@JaxonH One man's junk is another man's treasure I guess. I thought most of that list was complete shaite. Haha. Thats awesome the stars aligned for you in 22 though with your personal tastes!
The Switch has been like a sports car that ripped right out of the gate roaring and burning rubber, taking names with a serious vengeance...until it simply and zealously burned through all its gas and just...stopped in an instant.
For almost a year and a half Tears of the Kingdom has been the only thing to look forward to and even that still looks meh.
Final Fantasy 2 (4) on the SNES is what made me a gamer. Because of that I started learning about Japanese culture and martial arts which led me to live and work in Japan and end up teaching martial arts. Not to mention Yoshitaka Amanos work on the series made me an artist and illustrator. Final Fantasy quite literally made me who I am today. IX was the pinnacle of the series to me and my favorite game of all time. Hoping XVI restores it to its glory days.
Can we get an update to the Grandia Collection on switch to up that frame rate?? G2 is one of my favorite RPGs of all time but the port for the collection was trash. It deserved better. How about a ground up remake? Haha
"Nomura's goofiest writing"...thats a big statement there. This dude is a circus clown franchise-ruiner on the loose that needs to be put away for a long time.
@Classic603 I said the exact same thing. They all look amazing except for the main character who looks absolutely ridiculous. Looks like an escaped circus clown with cotton candy for hair. Luckily the female version looks sliiiiightly better but not much. Lol
Having been preaching for over a decade that the Pokémon company and Game Freak need to get thier act together when it comes to development...I'm kinda taking a lot of pleasure watching this game suck so freaking hard. Lol. They truly need to give up and allow someone else to reboot the franchise properly. This is just...humiliating.
Unpopular opinion: BotW is a fantastic game, but FAR from being the best Zelda. I need a little thing called story in my RPGs. Lol
Praying TotK has some more of that.
@johnvboy Good comment. Luckily, these self defense situations are indeed rare which I'm grateful for but they do happen. But thats the difference between just owning a gun and having it locked up in the basement and actually carrying and TRAINING with it. I do have a gun ready to go in several places in my house and when I carry outside, I'm always alert for danger and locked and loaded. If a goon is suddenly coming at me whether on the street or at home I feel I'd be ready.
I'm a 20-year martial artist though so maybe my sense of defensive situations is a little higher than the average person. Haha
It only took 15 comments to turn political. Haha. Ill join! 1) This is of course very sad but the owner did the right thing to comply. Things can be replaced. Lives cannot. 2) Being in Seattle was thier first mistake. Haha. Terrible, anti-freedom leadership at the state level. 3) This is why I carry everywhere. I'm a concealed carry license holder and never go anywhere without my firearm (Taurus G2C 9mm). I pray I'll never ever have to use it but won't regret for a second if I need to defend someone or myself. Statistically speaking, criminals don't want a gunfight and often thier guns are airsoft or painted toys OR they are untrained and can't use them well. They just wanna get in and out with no trouble. If more people in the US took advantage of the 2nd Amendment and responsibly carried and trained, crime would actually go down a lot. Criminals will get guns no matter what so we may as well increase defenders everywhere as a deterent. 4) I dont know what the specific gun laws are in Seattle but here in Utah, its still the wild west. Many people carry and if someone draws a weapon on you like in a situation like this, it's considered a deadly threat and lethal force is justified.
Ok, I'm done! PS. I won't be replying to any argumentative comments. Just thought I'd leave my two cents before the comments got shut down. Haha. Hope the store owners can recover and the baddie gets caught.
As a published indie author, AI art has been a godsend. Ive been using it a lot through Midjourney and DollE 2. As long as you clarify the art is AI generated, I see it as completely ethical.
What a lot of people don't understand is that many of these AI bots don't "copy and paste" pieces of others' art. It studies the noise and patterns of other art, down to the pixels and color combinations then truly does build something new from scratch.
Obviously, if you have it make a copyrighted character or something that resembles something copyrighted, that would be a clear no-no for the same reasons it would be if a human did it.
I love how Nintendo just made me pay $7 shipping for my "free" item. Lol. Honestly, I was just happy to have ANYTHING cool to spend my points on which have just been sitting in that jar for like 2 years. Lol. Can't believe they were still available to snag!
