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Finished up Fairune 2 (which should be called Unfairune 2 ) and the rest of the collection. Anyway, with all 3 Fairune games complete, Fairune Blast was finally unlocked! And it is a lot of fun. Unfortunately though, it's also very short. Just 1 level. It's cool how it features the 3 characters from Kamiko though, and replaying the game with each of them feels quite different due to the unique weaponry and special attacks (also taken right out of Kamiko). I've already got pretty hooked trying to find the optimal attack patterns and because each attempt only lasts for a couple of minutes, you definitely get that "just one more game" thing going on. Perfect for the Switch. Will definitely be playing this for a while longer, see if I can climb the world ranking a bit more: LOL @ the disparity between my RPG and SHMUP rankings. Also, I tip my hat to the Japanese player that is number 1 across all 4 titles! Crazy.

Couldn't make it on Sunday night, but should be able to join for a bit on Thursday after MK. Preferably Turf War, if it's a low turnout.

Think I'm nearing the end of Fairune 2 now, but it has been a pretty frustrating experience at times. I mean there's being obscure and then there's taking the piss, and Fairune 2 definitely takes the piss. I just love the presentation of the game though... if it played more like Zelda (i.e. proper combat and far less cryptic design) I'd like it a lot more. Anyway, will reserve judgment of the collection as a whole until I play through Origin and also unlock the final game. I also downloaded Aqua Kitty UDX the other day, which is proving to be very enjoyable. Defender + Cats + C64-esque chiptunes = awesome!

Oh great, now I’m talking to myself.

Is there also a demo for the 3DS version?

Genuinely thought that was a double post for a split second. One of you has got to un-Nivea your avatar.

True. I expect it’d be a smoother experience for those in Japan. Bloody well hope so anyway for the sake of anyone that may have “purchased” this.

This does indeed look amazing. When exactly is it getting released though?

Well, I didn’t even get to reach the 15 minute limit, as the game just couldn’t seem to make it through the opening section. The few moments I did get to see ran incredibly poorly though, and I was also noticing severe input lag on the menus. Yeah... me thinks this was a pretty bad idea, Capcom.

Probably going to have to spend a bit more time with the demo to be absolutely sure, but at the moment I’m not really enjoying the gameplay either. It just doesn’t feel like there’s enough control over which plates you’re choosing. Touch controls are a definite help, but even then it still seems way too random and chaotic to offer any kind of genuine satisfaction from planning moves etc. The presentation is very nice though (even if some aspects don’t hold up so well on the big screen) and the cutscenes can be pretty funny. I’m quite surprised they went with two protagonists for a game with traditionally animated cutscenes though, seems like a massive waste of resources and no doubt a substantial increase to the game’s filesize for something so trivial. Also, is it just me, or is the audio level in this set waaaay too high? Good job you can manually lower it across multiple settings.

IN!

Oh come on, get excited nekunando-chan!

Indeed. I just thank god for online play (even crappy Nintendo style online ) for protecting my nose from such atrocities.

Been reading through this thread on Era: https://www.resetera.com/threads/compete-smash-players-plead-with-each-other-to-please-stop-smelling-so-bad.43481/unread It's both hilarious and revolting. Seriously though, how can some people be so gross? I struggle to go into places like CeX now because of the repugnant odour in there, so can't even begin to imagine how bad it must be at competitive gaming events and stuff like that.

Yeah, I'll be getting 3 no matter what, as after I play Kiwami 2 it'll be the only Yakuza game that I've not played. But if they're retail releases then I'll probably get 'em all.

Finally started making some progress on Fairune 2 again. Turns out I was just missing one of those sneaky hidden paths.

Awesome news! Someone needs to delete my thread, BTW.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/44058 Not Kiwami style remakes unfortunately, but they will see improved resolution and frame rate. So yeah, the entire Yakuza series on PS4! Time to get playing @S.C.G.

And that's coming from you, a MH veteran. Can you imagine how someone who started playing the series with World would adjust to playing this version? Not that there's probably going to be many people in that particular situation, but still, would be pretty interesting to see how those that are reacted to "old-school" MH. Man, those gather the stuff/deliver egg quests... so dull. They're literally the only quests that aren't complete in my game, just couldn't bring myself to play through 'em. They don't return in the Switch version, do they?

Yeah, it's definitely pretty clear already that the second title is quite a bit bigger than the first one. Apparently Fairune Origin is tiny though (way shorter than even the first game) according to reviews and the best times on the in-game leaderboard.

Think this is a terrible idea (as I mentioned in the other thread) but will try and check out that 15 min trial on my JP account, as I'm really curious about how it's going to look/perform via streaming.

Picked up Fairune Collection the last week. Managed to get through the first game without too much trouble (although I did have to check up on a couple of bits that were super obscure ) but Fairune 2 is proving to be quite tricky in comparison. I'm currently about an hour and a half in, but now completely and utterly stumped as to where to go/what to do! These games are definitely a blast from the past in their design, it's just a shame that I've clearly lost my ability to solve these types of cryptic puzzles. Hopefully I managed to progress again soon. Really want to unlock the shmup game that's included in the collection, but you need to complete the first 3 games to unlock it. *EDIT* Whoops! This was obviously supposed to go in the Switch eShop thread. No wonder I'm stuck on Fairune, can't even figure out the forum.

So I see you're playing Pokémon at the moment, am I right in assuming the wacky story and characters didn't help then, or is PxZ just on hold? I actually had the crazy idea of trying to get hold of PxZ 2 the other day! Quickly came to my senses though.