it feels like it isn't going anywhere yet.
@Tyranexx I do wonder if the anime film is canon, because it’s apparently apart of a revival series they made for the first Yo-kai Watch anime, but I don’t know much about the revival series or if it’s canon, but the canon of a show in a series is an afterthought for me. I just like watching anything that looks interesting and fun! Just need to find a good time to watch the Yo-kai Watch anime again.
I am starting to like and appreciate movies more. Even though the selection of movies I have watched are pretty random, I just remember how fun it is to sit down and watch something late at night. Before October, I think I only did that once with The Matrix back in July, but I am glad I am watching more movies late at night. I am having fun taking a break from drawing and gaming for a bit and picking up new hobbies. Now that I am taking a break from drawing for a bit, I didn’t realize how big and junky my art collection was, and I am planning on donating art materials that I had left unused, especially since the only materials I really use in my art are just ballpoint and gel pens, markers, and colored pencils. It feels good donating stuff I don’t use, since it’s going to actually be used by someone else! Plus, some of the art materials I had purchased kind of as a “fad” and then didn’t use again. It’s nice to hear that your hike went well, glad you didn’t get injured badly. I enjoy taking walks outside and going to the store, and just being able to move around a bit. I have also been using electronics and screens a bit less, besides using it for watching movies and popping into this thread with a comment or two.
I really would have loved if the fan translation was finished, cuz I am curious on what the story was about and I know that 4 isn’t coming to America at this point, but sadly the wikis I’ve come across that have pages for YW4 just stop at the first parts of the story when I look at the story section, or even just have the story or synopsis section completely empty. I probably will check later if I can maybe find a full summary in English for the story. Sometimes I like to read summaries and stories for media I don’t plan on playing or watching or can’t play (YW4 in this case) but I sometimes watch or play the media later on and start to regret it, especially if I actually like the game. But, since the localization of that game didn’t release, I wouldn’t mind reading a full plot summary for the game, since out of all the mainline Yo-Kai Watch games, I actually don’t know the premise of 4, mainly coming from how scarce English translations are for it.
I don’t know what the reaction was to the series’ tone being changed to something more darker with the release of Shadowside and 4, plus if I did look for Japanese reactions to it, their opinions could get lost in translation and I could misunderstand it. However, I remember a few weeks ago I read a few comments on Reddit and on some old Nintendo Life articles from English speakers that imported YW4 and understood Japanese, and I remember a few of them saying they didn’t like how the tone or story of the game was darker, so I kind of think the tonal shift was a factor in the game failing, but I don’t know the general consensus for Japanese reactions to it since I don’t know Japanese (besides just a few words and characters) and rely a lot on slightly inaccurate language translators for any text that in English.
Oh, I see. I always do make sure my phone isn’t on any linens for a while when it’s on or charging, plus with me reading some articles on phones literally exploding, melting, and catching fire from being on beds or getting overcharged, I am very cautious with how I handle it, and most of the time, the battery in a phone plays a role in it getting damaged and catching fire. I have accidentally dropped my phone on the ground a few times, but luckily my phone has not experienced any significant consequences or damage. With washers/dryers, I never turn the washer or dryer on late at night, but that is more because of the noises it makes rather than how it can cause fires. I have turned the dryer on occasionally at night to finish up laundry since the dryer is bad at drying stuff fast throughout the day, but I think I really gotta be careful with that anyway. A dryer catching fire while everyone is asleep sounds like such a nightmare.
@Mariotag Yo-kai Watch is really fun as a concept and I liked what I did play in the first and second games, but I never played the third game (plus the price on American copies of the game go through the roof) and the fourth game never was localized. The yo-kai personalities and designs are the best parts of it, plus some of the comedy and world building are really fun. I think the concept of it is really creative and appealing.
I should also specify that the kitsune in the game is named Kyubi since you enjoy kitsune a lot
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