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Just started the campaign in Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron for the DS, so I'll be putting time into it. Console-wise, I'll be playing Brilliant Diamond. Finally got a shiny Shinx so I'm building a good team around it (now Luxray).

Cat Quest III was my most anticipated game of 2024, and ended up being my GOTY. No surprise given it is one of my all-time favourite series. I gave it an 8/10 because, while I enjoyed it immensely, I feel like there could've been more. Especially coming off Cat Quest II and the massive map. Really like the gear system in this one, especially the titled gear (the rival pirate's gear, not the basic bandana and such).

Having a blast just sailing around (it's relaxing) and trying to improve in the Tower. So a big thank you to The Gentlebros for making yet another pawesomely fun game, and a hearty job well done.

51 Games, 466 Hours

Most Played:

Pokémon Scarlet - 138 hours
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond - 70 hours
Super Mario Party Jamboree - 41 hours

Top Genre: RPG

Top Month: August - 64 hours
Lowest Month: March - 3 hours

Favourite Game of 2024: Cat Quest III

My wife and I are playing Mario Party Jamboree to decide December date nights. 1 Star equals a pick from a hat, redeemable by December 31st, and they can stack. It's stuff like Pick a movie, boardgame/puzzle, reading together, and more intimate ones.

Well my wife and I kicked off the weekend with a 30 Turn Mario Party Jamboree last night, and I'll be hunting for Gigantamax Pokémon in Shield during the early morning hours (2:30am-5:00am) each day.

Outside of Nintendo, I'll be playing Lego Batman 3 on PS3, and trying to adjust to 30FPS clothes in AC Syndicate on Series X.

1. Pokémon Platinum
2. Animal Crossing Wild World
3. Galactic Taz Ball
4. Transformers War for Cybertron
5. Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia

Honourable mentions: Warioware D.I.Y, Wario Master of Disguise, Pokémon Black 2.

It took a while for me to really appreciate the DS as I wasn't a fan of the touchscreen controls, but it's become one of my favourites in later life.

@Tyranexx Oh that's a pretty neat Lego build/set.

I really need to finish my Paris set..

Be taking advantage of the clocks giving me an extra hour tonight with some high Mario Party Jamboree, and some Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness in the evening while wife plays SoS: Friends of Mineral Town.

Away from Nintendo I'll be playing Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, and either Gotham Knights or TMNT: Shredder's Revenge.

Sonic Heroes, Sonic Generations, and Sonic Spinball have long been my Top 3, in that order.

Would like to see Knuckles get his own game, just a better one than Shadow's solo outing.

Hyped for this. This quickly became one of my favourite game series, and Cat Quest III was my most anticipated game this game.

What a wacky Wednesday this is turning out to be.

Never played the Horizon games, so this will be the way to go for me.

My Nintendo members in Canada will just stay content with our printable party hats and printable die block.

@Liam_Doolan Thanks! Was quite surprised to see myself when I clicked on the article.

You're welcome everyone! That's my tweet lol.

Already 80-90 Goose Dollars here in Canada, so bring it on. Tax on 'em is already a b*tch.

Be starting on The Outer Worlds. I was lucky enough to snag a physical copy earlier in the week, but been busy with V-Rally 4.

Urban Trial Playground. Working on 5 Starring each level before I work on completing all the challenges. Fun game and I much prefer it over Trials Rising.

9/21 whoop whoop

First time I've perfected a quiz since 8th grade algebra

Well this game met my expectations, and they were quite low.

Needs to be an Umbreon controller.

@ZeldaFanboy78 Either he's got top tier cord game, or it's an unmitigated disaster.

@mystman12 I'd totally be down for a Kirby Air Ride sequel.

@WickedUnicarnBoi You half get him through Mii costume though.

@Desa Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a really good game. Picked it up a couple years ago with no knowledge of it. Really enjoyed it.

Still working on rebuilding my island in New Horizons after I lost my save. Also be finishing up Assassin's Creed Black Flag.

Dude got nothing better to complain about?

8/15. Not bad, but not great either.

Plot twist: they'll skip Johto and go straight to Hoenn. Let's GO Zangoose and Let's GO Seviper.

Fingers crossed for Sinnoh remakes or Let's Go Johto.

