@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.
@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.
@Mariotag I think it was a cable issue. I should have clarified it was the GameCube that had audio issues and no sound, the Wii had sound. We do want to get a sound cable for the GameCube, and I do want to play it maybe in the future. I would like to get some more GameCube games possibly in the future, but prices for older games are really expensive now, so I don’t know if I would be able to.
Oh I did know Tooie was originally released on N64. I was talking about how modern ports of the game were Xbox exclusive until a few months ago when the OG version was ported to Switch for the first time, and how the Banjo games swapped to being Xbox exclusive after Microsoft purchased Rare, though I didn’t specify what console version I was talking about. I don’t have the N64 or the NSO Expansion Pack anymore, so I only own the digital Xbox ports of those two instead, though my first playthrough of Kazooie was on the Switch.
I did see the newer Spirits they added for the Zelda, Splatoon and Xenoblade characters show up on the Sprit Board pretty fast, though I only got the Spirits a while after they were added. The Spirits were higher difficulty compared to the other ones. If I recall, the spirits were Deep Cut (Splatoon 3) and Noah and Mio (Xenoblade Chronicles 3) but I don’t recall the name for the Tears of the Kingdom spirit they added.
I have gotten used to practicing against Level 9 CPUs, but I have fought against some of my amiibos and they are super difficult to fight! They give me quite a challenge, especially the Inkling and Peach amiibos I have (which I think those two actually won against me in some matches) though I still like playing against human players. I haven’t gotten any Smash amiibos in a while. I usually defeat the CPUs by doing offstage moves and launching them away from the stage, though it always doesn’t work when I play with amiibos or human players; the amiibos attack back compared to the CPUs (and deal a h good amount of damage) and with human players, one time I was playing with my siblings and cousin, and I tried to use an offstage move against my sister (playing as Byleth) and she actually baited me and got a KO! That was embarrassing for me but funny now that I think about it, since my siblings know I like to use offstage moves a ton. I think what makes playing against human players more fun and less boring is their play styles, plus they are very smart and can also predict some moves or know what moves you constantly use during the battle so that they can counteract them. I would maybe like to get a DLC amiibo, but I haven’t been playing Smash really.
I am hoping the info they release for the backwards compatibility is good. Backwards compatibility was a feature I saw a lot of Switch users requesting a bunch. It still makes me glad they are adding it, but again, I hope it can support all OG Switch games rather than doing most of the library but excluding a few from backwards compatibility.
Gosh I forgot All-Star Mode! I loved that one, I think you fight fighters individually by the year they first debuted and then go to the rest area and restore health before moving to the next fight, right? I liked that a lot, but I kind of didn’t like how Ultimate changed All-Star Mode to a mob Smash mode where you fight more than one of the fighters at the same time. I often lost because the enemies fought in groups and would rack up damage and launch me offscreen, as well as the fact that the healing area was completely removed, so you pretty much have to try your best to retain a low damage count. Yeah, Break the Targets! was changed in Smash 4 to a mode where you launch a big bomb toward targets and try to get a high score (similar to Home-Run Contest like you said), I actually found that one fun and it was disappointing that both target modes were completely absent from Ultimate. I still love Classic Mode with all the game references and stuff in each character route, though I didn’t complete it with each character. I think it would be cool if there was a Smash game in the future that had almost all the mode from previous games, or if there was an enhanced Smash Ultimate port that added in a couple newer modes alongside the modes already present in the original version, but I feel like that would take a lot of work or be too much.
I actually used to keep up with gaming “rumors” I heard online, and Pyoro and Midori were the ones I remembered the most, though the Midori situation was so insane with its events that lead to the aftermath. But, seeing how those two acted I just chose to stop following “rumors” because of how “leakers” don’t have any good reason for leaking gaming material and announcements.
It’s so bad that the teraleak also leaked employee info and the people responsible for the huge teraleak don’t care and are hiding so that they don’t get into any trouble, and they unfortunately said they are planning to continue the teraleak at a later time in one NL article I read. I rarely hear about game leaks releasing someone’s personal info, but unfortunately it happened. It reminded me a bit of the Insomniac Games leak I heard of back last year that leaked a ton of personal employee info. The leak there was motivated by money more than wanting to leak the games online. Hearing about both leaks was super shocking, and I feel bad for any person who gets their personal information leaked online for everyone to see, since that is a gigantic breach of their privacy. I’m pretty fearful over that happening to me and someone taking my personal information and passwords for themselves. I am hoping the employees who were affected by the leak are all ok.
