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A Sonic Mask AND using a hammer?! Honestly, if I had been working at that bank, I would’ve laughed right in his face. Whoever this was was clearly super inexperienced.

I love how the video showed the Dark Link room in the Water Temple as a direct jab at the NSO emulator.

Just a technicality, but this isn’t a spin-off. It’s considered a mainline entry. But that’s splitting hairs at this point, and people will continue to refer to this game as a spin-off, so I won’t continue that losing fight.

Regardless, this review is about what I was hoping the game would be. I’ve never been one to throw a tizzy when graphics are bad (and they kind of are in this game), so ultimately, I think I’m really going to enjoy this game. Roll on Friday!

@Piyo In the Reverse Engineering section of the Atari v. Nintendo case, the Supreme Court disagreed with the district court that reverse-engineering was not considered fair use. I quote:

“Section 107 [of the Copyright Act] also requires examination of the nature of the work when determining if a reproduction is a fair use. 17 U.S.C. § 107(2). When the nature of a work requires intermediate copying to understand the ideas and processes in a copyrighted work, that nature supports a fair use for intermediate copying. Thus, reverse engineering object code to discern the unprotectable ideas in a computer program is a fair use.”

From what I can tell as well, the original repository is still up. I may be wrong in that regard, but Nintendo so far hasn’t taken it down.

And yeah, you are right that most people are simply going to download pre-compiled versions of this port once it has been finished. That is illegal, no doubt, and Nintendo will likely actively target places hosting this versions.

The ignorance is strong in these comments.

The code in this project is reverse-engineered from the original, meaning none of it uses what Nintendo created. Therefore, Nintendo has no legal ground to C&D this project. And that’s all this project is providing: the code. It’s up to the players to provide assets for the code to use, which the project creators can’t legally provide since Nintendo owns those assets, but once you have the assets yourself, you can recompile the game into a native PC version of Ocarina of Time.

To the surprise of nobody…

Sucks to suck. It’s what he deserves for artificially inflating the Pokémon TCG market.

The game’s presentation, character designs, and theming are top-notch. However, it cannot distract from the fact that the game is mindless, has awful controls and physics, is terrible at world-building and delivering its plot and characters, and has some very questionable design choices (why isn’t there a dedicated jump button?).

More power to you if you like it, but I will never be convinced that it’s good.

That’s disappointing for sure, but it seems like they handled it with as much care as they could. I expect they’ll be just as successful once they relaunch the Kickstarter.

I love the designs that Original Stitch has come up with for these shirts, but they are WAY too expensive. I get that producing custom fabric is expensive, but I don’t feel the need to pay $100 for a single shirt.

Not a very good game. Wonky physics, little control over the board, and the ads are very egregious, especially as you get to higher number levels.

@HotGoomba If I were a creator, I’d rather people were honest with me and criticize my work when there are flaws rather than heap undeserved praise on me out of fear of hurting my feelings. Growth doesn’t come when you’re comfortable. In the same vein, I’d rather have my opinion and be honest with it than lie to this creator and say that I enjoyed their work when I didn’t.

Not impressed, to be honest. I expected a little more out of the animations other than just them plopping the game animations into Unreal Engine.

Never thought I'd see the day a Metroid game gets such a big ad...period. Nintendo seems really confident in what they have. Gets me all the more excited for this game.

@Yosher You could just try it and NOT buy any microtransactions before you completely dismiss it as bad.

It's still rather miraculous that Prime 1 came out in the shape it did. And gladly so since we now have a very well respected 1st party dev for Nintendo.

I have waited a very long time for this, praying and hoping that with each Indie World that came, there would be a port of this game. I finally have my wish. Both this and the sequel are instant buys for me.

Haha, that's brilliant, and very well designed too.

They are coming Aug. 26th in NA as well. This comes courtesy of the official Spelunky World Twitter.

