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@canaryfarmer @FlyingPoliceBox The Contra Collection emulation on arcade Contra and Super Contra isn’t as accurate, as far as I know. (Unless they patched them at some point) For whatever reason it was omitted in the Anniversary collection, the Arcade Archives release of Super Contra restores the voiceovers in the attract mode.

Hideki Kamiya noticed this as well:

https://twitter.com/hidekikamiya_x/status/1747688836040450270?s=46&t=RwAO7MmFOpWfd1iIOEYYYg

I’m a stickler for supporting the versions of games that are most accurate to their originals. So I don’t mind double dipping on this with the ACA version, since they basically do their own fresh ROM dumps straight from authentic boards. That way, they may even catch and fix errors, like in Contra. They’ve essentially caught a long-standing error in MAME emulation where the rolling barrels in the 3D sections would always seem to roll to the right in emulation. It turns out that there was a coprocessor that has never been emulated before that was handling that. The Collection has barrels rolling to the right and ACA has them correctly rolling in perspective. So Arcade Archives Contra was more accurate than M2’s Collection. On top of that, I noticed the sound was more fuller in ACA, and the Collection lags hard in the 1st level right before the fortress if you have the Spread gun and are mashing the button, which people will do.

@PKDuckman Double Dragon was a movie tie-in so we’d be waiting forever for Universal for permission. And funny thing about Gowcaiser is Masami Obari, the character designer and owner of the IP, stated in a post on Twitter that he is cool with seeing the game released on ACA but wonders why it hasn’t happened yet. (hopefully it’s not due to some long-reaching distribution rights issue from the States or somewhere) Someone should really get him and the HAMSTER guys to sit down and hammer out an agreement.

I still can’t make 2 watermelons

@Croctopus Frostyfest is the weekend of January 13–15 according to the SplatoonJP account.

Theme is a spin on the Family/Friends theme which is now “When you have a day off, do you have fun with friends, relax with family, or relax by yourself?”

He probably doesn’t want to see things evolve to Kaizo Zelda dungeons. Though, that does sound very chaotic and appealing to watch to me.

I totally don’t expect it since it’s on a separate sale from the rest of the catalog but it’d be awesome if Steve Jackson’s Sorcery! ended up as one of the free games. (Every other likely free game candidate, and then some, is currently $1.99 if you check out the publisher page)

@Vyacheslav333 Oh yeah, the Special stocks make Hunter way more manageable. It’s the first and last game Capcom let you build up to 9 stocks, Lol. I’ve only beaten both games with Felicia and Morrigan. And the last character I picked up from Vampire the Night Warriors, before the cabinet got swapped out at my college, was Victor. By the time Savior came out I was too busy with MvC 1, KoF 98, and Soul Calibur. By the time I got around to it, everyone was already way ahead in their tech and I got stomped on, Lol.

Guilty Gear is a series I always wanted to try out. I have XX Reload on original Xbox(?), original GG on Switch and Xrd on Steam. If I only consider gameplay I believe Xrd may be a decent starting point but I hear Strive might be easier to get into. Is that right?

Maze Craze! Otherwise known as how to keep 4-year-old me occupied and in one place at Sears for a couple hours.

@andyg1412 Same here. I didn’t like that I couldn’t update one of my Switches to play 60FPS Tempest 2000 because it would mean losing Warbirds (as much as it’s already worn out its welcome for me but that’s besides the point).

@Vyacheslav333 I mean, I don’t know anything about Persona but it sounds like one version existing makes the other one redundant. Like Vampire Hunter makes Night Warriors redundant since it is now rendered incomplete due to lore added in the update (and new game mechanics aside). A similar situation with Fatal Fury 2/Fatal Fury Special and Breakers/Breaker’s Revenge. But say, for example, Hunter retconned some of the story in Warriors, then yeah, I’d call it non-canonical at that point.

Warbirds is back, featured in a trailer for the update, even. And a bunch of 2600 titles, with some homebrew, too.

