kurtasbestos

kurtasbestos

It's funny because it's poisonous!

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Re: Anniversary: The First Handheld 'Contra' Is 35 Years Old Today

kurtasbestos

I never owned an NES as a kid. I had a friend who had one, though, and every time we hung out he'd be like "let's go play outside!" and I'd be like "shut up, you have a NES - let's play Contra!!!" and he always caved to my pressure. But then I got a Game Boy and this game and then I didn't need him any more! Dang... sorry childhood friend who's name I don't remember. I was kind of a jerk. Let's not discuss how I also made you let me play Zelda.

Side note: Oh man I wish they'd make DLC (Physical Content... PC??) of this game for the LEGO Game Boy.

Re: Opinion: Wishlisting Games On Switch eShop Is A Game In Itself

kurtasbestos

@OHB123 About an Elf is pretty good. My blurb about it showed up in one of those "games we missed" articles on Nintendo Life!

Personally, I have a ton of games in my wish list that "I'm totally going to buy when it goes on sale!" Then it goes on sale and I don't buy it because I have too many other games. But sometimes I do! I just can't bear to delete the games that I know I never will buy, sale or not, because for whatever reason, they EARNED their spot on my wish list.

Re: Mailbox: Ninty Getting Its Freak On, Area Codes, The 'Discourse' - Nintendo Life Letters

kurtasbestos

I also like the change from "we" to "I". Also, "Wii" to "me". I think. Imagining the entire staff playing a game and coming to a consensus, then having a single person write the review always seemed a little unrealistic. On a semi-related note, my horri... uhhh... misguided child watches videos of people playing games on the YouTubes (side note: I hate when he does that and I BEG him to just play games himself) and it always irritates me when the person playing says "we" instead of "me". Like, "oh, we just barely made that jump!" instead of "oh, me just barely made that jump!" Annoying.

Re: Opinion: Upgraded For Switch 2, ARMS Deserves A Second Shot At Greatness

kurtasbestos

I decided to give Splatoon on WiiU a chance even though I don't like shooters, and it turned out I didn't like it. So when Switch rolled around, I decided to give this game a chance even though I don't especially like fighting games, and... holy crap I loved it. It's probably the only game I've ever played online (granted, there aren't a ton of those for me) where I felt like I was actually GOOD. So yes, I will gladly play it with fancier specs on Switch 2, and I will impatiently await ARMS 2.

Re: Opinion: Switch's Secret Best Couch Multiplayer Game Won't Be Playable On Switch 2

kurtasbestos

I found the VR Labo on sale for dirt cheap a few years back but never put it together for fear of ruining my child's eyes. Well, it sounds like it's time to get started ruining!

Side note: I seriously regret not buying the other Labo sets when I saw them on sale, too. On the other hand, both my backlog and the "graveyard of unfinished projects" room in my house are probably okay with that.

Re: Talking Point: What Are You Playing This Weekend? (19th April)

kurtasbestos

I finished Echoes of Wisdom recently (100% and everything!) and I decided I'm going to try to finish off some of the smaller games in my backlog before I play Xenoblade X or one of the other RPGs I desperately want to play but have been avoiding. So I chose Patrick's Parabox, and... it hurts my brain. But in a good way. Still, I don't want to look up solutions and each level is starting to take a long time to figure out. Maybe I should have just played an RPG.

Re: Poll: What's The Best Xenoblade Game? Rate Your Favourite For Our Upcoming Ranking

kurtasbestos

I gave them all 10s. They're all fantastic games but in their own ways. If I was going to try to rank them strictly by how much I enjoyed them, though, then it would probably be:
1 → X → 3 → 2
The ridiculous thing is that I own all three versions of 1 and I've STILL never actually seen the ending. Which reminds me, I should probably finish 3, too. Also all of those DLC things.

Re: How Well Do You Know The Nintendo DS?

kurtasbestos

I thought that would be relatively easy since I own 4 DSsses, but I think the problem is that they're all DSis. DSies? DSiusses? I bet the REAL reason I didn't do all that well in the quiz is because I don't know how to pluralize "DS".

Re: Talking Point: What Would Be The Ideal Way To Play DS Games On 'Switch 2'?

kurtasbestos

I keep having fantasies about a dual-screened Switch 2, because man oh jeez I would love a DSwitch. I don't even care about playing DS games on it. I mean, there are SO MANY DS games that I loved, but I already have enough games to play without replying the old ones, and I would love to have new games in a dual-screen format. If there's some way to play handheld+TV like WiiU, only less annoying... then holy crap I'll buy 11 of them day 1. Or, more realistically, 1 of them on day 11.

Re: Opinion: Chrono Trigger Isn't The Only Great Time-Travel RPG On DS

kurtasbestos

I absolutely loved this game, and still get some of the music stuck in my head from time to time. Then I bought the limited edition on 3DS and never finished it because I was letdown by the various changes they made (we've got a strong female character... let's make her sexy this time!)(no stereoscopic 3D even though it doesn't seem like it would have been hard to implement!)(gacha items!)(it's all in Japanese! ...no wait, that was just me being lazy because I can read Japanese but I'd rather not if I don't have to). At least I got a cool artbook! ...with sexy pictures of the characters that don't fit the near-apocalyptic mood of the game. Still... I'd love to give this game another go and will definitely buy it again the next time it gets remade.