I personally don't care if people use this. It's their prerogative to decide if they care how they got their shinies. I don't have any interest in using it myself because for me, the satisfaction of shiny hunting comes from the work I put in to get the Shiny, not the actual Shiny itself. And that's why I don't care even if people cheat to get shinies. They don't devalue my own because I know I worked for them, and that's satisfaction enough.

But yes, this is totally cheating.

I love the concept of Bowser Day and hope it continues...
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... but for the love of everything sacred, do NOT look through the hashtag. shudder

Other than SMB 1-1:

Celeste Chapter 9 - Farewell. I want the Golden Strawberry on that stage so badly. I've gotten it in every other stage, but Farewell continues to elude me. My lowest death count in that stage is 6, and the farthest I've carried it is to the strong wind room a little more than midway. I just can't break through, though. If I could get past sections 4 and 5 without dying, I could make it.

Brave soul for opening up their JoyCon, but this'll be nice if this is actually the fix.

Certainly couldn't hurt to try. I've been very fortunate to only have one of my Joycon drift, so I'll be giving it a shot on that one.

As long as the game says "Bummer" when you mess up, it's a hit in my book.

They have ruined Lickitung forever for me and a part of me slightly hates them for that.

Other than that, it was a fantastic video.

@moodycat Hard to say. The free PC version can have some more effective moments because of [REDACTED], but I imagine you'll have a similar experience in Switch. You'll just have to decide if the extra content and upgrades are worth the $15. But whether you go for the extra content or not, you absolutely should play this game. It's really good.

@GrailUK @anoyonmus Yes. Absolutely play this game and absolutely play it blind. This game is definitely worth the cost of admission.

Now I feel challenged to make those kinds of games in Game Builder Garage, just to prove how effortless they are.

If this game remains physical-only on Switch for all time, this is legitimately a terrible business decision.

That poor disc slot. Not worth, imo.

Personally, I think people are getting way too concerned. I believe folks are getting hung up on the trailer based solely on when it was aired. However, one thing we need to consider is that the airing date is not indicative of the recording date. Even short videos like a Pokémon Presents can take several months to fully edit, and post-production usually only occurs when all filming for a video has completed. Heck, Sakurai himself has even stated that he has filmed some Smash presentations several months before they air. Plus, given how the pandemic affected timetables last year, I wouldn't be surprised if the build of the game we saw was one from late 2020.

Granted, the concerns mentioned in this post are worth noting, but we got a look at a game that was still very much in development. We should give the benefit of the doubt and actually see more of the game (or get it in our hands, preferably) before we pass it off as beyond saving or as "rushed".

On top of that, this game doesn't seem to meet the same deadline criteria that a new generation game would have to fill. I doubt this game is going to tie as heavily into other Pokémon products like a new generation does. It feels like this game actually has the development window it needs, so I think they'd be much more comfortable delaying this game if they felt it really needed improvement.

Lastly, in my opinion, a good majority of people wouldn't have given a piss about the graphics of Sword and Shield if the Dex didn't get cut and a certain distant someone didn't make a slander video all about a stupid effing tree.

@BloodNinja It doesn't harm anyone for it to be a mechanic. The thing to remember is that, except in Gen II, Shiny Pokémon aren't statistically stronger than any other Pokémon. So it's all about aestethic and the challenge of hunting them. If players want to hunt them, they can, but they're not required to do so, and they're really not missing much if they don't.

To anyone reading:

Do chain fishing in XY or ORAS for an easy shiny. Get yourself anything with Suction Cups or Sticky Hold, give it a Smoke Ball to automatically run if it isn't shiny, stand in one spot, and fish up Pokémon consecutively without moving or failing to catch. You'll have a shiny within an hour and a half tops.

Or

Do Ultra Wormholes in USUM. Either go as far as you can and go into Wormholes that have two rings, or just go into the first Wormhole with two rings that you see (as long as it isn't white). If the encounter in the Wormhole isn't a Legendary, it has a high chance of being shiny.

