@Pastellioli
Makes sense. I mentioned my similar impression regarding Halo vs MGS already. The Pikachu scene must've been quite something. The description of Conker petting Pikachu actually makes it sound like a rare wholesome moment.
Ah. Bizarre wording makes sense. Never heard of "Flaccid Pancake" before. I was a newcomer starting after part 4 was already aired. I know some of the stand names were lightly edited, but idk about others. Also, something I appreciate is the way that some of the antagonists are treated, particularly when one takes a hostage in a particularly evil fashion. There are two big beatdowns I've seen in the anime so far, and I hope you enjoy them! One of them apparently lasted 7 whole pages, or in the anime, 30 seconds straight.
Yeah, I was spoiled on a couple aspects of the ending for MHA myself. I think people saw it as a massive letdown given what was said. Will watch Jujutsu Kaisan sometime. As for Isekai, yeah. With some notable exceptions that simply wouldn't fit, there are people who think of those series as a creator's personal fantasy with a self insert. Harems tend to be a thing, as well as things that would be unthinkable in modern society. But I enjoy the genre, even some of the trash.
Tbh, I'm worried the same licensing issues would prevent a Smash Ultimate DX. I'm hoping for the best though! Perhaps the topic of smash can be retired for now?
Yeah, I vaguely remember finding out about that intended Big cameo somewhere. And yeah. They'll want Team Shadow in before too much longer. But I'm hoping they step up the character introductions too. One or two per movie will make it take ages to reach some of the cast that's well liked, but not in so many games. (Ahem, Blaze, possible Freedom Fighters cameos, etc.)
For Underground, I mostly just saw the first couple episodes, as well as the first prequel episode you mentioned. I do feel SatAM is a fair bit darker than what I saw of Underground. One major difference I can note, or actually two, is, while Underground had a society under Robotnik, SatAM did not. Anyone who survived Robotnik, and was neither trapped in some kind of prison, nor roboticized, was by and large living in highly secret bases, trying their hardest not to be discovered, lest they become among his robotic servants. And unlike Underground, being roboticized was considered a death sentence. There was no music to bring back someone's free will for the most part. Personally, I'm interested in Underground too. I saw somewhere it was a French production, and that the story was "off limits".
Worth mentioning, both as part of this topic, and your follow up, the official youtube channel for Wildbrain actually has most of the episodes uploaded, and considering Wildbrain is apparently what DIC became, it may actually be considered an official upload. Though that doesn't stop yt from taking videos down. You should find SatAM there.
Huh. Never knew Microsoft was presented with that choice. Yeah though, they need to manage things better! I'm hoping they do actually reclaim some positive relevance next gen, but it'd likely take a while, and a lot of effort. Also, saw something about a "This is an Xbox" speech. Basically, anything can be one. I hate subscription services for both how many there are, as well as the constant charges. If I wanna watch anime officially, I have to get a minimum of like, 5 subscription services, many of which don't work locally, and a few of which have tiers. Gaming is becoming alarmingly similar. At the same time though, there is some convenience to being able to watch a bunch of stuff without being required to buy each set on disc. For Aniplex anime in particular, this is a godsend, as they seemed to be trying to adopt Japan's practice of giving full price to sets with like, 6 episodes each. Just seeing the prices on Sword Art Online disc sets when they were still fresh was....a nightmare tbh.
Yeah, I was rather fatigued when I typed that last response. It's hard keeping up with everything, and I appreciate your consideration. Even fatigued though, I'd rather interact and hang out than do nothing.
Yeah.. The worries are definitely an issue. But I think, perhaps the bigger issues are my anxiety combinations, my limitations, lack of skills learned, as well as the current world I would have to find a way to use them in....and..the disability coverage I get, and would lose if I ever accomplished anything, being worth far more than any job I could ever get at my entry level. Like, it gives free insurance that saves me literally thousands per month, if not more often.
Fun Fact:
The WiiU sold 13.56 million units during its lifetime...
The Switch 2 reveal has been viewed 15.8 million times already.
Switch 2 is already more popular 💀
Anyway, is it just me or does this thread feel... different lately? When I joined NLife, this was a pile of 25 words comments being posted every 34 seconds, but now it feels more like a few 508 word comments every hours. Not a bad change but certainly different!
@CaleBoi25
Wii U sales might be the worst, but their games now are pretty rare to find from game collector pov.
