Some interesting and fun seeming games here. I like the look of Everdeep Aurora and Rhythm Rabbit sounds like a good time. Even without a crowd. Thanks for the round up!
@RubyCarbuncle Apologies!!
I just typed that you had zombie fever and that last year i played Dead Island and Dying Light as part of a quest i undertook to find the best zombie game i hadn’t already played. Dying Light was a standout title.
And i mentioned that i was interested in reading your thoughts on Dead Island 2 if you get to it.
I think that was everything in the message.
@Vyacheslav333 I picked up the strategy guide for XII , despite not having ever played it, and i was surprised at how small the roster was for a Dream Match game. The game seems… different. I need to play XI!
@Vyacheslav333 I disagree with your assessment of XIII’s roster in that it is boring, but i agree that there are a lot of returning characters. XI and XII are the only two main series’ games i’ve never played.
@OwenGamer22 XIII is imho the best of the series and it’s a favorite of mine too along with ‘97, ‘98, ‘02 and XV. Hope you enjoy ‘98 and ‘03 if you get to them!
@FishyS Sorry to hear about you falling ill. Covid can be nasty, i’ve had it before. I hope you mend well, my friend!
@JohnnyMind Have a safe and fun time at the Con!
@KateGray The Planet Crafter looks fun. I saw your post on BlueSky with Fluker’s gut load for crickets. I once had a roomie who kept a Veiled Chameleon as a pet. He used Fluker’s products to load his cricket’s guts with nutrition before offering them as fare to his reptilian pal. He also used Fluker’s calcium dust, to season them. A rather horrific ordeal from the cricket’s perspective, i imagine. Apologies, but i have had the itch to share this info after seeing the post. I look forward to your upcoming reviews!
Of course i’m still playing Moonstone Island, but this weekend is EVO 2024 and fighting games are to be played and watched. KoF XV top 8 is in a couple of hours and i’m excited for that. I will be jumping into Capcom Fighting Collection to play some Darkstalkers games and hopefully can pin down a friend for some Last Blade 2 and KoF 98, XIII,XV and Soul Calibur 6.
I remember back when SF2 was all the rage, a fellow who claimed to be from California unleashed himself upon our small community and he tore through us like a croc through wildebeests. He was short, thin, pale with long black hair and a longer black coat. His countenance reminded the lot of us of a certain thirsty count, and as he gave not his name, we referred to him as Vlad.
Vlad was a talented and knowledgeable player, and any member of our cadre of bumpkins who dared challenge him at Street Fighter 2, was left weeping and drained, bereft of any semblance of pride or dignity.
Most cowered from further challenging him, but my thirst for his knowledge equaled his thirst for victory over scrubs.
Vlad wouldn’t share it. He wouldn’t divulge any of his secrets and all that i learned from him, i learned by watching and playing.
When i finally took a game off him, he cast off his raiment of cool, calm humanity and flew into a howling rage of curses and spittle. Vlad stormed from the arcade with preternatural speed, and i was never to see him again. But that was cool, as i had tasted of him and thus become a monster in my own right. Few were they who dared challenge me after Vlad’s visit, and fewer still were those who put up a fight.
Thanks for the anecdote, Vlad!
I picked up Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! and it is an excellent video game adaptation of the Sorcery! Books. I reread Kate’s lovely review before purchasing to get myself primed.
Anyways, i’ve typed more than enough…
have a swell week of gaming and take care all!
P.S. SvC Chaos is coming to Switch!
P.P.S. Grabbed Epyx Rogue off the eshop and am trying it out.
I’ve been unfamiliar with Toree up until reading this enjoyable review, and while this one might be a bit too difficult for me (those last couple of screenshots make me want to seek out an alcove and cower), i am going to immediately go and purchase the first couple games and see what in tarnation would prompt such lavish appraisal.
I need my grandmammy’s Toree!
Thanks for the review, moonbeam!
(Bought and played through Toree 3d. It’s very short, but a lot of fun).
I’m okay with not being scared. Video games and films tend to not scare me. I get scared by stuff irl: you know… stepping on a 4 sided-die, venereal diseases.. stuff like that.
I don’t really care for the early resident evil games, but still, Oliie’s review has me intrigued.
I like the theme, top-down perspective, theme, and pixel art.
The load times though… pretty freakin scary. I’d barter mountains of cigarettes to be rid of those.
I’ll be waiting for a sale but will be trying this out at some point.
A good read and thanks, Ollie!
I was excited about this upon first hearing, but reservations grew the more i learnt about it.
I’m happy that it turned out to be a decent game in Jim’s eyes, and perhaps i’ll like it all the more, as lucky me, i haven’t played Hades, so its apparent awesomeness won’t cast a pall over my experience.
The fourth has come and gone.
I had a doctor’s appointment so i got to stay home while the rest of the family went up North to the cabin to celebrate. Apparently, my brother and uncle got hammered and engaged in a bout of wrestling to the mixed reactions of their onlooking brethren. I’m irritated there’s no footage.
