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Been sick with the flu all week so been smashing through the backlog. Beat enter the gungeon finally, beat furi, beat olli olli 2, got to the end of (the massively overrated indie platformer) Rite (and gave up on the last level), and last night beat breath of the wild for the first time. At the moment playing golf story but think I might start on deaths door soon.

I hacked my 3ds to play mother 3 on it, and since it's been a rigmarole to add funds to the account, and physical games are inflated in price much of the time, pirating games is the convenient thing to do. Ive bought all my switch games and have an extensive digital library, I'm not really pro-piracy, but the 3ds and all systems before are essentially abandonware. I have no qualms with downloading outside of legal bounds when it is by far the most convenient course of action.

The Japanese one is a little more heroic but the game is often about Samus being powerless in unfamiliar environments, and the western cover conveys that better

After 60 + hours and a complete Pokédex, im happy to leave this game be. I picked it up for the charizard but there's nothing that special about this for me. I do see it as a valuable resource to hunt for these Pokémon with a desired tera type for competitive purposes, but that's not my bag at the moment. The barrier for entry for competitive Pokemon is lower than ever, and things like this make it even more accessible, so I applaud them for it.

Australia would be great haha. We don't say bonzer though😂

@Ulysses I think they do. Surrounded by a ring compared to the other raids

The more I play it the more it gets closer to a 10/10. This game is special.

The core gameplay is unbelievably addictive. The new designs are awesome. Love the new models for all the pokemon too. But each of the three story lines have very average gameplay, the cities and the design of the open world itself is very average, and you can't ignore the performance. It's odd. How do you rate it? This has hooked me more than any other switch game has, but objectively there are so many massive flaws. To make a sacrilegious comparison, I think of Majora's Mask. A 10/10 game that's far from perfect. To me this game is an 8 or a 9, because it is just so damn fun. But it's an odd one.

Besides no 1 being objectively correct, this list is waaayy off. Opening by saying the majora's mask dungeons are sub par is insane. And Deepwood shrine? Huh? Shadow Temple being number 5 shows me this is really about vibes above all else, and fair enough. But some of these choices are bizarre, and some ommisions are glaring.

N64 baby here, so some familiar ones. In ocarina, Queen Gohma and being inside jabu jabu. But especially becoming an adult and stepping outside into the empty castle town area. I just couldn't do it. I'd never go further than that for ages.

But there was also something super creepy about Kirby 64. When the villain possesses the painter chick that creeped me out to high heaven. And that last boss! Are you kidding? So creepy.

Wes Anderson Star Fox hahahaha phenomenal

@RupeeClock completely agree. Some of the exploration levels were a chore by the end. But for 2 bucks? Worth it.

Ballad of the wind fish - links awakening

Disasterpeaces hyper light drifter soundtrack is enough of an endorsement. Might check it out

Playing a ton of dungeon encounters. I imagine it's a love it or hate it game but I'm looving it. About halfway through I think, level 54.

EU and JP easily win, but I agree, the very cartoony and kiddy Gameboy colour logos everywhere is jarring next to the bloodstained life preserver 😂

This is barely news, and they don't even look that great 😂 it's a fun little thing. But the spriting community for fan games is on another level. See Radical Red, there's beautiful, detailed sprites for every Pokemon up to gen 8, all within the fire red engine. It won't be long until the same is done for gen 9 after scarlet and violets release.

1. This is good, because the people who are into it will be satisfied, while the people that aren't won't be bored senseless, and leaves room for...
2. The regular direct is coming, obviously. For one, there's no additional N64 games on the slate after Pokémon snap, and the timings just too good, they aren't going to leave the expansion Pak, thats what the big push seems to be, not to mention the mario kart dlc.

Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate

I don't have Obra Dinn, but seeing the early lead of hollow knight and knowing it's a beefy game, I might get a headstart on it.

This was very interesting. I played this for the first time ever and had a blast. I had an English patched version of the GBA ROM on my 3ds, so that's how I played, which helped because it stopped me from being able to use save states or rewind, which I may have abused otherwise, and instead just helped me to be cautious and strategic. Anyway.

The game itself has quickly become one of my all time favourites, and I didn't really struggle with it at all, but it could have been growing up with RPGs that helped. It actually seemed very forgiving. Things like not losing all your data from before your save point when you die, meaning not having to beat all bosses and minibosses in a gauntlet, and the rolling HP bar, meant a lot of flexibility.

I don't feel qualified to answer the first couple questions, since I enjoyed every moment of it. It was such a warm and cosy space, which only kept growing. The script and music and aesthetic were perfect. The fact that every person had something interesting to say made this game, since I like talking to everyone in RPGs, but boring writing discourages me from inhabiting the world fully.

