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Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's GBA Library With Two More Titles

Luffymcduck

I have F-Zero Climax as a physical cartridge. Bought it before the time every damn retro game price went up.

F-Zero Climax is one of the two F-Zero titles that have a level editor, other being the 64DD exclusive F-Zero X Expansion Kit. Hope we get that one officially to the west someday trough these online services.

Re: Soapbox: The Trauma Of Giygas & Growing Up In EarthBound

Luffymcduck

Great article! Giygas and the story surrounding the final encounter is one of the most memorable in videogame history. I'm just in the camp that much prefers Mother 3 but I'm glad there's still a very dedicated fanbase for this series that ended in 2006. It's just great that for once there's a Nintendo series that is complete.

Re: Sea Of Thieves Could Lead To More Xbox Exclusives On Other Platforms

Luffymcduck

Oh wow, maybe I completely missed the news that Sea of Thieves is coming to Switch but I think that's great.

It's good to have options on which platforms we want to play games. Many games on popular, gimmick and obscure systems will be lost to time because there are so many people defending massive corporations and yelling how wrong it's to emulate anything, etc.

Friend of mine bought Zelda TOTK and instead of playing it 30 fps on Switch, he decided to emulate it on PC in 60 fps mode.

Having Sea of Thieves on Switch as an official release actually gives people a chance to play it on a less powerful hardware if they really want to.

Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy & GBC Library With Three More Mario Titles

Luffymcduck

@-wc-
You have some points here that I want to reply to:

When talking about for example F-Zero (or more spesifically F-Zero GX, one of my all time favourite games) people here on Nintendolife often comment why F-Zero shouldn't get a big new entry because Nintendo wouldn't get maximum profit out of it when compared to like Mario Kart. I like the fact that you brought up the "from the gamers perspective". I like games for both their artistic visions and entertainment value and sometimes it feels like you are only allowed to ask for Nintendo games and series that are non-risky and always highly profitable.

Re: Sega's Executive Director Wants Sonic Games And Movies To "Surpass Mario"

Luffymcduck

That's going to be very hard to achieve. I'm all in for completely different kind of games within the series but they really need to stick to their good ideas for longer than just one game. We still don't have even a decent follow up to Sonic Generations. Sonic Mania was the best 2D Sonic so far and they should have allowed the team to make a sequel without a millionth Green Hill Chemical Plant etc. throwback.

I'm all in for Mario getting great competition since that usually means better games for both series. Having played so many different Sonic games over the years I just can't imagine such a future for Sonic.

Re: Review: Kirby & The Amazing Mirror - Messy With Metroid Influences, Better With Buddies

Luffymcduck

This is in my top 10 Kirby list. I know it has a lot of problems with no clear indication when certain doors lead to places with no way to return and a a lot of repeating the same areas... but I still liked it enough that I 100% completed this all the way back in 2004 and had a Any% run in 2013. I'm so glad I finally get to experience the 4 player co-op.

Fun fact: back when I first played this, the Boss Rush was the hardest gaming challenge I had conquered. I quess the games I chose to play back then were much easier.

Re: Takaya Imamura: F-Zero Hasn't Been Revived Because Mario Kart Is Nintendo's "Most Popular Racing Game"

Luffymcduck

@HalBailman
I have played both of them with my friends over many, many years and I prefer GX. It would be nice to witness a western release for F-Zero X Expansion Kit though. Having a 3D track editor in a game is something Nintendo hasn't really tried since. Heck, neither F-Zero games with a track editor (X Expansion Kit or Climax) didn't get a western release.