@RobotReptile Somebody's probably said it at some point before me, I thought of it in a vacuum. It's a half-joke, and yet, I don't see anywhere to go but 'Up' if they don't wanna use Pro (differentiate from Sony?) or New (probably not a good idea given how much the Switch has changed their hardware schema).
@rjejr It'd be wild if it were called the "Switch Up" (as in 'Up'grade). If that happened, I imagine that there's be a ton of custom docks themed to the Pixar movie of the same name.
Would be nice to have 4K to go along with this new TV. And yeah, they have merged their portable/console segments and already made a Lite — Pro is pretty much inevitable (for the first such business cycle) to mirror the previous handheld business of theirs.
@SM3DASislit I did send a nice and easy contact, but I don't trust businesses of any kind to do the right thing. And now I'm going to start Ignoring people that ask stupid questions and post this on yet ANOTHER article.
@WoomyNNYes Sure didn't say that on the Contact page. And, frankly, I don't WANT them to know — I want the ad (which, if it's made "well" will affect all kinds of browsers and phones) stopped.
And just for having to explain this, I'll post it again on that next article.
Well holy cow, we really are about to get Ninja Gaiden and Hayabusa in Smash, thanks to the reception of DMCV and Bayonetta 2/3. That's what I take away from the expense plus Vergeben calling Sephiroth.
@AndyC_MK84 Well it still seems like everyone needs a four-year degree or something, because dealing with average people is murder. Just cram the first 2-4 years of college into tax-paid primary education by cutting out the bloat, still allowing people to choose a career path through their risk/reward dollar, and let's start with that small step towards advancing our collective intelligence.
@AndyC_MK84 And yet we fund primary education with tax dollars, which is either clearly going to waste or is working and all the more reason we need to reform it and enforce higher learning.
On the flip side, I cannot even begin to trust either government to not waste or mishandle the funds (and are notoriously easy to pull off scams) or private enterprise to not make it the absolute price-gouge that it currently is.
@JasmineDragon I think the Doritos noodles might be okay, actually. Cheese and spices have found their way to ramen. Cheese, not so often, but it has precedence.
I'm more concerned about the Mountain Dew. That won't work no matter how that's done. A limp hint, adding carbonation to the broth, failing to substitute the lime — none of those would work well. And that's not even what they did. They soaked the egg and the seaweed (barf) in Mountain Dew.
@Sabrewing I still don't know what the 2 clocks were for, considering the rest of the photos are character-driven. Sure we had a reveal on 12/10, but that doesn't explain the 14 or the 30. And, hey, they probably mean nothing in re: reveals, but that's the only reasonable instance since it's that out-of-whack, whereas speculation on his normal photos makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Having replayed it recently, I now agree with Matt Bozon that the original Shantae needs a hefty bit more modern QoL than I had anticipated. Its pacing is an absolute crawl due to level layout and enemies.
XBC2's pandering is making it difficult for me to take the Xenoblade series seriously. Good for those that can enjoy the game I guess, though, and good on Nintendo for localizing it — certainly seems to have paid off.
@Blooper987 We'll have to wait and see. But prior to these fighters, she was all over Blaster Master Zero, Indivisible, etc. Odd that all's super-quiet on the fighter front.
@CollieGirl In Texas, we get all of the climates lol
But yeah, that's interesting, static frying the components, that's why the U.S. has the wonky design. Although, that didn't really stop the SNES and N64 even with their "flaps."
Interesting to hear of controller breakage challenges — that's how we got the workhorse of an NES controller that we know today.
Boy, those were some easy Spirit Battles. I really thought Bahamut ZERO was going to give me more trouble, but I guess a Giant/Transformation Duration Up/Giant Killer Palutena was just too much. Countered Tifa like crazy. Franklin Badge Equipped made some fights pathetically easy.
@COVIDberry K. Rool in Smash and this park happening plus all of the Kong theming on Retro's website combined make me think that this isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.
Easiest sale of shades and a bandanna ever, I tell you what. Actually, come to think of it, it wouldn't be hard to sell plastic fake Cranky's canes, DK's tie, etc.
