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@ATHFjman18 I’ve rented it a few times back in the day. I finally beat it, but had to cheat so much. Not codes, but a ton of out-of-bounds jumping so I didn’t get caught and thrown in jail so much. It was a ton of pain but the ending was not worth it. I might try it again to see if it can be beat without boundary breaks.

Splat Zones and Tower Control gonna be crazy! Clash Blaster Neo’s and balloons everywhere!

Just want to point out something. The reason why Nintendo stock values are so low right now is that they did a 10 to 1 stock split back in September after announcing it early last year. Their shares have historically been expensive, and they also only sold in blocks of 100 shares, the value of which roughly equated to sending a kid to college in Tokyo for the whole 4 years! The move to split has been proposed for years. So this whole thing was an opportunity for SA to swoop in and get some Nintendo Stock.

@ComfyAko Nintendo, or any other publicly traded company, doesn’t have control over who buys open shares.

@TYRANACLES The difference is that was a deal SNK let through. Here, these are shares on the open market. No one can take over a company by buying open shares. There’s generally not enough shares to go around because the guys at the top hold the majority, as well as everyone else who own shares.

@Teksetter No chance as they just split in September to encourage investment. But as sure as Nintendo remains a traditional Japanese company we can be safe in knowing that they won’t give up the company to foreign powers so easily.

@Dev9417 EDIT: scratch that, I forgot it’s one of the WiiU tablet games.

@Yosher White chocolate’s ink color was the meta and most veteran players, presumably, played it. So they countered whatever ‘popularity curse’ it would have brought on by being the popular choice. What makes it worse is the ink has a glow in the dark effect now, which basically eliminates shadows on the ripples as they swim through it. If it was mint chocolate, for example, and they went with a light green, then the balance would predictably switch back to milk chocolate, but be less likely to sweep. The way I figure it if they want to avoid obvious sweep potential, don’t use any variation of white as an ink color. Another way is to choose themes with less obvious dominant favoritism. Aside from that, simply being a popular choice is never a guaranteed win.

@Yosher How would that be done, exactly? Add more categories? Having 3 battle categories and 2 swing categories at the current point values seems fair already. There’s no ties for 1st place. By the final battle percentages, the other two teams clearly really did not win enough games.

So in other words. NSMBU Deluxe outsold GTA V last week. That’s wild!

I should have seen this coming. Playing against white chocolate is like playing against Team Mayo or Team Egg..or John Cena.

I actually found out what the bonuses are from a YouTube short, Lol! Someone should have just bought it and then write the article. It’s still pertinent info for whoever’s going to buy the pass. Y’know, investigative reporting and all that.

It’s a roundabout way of saying “we have nothing to announce at this time” That is also not saying that they have nothing they’re working on. Nintendo always has new hardware in development, they’re just waiting for the right time to announce it. And right now still isn’t the time to them, I guess. Maybe because of parts, technology, market, maybe all 3? Once sales drop to, say, 12 or 13 million we might get a teaser. Then a full blown announcement definitely when it’s below 10. But 18 million is still damn good for a 7 year old system.

@Limberlost This is low-key the most likely answer. There is a ridiculously huge Harry Potter following in Japan. So if you add PS5 availability, no physical games in the Top 10, the Hogwarts Legacy release tomorrow, and an army of streamers and VTubers currently posting up preview videos and gameplay (influencers, another catalyst to this craze), you get PS5 hardware sales numbers. Easy.

@ATaco They could pick up a Series S. 14k units and no Top 10. All signs are pointing to a huge multi-plat release that is probably doing huge pre-order numbers and preloads. I’m thinking Hogwarts.

@Vyacheslav333 It’s really not hard to understand, MK8 has been one of the widest reaching IPs Nintendo has because it’s simply fun. It’s a formula that just works, full stop.

@rjejr Extra cash to buy clothes and weapons…if you don’t already have everything. One of each ability drink ticket, for a chance to unlock that ability on an open ability slot on a piece of gear. 3 XP up tickets, which basically has no value unless you’re below level 30 and are still trying to unlock weapons or you REALLY need a free roll at the shell-out machine when you level up.

