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Post by chrom on Feb 9, 2022 18:19:40 GMT -5
So the Dread update and the Earthbound games are now up. Now I can finally see what all the fess was about Earthbound
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 9, 2022 18:20:50 GMT -5
So the Dread update and the Earthbound games are now up. Now I can finally see what all the fess was about Earthbound Spoilers: if you go with that mentality, you will not enjoy it.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 9, 2022 18:21:56 GMT -5
I've kept meaning to put more time into playing the Mother games. I've played all three but kind of always petered out toward the end for one reason or another, though the one I got the most into was Mother 3.
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Post by chrom on Feb 9, 2022 18:22:11 GMT -5
Now I can finally see what all the fess was about Earthbound Spoilers: if you go with that mentality, you will not enjoy it. I admit like most when I saw Ness for the first time in Smash 64, I was wondering who this kid was as I'd never heard of it.
Also, there's a Super Metroid as well where you start with all of Samus's gear and items
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Post by Vice honcho room temperature on Feb 9, 2022 18:31:07 GMT -5
Mario Strikers f*** yeah. Now do Elite Beat agents
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 9, 2022 18:45:45 GMT -5
Returning to the Pokemon talk, holy shit trying to catch Enamorus is the f***ing worst. This, "Keep throwing items to break their shield before you can fight them," thing sucked enough with the other genies and Darkrai, because it's a poorly implemented mechanic that basically doesn't exist outside of those fights and the hitboxes on attacks in this game are basically completely random, but the location just gives her every possible advantage and she hits way too damn hard. Spent forever just trying to even get the chance to fight her and it's infuriating, especially because she's the only Pokemon I have left to catch.
Like I've died maaaaybe three times the entire rest of the game but this goddamn fight I've had to reload probably seven times now.
Edit: Ended up using smoke balls to cheese it because the intended way to do this fight is just utter trash.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Feb 9, 2022 18:47:14 GMT -5
As someone who had an intense 27 holes of Wii Sports Club Golf on the Wii U yesterday, and play that game with my buddy weekly, I am so f***ing pumped for Nintendo Switch Sports Golf!!!
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 9, 2022 18:51:44 GMT -5
Earthbound updates are officially live.
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Post by BorneAgain on Feb 9, 2022 18:52:36 GMT -5
I've realized something about Square Enix and Nintendo; the more obscure the game or franchise, the more SE seems to do something with it on Switch. The Mana series, Live A Live, Chocobo Racing, Saga Frontier. Chrono Cross, all are getting spotlighted or have gotten solid remakes. Meanwhile the first six Final Fantasies still aren't on Switch, Kingdom Hearts has awful Cloud versions, & Tomb Raider is getting a couple of spin-offs rather than any of the mainline games. Dragon Quest is about the only exception, largely because it's too valuable for even SE to half ass given the Japanese audience.
At this rate, we'll get a fantastic remake of Terranigma before we see FFVI on the system.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Feb 9, 2022 18:54:15 GMT -5
There's also an SP mode for Super Metroid as well with most of the items before the final fight.
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Post by Fundertaker on Feb 9, 2022 18:57:43 GMT -5
I've realized something about Square Enix and Nintendo; the more obscure the game or franchise, the more SE seems to do something with it on Switch. The Mana series, Live A Live, Chocobo Racing, Saga Frontier. Chrono Cross, all are getting spotlighted or have gotten solid remakes. Meanwhile the first six Final Fantasies still aren't on Switch, Kingdom Hearts has awful Cloud versions, & Tomb Raider is getting a couple of spin-offs rather than any of the mainline games. Dragon Quest is about the only exception, largely because it's too valuable for even SE to half ass given the Japanese audience. At this rate, we'll get a fantastic remake of Terranigma before we see FFVI on the system. Don't forget the Front Mission remakes. Like, 1 and 2 straight up announced. Hopefully it sells well enough that they dust off 3 as well, since it was one of my favorite PS1 games.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 9, 2022 18:58:48 GMT -5
There's also an SP mode for Super Metroid as well with most of the items before the final fight. Super wish you could hide the SP games. They just clutter things up and I don't really understand the idea of wanting these things that just boot you to the very end of the game with nothing to do but go beat the boss. Like if you wanted to do a free upgrades version of Super you could at least start off at the very beginning so you have ample room to dick around, y'know?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 9, 2022 19:15:57 GMT -5
Tracks in the first Mario Kart pack are...
Gold Mushroom Cup: Paris Promenade (Tour) Toad Circuit (3DS) Choco Mountain (N64) Coconut Mall (Wii)
Super Lucky Bell Cup: Tokyo Blur (Tour) Shroom Ridge (DS) Sky Garden (GBA) Ninja Hideaway (Tour)
Shroom Ridge isn't in Mario Kart Tour so either that's coming to that soon or they're not entirely doing tracks from it.
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Post by Facetious on Feb 9, 2022 19:21:51 GMT -5
Already pre-ordered Chrono Cross for 20. Live a Live is 50 digital and I'm not sure if I'm up for that just yet haha
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 9, 2022 22:11:15 GMT -5
So happy to see Chrono Cross get love. That game legit has the best OST of all time.