Sonic
Ristar
Bomberman 64
That last one could actually be an Anti-Geno that Smithy forged. It already has all of the hallmarks of Smithy's handiwork: Yaridovich's shoes, a turnkey like the Ninjas or Bob-Ombs, Boomer-like armor, Domino's eyes, etc.
Either way, I'm sure glad we got the Geno we know!
I'm going to stand on that Sun emblem in the foyer.
I'm going to look directly up.
One of two things is going to be there: An Easter Egg already there OR a new wad of chewing gum! 😜
Miyamoto is Bowser Junior's mother. Miyamoto is Mario and Luigi's father. ... So Bowser Junior is a Mario Brother. Fantastic. Needs a mustache and overalls.
@Specters Looks, style, personality, attack. Depth, intelligence, and such take a backseat in the Circus of the Lowest Common Denominator. Though Geno Boost and the Blast/Flash are no slouches.
Same general reason Tails gets picked on and ignored, despite being the barometer for whether or not a Sonic game fits the franchise's own theming and story tone.
We already know of Geno's near-inclusion in Brawl and Sakurai's mentioned him specifically multiple times. IF, if, a Fighter's Pass 3 is confirmed, I'd bet money that he's in it.
@sanderev Interesting. I'm very curious to see if Falco's aerial game and Reflector absolutely murder him. Can't imagine how salty a Sephiroth player would get from a reflected fully-charged B.
EDIT: It did in fact make the Lv. 8 AI sweat profusely. Falco's aerial chaining is a fantastic matchup against his angles, slow startup, and slow endlag. Reflector was HILARIOUS. But don't approach Sephiroth from above. 😬
@AnnoyingFrenzy I similarly thought about Cloud's Up+B to really cheese it, but my principles wouldn't let me. 🤣
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Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Calamity Spirits Are Being Added To Smash Ultimate
Ugh, yet more BotW cont--
Impa
So like I was saying, I'm glad that they're giving Zelda's oft-shunned assistant some much-deserved limelight.
Re: Industry Analysts Are Still Confident We'll See A Switch Pro This Year
@RobotReptile Somebody's probably said it at some point before me, I thought of it in a vacuum. It's a half-joke, and yet, I don't see anywhere to go but 'Up' if they don't wanna use Pro (differentiate from Sony?) or New (probably not a good idea given how much the Switch has changed their hardware schema).
Re: Industry Analysts Are Still Confident We'll See A Switch Pro This Year
@rjejr It'd be wild if it were called the "Switch Up" (as in 'Up'grade). If that happened, I imagine that there's be a ton of custom docks themed to the Pixar movie of the same name.
Re: Industry Analysts Are Still Confident We'll See A Switch Pro This Year
Would be nice to have 4K to go along with this new TV. And yeah, they have merged their portable/console segments and already made a Lite — Pro is pretty much inevitable (for the first such business cycle) to mirror the previous handheld business of theirs.
Re: Mini Review: Professor Lupo: Ocean - A Short But Sweet Puzzle Adventure
@SM3DASislit I did send a nice and easy contact, but I don't trust businesses of any kind to do the right thing.
And now I'm going to start Ignoring people that ask stupid questions and post this on yet ANOTHER article.
Re: Mini Review: Professor Lupo: Ocean - A Short But Sweet Puzzle Adventure
@WoomyNNYes Sure didn't say that on the Contact page. And, frankly, I don't WANT them to know — I want the ad (which, if it's made "well" will affect all kinds of browsers and phones) stopped.
And just for having to explain this, I'll post it again on that next article.
Re: Fatal Frame Turns 20 This Year, And Series Producer Keisuke Kikuchi Wants To "Celebrate It In Some Way If Possible"
Could always do a Spirit Event. And Sakurai's doing anniversaries on his Twitter.
Re: Random: Tekken Director Thinks His New Game Might Be Bandai Namco's Most Expensive Project Ever
Well holy cow, we really are about to get Ninja Gaiden and Hayabusa in Smash, thanks to the reception of DMCV and Bayonetta 2/3. That's what I take away from the expense plus Vergeben calling Sephiroth.
Re: Best Of 2020: The Best, And Worst, Nintendo Commercials Ever
The Mario amiibo one with the overecstatic kid and the sparkles seems to be forever burned into my mind and not in a good way.