@Vyacheslav333 Wait, Vampire Hunter is an update of Night Warriors. The “SFII Championship Edition” of Darkstalkers, essentially, because the bosses were playable (and Donovan and Hsien-ko/Lei Lei). That doesn’t make Night Warriors non-canon, just expanded via arcade update kits. And yeah that’s what I meant, taking the same CPS hardware and bumping up the storage and restricting colors to allow for an increased amount of frames per character. That shift to anime-stylized characters made Night Warriors the prototype for X-Men:CotA and Street Fighter Alpha, and basically all of their 2D fighters, up to the end of the CPS2 and beyond.

Funny enough, I spent more time with Night Warriors than Vampire Hunter because we a had Night Warriors cabinet in my college cafeteria, and I’d try to beat it in under $1 every morning. (Pyron was so cheap, Lol) Most places where I saw Night Warriors didn’t get the Vampire Hunter update, though. I only saw that in 2 arcades. Instead, they replaced it with either X-Men, Marvel Super Heroes, or Alpha, because that’s where the money was.

And yes, the CPS2 and NEOGEO platforms basically stayed the same, respectively. Later NEOGEO games blew past their 330Mb spec limit when they started to bank switch their ROMs (the “GIGA POWER” era)

Luckily, I can still play Warbirds on my original Switch because I didn’t download the update there. Then again, I once owned the game on Lynx and I find it to be a bit dull and barebones. It’s novel considering the hardware. But it doesn’t have legs unless you’re able to play local multiplayer. I can’t wait to see what the new games are when I update it on my OLED. (Fingers crossed for Arch-Rivals and Battlecars)

@sixrings We literally just got (sigh) Salmonid Smokeyard this past season. And we’re getting a new King, the new specials, and QoL improvements (knowing the which King it is and starting from a higher EVP than 40). We’ll get Ark Polaris eventually. (Maybe after a NEW map) What more do you want? Lost Outpost? It’s only been a year!

@Vyacheslav333 They’re $2 each. I don’t see anything wrong there for 2 game collections that gather like 90% of Capcom’s 2D arcade history together. Though SFII is kinda borderline, considering all the iterations, but to me it’s amazing to see how far the hardware evolved in the 3 years between SFII and Darkstalkers 1. Between Super Turbo and Darkstalkers, even.

Added a feature that displays information such as changes in the tides of battle in graph form when watching a battle replay.
This can be displayed by pressing the R Button while watching a battle replay.

This might be some interesting revealing info about what happened to make a particular battle turn south. (My guess is that happens whenever I get picked off, Lol)

@dew12333 It’s no surprise, Nintendo always treated it as a service game since they intended it to be a competitive eSports title since the first game. Only with 3 they’ve committed to releasing content through a season format instead of randomly or through major point updates. I think the push for faster content updates in 2 may be in part due to the team having to splinter off to work on Animal Crossing afterwards (Splatoon 2 2017 -> Animal Crossing 2020). And when most of the AC content was dealt out. The team came back to develop Splatoon 3 but also gave us treats in the form of the 4 special post-Final Fest Splatfests.

Top Hat and monocle and showing off with the ‘You’re Welcome’ I already use, SOLD! (We do need more pants/bottoms selections though)

GGs Handshakes. Fist Bumpers weren’t bumping enough, this time around. Too focused on inking, I feel. There were battles where I’d be charging in, Hug or Handshake would be charging in, I’d look around or check the map, and the rest of the team is still painting spawn. Like, really?! We still doing this in “Pro”? Who says the popularity curse isn’t a thing anymore? It was definitely out on full display this weekend! I guess all the x100’s and x333’s were coming from Open? Ended up with the lowest clout I’ve ever had for roughly 3 and 1/2 hours of Splatfest time 25,000 in “Pro” and 15,000 in Tricolor (amazingly from one of 2 actual tricolors fought against the other teams). My Splatfest power was so low I started seeing Squid/Octo parties again. Sigh.