@AstroTheGamosian I'm a big fan of the live action Mario movie too. Haha. And you're right. This needs to succeed if we want more Nintendo movies. Whether it's good or bad, I think it will be a massive smash hit simply from IP power alone.
Imagine if Nintendo movies end up being an MCU style multiverse that culminates in a Smash movie. Haha
I mean...cool and all but a pass from me being a vanilla owner. $20 is waaaay to much for an upgrade to an old release of a very old game I've played multiple times. Can't justify it at all... especially since the whole package goes on sale on Playstation for like $10 bucks all the time.
@steventonysmith Right...because I keep that database SUPER up to date...lol. Dont you have anything better to do than police an article like this? Youve got like 100 comments on here. I state a casual opinion and you go stalking my profile page? Haha
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Re: Hands On: Fire Emblem Engage Is Surprisingly Fast-Paced And Delightfully Deep
Still trying to get over the dumb joycon-head MC design. Lol
Re: Soapbox: If You Thought Last Year Was "Sad" For Switch, 2023 Might Be Hard To Handle
@JaxonH One man's junk is another man's treasure I guess. I thought most of that list was complete shaite. Haha. Thats awesome the stars aligned for you in 22 though with your personal tastes!
Re: Soapbox: If You Thought Last Year Was "Sad" For Switch, 2023 Might Be Hard To Handle
The Switch has been like a sports car that ripped right out of the gate roaring and burning rubber, taking names with a serious vengeance...until it simply and zealously burned through all its gas and just...stopped in an instant.
For almost a year and a half Tears of the Kingdom has been the only thing to look forward to and even that still looks meh.
Re: Nintendo Shares Final Day Of Festive Indie Game News And Switch eShop Shadow Drops
For a second I thought Sea of Stars was shadow dropped. I about had a heart attack!
Re: Feature: Final Fantasy's 35-Year Legacy Of Innovation - How Square Evolved A Genre On The NES & SNES
Final Fantasy 2 (4) on the SNES is what made me a gamer. Because of that I started learning about Japanese culture and martial arts which led me to live and work in Japan and end up teaching martial arts. Not to mention Yoshitaka Amanos work on the series made me an artist and illustrator. Final Fantasy quite literally made me who I am today.
IX was the pinnacle of the series to me and my favorite game of all time. Hoping XVI restores it to its glory days.
Re: Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster Collection Launches On Switch Spring 2023
PRAISE ALL THAT IS HOLY!!!
Re: Grandia Teases "Exciting Celebrations" For 25th Anniversary
Can we get an update to the Grandia Collection on switch to up that frame rate?? G2 is one of my favorite RPGs of all time but the port for the collection was trash. It deserved better. How about a ground up remake? Haha
Re: Review: Chained Echoes - One Of The Very Best RPGs Of The Year
Been watching this one for a while. May grab it soon!
Re: Review: Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion - The Series' Goofiest Writing Returns In A Thrilling Remaster
@New-Moonbeam Lol nah just murdered my childhood.
Also...respect for the Rinoa pic!
Re: Final Fantasy 1 To 6 Have Been Rated For Nintendo Switch By The ESRB
HOLY CRAP. This is amazing news! Please be true and please be soon!
Re: Review: Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion - Nomura’s Goofiest Writing Returns In A Thrilling Remaster
"Nomura's goofiest writing"...thats a big statement there. This dude is a circus clown franchise-ruiner on the loose that needs to be put away for a long time.
Re: Class-Action Lawsuit Claims Epic Games Knowingly Made Fortnite "Very, Very Addictive"
BAHAHHAHA! This is so ridiculous! Sounds to me like a parenting problem, not a Fortnite problem. Lol
Re: Anniversary: Super Famicom Favourite 'Final Fantasy V' Is 30 Years Old
My childhood!
Very underrated game in desperate need of a remake along with its brother FF6.
Re: Mario Movie Posters Appear To Have Leaked Online, First Look At Peach & More
Looks amazing!
Re: Feature: 30 Changes We'd Like To See In The Next Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Update
Hahaha. This entire article's existence is hilarious. It could be summed up as: what we want from pokemon: don't suck in every way. Lol
Its like having a list of all the things I would change about my cat so its a dog. Just go buy a dog (AKA a game that just doesn't suck). 😆
Re: Random: The Funniest Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Glitches We've Seen So Far
@johnvboy Sadly...you're 100% correct.