Re: Student Sells $80k Pokémon Card Collection To Pay For University
@AndyC_MK84 Well it still seems like everyone needs a four-year degree or something, because dealing with average people is murder. Just cram the first 2-4 years of college into tax-paid primary education by cutting out the bloat, still allowing people to choose a career path through their risk/reward dollar, and let's start with that small step towards advancing our collective intelligence.
Re: Student Sells $80k Pokémon Card Collection To Pay For University
@AndyC_MK84 And yet we fund primary education with tax dollars, which is either clearly going to waste or is working and all the more reason we need to reform it and enforce higher learning.
On the flip side, I cannot even begin to trust either government to not waste or mishandle the funds (and are notoriously easy to pull off scams) or private enterprise to not make it the absolute price-gouge that it currently is.
Re: Groups Of Pikmin Have Been Spotted In The Wild At Super Nintendo World
"Princess Peach is in the park."
Cool, now ROSALINA
Re: Nintendo Reveals Its First Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament For 2021
So...the Mario-focused tournament got moved to 2021?
Re: Random: Finally, Someone Made Ramen For Gamers
@JasmineDragon I think the Doritos noodles might be okay, actually. Cheese and spices have found their way to ramen. Cheese, not so often, but it has precedence.
I'm more concerned about the Mountain Dew. That won't work no matter how that's done. A limp hint, adding carbonation to the broth, failing to substitute the lime — none of those would work well. And that's not even what they did. They soaked the egg and the seaweed (barf) in Mountain Dew.
Re: Random: Finally, Someone Made Ramen For Gamers
Look, I get it, spicy flavors and lime work well in savory ramen, but this is not even close to a good idea.
Re: These Were The Best-Selling Switch Indie Games Of 2020
Shantae and the Seven Sirens is a fun little Metroidvania, and has been on sale recently (might still be???).
Re: Random: Sakurai Won't Be Sharing As Many Smash Ultimate Photos Next Year
@Sabrewing I still don't know what the 2 clocks were for, considering the rest of the photos are character-driven. Sure we had a reveal on 12/10, but that doesn't explain the 14 or the 30. And, hey, they probably mean nothing in re: reveals, but that's the only reasonable instance since it's that out-of-whack, whereas speculation on his normal photos makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Re: Kirby Developer HAL Laboratory Teases New Projects For 2021
Please, please be a good classic-style game.
Re: In 2020, Just Dance Was As Popular As Watch Dogs And Mario Kart 8 Sold More Than In 2019
As long as they fix the "2 steps back" they took in MK8/DX, I don't care how long I have to wait for MK9.
Re: Best Of 2020: 8 Games That Could Really Benefit From A Modern Remake On Switch
Having replayed it recently, I now agree with Matt Bozon that the original Shantae needs a hefty bit more modern QoL than I had anticipated. Its pacing is an absolute crawl due to level layout and enemies.
Re: Feature: Best Nintendo Switch Games Of 2020
XBC2's pandering is making it difficult for me to take the Xenoblade series seriously. Good for those that can enjoy the game I guess, though, and good on Nintendo for localizing it — certainly seems to have paid off.
Re: Smash-Like Brawler Indie Pogo Is Coming To Switch With All DLC Included
@Blooper987 We'll have to wait and see. But prior to these fighters, she was all over Blaster Master Zero, Indivisible, etc. Odd that all's super-quiet on the fighter front.
Re: Smash-Like Brawler Indie Pogo Is Coming To Switch With All DLC Included
"Dust"
Was not expecting that!
No Shantae in any of these Indie fighters and she's no stranger to crossovers, so, crossing my fingers for Smash!!!
Re: Random: The Pokémon Company Has Spotted A Slight Error With One Of Its Trading Cards
You know, if either image were flipped, it'd look like Knuckles bashed Cinderace in his Cinder-face.
Re: Best Of 2020: NES Creator Masayuki Uemura On Building The Console That Made Nintendo A Household Name
@CollieGirl In Texas, we get all of the climates lol
But yeah, that's interesting, static frying the components, that's why the U.S. has the wonky design. Although, that didn't really stop the SNES and N64 even with their "flaps."
Interesting to hear of controller breakage challenges — that's how we got the workhorse of an NES controller that we know today.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 10.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Sephiroth and Pichu friendship confirmed.
