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@Polley001 Okay, rn, it's at 2.4. I'd need to test it at my mom's house though, as that's where I do my downloads.

Huh. This is nice news!
Is the extra episode exclusive to digital deluxe? Or is it later gonna be paid DLC?

Also, seconded to above. Sonic Unleashed needs to come to more modern platforms! I don't really care about Lost World after playing it once though. Difficulty was a bit unbalanced, instead of rising gradually, a few mechanics that weren't explained well, and just generally meh.
Unless 3ds version was different?

@Joeynator3000 I had the same issue a few days ago.
@Polley001 How do I know what type of network that is?

@UNCLDNS Wasn't Legacy of ys books 1&2 on Wii VC?
Or is the DS game altogether different?

Hmm. This "Annalingus" sounds like an interesting individual to test my skills against.

Huh. Looking at this list, and early comments makes me regret the fact I had nobody to play with for the first 8 entries, plus DS.
Also, the fact my copy of 6 is actually cracked...

But yeah. Imo, the N64 entries generally rank among the best, especially 2 and 3. 1 was incredibly fun way back when, but the control stick rotation minigames were damaging. And uh, too much reliance on luck? (Is emphasized with the final board, where in addition to 20 coins, you had to outroll Baby Bowser on the dice.) Have yet to play the GBA entry. The DS entry ranks up there with the n64 entries. The Gamecube games were a bit too generic without incredibly much new, but were generally really fun. (Had trouble keeping discs in decent shape in that era, so Idk what order I'd rank them in.) The Wii games were interesting to be sure. As much as 8 played it safe, I actually favored 9 quite a bit. Never played the sole Wii U game, as it never felt worth it, plus, I was terrible at using the gamepad in multiplayer. Island Tour is easily my least favorite. Never played Top 100, or Star Rush, but am VERY tempted to find a copy of Star Rush. Super was an excellent almost return to form, but the simple fact is, it was downsized. I still need to gather pro controllers for Superstars, while Jamboree actually feels like an excellent new addition to the classic games.

Huh. More leaks? Shame Mario isn't a plumber anymore. Bowser did always hate plumbers. (In the cartoons)
So uh, Nintendo needs a plumber now.

Also, is there any switch first party title this hasn't happened to?

Secret of Mana is genuinely great, but getting used to it can be quite the uphill battle at times... I beat it once on Wii in a rather long struggle. Gotta finish it in the collection in a decidedly less difficult struggle. I stopped because, out of all the reasons, the music. I loved the music too much to progress beyond a certain point.

@Tyranexx Bad joke alert
Lol tho, I actually dunno if it's a bad joke.

I was one of those fools who had Sticker Star preordered.
The one I haven't played is Origami King.
I like the first three. (from N64 to Wii)
Like, I guess Nintendo was like, "well, we've already perfected the pure RPG style, and ppl raged at us merging RPG with platformer, soooo.."

And yeah, I need to find it. We have posted a LOT. So I got worried.

Yeah, funny thing about that, Kaze burned me too.
I liked it, but only a little. Most of the time, it felt like I was just trying to finish the stage to see the next one.
Gotta wonder if Niko is better.

@Tyranexx I don't remember that much about the paint mechanics themselves except that it was kinda painstaking.

I never actually looked into Dr. Who much. I just know the reference. And Paper Mario 64 is great! It's far simpler than most RPG games. It beats both its predecessor (SMRPG), spiritual successor (M&L), and sequel (TTYD) at that.
And it occurs to me, is there somewhere else we should move this conversation to? I'm sorta unnerved by just how much of the comments section we're taking up. xD

@PtM I genuinely don't understand this particular...thing.

For everyone else, uh, I'm just afraid he'll announce when he's deleting his yt channel.
I haven't seen a single one of his vids yet, in spite of having subscribed since the beginning.

Just curious, as I have not played any of these, are they anything particularly special? And if you had to compare them to anything, what would you compare them to?

@Tyranexx
Ahh. I'd forgotten about the Roshambo Temples. They weren't too bad. Not as frustrating as the notion of getting every possible endpoint, or painting every level fully.

Boos are neat. I sometimes wonder how Lady Bow working with Mario in the first Paper Mario works. Like, it makes sense that a boo can make itself intangible, but making Mario intangible? Apparently, boos were inspired by Dr. Who's weeping angels. I never saw enough to understand why though.

@Goat_FromBOTW
Definitely a question I'd like an answer to, even with the added context

Also, his Mario has improved in the new Mario Party imo. I kinda miss Martinet, but will admit that as he is mortal, he will eventually need to step down..
Now to find a way to imagine Mario's "It's A Me" without a sneer forming on the face of the person saying it..

@Tyranexx I don't even remember Sticker Star tbh, but Color Splash is still fresh enough. I don't think I did a 100% run on either.

Interesting. A touch screen button. That works.

Boos are neat.

@Tyranexx First up, nice Halloween pfp!
I can see where that Kamek encounter would drive you up a wall.
Did you actually finish the game for Color Splash?

It's weird to think the fire breath might have a version it doesn't require the mic in.

Looking at the bug list of what had to be patched, that's...honestly kinda embarrassing. Game breaking bugs that waited until day 1 to be patched? I could understand lesser bugs that take effort to find, but, not being able to get an item cause it was on top of a cannon?

@Tyranexx
Oh dear. Color Splash? My strongest memory of that game was Snifit or Whiffit. The disaster game show where you require a perfect score in order to progress the game... Though I liked some of the game, that part alone destroyed everything for me.

Interesting softlock. I haven't played BIS in a while. The copy I played belongs to my younger bro, so I don't even have access rn. I forget if there's actually a left handed option or not.

