Glen-i

Well, I managed to find Sly and he's moving in tomorrow. I'll be opening in about half an hour.

You literally just showed up on my friend notification as booting up AC... Shenanigans!

Next League Night: Tonight 8pm Room 1: @BowserBasher is host @Glen-i @BowserBasher @martinist @S.C.G @viceview51

Currently 215 Bells at my place. But I'm Island hopping on my neverending quest to find a crocodilian villager. So I'll open up once I find someone I want.

He just wants to share his art with everyone. But then I sniped it.

I can come around in about 15 minutes if you're able to.

I'm available to visit in about 2 hours if you haven't been plundered by then.

Why does that matter? I thought you were against mobile games because you didn't have a smartphone? If it runs on Switch then surely that's a good thing regardless of what it was designed for. I'm against mobile games because of the predatory practices they encourage. Basically, "Free-to-start" is a flat out no from me.

Doesn't make it a game designed for the Switch, let's face it.

Hey, what got announced here? Anything remotely inter... Mobile game? OK, cool. I'm outie 5000.

What? You don't like Mesozoic Big Hole?

Sorry, won't be back until Thursday now.

Welp, here we go. No-one predicted Min Min, so scores remain the same. It will come to the surprise of no-one that most people went for Spring Man 2 years ago. But special shout out to @Jonnas for this particular one. I know 2 years is a long time for situations to change and all, but... So close with that one, tough break...

I was always saying that this presentation was going to be exciting because no matter who got in, it would be a first in some way. Sure Dillon doesn't have a chance in the immediate future, but my secondary wish of Toxtricity as the Sword/Shield rep just got slightly more likely... Need that punk rock poison lizard in Smash so bad!

Trying to step into Mario territory is almost always a risky strategy. Best to steer clear if possible.

No statues, but I'll open my town in 5 minutes. EDIT: Open now. @BowserBasher SECOND EDIT: OK, I can't wait around anymore, I have to head off.

Allow me to judge you. Obviously don't read on if you haven't seen the presentation yet.

There are around 30 Splatoon tracks in Smash already. Splatoon is doing fine on that front.

They don't. Does Fallout even have fitting music for Smash? EDIT: That official artwork actually makes me feel a bit sorry for Spring Man now. Poor guy. Not even Chrom got that amount of disrespect.

Min Min is going to absolutely detest fighting against the likes of Chrom and Jigglypuff. Looks like a lot of fun, looking forward to N-E ARMS night (But not actually ARMS)

The thing is with Classic Mode is that the difficulty varies wildly between characters. I'm actually pretty OK with Zero Suit Samus, but her route is absolutely brutal. So just using your best character might make things harder. Intensity increases is mainly determined by the speed at which you win and how much damage you take. For this reason, use items when you deem it appropriate. Who cares if it's not as impressive? Do keep in mind that if you do well and get to 9.9 before the boss, but then die afterwards, you can use a Classic Ticket to continue without lowering the intensity, maintaining the 9.9 This won't do any good if you die before reaching 9.9 though. So you want a route that avoids the following: - Horde Battles, especially ones at the end of a route. Once you're at 9.0 levels of difficulty, it becomes easy to be ganged up on for making a small mistake. - On a lesser note, matches where you are against more than one opponent. It's manageable at the start of a route, but try and avoid these late in the route. (Mario has a really hard time because his route is almost all this, especially the Pokémon section) - Large stages. I like most stages... In multiplayer. But in Classic, you need to end matches quick. Dark Pit's route jumps to mind because you have to fight Pit on Palutena's Temple in fight 6. That's a humongous waste of time. Difficult Bosses - Bosses get really hard when you're aiming for a 9.9. Some more than others. Your mileage might vary, but I think we can all agree that Master Hand + Crazy Hand is one of the more difficult ones. Pity they are the most common boss. Marx, Galleon and Ganon are ones I find easier than usual. So for that reason, There are 2 routes I found quite easy compared to the average run. Toon Link - He always has two other Toon Links helping him out, sure he's fighting other teams most of the time, but Fight 6 is one Giant Ganondorf, which is hilarious in how easy it is and the boss is Ganon, where you still have your two helpers, so it's a bit of a curb stomp battle. Get to fight 6 well enough and it should be doable. Ryu - All the fights are one-on-one stamina fights. CPU's tend to aim for the knockback instead of whittling your HP down. So you can use Ryu's good rushdown techniques to your advantage. If you can perform the command inputs, all the better. His route does end with the hands, but I think Ken helps you here and it's still under Stamina rules, so it's way easier than usual. I actually think Ryu's route is the easiest.

OK, I've seen a few cases of people listing forgeries and I have to ask. Why would people want them? BTW, he's in my town today as well. I've already claimed the Mona Lisa. If people wanna browse the rest, give me a shout.

The more mobile titles they release that fail to even get close to the lightning-in-a-bottle situation that GO is, the less appealing chasing it will become. Remember how they chased the gacha market with Pokémon Masters? Thankfully, that was an utter dud. PMD: Rescue Team DX performing really well is an encouraging sign and with New Pokémon Snap being announced and Detective Pikachu on the horizon, I'm a bit more hopeful than I was a year ago. Well, unless a future mobile title does well, then we'll probably be right back to square one again.