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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jul 27, 2022 7:27:00 GMT -5
I tried to get into Xenoblade 2 but didn't really make it past the first area without bailing on it.
Maybe I should try it again.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2022 8:26:04 GMT -5
Playing the hell out of Live a Live... I would have been all over this in 95/96 too... Having an official western release is fantastic... and I'll actually get to beat it since unlike how I played it before it's fully translated >_> Wish Live a Live was coming out at a better time honestly. Long been meaning to play it and the remake seems really well done but being positioned right before Xenoblade kind of shoves it into the, "Wait for a discount or for it to end up on Gamepass," pile. Not everyone likes Xenoblade, however.
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Post by Denny Zen is Cooking™ on Jul 27, 2022 11:43:25 GMT -5
I tried to get into Xenoblade 2 but didn't really make it past the first area without bailing on it. Maybe I should try it again. I had the same experience...I loved the original Xenoblade, but just could never make it over the hump with Xenoblade 2. I might give 2 another try after I finish up my current run of CrossCode.
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Post by Facetious on Jul 27, 2022 13:53:23 GMT -5
I tried to get into Xenoblade 2 but didn't really make it past the first area without bailing on it. Maybe I should try it again. It's a difficult series to get into. I bought the game when it came out from Best Buy, the cashier told me "it takes about 20 hours to get into. It sounds really bad! But trust me, it's worth it". I played it 2 hours and sold it. Then a few years later, I picked it up again and loved the hell out of it. Honestly, I think the main thing that changed for me was I really got into the story. I'm still not a huge fan of the gameplay, but the story is really solid, the world is great and expansive, and the characters are loveable.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 27, 2022 16:45:57 GMT -5
It took me a lot of doing to get into Xenoblade 2 myself. Slooowly played through chapter 2 when I first got it, shelved it for ages, eventually decided to restart after Pyra and Mythra were announced for Smash Bros., and wound up falling in love with it somewhere around mid-chapter 3 and finishing it.
Despite this I still don't think I actually completely understand the combat system. It's very poorly explained which is part of what makes it difficult to get into early on.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2022 8:50:35 GMT -5
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Post by chrom on Jul 28, 2022 10:24:42 GMT -5
Waluigi can finally be on Waluigi Pinball
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Post by Facetious on Jul 28, 2022 10:39:19 GMT -5
It took me a lot of doing to get into Xenoblade 2 myself. Slooowly played through chapter 2 when I first got it, shelved it for ages, eventually decided to restart after Pyra and Mythra were announced for Smash Bros., and wound up falling in love with it somewhere around mid-chapter 3 and finishing it. Despite this I still don't think I actually completely understand the combat system. It's very poorly explained which is part of what makes it difficult to get into early on. I put it on easy mode, just to get through it and enjoy the story because it doesn't make sense to me either. I don't consider myself a JRPG master, but of all the ones I've played, this is the one that makes the least amount of sense and the one I get the least amount of enjoyment out of. And this is with 100+ hours between the two of them
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jul 28, 2022 11:51:57 GMT -5
Well that confirms some new tracks in the works and not just all remakes. Though I look at the ice cream stage and just think it could have been DK Mountain instead.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 28, 2022 12:20:50 GMT -5
Much better track lineup than that leaked one was. Kalimari Desert, Mushroom Gorge, Waluigi Pinball, and Snow Land should all be good additions and Sky High Sundae looks pretty neat.
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 28, 2022 13:29:20 GMT -5
Would still be nice if they could also sneak at least one more racer in (Pauline would probably be the top of the list if they were to add a new one), but still good course selection.
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Post by chrom on Jul 28, 2022 13:43:26 GMT -5
Would still be nice if they could also sneak at least one more racer in (Pauline would probably be the top of the list if they were to add a new one), but still good course selection. I think they could add the Kongs or K. Rool there
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Post by CMWaters on Jul 28, 2022 13:45:37 GMT -5
Would still be nice if they could also sneak at least one more racer in (Pauline would probably be the top of the list if they were to add a new one), but still good course selection. I think they could add the Kongs or K. Rool there They would be fine too (though K. Rool outside of Smash is a question of if Nintendo still wants to use him) And I'll still beat the drum of getting Captain Syrup more prominence by putting her in these things. ...odd thought: would they try to do cross promotion and have one of the "battle Rabbids" as I call them from the Mario & Rabbids games be a racer?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 28, 2022 13:46:54 GMT -5
If I were adding three characters to MK8 they'd probably be Dixie, Ashley, and Birdo.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Jul 28, 2022 20:34:13 GMT -5
Steve and Alex Amiibo release September 9th
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 28, 2022 20:37:11 GMT -5
Steve and Alex Amiibo release September 9th Just had this weird moment of, "Huh, I don't think I ever picked up Min Min. ... Oh wait, yes I did," looking at that. In general my Amiibo spending's kind of largely fallen by the wayside in recent years. Think Min Min was the first one I got since Joker, who was the first one since Ridley, and while I did want to get Squirtle and Ice Climbers I just never did (and I'd have gotten female Byleth buuuut...). Probably pick up Pyra and Mythra but nothing else on the horizon that interests me really.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 28, 2022 21:07:56 GMT -5
I fully expect one of these waves to just be all rainbow roads...
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 28, 2022 22:14:42 GMT -5
I fully expect one of these waves to just be all rainbow roads... Would be nice, though even ignoring the ones in Tour you'd need to make a decision on what to leave out. The ones not in MK8 are Super Circuit, Double Dash, DS, Wii, and 7 so there's one too many. Though I could see them sticking the 7 one in some other cup and then doing the other four as one.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 29, 2022 16:29:04 GMT -5
Quite enjoying Xenoblade 3 so far but the pretty persistent times it makes you pause the game and scroll to a specific option to the menu then equip a specific item are pretty obnoxious. Get wanting to be very clear with its tutorials after how much criticism 2's gotten for doing a poor job of those, and it does definitely make things more clear, but it just wrecks the momentum.
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Post by castletonsnob on Jul 29, 2022 17:08:46 GMT -5
Reading a post saying that Nintendo drags down the rest of the gaming industry and are just as anti-consumer as Activision and Ubisoft. Yeah, no. That person is full of shit. Even at their worst, Nintendo is NOWHERE NEAR as bad as Ubisoft or Activision. Having a lackluster online service isn't even in the same universe as having a work environment that fosters SEXUAL ABUSE, to the point of a female employee COMMITTING SUICIDE.
Nintendo's nowhere near as bad as the companies that use lootboxes and other microtransactions that SPECIFICALLY target neurodivergent people. f*** off with your false equivalency bullshit.
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