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Really hoping for a character with awesome sweeps, jump kicks, and one unstoppable move that I can spam online.

@Captain_EO - I do have a copy; case, instruction book, and all. It’s my original copy. Got it from my grandma as a Christmas gift when I was young. I didn’t realize it’s getting a bit scarce until recently. It’s a really fun game. If I had two copies, I’d send one to you to play with your son.

I’ve never seen the arcade cabinet, and I go out of my way for an arcade. It’s actually kind of a bucket list cabinet for me to find and play. It looks so different from the MD/Genesis port, and it’s a very pleasing cabinet aesthetically. My daughter took to MJ at a really early age, she’s been a fan for years now, and Moonwalker is blowing her mind.

@PLAYwithGregg - Yep, all those and a hundred more. Great little system, still enjoy mine to this day. My daughter just started playing Moknwalker with me.

My favorite/most played console. Came for Altered Beast, stayed for everything else.

Looked like a gem on the eShop, glad it reviewed well. I was thrilled to see it has leaderboards. I said out loud so that others could hear that I wouldn’t buy another game until 2019, but this and Wandersong have my trigger finger itching.

Got it last spring, stopped playing it in the summer, leaving off right after I arrived at the Metro Kingdom. I got fully sucked in to Kingdom Battle, and I wasn’t sure I was enjoying Odyssey all that much. I picked it back up a few weeks ago and love it.

@flapjack-ashley - That was a nice virtual aquarium game, I almost always ended my gaming sessions on Wii by feeding my fish. Had all the aquariums set up as different marine environments. I hope this one is good, the offering on WiiU was pretty miserable.

I play something from this collection every time I fire up my Switch now. It’s the game I play while deciding what game I want to play. Probably my favorite Switch purchase. I’ve pumped way more in quarters into just Final Fight cabs than the sum of this game. Shame to hear online is laggy, I’ve never given it a try.

There’s probably enough people just in China who have too much money, pump lots of cash into games they can play on this, and would probably jump at the opportunity to plop down just for the swag of flashing an expensive phone to cover investments. Probably not even a main phone, just something for mobas and selfies on IG.

@MajorasLapdog - I haven’t seen that one, I’ll keep an eye out for it, thanks. Really like the Creep movies. Duplass is so good in them that I have trouble, when I see him in other movies and shows, not thinking he’s a psychopath.

@Mr_Pepperami - Quadruple miracle, given IVF exists and worked for you. So happy for you. Makes me feel guilty for thinking I just didn’t want to have kids. I think part of that was subconsciously thinking maybe we couldn’t have them given we never did for so long with only minimal effort to not conceive. But as you said, you never know. The biggest gift fatherhood has given me (other than lifting the lid off an unknown, unending well of love and patience) is peace with change. Who am I to worry now that fate has thrown me an epic curveball and it turned out to add dimension to my life I couldn’t see prior? Ha, hey @Cupey, sorry we’re creeping on this thread. I thought it was dead. I’m with you on the Capcom bundle, and I want to get Dust for sure.

@Mr_Pepperami - Thank you, same sentiments to you. Your child is a miracle within a miracle then. My only social media is IG. I have a link in my profile page. I just haven’t been able to join twitter yet, but if I do, I’ll look you up. I kind of feel like we share mostly beauty with pictures, and often too many of our flaws with words. Or maybe that’s just what I do!

@Mr_Pepperami - Just want to say I really enjoyed talking life and movies with you today. Sorry to post here, but I’ve realized how much I posted on the Carpenter article today and feel a tad bit self conscious about it. It was such a confluence of things I enjoy, my head was spinning. I wish we could PM, but this is the next best thing. I’ve had a very similar experience with fatherhood, and it’s transformed my life to the point that I often wonder what I was doing before having kids, and why I thought it was worthwhile. I think I’ve seen you post that you have/have had health problems. I hope you’re well, or living the closest to well that you can. My best to you and your family.

@MeloMan - Goosebumps thinking of Hogan calling out his name. So many great segments between those two on Piper’s Pit. He and Heenan carried the buildup to WMIII and the slam at the Silverdome. I kind of feel like his promos are more timeless than The Rock’s, taking nothing away from Rocky. He was nasty too. He wasn’t a great wrestler, but he was all headlocks, punches, snake eyes and chokes. He wasn’t the chicken ish heel of the time. He was psychotic and scary. Even if he was smaller than your favorite wrestler, it was not a given because every time they thought they had the answers, Hot Rod changed the questions. Yes sir.