It unfortunately is common for major Nintendo games to get leaked, but I remember seeing Smash Ultimate got leaked a ton, both prior to release and after release. Besides leaks like the infamous “Grinch Leak” and fighter and stage leaks, some songs and remixes from the game got leaked online weeks before release, likely because people were playing copies of Ultimate about two weeks before release. Some music channels were posting it when they shouldn’t have. There was one popular music channel called Dystify Music that posted Nintendo Switch soundtracks, and the person running the account chose to post the leaked Smash songs, but the account got copyrighted multiple times and the person rebuked themselves for choosing to post leaked songs in the first place. Honestly, you shouldn’t even try to spread and post leaked Nintendo content, even if it’s just a few songs and not important content from the game itself.
@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.
@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.
@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.
Stayed up to get some stuff done but it was worth it! A day now until Sonic 3 hits theaters and a week before Christmas I’m gonna only reply to a few responses now since I need to sleep soon, but I’ll get to the rest of the responses tomorrow.
@Mariotag Double Dash was so fun and amazing, but I absolutely want to hear it with audio.
I remember the Expansion Pack being revealed and when they briefly showed Banjo-Kazooie as part of the Expansion Pack lineup I already wanted it. The games apart of the N64 Expansion Pack at the time I got it were pretty good but the selection was way too small and I thought it was too pricey and should have had more games upon release to justify the price, and I didn’t play enough of the Sega Genesis games included on the Expansion Pack. But, from what I’ve been reading in NL headlines, the Expansion Pack seems to have really improved on the game selection and supported retro console libraries (Game Boy Advance and the Mature 17+ N64 app for higher rated games). Although I own the upgraded Xbox port of Banjo-Kazooie, I haven’t made much progress on it or completed it because I already got 100% completion on the Switch, but the data is tied to the Expansion Pack…which I don’t have anymore and can’t access now. I don’t stick to subscription services a lot anymore. I mean, some do have good games and content and I liked Xbox Game Pass (though I’ll admit I started to use it less just before the huge price hike happened), but I’ve found I’m more content just sticking to games I own instead of paying to play games on a monthly basis. I feel like just doing a one-time purchase of a game is cheaper.
Yes, the Spirits are still in the game. They still appear on the Spirit Board, and I saw them on there months after they were added.
I found the Peach amiibo was the most challenging to fight, because she often used a lot of quick moves and shielded against my attacks a lot, plus the fact she constantly picked items out from the ground and threw them at me like Bob-ombs. Inkling was far more annoying though. I’m pretty bad at reading human opponents and predicting what their next move will be. My brother is the best at Smash compared to me, and he often defeated me a ton when we played. However, I’m assuming it is probably because I only stuck to the same two fighters against him (Banjo and Hero) and he knew what moves I would likely use against him. It kind of became a cliche for him, though I defeated him a few times. My brother was far more well-rounded with his mains; he often played as characters in the base roster and some DLC fighters too.
I hope so. I feel like Microsoft is the only company at the moment that actively tries to keep up with backwards compatibility and making older games playable. They announced that they were going to stop adding more games to the backwards compatibility program (because of licensing and technical stuff) but they were reported as having assembled a new team to work on backwards compatibility again but there haven’t been any new additions as of late, I wouldn’t really be surprised if they just stopped there. I would like to see Nintendo do a good job with backwards compatibility for their next console. How long has it been since they did that for their consoles? I think it’s been 12-13 years since they last did that, which was with the Wii U and 3DS, though given the games being in discs for the Wii U and the 3DS cartridges being bigger, I am not surprised the Switch was unable to support backwards compatibility and why they released ports and remasters for older games instead. I just hope that the backwards compatibility for the next console is good.
I enjoyed the way the rest area looked and felt in All-Star Mode when I played it on the Wii U. I didn’t know that, so I am guessing later on the battles were sorted by year of debut instead?
