Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Nep-Nep-Freak Indeed. Usually I try to buy the Blu-Ray/DVD/Digital combos, so it tackles all three formats. All my digital movies are just the codes included with physical copies. This way if they're ever removed, I can fall back on the physical copy (also, I find digital useful as it reduces wear and tear on my DVD and Blu-Ray players). I always like to make sure I have a physical copy to a movie, show, or anime I like.

Nice, I'm familiar with the series. I have Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth 1 on PC, and Super Neptunia RPG on Switch. Nice work finding the set. As for the anime blu-ray I bought, I got them on sale from Sentai. The studio does sales couple times of year, sometimes I buy anime from them then. For me, it was Girls und Panzer das Finale 3, and Kinmoza The Movie: Thank You. I've been following those for years.

With streaming, I primarily stick with Netflix, Hulu + Disney+ (have the bundle), and Peacock (Trolls TV series on there, though I do own one of them on DVD... yes, a streaming only show happen to have a DVD release). I did use Crunchyroll years ago, when it was still free with ads. Yes I got ads, but I didn't have to pay for it. Last time I used Crunchyroll was actually on the Wii U. I do watch YouTube too. Oh dear, the YouTube AI age verification scares me. I watch mostly gaming content, but I do watch full episodes and shorts from official cartoon and animation channels. Because these get marked as "made for kids," it makes me watch that stuff less, just so I don't get flagged. It makes absolutely no sense to need to show ID to watch a family friendly cartoon. I am an adult, but I still enjoy cartoons.

Don't worry about it, I can go on and on sometimes.

@D-Star92 That sounds really cool. Kind of, Unicorn Academy is based on the books, the books came first. The story is very different than the cartoon. For example, a character named Valentina. In the cartoon, she's the mean girl, who's still one of the main heroines, stopping the evil forces from destroying Unicorn Island. Despite her attitude, she's still good in the cartoon. In the book however, she's just straight up nasty to everyone. Also, the cartoon has a villain, whereas in the book, there's someone trying to ruin the island by tainting Sparkle Lake (the source of Unicorn magic), freezing it, now in book three, ruining the Unicorn food supply. The thing is, this person hasn't been revealed yet. I want to read more to find out who it is.

It's been a fun read.

Will do, I did try looking for the books the other day, but the store didn't have any of it. Might have to try a book store or order online for a book of Star Friends.

That's really a nice gift. Glad you still have it.

Does anyone know if a Switch game from another region, such as the Asian version, be playable in English on a UK Switch? I know it would work ok on the console, but just not sure what language it would play in, or if it would have options to change it. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, in this case. Saw a super cheap non UK version for sale.

@Sunsy Ah wow, I guess Valentina is more bad in the book, haha. Ah that's a shame. I checked Amazon, I did see they have both Star Friends and Rainbow Magic as of writing this post. I came across the latter thanks to one of those little library boxes that my area has.

I'm glad I have it too... especially since I love the classic Disney movies. Speaking of which, I want to watch one on my birthday since it's coming this month.

@Mana_Knight, I was curious about your inquiry and checked Luigi's Mansion 2 HD from Japan with the Cero rating on the cover via the Playasia website. It said that it was multi-language and had English. It might not be the exact thing that you're looking for, but it does seem like at least a bulk of Asian game releases have English support, from what I have seen. Hope this helps, and here's the link for the Japanese Cero Luigi's Mansion 2 HD on Playasia so you can see the proof of it including English (Unfortunately, I don't have any experience with games from other countries so you will have to find out how to change the language yourself*):

https://www.play-asia.com/luigis-mansion-2-hd-multi-language/...

@Nep-Nep-Freak Thank you so much for looking into that with such detail!!! I really appreciate it.

why was hello kitty island adventure downloaded so much on switch: https://newsletter.gamediscover.co/p/revealed-the-top-new-pc-...

Because it came out on Switch in 2025 after being trapped on Apple and is a really fun game with characters from one of the world's most popular media franchises. And the digital version was significantly cheaper rhan the physical version so a lot of people got it digital.

Personally, it was my runner-up GotY after Donkey Kong Bananza.

@Electricmastro2
I played the PS5 version of Hello Kitty instead, for smooth 60 fps.

@D-Star92 Yup. I posted about the books in the book thread, I finished book three today. That third book got rather exciting at one point too. Cool, kind of figured that Amazon would have the books. What's a little library box? Never heard of that, is it something at a library?

Cool, hope you pick out a good one.