They should award points for gold medals, so even in mirrors it won’t be a total waste of time. What’s the point of #1 Overall Splatter, Enemy Splatter, Enemy Base Inker, Home Base Inker, Defender, etc. in Splatfests/Turf if it doesn’t convert to some points like they do in Ranked Battles?

@RenanKJ It was safe to start when it came out, it sold like 3 and a half million on opening weekend with a total 8 Million in its first month. Not sure how many concurrent players there are but it’s generally seconds to get into another Turf War battle, seconds to a minute for lower rank Ranked battle, seconds to 2 minutes for rank S and above, X battle…sometimes you want to watch youtube or something while waiting in the queue, but that’s been like that since 2 (the time of day matters, too).

Also, support as in new maps and weapons should be guaranteed until this time next year. Splatoon 2 went beyond 2 years because of the Special Splatfests past the Final Fest. So we may see something similar. And some weapons will get a 3rd version, like Sheldon’s picks in Splat1 and the Toni Kensa weapons in Splat2. I hope that all weapons will get a 3rd version this time around. Just because new weaopns, maps, and gear stop coming out doesn’t mean the game dies instantly. There’s still balance patches and Nintendo still holds their national tournaments in Japan so the game will still be alive for a couple years past the end of content updates.

Honestly, the best time to enjoy a game with live services is when it’s active and has people playing. And while Nintendo’s online my range from great down to dubious quality depending who you ask, they like to keep their online gaming running longer than many others would pull the plug. Put it this way, Splatoon 1 is still up! It’ll end up being 8 years and 10 months online before shutting down.

Got Shiver and Frye a day early from Best Buy and they look fantastic. Good use of air-paks in the box as well. And just got my notif for Big Man’s delivery. I’m just praying they’re not in a bubble mailer. All six could have fit in the box they sent but Big Man may have been delayed slightly on Best Buy’s end and they shipped the others first.

Got my preorders in for 2 sets the day when it went up. Hope the ship to home takes care of me better with a nice box because store pickup did me dirty with the bent backing cards on my Pyra/Mythra amiibo.

@Cheez I was about to say you probably don’t play Splatoon, because there have been literal giant amiibo figure bubble packs in the plaza of every game where your amiibo materializes in when you tap it. You can even walk behind it and see all the usual graphics (Nintendo seal, a hand holding the Mario amiibo, pics of the 3DS/WiiU and Switch, etc) and fine print.

LaD out there really pushing out consoles. I respect that. I need to pick it up myself so I can finally play some Daytona 2 Power Edition at home!

Excited for more Harmony and Chirpy Chips! And Bluefin Depot with expanded spawn area and lifts! I hope they kept the drawbridge ramps in the middle. (EDIT: I just caught it, they have asymmetrical ramp placement this time around)

I’m on Team “terse nod”, as the Splatoon NA account bemoans the lack of (a quick nod at a friend or acquaintance, usually paired with a, “Hey” or, “ ‘sup”). But I guess I’ll go with the greeting with the minimum amount of contact, Team Fistbump. Hey, fistbumping’s in the game so it’s a natural pick!

I hope it’s not secretly a hand warmer for those cold winter handheld gaming sessions, Lol. It’s nice that it came in under the price of the 1TB when that was new. I might try to hold out longer for a 1TB sale as I don’t quite need that much, but 1TB would let me install some bigger games that I’ve had archived for a while.

@KingMike I hope so. I wouldn’t want to wait 70 years for a centennial edition, Lol.

If it runs well, I’ll pick it up. Then I’ll see how my Mayflash adapter holds up on the combo trials.

@Zanzox Somebody should have told Data East he was invincible because he was astoundingly squishy in that old arcade game. If anything, Robocop could’ve done well as a SEGA Virtua Cop/Confidential Mission derivative light gun arcade game. Pacify situations, rescue civilians, bonus shooting challenges, driving stages, “Justice Shots” (disarming shots) are already part of the game mechanics, big boss fights with ED-209 and Cain, the IP would be perfect for that!