Classic Mode is super awesome. A lot of the time I nearly got to the end of the watercolor mural as the difficulty level got higher, but every time I’d get KO’d during the final battle against Master Hand and Crazy Hand. Luckily I have a ton of those Classic Tickets, so my intensity level wouldn’t go down, but the intensity only went higher a little bit and the intensity never reached 9.9., but it nearly did. You have to perform very well and almost flawlessly to have the intensity go up significantly, and it’s pretty hard to do when the Master Hand and Crazy Hand battle occurs at a super high intensity. I forgot if all the Classic Mode routes have items enabled. I remember playing through Banjo’s route and items were enabled for all the battles, but I don’t recall the other fighter routes using items at all. But, I still think Classic Mode is one of the best game modes Ultimate has. I also enjoyed the Bonus Stage where you run from a black hole while trying to break boxes and increase your score before moving on to the final battle, as well as the credits minigame at the end.
That’s a cool fact.
I actually kept up with that when I used to read about game rumors. I can’t remember all of the stuff that led to the reveal about Midori’s identity, but I believe it stemmed from some beef between Midori and “leakers” because he borrowed leaks from them, and then an anonymous document went around accusing Midori of being someone else using a different online identity and handle and it turned out to be true when he admitted it. Prior to that, people thought Midori was a Atlus or Sega employee secretly discussing game info online, but people started to doubt that because Midori’s “leaks” started to talk about non-Sega games like Kingdom Hearts and Mana, which came shortly before he said the document about his account was true. The whole situation just seemed all over the place and super messy and seeing all the reactions toward the reveal was crazy. I recall Midori saying he started that account because he was a huge Sega and Atlus fan and wanted to show his enjoyment for their games (kind of like a fan account), but after the whole reveal, I read Midori actually wanted to work at Sega but didn’t land a job there, and started to harass employees by staying on Sega’s campus and attempting to get into their WiFi because he didn’t get hired. What he did was scummy and really awful.
I’m surprised, because that leak was talked about a lot last year and it sounded super devastating. Unfortunately I see breaches of privacy as being too common, and how search engines can sometimes not be trusted with how they can handle personal info. I still try to be careful with how I manage my data and personal info. I don’t trust most password saver apps or like to keep my account logged in on a site every time. While I haven’t ever lost my digital devices or allowed anyone access to my personal accounts, I still get anxious over my devices like my phone getting lost and someone going onto my already logged in account. I feel like it’s better for me to be safe than sorry when I do that. The Microsoft Edge thing sounds insane. I guess it’s a good thing I don’t use it besides on my Xbox sometimes, but I find Edge on the Xbox is poor quality and loads slowly.
The Grinch Leak was one of the most notable Smash “leaks,” but funnily it wasn’t named that because the leak didn’t claim the Grinch was going to be playable. It was only named that because the photo attached to the “leak” had promotional material for Illumination’s Grinch movie in the picture. I think some people actually believed the rumor, but the poster with the photoshopped fighters on it looked super fake, though coincidentally Ken and Banjo (who were both photoshopped on the fighter poster in the “leak”) actually were added as playable characters, so the rumor was kinda right but mostly wrong. I will say I didn’t really keep up with Smash Ultimate rumors a ton prior to the game’s release and I found out about them more after the game was released and ended game updates and DLC. That Brawl “Create A Stage” thing sounds super interesting.
I'm still pretty busy IRL, and now holiday stuff is really ramping up. I doubt I'll be on the forums as much for awhile.
@Sunsy It wouldn't hurt to try Notepad++. Particularly since it's free and well known. I use it to manage multiple notes and files too. We actually use OpenOffice on our work servers for customer needs, but overall I prefer Libre Office for personal use. We're a Microsoft Office company where I work, but I don't have to pay for it lol. My only issue is formatting in Libre Office doesn't always translate well to other programs.
I've seen many different meatballs recipes, some sweeter than others. A family recipe I have uses ground beef and oatmeal in place of breadcrumbs. There's a lot of brown sugar and ketchup involved too. I've only ever dealt with oven recipes, but I know some use crock pots and other containers too.
@Mariotag Ugh, AT&T. They are unfortunately my current carrier. Sadly they have the best reception in some areas around my family; I've experimented with other carriers, and the closest that comes to them is Verizon. It stinks as some of the best deals I've found use T-Mobile bands, but it isn't viable off the beaten path around here. I think some of the Frontier Communication lines around here once belonged to Verizon, who isn't much better IMO.
