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Re: Soapbox: The Switch Online Expansion Pack Is Great Value – If You Love Animal Crossing

k8sMum

I got the single plan. I've paid for a year, of course, and at the end of that time I will re-evaluate and see if Nintendo comes thru with enough N 64 games that I want to play and if the emulation improves. If so, I'll subscribe again. If not, I'll drop it and buy the AC dlc.

Nintendo is always going to do what they want. Many of their decisions seem to make no sense. There are threads on NL telling people that buying this is making it so Ninty won't change their ways. I've got news for them: I've been playing their games since the NES days and nothing we do or don't do will make a difference. Nothing. Right or wrong Ninty is going to keep being Ninty. It's not my job to take a stand on something I don't agree with.

We're being told we're stupid, fools and worse for deciding how to spend our money. I'm a little old widow woman. Money is not to be squandered, but in western NY the winters are long and dark. I'm satisfied with my purchase which is the only thing that should matter, to me or anyone else.

In today's world there are lots of mountains to die on. This ain't one of them.

Re: Talking Point: Are You Preparing Your Island For The Animal Crossing: New Horizons Update?

k8sMum

@rjejr
Good luck with that! You 're a brave man. Plus I'm sure there are some great Chinese restaurants near you.

I restarted my game a week before I knew about the update. It just wasn't fun anymore. I'd put a lot of work over many hours into that island, but it wasn't a shrine. I've really enjoyed the experience of doing it with the orange airport which got me the white street lamps I lusted after and the ironwood recipes. I just got the attic for my home. I have Amiibo cards for Marshall, Fauna and Lolly.

The main downside for me is eventually having to beg for fruits and flowers I don't have. I' m looking forward to the DLC and the Haapy Home Paradise..

Re: Review: Baldo: The Guardian Owls - Exquisite Ghibli-Esque Art Can't Hide Tortuous Gameplay

k8sMum

I agree with most that the review says, yet I like the game. I can't really explain it, I enjoy playing it. It gets frustrating as hell, but nevertheless.

A simple fix would be to start you off with 5 hearts from the beginning and have a couple items that would replenish hearts. It does have a learning curve for getting thru and, yes: sometimes you die unfairly. I've had to use the internet a couple of times because the way forward is often just bloody impossible to figure out til you've done it.

I don't regret buying Baldo and recognise that it's not for everyone. It could be so much better but, as I said, I like it.

Re: Random: Don't Worry About Masahiro Sakurai's Health, He's "Okay" Right Now

k8sMum

@Heavyarms55
I'm afraid we now live in a world where everything is considered news. I have a deep seated antipathy toward reality TV shows, but they fit with the notion that everything in one's life is newsworthy. When people get massive amounts of hits showing themselves eating a hamburger something is screwy. But, that's just mho.

Re: Soapbox: Spin-Offs Can Be A Way In Rather Than A Sell-Out

k8sMum

I'm not sure of the point of this article. I'm a veteran gamer and I've never known anyone who automatically thought spin offs were lazy or any other of the negatives used. Games are, to different people, good and worth the time or not.

I'm not into Pokemon so I can't speak to them, but Dragon Quest Buiders, especially 2, are great. The only similarity to Minecraft is the use of squares in the terraforming.

It feels like the author got an assignment and just had to write a certain number of words to fill it.

Re: Daisy Fans Aren't Happy With The New Mario Golf: Super Rush Update

k8sMum

@HamatoYoshi said: "Basically if anything offends anyone in this day and age it has to go. It’s a sad state of affairs that the world we live in is turning into a generation of snowflakes who pretend to be offended by the slightest thing."

Ah, but it becomes like Ouroborus ie people become offended by people taking offence. Are they snowflakes as well? Are they pretending offence? Is this a slight thing?

I find the concept interesting.

Re: Feature: Remembering Robin Williams On What Would Have Been His 70th Birthday

k8sMum

Robin Williams was misdiagnosed with Parkinsons and medicated for that. The meds are very harmful when given thru error. What he really had was Lewy Body Dementia. It affected his mind, his memory and his body movements. His wife has said that he was in terrible physical pain.

As in the movie Beginnings he was probably aware of what he was losing.

I won't judge the decision he made to end his life. With all the joy he gave the world he deserved peace, however he found it.

Re: Random: Zelda: Breath Of The Wild Player Beats Game Without Stepping In The Same Spot Twice

k8sMum

@Bret

"everest
@everestpipkin
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Jul 14, 2021
Replying to @everestpipkin
i wasn't playing emulated, so i couldn't use save states. and it turns out that when you load from an old save it remembers the path you took before, and silently pushes it to the map the next time the memory resets; sleeping, dying, blood moons (?), cutscenes (??)"

There is no way to know if this is an issue from the tweet. I asked a sincere question. The person uses the personal pronoun "I".

You seem to be the one putting restrictions on them.