@EllaTheQueen6 It does kinda look like Sora, also. But it’s Calli, and the new song is called, “Sneaking”

I’ll call the Mahi Mahi update the ‘Little Block Update’ with all the little 1x1 blocks they added to the ranked modes.Also interesting is the little wall they added to the side ramps leading up to the checkpoint/clam basket in Rainmaker/Clam Blitz. My gripes so far is that with the expanded spawn area they made defending the basket in Clam Blitz a little harder because of the extra travel time, and the ‘limited-use left flank from spawn’ of Tower Control. Other than that a it’s a decent improvement. Old Mahi Mahi is gone, we’re just using the same pool.

The silhouette literally looks like Calli with a headband, I’d be surprised if it was someone else. Pekora would also be a decent choice since as her MGS3 streams were RT’ed and screenshots of gameplay were posted by Kojima himself.

Nintendo’s own video taken down for music rights? Oh, how the turn tables!

Aspyr literally pulled a “I have altered the deal. Pray I do not alter it any further”

@HeadPirate I thought Off the Hook was on tour showcasing some new talent they scouted, Damp Socks, explaining somewhat why they’re not present in 3. This was before Splatoon 3 came out, when a preview of Candy Coated Rocks was posted on Twitter. In hindsight, the “tour” might be their cover for their operations with Agent 8. I see the official site says it’s an alternate reality, but is it a running theory that it’s actually reality or confirmed true?

Either way I think it’s cool that the color chips affect 8’s own colors and gradients. The console palette and sliders reminds me of a color picker palette from a graphics app mixed with a DJ sound board. And that there’s always darkness behind the scenes in Splatoon lore that folks who only see Splatoon as a colorful Nintendo squid game will never fully grasp.

I’m still under the impression that this is a prologue to Splatoon 2. Maybe when Pearl was exploring the ruins under her backyard (with a drone, now) and met Marina and helped her escape. It’s looking great either way! I can’t wait!

There is a way to fix the one-sided issue, the matchmaker could offer more x100/x333 opportunities to the under-represented teams. After that it’s up to those teams to win those matches en masse to sway the results. Easier said than done, of course.

EDIT: Also, there should be more ways to earn Clout per battle, even for the losing team. The game still awards gold and silver medal titles at the end for #1Turf Inker, #1 Overall Splatter, Enemy Base Inker, etc., just like in Anarchy/Ranked. Players should be able to earn extra Clout based on battle performance so everyone at least gets some points.

@Ryu_Niiyama If we get a 4 on the next gen, I’m hoping for better ink physics. Puddling, drippyness from higher to lower platforms and downhill, actual mist and smoke, directional splatters from higher pressure weapons and heavier projectiles, players that get splatted also cover walls, deflected shots off of inflatable barriers, uninkable surfaces, or brella canopies that disperse and cause a tiny amount of splash damage, etc. Oh, and smoke bombs (think ink storm, but on the ground) That’ll get me back for sure.

GGs to Team Shiver, my Fryemates (Pros, especially) and pain in the tail Big Man I managed to play more than usual and got to Ruler +1, and quite comfortably this time. My WR was my best so far at the end with 31 and 17 out of 50 latest battles with a couple draws. My first time since Splatoon 2 where I played more than 50 battles in a single Splatfest. But I only got 2 x10s and 1 x100, so basically the same as last time even though they said that there were supposed to be “more” x battles. I didn’t go completely mirrorless as I thought, though, with only one mirror Tricolor at the crack of dawn on Sunday. Crazy for only 17% popular vote. I thought, “cool, maybe they’ll take things eas-“ Nope! Everyone was still in sweaty mode, LOL! I liked seeing the previous Tricolor maps return, including the Scorch Gorge/Zelda. Some even had tweaks to the layout, if I recall, though some could have used more fine tuning (Eeltail and Barnacle, specifically). I’m hoping to see Shipshape Cargo as the next Tricolor map, mostly because I don’t want to see Crableg as the next Tricolor, which is more likely to happen. Altogether it’s been fun, as long as we don’t lose our heads and take it too seriously. I’m fine with getting 3 less Super Sea Snails.

