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Sunsy

Apologies for double post, saw this pop up after I posted.

@MarioVillager92 Hope you have a nice shopping trip, sounds like a nice plan to me. I think Christmas will just be me and mom this year again. I did order some donuts for us over the weekend. We've been wanting Dunkin' Donuts for some time, and I surprised mom by ordering them. We don't get from them often, so it was a treat for us. Yeah, I wanted to play it again, so I did. I'm also playing other games on Switch and PC, so been busy gaming lately.

Indeed. You're welcome, hope you'll enjoy Band Together. Yup, it did have a dog in it. Home Alone is a classic, it's actually on Disney+, I think tonight, I'll watch Noelle on Disney+. Mom and I are trying to watch Christmas movies throughout the month.

Cool. Yeah, I still like to have fun. Though the matching shirt I wear is usually my regular clothes anyway. Halloween I had on a Poppy wig, and the shirt was one I wore throughout the summer.

Yup, except it was mostly text as oppose to being scanned manuals like Wii U GBA Virtual Console games had. I think the Wii U manuals were some of the best digital manuals, it was helpful to pause the game and check on screen when I needed info. Yup, and Solitare was a Sega Channel exclusive too, never had a physical release. Awesome, I'm glad you know the Mega Man game I was talking about. I think I did try it, it's been so long so trying to remember, but haven't played a Mega Man game fully until I got Mega Man II on Wii's virtual console.

I think I was listening to Merry Mountain's music when I was doing chores one day. Yeah, now I wonder if my friend has that issue since he uses Android. I have used the download feature once for a walk, but haven't since mostly because I've been listening to my Christmas playlist when I go for my walk recently.

Yeah, it was pretty cool they had CD magazines back then. I only know about it because I've been reading about classic games I buy off GOG.

Blake Stone is just better than Wolfenstein IMO, no hate towards id Software at all, they helped popularize FPS games, but there were improvements to Blake Stone such as depth lighting, ceiling and floor textures, and an automap which Wolf 3D lacked. I played some of them, Medal of Honor was heavily inspired by actual events of WWII (I played one of the levels, the next thing I saw the event in a history book at school). I have some of the Wii and Wii U CODs, mostly got them for online play at the time. The Wii CODs were impressive as Activision actually ported the games instead of making a "special Wii version" as some developers did during those days.

Thanks, the tree does look great. It has been, I have no new ornaments this year, so nothing new for me to share.

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The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!

Mariotag

@Sunsy Ah. The site generally logs me out automatically after maybe 10-15 minutes. I never get to go on the site already logged in.
And yeah. Geez, I still remember the era when game releases were months, or even years apart between regions. It happened with Smash Bros Brawl. Japan obviously got the game first in January, and the official site started posting spoilered spoilers every weekday instead of basic game tidbits. The game was delayed twice by that point. Over here in the US, we got it early March. I dunno about other regions.
For RPG games from certain devs, particularly Square, later Square Enix, it was even weirder, as Japan would get the game first, then we'd get it some time later with relatively minor changes, if any, then Japan would get a Japanese exclusive ultimate edition, and later, an "Ultimania" that contained all sorts of insight and stuff. The ultimate editions eventually came out for some games over a decade later, but the Ultimanias are only around via fan translations still..

Mega Man 2 was my first one, and it was on Wii VC. I've since played through all the classic numbered games. I think the collection you mentioned got onto PSP as well?
Also, you finished the Knuckles TV series? Or am I misreading that? Me and my bro lost the streaming service around episode 3. It was kinda a weird experience, which was made weirder because the streaming service often refused to function.
Also, when you said Wolf 3D, I thought "wait, is this person talking about that anthro 3d model of Wolf Link that's been doing the rounds on twitter?"

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Tyranexx

"Love your neighbor as yourself." Mark 12:31

N00BiSH

Surprised the site hasn't put up a review for Antonblast yet. Maybe they're waiting for that performance update?

"Now I have an obligation to tag along and clear the area if Luigi so much as glances at a stiletto."

Sunsy

@Mariotag Yeah, I remember finding out Pokemon was available in Japan in 1996, while the US got it two years later. I'm glad more and more video games are released on the same day across the world. Imagine having a game spoiled months before being able to play it.

Nice, I played Mega Man II the most, even though I did try that version Sega Channel had, I didn't sit down to play it until Wii's virtual console.

Yeah I did. I don't have Paramount+, but my friend does. So we actually got together, ordered some pizza, and watched all six episodes. Sorry to hear you lost the streaming service.

