RedShell

Yeah, I saw that in S.C.G's stream. Looks like the connection was a bit iffy again when DCubed joined though. Does it just not handle 4 players very well, or is it another one of those cases where a wired connection is basically a requirement? I only ever use Ethernet on Switch when playing Smash Bros. really, so was on Wi-Fi last night, perhaps that was the problem. What connection type was everyone else using?

Well that was kind of fun, but the connection issues are really bad. At least for me. It became pretty much unplayable.

Possibly. Will join in if I can. Although I’ve never actually played it before, so that’ll be… interesting.

Yep. Fine with me.

Is there any need to make a new arena?

If you guys are sure you'd be up for even more Smash at 10pm, then yeah, I'm cool with that. I probably won't join the arena until a bit later on though, as I definitely don't have the stamina for over 2 hours of this type of game any more!

Short and sweet session for me this week, cheers for the games though everyone. I cannot believe I won that game with Jigglypuff!

Self-inflicted suddenly, banana:

Yup, on my way!

I wouldn’t be able to join that early. How about standard stages from 8pm for an hour and a half, then 30 mins of custom mayhem? Anyway, the last thing I want is to be responsible for people not having fun or dropping out, so even if you just keep it 100% standard stages, I’m totally cool with that.

Yeah, sorry @Ike. This has turned into a custom stage fest. It’s really weird seeing the original versions of some of my older stages. Complete with bugs. *EDIT* Cheers for the games everyone!

Wow, didn’t realise it’s been that long! Looking forward to joining you guys for this again. I’ll have to remember to connect my Switch via ethernet cable, hopefully I can find the adapter that I’ve not seen/used since October 2021!

Yup, and I finally picked up the Expansion Pack sub as a result. Got a lot of content to catch up on now, with the MK8DX and Animal Crossing DLC, plus all of the additional retro console stuff. Currently trying to focus on Banjo-Kazooie, which I've somehow never played through fully before! It can be tricky to readapt to old school games like this sometimes though (especially with how weird it is playing N64 with a modern controller layout ) but I'm making an effort to stick with it.

Hopefully, yeah. I’ve not played Smash in absolutely ages either, so that will be interesting too. *EDIT* Long distance suddenly banana! : And nice Green Shell bounce @BowserBasher *EDIT 2* What the hell did they do to the music on L.A. Laps!? Most of the MK8DX renditions improve on the Tour versions, but I'm definitely not a fan of how they handled that one.

Yep, I picked up 12 months of the online expansion pack recently, so I am indeed back. But pretty rusty… Mario Kart Tour has destroyed my ability at proper Mario Kart! Anyway, great to join you guys for this once again, was really good fun.

That might be a little bit too stupid, even for me!

Wow! That is absolutely glorious, thanks for bringing it to my attention. Not sure if I'll ever get around to playing it for myself, but it was great just to see that trailer and your gameplay of it.

Would be cool to see R.O.B make a comeback. Also, they might still add Wiggler to Tour (I really thought he was already in it ) as some of the previous Booster Pass content has ended up in Tour at a later date.

Where did you hear that?

True, but I do find myself coming back to it every single time there's an update or new DLC, just to see what's been added and grab the extra achievements. The DLC characters make it even more impossible to lose, some of them are literally invincible.

I think they must be selling a lot of this... stuff:

Oh yeah, I remember hearing about how the game runs on a newer engine on other platforms. I believe the PC version will also migrate to that engine in the near future though, so 15FPS (reckon I've seen it go even lower! ) might become a thing of the past. I'm quite interested to see how the game will be priced on Switch. It is incredibly fairly priced everywhere else, and even completely free on mobile due to the fact the developer couldn't find a publisher that was willing to cooperate with their low price business strategy, so in the end just gave it away. I wonder if the infamous "Switch tax" will cause problems for them as well. I suppose they could take a similar route to the mobile versions and go F2P with paid DLC. On the subject of DLC, how good is this!?: Bloody good, that's how good.

First no Vampire Survivors thread, and now this!? Come on N-E, pull your socks up. I only played through the first Dragon's Dogma fairly recently, and felt like a complete fool for not having got around to it sooner. Had a really great time with the game though, and would say I even enjoyed it more than Elden Ring! So yeah, definitely hyped for the sequel, which is looking very good indeed.

Yeah, that is a valid concern. When it's running at full craziness (past 30 mins) even my gaming desktop can struggle to keep up! The fact they're adding a 4-player mode probably wont be helping matters either. Or perhaps they've come up with some clever optimisations, time will tell.

Make it four: Playing as Poochy is absolutely hilarious in MK Tour here's hoping they add him to MK8 as well, although I think Poochy might struggle riding a bike.