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Played through the new area in the "adventure" mode yesterday. Didn't take very long to get through (and the reward for doing so was craptacular) but yeah, better that nowt I guess. Hopefully they keep adding to it, although I'm not going to hold my breath. The new online co-op mode is kind of disappointing too, and playable with swing mode controls only for some bizarre reason.

I'm now at 0 points. It's all good though, as I ended up getting my 12 month subscription to Switch Online for around a fiver. Hopefully I can get next year's (if I decide to continue) for "free".

Yeah, was a good laugh. Especially RCR, that had me in stitches! Shame it runs so badly, although I have to admit that also kind of adds to its charm. The lag in this is a weird one really, it's kind of just like tiny stutters here and there, especially noticeable for me during Balloon Fight though, as it's one of my favourite NES games and something I've spent a lot of time playing over the years. Yep... Incomprehensible. We can only hope enough people speak up about it, and it gets sorted out. Amazed it was left like that in the first place though, like how the hell did nobody twig during development!?

Sorry I couldn't join you last night @Mokong, got your invite upon returning from a quest, at which point your hub was already full. I'll be online today from around 5 - 7pm, and again (after MK) at around 9pm. Happy to help out with whatever, or if anyone wants to help me, my MH "shopping list" currently includes Rajang Horn+ (absolute pain in the arse because I can't hunt Rajang to save my life ) and Ahtal-Ka Alluring Gem (also a pain in the arse, just for different reasons ).

Every time I play Ice Climber I start laughing, the controls on that game just never fail to amuse. Unbelievably frustrating. BTW, what’s the deal with online leaderboards, or has that not been implemented yet? I was just thinking how great it’d be if Nintendo added GB games to this thing too.

I urge everyone to check out the demo for this. You get a nice feel for the combat, story gameplay and can even drive around in Ken’s car while listening to music from Binary Domain and Super Monkey Ball! You don’t even know how much I’m looking forward to this game!

There’s no option to remove all the crap surrounding the screen when playing NES games, is there? How the hell could they mess that up now after getting it right on the NES and SNES minis!? Anyway, got all my save data backed-up (minus Splatoon 2, obviously) but out of everything I own, including all the eShop stuff, that was the only game not supported. So yeah, a sign that most devs will enable the feature, I quess. Feels nice getting my save data for games like Zelda and Monster Hunter on there.

Cheers @Glen-i & @Hero-of-Time for a thoroughly enjoyable Prowler hunting session earlier on. 4 x Prowlers is just chaos, complete and utter chaos! Love it. What a fireworks display. Got a couple of GIFs that I'll post in the other thread in a sec.

I’m still too invested in Monster Hunter at the moment (that, plus the reasons I mentioned above) so decided against picking up the vehicle kit for the time being. Lets us know how you get on with it!

That’s cool, but if you are going to be doing the Prowler quests at any point I’d definitely be up for helping out.

Hehehe. That’s pretty funny as today I made the switch back to hunter! Had so many items collected (from hundreds of quests as a Prowler) that I managed to get some pretty decent hunter gear made up straight away, over 900 defense! Also got a beast of a hammer forged, well over 300 attack plus purple sharpness! Still upgrades available too. I’m a bit rusty with the hammer, but it sure was fun hunting with it again. I also managed to solo the G Rank event quest for the Breath of the Wild’s Link gear, something which I came close to doing as a Prowler, but couldn’t quite manage. Anyway, if you want to meet up tomorrow for any of the Prowler exclusive quests (or anything else) just let me know. Would be great if we could organise an N-E all Prowler session actually. Hardly anyone seems to use Prowler online, and I cannot remember the last time I did a four player Prowler hunt.

I will do no such thing! This is why Karate Joe needs to be included, oh wait... that would be GBA though. Ok, it’s time for playable Nintendog!

No. Just no. I need to lie down...

This is funny in hindsight after that Nakarkos hunt, where our random “helper” decided to just stay at camp for 95% of the fight. It’s a miracle we got through that one actually. Anyway, yesterday’s hunting made it pretty clear that I definitely need to get some higher defense gear for my Prowler. Some of those monsters were practically one shotting me! I’m using the best armour that I can currently make though. It looks as if there is better stuff, but it’s locked behind the Level 3+ G Rank Special Permit hunts. Only other alternative is switching to a Protect Prowler I guess, but that messes up boomerangs, which is how I’m used to playing.

Cheers. I’m available for hunting whenever today (playing right now actually ) until around 10:30pm. Had a few hunts with Mokong and H-o-T earlier on, taking on low rank monsters with 2 players using endgame gear is just ridiculous!

Can anyone refresh my memory about the specifics of weapon sharpness? For example, is it better to use a weapon with a higher attack value and blue sharpness, or one with a slightly lower attack but with purple sharpness? Got a feeling it’s the latter, but not sure. That. Or the fact his insane hunting skills have the monsters in constant rage mode. I’m now thinking about reverting to default shout-outs too though, just incase. Yeah right. Custom shout-outs are funnier than watching you cart... just about.

So-so Direct for me. Disappointed that the MK8 DLC rumour didn't pan out, but at least Nintendo are attempting to sort out Mario Tennis Aces, which let's face it, is in much greater need of additional content anyway. New stuff in Splatoon 2 is also nice. And I have to say (even though I have no intention of buying it again) the 3DS version of Kirby's Epic Yarn looks absolutely incredible! Anyone that missed out on the Wii version is in for a right treat with that one. The Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle looks cool too (love Final Fight ) but wish it included Alien vs. Predator. It's on the Watch List, for now... Will definitely be checking out Katamari when that arrives, looks very much like my cup of tea. And of course I'm very happy about the "reveal" of Animal Crossing for Switch, even if it was done in a somewhat annoying and underwhelming manner. Just glad to know it's definitely on the way. Still not entirely convinced about the Switch online service, but will be subscribing regardless (at least for 1 year) as I need my MK8, Splatoon, Monster Hunter (and soon, Smash Bros.) online fix. Actually, I am quite looking forward to trying some of those NES games online as well, especially Balloon Fight.

Great. Hopefully see you then! I definitely won’t be hunting during the Direct though, as multitasking isn’t something I’m very good at unfortunately.

Hope so. And I know they stopped supporting it a while back now, but it would also be good if they could get something added to ARMS as well. I don't even have that game installed on my Switch any more but some interesting new content would no doubt change that. I'll be very happy if we do get some MK8 DLC anyway. Speaking of Mario Kart, I wonder if there will be anything on Mario Kart Tour in this Direct? Really looking forward to some solid info on that game.

I've been busy scouting/training up Prowlers recently, have now got Merengue to the max Lv.99, plus a bunch of new cats too. (That Kelbi Horn grind trick is pretty sweet ) The cat which I'm likely to be using most often from now on though is a gathering type, called Grabby. He has triple boomerang attack, Piercing, Big and Mega Boomerang support moves and Plunderang. All of that combined with a great new paralysis weapon I'm rocking makes for a pretty damn effective Prowler! Joined @S.C.G and @Gadwin for some hunting last night as Grabby, and there were times when I was genuinely feeling sorry for the monsters! That Mizutsune in particular, didn't even get the chance to change area! Also got a good laugh out of Seltas Queen being halted by the para status while it was trying to limp away. Forgot to grab a vid of that unfortunately (was laughing too much ) but yeah, hilarious stuff. Any post-MK/pre-Direct hunting planned for tonight?