I don't own a Wii, but I did confirm our family Wii growing up is GCN compatible. Unfortunately it is used - albeit rarely - so I've been turned down when I offered to buy it and save it from Just Dance and mostly other shovelware (Outside of Wii Sports). I'd have to secure the necessary controllers too.
I'd probably like Slayers then. I like comedy as long as it's well executed, and I like fantasy in general. On the HP game: No problem! I'd recommend it to any franchise fan who also doesn't mind turn-based RPGs. As for the crusher things, they stacked and only went down so far even if I dispelled the last. Still not sure if that was the developers' intent....
I recall liking the PS2 version of Prisoner of Azkaban. But it was so long ago that I don't entirely recall specifics other than it was an action/adventure setup not too dissimilar to the PC version. So 358/2 Days isn't that great? Could be it was overhyped to me. Wouldn't be the first time. Kind of sad I missed the ball on Re:Coded since you praise it so highly, but by the point I was reluctant to get into the series since I knew just enough that it can be convoluted. Probably a lame excuse from someone looking into trying out the Trails series I'll admit. I might at least try DK64 at some point if it ever comes to NSO and if I ever bother subbing to more than the basic tier.
@MarioVillager92 Thanks! Pokemon has introduced regional variants - sort of like subspecies of the same animal in real life - so Alolan Vulpix is an ice type. I actually have yet to rewatch The Polar Express this year but hope to get to it soon. Glad you really enjoyed it, especially since the movie features one of your favorite things! I don't normally check that thread but did read your positive impressions.
On EoW: Thanks! I didn't truly go for 100% since I didn't wanna get the best times in all dream dojo stages for example, but I at least finished them all. I did want all the collectibles though. Looks like you saw my impressions on it in the respective thread lol. It's a decent Zelda and one I'll play again, but I do like other titles better. Both FDC games are short but decent VNs. Though their older gameplay shows through sometimes. I did see your impressions on Mario & Luigi: Brothership. Seems like a good game from what I've read from you and others, but a bit longer than it needs to be. Which is allegedly a complaint about Dream Team too. That one is up next when I get back to the series. Enjoy MMBN!
Yeah, never go from 0 to 100 when trying something new. You gotta work your way up.
@Pastellioli You tend to respond pretty late by my time zone (I'm in US/CA Central Time), so I always assumed you're towards the West Coast. I do try to name drop artists if I borrow from their stuff and can find their names...but I usually try to use promotional material from Nintendo, etc. when possible.
I am curious about what they'll add to NSO next year too....I just wish the frequency was as common as the Nintendo Music app. Though that's comparing apples to oranges. Not sure if there will be any more NSO drops this month with the holidays, but this is Nintendo lol.
I'm not against genre switches in games if they make sense, and definitely not in spinoffs as long as it's communicated in advance. Not everyone likes a certain genre. That Banjo-Kazooie game doesn't sound like my cup of tea unfortunately. Sometimes I like genre switches though, like with Star Fox Adventures since it's not an on-rails shooter. I've played the original and Star Fox 64 3D. They aren't bad games at all and are decent. Just not really my thing.
I think localization speed and the fact it was ultimately a fad is what hurt the Yo-Kai Watch series. Which is a shame since I thought it had some good potential. Maybe Level-5 will do right with the Holy Horror Mansion concept.
Currently playing: Pokemon Scarlet DLC, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Switch)
Yup, those are big problems I have with subscription services in general. I mean, if you're watching lots of videos once each, then it might be worth something. But games? And the price hikes are insane. I've actually found I have far too many games on my backlog to play, some of which I'm really anxious about touching. Imagine that, but you pay monthly or yearly for access. The big subs I go for rn are for playing stuff online, as well as Netflix/Hulu. the fact they can pull anything from a sub service and you just lose it is really upsetting. But there's reasonable chance they can render games you actually own unplayable as well, thanks to DRM.
The spirits are still in the game? Good. And yeah. I've virtually never actually fought amiibo. I'm not as familiar with Smash Ult's character additions tbh. But yeah, sometimes, you get into patterns and reflexes, and it just ruins your chances against someone. Even during a single match, if you can read your opponent, and they can't read you, you have a significant advantage.