I despise family gatherings, holidays, and long drives, so was happy to not attend. The fishing up there is decent. I no longer consider myself an angler, but i do love the fishing game in Moonstone Island.
It’s one of the best fishing mini games i’ve played in a game not exclusively designed to simulate fishing. The difficulty increases depending on the rarity of the fish, but this can be mitigated with bait and lures. It requires a bit of skill, and demands enough of your attention that it doesn’t become easily boring, yet is short enough as not to become irritating. I like the seed shopkeeper, Rowan, who is a timid, sensitive soul, and one of the two non-binary characters in the game.
The characters are all great fun, and have distinct personalities, which are revealed as you get to know them. You can marry one..
My virtual heart belongs to Ofelia… i don’t know if it’s the flowers in her hair, or that she bears similarities to my own irl partner, in both appearance and interests, but she’s got what i need. No, not that you lecherous savages; her undying love!
I downloaded Battle Crush after reading an endorsement from our good friend, Fishy. Gonna try it out tonight.
And on PC i am playing a lot of Killing Floor 2, and still slogging through Shadow of Mordor. I was going to type more about these but this comment has become grossly gargantuan, so i’ll just end it here and say:
Have a good week all, and take care!
P.S. ordered a physical copy of T’chia and EVO 2024 starts next Friday! Time for some fighting games!
Edit: Fixed title of Battle Crush
P.P.S. Excited for Kate’s reviews!
@JimNorman First paragraph, first sentence: “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on 26th September.”
I think you meant to type, “The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom”.
Totk on your mind?
@MeloMan Yeah! That’s a great description! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect either, though the back of the box gave me some idea. At first, the shmuppy parts were my favorite, but once i got the hang of the dungeons, i loved those just as well, if not more. Which is kind of how my feelings about Kid Icarus: Uprising progressed as i played too. A strange parallel to draw perhaps, as KI:U is a 3d game, but shares the shmup/dungeon structure.
@MeloMan The Guardian Legend is great. I got it for a gift for xmas in 89 , and knew nothing of it, as i had asked for Mega Man 2 or Castlevania, i think, and both were sold out. GL sat in its box for a while, as i was galled at not having got what i wanted, but when i finally cracked into it, i fell in love.
Eighting’s been a prolific, reliable and excellent outsourced dev for a while now, but i will always know them as Raizing, creators of my favorite shmup of all time: Dimahoo. Mahou Densetsu, Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider(i just like typing that) and 1944: The Loop Master are also worth mentioning. None of these are on Switch save 1944:TLM which is part of the Capcom Classics Collection. Which sucks for me.
It blows this is happening to such a great game, but it’s not a hard one to find on any other gaming platform, and if LiveWire can’t renew the license, maybe someone other publisher will pick it up in the future, considering it’s one of Cave’s most popular shmups.
Mushihimesama along with Guwange and E.S.P.rade and E.S.P.galuda 2 are my favorite Cave shmups.
Still playing Moonstone Island and the Summer season has flowers which bloom as popsicles. Which is the greatest thing that’s ever happened. I have been decorating and i finally bought a greenhouse. I focused on collecting talismans to streamline my decks the other day. I keep switching up my party because i keep finding increasingly adorable spirits.
I have been on the PC a bit as i picked up Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order , Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle Earth: Shadow of War. All for about 5 clams. I started Fallen Order and am quitting after 6 hours of play. I was told it was like Dark Souls. It shares Dark Souls camera and the bonfire mechanic but the complete lack of challenge renders the comparison heretical. I dislike the game. And i wouldn’t want it any other way. I’m so relieved it’s awful. To have a truly stellar star wars game would mean the stars have aligned in some horrifically foreboding pattern.
Shadow of Mordor is better but so far boring. It’s not truly a Tolkien game in my eyes as it too grievously ignores the source material. It’s an open-world game and you just kind of wander around pre-WotR Mordor stabbing orcs. The combat reminds me of Batman Arkham Asylum. Which was a much better game, despite my ambivalence towards the dark knight. I do intend to finish SoM, but i’m not really enjoying it. Hopefully it will improve.
I just needed an action game to play alongside Moonstone Island.
Have a swell week all!
This game would have slipped quietly past me had i not seen this review, so thank you, Kate!
I used to love rafting and exploring willderness, but the latter can often be more enjoyable in a virtual dimension, where one isn’t constantly harassed by arthropods, and the heat from that accursed ball of bright, the sun. Which happens to frequently look blisteringly beautiful in the trailer which i just sampled a brief gander at, despite the reviewer’s recommendation to go in blind. I couldn’t help but take a wee peek!
I will play this.
