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Re: Anniversary: Nintendo Switch Launched Four Years Ago Today

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@Anti-Matter @nhSnork
Thanks for the art!
-Anti-Matter due to covid we’re all ninjas now? Sry if It’s a ref I’m missing.
Love how the fruit wants to be like you bc you’re so cool! Very bubble bobble.

-nhSnork those bangs are def my good hair day vs. Just in my eyes (Songbird Serenade)
Must try those highlights!

Re: Arby's And Shovel Knight Are Digging Deep For A New Promotion Which Offers In-Game DLC

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@rjejr @Dr_Corndog
As NL’s resident scientist girl- love this banter...

Never bothers me when the, “ REAL doctors are MDs” Thing comes up- just shows said interlocitutor is unaware of how barbers, butchers, and questionable potion makers took on the scholastic title and Hippocrates oath as a sort of seal of quality.

Now many physicians take no ethical oath hippocratic or other- in a time when more and more engineers do, odd...

Re: Video: So, Are People Still Playing 3DS Games Online?

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@BlubberWhale
Guxt- not in your region, BUT, it is available as freeware on pc. Search for a Pixel fan site.

@ryancraddock @joncomms thank you for the vid/write up! This inspires me to (someday) run some data analysis on implied online gaming activity as it depends on time of day.

Re: Video: So, Are People Still Playing 3DS Games Online?

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@stuntz0rZ
On getting Federation Force online games:
-You may know this, (so FYI for others then) but if no games are listed: Host
-If you haven’t completed many missions (maybe below 10):
Host or complete more missions

This bc: Sometimes only the last ~3 missions are available as advanced players are trying to 100% on hard mode (but) like me, many like helping new peeps if we know you are online.

-as for blast ball; ???

Re: S.U.M. - Slay Uncool Monsters Is A Dungeon-Crawler That'll Test Your Maths Skills

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@Tuulenpoika
Good thought- The Maths/puzzle game relation you mention is associated with a famous mathematician (see Euler/seven bridge problem).

@Maxz
It’s a losing war, but thanks for fighting the battle with that “complex analysis”

...And to Americans: “math(s) “ w/“s” bc mathematics is plural so be a rebel, fight the spelling dictatorship, the queen’s English is right on this

Re: Netflix Is Winding Down Its Services On Wii U And 3DS

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@WillQuan
On 3DS resolution: it’s no fancy pants set up, but it’s better than I expected (look up resi evil play throughs, movies look better still).
The low resolution is only bad if not on a tiny screen.
‘19 I got a cheap 4K (2160p?) it looks worse than my 3ds! Bc it has more pixilation problems/dark artifacts etc than any tv before. My old cheap 1080p or CRT were much better and uhg every tv is extra migraine-glossy these days.

Re: Netflix Is Winding Down Its Services On Wii U And 3DS

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@LeighDappa
Oh my goodness, milk came out my snout and I wasn’t even drinking!
Ohmy , if I hadnt broken my iron I’d wire one up in the lab and post a link/pic
(proof of a potato powering streaming stick)

And agree w others/service went to trash.
I hadbeen using 3Ds to watch NetFlix with my friends and chat mostly old Saturday kiddie toons - but there was too much stuff that looked EeWYy

Re: Talking Point: Are You A Player Or Collector?

Dr_G_Lemaitre

How about gaming as a “healthy diet”

In this way some FtP /phone games can be like junk food, maybe smash/animal crossing/pony sim can be like carbs, the best games are nutritious, etc.

An hour a day on ftp AC or FEH can happen in a few short busts and is like filling up on bread leaving no time to dine on a great which are portable even if via gba
nothing against any particular game, just pointing out the need to audit our time

@Clyde_Radcliffe 2cute, I love spreadsheets for everything! I hope you use pivot tables!

Re: Nintendo Appears To Be Pulling DSiWare Games From The 3DS eShop

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@chiefeagle02 @acNewUpdates
Exactly- An announcement would inhibit so called piracy and keep good will, of course, it could just be a temporary matter.

And- yes, some of us are new to the 3DS.

I just purchased Mighty Flip Champ and Airport mania in the last two days. I was looking at The art style series presently and came here wondering if it was just me.