Microsoft is laying off backward compatibility? Really poor decision on their part. Though maybe the new group is for a new console? Nintendo had nice backward compatibility with Wii, Wii U, and basically all their handhelds except Gameboy Micro, and Switch. But in the case of consoles, it came at a cost. Right up until they released Wii with the VC, they actually still supported every single major console they had ever released. You could still get tech support for NES if you needed it. Virtual Console replaced that. And Switch Online replaced VC in a way that truly bothers me.
Yeah, the credits minigame has been in since the very first smash, but I think Smash 4 deviated a little by going from a shooter, to revealing a picture. All-Star mode iirc, has worked differently for each release, even treating the Wii U and 3ds game separately. The difference between versions is, either you go from oldest to newest in terms of release year, or you go newest to oldest. I forget which version did which. Classic Mode has changed a fair bit over the years. From being specific types of battles, or even specific battles, to whatever Brawl had, to Smash 4 with intensity that you set, which lowers when you lose, to Ult's version... Wii U's version was interesting as, iirc, if you made it to the end at 8.0 or higher, you would fight Master Fortress. It was quite something. The minigames have varied over the series too.
Midori did all of that?? Wow. Yeah, that's scummy, and I actually didn't know most of it! The KH community seems to be going by the assumptions Midori made though, with KH 4 being predicted for 2026.
I honestly forget which leak I mentioned initially. But yeah. People's privacy is invaded far too often these days. I also am paranoid about losing my devices. Fact is, somehow, I have yet to be stolen from by anyone other than my mom. I'm super paranoid about being pickpocketed, or losing something. As for Edge, microsoft pre-installs it on Windows... I can't escape it here.
Yeahh, I vaguely remember hearing about a Grinch leak. Sounds kinda funny tbh. And yeah, Create a Stage was something I wanted to participate in, but I never finished my design in time. (A Wii stage, complete with the console's various features, and Miis and discs included!) In fact, I lost it long ago. After stage builder was announced, those contests died. There was other stuff too. A sort of roleplay Christmas party, complete with characters thought to be removed, like Ness, sulking outside in the snow, and Captain Falcon selling Falcon Punch. Also, "The Sakurai Who Stole Christmas" was a thing. If only records of those topics still existed...
@Tyranexx I do not know mobile carriers, but yeah. AT&T sucks a lot. I've found in recent days that, while we pay for 3mbps, we seem to be getting closer to 0.5mbps most of the time.... As for phone reception, there is none surrounding where I live, so we have to rely on the Wi-Fi.
I will definitely have to consider the HP game! Unfortunately, for Slayers, the only current legal option is to buy the DVDs. It no longer streams anywhere, as of Funimation fully shutting down. For dub VAs, it actually shares a bunch of cast with the OG Pokemon VAs. Veronica Taylor, who played Ash for the first 8 seasons, likely the most popular VA for him in English, was supposedly nominated for the role because of her role in Slayers! And you WILL recognize Gourry's voice in an instant if you watched the OG Pokemon. IDK how the crusher things worked for you then. They always landed on something solid for me, no matter what.
You might wanna get a Wii for both Wii and Gamecube games tbh. I don't think they're incredibly expensive online on somewhere like ebay. At least, as of last time I looked.
So, PoA was action adventure like the PC games? I actually had 4 of the PC HP games. But they came with codes you needed to play them, and I lost the one for PoA. The others seemed sorta boring, but at the same time, interesting iirc. I never finished any though. And, Trails series? I'm interested in that, but have no idea where to start. I actually dunno if 358/2 Days was overhyped. I know the gameplay wasn't as fluid as 2 had. The combat system handled levels, general powerups, keyblades, and magic very differently. But there were also a handful of missions you're supposed to speedrun, which feels next to impossible without a guide because of how much you have to do. And some bosses are just stupid imo. But I haven't played since it first came out, so I'm not completely sure on my impressions. Re:Coded was interesting in a different way. There was the basic gameplay in the main sections, then there were the "bugged" sections, each of which took on rules of their own. For example, Olympus Coliseum became an actual standard turn based RPG complete with a 3 member party.