@Zuljaras It took me awhile to get used to the game’s older ways. I saw a lot of videos on yt that trashed the game’s controls and combat, but it just takes time to acclimate and is then quite fun. I am currently using the trident and it has this funky twirling move that i love. I had only intended to play for a little bit yesterday upon starting, but ended up sinking hours into it. It is awesome! I hope to beat it today. Thanks for the reply, and again, for the recommendation!
I woke up so late!
I am excited to learn that Kate will be penning another review soon. Speaking of Kate…
Still playing Moonstone Island. It’s the best. I am just about to wade into Summer and have beaten the first Spirit temple. Also, i finally crafted a glider which makes island hopping easier. My partner hit Summer a week ago but i have my days set to long and i pack them to capacity. That’s my excuse. There’s nothing i don’t like doing in this genre mashup that has more Ghibli references than you can shake Jiji’s tail at. The game is like a 2d wind waker, but battles are turn-based, card-based and fought between creatures you subdue ala pokemon. And each creature has its own card deck which you can edit with consumable items. There’s also gardening, gathering and crafting as well as building and decorating. And fishing.. which is quite fun! So, Animal Crossing stuff too. There’s villagers, and you can try and get in their pants by giving them stuff. Ala irl. It sounds like a lot, but the learning experience has been a smooth and gradual one, and never overwhelming. The pixel art is great, the mechanics are solid, the music is sweet, and all the words are by Kate, making it the cat’s pajamas. If you have any interest in this game, i couldn’t recommend it more.
I am also finally playing Blade of Darkness. I just picked it up yesterday, and were Hidetaka Miyazaki himself to swear on all that is rad and righteous that he had never played it, i wouldn’t believe him. It is a template for Dark Souls. I got really lost in the 3rd area but now i am on to the fourth. The combat is a bit janky and the controls are aggressively primitive, but by Nito’s withered countenance, i love it.
Big thanks to @Zuljaras for the recommendation (which he made a year and a half ago.. it takes me awhile to get to stuff sometimes).
@Vyacheslav333 Quint is annoying in English. Not sure if you are aware, but Revelations 2 has a Raid mode with more characters, weapons, levels, upgrades, etc.
An old high school buddy is moving across the country and he quit his job a month prior so we have been playing some of our old favorites on PC. Between that and me trying to finish a project i started a couple of years ago(a graphic novel i have been making for my Sig) i haven’t touched my Switch. But i am very excited for Moonstone Island, which releases on Wednesday. My partner will be buying it too, and while i am in for Kate, she is playing because it combines a couple of her favorite genres, and i haven’t seen her this excited for a game in some time.
Anyways, not much Switch stuff to talk about for this weekend, i’ll keep at SaGa Scarlet Grace when i have time and i still have to find time for those game boy Mega Mans. I should at least go through the good one. I have been itching for Resident Evil lately and might play through 4-6 and the Revelations games for the umpteenth (wth kinda word is that anyways?) time.
My eyes still suck.
Take care of each other and happy week!
I am on Bluesky, and it is lovely. Thanks for some of these links.
Twitter is like a train wreck: it invites morbid curiosity, but you don’t want to be involved.
I own some amiibos. My mom knew this Bosnian woman who had cancer and she gave me a Target gift card shortly before she died.
I didn’t really know her, but my mom had taught her to speak english, and i believe she was trying to compensate my mother in some way, by giving me the card, as my mother wouldn’t accept gifts from her.
Anyways, i didn’t really know what to buy, so i bought a few amiibos. Pikachu (much more svelte than the 1999 Chu figure i have), Jigglypuff and Charizard were all they had.
Later, i would pick up the biggified Detective Pikachu amiibo and a couple Monster Hunter Stories amiibo off the internet. I sold the Rathalos(not a fan of Rath)rider but kept the Barioth.
I kinda wanted that Metroid amiibo, but never picked it up. The purchase of Simon has wafted through my thoughts now and then.
I don’t remember any games having great amiibo implementation. Smash was cool. One or more of the Resident Evils (maybe Revelations 2 and/or 6) let’s you scan amiibo daily for points to spend on skills. Kind of cheesy, but more useful then say, added dialogue between the protag and Chu in Detective Pikachu.
Anyways, i’m sure we’ll see an amiibo or two in the future. Maybe Nintendo has a new line with new tech for their new console. I hope they can come up with an even more ridiculous name than amiibo if they do.
(Add: i forgot i have the lil felt poochy amiibo too from the 3ds game and Mega Man)
@Zuljaras Hadn’t checked the artist’s thread in awhile, and just saw your v2 Kraken grabbin the tower and it is awesome! Also, love the textured box for your Castlevania games!
Great work, man!
@DemonKow This is my first SaGa game and i dig it, but not for the story or even the characters, which are all serviceable, but the game’s combat really shines, and the rest of the game’s elements are expedited to serve that strength. For instance, the towns, once entered, are just menu tabs, reminiscent of old school rpgs. The art and the music hit for me as well. The combat itself is quite strategic, easy to get into, and is becoming gradually deeper. There’s a lot of playing around with turn order and strength and weaknesses as well as forming an effective party. I am not very far in, maybe 9 hours or so, and can’t offer more than a cursory evaluation, but i love it so far. I’m not sure if it would appeal to everyone, but i would recommend anyone try it at a reasonable price.