Huh. Another NES era game dev nearing retirement.
Tbh, while caught off guard, I'm more surprised that he's tweeting in English. Like, I could interact with him? Potentially?

That's a lot of comments to read though! To go over my thoughts, it's neat to see some of the stuff that wouldn't have come otherwise (someone PLEASE tell me more about Latias/Blaziken! I love those two!) but it is outright criminal that they doxxed the person they used to gain access to this content. There's plenty of stuff that likely wouldn't have ever shown itself had this not happened, and I appreciate them keeping future games out of it, but hate them attacking the employees. Even if you hate the company's lack of producing a complete product, profiting worth millions, if not billions, then becoming the go to for another generation, that's no reason to harm the employees themselves.

@Tyranexx I don't really recall the giant battles in BIS being a problem for me. (That was more me playing Spirit Tracks with one screen dead.) I'm curious about the softlock you encountered.
As for Paper Jam, the reasons you listed as for why you like the initial trilogy, are pretty much the reasons I didn't like Paper Jam. Starting with Dream Team, I began finding the games a bit grindy. I'd want to move on, but the game has enemies' levels listed starting with that game, and it gets to be too much at a certain point. The personality that was in the original games is largely absent from Paper Jam in general, as it suffered the Paper Mario Sticker Star treatment of needing to give personality to all the Toads, in exchange for clever new designs and ideas. I think Superstar Saga was my favorite too. I need to replay it again sometime.

Pretty good overall, though it feels a little weird having Shadow again G.U.N. again after he joined G.U.N. prior to Sonic 06.

@Tyranexx For me, just Paper Jam.
Either way, lucky you! You finished the best of the M&L games out so far! Dream Team felt a bit too grindy for me, and Paper Jam just felt like a slog. There are good parts for sure, but neither is on the level of the GBA or DS games.

@Alpha008 LOL! I've just never known which country they're in. I live pretty much in the middle of nowhere myself.
If they have an online store I can preorder from, that'd be amazing. I wanted both the new SMP, and the new M&L, but could only choose one because of price.

I started my handheld gaming with GBC too! A GBC, Pokemon Yellow, and Gex. Never really played Gex though.

I still have my functional GBA, so I could potentially play this on an original cart. But, I can't spare $50, let alone 99.

Honestly, this is the first new GBC game to release in a while that looks really interesting to me. Last one I remember was sort of a Monster Boy-like that I can't remember the name of. Hoping it gets a lower priced digital version!

@PurpulTyeDye I'm all for plenty of these! Though there are a bunch I just don't see happening.For example, Diddy Kong Racing was amazing in no small part because of Rareware. There was a DS remake that replaced a bunch of the characters.

@Ooccoo_Jr Where can I find a Curry's?

No dragon or kitsune option. Sad.

Eh. LttP, OoA/S, and LA form a sort of trilogy by their beginnings and endings. Example, in OoA/S, Link starts by placing the triforce on a set of pedestals, and at the end, he leaves via ship. Definitely a continuity there.

What bothers me about the EoW map vs LttP is, the forest was moved from to the left of the mountains, to directly in the middle. Idk how that can naturally occur. The whole downfal timeline is the only one where the map is inconsistent with the orientation of key areas in the other games.

This was a hard knock for me. I thought it was gonna be the next VSXIII, so I have a preorder fully paid off.
Gotta change that.

Tbh, I'm not very hyped for it. I still have Superstars to play, and it's looking I'll have few chances and people to play with.

@Desrever
Unfortunately, the ethernet port I'd be plugging into is at the opposite end of the house.
I think it's moreso the fact that we only get 3mbps internet to begin with, at best.

I would have liked to get into Splatoon, but, I lack a good enough internet connection. It's a shame, cause these festivals seem neat.

This could pose a problem for me. I do think I'm not really a toxic gamer, but I suffer from horrible internet. If I'm playing, and I disconnect, how do they distinguish that from me pressing the home button to ragequit?

So, is this already available? Where do I find it?

My big question is if this allows for mods and stuff. I like taking games I've already played to death, and finding new user generated content for them.

I worry for the future of Nintendo gaming if Sw/Sh are the best selling in the franchise, and they use that to direct how they should develop games next.

While I am glad Nintendo is doing well, I worry about their mindset regarding IPs. Simply because an iteration in a franchise sells the best does not make it the best, but they may be inclined to think so. I for one, don't want more BotW/TotK type gameplay as the new standard from now on, and would very much like things to continue to change up every so often.

When does this come out?

I'd thought I'd missed out on this game and have been avoiding it lol. Probably will continue to until I know what it is.

I did see a video on this, speculating it was because they offered downloads for Pokemon Essentials.

@Axecon Thing is, he always was. For Solid Snake.
In MGS4, they had to recast Big Boss because both Snakes were there. At least, that's my take.

I wonder if this is what will get me into this game.
I have Cadence of Hyrule, but absolutely do not jive with having to redo everything in a roguelike.

I'm definitely going for this one when it goes on sale. NL was kind enough to show me to the remasters, and I loved them. But not $20 loved them.
What I wonder though is if the cdi dongle can be obtained without going through Limited Run games.

@Ryu_Niiyama Just that I'm wondering if there's more content I'm unaware of.
I have the Wii U version too.

@Ryu_Niiyama
What's there to finish besides the two campaigns?

This release is very much good news, I hope.
One the one hand, it means they haven't totally forgotten the series. On the other, relegated to a sub service without any real promise of a new release or remake.
So many ppl are gonna enjoy these.

@blindsquirrel
I have to agree.
I get burned out so easily playing open world LoZ that it feels like it's actually a shame this is the direction the series is going.