If you can get DK64 via other means, you may as well do that.
If you've got advice on the Trails series, I'm interested.
Anyway, if you're gonna be off a bunch, I may as well say it now. Merry Christmas, and happy holidays!
@Mariotag I’m content with not being subbed to a subscription service on my Xbox or any game console really. I do like owning stuff more than having to pay monthly to play/use something, plus with Game Pass getting constant price hikes and how they are locking some games behind the Ultimate sub and making the cheaper sub have less games, I kind of lost interest in the service. I remember that just a week before they announced Game Pass price hikes, I had the Game Pass for Console sub (which was their cheapest) but cancelled it since I wasn’t really using it, though I intended to get it back and some point…but my move was pretty bad timing, because the next week they announced price hikes, they also discontinued Game Pass for Console and replaced it with Game Pass Standard (which comes with online play but has less games in its library) and they said that you would be unable to use Game Pass for Console if you cancelled it, but people who still were subbed to that tier could still use it. Plus there are a lot of good game deals on the Microsoft Store (purchasing Rare Replay for $7 during a Spring Sale last year has got to be one of my best purchases instead of paying monthly to play it) but I think now is the time for me to purchase more games, though there is a few in my library I need to play soon, like Marvel Rivals.
I find amiibos are significantly more harder to fight. It would probably be how I maxed out the amiibo level to 50 and changed their stats, which probably played a factor in how they defeated me swiftly. My play style and fighting patterns with the characters I used is probably why I lost a bunch against my brother. I won more in online battles against other players around the world, probably because I don’t play online Smash a lot and they haven’t encountered me before, so they wouldn’t really know much about how I like to play and what attacks I favor using.
I do think the Xbox has a good selection of backwards compatible games, but in actuality only half of the games are backwards compatible and a lot of games are missing. The 360 has 631 out of 2,155 that are backwards compatible on modem hardware, but the OG Xbox only has 63 games that are playable on modern hardware, which shocks me a bit, but I’d assume maybe OG Xbox games have a few technical issues and the fact a few popular OG games have a ton of licensing issues; I can recall when I played the Conker remake on the Series S, the game had a few technical issues (sometimes the game would slow down and scenes would occasionally become blurry), but I don’t know if it’s from the game being old or it not running smoothly on newer hardware. I am hoping they can increase the number of playable games with the new team they assembled, but I unfortunately would not be surprised if it took a bit till they release a new batch of backwards compatible games since backwards compatibility is something they are not focusing on at the moment. Virtual Console was nice, and a lot of people preferred it over NSO and saying VC had better emulation than NSO, mainly pertaining to the N64 games, which I heard had a few issues shortly after the Expansion Pack was released. I would like to own some of the NSO games more than subbing to keep access to them. But I sadly feel like that NSO won’t ever have an option that lets you buy a game and own it.
I recall that the WiiU version did oldest to newest, and the All-Star mob mode in Ultimate also did oldest to newest, though I think a few older characters made earlier appearances in different games but the game goes by their first appearance in their home series instead. So, I would assume that the 3DS version did newest to oldest order instead. I didn’t know you fought a different boss in WiiU if you reached an intensity of 8.0. or higher! Back when I played the WiiU a ton, I was pretty bad at playing Smash, and while I did play Classic Mode before, I never reached such a super high intensity compared to Ultimate. I think what Ultimate does is for specific routes, if the intensity is super high, you fight both Master Hand and Crazy Hand simultaneously, but if it’s lower you fight just Master Hand. I can’t remember what specific intensity it has to be at for that to happen though. I know some fighters have a different boss at the end of their routes besides Master Hand or Crazy Hand.
Yeah, I can remember hearing more about what Midori did once that whole situation went down and it was shocking and scummy to see, but what I didn’t really know was how some people borrow “leaks” from other “leakers.” I never once heard of a thing like “borrowing leaks.” Closest that’s similar to it is when leaker 1 says one thing and then leaker 2, reiterates the same thing and uses the other person’s “leak” as a basis or support toward their own “leak.” Usually I saw that happen with more unreliable leakers reiterating the same info from more reliable and popular leakers.