Boy, those were some easy Spirit Battles. I really thought Bahamut ZERO was going to give me more trouble, but I guess a Giant/Transformation Duration Up/Giant Killer Palutena was just too much. Countered Tifa like crazy. Franklin Badge Equipped made some fights pathetically easy.
Re: Switch Owners "Most Likely" To Own A Rival Console, 2020 Study Shows
NL:
monarchialnonprecedent.club is causing issues on your site in Chrome. Is this an ad? Any chance they can be blacklisted?
Re: Random: KFC Made A Console, For Some Reason
I was going to make a joke about "The console isn't overheating, it's just keeping the chicken fresh," but...
https://landing.coolermaster.com/kfconsole/
That's the truth. Oh, 2020, you're a strange mistress.
Re: Dataminers Uncover Donkey Kong Stickers In Super Nintendo World Mobile App
@COVIDberry K. Rool in Smash and this park happening plus all of the Kong theming on Retro's website combined make me think that this isn't as far-fetched as it sounds.
Re: Dataminers Uncover Donkey Kong Stickers In Super Nintendo World Mobile App
Easiest sale of shades and a bandanna ever, I tell you what.
Actually, come to think of it, it wouldn't be hard to sell plastic fake Cranky's canes, DK's tie, etc.
Re: Best Of 2020: Chiptune Band Anamanaguchi Shares Insight Into Its Latest Album And Dream Smash Bros. Fighters
Sounds like their picks for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are open-and-shut cases, in their minds. 🤣
Re: Super Mario RPG Character Designer Shares Original Concept Art For Geno
Sonic
Ristar
Bomberman 64
That last one could actually be an Anti-Geno that Smithy forged. It already has all of the hallmarks of Smithy's handiwork: Yaridovich's shoes, a turnkey like the Ninjas or Bob-Ombs, Boomer-like armor, Domino's eyes, etc.
Either way, I'm sure glad we got the Geno we know!
Re: Shigeru Miyamoto Gives Super Mario Fans A Sneak Peek Of Super Nintendo World
I'm going to stand on that Sun emblem in the foyer.
I'm going to look directly up.
One of two things is going to be there: An Easter Egg already there OR a new wad of chewing gum! 😜
Also, Universal Cup confirmed for MK9! 🤣
Re: Random: Miyamoto Confirms That He Is, In Fact, Mario And Luigi's Father
@Sabrewing The human touchpoints look like they're rock solid. Bigger concern is the NFC transmitters throughout the park giving out.
Re: Random: Miyamoto Confirms That He Is, In Fact, Mario And Luigi's Father
Miyamoto is Bowser Junior's mother.
Miyamoto is Mario and Luigi's father.
...
So Bowser Junior is a Mario Brother. Fantastic. Needs a mustache and overalls.
Re: Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth Arrives In Smash Ultimate Next Week, But There's A Way To Unlock Him Early
I am liking how he plays. Wish more characters played like this, for those that don't want to go through combo strings, infinites, all that nonsense.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
@Decapre PM1 and SMRPG, I'd agree with.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
@Specters Looks, style, personality, attack. Depth, intelligence, and such take a backseat in the Circus of the Lowest Common Denominator. Though Geno Boost and the Blast/Flash are no slouches.
Same general reason Tails gets picked on and ignored, despite being the barometer for whether or not a Sonic game fits the franchise's own theming and story tone.
Re: Random: Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
We already know of Geno's near-inclusion in Brawl and Sakurai's mentioned him specifically multiple times. IF, if, a Fighter's Pass 3 is confirmed, I'd bet money that he's in it.
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 10.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@sanderev Interesting. I'm very curious to see if Falco's aerial game and Reflector absolutely murder him. Can't imagine how salty a Sephiroth player would get from a reflected fully-charged B.
EDIT: It did in fact make the Lv. 8 AI sweat profusely. Falco's aerial chaining is a fantastic matchup against his angles, slow startup, and slow endlag. Reflector was HILARIOUS. But don't approach Sephiroth from above. 😬
@AnnoyingFrenzy I similarly thought about Cloud's Up+B to really cheese it, but my principles wouldn't let me. 🤣
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 10.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@AnnoyingFrenzy Tch, probably with some combo or infinite. Far more impressive to do it playing traditionally.