Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@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 I see the Care Bears inspiration a whole lot from the heart noses & stubby bodies, very charming & memorable designs! Yes, there were episodes animated & drawn in different styles (one even being animated with stop-motion & paper figures) but they aren’t included in any of the main seasons & I think are considered irregular episodes. The different art styles were nice, but Ski Patrol is my favorite out of all the irregular episodes, but I really enjoy the animation in all episodes, both regular & irregular. I have played Cuphead before, & the 1930s style in that is nice! I actually started playing a similar game called Acecraft that also has a 1930s style & its animation & designs are really good for a mobile game. That’s actually what’s inspiring me to use a rubberhose style. That’s cool! I have seen a lot of Mickey Mouse shorts, but I don’t think I’ve seen Delayed Date before!

They can, that’s what I plan to use them for! Though, I want to use colored ballpoint pens for the outlines, but I plan on coloring the picture first, & then saving outlines for last. I find ballpoint pens are easier for me to control than technical art pens, though I actually haven’t done lineart in a few years because for a while I went for a line less semi-realistic style.

Didn’t know one of those museums had rides, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of any museums having rides inside. I am a bit curious about what else the Nintendo museum in Japan has, because I remember reading an article here months ago that mentioned that they were going to be showing off artwork & concept artwork for their games, I think either this month or next month, & I’m wondering if it’ll be never seen before art. I kind of didn’t know the Nintendo NY store had a small museum-like display of consoles there! I have seen videos of the NY store & saw a bit of the inside of it. That sounds cool, especially how they got their hands on the Game Boy that still worked from the bomb blast.

I enjoy how the Xbox has a ton of games on sale during the spring, summer, & I think winter? A lot of the games there are dropped down to amazing prices, it’s how I got Rare Replay for just $7! Still an amazing deal, even after two years later. Though, I knew I was going to like that compilation before I bought it. Oh yeah, I have played RPGs before but I sometimes stay away from them because I suck at them & they are too complex for me, & I sometimes prefer to play AA or smaller games. Clam Blitz did get easier for me since I played it a lot in 2, but I prefer Tower Control from how fast & simple it is, though I always just follow the tower to protect my teammates rather than staying on top. Least favorite for me is absolutely Splat Zones. I really regret not playing any online games on the Wii U or 3DS before the servers shut down, because it sounded like a lot of people had a good time doing so…it’s still sad they shut off all online services & the eShop.

I think Microsoft is just sort of bad at managing the IPs they have, because they have a few extra IPs they could let other studios own & revive, & if they picked the right studios to take control of a dormant IP they could get a handful of more great exclusives, but they just keep them to themselves & do nothing. Pretty sure I read that was the same reason they used when explaining why Rare’s platformer IPs hadn’t been revived yet, I think they mentioned they were trying to look for the right developer to execute it & saying it was up to Rare if they wanted to make it, though I’m sure everyone knows their answer is “no.” I think I kind of forgot to mention it, but the PD reboot getting cancelled also had to do with the fact that the company that wanted to revive it wanted to take over both developing & publishing duties & full control of the PD IP after reviving it, so technically, it wouldn’t be an Xbox Game Studios title anymore & wouldn’t involve them at all, but it’s just so stupid they didn’t want to give it away for whatever reason.

@Mariotag Sideways is nice for me, gives me a lot of space, though a lot of the games I play require sideways play.

I get it, the lack of proper expression & communication from his end just sounds so frustrating & confusing, but I also can’t imagine how much upsetting it is especially because you were friends with the guy for 10+ years before it abruptly ended from him misunderstanding, and it’s sad that he’ll never know what actually happened, I’m still really sorry.

Thanks, I can’t wait till the HDMI replacement happens, while it did suck, at least the whole console didn’t break and is still usable. I’d be even more upset if it stopped working completely.

Havent finished a game in a while, also because my console HDMI doesn’t work right now & what I play mostly consists of mobile games that don’t have actual endings. While I have heard of Hollow Knight I kinda didn’t know it was that hard, 42 consecutive bosses? It’s only just now that I’m hearing about that now.

