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Post by Giul T. on May 25, 2023 17:13:47 GMT -5
I wish. Shake it, unfortunately missed it's initial sales numbers (though it did cross the million mark by the end) and that was more expensive because of all the hand animation, and I think that combined with Master of Disguise soured the execs on Wario Land.
It's a shame, I'd love a new Wario Land, heck, bring the Wario Ware guys into it, Diamond City would be a great hub for Wario Land!
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 25, 2023 17:16:50 GMT -5
I don't really think much is being missed not having Wario Land around anymore really. While I wish they'd incorporate some aspects of it into WarioWare - Captain Syrup if nothing else would be a fun extra character for its cast, could take up the pirate theming they occasionally give to Wario - the games themselves are kind of mid-tier platformers that were never really giant hits and feel like their style of gameplay is covered decently enough by the regular churn of new Kirby projects.
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Post by BorneAgain on May 25, 2023 17:31:21 GMT -5
Having Wario Land be a regular (even budget) series again would be nice, though I do think other inactive IP's like DKC and Star Fox should be a higher priority.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 25, 2023 17:34:08 GMT -5
Having Wario Land be a regular (even budget) series again would be nice, though I do think other inactive IP's like DKC and Star Fox should be a higher priority. I'm with you on DKC but on Star Fox I think it's time that ship sailed. Everything the series has been attached to, including when they made it central to the advertising for Starlink, has flopped since Assault, I just don't think it's worth bothering to try again on. Granted if those faint rumors of an Assault remaster actually pan out I'll totally buy it. Kind of like that game more than I do 64.
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Post by BorneAgain on May 25, 2023 17:46:41 GMT -5
Having Wario Land be a regular (even budget) series again would be nice, though I do think other inactive IP's like DKC and Star Fox should be a higher priority. I'm with you on DKC but on Star Fox I think it's time that ship sailed. Everything the series has been attached to, including when they made it central to the advertising for Starlink, has flopped since Assault, I just don't think it's worth bothering to try again on. Granted if those faint rumors of an Assault remaster actually pan out I'll totally buy it. Kind of like that game more than I do 64. SF is hard to judge as a market property because so much of the series' later output had a gimmick attached that hurt its potential. If a Star Fox came had come out the Wii where you controlled the ship with a control stick and the aim with the Wii Remote (ala Sin & Punishment) and had still commercially failed I'd probably be inclined to write it off. As is its one of those victim's of Nintendo's excess experiments that (Assault aside) never really got the chance to ever evolve as a series.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 25, 2023 18:05:27 GMT -5
Finishing up farming the Light Dragon - only run into the thing three times ever and on the third one decided I was going to get every part I'll ever need from it in one go. It really does go to show how poorly the dragon stuff is implemented that, "Just stand on its back for a literal real life hour smacking it every once in awhile," is by far the least tedious way to farm the thing. First game's system of them having reliable easily-forced spawns was a lot better.
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Post by chrom on May 25, 2023 20:04:27 GMT -5
GBA update now available
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on May 25, 2023 20:10:56 GMT -5
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 25, 2023 21:36:32 GMT -5
Kind of wonder if they'll end up putting up Super Mario Bros. Deluxe at some point to kind of finish the set as it were. Granted I imagine that'd be hell to try to play on a Switch because of how much harder the reduced screen makes that game, even if it does have tons of neat additions besides that.
Also I can't help but wonder to this day what the hell the point of the GBA Metroid port was and who on earth would buy it. The game's unlockable in Zero Mission, which is a vastly better game to begin with, so what's the point?
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 25, 2023 23:02:19 GMT -5
We have a for real date on Pokemon Home, May 30th.
Not at all scummy that it's taken them six f***ing months to add support for their paid subscription service.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2023 2:01:16 GMT -5
Kind of wonder if they'll end up putting up Super Mario Bros. Deluxe at some point to kind of finish the set as it were. Granted I imagine that'd be hell to try to play on a Switch because of how much harder the reduced screen makes that game, even if it does have tons of neat additions besides that. Also I can't help but wonder to this day what the hell the point of the GBA Metroid port was and who on earth would buy it. The game's unlockable in Zero Mission, which is a vastly better game to begin with, so what's the point? At the time it was the famicom 20th anniversary and they were rereleased nes/famicom games for the gba at a budget price as part of the anniversary. Through Japan got the better deal then us.
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Post by chrom on May 26, 2023 10:41:59 GMT -5
So after 37 years, it is time for Link to finally talk?