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Post by Mike Strike on Feb 10, 2022 3:29:20 GMT -5
I've realized something about Square Enix and Nintendo; the more obscure the game or franchise, the more SE seems to do something with it on Switch. The Mana series, Live A Live, Chocobo Racing, Saga Frontier. Chrono Cross, all are getting spotlighted or have gotten solid remakes. Meanwhile the first six Final Fantasies still aren't on Switch, Kingdom Hearts has awful Cloud versions, & Tomb Raider is getting a couple of spin-offs rather than any of the mainline games. Dragon Quest is about the only exception, largely because it's too valuable for even SE to half ass given the Japanese audience. At this rate, we'll get a fantastic remake of Terranigma before we see FFVI on the system. FF1-6 are happening. They just came to mobile & PC first to iron out the bugs (those platforms can get patches quicker than consoles). KH has no excuse however. When the game that was 3DS can't get a native Switch port, something's ****ing wrong. I'm just hoping now that the KH event in April announces some sort of BBS/DDD-caliber B-game so that Switch gets something.
Japanese publishers that aren't Capcom in general seem to shy away from putting any 360/PS3 caliber games (be it ports or new titles) on the Switch despite it being roughly around there in power. No Soul Calibur, no Tekken (even though Kazuya's in SSB), no Ace Combat, no Yakuza, no Persona 5, no Sakura Wars reboot, no Final Fantasy XIII trilogy, no new FF (PS4/5 can get the likes of 16, 7R, & even that SoP game), no MGS Collection/4/5. With Capcom, you at least got MH Rise, RE5/6, & a rumored RER3.
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Post by CMWaters on Feb 10, 2022 3:36:08 GMT -5
FF1-6 are happening. They just came to mobile & PC first to iron out the bugs (those platforms can get patches quicker than consoles). KH has no excuse however. When the game that was 3DS can't get a native Switch port, something's ****ing wrong. I'm just hoping now that the KH event in April announces some sort of BBS/DDD-caliber B-game so that Switch gets something. A deal is made. We get a Kingdom Hearts Musou/Warriors. Like a regular KH game, but more enemies that are mostly weaker, and a larger roster of playables.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Feb 10, 2022 8:08:10 GMT -5
In general it does kind of feel like Square won't port anything of theirs I actually want to Switch but they're jumping up and down to port the stuff I have zero interest in. Guess there is the ActRaiser remake and Live A Live, both of those are things I'll probably pick up at some point, but I really find the whole Chrono Cross redemption narrative the past few years completely eye-rolling because it's still an underwritten cluttered mess of a game that seems to actively hate the game it's a sequel to with how meanspirited it is toward it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Feb 10, 2022 8:42:38 GMT -5
You know, with Live A Live, it makes me wonder if they'll tackle some other formerly Japan exclusive titles like Bahamut Lagoon or the like. Guessing that'll come down to how well stuff like this does, but given the enormous amount of games Square Enix can leverage for that type of thing, it wouldn't be a bad idea.
Also, not here, but elsewhere, I saw a few people call this Nintendo Direct a dud or say they announced stuff "no one cares about". No one is obligated to love or even like all of these, or even any of these, but it's just silly to me.
Things no one would care about:
-Two more games for the membership.
-DLC for the top selling game on the entire console, and therefore one of the top-selling games in years period, DLC you get as a bonus for the premium membership. 25 bucks otherwise, so about 50 cents a track, which is kind of bonkers and more than reasonable.
-A sequel to one of the best selling games of all time in Wii Sports.
-A bunch of other stuff.
Oh yeah, no one cares about any of those things, totally.
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Post by Push R Truth on Feb 10, 2022 8:59:02 GMT -5
You know, with Live A Live, it makes me wonder if they'll tackle some other formerly Japan exclusive titles like Bahamut Lagoon or the like. Guessing that'll come down to how well stuff like this does, but given the enormous amount of games Square Enix can leverage for that type of thing, it wouldn't be a bad idea. Also, not here, but elsewhere, I saw a few people call this Nintendo Direct a dud or say they announced stuff "no one cares about". No one is obligated to love or even like all of these, or even any of these, but it's just silly to me. Things no one would care about: -Two more games for the membership. -DLC for the top selling game on the entire console, and therefore one of the top-selling games in years period, DLC you get as a bonus for the premium membership. 25 bucks otherwise, so about 50 cents a track, which is kind of bonkers and more than reasonable. -A sequel to one of the best selling games of all time in Wii Sports. -A bunch of other stuff. Oh yeah, no one cares about any of those things, totally. Most of the people I know acting like that fell into the trap of "omfg they are going to announce release dates for BOTW2/New MarioKart Game/*insert random moonshot dream here*" They created their own disappointment by manufacturing all these dream scenarios that didn't play out. It would be like watching the Superbowl this year and getting mad because there was no commercials for the Next Star Wars Trilogy and expecting people to rise up around you and get angry.
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