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At first glance I thought the author's name was Mochizuki Yikes. Yes, that's my entire contribution.

It's weird that the superman film isn't out on 4th July, instead exactly a week later. You'd think given how rah-rah patriotism that franchise can get it would be obvious. Wonder how long it'll be before there's a campaign to get Donald Faison as Booster Gold because of Legends of Tomorrow.

Frasier is always my go to for that kind of thing

The Simpsons has been renewed for two more seasons; bringing them to 36 seasons and 794 episodes (assuming 22 in each). Bob's Burgers and Family Guy have also been renewed for two seasons each

I can get an ESTA as it's just an online form. If I would be able to use that at the border was a different question (and seems to be based on whoever you deal with). I could apply for a visa but waiting times for embassy interviews are long. Saw somewhere it's about 9-12 months but not been able to validate that.

Finally finished this yesterday (or at least the story). Had done most things up until the last full world but I wanted to get this finished before going on my travels. Ended up completing 81% and putting in 45 hours, which I think is the most I've spent on a game in ages. The final battle was an interesting change, although I wouldn't say particularly challenging. Although I did find out at that point that Rabbid Rosalina can actually do a fair bit of damage. Hadn't really used her up until that point. As I mentioned before I found the open world parts to be tricky to navigate around at times and in some ways it was an iterative sequel rather than anything substantially different, but the sparks did add a good twist to it. I would recommend this over the original, but unless you loved it I wouldn't recommend both. Looking forward to seeing what they do with the DLC.

I see what you did there

How dare you suggest I may have an apple product Yeah seeing that pop up reminded me about it but I'm an android person.

Because I'm too lazy to check; is Pocket Jockey still available? One of those games I've been meaning to try.

Plus it's the same colour as the second best console colour which is a bonus. The best colour should be obvious to all.

If anyone wants to potentially fix their Joy-Con sticks a company is offering replacement sticks using hall effect sensors. https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/22/23566353/switch-joy-con-drift-solution-nintendo-gulikit Speaking of, used the console in handheld mode for the first time in years and the left just wouldn't click. Hoping some compressed air in there will fix it up.

The iOS version is out now and there's an interview with the director here:

I'm not so sure, I hear having a shiny Greninja is déclassé.

I can't 100% remember the previous time but both of these were pipes (the same pipe in fact) but two different characters; one was something I spawned and the other was Bowser's special mechakoopa things.

@Ronnie did you have problems with sparks that spawn an enemy (or ally I guess) when they go through pipes? Always seems to get stuck on the other end. It doesn't freeze, they just stay in an idle animation that it never comes out of. Finally updated the game (been ignoring it for ages) so maybe that's fixed it but just quit a mission twice for this very reason and it's annoying.

Big deal, some of us do it every month. I pay national insurance every month if that counts

Finally rebooked my travels recently. I was supposed to go on a year-long trip which started March 1st 2020 and ended 17 days later (no prizes for guessing why). However this time hasn't been smooth sailing either as on Jan 1st I booked a flight to NY then a flight to Hawaii, with the goal being to then book one to Sydney. However, the following day I found out because I went to Cuba in 2017 I can't get an ESTA so that money was down the drain (thanks Trump!) Ended up going to a travel operator who booked all my flights to make my life easier so I'm going to be doing: Australia for about 3 weeks Japan for about 3 weeks Mexico City for 3 nights Costa Rica for 5 nights Ecuador/Galapagos for just over a week Argentina for 2 weeks Madrid for 3 nights Subsequently sorted out accommodation for Mexico City, Costa Rica while Ecuador/Galapagos was handled by them based around the Galapagos tour and I'm just now figuring out the rest but the other places should be easier; I know someone in Sydney, I've been to Japan and familiar with its geography and I went to Argentina last time so I'm familiar with those. It all kicks off a week Monday and I need to leave my flat next Sunday (and get myself to London for the flight) so it's been a busy few weeks doing all sorts to get ready but in two weeks time I will be in the warmth, which given this morning I woke up to snow will be very welcome! Just under 3 months rather than a year this time because I'm in a different place in my life but looking forward to finally doing it. The last 3 years have felt like a holding pattern.

Paid my taxes (business and personal)

Contemplating going in Japan but not really a big theme park person (as well detailed as it looks in this case). Think it'll be one of those things whereby if I can spare a few hours I will.

"Take a break, rreeEllllLlaaaaAAaLaXxXxxX" Might be able to if you shut up bub

Different people have different opinions, it shouldn't be surprising. Also nobody, by any stretch of the imagination, is suggesting it's "the worst game ever created". They just didn't like it. The criticism seems to be "it's not for me" rather than 'it's objectively terrible'. That's kind of the whole point of this thread; it's not "when did this series become terrible" but rather "when did you lose interest". You can absolutely be disinterested in something that is objectively well made and something other people like. Along the same lines; I got very bored of the New Super Mario Bros series. The games were well made and enjoyable, but they came so thick and fast at one point I just got bored of them and had no interest in any more.

Turns out the article I was thinking of was not as detailed as I remember: https://www.n-europe.com/news/n-europe-turns-16/ Blame the author.