I would say, to stick through to the end, just use a walkthrough for things you get stuck at. For me, getting totally lost in an RPG isn't the fun bit, although I like to figure it out myself, if I can't, I'd rather just check so i can keep advancing. Also, worth grinding a bit inside the sanctuary locations after the boss fights, since the enemies all run away. But the best reason to stick with it is because the ending is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

My favourite location is hard, since there's such love and weirdness sprinkled into every part. Magicant is hard to beat though.

Buzz buzz is genius. It's such an awesome subversion of expectations, to have an ultra powerful ally just get swatted. It's hilarious, there's moments like it later like when you are assisted by the Runaway Five in a battle. My favourite part of Undertale was how it took tropes of RPGs and made fun of them and the player. Like causing you to solve puzzles for no reward. That gives me joy no chest full of gold could replace.

I didn't say fuzzy pickles. But it never failed to draw a smile from me.

It's worth beating. But I do agree it works best for people who have a lot of RPG fondness, and the humour apparently also isn't for everyone.

It only affected me on the underwater boss fight, which was very irritating. It did however, create a one-hit Dread Mode difficulty for a couple minutes which was a refreshing change of pace.

You know it's gonna be good when none of the titles make the headline 🥴

Wasnt a huge fan of Gato Roboto. It was cute but the whole black and white chunky pixel thing didn't really service the gameplay I thought. There are so many metroidvanias coming out that to get my attention, they need to set themselves apart. This didn't have any really interesting looking combat or platforming, or story or unique mechanics. It'll be a pass unless it's universally acclaimed.

Just finished Earthbound! What a perfect game. Looking forward to the next backlog club article. But still feeling RPG-y so gonna play Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga. Plus Kirby 64, which was my favourite as a youngling

Me and my roommate just played this to it's finish last week, passing the controller back and forth when we died. Such a brilliant, fun, and simple but challenging game. Unlike anything.

On a big RPG kick. Just finished Phantasy Star and Dragon Quest 2, and now addicted to Earthbound.

I'm in fourside. I knew from the first hour that this was going to become one of my all time favourites. Everything about it makes me smile and feel things I wasn't expecting. Cosy, funny and poignant. Addictive too. I have been meaning to play it for so long, but I'm only very rarely on an RPG kick, and so this has landed at the perfect time.

The dream of switch-advert-core rooftop Wii sports is dead.

Yea getting the 3ds at launch wasn't incredible. I got Street Fighter 4 and Ghost Recon Shadow Wars. The first of which was fun but not my thing, the second I thought was underrated until halfway in when it just got boring. Not to mention that first 3ds model was average and mine was especially squeaky. When the price reduction was announced, it felt pretty rough, but being able to play Metroid Fusion earlier this year legitimately and portably almost made it worth it. And all said, the 3ds ended up with such a brilliant library, a slow start didn't leave me with many regrets.

Unfortunately I can't type a one word response to articles. If I could, that word would be "bruh".

Just beat Ori and the Blind Forest. This weekend might start playing Transistor or Axiom Verge? Not sure. Also will be working on the 100% of Mario Odyssey.

Guess I better get to shining force 1 hey 🥴

Looks like fun. As mentioned, refreshing to have a dungeon crawler that isn't procedurally generated. It looks like 100 little combat/puzzle boxes. The visual design isn't totally my thing, but if it's cheap, I'll check it out.

Man! What an unbelievable library. So much variety and substance. Here's hoping we get it soon!

AH! Played Jet Set Radio Future in the Xbox so much back in the day. Think it came with the console along with Sega GT? In my child memory it exists as the coolest game ever. I'll happily take switch ports, but if they nail a reboot, it has potential to be incredible.

There's a lot of potential value there. You out Minish Cap and Metroid Fusion on, and you've got a bunch of subscribers. The Pokemon games would add next level value. And then Mother 3 down the line. 🥴 One can dream

The crazy sales success of Skyward Sword HD doesn't bode well for a double pack happening, especially since SS, TP and WW all have pretty much the same amount going for them. I mean, they're selling Links Awakening at around full price.

My preference is Twilight Princess, but otherwise I also see Gameboy or GBA games coming to NSO maybe by the end of the year, so theres some hope there. Any release is good news. Dont need them all at once, we will after all, never run out of games to play.

In context, the NA cover is powerful, where so many action and RPG games were over the top in showing the most exciting things they could think of, Zelda needed no fanfare, just a title and logo. That was epic enough.

On a shmup binge, (playing Musha on Genesis NSO, Vasara Collection, Angerforce Reloaded all on Switch and ZeroRanger on PC). Otherwise been playing through Mario Odyssey for the first time, and am 520 moons in. Didn't think I'd aim for 100% but it's such an incredible game. Also trying to get into the first Ori game, but finding it a bit slow after Guacamelee and the Metroid games.

The handheld systems have gotten better with each generation, whereas the home systems have been pretty hit and miss. Switch wins because they've perfected handheld play and technology has caught up to the state that top tier gaming experiences are possible handheld. Plus their first party output is as brilliant as the SNES games.