I still try to collect Wii U games from my country Indonesia, from the seller who provide very cheap unpopular Wii U games to collect since the 1st party Wii U like Paper Mario Color Splash, Kirby Rainbow Curse, Wii Sports Resort, etc are nowhere to be founded.
@CaleBoi25
Glad I have bought Color Splash in year 2016 before realizing the games like that will be super rare to find in the future.
Even if you can find one, the price is already super inflated.
I for one have interest with Color Splash for their 27 3D object Summon spells.
There was Germany Zeus Battery, Heavy Metal Claw Hammer, Shuriken Turnip, Inferno BBQ Grill, Seductive Plunger, Dancing Salt & Pepper, Splashy Lemon Slices, Breakdance Piggy Bank, etc.
They were like Final Fantasy summon spells in 3D objects form.
@CaleBoi25
Both of them have green skin.
The difference is She Hulk is strong in Physical while Elphaba is strong in Magic.
She Hulk is a part of Marvel heroes while Elphaba is being called Wicked Witch of the West because of propaganda by Madame Morrible.
Typed all this but it unexpectedly did not send so I had to rewrite it.
@Sunsy The key element of succeeding In speedruns is memorizing everything and replaying the game a ton of times to get it right, and I think it’s cool speedrunners have a lot of time to do that and perfect their gaming skills.
I am not surprised they’d want to move on from the Boom games (given it was disliked a ton besides Fire & Ice and the TV show) but I think they’ll a writer on the show was asked about a third season and he said they were completely done with the show, but I think that answer came after clips from the show blew up online and became popular. Unlike Boom I actually never watched Sonic Prime, but I heard it was good, but I don’t have Netflix. The only Sonic shows I’ve watched was Sonic Boom, Sonic Underground, and AoStH, as well as the first episode of Sonic X. Boom was perfect when it came to its writing and comedy, and it is nice people still quote and remember the show despite it only lasting for two seasons and being from a decade ago.
I like fantasy the most compared to sci-fi, but I think I also like fantasy a lot more because they sometimes include animal characters and I like animals a lot. One that comes to my mind in terms of fantasy media that I like is Banjo-Kazooie. It kind of has fairy tale like vibes to it, plus the opening scene with Gruntilda talking to the pot about who is the most prettiest in the land and getting upset that it’s not her reminded me a lot of Snow White with the Evil Queen and the mirror, and the fictional creatures and animal characters really make the game wondrous and fantastical. I don’t mind sci-fi, but there’s something with fantasy that makes me like it way more. Maybe because it’s not really supposed to be set in an ordinary world compared to how sci-fi has a lot of elements common in real-life. That retro store sounds nice, I would like to have a retro store I could go to given I like older games and media a lot, but they aren’t super common and sometimes an extremely expensive hobby to get into, at least with game collecting. I haven’t gone to see if any GameStop stores have retro stuff in their stores. They did sometimes have older refurbished consoles for sale (which were behind the person working at the cash register) but it was consoles released from 2013-2014, if I recall there was a WiiU and PS4 there. Your game purchases sound good! I would absolutely love to own original N64 stuff and games. Although I am a fan of the N64, I actually don’t own the console and only have the games via ports on modern consoles.
The ad is so cutesy and I love how they made the characters look in 2D. It does show a big difference between Japanese and American game ads sometimes. Japanese ads are very notable for often being lighthearted but at times comedic and strange (in a good and hilarious way). Thanks for telling me the name. I remember it was a tank game, but that ad stuck out to me the most when I was watching that N64 commercials video.
im stuck between CD and Heroes as the game 4 will semi-adapt. I just wonder if they’ll try implementing the time-traveling concept if they did follow some of CD’s story, but I don’t know how well it would fit in the film if that is what they are going to take inspiration from, but I expect they won’t include some details and ideas from the game or be a direct adaptation of the story.Movie theater popcorn always tastes better than the popcorn I get from the store and eat at home lol, there is something with theater food that always tastes good. The flavor I like the most is butter and salt, and it reminds me of how Harkins has a stand of various flavoring powders you put into your popcorn for free, but they started to add fees for using the flavoring powders. Usually my popcorn will be halfway done before the film starts while I’m watching previews, ads, and small film trivia games they put in-between ads, but I’m also fine not eating anything during the movie. I don’t really eat food when I watch movies at home besides a few times when me and my family eats fast food, but it’s still very nice to experience. Yeah, I often see fanmade renders and artworks of other Sonic characters with movie-inspired designs a lot and thank goodness they aren’t spoilers. I often saw those circulating a ton before some of the Sonic films released, but usually those fanmade renders I saw on fake film trailer video thumbnails on YouTube or via these ads they place below a video I’m watching. I saw a couple of those for Sonic 3 about two years before it actually released and before anyone knew what the plot was going to be about.