I also get afraid of my electronics getting stolen or lost. Luckily it’s never happened, but I still get anxious over that possibility and I’d be freaking out if it did happen. My anxiety toward cybersecurity and data breaches was pretty bad a few months ago, to the point I’d constantly check my phone to make sure no one got into any of my digital accounts and got ahold of private info. The thought of that was on my mind a ton. Its not really bad anymore, but I still have some fear about that. I just really don’t like losing anything and it possibly falling into the wrong hands.
It was funny, but I didn’t read more about the Grinch leak until later and I initially didn’t even know it was something that happened. People who saw the entire thing happen said it made the Smash community divided on whether or not it was true. Some people thought it was real, some thought it wasn’t. I read on a Smash wiki that why people thought it was real was because the artwork for the photoshopped fighters in the mural was no where to be found on the internet nor were reused fanart made by other people, and there was unseen promotional material for the Grinch movie in the “leak,” and people thought the person who did the fake leak actually had real info. But, I feel like if the photoshopped fighter artwork was apparently nowhere to be found on the internet, there could have been a chance someone else could have made the artwork and kept the art private instead of posting it, or it was drawn by someone for the “leak” especially. I even think after the leak happened, it turned out the leak was actually a group effort and not done by a single person.
Your idea for that stage sounded super cool. Those types of contests sounded fun, but too bad they don’t do those anymore especially with the Stage Builder feature in Smash 4 and Ultimate. I’ve never participated in contests like that but they sound like good fun.
@Anti-Matter Sorry I got to replying late! I’ve been busy a bit.
I do like the Sonic movies, but I’ll admit I don’t recall a lot of the first one and think it’s weaker than 2 (can’t say anything on 3 since I haven’t seen it yet). I think I don’t remember the movie much because it didn’t have a lot of elements from the games and had scenes that used elements that were unlike the games, like that bar fight scene you mentioned. I like the second film way more because it used more elements and plot points from the games, which definitely made it more memorable in my opinion, but it’s fine if you don’t like the movies or don’t want to watch them.
I’ve heard a lotta good things about Wicked but I don’t really know much about it and I’ve only heard a few songs from the original musical it’s based on. I was in the middle of watching a review of it but I didn’t finish it. What did you like most about it? I haven’t really gone to the movie theaters in a while, it’s probably super fun to go to the theater a ton. I only go maybe once or twice a year, but I’m supposed to see Sonic 3 soon in theaters. I am excited to be back in a theater again. Last year I saw Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters and experiencing those two in theaters was great, but I rarely go see movies in theaters because I don’t find some of the films interesting, but it has to be because I’m not a movie fanatic or someone who watches movies a ton, though from October-November I watched a ton of films at home.
I also heard a bit about Moana 2, but I heard some people say it wasn’t as good as the first one, but people say that could be attributed to the fact Moana 2 was originally a Disney+ show repurposed into a movie. I’m kind of surprised I haven’t really seen advertising or commercials for Mufasa, given that it’s a prequel to the highest-grossing Disney remake and they would want lots of people to see it. I am wondering how it will do in the box-office, since it just released the same day as Sonic 3 and those two will probably be competing with each other because of the IPs they are apart of both being popular.
@Tyranexx Yeah, plus it’s hard to find the original artist for some artworks a lot, so I like to just stick to using images from video games or stuff, like screenshots from a game or an official game render of a character. There’s a ton of nice fanart I could use as a profile picture but I only want to do it if I can find an attributed artist for the picture so I can credit them when I use the art, plus some people would like to get permission when you use fanart for stuff like profile pictures or banners, so I don’t want to upset or make anyone uncomfortable.
I don’t really use the Switch anymore or have the Expansion Pack, but I really want to see what games they have planned for NSO. I saw they released a bunch of games throughout December, and they seem to be dropping them faster this time. I wonder what games they will add to the N64 NSO now, and when they will add the next games on there, but since October had three N64 games rather than one or two, I wonder if it’ll take longer for them to add the next N64 game on there. It is nice they added a lot of Rare’s games on there, since everyone initially thought it was going to be next to impossible to get their games on there from licensing issues with Microsoft. People have been wanting Donkey Kong 64 on there, which would make sense and it’s a kind of surprising omission on there, given a lot of N64 games released on Virtual Console were already added to NSO.
