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@tobsesta99 - that is exactly what happened to me about 3~4 hours and a bit post the Splatoon 1 online "going down". I couldn't have stayed much longer as I had work the next day it was late locally but it was a sad way to leave.

I managed to play Splatoon 1 for 4 hours and 25 minutes past shut down and only stopped due to a power outage. I wonder how long people actually managed to stay on for. I would guess the rotation 8 hours in post of the shut down was likely the end.

Where one doesn't have to hack or mod the console, I'll consider this as a possible way to play a few games still.

Congrats to Team 0% and sanyx91smm2!

I've barely touched it yet. I got it as a gift recently and I'm trying to clear some other games off my backlog first but what I played was fun.

This game really wasn't for me and I tried I got deep into the campaign but ultimately put it down around chapter 22. I liked the class groupings of "Armour", and "Backup" as examples. As they added an interesting twist to combat but the rest of the package I didn't care for and I hope this art style is left behind going forward.

I suppose the upside to having playing Engage is it got me back to Fates and I'm on track to 9999 BP before the online goes away now.

Hard one. Inkling was an amazing moment showing how far splatoon took off and was an amazing tease as it could have been a new work with the franchise but I also rather enjoy Solon in disbelief at the second Byleth.

I took Inkling.

Got 131 and got a Bronze. Sigh, looking forward to the patch.

Delightful games. I would love to see them again.

Team Hugs. The Splatlings need it.

A little sad I didn't get a cup of 4 returning rainbow roads as a send off to the pass. Still its been a fine expansion, though I'll pass on seeing Tour Tracks return, the three different laps gimmick wore off quickly.

Wario Colosseum and GBA Rainbow Road.

Honestly what I wanted was a cup of pure Rainbow Roads so we could have them all in one place. We had enough left too.

GBA Rainbow Road (I'm really curious how it would have been touched up where mechanically I think it doesn't work).
DS Rainbow Road
Wii Rainbow Road (Which we got this final addition)
CG Rainbow Road

@Charlie_Wacholz the hand size is based on the character; 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 are the different possible starting hand sizes. Those tend to reflect the amount of card recovery, on going buffs, and/or loss effects a character has.

The game is a tad sluggish but not too far behind the Steam version and for mapping the point and click mouse controls to buttons I don't think they did a terrible job.

For anyone curious about cross-play it works perfectly fine, though the Switch is a few seconds behind the Steam game. (Those being the only 2 I got to test with).

5th is my best. I've pulled off a couple of 1st to the start line. I've been in first a couple times but I have not yet managed to get 1st place.

Thank you for sharing this one. It was a good read and I hope to see this live someday.

I put so many hours into this game yesterday. It was so much more fun than the SNES original whenever I gave that one a go. Though I will say Mario 35 is certainly my favorite battle royal they have done and I miss it.

Nice to see some more bugs squashed er splatted. The new banner is cute, looking forward to Side Order proper.

@Snatcher I play any ranked mode I'm feeling comfortable with, with a weapon I feel I can succeed with for the mode. Heavy Splatling for Splat Zones or Splattershot Pro for Clam Blitz being my go to options. The other modes I'm not as skilled at it but I've been trying to improve at Tower Control. Splat Zones is likely the easiest if you mainly play Turf War for getting into the swing of.

Golden Sun and Pokemon Pinball are some good ones but I'd love to see another Kid Icarus after the 3Ds entry.

No purchases for me either

Action Replay was/is a spiteful device and ruined a lot of my love of playing multiplayer. I never owned one but a brother picked one up and would often load in instant victory or other cheats and then play multiplayer games with me that I had no hope of victory because of that device. I of course wouldn't know till I got handed a loss I couldn't even try to prevent. My games files would be damaged in post of it too at times forcing me to put up with broken files and glitchy bits or start anew.

It's strangely sad seeing it go away. The fan art is lovely. Maybe we'll see the little shopping bag again someday.

I had a launch day Blue 3DS which I eventually gave away or traded in and got the Majora's Mask N3DSXL at launch. I still have that thing with all my ambassador games.

One of the better Guild Titles. I have found memories of it but I never finished the second route for the true ending. I should return to it.

I've been playing and for those curious the motion controls have been working perfectly fine. It took a bit to get back in the swing of aiming after being use to the quicker Splatoon 3 aim but it is functional and works perfectly fine. I'm resetting my aim about as often as my Metroid Prime 3: Corruption days on Wii U.