@MeloMan - “Oooh ya, fella” one of many gone too soon. He and Orndorff are two of the first heels I remember hating. I was a little Hulkamaniac brother. Shame I didn’t realize his greatness until he was well past his prime. I still always had to stand up and mark out when the old drums and reels would hit for his yearly appearances on Raw. RIP to one of the greats.

@Mr_Pepperami - Oh man, forgot about her religious character! She was the scariest thing in that movie. Pure crazy eyes. The Mist handled that moral conundrum as well as any horror I’ve ever seen. It’s a theme I love in zombie/apocalypse movies, but usually the characters are such tropes, it’s hard to get into it. They’re either pure evil, or too white knight/Rick Grimes-ey making choices in the name of morality that none of us would make in that situation. I get so freaked out when people are stuck in caves and/or lost underground, that I find myself holding my breath, which tells me I’m watching something at least decent.

@Mr_Pepperami - Still haven’t seen Hereditary, or Get Out. I enjoy Toni Collette though, and it’s one I mean to see. The Descent is probably when I realized I was scared of getting lost in a cave. That was scarier than the mutants/devolved. The sequel was crap. Andre Braugher’s character in The Mist was one of the most hatable characters in recent memory. Really pushed the movie along when they weren’t under siege by terrifying creatures of unusual size.

Edit - I was the night feeder too, sends shivers down my spine. Never been so sleep deprived. That could make a decent horror movie. A child with insatiable night hunger.

@Mr_Pepperami - We’ve only just begun, but I could go on forever. I could cry right now thinking about how fast fatherhood has already flown by. The Mist is fantastic, I’ve seen that one a couple times. I probably won’t see this one until this winter as The Force Awakens was the last movie I saw in theater. I should be more picky with horror movies, but I always get suckered into a bad one on Netflix. I was pleasantly surprised by As Above, So Below a few weekends ago. Getting stuck/lost underground is something that still terrifies me. The last supernatural theme that scared me was It Follows. To tie it back to Carpenter/Michael Meyers, a slow, unstoppable stalking thing is still really scary if done right. Take care!

@Mr_Pepperami - Good for you! My friend’s three kids are all 10 and over and he claims he’s basically a “retired” dad at this point. He says the only one left that still wants to spend time with him is the 10 year old, and the teenagers only want money and occasional advice (that they don’t follow). Enjoy the Halloween reboot/retcon/reimagine when you get a chance to see it.

@RevengeFan @Mr_Pepperami - I didn’t realize. Weird. I guess it’s a reboot of sorts then, except not rebooting all the material. I thought Carpenter was not involved in Resurrection, so I didn’t consider it canon to the series.

Edit - Danny McBride?!? Wow. Also didn’t realize this. I’m out of touch with things I like because of young kids.

@Mr_Pepperami - The new one looks so good, really excited to see it. I’m curious how they’ll handle the ending of H20 given that Michael has always been ambiguously “human” and that movie ended in such a way that it’s clearly impossible for a human to survive such a thing. I believe H20 was the last Halloween movie that Carpenter was involved in making, but all the previous Halloween movies ended in such a way that Michael was either still out there, or his injuries were possible to recover from with suspended disbelief.

For any Halloween fans who also listen to podcasts, The Ringer podcast network is in the midst of an eight part narrative exploration into the franchise, which includes interviews with Carpenter and Jamie Lee Curtis. Can’t say I’m a fan of the host, she’s slightly unbearable, but I’ve enjoyed every other aspect of it.

@onex - I will OBEY.

@Eef - Hey, thanks! His best movie in my opinion. All hail Hot Rod (RIP fella). I’ve read Roddy improvised that line, but I’m not sure if it’s true. I’d believe it though, coming from a genius promo wizard like Piper.

I’m here to play Labo piano and chew bubble gum, and I’m allllll out of bubble gum.

If you get a kick out of adults shedding tears on the internet, NSO has been a godsend. It’s a win/win situation really. If you enjoy the service, you’re in now and it only gets more valuable as games release. If you don’t enjoy the service, you can use it to justify your piracy. Now if you’ll excuse me, there’s a dead horse out front and I’m about to beat the daylights out of it.

@tudsworth - Thanks for confirming the non confirmation. I must have read what I wanted to read the last time NL posted about this collection. Definitely a lot of localization work here. I suppose it will be totally playable, but the (sparse) writing in the Kunio games has always been a highlight. Guess I’ll need to learn what symbols constitute “barf”.

