Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

Thinking about Wicked For Good this November 2025, I have theory about the Good Witch from the North.
After Dorothy's house landed at Munchkinland and killed Wicked Witch from the East (Nessarose), Dorothy got celebrated by Munchkinland citizens and the old lady witch appeared and explained she was a Good Witch from the North.
My theory is the Good Witch from the North is probably Madame Morrible who disguise as a good witch and tell Dorothy to wear the Nessarose slipper, follow the yellow road to meet the Wizard. At the same time, Glinda arrived at location where Dorothy house killed Nessarose and Elphaba thought Glinda gave away the Nessarose slipper to Dorothy.
My theory is based on every Wizard of Oz story I read which mentioned the good witch from the North as old lady. The only old lady from Wicked is Madame Morrible and I think she will be called "Good Witch from the North" while Glinda even from the novel version as Good Witch from the South. In Wizard of Oz MGM movie, they made Glinda as Good Witch from both North and South.

When I watched again the first trailer of Wicked For Good and there was a scene of Dorothy with Nessarose slipper walked on a huge burnt room with water puddle, I was thinking it will be a slow motion scene after Elphaba melted by huge amount of water (Not by a bucket of water), Dorothy will take the broom of Elphaba then leave. I think the scene when angry mob folks with the soldier squad looking for Elphaba at Kiamo Ko castle, there will be a huge fire in the room then it will be extinguished by a huge amount of water, at the same time it will "melt" Elphaba with a loud scream (We heard this scream echo from the part one of the movie before the sounds of water splashed).
So many theories about what will be happened in Part Two.
I'm very sure John M. Chu as the director of Wicked will make sure the part two will be even better than part one.
I'm very sure we will see Wicked For Good with a few portion from Wizard of Oz and more Dorothy involvement until she melted Elphaba and the Scarecrow (Fiyero) secret relationship with Elphaba.

@Anti-Matter fair enough. Though I will say, although this game does have a premium shop, it is 100% optional. It is only for cosmetics, but you can play the entire game for free!

@Pastellioli Thanks!

Aha gotcha, I guess that would make sense because of how the Happy Tree Friends characters were made. That would be neat for sure. I do like the rubberhose style for sure, I've always been fascinated by how the classic cartoons would look. I've seen a pretty good amount of old Disney and Fleischer shorts from way back in the day.

Nice, didn't know they made pens specifically made for drawing. Art museums are fun to visit for sure. I've been to one that's about an hour away for my painting class. And heck, I enjoy museums in general. I've visited a transportation museum during my recent vacation, where you'd see cars and trains on display.

Yeah. I'm all for trying out new things like games I'm not familiar with, but here's the thing... games are pretty expensive, at least on the AAA front. It would be... not great if I bought a game for $60-70, and I end up not liking it after like an hour of play time. Plus I'm not getting any younger right here, haha. I've played Nintendo for years, much more so than Sega, PlayStation, and Xbox. It just makes more sense to stick with what I know best nowadays, which is basically the reason why I'm not too interested in a PS5 or an Xbox Series X/S, or the other online games like CoD for example. I might not like everything Nintendo does... but I still have a good time with their games today. As for Splatoon ranked battles, I do like Rainmaker as well, though it can be a little challenging for me. I do like Tower Control too. Not super huge into Clam Blitz.

Yeah exactly. Microsoft is a strange company in that regard. Do they not want console exclusives anymore? It's good they're not as strict with the forced online and Kinect isn't required anymore, but yeah, I think I'd agree right there. That always-online requirement was such a trashy, anti-consumer move that they pulled off. Can you imagine just wanting to play even a single-player game, only you can't because your internet is down? It doesn't make any sense! That alone turned me away from the One. I think a lot of people who used to play on the 360 would end up getting a PS4 instead as well.

Definitely... I enjoyed Bananza for sure, and I say this as a Mario fan myself.

@PeterTomlan86 I might get Legends Z-A at some point, but I'm not in a rush for it. Maybe sometime after I finish Arceus or something.

No that was actually a pretty long time ago, I got that little paper for myself back when I was in school. I do still have said paper. Thanks, I've met some great people over there... I've had some great professors as well.

@Sunsy All right, great! Feel free to call me D as well, haha. Glad to see you're enjoying Disney Speedstorm. I do like Alice as well... I even have a plush of her.

@Pastellioli Aight. Just don't wanna leave you waiting too long.

Yea. I used to play with my screen sideways too. I'm more used to vertical now.

I'm actually angry with said former friend. I'd welcome him back if he ever wanted it, sure, but he valued my friendship so lowly as to make us both suffer for a year and a half by not even trying?
Communication and expression exist for reasons. Fact that someone I knew almost a decade had me spiraling for a year and a half, hurting both of us and those around us is just.... I'm angry at myself too ofc.

Idk about the progress of the AI stuff.

