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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 9, 2023 10:32:21 GMT -5
Birdo actually is not the only trans Mario character. In most versions of Thousand-Year Door, exceptions being the English and German ones, Vivian is.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 9, 2023 17:13:03 GMT -5
Birdo actually is not the only trans Mario character. In most versions of Thousand-Year Door, exceptions being the English and German ones, Vivian is. I guess it's not like they say she's cisgender in the US one, we're just meant to probably infer that she is by virtue of them not even bringing it up. It's handled more elegantly with Beauty Nova from Pokemon X/Y. In the both the US version and Japanese, she states she used to be a Fighting type trainer. In the US, she says she was a Black Belt (an exclusively male trainer class) half a year ago, with "quite the transformation, wouldn't you say?" and in the Japanese one, it's more explicit, that she used to be a Karate King (the Japanese name for the Black Belt trainer class) and mentions the wonders of medical science. Either way, she's trans, it's just more subtle about it in the US, versus them completely erasing it like they did to Vivian, or removing most of the suggestions of Heather from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (Or was it Radiant Dawn? I forget which she first appeared in) being a lesbian, getting rid of her saying she joined the army to "meet cute girls" and downplaying her interest in Nephenee as more friendly rather than attraction.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 10, 2023 8:45:13 GMT -5
Ummm, the MAR10 Day eShop sales kinda suck. Mario Party, DKC, Yoshi Crafted and Luigi’s Mansion.
No Mario Maker, No Mario 3D Wold, no NSMBU, no Odyssey, no MK 8. Those are physical retail sales only. Ugh.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 10, 2023 10:28:50 GMT -5
Ummm, the MAR10 Day eShop sales kinda suck. Mario Party, DKC, Yoshi Crafted and Luigi’s Mansion. No Mario Maker, No Mario 3D Wold, no NSMBU, no Odyssey, no MK 8. Those are physical retail sales only. Ugh. They're doing them in waves. All that stuff is announced to be going on sale on the 24th. Though you can go ahead and buy them discounted digitally at Best Buy now.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Mar 10, 2023 10:40:48 GMT -5
Ummm, the MAR10 Day eShop sales kinda suck. Mario Party, DKC, Yoshi Crafted and Luigi’s Mansion. No Mario Maker, No Mario 3D Wold, no NSMBU, no Odyssey, no MK 8. Those are physical retail sales only. Ugh. They're doing them in waves. All that stuff is announced to be going on sale on the 24th. Though you can go ahead and buy them discounted digitally at Best Buy now. Unless you live in Canada 😞. Best Buy and Amazon only have the same digital deals as the eShop. But seriously, good to know they’re supposed to be coming on sale digitally. Nothing against the games currently on sale, they’re all solid titles, but I was really eyeing up buying one or two of 3D World, NSMBU or Maker
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Post by chrom on Mar 10, 2023 21:37:35 GMT -5
They make a Metroid movie, will Mother Brain be sounding like a sassy black woman like they did in Captain N?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 10, 2023 22:24:30 GMT -5
I struggle to even see how you would do a Metroid movie that wound up actually being any good. I feel like it'd actually be a lot better suited to a TV show because there you could devote more time to fleshing out the backstory of Samus and Zebes and that's really where the actual narrative intrigue of the series would be in the early goings. You could probably turn Super, Fusion, and Dread into decent movies with enough liberties taken but you have to get through the first game first (you could pretty much combine the important stuff from 2 into it really) and that's the tricky part.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 11, 2023 0:41:25 GMT -5
I struggle to even see how you would do a Metroid movie that wound up actually being any good. I feel like it'd actually be a lot better suited to a TV show because there you could devote more time to fleshing out the backstory of Samus and Zebes and that's really where the actual narrative intrigue of the series would be in the early goings. You could probably turn Super, Fusion, and Dread into decent movies with enough liberties taken but you have to get through the first game first (you could pretty much combine the important stuff from 2 into it really) and that's the tricky part. Yeah, either they'd need to add a lot of other characters and stuff to make it... since a solo exploration game doesn't entirely work for a movie.