Now, if they gave out ability chunks straight out instead of drink tickets (for a chance to unlock that ability on an open ability slot), then ok that may be slightly pay to win. But trust, the bonus is more like a “gee, thanks” kind of bonus unless you’ve just started playing or don’t play a lot.

I may just get EO3 because that wasn’t redone on 3DS. Then again, Atlus sales do drop the prices considerably if you wait long enough.

Today’s Konami putting out actual value in a value price title is astonishing! It runs in an unlocked 60FPS, tons of their mii-like disjointed characters on screen at once in the field shots, lots of unique animations. They got like 56 open slots, I think, for team edits. Tons of characters from the Japanese series with more they plan to release down the line (according to the official site). There’s even a fully voiced energetic Japanese announcer, you just have to turn up the volume on him as it’s muted by default. I kinda see why though. If they want to test the waters to see if the series can make a comeback in the west, they’ve made a good step in the right direction by at least lowering the cost of entry. Anyone try the Championship Mode yet? It was down last night but it’s up now.

Anyone else check out that Konami Power Pros Baseball game? What do you think? I was curious about the series (Pro Yakyuu Spirits) and they’re only charging $0.99 for it. It seems like a fully customizable game and it’s been pretty easy to pick up and play, though I hear the RPG elements are not in this version.

Welp, be prepared for Moray Towers 3.0
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I hope it’s the OG version with the bottomless pits everywhere, heh XD

Oh, ok. So save the 2 vouchers for 2 $70 (digital) games. Or wait for sales as usual. It’s not absolutely necessary to play games day 1 anyway unless you really, really want to.

(It’s Toaplan, btw)

On the heels of the Toaplan Arcade 2 announcement for Evercade, where this game (and Truxton 2 and Outzone) is sorely missing, this is great news! Here’s hoping for a good port with minimal to no input lag.

@victordamazio They are making it an offline standalone P2P after the shutdown. It says in the article.

I hope this means they’re doing less of those console lotteries, and Katsuhiro Harada can finally get one before Tekken 8 is finished, Lol.

@uptownsoul I doubt Japan follows our aggregator scores and social media outcries.

@Tyranexx That after another sale that only ended 2 weeks ago. Capcom’s been pretty consistent with the sales these past few months. They must be doing it for the 3DS/WiiU shop closures, no doubt. I wish other companies could follow in their footsteps. Especially SquareEnix.

With stick controls it sounds basically like the Arcade version. I’ll give the demo a go, then. Who knows? I might not even have to open up my 3DS Curtain Call.

It’s about dang time! Thank you NISA!

@Krambo42 The WiiVC games you bought stay accessible through the Wii Menu if you do the Wii->WiiU transfer, yes. But if you want the WiiU VC native versions with button mapping and a save state, you have to buy it again through the WiiU eShop, deeply discounted. I’ve had to do it a bunch of times and I still have a few I didn’t buy yet. Wave Race 64 is currently $2 on the WiiU eShop for me this very second, for example.

All I can think about with the article pic is “evil toothpaste”.

@Beefcakeyamato @JohnnyMind I just bought Zack & Wiki last week off the WiiU eShop just in case. For $5! (it was a huge Capcom sale across WiiU and 3DS) If I can get a physical copy later, cool. But now it’s less of a priority.

@RupeeClock Ordered a physical copy yesterday after reading this and can confirm the copy I received was a 1.0.0 and Warbirds is on there. How long before these are gone and future runs of the game will come pre-patched is anyone’s guess.

