Glen-i

You might be already aware of this, but you can copy/paste a spoiler tag from a previous post of yours if you utilise the Edit feature. Bit clunky, but it does the job for now.

It was a Poké Ball. Doesn't count.

Wow... Uhhh. Did not expect that to happen on the second fight... Congrats @Ike on your Master Ball Goldeen!

Yet more misogynistic tripe from the development team of this. https://www.resetera.com/threads/black-myth-wukongs-content-creator-guidelines-allegedly-include-not-mentioning-feminist-propaganda-politics-etc’.955914/ Going around telling influencers to not mention "Feminist Propaganda", probably isn't the best move, but eh, the game has pretty graphics, and to a lot of gamers, women don't count as people (A viewpoint one of the co-founders almost certainly agrees with), so I'm sure they'll get away with it.

I'm sure you have, but just double checking... EDIT: Uhhhhh... I just got a fourth Card in a run... I'm not playing as that character, so this is very unusual. I wonder if this new thingie can break the three card limit?

So hey, all you regulars. Have any of you noticed that "Clubs" has appeared on the top of the N-Europe site recently? Well, Ashley and I have been fiddling around with it, and it seems to be a decent way of having a way for the site itself to remind you of when we play Mario Kart. Yeah, as a notification, like when someone quotes you. So I've made a club for our usual Thursday sessions. You forgetful types out there can join the club, click the event "Mario Kart 8 Deluxe", and set yourself a reminder for when Mario Kart is a certain amount of day/s away. Still testing the waters with that feature, but if it works as I expect, I might do similar for Smash and the NSO apps. EDIT: Also, I sent a whole bunch of you invites anyway, so you're not ignoring me!

Oh, now this is music to my ears, because it's the big gripe I have with the first game, that's kind of dissuaded me from going with the sequel. Because Freedom Planet is a lot of fun, but the difficulty started to get really frustrating, especially with how long some bosses were. But the idea of purchasable items to help modulate difficulty, as well as that neat "Spend currency to revive on the spot", as well as everything else you alluded to, is making me want to try it. Nope, I take it back, worst game ever.

Right, gonna have to shelve Team Battle, I'm expecting 5 of us tonight. So, a different theme tonight. One suggested by @S.C.G. A Tribute to Rachael Lillis I'm sure you're aware of this, but we had some sad news recently. Rachael Lillis, best known for being the original voice actress of Misty and Jesse in the Pokémon anime passed away. Neither of those characters appear in this game, but she is the voice of Jigglypuff and Goldeen. So S.C.G suggested a theme as a tribute. Sound idea, but I looked up her numerous roles, and while she is a prominent voice actress in anime, outside of Pokémon, she's only really appeared in a single Pac-Man game, and Sonic X. I'm kind of limited here. So, I'm killing two birds with one stone This is a stealth Pokémon theme. Yes, @BowserBasher, we're doing it! You can stop asking now! Stages are all the Pokémon, Sonic, Pac-Man, and Smash ones. Items are only Poké Balls and Master Balls. First person to find Goldeen in a Master Ball wins the whole night! Format: 3 Stock FS Meter: On See you at 8pm.

No need to rush too much. The workaround is fine.

I... I have no defense. There was absolutely no justification for that. No greedy excuse, not even a typical Four Swords accident. It didn't look that blatant in the moment, I swear!

No, I mean actual abilities not in the original, such as a "Hurricane Spin" There's nothing like that in the actual demo, but it mentions it on the eShop page.

Yup, we just finished a stage, now's the perfect time.

And here I was thinking we wouldn't pull it off! Yeah, I'm sure we'll be up for that. Just gonna shout out @S.C.G. We're good to go for Four Swords tonight at 8:30!

So, I've tried the demo, seems to be a different format to the Japan demo, as it doesn't appear to be first four levels. Reports going around that this western release (Which adds a few new abilities, according to eShop) runs a bit better. I can't confirm that, I haven't played the Japanese one, but it ran fine with a few fluctuations now and again. The actual game? Yeah, it has promise, the comparison to Kirby and the Forgotten Land is apt, the structure for the main platforming sections is a lot like that game. Defo wishlisting this one.

Right, yeah, bit of a workaround that @Ashley told a few of us. If you go to one of your old posts that have a spoiler tag, and click "Edit" you can copy and paste the spoiler tag where you need it. It's not perfect, because you can't give the spoiler tag a title, but it does the job. Thankfully, I always use a spoiler tag in the Gaming Diary thread for my list of completed games, so it's not too hard for me to find one.

Did you attempt that with Stinky Old Garlic Man? My condolences on your doomed run. But yeah, that thing. It's actually insane how powerful it makes you!

Right, I believe we have a spare spot going for N64/GBA NSO shenanigans tonight. Does anyone here want in? Should be playing at 8:30-ish.

Me, when getting the new thingie this update has. They make you work for it though. That level is proper hard! So hard, that the game doesn't actually record which characters have beaten it. Seems like it's almost intended for the player to use some of the more overpowered characters just to survive!

@Josh64 has another chance to be first with the news. Can't see it anywhere yet. Only managed to get to play 4 minutes of the totally normal stage. It's a toughie. Gains was actually struggling a bit! Also has rewards if you complete the first two Adventures. Shame I reset their progress a while back, so I have to do it again. EDIT: Nope, the rewards kicked in when I opened the adventure menu.

I mean, yeah. It's always been a Zelda-like in gameplay. I thought that was apparant from the start. The 2D bits play like this mostly.

What gives you that impression? It's got a lot of different genres in it, for sure, but not once did I see anything like an RPG.

That was wayyyy sooner then I expected! Zelda's lucky I can't use my NSO voucher on this.

Player's Choice tonight at 8pm.

I told you about this when he posted!