Moonstone Island is as good as bought. Critter Cafe, Petit Island and Dawnfolk all pique my interest.
I’ll try Ringo’s Roundup’s demo cuz bunny, but i doubt it’s for me.
Thanks for the Round Up!
Add: i want omochapon too
I had eye surgery this week but that didn’t stop me from gaming voraciously afterwards. I played a lot of Star Wars Hunters but i think i’m gonna move on because i’ve got other crops to tend. Why i am using an agricultural analogy? I had eye surgery… i have other eyeballs to squelch?
So the doctor who cut into my eyeball for health(for me) and wealth(for he), offered me a litany of extra bells and whistles, and the manner in which he detailed them was not unlike a car salesman shilling window etching, key protection, chrome rims, etc.
He asked me stuff like, “do you feel your eyes get wet enough when they water?” So he was selling me a heavier flow when i succumb and break down weeping? Would i give a fuzz at that moment?
He also asked if i rubbed my eyes a lot, and then said he could help with that. Would i leave the surgical center without hands!?
Anyways, i gotta wait a month until my vision is settled and then i can get some glasses. Right now, reading and typing sucks.
But i can still dodge incoming fire in the incredible shmup, Devil Blade Reboot. I hope somehow it gets ported, as it’s only on PC now.
I got a full evening with SaGa Scarlet Grace:Ambitions and went through another area and i don’t know, it’s just an incredibly fun rpg with challenging combat, but it’s so easy to slip in and out of and it has a fun, breezy vibe.
I didn’t really gel with Please, Touch the Artwork. I played it for a while, had fun, but never went back to it. Gavin still has plenty of cred from his Just Shapes and Beats recommendation, and i am not big on abstract art anyways, so i wasn’t expecting a slam dunk. I would urge others to give it a go.
Take care of each other!
Edit-i forgot to mention that i might hit those gb Mega Mans.
@Ooyah It did go well and the recovery seems to be going just as. Thank you for the well wishes, and i hope you have fully recovered from your run-in with that table!
@LikelySatan Have you ever seen a chicken coop? But i see your point, as i have had buffalo wings, and the ends certainly justify the means. And as for your latter statement lol, i know a few chicks who place ads on Craig’s List, who might be able to tarnish that silver lining you got going. 😀
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Re: The New Denpa Men Surpasses 100,000 Downloads In One Day
In spite of the negative opinions i read yesterday, i decided to try it out. So far it’s a quirky and fun little dungeon crawler.
Re: Feature: 10 Switch Games We've Played At BitSummit 2024 - Here's What We Thought
Some interesting and fun seeming games here. I like the look of Everdeep Aurora and Rhythm Rabbit sounds like a good time. Even without a crowd.
Thanks for the round up!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
@RubyCarbuncle Apologies!!
I just typed that you had zombie fever and that last year i played Dead Island and Dying Light as part of a quest i undertook to find the best zombie game i hadn’t already played. Dying Light was a standout title.
And i mentioned that i was interested in reading your thoughts on Dead Island 2 if you get to it.
I think that was everything in the message.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
@Vyacheslav333 I picked up the strategy guide for XII , despite not having ever played it, and i was surprised at how small the roster was for a Dream Match game.
The game seems… different. I need to play XI!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
@Vyacheslav333 I disagree with your assessment of XIII’s roster in that it is boring, but i agree that there are a lot of returning characters.
XI and XII are the only two main series’ games i’ve never played.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
@OwenGamer22 XIII is imho the best of the series and it’s a favorite of mine too along with ‘97, ‘98, ‘02 and XV. Hope you enjoy ‘98 and ‘03 if you get to them!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
@Rykdrew No thank you, i am busy working and watching EVO right now, and later will be gaming with an old high school buddy. But thanks for the offer!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
@FishyS Sorry to hear about you falling ill. Covid can be nasty, i’ve had it before. I hope you mend well, my friend!
@JohnnyMind Have a safe and fun time at the Con!
@KateGray The Planet Crafter looks fun. I saw your post on BlueSky with Fluker’s gut load for crickets. I once had a roomie who kept a Veiled Chameleon as a pet. He used Fluker’s products to load his cricket’s guts with nutrition before offering them as fare to his reptilian pal. He also used Fluker’s calcium dust, to season them. A rather horrific ordeal from the cricket’s perspective, i imagine. Apologies, but i have had the itch to share this info after seeing the post. I look forward to your upcoming reviews!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (20th July)
Of course i’m still playing Moonstone Island, but this weekend is EVO 2024 and fighting games are to be played and watched. KoF XV top 8 is in a couple of hours and i’m excited for that. I will be jumping into Capcom Fighting Collection to play some Darkstalkers games and hopefully can pin down a friend for some Last Blade 2 and KoF 98, XIII,XV and Soul Calibur 6.