Re: Fire Emblem Engage Introduces Two New Characters
@Classic603 I said the exact same thing. They all look amazing except for the main character who looks absolutely ridiculous. Looks like an escaped circus clown with cotton candy for hair. Luckily the female version looks sliiiiightly better but not much. Lol
Re: Random: The Funniest Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Glitches We've Seen So Far
Having been preaching for over a decade that the Pokémon company and Game Freak need to get thier act together when it comes to development...I'm kinda taking a lot of pleasure watching this game suck so freaking hard. Lol. They truly need to give up and allow someone else to reboot the franchise properly. This is just...humiliating.
Re: Random: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's Body-Horror Glitches Are Going Viral
Hahaha. The pokemon company has sucked at making games for years and years but this takes the cake. They seriously need to give up. Lol
Re: Review: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet - An Open-World Poké Playground Full Of Promise (And Tech Issues)
I feel like this series ran its course ten years ago. Time to retire. Lol
Re: Poll: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Is Almost Here, So Have You Completed BOTW Yet?
Unpopular opinion: BotW is a fantastic game, but FAR from being the best Zelda. I need a little thing called story in my RPGs. Lol
Praying TotK has some more of that.
Re: Surprise! A Free Mario Strikers Switch Demo Is Now Available On The eShop
Me and the kids will try it!
Re: Review: Resident Evil Village Cloud - A Solid Streaming Version For Switch Owners
@OldManHermit Bless you for this.
Re: Famous Seattle Retro Gaming Store Has Been Hit By Armed Robbery
@Brad_Hogan This was definitely a mostly peaceful robbery. No harm no foul. 🤣 😂
Re: Famous Seattle Retro Gaming Store Has Been Hit By Armed Robbery
@PARK1755 Amen to that! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
Re: Famous Seattle Retro Gaming Store Has Been Hit By Armed Robbery
@PARK1755 I like your optimistic attitude.
Re: Famous Seattle Retro Gaming Store Has Been Hit By Armed Robbery
@johnvboy Good comment. Luckily, these self defense situations are indeed rare which I'm grateful for but they do happen. But thats the difference between just owning a gun and having it locked up in the basement and actually carrying and TRAINING with it. I do have a gun ready to go in several places in my house and when I carry outside, I'm always alert for danger and locked and loaded. If a goon is suddenly coming at me whether on the street or at home I feel I'd be ready.
I'm a 20-year martial artist though so maybe my sense of defensive situations is a little higher than the average person. Haha
Re: Famous Seattle Retro Gaming Store Has Been Hit By Armed Robbery
@JayJ I'm so grateful for people like you who have thier head on straight. Lol
Re: Famous Seattle Retro Gaming Store Has Been Hit By Armed Robbery
It only took 15 comments to turn political. Haha. Ill join!
1) This is of course very sad but the owner did the right thing to comply. Things can be replaced. Lives cannot.
2) Being in Seattle was thier first mistake. Haha. Terrible, anti-freedom leadership at the state level.
3) This is why I carry everywhere. I'm a concealed carry license holder and never go anywhere without my firearm (Taurus G2C 9mm). I pray I'll never ever have to use it but won't regret for a second if I need to defend someone or myself. Statistically speaking, criminals don't want a gunfight and often thier guns are airsoft or painted toys OR they are untrained and can't use them well. They just wanna get in and out with no trouble. If more people in the US took advantage of the 2nd Amendment and responsibly carried and trained, crime would actually go down a lot. Criminals will get guns no matter what so we may as well increase defenders everywhere as a deterent.
4) I dont know what the specific gun laws are in Seattle but here in Utah, its still the wild west. Many people carry and if someone draws a weapon on you like in a situation like this, it's considered a deadly threat and lethal force is justified.
Ok, I'm done!
PS. I won't be replying to any argumentative comments. Just thought I'd leave my two cents before the comments got shut down. Haha.
Hope the store owners can recover and the baddie gets caught.
Re: Feature: How Do Game Developers And Artists Feel About The Rise Of AI Art?
As a published indie author, AI art has been a godsend. Ive been using it a lot through Midjourney and DollE 2. As long as you clarify the art is AI generated, I see it as completely ethical.