It’s pretty hard for me to get used to the genre switch in Nuts and Bolts, but I’m going to probably start a new file and try to get the hang of it with the help of some game walkthroughs. The genre switch is one of the main things people didn’t like with that game, also the fact there was a line in the opening sequence that made fun of the previous games being platformers (as well as collectathon platformers in general). I think if the game was more of a spin-off and not a mainline entry, people would have liked it more. I’m still going to try to get the hang of building stuff and racing in cars the entire game, since I really wanna beat the game cuz I’ve held off of playing it for maybe around a year, almost two years next year.
I really hope Holy Horror Mansion is good. I can’t wait to see what they’ll reveal about it since the concept trailer seems to show the game will deviate a bit from the original Yo-kai Watch games. Level-5 seems to be wanting to do simultaneous worldwide releases now, which I think will definitely help Holy Horror Mansion’s sales. I hope so, since I want to see Yo-kai Watch come back again.
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@Pastellioli
WICKED movie was based on the Broadway musical version since year 2003 and had performed annually by different artists.
WICKED story was focus on back story about Wicked Witch from West, Elphaba which didn't explained that much in Wizard of Oz.
The storyline of WICKED was before Dorothy Gale from Kansas landed on Oz Land, the things that happened before and during the Wizard of Oz events happened.
WICKED movie was divided into two part, part one on this year and part two (which got retitled officially as WICKED: For Good in next year 21 November 2025).
Part One was focusing on Elphaba Throbb childhood and her university life, meet with Glinda (Galinda) which become Good Witch from the North.
The part two based on Broadway version I watched from YouTube was focusing on the things happened several years later which there were some wickedness happened and the melted scene of Wicked Witch from West by water bucket from young girl Dorothy.
The movie is musical style like Broadway version with some differences and improvements to deliver the storyline and character development.
I like the majority of the songs and they are really easy to memorize and easy to hum than the Moana 2 & MUFASA (I didn't remember their songs at all unless I watched again from YouTube)
I can assure you that WICKED is really enjoyable to watch, the 160 minutes of the movie was really worthy to watch.
This is the trailer to watch.
Speaking about who was actually wicked from WICKED, you will be surprised as you watch the movie by yourself.
Same experience when I watched TRANSFORMERS ONE movie.
@Pastellioli Aw snap! Rare Replay digital for $7? That's the price I paid to get it physical, which means I can't play 007! And yeah, I'm sick of sub services honestly. If I do sub to a console subscription, I do it by yearly, and remove automatic renewal. If it runs out, it runs out. It's basically become cable subscriptions, but for everything. And yes! I much prefer to actually own a game!
Amiibo are just tough to fight in general. They don't just level up, they learn how you play. And yeah, It's difficult facing others.
Wait, barely over 600 out of like, 2000?? They certainly advertised it as being better than that! Thankfully, I still have my 360.. I do wanna get some Ninja Gaiden though. And my 360 has rather full storage. As for switch online, vs VC, VC feels better overall. Online is just a sub ultimately, and the further things have gotten from OG/Wii VC, the poorer the emulation has gotten. Wii U had darker visuals for the games, quite notably.
Yeah, I don't recall the order in Wii U or 3ds. And yup, that's how the hands worked in 4 in general as well. Master Fortress wasn't so much a different boss, as an addon. You beat the hands, then the main phases of Master Core, and Master Fortress gets inserted toward the end. It's actually pretty awesome. You're navigating a very dangerous fortress, to destroy its cores.
Yea, idk how leakers handle things in general. But obviously, there are different levels of scummy. And Midori was pretty scummy.
I've always been a bit paranoid of both crime, and losing stuff in general. Perhaps that's why I never really sell games or consoles unless I can use the content elsewhere. Or simply don't care. And yeah, I was timid in general. I remember there was an anthrax scare, and I did not want anyone to check the mail. And more recent, paranoid a family member might end up in a car wreck.
Yeah, the Grinch leak sounds super funny! There's always some leak or another that's just not legit.
Yeah, I liked the stage idea too. The shame about those contests going away was that, nothing the stage builder could do would ever match up to the ideas thrown around. The ideas were rather unique, and reminiscent of things that were in Melee.
You mentioned Sonic 3. It's worth mentioning, as a PSA, you should not leave the movie until everything is finished.
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