I remember back when SF2 was all the rage, a fellow who claimed to be from California unleashed himself upon our small community and he tore through us like a croc through wildebeests. He was short, thin, pale with long black hair and a longer black coat. His countenance reminded the lot of us of a certain thirsty count, and as he gave not his name, we referred to him as Vlad.
Vlad was a talented and knowledgeable player, and any member of our cadre of bumpkins who dared challenge him at Street Fighter 2, was left weeping and drained, bereft of any semblance of pride or dignity.
Most cowered from further challenging him, but my thirst for his knowledge equaled his thirst for victory over scrubs.
Vlad wouldn’t share it. He wouldn’t divulge any of his secrets and all that i learned from him, i learned by watching and playing.
When i finally took a game off him, he cast off his raiment of cool, calm humanity and flew into a howling rage of curses and spittle. Vlad stormed from the arcade with preternatural speed, and i was never to see him again. But that was cool, as i had tasted of him and thus become a monster in my own right. Few were they who dared challenge me after Vlad’s visit, and fewer still were those who put up a fight.
Thanks for the anecdote, Vlad!
I picked up Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! and it is an excellent video game adaptation of the Sorcery! Books. I reread Kate’s lovely review before purchasing to get myself primed.
Anyways, i’ve typed more than enough…
have a swell week of gaming and take care all!
P.S. SvC Chaos is coming to Switch!
P.P.S. Grabbed Epyx Rogue off the eshop and am trying it out.
Re: Inti Creates' New Project Is A Pixel Art Adventure Inspired By Zelda And '90s Anime
Love the art. I’ll be keeping an eye on this.
Re: Mini Review: Toree's Panic Pack (Switch) - A Third Pop Of 99¢ Platforming Pleasure
I’ve been unfamiliar with Toree up until reading this enjoyable review, and while this one might be a bit too difficult for me (those last couple of screenshots make me want to seek out an alcove and cower), i am going to immediately go and purchase the first couple games and see what in tarnation would prompt such lavish appraisal.
I need my grandmammy’s Toree!
Thanks for the review, moonbeam!
(Bought and played through Toree 3d. It’s very short, but a lot of fun).
Re: Mini Review: Conscript (Switch) - A WWI-Themed Love Letter To Resident Evil, Minus The Scares
I’m okay with not being scared. Video games and films tend to not scare me. I get scared by stuff irl: you know… stepping on a 4 sided-die, venereal diseases.. stuff like that.
I don’t really care for the early resident evil games, but still, Oliie’s review has me intrigued.
I like the theme, top-down perspective, theme, and pixel art.
The load times though… pretty freakin scary. I’d barter mountains of cigarettes to be rid of those.
I’ll be waiting for a sale but will be trying this out at some point.
A good read and thanks, Ollie!
Re: Random: Zelda Modder Brings TOTK's Fuse Ability To Ocarina Of Time
I don’t know about the rest of you, but my rotator cuff has seen better days, thanks to repeatedly casting my mind great distances at Jim’s behest.
Re: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate (Switch) - Hades In A Half-Shell
I was excited about this upon first hearing, but reservations grew the more i learnt about it.
I’m happy that it turned out to be a decent game in Jim’s eyes, and perhaps i’ll like it all the more, as lucky me, i haven’t played Hades, so its apparent awesomeness won’t cast a pall over my experience.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (13th July)
@Teksetter Happy Birthday! Have a great day, and may whatever games you choose to play, and celebrations you indulge in, be fun as heck!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (13th July)
The fourth has come and gone.
I had a doctor’s appointment so i got to stay home while the rest of the family went up North to the cabin to celebrate. Apparently, my brother and uncle got hammered and engaged in a bout of wrestling to the mixed reactions of their onlooking brethren. I’m irritated there’s no footage.
I despise family gatherings, holidays, and long drives, so was happy to not attend. The fishing up there is decent. I no longer consider myself an angler, but i do love the fishing game in Moonstone Island.
It’s one of the best fishing mini games i’ve played in a game not exclusively designed to simulate fishing. The difficulty increases depending on the rarity of the fish, but this can be mitigated with bait and lures. It requires a bit of skill, and demands enough of your attention that it doesn’t become easily boring, yet is short enough as not to become irritating. I like the seed shopkeeper, Rowan, who is a timid, sensitive soul, and one of the two non-binary characters in the game.
The characters are all great fun, and have distinct personalities, which are revealed as you get to know them. You can marry one..
My virtual heart belongs to Ofelia… i don’t know if it’s the flowers in her hair, or that she bears similarities to my own irl partner, in both appearance and interests, but she’s got what i need. No, not that you lecherous savages; her undying love!
I downloaded Battle Crush after reading an endorsement from our good friend, Fishy. Gonna try it out tonight.