I don't even use Twitter, and I have no idea what that is. Wolf3D is short for Wolfenstein 3D. I like classic FPS games like the ones id Software and Apogee made, and that's what that game was shorten to.

@Tyranexx Looks like I have to try Notepad++ one day. Tabs could be useful to manage multiple notes and messages. Ah, nice to see someone else who uses LibreOffice. I remember getting to OpenOffice, then later getting LibreOffice, sometime after I tried Linux. Ended up being a great replacement for Microsoft Office, which sucks it's a subscription now.

It is. Meatballs are usually made with ground beef/pork, a bit of salt and pepper, pasley flakes, romano cheese, an egg, and breadcrumbs. Baked in the oven, then tossed in sauce (I usually use jarred sauce though). One of my favorite things to make. Rotini and sauce sounds great to me.

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The resident Trolls superfan! Saw Trolls Band Together via early access and absolutely loved it!

Mariotag

@Tyranexx Yeah, AT&T was actually disbanded at one point because they were declared a monopoly. But at some point, someone else got them back together again. They're a scummy company that tends to drain money where they can, not deliver good service, and apparently, they were one of the early US internet providers. In some places, though there are other ISPs, they basically just use the groundwork AT&T laid out.

Hmm. You don't a an earlier Wii either? The earlier models of the Wii can play gamecube games. You can tell if it's one, because the compatible systems have ports for Gamecube controllers. Melee was pretty neat, especially for its time. I remember being upset when Nintendo Power picked the OG Metroid Prime over Melee for game of the year.

Slayers was kinda a mix between comedy and fantasy drama. It had its own multiverse, sorta, with 4 universes, 2 of which, including Slayers, have their own anime. That I know of. Surprisingly, I watched an anime that, somehow was able to get the Slayers season 2 intro as an insert theme kinda. (It's called "Give a Reason")

I might end up checking out that particular Harry Potter game sometime then. Thanks!

I honestly dunno how you'd have reached that one by using the yellow crusher things. I think at most, you can summon three of them. And that simply s not enough. Amusingly, you can reach the area in question from the side. I didn't realize this, as I never actually went to that far off platform in the middle tier.

How was the PS2 version of HP: PoA? And, I don't think 358/2 Days was really the best? The gameplay was very different for sure. A sort of evolution of the gameplay from Chain of Memories. What really was striking about it was the story, which, while the movie version in the remixes does tell it, the fact you aren't participating in a lot of the daily life of the characters makes it all hit significantly less hard... Or I just slept while the insanely long video was playing. I forget which. Re:Coded was the opposite. It was built around gameplay evolved from Birth By Sleep, with an incredible ton of extras, partly inspired by TWEWY. Afaik, it is the only KH where you can change the difficulty midgame. Regarding the main games though, the collections were the first time the "full" versions of each of those games left Japan. The legendary Final Mixes, which people would actually mod their ps2, import Japanese copies, and learn a little Japanese just to get the full experience.
DK64 is an interesting mixed bag. I've mentioned it in other responses here. Yes, it has backtracking. And yes, lots of collectables are locked behind specific Kongs. But at the same time, those different characters are put to good use with their abilities. Boss fights can differ a fair bit from the occasional refight due to mechanics of the kong used being different. The unique abilities allow you to explore very different areas of each level, depending on the kong. Things like that were fairly well executed.

@Sunsy Yeah. It was crazy! Pokemon was a particularly special case, as the games that eventually released outside Japan were, iirc, at least slightly different. Plus, while Japan got the different media staggered out a bit at first, we got it all at once over here. Pokemon was just suddenly a thing, anime, games, and all, and there was immense hype. Something I actually saw somewhere is a part of the OG games' success was the devs cleverly hid some stuff in the games (The data for Mew), and basically knew that people would spread rumors and theories on playgrounds and the like. It's actually incredible.
Paramount Plus was a disaster here. Even if we hadn't lost the streaming service...Actually, the reason we did was the person paying for it, with a far superior AT&T internet connection, had a horrible time getting it to function. Naturally, we fared similarly at our place.
The Wolf Link 3d model is basically a mod some ppl have created for LoZ games, based off Twilight Princess's Wolf Link.

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D-Star92

"Give yourself the gift of being joyfully you."