@Hordak Not sure if it’ll work, but maybe Data Management>Delete Save Data from the System Settings, then Delete All Save Data for This Software might do it. I’m not sure if the update version number is stored there or on the cart, however. I could try updating it and seeing if it would work, but I want to play my fill of Warbirds beforehand, just in case. (which may be soon, I’m slowly remembering why I got bored of it so quickly when I used to own it for my original Lynx)

@Sourcecode @WindWakerLink I’m starting to wonder if there are common symptoms that’s shared with people with connection issues. Like I’ve generally been good, but last Splatfest I’ve had minor internet dropouts apart from Splatoon that affected a few matches. (I even got a 5 minute ban once, lol) Because it’s literally impossible to narrow down the actual connection issue is unless we start figuring out if our environment, the game, or someone else intentionally lagging, etc. is the problem. For me, NA region, non-mesh wi-fi (I’ll hook up that ethernet cable soon, promise), MTU packets set to 1,500, I play usually at night between 8-11PM, 1GB fiber optic (Switch averages 70/33kbps down/up), and I extremely rarely get communication errors, for example.

@Pillowpants Shouldn’t be surprising how the casual uninformed consumers (moms and dads or close relatives blindly buying copies for kids just because it’s Pokémon) greatly outnumber the affluent fandom. It’s a story as old as the Atari 2600.

Fish used payday, it was super effective!

10 points more for special and 10% more ink consumption for the machine, great. Might as well reduce our painting coverage while you’re at it and bring us back down to Splatoon 2 levels of nerfs. GRRR!! Campers are gonna camp no matter what, it’s a play style. I gotta run with extra Ink Saver just so I can keep attacking on the frontline longer and fill the Special meter on a single tank (like most weapons get to do!). And that leaves me with less slots for other things, like object shredders for Crabs, and run speed/ink resist. Don’t forget our firing rate is relatively slow compared to regular sloshers and Tri’s. If they want to properly nerf the problem, increase the refill delay after tossing a Fizzy Bomb and Booyah Bomb, simple! Don’t punish us who are using the main weapon as a middle-frontline slayer as intended!

@NintendoEternity The game is great, but the collection on Switch had some very noticeable input lag when I first played it. Not sure if they fixed it yet or not. But the other big buzzkill was they blocked the BCDF code for the Day of the Tentacle level from working. You lose a potential bonus life, and it’s not normally accessible otherwise I think so no harm no foul. But it’s a shame the game isn’t 100% intact due to licensing.

Overfishing videos are insane. But yeah, you definitely need to run with a group who know what they’re doing in order to even approach those levels of efficiency. Solo queue is such a gamble.

24/24 Almost got me with Overwatch and tbh Abe’s Oddysee was a 50/50. Been watching the eShop like a hawk since the beginning and I try to keep up with PC releases as well. So, good quiz.

But why you gotta hurt us with Xenoblade X though?

More Persona streaming restrictions from Atlus/SEGA? It must be (insert any day of the week here).

@Zeldawakening Don’t forget to call them out on Twitter or one of their next customer surveys. A boycott without notification through official channels goes unnoticed.

@BANJO I’m waiting to see what that sphinx-looking stage is about that was teased along with Flounder Heights but I have a feeling that it’ll show up in the Spring or Summer season. For returning maps I’m willing to bet that any Splatoon 1 map that wasn’t featured in 2 is fair game except for Saltspray Rig, which needs a major redesign to utilize the whole map. I also feel a lot of the maps from 2 can come back…except Humpback Pump Track. I’m tired of that map.

Congrats fellow sweet teeth! We all showed up AND played good! The Popularity Curse has left the arena, Lol! Special shout out to Pro Sours, pain in my sides almost every match, heh. This format works out great! I know devs were trying to avoid same team matchups but it’s inevitable based on the votes. At least everybody can play the new mode, or not, at their own leisure.

@NielsNL Statistically it’s very improbable that the entire participating player base will only choose 2 options. For that matter, an even 33.33% split is also very unlikely. Even if so, top vote is worth 10 points, the pre-Splatfest Sneak Peek is 8, then Open and Pro is 12 each, with Tricolor at 15, a 3 or 2-way tie can’t happen. The points will never divide evenly.

These are pretty cool. Printing out actual photos from the ones we can take in Photo mode in Splatoon 3 is a smart collab. I mean we can do it in-game, and now we can do it IRL.