Yea, replacement is gonna take a week or two. GL with the HDMI!

My backlog is too much. I need to finish something soon. OG Hollow Knight has been taunting me half a decade now with its 42 consecutive bosses...

@CaleBoi25 I'm honestly curious how they'll portray Yoshi in the movies.
Like, how will he meet the Mario Bros? Will he try to eat them or something like in the SMW cartoon?
Or is he "too nice" to do that? I forget the list of reasons he doesn't.

@CaleBoi25 Yeah, I still play it casually from time to time, I have it on both PC and Switch, so I usually use cross-progression with my progress. I've been playing it more lately since I got the Alice in Wonderland season pass, which I'm almost done with (I made it to tier 47, and the highest tier is 50).

@D-Star92 Alrighty. Cool, I like Alice in Wonderland, and its spin-off, Alice's Wonderland Bakery. Alice's Wonderland Bakery is a Disney Jr show, but has a lot of heart to it. Plus, Alice in that is Alice's (as in the movie) great granddaughter. I have a plush of that Alice I got as a gift, but not the original Disney Alice.

This show, such an underrated Disney spin-off.

I should find time to watch the original Alice in Wonderland movie one of these days.

@Pastellioli They do sort of look like they're inspired by the Care Bears, yeah... in terms of their character designs of course. I don't remember that show having different art styles, that's cool they did that. Only saw the regular episodes. Nice, that would be a good art style to go for. There's also Cuphead, that takes a lot of inspiration from the 1930s Disney cartoons. I actually have a couple of blu-rays of classic Mickey Mouse shorts. They're fun to watch too... one of my favorite ones is Mickey's Delayed Date.

Oh nice. Maybe the pens could be used for making outlines for a more cartoony look or something? Yeah they've made transportation museums, and I've been to a couple of them actually! The other one I visited, which is an hour away from where I live, was a railroad museum where you'd see trains and trolleys. They'd have train rides as well, which I've also been on, and they're fun for sure. I would like to visit the Nintendo museum as well of course, but that would require a trip to Japan. The closest I got was visiting the Nintendo NY store and seeing all their consoles and handhelds on display. I recall seeing the Game Boy that survived that bomb blast as well.

Sales are good for sure. I'd say stuff like indie games could also be good for trying out something new for a decent price as well. In terms of AAA games, I've gotten games from Nintendo that I'd be interested in when they came out, but even then, it's not super often. I'm also trying to stay away from new RPGs, not because they're bad, but because of how long and complex they tend to be. Yeah, I'd say Clam Blitz gets a little easier with practice in that scouting mode (I forgot what that's called exactly), and then in the matches themselves. Tower Control is fun for sure. I actually do remember playing it in Splatoon 1 before the online shutdown, too.

Yeah... this whole thing just doesn't make any sense. It seems like Microsoft is just sitting here doing nothing with these franchises they own. I wouldn't mind Rare being a second-party company for Nintendo again... how lovely it would be.

@Sunsy Oh I remember you told me about Alice's Wonderland Bakery. It's been a couple years since I last saw Alice in Wonderland, it's one of those Disney movies that I have not seen as a kid. The Alice plush I have is indeed the original Alice. Just wondering, before I click the video, would I watch as a guest or would the AI notice and restrict my account? I have no problem seeing the trailer itself, just been afraid of YouTube's AI thing. I could use a private window but I'd like to see your advice.

@D-Star92 It's cool you have an original Alice plush. I need to plan a night to watch Alice in Wonderland again. I'd say do a private window, right-click open in private window since it is marked as "for kids." I don't trust YouTube's age verification AI at all, shame too since it's literally a trailer. Just wanted to show a trailer to it if you didn't remember the show.

To be fair, I did get the link in a private window too because of YouTube's silly policy.

@D-Star92 oh, classic Disney cartoons are so fun! We have a collection as well - my whole family always likes Clock Cleaners, and Lonesome Ghosts.

@Sunsy I saw the trailer. It looks like a cute show for sure! Thank you for showing me. And yep, I did indeed see it in a private window, and it's not on my watch history. So Google's not gonna be getting me. I should give that movie a rewatch sometime too, it's been some time since I've seen it.

@Pastellioli Yeah definitely, I do like that kind of character design as well. Cuphead is a fantastic game in of itself too. It's mega challenging for sure, but for some reason, I don't get frustrated by it. Probably because of how I've played a lot of side-scrolling games over the years. I did see you've mentioned Acecraft before, glad to see you've been enjoying it. That's like a shoot-em-up, right? Gotcha, I'm sure Mickey's Delayed Date is on Disney+ if you want to see it. I do like Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip, as well.

Gotcha, that sounds like a plan. I'd normally do the drawing first, then the coloring. I don't think I've done outlines in my recent drawings, but I could try to do that sometime. I could do the coloring and the outlining once I'm happy with how my drawing is rendered.

