AshFoxX

AshFoxX

Playing modern classics since 1988.

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Re: Return To The Fairway, When Mario Golf: Super Rush Arrives On Switch This June

AshFoxX

This was legit the only 'realistic' thing I wanted to see in the Direct, so I am very happy. Kinda sad when I have to dial back my expectations to the point where Mario Golf is all I hope for these days, at least until Nintendo starts dropping some of the things their fanbase has been craving for decades. We probably won't be getting a new Star Fox (or Strikers and F-Zero for that matter) ever again so I keep my expectations lower than the Wii U sales figures.

Re: Multiplayer Vehicle Combat Game Drive Buy Speeds Onto Switch Next Month

AshFoxX

I hope this is good. My favorite games as a kid were Twisted Metal 2, Rogue Trip and Vigilante 8 and I have been feeling the loss of the genre for about a decade. Seems like a hard nut to crack though, as many car combat titles exist but we only ever seem to talk about Twisted and Vigilante. Interstate '76 if you prefer PC.

Price will be an important factor of whether I pick this up or not, and the wording of 'season update' has me both concerned and curious. Lack of additional maps is also concerning.

Re: Can You Name All This Nintendo Hardware?

AshFoxX

Got 15/20, a little disappointed but I did learn some things I have never seen before, like the famicom 3d glasses and the bead clip on the PAL N64 controller cord. DPAD one got me too because I forgot my chronology for a bit and also thought the Wii U dpad was for the Wii. DeRp.

Re: Feature: Hands-On With Momotaro Dentetsu, The Switch Game That's Beating Zelda And Animal Crossing In Japan

AshFoxX

This looks really fun! I always liked playing digital board games, but other than Mario Party we really don't get much outside of the usual Monopoly versions, which honestly I have never enjoyed enough to finish a single round, and the occasional tabletop conversion like Catan which I still can't figure out how to play. Fortune Street and Dokapon Kingdom are the only standout exceptions in the West as far as I know, and they didn't seem to do too well unfortunately. Now would be the best time to introduce the west to the series, though. Who knows, it could be the next Fire Emblem success story.

Re: Random: Yuji Naka Has Never Heard Of Sonic's "Official" Codename

AshFoxX

I find it kind of hard to believe though that Naka-san had NEVER heard this trivia over the past 30 years as closely as he is associated with Sonic. Even if the trivia is false, which it appears to be a long-held legend turned into a typical 90's translation guff. Surely if it is fairly common knowledge among the fanbase he had to have heard about it at some point.

Re: These Are The Five Switch Online Games Japan Is Getting This Month

AshFoxX

I would love to play localized versions of the Hebereke games. I've only ever played a fan translation of the original Famicom game and I thought it was pretty fun. Between that and Mother 3 it strikes me quite strange the games that Japan thinks we don't care about.

Edit: I lied, it wasn't a fan translation, it was Ufouria: The Saga for PAL. Still, Sugoi Hebereke is probably the best of the series on the SFC just as a unique multiplayer game.

Re: Mini Review: Pure Pool - As Close To The Real Thing As You'll Get On Switch

AshFoxX

Well you sold me on it anyway. It is cheaper than the Brunswick game that's been mentioned a few times, and based on the side by side it looks to be the better game too. I have been craving a good modern Billiards game lately after diving back into my childhood favorites on the Genesis, Championship Pool and Side Pocket. Just sad that I have to wait a bit before I can really dig in, hopefully the 'local' multiplayer means hot seat and not multiple switches.

Re: PlatinumGames Has No Idea If Star Fox Zero Will Be Ported To Switch

AshFoxX

Well, if not Zero, Star Fox 2 had positive reception when it finally released on the classic mini and the Switch Online service. Aside from some broken systems like the infinite boost bug, that non-linear gameplay style with some on-rails missions sprinkled on some of the planets would be a welcome change to the formula. Honestly though I would be very surprised (and would squee with excitement) if we got a new Star Fox game at all after Zero, since I recall THAT game was basically the 'if this fails, the series is done' game.

Re: Prepare For High-Octane Car Combat When Carnage: Battle Arena Smashes Onto Switch

AshFoxX

Another Demolition Derby game. What happened to the glory days of arena shooters with cars? Cel Damage is literally the only game in town and compared to the kings Twisted Metal and Vigilante 8, it's mild at best and it's been needlessly re-released twice. I do like the voxel 'damage' system in this game, but I just want to fire napalm at my friends from a school bus again.