What a lot of people don't understand is that many of these AI bots don't "copy and paste" pieces of others' art. It studies the noise and patterns of other art, down to the pixels and color combinations then truly does build something new from scratch.
Obviously, if you have it make a copyrighted character or something that resembles something copyrighted, that would be a clear no-no for the same reasons it would be if a human did it.
Re: Bayonetta's New Voice Actor Jennifer Hale Issues Statement About Bayonetta 3
So now she's backpeddling? This is why you don't go to social media when you're emotionally compromised and post in the heat of the moment.
Re: Review: Mario + Rabbids Sparks Of Hope - Creativity Trumps Challenge In This Delightful, Divergent Sequel
Really enjoyed the first one but will probably skip this. Kind of a one and done thing for me.
Re: Capcom Begins Mega Man's 35th Anniversary Celebrations With Logo Reveal
JUST GIVE ME MEGAMAN LEGENDS ON SWITCH! One of my favorite games of all time and it's literally stuck on PS1.
Re: Mortal Kombat Celebrates 30 Years Of Fatalities, Friendships And Flawless Victories
@90sRetroGaming I would pay an unholy amount of money for that Kollection! Haha
Re: Mortal Kombat Celebrates 30 Years Of Fatalities, Friendships And Flawless Victories
That was awesome! MK 1, 2, and 3 on arKades and SNES plus the 90s movie were HUGE parts of my childhood. Also...HOW IS THIS SERIES 30 YEARS OLD? lol 😭
Can the Klassic ones come to Switch now for the anniversary? Haha
Re: Nintendo Restocks Metroid Dread Holographic Poster Set Reward (US)
I love how Nintendo just made me pay $7 shipping for my "free" item. Lol. Honestly, I was just happy to have ANYTHING cool to spend my points on which have just been sitting in that jar for like 2 years. Lol.
Can't believe they were still available to snag!
Re: Everything We Know About The Super Mario Movie From The Teaser Poster
@AstroTheGamosian I'm a big fan of the live action Mario movie too. Haha. And you're right. This needs to succeed if we want more Nintendo movies. Whether it's good or bad, I think it will be a massive smash hit simply from IP power alone.
Imagine if Nintendo movies end up being an MCU style multiverse that culminates in a Smash movie. Haha
Re: Everything We Know About The Super Mario Movie From The Teaser Poster
SO BEYOND EXCITED FOR THIS.
Re: Random: There's Something Missing From The Mario Movie Poster, And The Internet Has Noticed
People need hobbies. Lol
Re: Overwatch 2 Servers Hit By "Mass DDoS Attack" On Launch Day
Blizzard is at the point as a company where they just need to admit they had a good run but its time to cut thier losses and close thier doors.
Re: Nintendo Announces A Special Direct Presentation For Super Mario Bros. Movie
So exciteeeeed!
Re: Random: Chris Pratt Is Mario In This Unreal Engine Super Mario Bros. Remake
Never thought the Mario movie would look like this. Awesome trailer!
Re: Surprise! Skyrim Anniversary Edition Is Out Now On The Switch eShop
I mean...cool and all but a pass from me being a vanilla owner. $20 is waaaay to much for an upgrade to an old release of a very old game I've played multiple times. Can't justify it at all... especially since the whole package goes on sale on Playstation for like $10 bucks all the time.
Re: Illumination's Super Mario Movie Reconfirms Release Date, Teaser Coming Next Month
I'm really excited to see what they do.
Re: Nintendo Infographic Shows Every Title Featured In September's Direct
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Re: Talking Point: What On Earth Is Going On With Square Enix?
...but where's Chrono Trigger? Sorry/not sorry to be that guy. Lol
Re: Nintendo Infographic Shows Every Title Featured In September's Direct
@steventonysmith Right...because I keep that database SUPER up to date...lol.
Dont you have anything better to do than police an article like this? Youve got like 100 comments on here. I state a casual opinion and you go stalking my profile page? Haha
Re: Nintendo Infographic Shows Every Title Featured In September's Direct
Pretty darn weak line up from my personal perspective.
Re: The New Fire Emblem Hero Was Created By A VTuber Designer
One of the worst character designs of all time. Right up there with Rex and Tidus.