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Post by The Legend of Groose on Dec 11, 2023 10:13:55 GMT -5
Not surprised. I don't know why people are so obsessed about all the games needing to be linked together in some way. Some do relate (Wind Waker after OOT, Tears after Wild) but not all of them.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 11, 2023 12:14:08 GMT -5
Not surprised. I don't know why people are so obsessed about all the games needing to be linked together in some way. Some do relate (Wind Waker after OOT, Tears after Wild) but not all of them. When it comes to games I just like it to be fun. A good story helps but sometimes a good story gets in the way of fun to the detriment of the game. I basically treat Zelda the same way as Final Fantasy. Every new game might share a bunch of names, personalities, mechanics and that kinda stuff. But it's essentially a different world every time. Mario does a good job of that too. SO getting back to the movie: that doesn't bother me at all. As long as it somewhat keeps the "flavor and style" of Zelda. Like Link better not be a 50 year old ninja master and Ganon shouldn't be his best friend from 4th grade and they team up to kill the evil Impa who is hellbent on opening a Zora Strip Club on the top of Death Mountain.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 13, 2023 20:29:57 GMT -5
Pokemon DLC is out.
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Post by chrom on Dec 14, 2023 10:53:42 GMT -5
Age of Calamity was my most played game this year
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 14, 2023 13:35:12 GMT -5
My most played this year was Pokémon Scarlet
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 14, 2023 13:58:10 GMT -5
Mine was Scarlet followed by the N64 app.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 14, 2023 15:51:51 GMT -5
Mine was, unsurprisingly, Tears of the Kingdom. Though I was shocked to see I'd played it for 178 hours.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 14, 2023 16:12:49 GMT -5
It's probably Three Houses for 2023, though I've been playing a lot of Rune Factory 4 Special lately, and prior, Shredder's Revenge and Octopath Traveler II.
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Post by Mike Strike on Dec 14, 2023 19:17:13 GMT -5
204 hours in TotK for me.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 14, 2023 23:31:19 GMT -5
It'll never cease to amaze me that them patching the panty shots out of Skullgirls happened like six months ago and I'm still endlessly seeing people whine about it.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 15, 2023 10:06:10 GMT -5
It's probably Three Houses for 2023, though I've been playing a lot of Rune Factory 4 Special lately, and prior, Shredder's Revenge and Octopath Traveler II. On checking properly, Three Houses was more last year, this year it had been Octopath Traveler II, followed by FF7 and then Rune Factory 4 Special.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 16, 2023 6:45:25 GMT -5
So turns out you can catch Meloetta in the Pokemon DLC by... {Spoiler}Going to a specific location and finding a swirl of leaves going around. Spin clockwise in it for about ten seconds, then bring up your phone, put on music, and switch to the sepia filter. No clue how on earth anyone figured this out.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Dec 16, 2023 13:06:03 GMT -5
That makes Mew under the truck look sensible.
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Post by Giul T. on Dec 16, 2023 15:49:48 GMT -5
I think more stuff like this should be cryptic. Not Everything of course, but surprises like this that you can really immerse someone in a secret. With the internet now, it's going to be revealed anyway, but I think it really takes you back to a day where you didn't immediately know everything.
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Dec 16, 2023 16:00:26 GMT -5
So turns out you can catch Meloetta in the Pokemon DLC by... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}Going to a specific location and finding a swirl of leaves going around. Spin clockwise in it for about ten seconds, then bring up your phone, put on music, and switch to the sepia filter. No clue how on earth anyone figured this out. This is some Mortal Kombat Reptile stuff.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 16, 2023 16:28:52 GMT -5
I think more stuff like this should be cryptic. Not Everything of course, but surprises like this that you can really immerse someone in a secret. With the internet now, it's going to be revealed anyway, but I think it really takes you back to a day where you didn't immediately know everything. I’m the opposite. I f***ing hate when they put things into a game that can’t possibly be found without a strategy guide. Unless there’s clues that at least get you close to figuring it out. Cryptic is one thing, having something that requires complete, dumb luck isn’t fun to me.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Dec 16, 2023 17:10:11 GMT -5
I think more stuff like this should be cryptic. Not Everything of course, but surprises like this that you can really immerse someone in a secret. With the internet now, it's going to be revealed anyway, but I think it really takes you back to a day where you didn't immediately know everything. I’m the opposite. I f***ing hate when they put things into a game that can’t possibly be found without a strategy guide. Unless there’s clues that at least get you close to figuring it out. Cryptic is one thing, having something that requires complete, dumb luck isn’t fun to me. Seems like there's an NPC who mentions spinning in the leaves so there might be NPCs who mention similar things along that line. Though the sepia thing seems to be a reference to a line from a throwaway NPC in Black & White talking about Meloetta.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 16, 2023 17:15:07 GMT -5
I’m the opposite. I f***ing hate when they put things into a game that can’t possibly be found without a strategy guide. Unless there’s clues that at least get you close to figuring it out. Cryptic is one thing, having something that requires complete, dumb luck isn’t fun to me. Seems like there's an NPC who mentions spinning in the leaves so there might be NPCs who mention similar things along that line. Though the sepia thing seems to be a reference to a line from a throwaway NPC in Black & White talking about Meloetta. See, I’m fairly okay with that. The last part is too obscure, and I don’t like that but if there are breadcrumbs sprinkled throughout the DLC that can reasonably be figured out that I’m totally cool with.
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Post by Ganon83 on Dec 16, 2023 21:49:11 GMT -5
If they are going to start referencing really random shit from a decade ago, they gotta start with the random ghost girl in X and Y.
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Post by Mozenrath on Dec 16, 2023 22:19:01 GMT -5
I am okay with it, if only because they are perfectly aware of how online their fanbase is.
It's a crutch in a way, like how Souls games can be downright obtuse because they know fans will collaborate and figure out mechanics, but it's also realistic that communities have changed. Like, even in the first game, Pikachu was supposed to be difficult to know is even IN viridian forest when you first go through it, not to even touch on Mew, so this kind of feels appropriate.
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