@Electricmastro2 I haven't played it, I do know a friend who enjoys it. He likes Animal Crossing-style games and decided to give it a shot, even though it's based off Hello Kitty.

@Sunsy it's a little different than animal crossing. You have more than 70 villagers on your island by the end 😆 And there are puzzle shrines and platforming challenges and lava. And a surprising amount of plot even though it is silly plot. And you get to be an animal yourself rather than a human. But it does have lots of decorating houses and fishing and breeding complicated flowers like animal crossing.

@FishyS Oh ok, I thought it was similar. I just know my friend is enjoying it and I see him on my friends list playing the game often.

@Sunsy it's definitely addictive... I played for around 250 hours.

@Sunsy Nice, I read your thoughts on it in the book club thread. Glad you're enjoying the series. I should post my thoughts on Rainbow Magic as well sometime.

OK, so a library box is basically an outdoor cabinet, where people can take books or put them in. There are a couple of them in my area, and they're also called "little free libraries." Here's a stock image of what they look like...

As for what Disney movie I'd watch on my birthday, I'm thinking of watching Cinderella. I love that movie.

@FishyS so it's like fantasy life then

@Electricmastro2 I just started fantasy life i actually. Hello Kitty Island Adventure is a bit closer to animal crossing in how laid back it is, but it is the general genre of super long cozy game rpg.

I'm kind of curious: has anyone here ever had any boxes of books, DVDs, physical games, game consoles, etc. kept in storage for a long time?

I already have three boxes full of books that won't fit on my bookshelves, and just this Christmas, I had to box up some completed manga series for the first time ever just to make room for some new volumes of incompleted series 😅. Boxed up the first seven volumes of the Pokémon Adventures manga too 😅. Also, a few days after Christmas, I started a new box just for obtained DVDs and Blu-Rays which is now in the basement (my book boxes aren't in the basement though, since my dad told me that leaving books in the basement would cause bad side effects to happen to them), instead of all of my physical movies and TV shows taking up space in my room.

I'm also gonna have to rearrange my desk once I get my Switch 2, hopefully sometime this year. And when I also get a second Switch 2 dock, that will take the place of my PS4 in the living room, so I can play Switch 2 on the TV. I'm certainly not getting rid of my PS4, I love it a lot, but at that time I will just be boxing it up for now, since the rest of my family (and even myself, to a degree) is having trouble standing the incessant whirring noises that the machine makes while I'm playing 😅. I am looking into playing more Neptunia games on the Switch now, though, since thankfully, most of the Neptunia games I want to prioritize are available on the Switch as well, in some way, shape, or form (Playasia to the rescue!).

Also, perhaps a short time after I get my Switch 2, I may even have to box up some of my physical Switch 1 games that I haven't touched in ages just to save space 😅. Lord help me.

No need to worry, none of this stuff is remaining boxed up forever. I'll take it all back out once I move out of my parents' house and have my own house, hopefully sometime in the 2030s 😀.

@Nep-Nep-Freak I've had plenty of boxes of books. Books are pretty hardy so it's quite safe. dvds and game media I've also had in storage (both in my closet and with storage or moving companies) but I've had quite a few be destroyed (furniture collapse which destroyed some games, dvds which essentially just melted over time, some water damage which harmed various things (that one got a few books also though not as irreversibly), damage in a moving truck. Also had some stolen. I'm not so big on physical media anymore because of all of that. I could have been more careful certainly but part was just bad luck and part was the fact that some media simply doesn't last forever unless you store it in a vaccuum or something.

If you're storing in a storage company I would just say be very careful about how they are transported, the type of container, and the temperature of wherever they are being stored (except not so much for books; they can just be packed tightly in a generic box.)

@D-Star92 Thanks for reading them. I am, I still have one more book in the set. Sounds like something you enjoyed.

Oh, this is pretty cool. Don't think I've seen anything like this in my area. Where I live, there's just a normal library, which I never been to. Though I've been to the local Barnes and Noble plenty of times. Bought books related to characters I like from them, and manga from them. That reminds me, I bought a manga about Stitch from Lilo and Stitch. Cool little Disney find, didn't know they made a Stitch manga.

Enjoy the movie when the time comes.

@Nep-Nep-Freak
I have a book shelf to store my more than 700 physical games in my bedroom.

Outer Worlds is apparently joining Fire Emblem: Fates as a game that was acclaimed at release and seemingly no one actually thinks it was actually all that great in hindsight.