Infinity’s focus on creativity and going crazy with what you make was awesome. I did like some of the worlds that were already pre-made in Disney Infinity. One aspect I remember the most from 2.0 and 3.0 was the INteriors, where you could make this gigantic apartment-like house with multiple rooms and decorating the insides with furniture, and I also remember the Hall of Heroes area that had statues of the characters you played as and owned and showcased the Power Discs. I had the most fun working on the INteriors and it’s making me miss Disney Infinity so much now. I only had the WiiU ports of the three games. Whenever I played it, I always focused on the Toybox aspect rather than the Playsets since just building stuff was super fun. I remember having this gigantic world in 3.0 that was a mishmash of a lot of different areas and worlds and it was so fun to pay in.
They are nice sketchbooks, but I’ve also used Artist Loft and Strathmore sketchbooks from Michaels too! I used to have a toned tan Strathmore sketchbook for graphite and colored pencils but I donated it since I didn’t have any use for it, while Artist Loft’s sketchbooks held up well against some of my wet art supplies like markers. Thinking about those two brands makes me miss Michaels a bit, I can just remember the aisles and all the cool items they had around the place, the one I remember the most was this section where they had alcohol markers, pencils, and pens, though the markers were all in a casing that couldn’t be opened without assistance, likely because some people tend to swatch markers a lot and sometimes damage them, and some of the markers in that casing were very expensive. It was really frustrating to sometimes go to the store and buy something from an open display only for the item to be damaged. I remember I got a blue marker once and when I was going to use it the pen had a really damaged tip.
@MarioVillager92 The music levels I played were often well done. In fact, a lot of Mario Maker levels I played were really fun and good quality, and I wish I could have made a fun level too, but I’m not the greatest when it comes to making stuff in creative games, but I’m not really mad about it. Yeah, it is nice they have Mario Maker 2 and it being an improvement from the original and it has online, but I actually don’t have it. It’s a shame they didn’t have those Mystery Mushroom costumes return from what I saw, but I am maybe going to assume it could have been licensing with some of the characters represented with the costumes.
Splatoon 2 was my most played out of the first and third game, I’d play 2 more than a lot of the Switch games I had, but I’d also play Smash Ultimate quite a bit too. I had around more than 300 hours on it, bought nearly all the gear (I thought I completed it but a few unpurchased items showed up in the stores) and finished the story modes (Agent Mode and Octo Expansion, including that unfair Agent 3 battle you unlock after completing the game) and got to a high level in Salmon Run. I stuck to that game a lot since it had a ton of content on it. I am surprised I didn’t really play 3 a ton, since I was a huge fan of Splatoon and that game had so much more content and features than the previous games and the fact that the Grand Festival was bigger and better than the previous final Splatfests. I probably wasn’t into shooter games by the time the Grand Festival happened, plus I was playing a few shooters on the Xbox and realized my game shooter skills weren’t good anymore! I definitely didn’t have much fun unfortunately, but that’s what happens when you play other games a lot with different game genres. I am wondering what they’ll do for the 4th entry when the time comes for it, and if it’ll be soon since the Switch 2 is supposed to release this year.
I still don’t know how I can get to 100% in World of Light since my progress is stuck at 98% or 99% because I remember doing all the Spirit battles and rescuing all the fighters, but it was kind of fun trying to complete most of it when I was super into Smash a few years ago. Yeah, after I had a few accidental disconnects that ended matches too early and way too many internet issues, I just chose to stop playing Smash online since it ruins the experience for everyone, but I wonder if they could have dealt with player disconnects differently instead of ending the match for everyone and the disconnected player. I am hoping the next Smash game will have improved online play and having a different approach to dealing with game disconnects. It’s kind of a gamble for me to play online with internet that fluctuates back and forth from good to bad since there is a 50/50 chance I’ll stay connected or disconnect. I did have better experiences playing Mario Kart online and there the internet was stable. The same goes for Splatoon besides a few instances like with that Rainmaker match with two of my teammates and all of the enemy E-liter’s teammates disconnecting simultaneously, though Splatoon’s internet worked more than not working.