Banger as usual. Their dynamic is starting to grow on me.

@Nintoz Right? At some point I want to get the CDs but official streaming would be great. Oh, well, off to playlists on YT, again.

@Yalloo They use real vocals with a voice filter since the first game. It’s gibberish language based on Japanese syllables, and they read from that. Music mixes real instruments with chiptunes, synths, and effects.

https://youtu.be/_hn4TuF6-xs?si=wDKkJLer4u6dmzBS

“””””no impact on the gaming experience“”””””

Did I use enough quotation marks? Should I put more?

Oh, well that’s a roundabout way of saying XCX Remake Complete Ultimate Edition because what we played so far was just Act I (of 2) and there’s like 6 more chapters! Right? RIGHT?

(Think along the lines of aLttP’s world of darkness or the 2nd half of Final Fantasy VI)

I guess the final Final Fest is going to be Deep Cut vs. Off the Hook vs. Squid Sisters then?

After almost a year and finally a Machine variant, the Sloshing Machine Neo! Looks like I can finally take part in the Too Many Trizookas challenge if it comes around again. I’d also be able to join the Opening Gambit gang with the point sensor, oh yes!

@Yosher From what I can tell, it looks like a high damage/short range splatling. Like a short range Hydra, very deadly.

Just say no to mirror matches, go Team Frye!

GGs to Love and to Money for the win. And also to my fellow Fame Pros for generating a healthy amount of clout with one of the highest spreads for the Pro category that I’ve seen to date. Too bad I couldn’t deliver the wins I wanted. However, I finally got into, and won, my first x100! So I was able to help Fame get some points at least. But also too bad it was the last battle before Splatfest finished and I didn’t get to go on top of the floats for screenshots. That x100, plus three x10’s, the most special battles I’ve had so far in Splatoon 3, helps out my theory that underdog team picking gives better chances on getting those special battles. Oh, and of course, few to no mirror matches.

Lastly, the Eeltail layout for Defenders was way worse than Sturgeon Shipyard. It came complete with a pit (low ground) and only slightly walled off on one side (left side of the pit) leaving the right side and center perfect for ambushes from attackers on the right, and barely any exclusive turf for defenders, while Attackers had fields of turf to keep and charge specials in. Seriously, who thought this was ok?

@Fizza Then I could probably have used you on my teams as most of my team mates were likely deep into the favorite idol Splatfest pick with Frye. So much so that wet paper bags stood a chance against them, I wish I was kidding.

@Vortexeo You can always look back on historical figures, inventors, military heroes, and world record holders. You can be famous for doing things without necessarily being rich.

@Croctopus They’ve made some items available since Splatoon 1 through the Nintendo online store and NintendoNY retail location. Right now there are the basic Octo and Squid tees and the black Tentatek Squid Eye tee with wristband on the Nintendo online store. And not to forget that Final Fest and Mario 35th (Mushroom/Starman), and recently Zelda triforce shirts have also been available.

This is looking real good! Can’t get enough of the animations environments.

Riki, oh! The story of Riki (that was bad, I’ll see myself out 😉)

The QR code is the same between the one NoA and NoE sent out (and JP presumably) so you can only get one pair of random titles from this offer.

@Inkless What a coincidence, I got “Inkless” recently, Lol. I’m hoping to get Sloshing Machine User at some point so my title will be complete. (currently “Inkless Tower Control Legend”)

@LinktotheFuture @KevynOnVideo I like small fiery Mario because it at least has utility. Minus world is like a parlor trick you show to friends when you’re hanging out. I love how when you get hit you turn into Super Mario but can only take one hit and die as small Mario. It’s wild!