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Undertale I first heard of by Jim F. Sterling Son's recommendation (though its image to anyone who's yet to look into it — myself keeping willful ignorance until I finally buying it — may be tarnished by what looks to be another Tumblr-tier fanbase), "To Be or Not to Be" I remember from Touch Arcade's coverage, where I also added Prune to my watch list, though can't say as I remember what it's about. To round out this "this which I ought play what soon like", Her Story I've peeped into on Steam. Only one of these I've first-handed, though, is Splatoon.

Kreygasm

Seeing as I haven't completed Picross 3D or DS, and haven't bit at any of the e- offerings yet, this may sate my fickle fingers. At the least, looking forward to piecing together what any of this hyper-pixelations are.

Huh, Bugs vs Tanks and Aeroporter, the only GUILD games I don't have... Neat.

I-I just got EOIV, and I haven't even got far into EOIII! But, the heart is weak...

Seeing as I never got my hands on the GCN version and wouldn't be able to bring myself to the Wii one, seeing this amiibo ("Wolf Link"? Ninty, I think you mean "Midna feat. Wolf Link") and the soundtrack bonus, I have a pre-order down already. I guess my only regret is having not gone refurb on the Nintendo Online Store to have the WW Wii U (brother-in-law has it, but was the game a download...?).

So, back to that amiibo, since this is Midna's setup in Hyrule Warriors, I can't see them NOT incorporating the amiibo into it (Link-tier, not the extra whatevers all others offer).

...So, idly, since this has the GameCube orientation, what will they do, if anything, with the Wiimote controls? Might they work them out to be comfortable for both handednesses? Will the Wii flip be a "Master Quest" mode? I'd honestly be bummed if waggle controls were to be dropped entirely, since this would then not be a definitive version (though, as mentioned, the sharper visuals might work against the original aesthetics anyway).

Even beyond the Alpha Stages (I could do with "Beta" stages being the Originals without activities), I wholly agree with separated enabling and disabling of Custom Moves and Equipment, including for amiibo. Would love to be able to use some of the alternative moves online; would make for some fun mix-up. (And, yeah, maybe add some alternative moves for the DLC characters?)

And count me for one of those who'd like an Adventure mode. As said, even Smash Run could help to fill the gap, but something besides battle stages!

...Metroid Maker? Nah, it'd be the same problem of having a wider world than a single stage, and Zelda could at least get away with individual dungeons. Yoshi's Island Maker, as said, could work. Maybe a Kirby maker, even with different games' gimmicks (most prominently, Canvas Curse).

To cobble together a quote, "A big hit with boys six to twelve!" I mean, doesn't get more focus-grouped than that, eh?

Tell me my eyes are more terrible than I give them credit for, but it seems Isabelle's is a male dog.

Guess my final say on the matter will be, in learning that the shorts here are her default wear, it's a damn shame that my first exposure to this character — as I wanted to stay in the dark about the game until playing it — is whether her chest is flesh or metal. This, here, is my very first impression with any of the characters. gg

@tudsworth Regarding the new costume's design, I agree for the legwear, since it's proportioned to and matches the armwear. I still stand by the bikini-over-metal-plating looks hella stupid, and if this is meant to be beachwear, those "trunks" look bulkier than even what I wear. But then, nothing about the redesign screams "beach" to me, so wonder how they'll call it, if the other characters' are intact*.

Got through much of the comments (the blind disgust is in my eyes, here), and all too often there's exaggeration and misinformation, particularly regarding the ratings boards' standards and Japan's standpoints, though that MegaMan...EXE? BN? Whatever, that montage exemplifies the "Beach Episode" trope. Remember when Outlaw Star's broadcast had an entire episode purged, an episode that actually explained on of the key MacGuffins used throughout, because of its BE? Ah, the times...