@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.

@D-Star92 I never completed Cuphead, but it was a great game. Acecraft is a shoot em’ up rougelite, yes, & it’s very fun besides the well executed 1930s style, I already am on the fourth level but it’s getting challenging already! There’s a lot of enemies & projectiles on screen, so I can sometimes get confused & not see what’s onscreen, but I luckily have enough good pilots to make getting through levels easier. Again, the art in that game does a good job replicating the 1930s rubberhose style, & it’s a big inspiration for me right now.

Yeah, with my process, at least when it comes to markers now, it’s sketch, erase the sketch lightly, color it, and outline it last, but I really hate drawing lineart, it’s hard to get the lines to match the sketch. When I used to draw with markers, it was sketch first, outline second, erase third, & coloring last. For maybe 2-3 years I did lineless art when I was drawing semirealism…made art less stressful for me! Plus you don’t risk smudging when you go over it with other materials.

I wonder if pictures will appear online, I’m super interested in concept art the most, but if I remember, doesn’t the museum have a rule for taking pictures or videos or no? Because I swear I read they did. What kind of exclusive things does Nintendo NY have again, mostly merchandise, correct?

I really like how the Xbox sales also include games from their first-party studios, so you have a lot of games to choose from! RPGs aren’t bad but they aren’t really for me, the only RPGs I have played is Fire Emblem: Three Houses & then the Heroes spin-off, but them being tactical RPGs makes it harder for me, though I did go back to Heroes to catch up with the story a few weeks ago, though the writing in that one is okay. Yeah, it’s a shame because I know a lot of people were online that day, but I also kind of regret not buying eShop games the most, especially because some of the games I was interested in skyrocketed in price for physical copies. I’m the most regretful over Yo-kai Watch 3…

So originally, Microsoft established a first party “AAAA” studio called The Initiative, & the head of the studio chose to make the Perfect Dark reboot the studio’s first game. Development was rough & they had to get Crystal Dynamics (the studio behind the Tomb Raider games) to assist in development before it was cancelled, & Rare had no involvement in the game, likely because of how they work on only original games now & avoid using legacy IP. Reports said Take-Two wanted to revive the game after it was cancelled, but also wanted ownership over PD if they bought the rights, which didn’t happen.

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.

"Long-term effects from use of the block button include severe damage to the heart, liver and kidneys. Users are more likely to have infectious diseases. Continued daily use causes sleep deprivation and loss of appetite, resulting in malnutrition. The block button also can cause aggressive and paranoid behavior." -Michael

@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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Guys, it's finally coming! #VoteForMonte!

@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?

Has Nintendo life any news on Nintendo games at Tokyo gameshow or where can I find it

@D-Star92 You'll prevail, even if you don't know it currently. And I personally do believe anyone who goes through hard times will get through them. I've been there too and still have times like that.

Glad to know I can make you happy with my posts. Thank you very much for saying that.

I’m not talking about when to reply to your posts, but I would like to talk to you on Discord. The platform’s my go to place to talk to people on the internet after all. Perhaps you can share a link to your sig so I can join a server you’re part of or something.

It's 1 October 2025 here.
Countdown to my birthday on the day before Halloween and I will be 41 years old.
I will make my Chibi drawing about myself in two version.
One is my birthday version and the other one is Halloween version.
For 41st birthday I will choose Japanese cuisine as my birthday drawing theme as I have chosen dessert and sweets all the time for the birthday cake.
I started from my 37th birthday with a cupcake, 38th with Orange cupcake, 39th with Strawberry Shortcake, 40th with another cupcake.
For Halloween drawing, I choose Frankenstein for year 2021, Wizard for year 2022, Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon) for year 2023, Circus Ring Master for year 2024.
For this year 2025, I will choose Evil Twin that appeared from Evil Mirror for my Halloween drawing. The Evil Twin that I will draw is basically mimicking my cartoon Chibi guy with outfits from my 40th birthday anniversary but he will have evil red eyes and fang, comes out from Evil Mirror.