Re: Sega Open To Reviving Sonic's 1993 Arcade Game, But Needs Your Support

AshFoxX

Same old Sega. "We will only release interesting rare games that most of you have likely never played before, but only if you support the same games we have re-released a thousand times already." Sega has several games and IP's that have never been re-released but hey! We get Sonic 2 again. How about Outrun 2 (Coast to Coast)? Sega Rally? Daytona? Heck, Virtua Fighter/MegaMix, Dynamite Cop, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Knuckles Chaotix, Burning Rangers, heck, SEAMAN! Even Sonic CD hasn't been released that much. Sonic 3/Knuckles is always missing from collections. It's just bonkers.

Re: Super Mario 35th Anniversary Rumours Intensify

AshFoxX

Very exciting if true. I'm sure most of us will look back on this news in a few years and either laugh at how FAKE everything turned out to be, or be humbled that we were there together when something like this was still coming together.

Hopefully if this all turns out to be true, we can get the Zelda treatment next year. I'd love to replay Windwaker again, and they could easily make remaster collections. If they did Zelda1/2 OoT/MasterQuest and MM on a single GameCube disk, we can at LEAST add LttP to that collection for a phase 1.

Re: Guide: Every Animal Crossing Amiibo Card For New Horizons And New Leaf

AshFoxX

I'm very surprised that Nintendo didn't use this opportunity to re-release the amiibo cards for New Horizons. (or if they did, they have been very quiet about it) Lucky for me I bought up all the ones I wanted before the game was even announced from eBay before the prices spiked after the announcement, but I'd still buy a handful of booster packs to 'broaden my horizons' if I saw a box.

Re: Guide: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Rock Trick - How To Get 8 Things From Rocks - Iron Nuggets, Clay, Stones, Bells And Rock Respawns

AshFoxX

It should be noted that the holes you dig will not be there after you leave the game. All holes will be filled automatically once you start the game back up.

Also, if you destroy a rock, it will spawn the following day, but only one rock will spawn each day and it spawns in a random location.

So the best way to minimize losing precious resources when you need to move a rock for your own design purposes, only destroy one rock per day.

Re: Truck Driver Sets Course For Switch With Brand New Features

AshFoxX

I actually got this on PS4 when it launched, and I thought it was pretty good for a console specific truck sim. ETS2 and even ATS are better games, but since they aren't going to be coming to Switch (anytime soon) this will easily be the best choice for the platform. I will probably double dip, glad to know this is coming so I can remove that awful mobile port off my wishlist.

Re: Atlus Says Its Survey Asking About Switch Ports Exceeded Expectations

AshFoxX

I bet Atlus would love to get another bite at the apple for Persona 4: Golden. Since it was a Vita exclusive it suffered as a result. Not horribly, mind you, it was one of, if not THE MOST, successful game on Vita, but not many people had one. I'd be very happy with a Switch port, and hopefully we could also see Persona 3 (portable probably, not likely FES) and P5.

Re: Nintendo Just Applied For 39 Trademarks

AshFoxX

@AnnoyingFrenzy You are forgetting the third Cruis'n game on N64, Exotica. USA, World and Exotica were also in Arcades. Velocity was GBA exclusive, Cruis'n was a subpar Wii title, and Blast is arcade only, made by Raw Thrills who also made the awesome Hydro Thunder inspired H2Overdrive in arcades.

Re: Poll: What Other Wii U Games Do You Want To See On Switch?

AshFoxX

Mario 3D World is a given, I'm almost positive we will see a port on Switch sooner rather than later. That being said, it was a tough choice for me between Windwaker and Star Fox Zero. Windwaker is my favorite Zelda game and having the open sea on a handheld is an exciting prospect, but as you can probably tell I am a die hard Star Fox fan and Zero deserves another shot with a cleaned up control scheme and some added content. With all the hype surrounding its release, I feel the hampered controls are what really caused it to crash and burn.

Sadly, as Star Fox is rarely ever profitable for Nintendo, I really don't see this happening - as excited as it would make me. Maybe now that they got Star Fox 2 out in the public on both the SNES Classic and Switch Online, they can lean a bit more on an original non-linear traditional Star Fox game. Starlink comes close, but it needs more.

Re: Video: New LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Trailer Teases Footage From All Nine Films

AshFoxX

I am very excited to check this one out when it drops, but I have some concerns about the amount of content. Surely if they managed a full Lego game just using Force Awakens a few years back, a pack that contains the whole 9 film series is going to be seriously cut back in comparison. Then again, if they show the same amount of care to the individual movies in the same way that Lego Harry Potter did, I will be satisfied.