All this hullabaloo reminds me of when I learned how Bravely Default had been altered. I remember going into the Manual, seeing the ages, and being impressed that the characters had some actual age on them! Not too terribly much, by real-world standards, but wow, young a d u l t s, maybe with some life experience! And then the bikini. Throughout the dialogue, it'd been hyped up as so dangerous, and when I finally see it... It's boyshorts and a tubetop. I was...confused? Like, the vestal garbs were just as risque, so no amount of sheltering warranted that. It was some time later I learned they were bog-standard "juniors" and the bikini lived up to the in-game outcry. Given the chibi style, their ages were relatively indeterminate anyway, so they could give a range for each and still be valid, but by aging them -and- neutering the bikini, I'm left at a loss. Perhaps because they didn't age Edea, the primary wearer, past seventeen, they felt the need? I'unno. Point is, I felt some dissonance, and later learned why

Doubt XCX will face this, as I'd suppose these aren't used for any extent of plot. But then you've got Fatal Frame, an M-rated game, where the character is of age, is of a profession which counts lingerie as work wear, in a scene of said work, and then...wha? And as is expected of a character whose wardrobe changes through the game, each costume can be unlocked for use in later replays. It's got a context, but can be used out of that context for S&Gs. For Fatal Frame, there's no decent reason beyond "decency". For Xenoblade...eh, it's a toss-up. Just...please toss off the extraneous bikini top (unless there's Bat-Nipples we need to cover up, too).

• #i2 ?

EDIT: ...OH GODS, why am I type so much?!
EDIT2: Dipping into teh NeoGAFs, seems the shorts are some default thing, and we're just comparing the tops here? In which case, I wonder what was done with the bottoms (or if they're excluded entirely)...and still think the bikini-plating combo is dumb dumb dumb.

Oddity of a massive midriff while wearing huge shorts and a literal breast-plate aside ("...or maybe across the belly, spilling your insides."), what the hell is with a bikini OVER armor? That's...that's far beyond your typical JRPG wardrobe stupidity.

To quote, "woh woh woh yeah".

In the midst of watching Planetes, so this might endear me toward ninjas, despite Dustin Hoffman.

<sees VR pair photo>
<sees Gardevoir>
This is too dangerous for the States.

I do not recall ever reading even the title of this game.

This article alone proves I need it yesterday.

While worthwhile replacements were included (wonder how the Japanese fans are taking that news), it is a groaner that Ninty removed skimpy outfits from an M-rated game. I mean, if Onechanbara Z2 Chaos is allowed to exist, then... But, I have seen it argued that knowledge of these costumes existing in our copies could mar people's image of Fatal Frame as something to take seriously, but then, doesn't news of their removal only serve to highlight that concern?

It is undoubtedly stable, unshakably stable, but will the residual stability be enough to stabilize the Nintendo Network post-maintenance? May the Wii U's stagnant stability serve servers well...

Seeing "immigration", I'm compelled to dump a couple video links here, the first from Kurzgesagt (or "In a Nutshell", as they've dual-branded), which addresses economic viability from the situation; the second a segment from John Oliver's Last Week Tonight, which more addresses the reactions of countries to the situation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvOnXh3NN9w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqvYhb3wf4

I, however, am not informed enough to have much strong opinion other than sympathies.

Hoping more for a remake, so we get the not-flipped-out GCN orientation and traditional controls, with waggle worked in as an alternate control scheme.

Wait, speaking of Pokémon Mini, was this not also around the time of the Pokémon Pikachu 2? Remember this...uncomfortable circumstances around receiving that first digital pet toy (I'm still a Giga Pets guy over Tamogachi, especially with that Jurassic Park: The Lost World T-rex one~!), and have my only-a-fourth-of-the-screen-works PP2 shuffled away. Ah, good times, the late '90s...

Aerodactyl, eh? I'm convinced, though I have been taking white Charizard as my "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" Reshiram.

But, as someone who has yet to get anywhere in Xenoblade Chronicles, pretty junk move to open with that can-only-be-a-major spoiler.

If playable Octolings, then as an unlock for, hopefully, more Hero Mode levels. The Octarians have the short end of the kelp when it comes to energy resources, so seeing them get on more even ground would be re f r e s h ing.

M'gods, this is amazing, in multiple directions!

Sega Neptune theme when?

I mean, that's the closest we'll get to Nep-Neps on a Nintendo, eh? Kappa

While I doubt I'll ever actually buy into Mii costumes (don't play 'em much, if ever), this is the most compelling set yet!

@JaxonH If only there wasn't so much plot (plodding, even, given I keep shouting, "Isn't this obvious?" to their winding deductions...only for there to me something else I overlooked that the script brings up) between dances. Got through the first team split, but then some freeplay last night, in which I saw a stage and boss before seeing them in-story. Whoops.