And on PC i am playing a lot of Killing Floor 2, and still slogging through Shadow of Mordor. I was going to type more about these but this comment has become grossly gargantuan, so i’ll just end it here and say:
Have a good week all, and take care!
P.S. ordered a physical copy of T’chia and EVO 2024 starts next Friday! Time for some fighting games!
Edit: Fixed title of Battle Crush
P.P.S. Excited for Kate’s reviews!
Re: My Nintendo Store Reveals Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom Pre-Order Bonus & Bundle (UK)
@JimNorman First paragraph, first sentence: “The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on 26th September.”
I think you meant to type, “The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom”.
Totk on your mind?
Re: Talking Point: The Switch eShop Could Be Great With These Few Tweaks
A basket, improved filters, ratings , and a refund system similar to Steam’s.
Re: Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball Update Worked On By Eighting
@MeloMan Yeah! That’s a great description! I wasn’t quite sure what to expect either, though the back of the box gave me some idea. At first, the shmuppy parts were my favorite, but once i got the hang of the dungeons, i loved those just as well, if not more. Which is kind of how my feelings about Kid Icarus: Uprising progressed as i played too. A strange parallel to draw perhaps, as KI:U is a 3d game, but shares the shmup/dungeon structure.
Re: Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball Update Worked On By Eighting
@MeloMan The Guardian Legend is great. I got it for a gift for xmas in 89 , and knew nothing of it, as i had asked for Mega Man 2 or Castlevania, i think, and both were sold out.
GL sat in its box for a while, as i was galled at not having got what i wanted, but when i finally cracked into it, i fell in love.
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup 'Mushihimesama' To Be Delisted From The Switch eShop
@KeeperBvK Never played it! I hope it makes it over to the West on PC or Switch at some point.
Re: Nintendo Switch Sports Basketball Update Worked On By Eighting
Eighting’s been a prolific, reliable and excellent outsourced dev for a while now, but i will always know them as Raizing, creators of my favorite shmup of all time: Dimahoo.
Mahou Densetsu, Battle Garegga, Armed Police Batrider(i just like typing that) and 1944: The Loop Master are also worth mentioning. None of these are on Switch save 1944:TLM which is part of the Capcom Classics Collection.
Which sucks for me.
Re: Bullet-Hell Shmup 'Mushihimesama' To Be Delisted From The Switch eShop
It blows this is happening to such a great game, but it’s not a hard one to find on any other gaming platform, and if LiveWire can’t renew the license, maybe someone other publisher will pick it up in the future, considering it’s one of Cave’s most popular shmups.
Mushihimesama along with Guwange and E.S.P.rade and E.S.P.galuda 2 are my favorite Cave shmups.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (6th July)
Still playing Moonstone Island and the Summer season has flowers which bloom as popsicles. Which is the greatest thing that’s ever happened. I have been decorating and i finally bought a greenhouse. I focused on collecting talismans to streamline my decks the other day. I keep switching up my party because i keep finding increasingly adorable spirits.
I have been on the PC a bit as i picked up Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order , Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor and Middle Earth: Shadow of War. All for about 5 clams. I started Fallen Order and am quitting after 6 hours of play. I was told it was like Dark Souls. It shares Dark Souls camera and the bonfire mechanic but the complete lack of challenge renders the comparison heretical. I dislike the game. And i wouldn’t want it any other way. I’m so relieved it’s awful. To have a truly stellar star wars game would mean the stars have aligned in some horrifically foreboding pattern.
Shadow of Mordor is better but so far boring. It’s not truly a Tolkien game in my eyes as it too grievously ignores the source material. It’s an open-world game and you just kind of wander around pre-WotR Mordor stabbing orcs. The combat reminds me of Batman Arkham Asylum. Which was a much better game, despite my ambivalence towards the dark knight. I do intend to finish SoM, but i’m not really enjoying it. Hopefully it will improve.
I just needed an action game to play alongside Moonstone Island.
Have a swell week all!
Re: Review: Tchia (Switch) - A Brilliantly Fun (And Surprisingly Adult) Animal-Hopping Adventure
This game would have slipped quietly past me had i not seen this review, so thank you, Kate!
I used to love rafting and exploring willderness, but the latter can often be more enjoyable in a virtual dimension, where one isn’t constantly harassed by arthropods, and the heat from that accursed ball of bright, the sun. Which happens to frequently look blisteringly beautiful in the trailer which i just sampled a brief gander at, despite the reviewer’s recommendation to go in blind. I couldn’t help but take a wee peek!
I will play this.
Re: Poll: What's Your Switch Game Of The Year Of 2024 So Far?
Moonstone Island so far. I haven’t played Animal Well or the new PoP yet, but i doubt they will be contenders.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (29th June)
@Zuljaras It took me awhile to get used to the game’s older ways. I saw a lot of videos on yt that trashed the game’s controls and combat, but it just takes time to acclimate and is then quite fun. I am currently using the trident and it has this funky twirling move that i love.
