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“””””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!

The intern needs time to draw the ‘Legacy Edition’ graphic on the menu screen.

As an aside, I do miss the speaker in the Wii-remote, though. Not for every game, but for games like The House of the Dead 2&3 Returns it was nice hearing the shots fire, the click from an empty clip, and the “Reload” warning sound samples for an extra level of immersion.

They were a nice touch of presentation for the time, but I appreciate the faster ‘time-to-start-menu’ we have now. A nice middle ground would be if animations and/or sound could autoplay after hovering on the icon for 3-5 seconds. Best of both worlds, there.

As long as there’s entry-level Switches that ship with 25GB(formatted out of 32GB), there will not be GC games on NSO.

@Cashews A lot of 360 XBLA games are back compatible from what I noticed. As long as a game works in XBox One you should be good on Series. But, I wonder if the SX/S can run the old Game Room. I should have paid more attention back then. It had some rare titles that never got rereleased. Like Konami’s Devastators and The Main Event. Hopefully they’ll revisit the Arcade Collection someday with a vol. 2.

@Cashews Almost 20 years of shmuppers paying dearly for our niche, yes. The peak would have been the 360-era of ports, when Sony said 2D games on PS3 were taboo.

@-wc- The 3/4 overhead horizontal games I know are Ironclad on NEOGEO, Progear on Capcom Arcade stadium, and a couple granddaddys, Magmax (Arcade Archives) and Seicross.

Quite a large gap between Series X and S. They probably just ran out of X’s.

@Arawn93 Western influenced and higher (mature) ratings, and more digital sales are likely factors, though I still feel that they’re still slower to adopt digital in Japan as opposed to EU and NA. Otherwise the PS5DE would have been doing better.

This is a great drop! Crusader of Centy is so smooth! And Revenge of Shinobi, even though Spider-Man and Batman will probably be edited or palette swapped, is also a classic, together with GnG.

@KoopaTheGamer You sure we shouldn’t be blaming Taito themselves or maybe SquareEnix (who owns them). They sure seem to love overcharging and underwhelming whenever Space Invaders or other top tier Taito IP’s are involved (Bubble Bobble and Darius as well).

Repeating ground textures, check.
Comically huge alien mushrooms, check.
Unexplained environmental polyhedra, check.

Welcome to the Fantasy Zone it is!

Is (no) joke! And they look great in the Inti art style! I’ll be sure to show my support when it comes out.

The House of the Dead 2&3 Returns would not be the best home versions of those games if it wasn’t for the Wii IR pointing capabilities. 2 on Wii is even closer to the arcade than the Dreamcast version since the Wii remotes replicated the flashlight tracking behavior in dark areas perfectly as the arcade version also used IR sensors in the guns. The Wii should have gotten more home ports of arcade light gun games while it had the chance. I wish the Switch had that option as Gyro pointing isn’t it. However, Splatoon 3 totally brings back good feeling motion aiming that’s far superior to Splatoon 2’s sloggy iteration. Both are still not as snappy as Splatoon 1, but 3 is definitely the more playable version. I should totally make that “You can’t do this with sticks” Splatoon kill compilation I’ve been meaning to do.

@Hero-of-WiiU I mean, they still own the stock which can (and will) go up in value. All they’ve wasted is time at a shareholder meeting.

Where are my full length baggy pants? I’m trying to put together a 90’s look and it’s kinda hard to pull off with nothing but shorts and capris!

@Alpha008 Apparently, but not for much longer.

@Serpenterror That’s a weird story (bro) take on 2DS hardware sales if I ever saw one. It’s been selling somewhat consistently >100 for a long time now. Now if you walk back through the charts week-by-week you’ll reach the 3DS eShop closure in March, a prime time for a rush, yet sales are average. The last time multiple hundreds of units were sold was in January, at 400 units, AFTER the holidays. Back further into the holidays, average in the low 30’s. That tells me, instead, that there may only be a handful, or less, of boutique stores left that are still able to source new stock and they’ve been selling through whatever they can get, when they get it. The demand for backup 2(3)DS systems still seems high, but the supply is definitely running out.

@tgt Japanese sales are a different beast. Look towards the UK or NPD rankings.

Another week of people shocked how well Nintendo is doing in its homeland. All’s normal, I suppose. I predict FF and PS5(disc) will chart #1 for only two weeks before dropping again. Western-style is a hard sell over there, and FF branding won’t help it that much.

@Mr_Zurkon Right? Almost double the units than last week, too.

@Simon97 I thought it sold well. But the dedicated fanbase likely already got their copies by now, so sales dropped.

Well, if they would just compress the audio on MGS4 (and I mean with care, don’t just make 128kbs mp3’s like barbarians) then you can fit that in a collection with V and GZ.

Vanilla for the free camouflage

“Hi, I’m Daisy!” Yes. Yes you are. (presses A to select)

Also, is elephant Mario a deep cut reference to something? Did I dream it? Did I touch that wonder flower?

Definitely the out of left field game of the Direct! I’d like to see where this is going!

Jump on these! They have variable difficulties for novices to experts. You don’t have to get too caught up in scoring and mechanics if you don’t want to. All 4 are great but I’d lean more towards DoDonPachi Resurrection if you’re just getting in.

Predictions: none, as per usual

Just hit me with it, I like surprises!

Meatpacking district, eh? A little upscale for a video game tour destination, but at least there’d be a ton of tourists. Might check it out if I got the time. Maybe I can make up for the Mario metal water bottle I left by mistake at the last event I went to.

I’m wondering if all the underlying game engine changes going from 2 > 3 is what was really holding 2 back from having everything in 3? Think about it, 2 was a launch year title, which was in development way ahead of the actual launch of the Switch vs. 3 which has the advantage of the team having more experience with the hardware but compounded by growing pains of a new engine (but potentially more robust one; I mean why else change it from 2 if there was no benefit, right?)