But, ah, as for Ninty systems? I'm obscenely strapped at the moment, but Freedom Planet if I have particularly excess cash, having played previously on Steam. River City Ransom being out, with co-op support, also catches my eye.

And yet still no Sable?

@IceClimbers Last-minute Smash Ballet* entry! Imagine if Chibi was displayed with a magnifying glass cast over him, and a Final Smash which instead miniaturized everyone!

*edit: "Ballot", but this is better.

Need Falcon for MK8, Shulk for guilting me into finally getting through Xenoblade, and maybe Mac & Lucario just for the cool.

Having never played a game in the series before, and the last time before now I gave it thought being the StreetPass puzzle of the previous game, I'mma hold onto my pre-order. May not have the budget for yarn Yoshi, but this little tyke is stayin' on the roster.

@opeter (I was going for a pun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_alignment#Justified )

If Isaac, then Felix as half his alt colors. Pls i need dis oh my gods

@opeter I'm sure in their minds, it's justified.

Wow, this exploded. I haven't even begun to read all the comments here, but y'know, I side with these folks' union on this. For as much as is wanted outta these folks, they oughta know what all they're getting into and have due coverage for their brad-&-butter throats.

In our browsings of Netflix, ran upon two relevant pieces: 'I Know That Voice' (2013), and 'That Guy ... Who Was in That Thing' (2012), though the latter is of live action actors and apparently has a sequel this year. Anyway, good insight on what goes into all this zazz.

Remember some balking in a thread of the 3DS sub-reddit. Really, if this was necessary to assure steady gameplay on old 3DS, it's understandable, and preferable. Wonder how Xenoblade may have fared, if 3D output was taken out of the equation... But, here and there more games I'm woefully neglecting to play (or get).

Decided to check that trailer. Can't help but feel there's some spoilers to this character, considering the opening hour or so of the game I've played so far.

I owe it to myself to get XC played, like, yesterday.

El Shaddai and...crud, too early in the U.S. morning for me to keep impressions straight [EDIT: Oh! Asura's Wrath, what with crime-banishment], but a latter one was older Ben Tennyson. Looks "mature" in the sense of "late puberty", far as concept art goes. Glad this wasn't instated as a rightful Kid Icarus followup (unlike its sister series's 'Other M' Wii outing). Can't say as I've played Rogue Squadron, though, but may its gameplay ever continue.

@ihsman Would that be Legacy of Darkness?

Also: PULL THE LEVER!

NintyOA really needs to get around to a localized track list. It was only with a 3DS theme that was got "Calamari Inkantation" outta them, after all.

@shredmeister https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/brain-myths/201206/why-the-left-brain-right-brain-myth-will-probably-never-die

"Toda~y is a FIne day for scieeence?"

Just noticed there's what appears to be a yarn Yoshi in the Ribbon room. Why am I so damn unobservant?

@MailOrderNinja It does have a more emblematic nature to it, over the accents of the first 3DS and the unique yet off-balancing masks of the New XL.

@mowerdude The GamePad is magnitude larger than the XL, both in bulk and single screen real estate. Well, maybe I have a slightly skewed perception due to the case on ours, but the XL is much more handy than that. I would suppose it's somewhere between the DS Lite and DSi XL in shape and feel, though it doesn't recess in the top portion.

@mowerdude Undoubtedly "new Nintendo 3DS" if you can afford it, but whether standard or XL is up to your size preference. I'm good with my XL (big pockets), whereas my friend wants the more compact console.

@shigulicious Not unlike the Squid Sisters home theme released this past week, eh?

@rjejr Imagine such an app was released...on the 3DS. Companion piece, amirite? </Vita>

I wooould switch my Amazon pre-order over, except Amazon has a physical presence in my State, so the tax on this would make me cry.

F-i-n-a-l-l-y. It's gonna be awkward to use the GamePad (well, for my parents), especially with how there's no simple way to turn its screen off (well, I'll be looking back into it), but otherwise we've been using a PS3, which with our knockoff TV, the edges of the screen get cut off because the system has no inherent scaling options, and Netflix on there doesn't have it built in. Suppose whenever I'd get a PS4 we could have the best of both worlds (if on Wii U played Blu-ray), but this is a great step.

Now, about the 3DS Netflix...