Going to go Digital for a change. Normally I go physical but I suspect I'd be holding on to this one regardless.

I have been having a grand time on the return to this adventure and it is nice to have a copy of Prime that works nice on my flat screen tv (portable is nice too). My other copy is the Gamecube original.

I married robin to Nowi. I found their interactions cute as they actually spent time together and were building a relationship.

Marriage is something I don't need in Fire Emblem but I would love a little more character building than what is going on in Engage. The combat however has been excellent and I have been working hard to turn around my Maddening Classic run that my lack of understanding the system put in a point of almost total ruin that would have required a restart.

The Hyper Cutter trick is new to me but I did know of the cut trick. It just takes so much time going into menus to clear grass out of the way I gave up on it.

I stopped playing Heroes years ago but why not, I'll take some random bonuses.

Too bad it didn't happen. This seems interesting.

I was playing for Paper.

Early Tricolour Battles were easy wins as Scissor players stood in the middle and got smashed from both sides allowing for easy steals.

Late Tricolour battles involved more tactical Scissor players who would leave the middle and take the fight to Paper and Rock which kept us off the middle and would win matches as it was harder to get in there.

I think they have some deeper strategy to learn. Certainly I could see more frequent switching or maybe stages built around it. I certainly think hiding the tricolour rules in a menu wasn't ideal but it is an interesting twist.

Ah starting Metroid. Well, I early in the Wii life had discovered I had become rather good at playing Samus in Melee to the point where I was winning matches with ease and sparked my curiosity enough as to play one of her games and I entered the series with Metroid Prime 3 and went from there.

I loved it. Sacred Stones as a 3DS Ambassador wet my appetite to try a series I had only previously seen watching a GBA over a friend's shoulder and not being able to make much out. The demo and then game captured my imagination and I've been playing games of the series since. I think Awakening was the highlight of the 3DS for me with over 1000 some odd hours.

Curious.

@Ogbert - I thought so. It and the shop keep looked familiar.

All good with the article.

I'd love Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, and Giantmaxing to all be cut. No silly gimicks bogging the game down.

I'd also love to see Ride Pokemon Cut. Bring back HMs make them a field move aka a 5th move for out of battle. Make me have to consider team choices for exploring without compromising moves or needing to get some silly pokemon in a harness.

I want a cup made of 4 old rainbow road courses.

I luckily have the special edition copy but this is too bad that the 3rd path is going away for availability.

A bit unfortunate but really I didn't expect to see Elder Scrolls VI on a Nintendo console for a long while before the Microsoft purchase. I was expecting it to be ported a generation later or so assuming Nintendo specs remain behind a bit.

I said 10 but really I would go with 12. 10-12 being the top end of something short to me.

My Metroid Dread clear time was under 10 hours but the time via my profile was 15 hours. A lot of deaths for me learning the bosses.

Kind of wish there was a middle option on the vote. For fine but flawed.

Looks better than the Mario one but I am not really sold on it.

Over priced is my thoughts on the new tier. Let me buy dlc for games I want too. Don't rope them into the costs.

I found that spot and wondered why it would be there as it didn't safely get me across the room.

Seems the game is less linear than I thought. I wonder if the Emmi rooms are the secret.

That is unfortunate.

Cross save maybe I would get the PC one. Cross play would be the feature I would want to see.

Black. White was blinding.

I am curious about these new enemies. Ceramic armor on the legs and arms is an angel trait in the previous games. While the fleshiness and dark colourations are demon traits. The Blues and neon turquoise are new. The text in the deep blue is also different. I am curious if this is a new alien (literally or just unknown) faction or if some kind of demon/angel hybrid.

@BANJO I hope you have a great time!

@BANJO I have never had problems with the controls myself or hand cramps. Give it ago, the game is great. If you happen to be someone that gets cramps figure out about when that happens and play in bursts of that stretch of time.

I am undecided. Likely I will pick it up. I am just not sure when. Likely when I track down a retail copy. Got to go to EB Games because that is what it is, not GameStop.

@twztid13 Kind of.

Playing without maxing out your professor level right off the bat cuts down on how many activities and battles one can do. As well as reduces the amount of tutoring a week. Which as a result makes things a bit faster which No New Game+ forces as you lack the ability to up your professor level.

Really a New Game+ where you buff student skill levels but don't increase one's professor level would likely be fastest.