Either Nintendo or id Software needs to hire this person. They've got some serious programming chops (and while I know this isn't actual coding, the concept is still the same).

Honestly, there are far more egregious examples of amiibo locking out content from non-buyers. And as far as the whole return-to-the-sky-whenever thing, no one would've batted an eye or noticed if the feature hadn't been included in the first place.

And if people buy the amiibo solely for that feature, they're wasting their money, imo. Amiibo have almost never been good for their in-game functionality. They should be viewed primarily as collector's items with the in-game perks as a bonus.

@Trikeboy The Pokémon brand is co-owned by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and Game Freak, with The Pokémon Company serving as a licensing and brand management firm also co-owned by Nintendo, Creatures Inc., and Game Freak, so those three companies are above The Pokémon Company. Also, New Pokémon Snap was developed by Bandai Namco.

Not saying this to be confrontational, though. Just correcting the facts.

@Pokester99 Nintendo for one, apparently

@Pokester99 And ironically, neither BDSP or Unite are being developed by Game Freak.

And this is why I hacked my 3DS: to have a preservation method for my cartridge and digital games.

Well, time to panic backup both of my copies to my computer.

I'm actually on my way to accomplishing this goal. I currently have collected 658 of the 880 possible species that can be shiny. I've also collected about half of the possible alternate forms. It takes up a LOT of time and has caused my backlog to fill like nothing else, but I love the challenge.

For those curious, these are the only Pokémon that cannot be shiny right now (based on forms that can be kept in Pokémon HOME):

Pikachu (Original Cap, Hoenn Cap, Sinnoh Cap, Unova Cap, Kalos Cap, Alola Cap, World Cap), Articuno (Galarian), Zapdos (Galarian), Moltres (Galarian), Victini, Keldeo (Original Form, Resolute Form), Meloetta, Greninja (Battle Bond), Vivillon (Fancy Pattern, Poké Ball Pattern), Hoopa (Confined, Unbound), Volcanion, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Magearna, Magearna (Original Color), Marshadow, Melmetal (GMax), Zacian, Zamazenta, Eternatus, Kubfu, Urshifu (Single Strike + GMax), Urshifu (Rapid Strike + GMax), Zarude, Zarude (Dada), Glastrier, Spectrier, and Calyrex.

There's also technically Floette's Eternal Flower form, but that has never been distributed or even acknowledged as real by The Pokémon Company, so it may be the only official Pokémon that's permanently cut.

My personal favorites from respective series are Mega Man 11, Mega Man X, and Mega Man Legends (64). I haven't played any of the Zero, ZX, Battle Network, or Star Force games, though.

He is 100% trolling. I doubt he's referring to the fan translation (which he very well could play), so I think he's just making this as a stab at all the people asking for Mother 3. And it is hilarious.

Other tips:

-If you clear the maze of all the regular pellets, your speed will increase, allowing you to move faster even without the Speed Power-Up. You'll need to eat pellets to have fruit spawn, so it might be a good idea to go for a Speed boost if you get the chance.
-Power Pellets will destroy all white Jammer Pac-Man in your maze. Power Pellets also respawn (I think), so use them a bit more liberally than you would in regular Pac-Man.
-Red Jammer Pac-Man will kill you. They can be temporarily stopped with a Power Pellet, but they can only be destroyed by collecting the Bonus Fruit in the middle.
-I can't totally confirm this, but it appears that: the more KOs you have, the safer you are from Jammer Pac-Man.

@ilh It does not change if you go partway through.

@Crono1973 So...you're basically saying that I was lying when I said I wasn't defending them? You're trying to correct me and tell me how I should be feeling when only I know how I feel? And you're trying to tell me that it's impossible for things we don't like to make logical sense?

Okaaaaayyyyyyy....backs away

@Crono1973 If I was truly defending them, I wouldn't have called this move scummy.

Makes sense to me. Scummy? Yeah, but at the end of the day, they are still a business.

So...this was real. Guess leaks do happen every now and again.