@novasoup Fujifilm? They’re a pretty old company known for making cameras and film. I even had some floppy disks and blank CD-Rs from them back in the 90’s (oh, and I even have some of their blank Super VHS cassettes). Their INSTAX line of cameras seems to be pretty popular.

Taking into account that I was only interested in Splatoon 3 this year, I still thought that Nintendo did a decent job pushing the ‘not top tier but still kinda high’ IPs. Almost none of that was for me, but I can recognize and give credit where credit is due. And Pokémon is always the ‘monster’ seller it always is, with Scarlet/Violet doing exceptionally well. And another victory goes to Splatoon 3 for getting old players to come back, and recruiting new ones as well, to make it one of the fastest selling games in Japan ever (before Scarlet/Violet came out, that is).

@Bolt_Strike As reported in an investors meeting in November, Pokémon already passed 10M within 3 days of launch. And Splatoon 3 was at 7.9M units in 3 weeks at the end of September. With that kind of momentum there’s no way Splatoon 3 didn’t pass 10M worldwide by now. Including (EDIT) Switch Sports at 6+ Million, those are the biggest 1st party sellers this year hands down. Honorable mentions to Kirby and Strikers that passed 2M, and XC3 for 1.7M, by the end of September.

Roughly 75% of this list feels like Japan’s top streamed games by popular YouTubers/VTubers. Influencers are strong in those charts. That said, I’m slightly surprised Momotao Densetsu and Minecraft didn’t chart higher.

@Yosher I guess those are just Inkopolis holidays. In the Splatlands we just get invaded by Salmonids every few months.

I was able to get in fairly frequently as Team Grass on the last one. Whoever was defender likely got the short end of the stick under the old rules. These new rules should open things up considerably.

@Scapetti The irony, Lol! Though I give the Atari 50th a marginal pass since it’s actually a logo. Adding “50” to it would complete it and differentiate it more from the Flashback Collection, IMHO.

@Snatcher The substitute is optional. So you can run with 4. Full rules are here

@Snatcher Yeah, it’s always teams (plus 1 substitute player, if you have one).

@Dragonite89 @Wexter Dubbing went from TAJ studios to 4Kids themselves after season 5. So that’s when everyone was recast. Even after Pokémon USA took over later (and TAJ came back for dub production) they kept the then current cast.

Aside from Splatoon 3 (80 hours) I’ve had an atypical year due to IRL events. So SNK vs. Capcom Card Fighters Clash and Don’t Starve are my 2 and 3. And honorable mentions are Earthbound (NSO), Groove Coaster Wai! Wai! Party!!!!, DOOM (2016), and Dragon’s Lair Trilogy. I have XC3 but I haven’t opened it yet because of bad timing. That would have been my #2 easy.

@iLikeUrAttitude When the game is rebuilt in a different engine that tends to happen. Not all code is cut and paste-able.

@stinky_t A Japanese account I follow on YouTube posted up a video showing the brushes and rollers got fixed in 2.0.1. Ultimately, it looks like it was a hit box issue that treated parts of the swings as being inside the wall when your back was up against the wall or a corner because the ink splashes looked like they were being obstructed by something in 2.0.0.

Well, I guess I called it from an earlier post. It’s basically Salmon Run on a rotation map. You do get more reward capsules if you play up to 2,400 points. But roughly same amount of scales if you get a Cohozuna (which has the usual appearance rate). There is low, normal, and high tide, though. Low and normal tide spawns are in the center of the map, while high tide is on the edge, like a normal mode team spawn (edit: and sometimes in the middle) Wahoo world’s moving platforms are now stationary at least. But there are plenty of cul-de-sacs to get trapped in if you’re not careful, with limited inkable walls to swim up to escape. So yeah, annoying map is still annoying. I like the dark and foreboding ambient music in the square, and the Salmonid remixed version of Clickbait in the map is sort of unsettling. Big Run would have been great to play on Halloween.

@sixrings Hopefully they’ll let us save Big Run job situations. But they could wipe them with every season change or major game update.

@Cineologist I’m hoping for Cohozunas on every job. Or at the very least a 2x drop rate of scales.