Glad you enjoyed it! The interviews and short documentaries are great watches and are short but have a good amount of information and story behind some of the games there and some footage. Some of the videos also have concept art showcases for a couple of their games, and I even remember they have some for scrapped music tracks from their games, including cancelled ones. It’s nice that they aired the documentaries online alongside some extra ones too. I probably will try to give the YouTube uploads a watch since it’ll take me forever to unlock the rest in the game.
@Mariotag It would have been cool if it did appear, but I get why Nintendo didn’t allow it, though the way the cutscene ended with the Pikachu being petted sounded adorable. There are a couple of moments that Nintendo had Rare remove, including a cutscene that started out with some characters performing a violent experimentation with unnerving music and the final game replaced it with a fourth wall break.
I remember reading that the Flaccid Pancake name came from a localization of one of the fighting games, but it’s an infamous name localization I’ve heard over the internet. I did like the antagonists I saw in season 1 (Dio and the Pillar Men) and they were really intimidating and memorable. JoJo was absolutely fantastic (from what I saw in the first season) and I’m hoping I can watch more of it soon.
I hope you like Jujutsu Kaisen when you get to it, I absolutely enjoyed season 1. Again, I don’t quite mind any anime genre, but the ones I saw the most was action, fantasy, and comedy, but I wouldn’t mind watching some isekai. I forgot to say, but I also saw a comedy isekai called Campfire Cooking In Another World With My Absurd Skill. I actually watched one episode and thought it was great, plus it’s premise of a salaryman being sent to a fantasy world to help assist in a war but becoming a cook instead and purchasing food items from modern Japan because of his special ability was interesting and funny but I didn’t finish it. There are too many anime shows I started and didn’t finish, like Bocchi the Rock! and Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun, so I should get back to those three when I get the time to do so.
With the Switch 2 being backwards compatible, I wonder if they’ll not do a DX port of Ultimate, assuming OG Ultimate will be compatible with it, but I know they’ll make a new Smash game despite that. We can retire the Smash topic now, I don’t have anything else to say actually lol.
The character ideas they had for the previous films sounded interesting but I understood why they wouldn’t work that early. I expect Team Shadow to appear soon, maybe after Sonic 4 releases, but I wonder how fast they’ll be introducing more fan-favorite characters in the films and if they’ll choose to reveal more since 3’s post-credit scene did a double character reveal instead of one..
I believe you when you say SatAM was darker than Undeground, since I am remembering Underground had more comedic and lighthearted moments with Robotnik’s henchmen (kind of like the Badnik henchmen from AoStH) and the singing sequences.
That does sound pretty dark for a Sonic cartoon and it sounds like something newer Sonic shows wouldn’t do. Underground also had captured people being roboticized too, but it only had a few instances of it, and later on a character in the show made a machine/tool that de-roboticized people that were affected by it, so there was a way to undo it. SatAM definitely isn’t all sunshine and rainbows like how Underground was in some aspects.
Thanks for telling me! I’ll check that out.
I am surprised they are going the multi-platform approach, shown with the “This is an Xbox” campaign where they showed other items and devices with that sentence on it. If someone went to the past and told me that is what Microsoft would be doing for their consoles, I’d not believe it, but I am surprised that is what they are doing since Xbox sales have unfortunately been at a low. However, I think that Xbox will stay, since I find that multiplatform approach is to reach bigger audiences and players on popular game platforms and they’ll likely make more money that way to make up for the low game sales on the Xbox, since I hear most game purchases are on Nintendo and PlayStation store fronts. I prefer owning something and purchasing it once, but I agree that subscription services can help save money. A random example I can think of is maybe you want to watch a series with lots of films, but buying all the films separately is expensive, but an inexpensive streaming service has all the films in one place. Streaming services can save money, but it’s annoying having to buy multiple services to watch certain shows and films since some don’t have full film/show series.
Hope this response was shorter, it can sometimes take me a while to type out responses. I’m sorry, that all seems too stressful. I sometimes am stressed out thinking about what will happen in the future and if I will succeed, but sometimes I have to believe in the good to feel less like that and ignore the bad, but it’s hard for me to do that if I’m feeling down.
@Pastellioli
Oh, btw.