Playing: Mario Kart World, Disney Dreamlight Valley

Ask if you want to be Switch friends with me, but I'd like to know you first. Thanks! ❤️

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Anti-Matter

I had experienced something that really bothering and disturbing my feeling when I was in way back to my house from working place.
I saw with my own eyes a poor cat got killed by a car when I was on the street in house complex area.
The cat got bleeding on its head and I saw the cat was really in pain and several minutes later the cat died by bleeding and the car who killed that cat just run away, didn't even noticed if it killed the cat.
I was so overwhelming, horrified and really angry to see the innocent cat got killed by careless driver and I will never forgive that situation happened. Also, it made me hate with the cars for being a killing machine rather than being handiful vehicle.
Back to my overwhelming situation, it was raining when I saw that poor cat died and I was confused how to solve that problem. I saw there was a workshop house near of the accident happened, then I tried to ask for a help to carry the dead cat to safe place and the worker over there was suggesting to bury that dead cat near of their workshop area. The worker made a small hole on the side street that have soil, then he bury the dead cat in the soil he tilled and I said thank you for solving that problem.
Even right now, I still have guilty and really angry feeling for unable to help that poor cat stay survived and really blaming the car as the killing machine and the careless driver should take their responsibility because of killing animal accidentally without noticing.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om...

VividSkies

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“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.

Switch Friend Code: SW-1834-9478-0593

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@Pastellioli
I will not watch sonic 3 movie after my bad experience from first sonic movie.
It just SEGA attitude by being edgy on their franchise like you have to be a rebel with controversial actions to be famous or popular.
They really put some chaotic scene at bar from first sonic movie to make like you are great by doing rebellious things and some unnecessary violence.
I don't like their philosophy like that.
I have overheard something from sonic 3 movie that made me turned off.

But, btw I have watched WICKED Part 1 for SIX times within 4 weeks.
It was really really great musical movie with duration 160 minutes.
I watched Moana 2 too but only two times because the storyline was generic (finding the other island, facing with dangers at the sea) and the songs were less interesting than WICKED.
Not really sure about MUFASA due to tomorrow as I have watched Lion King live action 2019 only one time and never watched again.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om...

CaleBoi25

I have squid
I have kid
Ugh...
Squidkid

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Mariotag

@Pastellioli Yeah. Spoilers suck.
So, do you still have the Gamecube or Wii? No sound on those games is nuts. Maybe it's just a cable issue? You might find another type of compatible cable somewhere. MK:DD was a good entry in the series.
Yeahh, I have OG N64 carts of Kazooie and Tooie. I'm a little surprised you came to the conclusion that Tooie is Xbox exclusive, seeing as I own it there. Regardless, I'm not gonna use savestates for that part of the game.
I haven't touched on Ult in quite a while. Have yet to see the spirits from the games you mentioned.
K.Rool isn't just annoying because he can fly around btw. It's also cause the propeller will hurt you if you try to interrupt him from slightly above. Normally, you can edgeguard, and keep an opponent from returning. But some of the more recent fighters make that next to impossible, almost removing what was a core aspect of the games. I personally prefer facing off against actual humans as well. But I have previously practiced against lvl 9 cpus. The amiibo are also notable, as you can train them up.
My own friends are largely moving on with their lives, on in one or two cases, no longer really so interested in being part of mine.
The backward compatibility announcement is nice, but the part where they said "details will be announced at a later date" has me rather concerned. (I think that was the wording at least.)
The modes really are kinda same-y, yeah. Smash Run was better than Smash Tour imo, but it needed more maps. And yes, Break The Targets! It started off with a unique map full of specific challenges for each character in the first two games, then just became a set of 5 individual maps for everyone in Brawl. I forget if it was even in 4. I remember at some point, the gameplay was sort merged with Home Run Contest, in that you whack an explosive into the targets to blow them up. Multi-Man Smash was a staple, originally only a single stage in the OG game's classic mode. But, the fact they removed All-Star Mode, and just made it another multi-man didn't sit right with me, even if I know there was no reasonable way to make a mode in ult where you fight every single fighter in varying groups back to back with damage carrying over, and limited healing. Classic Mode is absolutely a treat again, but the absence of an adventure mode, and instead making a story mode felt kinda lazy. Every prior smash game has had some sort of side scrolling sequence. Whether it's "Reach the Exit" from the first two games, the OG Adventure Mode in Melee, SSE, Smash Run, or the Wii U version's fight with Master Fortress. And yeah. Smash is like, the ultimate advertisement. Even moreso when it was at its peak.

Huh. I remember Pyoro. At least they weren't Midori. That was nuts.
Yeah, the teraleak was Pokemon. Some of the stuff that came out was genuinely interesting, such as the folk tales that resembled something like Greek Myth. Or the Gen 5 to Gen 6 stuff. It might've been in that leak where ppl found out why Ash had to go from the anime too. However, the leakers crossed more than a few lines. Knowing the poor employee who got hacked is almost certain to lose their prominent job is truly upsetting, as well as the fact that ppl got doxxed.

