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I am paralyzed on which shmup to purchase. It would be Raiden Remix but I only just bought Raiden 5.

I was disappoint this wasn't included with the recent big sale. There are lots of top quality shmups - just not Sol. SADFACE

@nessisonett The best movie she was in was Bram Stoker's Dracula. It wasn't her defining role - but it was the best movie.

@somnambulance No doubt. My daughter was an advanced reader towards the end of her 5th year - but still not at a level for Mons. You don't notice it as you get older but if you cant read - you really can't play the traditional Pokemons at all. Even if you could it takes away from the magic...which is really the story. I decided to hold off until she wants to play it and completely find it herself - if that's what she wants to do.

Side note: for my 7 and 6 year old the biggest hitters are/were: Paper Mario and Kirby. Paper Mario - I drove and had them help me with puzzles and boss strategies. I never played without them. It took two years to complete! One of my best game experiences too.

@shinesprites why would the only absolute in life - death - be a hard reality? It is the one thing you can count on. Death is the only thing that can potentially free you from the prison your reside in right now - this mortal coil. Death is entry ticket into the most exciting part of life - the life beyond your current shell.

What you are now is nothing in the span of time and space. There is no life without death. They cannot exist without one another. Do not spend your life treating death as a calamity; as a disease to be cured - it is not.

As much as I like olives - and I do - I will not abide any Pokemon who falls from such low texture tree limbs. It is either full realism branches and leaves swaying in real-time wind effects or GTFO.

@somnambulance I went through this recently. 4 or 5 is way too young for the games - even Let's Go. There is too much reading and the puzzle solving frustrates them. You'll end up playing it for them - which is probably the plan anyway I assume.

@TexanBanjo Reminds me of my parents - when they handed me a book on puberty rather than talk about it.

@NEStalgia If the game was of even an average difficulty it wouldn't have sold, and continue to sell, nearly as many copies. No one would be still talking about Cuphead so many years after release had it been easy.

I can count 1000 platformers that you play and forget - how many [good] games can you name in the past 10 years that make you yell at the screen - like many of us did as our younger selves? I can think of only a few. Cuphead, Meatboy, maybe Souls (big maybe)...not many more.

You forget the easy ones. The hard ones stick with you. The accomplishment is real.

Jeoffrey Nightleah III Jr.

@Thief correct - Harvey Weinstein owns the rights to Pokemon distro.

Monster Hunter Stories 2 - I'm trying to do less fiddling around and get through the story, now at 60 hours of play, so I can get to endgame or just stop fiddling around.

And moving to a new house into my first life foray into the suburbs.

I was an early adult mostly into PS2 gaming when I picked up Pearl - mostly for work road trips on my first good job on the GBA SP (still my favorite handheld of all times). Back when Penny Arcade was still funny (that long ago) they were into it so I decided to see what the deal was.

I've been a pokemaniac since. It is fun to see my little children way into it now - although i am wary of them getting too deeply into it.

@Shambo It looks like a graffiti street style to me - which is the theme of the game. It looks okay imho

There is no indication a beefier console will be a part of Nintendo's strategy. I'd very much bet the opposite. Source: the past 30 years.

If development keeps going well for Capcom and they keep the fans happy as they've done the past few years - I'll probably buy another console just for this.

@NintendoEternity I casually check to find one now and then to watch Twin Peaks on Blu Ray - but when I can't easily find one I cannot be bothered.

Lost sales on software and my Lynch/Miyazaki obsession continue.

I remember last gen when people were telling Sony they were losing Japan as customers and Sony basically flipped them off. Now that AAA Western development is completely stagnated and customers are increasingly bored...Whoops-see-Daisy

Man Vs. Nature: The Road to Victory

@BiscuitCrumbsInMyBed does the old switch look different than the OLED switch on an OLED tv?
I'm tv hunting soon and was considering it. Thanks

Switch outselling the PS5 almost 5:1.
If I were Sony I'd be breaking out those smaller ritual swords for upper management.

@Aneira they give a few skins away with a pre-order. It's a top 3 game on the switch for me so it's a no-brainer. I also want to send a message to Capcom that huge, game-changing dlc is appreciated. So I showed them with my $40.