Sonic 3 movie here in Indonesia didn't really get good reception as the movie schedule I saw from my local cinema XXI, currently only one cinema XXI here in my hometown still aired sonic 3 movie and it still not even 1 month.
The broadcast schedule of sonic 3 movie got axed quickly, same as Mufasa here too but Mufasa could managed to survive for 1 month today on 18 January 2025.
When the movie only survived less than 1 month in my country, it means the movie is not that good.
I have ever found one movie only survived for 6 days then got replaced by another movie due to very poor review and almost nobody want to watch. It was Harold & the Purple Crayon.
I watched that movie and it was indeed terrible and I don't want to remember that movie again.
@Anti-Matter I’m guessing Sonic 3 didn’t do too well in some countries if your theater ended its theatrical run fast, but given streaming services are really popular I am not surprised that some films end their theatrical run fast. Sonic 3 did really well in the US and was super popular last month so it’s still in US theaters, but I think it should be ending its theatrical run soon since there were reports the film is going to be added to streaming on the 21st.
I actually heard of the Harold & the Purple Crayon film and I even watched a video about it, but was the film really that bad if it actually ended its theatrical run that early? That sounds really bad. I haven’t seen it but I feel like that the film would have probably done a bit better if it was animated given its premise is about imagination and making things come to life, and I even saw the film had some 2D animation during the opening and the animation looked great! But I read that the film is supposed to be more of a sequel to the book rather than an actual adaptation of the original book.
“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 Flippy from Happy Tree Friends.
@Pastellioli
Oh, Harold & Purple Crayon movie 2024 was really terrible.
The premise of making the cartoon boy Harold grew up become innocent adult man that looking for the the creator of him in real world (Earth) and having very awkward and chaotic interaction with peoples on Earth was really terrible to watch.
My face was literally poker face for entire movie, with sometimes I raised my eyebrow for certain WTH situations. I didn't react in positive way until the end of movie and it indicated it was really terrible movie.
@Anti-Matter Wow, the film did make a ton of changes from the original book. When I first saw the announcement they were going to adapt the book into a film, I thought the film was going to be a straight up adaptation of the original book and not a sequel where Harold is an adult and goes looking for his creator on Earth and doesn’t follow much of the source material besides having Harold, the purple crayon and the imagination part of it.
But, I also don’t know how well they could have adapted Harold & The Purple Crayon into an hour-long film, and they’d have to add new content to lengthen it and have it reach a good runtime for a theatrical release. I read that way before they released the film the book got a short film adaptation and a television series, both animated, so I feel like a new, modern adaptation would have worked better in either of those formats in my opinion rather than a feature-length film since short films and show episodes can go for shorter runtimes and not be stretched out for an hour long.
@Pastellioli Yeah, so, gonna start by saying, that wasn't really shorter. Not really upset, but would like to at least gradually trim it down.
Conker sounds like it had some really interesting stuff, as well as some unnerving stuff. Ninty just can't handle that level of M rated.
Ah. A fighting game. That explains why I don't know it. Anime based games do tend to be a bit repetitive as an RPG, or they go the fighter route.. And, you saw the last foreshadowing cutscene of season 1, right? (Technically a combination of parts 1 and 2)
Yeah, I'll watch Jujutsu in time. And interestingly, those are some genres I enjoy too. Fantasy is great. I really enjoyed Inuyasha and Slayers when I first got into anime, soo, those inspire me a bit. Hanako-Kun in currently airing season 2 btw.
Yeah, I am concerned about how fast they'll introduce the cast, as, it might not be a good idea to have endless movies. Incidentally, some ppl are hoping in vain for SatAM characters in them...
SatAM was deep and dark for sure. I never noticed it when I first watched. But yeah. SatAM is ultimately a world and society devastated. Apparently, in interviews, there were plans to have Mobius actually be a post-apocalyptic Earth, with Robotnik and Snively as the only human survivors. But that never came to be. Also, at least one character from the comics was intended for a continuation, with a sneaky presence in the existing show itself.
Yeah. Them just putting all their games on other platforms is amusingly, the opposite of what streaming services are doing. Basically, no exclusives anymore. It may just work though.
And yes. I can see possible merits in sub services. As you said, it helps with watching tons of stuff, especially related. I mean, imagine having to buy all the individual movies and shows from the Marvel Capcom Universe... (Oh, what do you mean that isn't what it's called? It's what I know those initials as!)
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