Glen-i

We've got box art! I dig it.

Geez, I guess Serebii's line for spoiler hiding is whether it's shown by official channels or not. Good thing I haven't checked that site today.

Nobuo Uematsu being lower on the playlist then Spice Girls is something I'd never thought I'd see in my lifetime. It's really impressive that the Final Fantasy Prelude is the one song that looks out of place in this Final Fantasy Soundtrack!

Done! 1 unintentional death in Rusty Bucket Bay (Because of course it was there). Got all 24 honeycomb pieces, the three Cheato Cheats, every Bottles Bonus Challenge, and the 7 Stop N' Swop items for what I'm coining "One hundred and Tooie percent". Outside of one small visual effect being missing (reflections in the ice cube enemy), the emulation is perfect. It's really impressive!

I'll be sure to give it a fair crack (At least 2 hours) before starting to think about whether it's for me. It's funny that expecting BotW, but ending up with a Monster Hunter kind of structure is seen as something that could be a detriment to the games credit. Because that's the only reason I turned around on my initial "this is gonna suck" thought. My concern is that the actual battling (my favourite part of the series) will be shunted to being second fiddle, which is the biggest reason why I hated Let's Go.

Add me to the "Doesn't matter how old something is" pile. I happily played EarthBound beginnings, an old-school NES RPG that only got an official release over here during the WiiU era. You've gotta go into these kind of games knowing full well that certain QoL features expected nowadays just weren't a thing back then, and you'll do fine. At least that's how I see it. Long loading times is probably the one thing that I'll try to avoid like the plague if possible, but it's not a deal-breaker.

Enough to know that Decidueye is the third slowest grass starter by memory alone. And I didn't even pick it as my starter in Sun/Moon. Pokédex entries are something I like to read for fun. I also know that Lugia can no longer learn Toxic via TM. I currently have around 80 Pokémon that I'd say I actually use regularly. And that's not counting the ones that are still stuck on the 3DS. That said, I'm guessing that comment about getting to know Pokémon is more about some kind of behavioural traits of wild Pokémon. But honestly? I highly doubt it will reach the standards of something like the anime or Pokémon Snap. A game structured like Arceus wouldn't be able to realistically depict 200 or so creatures with that level of detail in an open environment like that. It's just not realistic. Instead, it might be wiser to interpret that as "You can see the Pokémon, and watch them meander about before interacting with them" Because anything more complex then that, and I'd be shocked.

Only in skateboarding, and not real skateboarding. Video game skateboarding. Only the hippest for me!

I'm insulted! Way to dunk on my National Dex completion over on BD/SP. That took 180 hours of hard work, damnit!

Be forewarned, however, that the GameCube controller lacks a native ZL button, so you won't be able to access the system menu without a second controller connected. (Same goes for the home button and the capture button) Other then that? It's fine for games like Mario 64/Mario Kart/Mario Tennis.

Just want to point out that I literally could not beat the final boss of Banjo Tooie on XBox because the controls were so awful. Doesn't apply to BK, of course. But the emulation quality is so good on NSO! Really impressive, given how troublesome it has been for emulators in the past. Ocarina of Time's Dark Link Room was clearly sacrificed to the emulation gods to get this (and Paper Mario) to run so nice.

Banjo-Kazooie will support Stop N' Swop this time now that it's on NSO, right? ...Right?

Like, I've had some lucky breaks, but the Banzai Bill being right there to save me from Daybreak may just be the luckiest I've ever been!

@Ike, you completely deserved to win that match. That was totally jammy on my part.

And with that... Game Freak are off their rocker. I haven't even reached 500 Pokémon in this National Pokédex yet! Thanks a million, @Julius. Couldn't have done it without you, at least before the Home update drops. @Ugh first aid also helped to get me a few daily swarm Pokémon that I just couldn't get.