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Post by Mozenrath on Mar 11, 2023 0:49:30 GMT -5
I struggle to even see how you would do a Metroid movie that wound up actually being any good. I feel like it'd actually be a lot better suited to a TV show because there you could devote more time to fleshing out the backstory of Samus and Zebes and that's really where the actual narrative intrigue of the series would be in the early goings. You could probably turn Super, Fusion, and Dread into decent movies with enough liberties taken but you have to get through the first game first (you could pretty much combine the important stuff from 2 into it really) and that's the tricky part. Yeah, either they'd need to add a lot of other characters and stuff to make it... since a solo exploration game doesn't entirely work for a movie. They did already make a couple of Metroid movies. They just called them Alien and Aliens.
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Post by chrom on Mar 11, 2023 14:20:37 GMT -5
If they need voice actors, just have Dee Bradley Baker do the majority of the cast. He voices everyone in Star Wars.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 13, 2023 14:51:35 GMT -5
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 13, 2023 14:52:41 GMT -5
Also, maintenance tonight for all consoles as the preparations for the eshop closures commence
Switch eShop — Using Credit Card (including child Nintendo Account creation in US): 13th March 9:00pm - 14th March 12:00am PT (14th March 4:00am-7:00am GMT / 5:00am-8:00am EST)
During the maintenance window, all network services will be unavailable. Switch eShop: 13th March 10:00pm-11:30pm PT (14th March 4:00am-5:30am GMT / 5am-6:30am EST)
During the maintenance window, network services may be unavailable. Switch, Wii U, 3DS eShops — Certain network services: 13th March 10:00pm-11:30pm PT (14th March 4:00am-5:30am GMT / 5am-6:30am EST)
During the maintenance window, all network services will be unavailable. Switch use of downloadable software: 13th March 10:00pm-11:30pm PT (14th March 4:00am-5:30am GMT / 5am-6:30am EST)
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 15, 2023 20:07:59 GMT -5
Online updates for GB, NES and SNES tonight
GB:
Kirby's Dream Land 2 Burgertime Deluxe
SNES Side Pocket
NES Xevious
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Post by chrom on Mar 15, 2023 20:09:37 GMT -5
Side Pocket? What's Side Pocket?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Mar 15, 2023 20:15:51 GMT -5
Surprised Xevious wasn't up already with it being one of the ones they did a 3DS remaster for.
Either way pretty limp lineup. Not even that fond of Dream Land 2 and it's still the far and away winner here.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 15, 2023 20:15:59 GMT -5
Side Pocket? What's Side Pocket? Pool game
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Mar 15, 2023 20:16:52 GMT -5
Surprised Xevious wasn't up already with it being the ones they did a 3DS remaster for. Either way pretty limp lineup. Not even that fond of Dream Land 2 and it's still the far and away winner here. Burgertime Deluxe is pretty good though honestly. Wickedly underrated.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2023 21:04:20 GMT -5
Side Pocket? What's Side Pocket? Pool game Prefer their sequel on the Saturn, Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Side Pocket 2 in Japan). A game this basic shouldn't have a soundtrack that hard.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Mar 16, 2023 1:12:29 GMT -5
Prefer their sequel on the Saturn, Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend (Side Pocket 2 in Japan). A game this basic shouldn't have a soundtrack that hard. Game Grumps are actually playing this now... and they've basically been bumbling their way through it as their opponents foul themselves out >_> which is hilarious cause the movie acts like you're the greatest player to ever live
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Post by Mandarin Dessert Version 0 on Mar 16, 2023 1:29:17 GMT -5
Finally one of the three NES/Famicom games that starts with an X gets released on there...though I doubt the Japan-only Xenophobe or Xexyz will ever see a Nintendo Switch Online release (and before anybody asks...since the official title of the game is "The Uncanny X-Men" I have that one listed under U instead of X).
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