A decent chunk of my wishlist went on sale, most of which are not on this list of usual suspects^^ that we see time and time again. (Like a bunch of indie shmups and action games, for example.) For a year without E3, you’d think there was one going on with all the sales. Even though we technically don’t need E3, the summer sales that usually coincide with it are still a quite important revenue bump for the smaller publishers in the industry.

@Daniel36 Boats, or lure them with a job-granting station like a fletcher table or lectern.

@Nintendancies I’m thinking that nowadays, especially since the series is 8 years old and the player base is so huge, there should be an always-on power rank in regular Turf War. Like Splatfest Power, it’ll keep players of similar power ratings matched up. And let the ratings reset every week or so after the weekend. With that, also give the option to manually rank down if things are getting too hot, like how Anarchy/ranked and Salmon Run currently let you demote yourself. Because oddly enough, the “casual” mode is the only mode just keeps forcing you to climb whether you want to or not by taking on experience points, and once you reach a certain experience level all gloves are off as far as the matchmaker is concerned, ready or not. You get matched with stars, win streaks, teams, and everyone in between. It kinda makes me wish we could see everyone’s levels and ranks again to to prove I’m not imagining things and that matchmaker really did stick me with rank A’s playing against S+20’s when going for a rank-up series.

I wonder if the Squeezer fix will effect the S-Blast’s far range/accurate jumping shot exploit as well?

@TheBigBlue Sounds normal, players in groups are going around with whatever new weapon that has the highest meme potential.

Awful situation. Nowadays we even have to be careful who to get our physical games from as it seems we’re almost never guaranteed a copy unless they cut a deal with big box retail store to carry them.

I do recommend if you happen to have any of their games wishlisted on the eShop, take them off the list or buy them sooner rather than later as delisted games on your wishlist will appear to have “disappeared,” yet they’ll still secretly be there even though they can’t be bought, and they’ll still count towards the upper capacity of your wishlist (which is 400 games). Basically what’s left is Psyvariar Delta (and Cybattler DLC), Penguin Wars (and Hebereke/Ufouria DLC), Soldam, Daemonum, and Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.

Give me a shooter collection with the original Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt, Space Gun, and Gun Buster then I’d be happy.

@Fizza Forgot to mention, the 3rd song is also by the same band (Yoko and the Gold Bazookas) is Three Horn Circus, which I got a lot of last night after the maintenance ended. Ironic really, because matchmaker was clowning me all night by keeping me from winning my Rank-Up battle for S+0 🤡

Man, we only had one update where Sloshing Machines didn’t get touched, but they keep finding ways to knock us down (The platform breaking nerf was necessary, of course) 5 frames delay doesn’t sound like much, but I still felt that last night after the soft update went live. My concern though is since now they’re slowing down our inking and slaying potential even further, they should also retro the 220Sp point nerf back to 210 (we originally started at 200!) because that was a part of a reaction to discourage backline Machine playstyles. We don’t have enough slots to mitigate everything they take away AND add utility abilities just to be effective. It’s beyond ridiculous at this point. Here’s hoping the new 3rd Machine (since the current kit is basically the Kensa but with Booyah Bomb replacing Splashdown, or Reefslider, logically) gives us something to look forward to. Though a Neo would probably be next and I’d be surprised if they don’t give us the throwback point sensor, Ink/Tri-Zooka combo.

@Dev9417 This would be the first time Salmon Run gets a major weapons buff. Grizzco coworkers are feasting this season!

@Fizza Machine main to Stamper main: “First time?”
I still count the Machine as a non-shooter though, so their bias against us rings true.

@Ryu_Niiyama I liked that intro, too. Looking back it was pretty effective visual and audio direction using a very limited amount of resources. The taking off (visual), the climbing and cruising (audio), and the slowly scrolling lights of the city, it was really well done. The game itself was kinda basic, but the NPC encounters made it lively and unexpected.

@KingMike That I didn’t know. I thought the slots were just for background. The game would have been more interesting for sure.

I wanted to try this back in the day but my video store never got it in. Instead I rented Sofel’s other ‘Kid’ title, Casino Kid. A story-based casino game where you play against gradually harder NPCs until you get invited by the last opponent to play Poker at a castle (what’s up with Sofel and castles?) where you can wait for the practically scripted Royal Flush to go all in and beat the last opponent. Unlike the somewhat teachable basis of the stock market in Wall Street Kid, don’t try waiting for a Royal Flush in a real casino. It probably won’t happen.

So, if Turf War is the common mode in Splatoon, what is the one in Foamstars called? Team Bathmatch? Lol!

Well this is one way to get around color blind options, not even people with good eyesight can see what’s going on!

Hugely impressive feat for a Zelda game. Over there I believe BotW helped pave the way for TotK even though that was not as popular out of the gate. It took a few years and many streamer hours to at least get people warmed up to the open world Zelda idea. That said, GTA VI might be the first one to break the 2M launch over there based on the same principle, as there are so many popular streamers/vTubers playing it. We’ll have to see.

Further interesting, not a single first party recent gen playstation exclusive on that list. It’s like the super-hyper-realistic graphics that players in the West are drooling over aren’t swaying the Japanese market, Lol. Heck, the whole list is game>graphics (as in the game itself, not necessarily gameplay), and MH World is probably the most detailed looking one on there.

@Browny I also find it curious that Final Fantasy X, XIII, and XV didn’t make it as high as the other titles (not sure where they are, they certainly did not shift over 1.84M copies at launch) Maybe they don’t like their RPG’s with too much modern/futuristic settings and realistic graphics?