I had only intended to play for a little bit yesterday upon starting, but ended up sinking hours into it. It is awesome! I hope to beat it today. Thanks for the reply, and again, for the recommendation!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (29th June)
I woke up so late!
I am excited to learn that Kate will be penning another review soon. Speaking of Kate…
Still playing Moonstone Island. It’s the best. I am just about to wade into Summer and have beaten the first Spirit temple. Also, i finally crafted a glider which makes island hopping easier. My partner hit Summer a week ago but i have my days set to long and i pack them to capacity. That’s my excuse. There’s nothing i don’t like doing in this genre mashup that has more Ghibli references than you can shake Jiji’s tail at. The game is like a 2d wind waker, but battles are turn-based, card-based and fought between creatures you subdue ala pokemon. And each creature has its own card deck which you can edit with consumable items. There’s also gardening, gathering and crafting as well as building and decorating. And fishing.. which is quite fun! So, Animal Crossing stuff too. There’s villagers, and you can try and get in their pants by giving them stuff. Ala irl. It sounds like a lot, but the learning experience has been a smooth and gradual one, and never overwhelming. The pixel art is great, the mechanics are solid, the music is sweet, and all the words are by Kate, making it the cat’s pajamas. If you have any interest in this game, i couldn’t recommend it more.
I am also finally playing Blade of Darkness. I just picked it up yesterday, and were Hidetaka Miyazaki himself to swear on all that is rad and righteous that he had never played it, i wouldn’t believe him. It is a template for Dark Souls. I got really lost in the 3rd area but now i am on to the fourth. The combat is a bit janky and the controls are aggressively primitive, but by Nito’s withered countenance, i love it.
Big thanks to @Zuljaras for the recommendation (which he made a year and a half ago.. it takes me awhile to get to stuff sometimes).
Re: Random: Golden Wii Intended For Queen Elizabeth II Will Be Shown At Gamescom
I thought all Wii was golden.
Re: Review: Metal Slug Attack Reloaded (Switch) - Tower Defence In Its Goofiest, Gacha-iest Form
I’ll stick to 1-3. Thanks for the review!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (22nd June)
Moonstone Island. It’s even better than expected, and it’s all i’ve been playing lately.
Re: Mailbox: Switch's Pokémon Woes, NSO's Value, First-Person Plurals - Nintendo Life Letters
I always thought the “We” thing was because every writer at NL was partnered with an alien symbiote.
I’m just gonna keep on pretending.
Re: A Brand New Mainline Shovel Knight Game Is Now In Development
I only played Pocket Dungeon and it was great.
@-wc- Maximo ruled and it should be on the Switch.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (15th June)
@Vyacheslav333 Revelations 1 is my favorite RE game, so i can dig it!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (15th June)
@Vyacheslav333 Quint is annoying in English. Not sure if you are aware, but Revelations 2 has a Raid mode with more characters, weapons, levels, upgrades, etc.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (15th June)
An old high school buddy is moving across the country and he quit his job a month prior so we have been playing some of our old favorites on PC. Between that and me trying to finish a project i started a couple of years ago(a graphic novel i have been making for my Sig) i haven’t touched my Switch. But i am very excited for Moonstone Island, which releases on Wednesday. My partner will be buying it too, and while i am in for Kate, she is playing because it combines a couple of her favorite genres, and i haven’t seen her this excited for a game in some time.
Anyways, not much Switch stuff to talk about for this weekend, i’ll keep at SaGa Scarlet Grace when i have time and i still have to find time for those game boy Mega Mans. I should at least go through the good one. I have been itching for Resident Evil lately and might play through 4-6 and the Revelations games for the umpteenth (wth kinda word is that anyways?) time.
My eyes still suck.
Take care of each other and happy week!
(Good luck to Gavin on finishing Dark Souls!)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)
@Ryne-Gaia You’re welcome! Glad to hear it!
Re: Feature: 20 Great Gaming Accounts You Should Follow On Bluesky
I am on Bluesky, and it is lovely. Thanks for some of these links.
Twitter is like a train wreck: it invites morbid curiosity, but you don’t want to be involved.
Re: Talking Point: amiibo Were First Revealed 10 Years Ago Today, And We Still Want More
I own some amiibos. My mom knew this Bosnian woman who had cancer and she gave me a Target gift card shortly before she died.
I didn’t really know her, but my mom had taught her to speak english, and i believe she was trying to compensate my mother in some way, by giving me the card, as my mother wouldn’t accept gifts from her.
Anyways, i didn’t really know what to buy, so i bought a few amiibos. Pikachu (much more svelte than the 1999 Chu figure i have), Jigglypuff and Charizard were all they had.
Later, i would pick up the biggified Detective Pikachu amiibo and a couple Monster Hunter Stories amiibo off the internet. I sold the Rathalos(not a fan of Rath)rider but kept the Barioth.