Re: A Cyberpunk Ghost Story Will Be Haunting The Switch Soon

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@Kalmaro
The art style is “SMT Devil Survivor” (SDS) of course- the reason I clicked article.
...sad Yoshi sounds...

SDS: an smt side series similar to fire emblem awakening. since mass is conserved in related games as art style diverges despite release date(per the kazuko shibuya-Rosin law) this also answers the “Awakening absent feet mass problem”

Re: Nintendo Announces Super Nintendo World Direct Livestream

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@Kyloctopus It might be close, but Nothing beats Iwata & miyamoto in the Louvre
There are a few videos w/Iwata and Miyamoto presenting that 3DS-Louvre interactive tour guide. At least it was some idea beyond audio loops — but wow, those videos...They were,mmm interesting?

FYI To anyone missing out on traveling, museums, or this mario park: there is an E-shop version that works offsite (at home) with 3D images from the Louvre and a voiced tour! The Louvre from the comfort of a tiny screen in a hospital bed- What more could anyone want?
Oh good point @BlackenedHalo
~Sad Yoshi sounds!

Re: Harvest Moon And Story Of Seasons Battle It Out For Cutest Pre-Order Plush

Dr_G_Lemaitre

Oh my what a cute guinea pig!!! .. a . I mean — buffalo?? Oops
By the by, @gray (author), too funny. I’ll be a disinterested ‘Athena‘ as I am qualified to handle the science of disproportionate snouts! What we have here is a Low Mass Allomerty Organism (LMAO).
General proboscis allometry is easy to research, but adding buffalo snout morphology Components provides a significant limiting factor in the literature.
We suggest a center of mass/x-ray/ IR parametric study and postmortem dissection.
...Or lots o snuggles.

Re: Nintendo, PlayStation And Xbox Announce A Shared Commitment To Safer Gaming

Dr_G_Lemaitre

From the main statement bullet ~8: “...exploitation of younger players in any way have no place in gaming.“

From dictionary(dot)com:
Exploitation is the act of selfishly taking advantage of someone or a group of people in order to profit from them or otherwise benefit oneself.

So... when are they planning to start this?
FEH latest bug has a work around for broken features: remove pay-block (for minors).

Academic ref on exploitation via gaming:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2019.07.017

Re: Soapbox: If The Smash Community Wants To #SaveSmash, It Needs To Start From Within

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@Alan (author)
Not a smash-o-nista, nor up on this line of events, but feel for anyone hurt or hurting.

Did anyone notice the line from the article , with “Allow a woman...” referring to potential fixes? Was this implying being female makes me better at oversight? Maybe our author is telling us of unjust discrimination? It’s unclear what is meant(No hate). Otherwise, thanks for a thoughtful perspective. I hope you make such recommendations to the next group like this when a crisis hits, as I imagine most people were horrified. Sad there will undoubtedly be a next one...

Thanks for the website

Re: Feature: Best Castlevania Games On Nintendo Consoles

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@FullMetalWesker (and others with such questions)
In Drac X the audio is in some ways sort of "improved" or better said altered, but not badly, likewise the graphics are in places added too or altered as well (see vids on the fire effect for this).

Drac X's lack of multiple branching paths, reduced number of levels, changed levels, no second playable character, etc. keep Rondo as everyone's fav of the two - - BUT anyone who loves CV 1 & CV 3 may really like trying Drac X as a sort of CV 3.5 ... lol

Re: Feature: Pokémon, Zelda, Mario, Metroid... Nintendo’s Biggest Bugs, Glitches And Errors

Dr_G_Lemaitre

@ALinkttPresent Thank you! – The NES Metroid door jump into the “Secret Worlds” glitch! (that is the keyword to search for your questions btw). This was not only a glitch, it was a chance to explore and report to the then budding online gaming community with a sense of a tiny-frontier. There were advanced tech tips to door jump down, etc. it all seems so quaint by today’s internet standards.

Yes, only a few interesting areas were ever found. Sure, it was mostly the idea of finding something that was fun; not filling in graph paper or being unable to see the sprite in most of the secret areas (or even worse only getting stuck inconclusively in a wall). Yet, as one of those who purchased the cartridge specifically for this added adventure, the glitches give games a bit of fun we miss when every single problem is updated away.

Imagine Metroid without the door jump glitch at all. Oh my!