Really looking forward to SkateBird

Time to knockoff some piggy banks me thinks. The foosball table looks really neat, as does the rest of the items, but that's too rich of a price tag for my blood.

@rjejr Haha nope, just in-game ones. The wife and I are trying to have at least one islander of each personality, then whatever remaining spots can be filled by whoever. She's new to the series, whereas I started with Wild World, went back to GameCube AC, then continued with each new game. I have favourite villagers/islanders I'd like to have, but I've handed the reins over to her.

Photos are pretty neat 👍

@rjejr I'd feel pretty shortchanged too. The whale shark might be neat for a model, but that's a hefty profit lost.

I don't think there were shelves to display stuff on in the past games. There's display stands similar to what the museum uses, but not actually shelves/cabinets. Would be cool though, especially for the Happy Home Academy awards.

Gulliver took a week break from my island, visited, and now it's been about a week and a half. I've been spending my morning trying to track down either a dog or rabbit on a Nook Ticket Island to move in. Rocco just bailed.

@rjejr Huh, I was expecting the oarfish model to be bigger. I started with the mantis (the praying mantis being my favourite bug), honeybee, snail, seahorse, squid, horse mackerel, and now the firefly.

I finally had Redd show up two days ago, after about a two week absence. Wasn't a bad day for art. Leo sent me a Tremendous Statue in the mail, and Redd had a legit Rock Head Statue.

@rjejr I'm not a fan of Sahara either.

Yeah the island was good to me. I've been using that "trick" to get better NMT islands by making the Dodo blush. Still not sure how much I buy into it, but I haven't been to bamboo island in quite a bit. The shark fins have been a thing since the early games, but definitely helpful. Don't want any more sea bass 😠. The shadow for the ribbon eel is pretty neat. Used to be really thin in New Leaf. Digging the change.

Had Flick visit today, so got him to make me a firefly model. Didn't really catch much else.

@Tyranexx I didn't see it's right leg at first, so thought it just looked like an angry Torchic. Then I saw the leg and thought 'Yep, that's a Chocobo".

@Tyranexx Really digging the looks for Articuno and Moltres. Bit on the fence for Zapdos though.

@rjejr The hot item bonus bumped the chair value up to 4500 each, so walked out with 211,500 bells.

I went to a NMT island last night and snagged a great white, 3 Hammerheads, a ribbon eel, 2 suckerfish, a whale shark, and a saw shark. Wasn't a bad haul, donated to museum and sold the two spare hammerheads.

I have yet to pay off my basement. Keep spending on the turnips with not a whole lotta luck in return. Last week I bought 90000 worth at 93 each, gambled to Saturday morning and sold them for 27 each.

@countzero I have the slippers!

@rjejr I struggle with inventory space, especially in RPGs. I'm definitely a hoarder in those games.
Now that shark season is upon the North (already snagged a few), I would like to keep them in storage for CJ, but he's been so infrequent lately that it's not completely worth filling my storage space.

I saw that fake Direct. Would absolutely love it if we get a multi-craft option. Had enough iron to make 47 iron garden chairs when they were the hot item a week or so ago. Let me tell you, that took a fair bit of time. My poor thumb.

@rjejr Camera control in the museum and either access to our storage, or at least additional inventory space, are two of my biggest hopes in future updates.

@rjejr I have the wings, just not the torso of the Quetz. I haven't spent much time in the fossil section of the museum, so guess I got used to seeing the wings and figured the torso was there. I agree on the camera issue. Just learned the other day that there's the comet up in the top corner hanging from the ceiling.

@rjejr Thanks! I'm gonna need all the luck on this one. I don't know how I missed it, but I'm gonna go with your theory. Must've been a case of mistaken identity.

@rjejr I actually checked today and found that I am indeed missing one. It's the torso of the first flying dino, the Quetz-something-or-rather. How exactly missed it when doing the final check, I have no idea.

Cel Damage, Dragon Ball FighterZ, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3.

@rjejr None of the signs have the "Donations are appreciated" message they say (or whatever the exact wording is). Unless he did say something and I just powered through the dialogue.

@rjejr Oh that two-timing fiend! He didn't say boo to me, and I checked all the spots in the museum to make sure they're full.

Wonder if he'll talk about Summer Snooze Fest.