No, The Philips CDI does not count.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 26, 2023 14:06:47 GMT -5
So after 37 years, it is time for Link to finally talk? No, The Philips CDI does not count. I'd really rather it never happen, to the point if I were doing a Zelda movie I'd write in a direct reason for Link not to; the commitment to it often kind of serves to give him more personality than he'd have if they actually had him voiced. That said I did like the gag in Breath of the Wild where Zelda repeats something Link had just said offscreen.
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Post by chrom on May 26, 2023 18:50:43 GMT -5
I've just been fusing Rocks to my Weapons. It's simple but swinging a boulder at a bokoblin is fun.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 30, 2023 4:50:46 GMT -5
Just tried my hand at fighting Ganondorf early and holy shit the gloom mechanic is the absolute dirt f***ing worst. It's kind of so obviously a, "We need to make up for how easy the lategame on BotW is, so rather than actually making the game harder we're just going to throw 800,000 enemies at you and make you dependent on an item that can be found basically f***ing nowhere to heal," pile of bullshit, and because apparently even though it does save in the middle of the fight it won't let you manually reload that save I went and lost having fought through the 47 assholes you have to get through to get to Ganondorf in the first place because I bailed out on what was obviously a doomed run early instead of letting the asshole actually kill me.
Really just has me wanting to delete the damn game and never touch it again. It can definitely be fun but it's just so utterly suffocating so much of the time between stuff like that, how annoying to navigate both the sky and depths are and how gigantic of a map it gives the world, the constant scarcity of resources, and them deliberately making things way more grindy than in BotW by doing things like getting rid of every good money farm, somehow making the breakable weapons even worse than they were before, and making every clothing item take like 47 items at minimum to upgrade. I've definitely been having a lot of fun with it at points but I'm pretty at the point of just wanting to be done with what a grinding chore it is and I can't really see myself ever wanting to play it again after I do finish it. Like it's 100% for sure my least favorite 3D Zelda game and up until the HD version two years ago I could pretty much shittalk Skyward Sword all day long so that's saying something.
Doesn't really help that I kind of just hate this broader trend in games in general. Everything has to be a bloated 200 hour grinding epic because f*** you, it's more important to make a long game than a fun game.
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Post by Raskovnik on May 30, 2023 6:14:13 GMT -5
I think the game kinda blows chunks because BOTW had a lot of flaws, which the new game addresses virtually none of, and feels so arrogant on top of that. Combat? Oh we got it in one, no need to make any changes whatsoever. The map? That was so perfect that we’re going to basically use it again. I can’t even say I’ve had much fun with it, outside of like three shrines total. I was burned out on BOTW after realizing how empty that game is, and instead of feeling like hour 1 of a new game it’s like starting on hour 100 of BOTW, except all your hearts and stamina wheels are gone. I guess Fuse is neat if you want to torture Moblins, but I just avoid all combat because there is essentially no benefit.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 30, 2023 6:32:20 GMT -5
I think the game kinda blows chunks because BOTW had a lot of flaws, which the new game addresses virtually none of, and feels so arrogant on top of that. Combat? Oh we got it in one, no need to make any changes whatsoever. The map? That was so perfect that we’re going to basically use it again. I can’t even say I’ve had much fun with it, outside of like three shrines total. I was burned out on BOTW after realizing how empty that game is, and instead of feeling like hour 1 of a new game it’s like starting on hour 100 of BOTW, except all your hearts and stamina wheels are gone. I guess Fuse is neat if you want to torture Moblins, but I just avoid all combat because there is essentially no benefit. Yeah, honestly the only things I'd say are actually a direct improvement on Breath of the Wild are the boss fights being more varied and them getting rid of the motion control shrines. Everything else is a lateral move at best and a step down at worst.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on May 30, 2023 7:31:03 GMT -5
Tears of the Kingdom is f***ing spectacular. That is all.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on May 30, 2023 8:32:44 GMT -5
Tears of the Kingdom is f***ing spectacular. That is all. Honestly I'd genuinely appreciate it if you could explain your perspective on the matter since from where I'm sitting it pretty much just feels like all you actually need to get rave reviews is an impressive physics engine and 200 hours worth of busywork with fun or halfway decent level design being completely incidental.
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Post by Push R Truth on May 30, 2023 8:43:19 GMT -5
My main complaint is the rupee situation. The way they handle it is at odds with itself. They appears to want them hard to get, yet anything worth while to buy takes an absurd amount.
Second complaint is semi-related. The requirements for armor upgrades go from "that ain't bad" at the start to "Oh just f#$@ off with that bullshit" at the end. Takes hundreds of Amber just to upgrade like one piece. Their economy of things is out of wack. No wonder so many people are using dupes. It's either that or grind Amber for 80+ hours of real time.
All that said, this is one of the best "f around and wander for hours" games I've ever played. And I've played WoW when it was good.
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