Topic: What Game(s) are You Currently Playing?

It's time to finally beat super mario world. A personal shame of mine that I've never finished it. So that and pikmin 4.

@NintendoByNature Enjoy Mario World! Wonder makes me miss riding Yoshi.. although the Yoshi in World is a whee bit over-powered.

@FishyS I've played a very good amount of this game over 25 yrs, but I've never completed it. Usually I've stopped halfway through. It's time to finally change that.

Finally playing Live a Live, and one of the first bits of dialogue already has actual censored swearing.

I think outside of an old WWF game I've played, this is the only game where I've seen censored swearing.

This is genuinely funny, in case you're wondering. Normally I say things about the game, but its more important people know this.

Suika watermelon game is melting my brain and I can't stop playing.

Time to dig into the Backlog a little with the help of a randomiser app...

Mario vs Donkey Kong on GBA - was actually in two minds whether to play this given there's a remake coming but having played the first few stages, I can't help thinking this is something that doesn't really need a remake. Adding it to the GBA selection on the Online Expansion would've made more sense to me and I doubt I'll be picking up the new version. It's pretty enjoyable so far - nothing to taxing in the first half-dozen or so stages I've played, but I expect it to get a little more difficult.

Lost Planet 3 on Xbox. Think I must've got this as an Games with Gold freebie as I'm sure I didn't buy it. Installed and ready to go, but not started yet. I've seen mixed reviews, so not sure what to expect.

Simpsons Arcade Game on PS3. Won't be starting this until I dig out the PS3 out and set it up. I used to love playing this one back in the day, so hopefully it's as good as I remember.

Been playing quite a few Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online races lately since wave 6 launched, and also played a few Splatoon 3 matches tonight.

Picked up double dragon advance so a little of that

Started up Super Mario World: Mario Advance 2 the other day on NSO (made it to the end of World 5 so far).

....man I was really hoping playing through SMW again would improve my opinion on it but I think I just notice all it's shortcomings even more with the Advance rerelease. The spritework is fantastic, the music is phenomenal and the enemies are all so charming....but it comes at the cost of possibly the worst feeling Mario game I've ever played. Mario just feels way too slippy for the level design at play here and when it wants you to do fast precise platforming in levels such as the Fortresses? Yeah I'm sorry, that really does just kill the entire vibe for me personally, especially after Mario Bros 3 which I feel nailed how Mario should control. At least the Advance port made Yoshi Coins an actual collectable and added in Luigi (who, ironically given how known he is for his poor traction, feels a lot better to use than Mario as his flutter jumps allow for a lot more careful movement when platforming XD) but other than that? Yeah it's pretty much the same story as base SMW for me: great presentation....but crumbles under scrutiny.

Does that include SMB1? Because, although good for it's time, you kind of jump like a rock in that game.

I haven't played Advance but I have played normal SMW recently on NSO and many times in my life. One thing I would say is it is a bit of a shock going from smm2 SMW style to original SMW. I really like them both, but the physics change takes some adjustment. In terms of the original games, SMW falls slower than SMB3 and momentum is a bit different. Personally I think that makes it strictly easier to have precision platforming in SMW because you have more air control, but I can certainly understand the counter-point of being more slippery. Honestly may depend on what you're used to. As someone who has played literally 100s of different platformers (including many very cheap ones), I would say both games have infinitely better mechanics than most jumping in most games. 😝

Currently doing a replay of Pocky and Rocky Reshrined on Switch. Got it for my Birthday last April and beat it then, but a good one to go through again! It is a short game, with some weird design choices (beat the game to unlock Extra Easy mode + 2 player, which are things you should really be able to do BEFORE you master the game), but so much fun. It is old school challenging, but not impossible. Great music and surprisingly good story. More indepth than you would expect.

Taking advantage of the eShop sales to build up my library a bit. So right now I’m playing Kirby & The Forgotten Land, Paper Mario Origami King and Mario Wonder. Really enjoying them all so far.

I also took advantage of the trial week for Fae Farm and tried it out. I have no idea what to think of that one. On one hand, it seems super relaxing with tons to do but on the other it seems really broad but really shallow too. Going to play a bit more to see if I find myself leaning one way or another after more time.

I also found Link’s Awakening on sale online and it’s being delivered tomorrow. Excited to try that one.

Fired up Metal Gear Solid. First time I've played this game since it released in the late 90s. I only played a little of it as a kid and mostly watched my neighbor play it, so it's pretty Much a new experience for me.

I'm also still playing persona 5 tactica

Metal Gear Solid, Mario Wonder, Super Mario RPG, Forza Motorsport & Starfield !!!!!!

Started up World of Warcraft Lich King Classic. I haven't played WoW in years (since the end of Mists of Pandaria) and it felt a bit intimidating to go back to the main game. Also Lich King was my favorite Expansion. I created a Troll Shaman and have been slowing leveling him up. Look to join up with a few friends once I get to a higher level. It's been fun returning to the game.

After a long time I started playing Resident Evil 4 again. Great game

Well, I'm all set for the final showdown against Calamity Ganon in "Breath of the Wild" as I've gotten every quest done (including DLC, excluding that stupid "Trial of the Sword"), managed to take every picture without buying it (the only one I had gotten was the Hydromelon during the tutorial, but then I replaced it with one of my own eventually, and yes I even did some research and got photos of the weapons that either disappear with level scaling or lost forever after finding them), and I managed to fully upgrade my Ancient Armor set. Now I just need to wait for the final day of November (as that's when I decided that Zelda will lose her power, decided the game should have a personal time limit of my own even though there's literally none).

Playing Metroid Prime Remastered. The ONLY reason I took my time getting to this one is I just replayed Metroid Prime a year ago.

In a word, its brilliant. It's Metroid Prime, that goes without saying. But its just neat in a way I'm not used to. I'm not sure I've played an HD remake of a game like this that I'm familiar with already, not like this at least. Unlike Link's Awakening, its never weird how faithful it is, like why is this modern game still structured like a Gameboy game, that's weird. And while at times I can kinda tell this is an older game with new textures, that might only be because I'm so familiar with the game. And hot take, both for the original and doubly so for this, for such odd controls for a first person game, its effortless to play. It's very much like RE4, you're not the smoothest or quickest character yet its perfect for what the game is going for. I last played Prime in 2014 before that replay last year, and going back was the easiest thing in the world.

The closest thing to a notable complaint I have is that the new play control options make it odd. I love the Splatoon-like controls, but the game's still not built around it so I just feel obliged to keep regular lock on anyway. I hope Prime 4 is built around something like it like Prime 3 was for pointer controls.

Zombie Army 4. I'm 60% done with it. It's fun, but it's getting a bit repetitive. They introduced a bunch of unique enemies, but they didn't want to use them at all. Or better yet, what they could be doing is pairing some of them together to make the experience more challenging—something to keep me interested. It's getting tiresome seeing the same zombies every two seconds.

Been playing some Mario Kart 8 Deluxe online races (gosh, I keep going back to that game), and played a bit of Super Mario Bros. Wonder's online. It's actually pretty good, and I got to help others out which does make me feel good inside. I've not tried out the friend races yet, though.