@Pillowpants It was tough to find here in the states. The game dropped the literal week we went into national lockdowns. I had a copy pre-ordered but then amazon started pushing it back...then WAY back. I went digital and never regretted that decision. people were looking everywhere.

@Gamer_Zeus Cyberpunk was an entirely new game. This is an add-on to a super old series that has had many iterations of dlc before across multiple system. Apples to Oranges to me. Apples to Sherman Tanks would be a more apt analogy.

I apply Occam's Razor - the simplest explanation is usually the preferred. In this case - Nintendo doesn't want to be in the music business - so they aren't.

@Aneira Good thing I don't take advice from cartoon characters and instead rely on myself and others - the others being real human beings that are not popular cartoon characters. But if quoting cartoons for life advice works for you - do it I say.

Rise was the best game for the Switch of 2021. The pre-order came with some skins for a DLC I know I would eventually buy anyway. I'm a fan. I also have money. shrug

I've bought a few junky Switch controllers - I bought my kid's the mini Power A for their smaller hands and it works really well. For a 3rd party hardware maker they are a cut above from my limited experience.

@Pillowpants when Animal Crossing dropped during the first covid lockdowns no one could get it unless you went digital or pre-ordered it.

I'll be waiting for the pokemoncenter version.

I pre-ordered the expansion yesterday. Pre-ordering DLC is something I've never done until now. High hopes for good times.

@Wisps If you want a trippy shooter play Tempest 4000/Space Giraffe/REZ. Tempest was on a Switch sale this weekend - it may still be.

EA, Ubisoft and probably the rest of them are tailoring their presentation with one singular purpose - get that Activision money on a buyout.

That doesn't follow gamer's schedules - that follows corporate schedules.

@DarkTone what the developers like or havent done before.

Devolver is the best Indie publisher that exists.

I have an ongoing Shmup wishlist - I think this update bumped Darius up near the top.

Just give me something to stick my dangle in and let's get on with it.

I'd brain myself before I waited in any line to play 3 minutes of a video game.

I was a big time fan of the Master System version - this version looks soulless.
I'd rather see a new Rez or Child of Eden or the old Rez and Child of Eden.

I'm really liking all of the designs so far. The choice of which starter will be a difficult one (not really the duck is most obvious).

@Polley001 How much money is Nintendo missing out on?

The first cartoon would have been better if the present contained socks.

@StarPoint there is a demo for strikers?

First I've heard of Wreckfest. I miss old Burnout games terribly - maybe this can fill that void.

Cuphead and Sunbreak are life necessities during this summer jam.

Buy another console cheapskate.

@Pringles7745 I'm not interested in Castlevania without Warren Ellis truth be told. To me, it was a perfect series - the best animated series in a decade. Without him it would disappoint and tarnish the series' legacy.

The story ended - leave it on a high forever.

@Anti-Matter I get that. I watch kid shows from time to time. One of my legit favorite shows even today is That's So Raven. It isn't nostalgia with that show it is funny as most good comedies - but very for kids. Late 90s/Early 00s had some really great tweener comedies - and I was well beyond tweener at that point.

like what you like i say

I recently, like the past 3 months, bought the 3DS version of That's So Raven and Hannah Montana. It set me back about $7. A major commitment.

@WallyWest For newbies to the series the Monkey was defo a difficulty spike. It may not have been for you, because you had seen many of his attack patterns - but for a new guy he could rock you.

I had a lot of trouble with him at first and made more than 3 armor buildouts just for him until I got him down.

I got kinda of excited until I realized this was just an advertisement.

@Tobiaku right now - yes. But Disney stirred the political pot and there are rumblings in Washington.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-05-11/mickey-mouse-copyright-expiration-disney-under-attack-republicans

The reason we get 3-10 Lovecraft properties per year is it is a known property, has cult status, lots of characters and written for you stories - but most importantly - it's free to use.

If Florida gets it's way with Disney, and they are able to make Mickey n' Pals part of the public domain, imagine all of the video games that will come out. It will make the constant release of Lovecraftain everything pale in comparison.

It will probably just be Moltres again.