I kinda wanted that Metroid amiibo, but never picked it up. The purchase of Simon has wafted through my thoughts now and then.
I don’t remember any games having great amiibo implementation. Smash was cool. One or more of the Resident Evils (maybe Revelations 2 and/or 6) let’s you scan amiibo daily for points to spend on skills. Kind of cheesy, but more useful then say, added dialogue between the protag and Chu in Detective Pikachu.
Anyways, i’m sure we’ll see an amiibo or two in the future. Maybe Nintendo has a new line with new tech for their new console. I hope they can come up with an even more ridiculous name than amiibo if they do.
(Add: i forgot i have the lil felt poochy amiibo too from the 3ds game and Mega Man)
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)
@Ryne-Gaia Happy Belated Birthday! Have fun playing all those games!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)
@Zuljaras Hadn’t checked the artist’s thread in awhile, and just saw your v2 Kraken grabbin the tower and it is awesome! Also, love the textured box for your Castlevania games!
Great work, man!
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)
@DemonKow This is my first SaGa game and i dig it, but not for the story or even the characters, which are all serviceable, but the game’s combat really shines, and the rest of the game’s elements are expedited to serve that strength. For instance, the towns, once entered, are just menu tabs, reminiscent of old school rpgs. The art and the music hit for me as well.
The combat itself is quite strategic, easy to get into, and is becoming gradually deeper. There’s a lot of playing around with turn order and strength and weaknesses as well as forming an effective party.
I am not very far in, maybe 9 hours or so, and can’t offer more than a cursory evaluation, but i love it so far.
I’m not sure if it would appeal to everyone, but i would recommend anyone try it at a reasonable price.
Re: Round Up: Every Game From Wholesome Direct 2024 Coming To Switch
Moonstone Island is as good as bought. Critter Cafe, Petit Island and Dawnfolk all pique my interest.
I’ll try Ringo’s Roundup’s demo cuz bunny, but i doubt it’s for me.
Thanks for the Round Up!
Add: i want omochapon too
Re: Moonstone Island Launches On Switch Later This Month
There’s moons, there’s stones, there’s islands… what’s not to love?
Day one for me.
Re: Talking Point: HD-2D Or 3D - How Should Square Enix Remake Chrono Trigger?
Just put the original and DS versions on a cart and sell it to me. Throw in music and art galleries too, if you don’t want me to complain at all.
Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (8th June)
I hope Kate feels better! Get well, Kate!
I had eye surgery this week but that didn’t stop me from gaming voraciously afterwards. I played a lot of Star Wars Hunters but i think i’m gonna move on because i’ve got other crops to tend. Why i am using an agricultural analogy? I had eye surgery… i have other eyeballs to squelch?
So the doctor who cut into my eyeball for health(for me) and wealth(for he), offered me a litany of extra bells and whistles, and the manner in which he detailed them was not unlike a car salesman shilling window etching, key protection, chrome rims, etc.
He asked me stuff like, “do you feel your eyes get wet enough when they water?” So he was selling me a heavier flow when i succumb and break down weeping? Would i give a fuzz at that moment?
He also asked if i rubbed my eyes a lot, and then said he could help with that. Would i leave the surgical center without hands!?
Anyways, i gotta wait a month until my vision is settled and then i can get some glasses. Right now, reading and typing sucks.
But i can still dodge incoming fire in the incredible shmup, Devil Blade Reboot. I hope somehow it gets ported, as it’s only on PC now.
I got a full evening with SaGa Scarlet Grace:Ambitions and went through another area and i don’t know, it’s just an incredibly fun rpg with challenging combat, but it’s so easy to slip in and out of and it has a fun, breezy vibe.
I didn’t really gel with Please, Touch the Artwork. I played it for a while, had fun, but never went back to it. Gavin still has plenty of cred from his Just Shapes and Beats recommendation, and i am not big on abstract art anyways, so i wasn’t expecting a slam dunk. I would urge others to give it a go.
Take care of each other!
Edit-i forgot to mention that i might hit those gb Mega Mans.
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th June (North America)
@Ooyah Sounds gnarly, but it is good to read you are recovering! May we both soon flourish!
Thank you again!😀
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th June (North America)
@JohnnyMind I’ve had a lot going on and had forgotten about that one as well, until i saw it here.
May you enjoy it as well, friend!
Re: Nintendo Download: 6th June (North America)
@Ooyah It did go well and the recovery seems to be going just as. Thank you for the well wishes, and i hope you have fully recovered from your run-in with that table!
Re: Random: Here's How Much It Costs To Showcase A Trailer At Summer Game Fest
@LikelySatan Have you ever seen a chicken coop? But i see your point, as i have had buffalo wings, and the ends certainly justify the means.
And as for your latter statement lol, i know a few chicks who place ads on Craig’s List, who might be able to tarnish that silver lining you got going. 😀