Yeah. It's not just a few games though. For years now, pretty much every major Nintendo release has been spoiled almost precisely two weeks ahead of launch. As well as put on pirate sites.

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VividSkies

[Edited by VividSkies]

“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.

Switch Friend Code: SW-1834-9478-0593

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@Pastellioli
Not every Gamecube games are expensive.
Some of 3rd party Gamecube games are still cheap enough to buy today.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om...

Sir_Axeman

why is Pokémon Blue still not on NSO ?

i enjoy Mario Kart Double Dash and Cups of Tea !!!!

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@Sir_Axeman
I prefer Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu / Reverse for the better alternative of Pokemon red / blue / yellow.
The game have physical release, better graphics, not too expensive currently, I can play it on TV, well... my choice.

Om Shanti Shanti Shanti Om...

WoomyNNYes

@Sir_Axeman With people's game libraries carrying over to Switch 2, I bet Nintendo has saved some things for after Switch 2 cycle. Just like they appear to be saving Mario Galaxy 2, Zelda Wind Waker, Zelda Twilight Princess. If they released all the classics in switch gen, they'd have less filler for the Switch 2 cycle. That's my theory, anyway.

WoomyNNYes

Mariotag

@Pastellioli Ahh. Yeah. Definitely try to find some good GC games for either the Cube, or your Wii. And be sure to enjoy MK:DD with audio! Every little factor helps with a game's charm.

Ah. I see what you mean. Yeah, they started on N64, got a couple releases before bought by Microsoft, and I got Rare Replay... And I don't dare try to afford the Expansion Pak tier.

Huh. So, are the spirits for those games still there? Or did they go away? Also, if there's a Xenoblade 2/3 character I like rn, it's Nia.

Yeah. The amiibo are tough. I remember back in the day, for amusement purposes, at one of the tournaments, a contestant entered his Yoshi amiibo instead of himself. I forget the result though.
And yeah. Human players are the way to go. I had someone I considered a rival at smash. He always beat me. It was during one such match where I was doing well for a while, then sorta fell off. He actually asked me what happened. I think it was that point where I lost my ability to read opponents.

Backward compatibility had better be full! Nintendo should not do anything less in that area than their competition here.

Yeah, All-Star mode was neat, if a bit annoying. I should mention though, it hasn't always been by the year said character got their debut. I forget details, but in Melee at least, the order you fought them in was somewhat random. It'd start with fighting one opponent at a time for a few rounds, then two at once, then a full three, before a battle against 25 Mr. Game and Watchs. Only 3 full heals the whole run. Brawl had it different from that too. Although I see their reasoning, it's still upsetting to see it as a mob smash. So I was right about the target mode. Yeah. It definitely downgraded over the years.
Classic has generally impressed. Since the beginning, Master Hand has been iconic. Melee added Crazy Hand, whilst nerfing Master Hand a bit. Brawl had them stay in classic mode, but did something different with them in SSE. Smash 4 buffed Master Hand once more, and added Master Core, its varying forms, and Master Fortress, which was genuinely neat....if you could make it there.
Giga Bowser actually originated as a new (secret) antagonist in Melee, rather than Bowser's final smash interestingly enough btw.

The leaker situation with Midori was insane. Claims to be a Japanese woman, is actually a male from forget what other country... But that leaker's info is still considered somewhat accurate for Kingdom Hearts 4.

I never heard of the Insomniac Games leak! They're both really bad. At the same time though, breaches of privacy have become commonplace. It's not just leakers or ppl doing things against the law. Most search engines (I gather mostly contracted with Google) record everything you search for, and sell that information. And it's unknown whether that's exclusively to provide you with relevant ads, or if it's more. Microsoft has apparently built functionality into their edge browser that takes a screenshot for them to use, of whatever you happen to have on your screen (not just in the browser) every ten seconds. So it's a huge deal and major issue.

Honestly, yeah. Idk the story behind smash ult leaks, as I wasn't paying full attention, but it does kinda make me pine for an era before digital downloads, and constant spoilers. Amusingly, during Brawl pre-release era, I remember there were these forum driven "Create A Stage" contests. At one point, one person posted an entry that was basically the Wind Waker stage that actually made it into the final game. Crazy coincidences do happen.

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Kermit1

10,000 years!!! Can give you such a crick in the neck!

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