I see, now you know. I think it's common for transportation museums to have rides of some kind. That'd be neat to see concept art for their games over there. Yeah, it was cool to see honestly. I've gotten some exclusive stuff over at Nintendo NY as well. Because why wouldn't I?

That's cool, that sounds like how Steam does sales for PC games. $7 for Rare Replay sounds like a good deal for sure. Yeah, I suck at RPGs too. I've gotten trouble quite a few times in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, and I got stuck at this one boss fight long ago. It's been upsetting me, and I don't know if I'll ever revisit it, honestly. I'm sorry to hear of your regret on not playing the 3DS and Wii U online... it sort of reminds me of how I wish I got certain games from the Wii Shop Channel before it closed.

Ah, was it Rare that wanted to revive the Perfect Dark series? Or was it a different company? Just want to make sure I'm interpreting this correctly.

@CaleBoi25 Oh that's awesome, and I agree for sure! Don't think I've heard of Clock Cleaners. I do recall hearing of Lonesome Ghosts, that's something I'd want to see during Halloween time. Mickey's Delayed Date and Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip are a couple of my favorite Mickey cartoons.

The Nintendo Music app just got updated with tracks from Donkey Kong Bananza.... But not all of them for some reason lol? I am so confused.

Anyone else feel like the soon-to-be President of Noa and Amy Adams could be related? I'm sorry, I just need to know!
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@Pastellioli Took me long enough to reply...

Yeah. Sideways is nice. I still can't imagine playing console games with naught but touch controls though.

I'm actually pretty angry with him. Yeah, I'll never know. On top of which, the mutual we shared is now visibly anxious around me, I pretty much wrote my remaining time to play TriForce Heroes down to playing with him, and he was the last available person I could just go visit and play games with in my area. It's had a chain effect that's undeniable, and I'm angry that he valued my friendship so little, and caused damage on top of that, though I feel I've no right to be angry. Btw, slightly less than ten years.

I barely saved my console apparently. HDD was going bad.

Hollow Knight is brutal. The 42 bosses are one of the ultimate challenges. I need to finish it for a trophy, and missable ending. I'm working on games steadily.

Might get better internet soon.

Hi everyone. I don't want to say too much about this, but I've gotten depressed recently... I hope you all are doing well.

@Pastellioli I haven't finished Cuphead either, but I have gotten pretty close before. Agreed, it's a fantastic game for sure. Acecraft sounds like a good game for sure, though outside of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, I'm not huge into mobile games. Actually, how does Acecraft control? Does it have a virtual control pad and buttons, or something different? How a game controls can make or break a game for me.

Ah OK gotcha, that sounds like a good process. Erasing lightly sounds like a good idea since you'd be less likely to have the sketch marks showing. I see... that's why outlining your drawing is last, huh?

I'm not sure if they have a rule for taking pictures, but yeah, I would imagine they would. Yeah, Nintendo NY has exclusive merch like t-shirts and other stuff. They have all kinds of things there, and there's an area with a huge TV that lets people play games on.

Yeah, tactical RPGs are harder for me as well. Only because I'd have to really think carefully on whether to attack the enemy or prevent my characters from being attacked. I'm sorry to hear about not getting Yo-kai Watch 3. One game from the Wii Shop Channel I regret not getting was DoReMi Fantasy, which was for the SNES and was only released in Japan. I did hear it was pretty good, and it looks so cute! But I just didn't end up getting it, and I'm still upset about it. I hope it comes to NSO.

Ah I see. That's a shame development got rough and that it got cancelled. I did see the original Perfect Dark came out on NSO. I might give it a try, for curiosity's sake... I did play a bit of GoldenEye 007 on NSO as well.

@Hapless Thank you for the kind words. Much appreciated, and it means a lot to me.

@Pastellioli

Forgot, but this is a meme in a discord chat lol.

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@D-Star92 Aww, sorry to hear that. You don’t deserve to be down. I don’t know what you’re going through, but the best thing I can say is always know there’s happiness to be found for you wherever you may be. And when you find that happiness, whatever you may do to achieve it, you will even forget about your hard times you had, and see how much of a precious gift life is.

If possible, I would love to continue talking to you about movies and video games. I have enjoyed my time interacting with you in those topics. I like reading what you have to say about some of your thoughts.

Actually, I wish I can talk about them to you elsewhere, like Discord, because I might be over posting on Nintendo Life threads and not giving others a chance to talk, haha.

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@PeterTomlan86 Thanks for your kind words. Yeah... I'm not exactly having the best time now and I'm hoping things will get better. While I do remember a few of the other difficult times I've had in the past, I am certainly glad I made it through them.

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed reading my posts. I do like replying to yours as well. I'm patient if that's what you're wondering, you can reply to my posts anytime you want. I do have Discord as well, you like using it?