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Post by Paul on Sept 10, 2024 7:10:43 GMT -5
I wanted to recommend Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland if you're a fan of: A). The Rugrats cartoon. B). Retro gaming. and/or C). 2-D Platforming. It's a very solid 2-D platforming game (albeit one geared towards younger kids) that would have felt right at home on the Nintendo NES back in 1991. And it reminded m that I need to revisit the Rugrats cartoon again sometime soon.
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Post by chrom on Sept 10, 2024 11:42:03 GMT -5
Straight out of the CD-I Games
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 10, 2024 12:19:45 GMT -5
I wanted to recommend Rugrats: Adventures In Gameland if you're a fan of: A). The Rugrats cartoon. B). Retro gaming. and/or C). 2-D Platforming. It's a very solid 2-D platforming game (albeit one geared towards younger kids) that would have felt right at home on the Nintendo NES back in 1991. And it reminded m that I need to revisit the Rugrats cartoon again sometime soon. It bares noting for anyone for whom playing on PC is an option that they're actually giving the game away free on the Epic Games store starting on Thursday.
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Post by chrom on Sept 10, 2024 20:50:56 GMT -5
So there is 22 playable characters for Mario Party Jamboree, with Pauline and Ninji being unlockable.
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Post by Paul on Sept 11, 2024 17:01:34 GMT -5
So there is 22 playable characters for Mario Party Jamboree, with Pauline and Ninji being unlockable. Awesome! I am all for Pauline being in more games to remind people of the original Donkey Kong game.
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Post by chrom on Sept 17, 2024 11:26:32 GMT -5
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Sept 17, 2024 20:03:54 GMT -5
SNES Update. Most notable game though is Battletoads/Double Dragon
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Post by chrom on Sept 17, 2024 20:31:14 GMT -5
Battletoads/Double Dragon, that's a game I've not seen in a long time
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 18, 2024 13:50:26 GMT -5
I know it's because they're using the same graphic for a sale on Steam, but it's still weird that the graphic for the current Serenity Forge anniversary sale on the eShop has the princess from Slay the Princess super prominent in it when the game not only hasn't been released for Switch yet but doesn't have a date yet.
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Post by The Ichi on Sept 18, 2024 14:59:39 GMT -5
*game people kind of want, I guess* *racing game* *one or two Japan only puzzle games (usually a Puyo Puyo clone)*
I'm not imaging it, am I? This has been their formula for a while now.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 18, 2024 15:32:27 GMT -5
The real issue is that third parties prefer to put their older stuff in collections, much of the first party releases are already on there, and a lot of what's left are weird ones with rights issues (see far too many DKC related games to count). Hence you end up with either obscure titles from companies that are dead/bought out or stuff of so little obvious value developers are fine just having Nintendo put it on their service for minimal money.
Its telling that even the very money focused Konami concluded that Castlevania Legends made more sense as a free game on NSO then as a selling point in a collection,
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 18, 2024 15:38:41 GMT -5
If nothing else they really should be adding shit to the N64, GBA, and Genesis way more often than they are. It's safe to conclude the Genesis service is functionally dead with how long it's been, but for the other two it's dumb that you're paying a premium on top of a premium and just getting table scraps. If nothing else would it kill them to throw up Smash Bros. or something? To say nothing of the wealth of GBA games they're just sitting on.
I'm guessing we're for sure going to get Gamecube games on there on the Switch 2 just due to how, like... Nothing the service's future is without them.
Though if nothing else I do feel like we're probably going to get a Pokemon NSO announcement before the year's out. The service kind of needs them, it'd help them be able to eventually drop Bank support entirely, and I can't see them letting the Gen 2 25th anniversary pass without incident.
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Post by UN PLOMBIER NIGHTMARE #blm on Sept 18, 2024 15:40:03 GMT -5
damn i used to play battletoads/double dragon all the time.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 18, 2024 15:44:44 GMT -5
If nothing else they really should be adding shit to the N64, GBA, and Genesis way more often than they are. It's safe to conclude the Genesis service is functionally dead with how long it's been, but for the other two it's dumb that you're paying a premium on top of a premium and just getting table scraps. If nothing else would it kill them to throw up Smash Bros. or something? To say nothing of the wealth of GBA games they're just sitting on. I'm guessing we're for sure going to get Gamecube games on there on the Switch 2 just due to how, like... Nothing the service's future is without them. Though if nothing else I do feel like we're probably going to get a Pokemon NSO announcement before the year's out. The service kind of needs them, it'd help them be able to eventually drop Bank support entirely, and I can't see them letting the Gen 2 25th anniversary pass without incident. There's general lack of going the extra mile with NSO that's pretty obvious at this point. Satellaview and 64DD games would be such great bonuses for the service (and given Nintendo's tendency to save everything I find it likely they have plenty of both somewhere) but instead it's just picking the carcass of dead 90s third parties and occasionally getting a decent obscure first party release.
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Post by BorneAgain on Sept 18, 2024 19:06:54 GMT -5
I'm not typically one to double post but...
Japanese game companies can be very particular about their patents so I'm wondering if Palworld really does have some gameplay element that Nintendo's already got locked down.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 18, 2024 19:48:06 GMT -5
I'm not typically one to double post but... Japanese game companies can be very particular about their patents so I'm wondering if Palworld really does have some gameplay element that Nintendo's already got locked down. Boy do I have some mixed feelings about these types of patents Certainly the lengths are ludicrous. The nemesis system patent expires in 2035 or so I think
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Sept 18, 2024 19:53:39 GMT -5
Hoping Nintendo and TPC get their asses handed to them on this but I doubt it. Ridiculous overreach.
On a bit more positive of news, the new SNES update updated a bunch of stuff in the data pertaining to the mouse controller so we're likely getting Mario Paint soon.
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Post by chrom on Sept 18, 2024 20:11:31 GMT -5
So the new craze going around is what if they kept Princess Peach in her NES sprite colors, with the brown hair and white dress.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Sept 19, 2024 8:11:07 GMT -5
Hoping Nintendo and TPC get their asses handed to them on this but I doubt it. Ridiculous overreach. On a bit more positive of news, the new SNES update updated a bunch of stuff in the data pertaining to the mouse controller so we're likely getting Mario Paint soon. I f***ING LOVED MARIO PAINT
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Sept 20, 2024 5:47:39 GMT -5
it's the internet and anyone can say anything so take it with a grain of salt, but an Alleged Palworld developer has come out and said that the CEO of Pocketpair forced them to copy things.
and dude has apparently been complaining about the game and company for a while before the Lawsuit came out.
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