Wait, I thought this was confirmed for a translation and digital distribution outside of Japan? Really disappointed if I just made that up because I wanted it to happen.

Oh man, as if I needed three more reasons to be excited about this one. What a collection!

The only thing more laughable than a “Youtuber” is a game about being a Youtuber.

Lots of good Engrish in the game descriptions this week. Very solid week for that.

I’m old, and I love old games, but I’m just not excited about this collection. I do want to try the games that have been updated to twin stick control, but I’m not sure it’s enough to get me to bite. Who am I kidding though? I’ll probably still end up talking myself into it at some point.

@Gerbwmu - Such a great game. I had hours and hours of fun with that one with my friends. One of my grade school friends always got two season tickets for our minor league hockey team every year for his birthday. He always took me to the weekend games, and our pregame ritual was Baseball Stars and River City Ransom while listening to the first House of Pain album and drinking an ice cold Coke on ice in a pint glass. So fun.

But what are the frame rates? Hidden costs? Artificial shortages? No games! Paid online! Kiddy toy!

Oof, clearly for novelty only. If you require a knife for any sort of stabbing or thrusting motion, you will hurt yourself badly. You won’t be holding a real joy con any time soon at least.

Time for a near permanent spot in the “great deals” section with a heavy discount. Seems like an online shooter needs to be free or Splatoon on Switch.

Beautiful. Love the marimba. The brief interlude into the underground theme was wonderful. Well done. Looks like an elementary classroom. If he’s a teacher, he might be the coolest music teacher ever.

@Tingle_The_Great - Everything changes, but NL used to be a lot more focused on reviews and less geared towards, “Today on Twitter...”, but I’d bet this review shows up next week. I appreciate the personal recommendation. It looks really fun.

This game looks so good. I’ve laughed every time I’ve watched the trailer on the eShop. Eagerly awaiting a NL review.

This game just jumped Pro Wrestling to become the best wrestling game on Switch, and it’s not even a wrestling game. Saving my pesos for the sequel, but if you haven’t played; man oh man is it great.

@HobbitGamer - I’m just giddy to finally see some items and dungeons I’ve never found. 32 years, and it remains the lone LOZ console game I haven’t completed. Not like this counts as completing it, but it’ll be fun to mess around with this version.

I hate surprises and I hate Nintendo games. I signed up for three NES games a month, and if Nintendo wants to continue to break their promise on delivering three games a month, well, I’ll be left with no choice but to tell the internet just how mad this makes me.

Ah yes, they both certainly do have buttons.

@kevin74 - I’m kind of at a stage where I’d almost prefer a shorter game. Aside from Zelda, I often can’t get through a long, epic anymore. To each their own though.

Yeah, but there are no games, the frame rate is unplayable, there are hidden costs of ownership, third party support isn’t there, the hardware isn’t as powerful as Sony and MS, it’s gimmicky, stock shortages, and the online service is just terrible. Stupid Nintendo!

@WiltonRoots - I’m imagining Miyamoto somberly packing up his office when an assistant walks in and asks him what’s going on and he replies that he’s been moved to the keychain division.

Really enjoyed the first two on WiiU, and those didn’t feel like particularly lengthy games, though it’s been a while. Great atmosphere and music with fun game mechanics. I’ll give it a shot if it’s priced reasonably (as the first two were). I honestly don’t care about the length of a game if it’s fun. Can always play it again. The run time of a game does not equal value to me. It just needs to be fun.

Whoa, when did Vince McMahon take over Nintendo, and does this mean we’ll get a decent wrestling game on Switch?

@TossedLlama - Don’t feel bad, it had to end sometime. Probably best it ended when it did as I’m now convinced we were on the verge of creating some kind of alternate reality where this is how people communicate. You also saved me from a loop of constantly refreshing this page.

@GrailUK - Today’s little hidden treasure on NL. Fine group of folks here. Mighty fine.

Curious if it’s just a common phrase, or if there’s a difference between arcade beat em up and beat em up?

@TossedLlama - Thanks, I had a question, but I wasn’t brave enough to break the cycle. I was kind of hoping it would get to 575th, but no big deal. Kind of wish I had done Sensible Sixth, but I like the word “scintillating”, and I was working on fifth when it posted and I panicked to get sixth in there.

Scintillating... sixth.