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I be on Team Relax as well, what time are you two planning on playing?

Yeah, but the demo Prowler is so unbelievably useless (even more so for me, as I'm so used to my ludicrously OP boomerang cat on 3DS ) that I had to revert to using Hammer. Definitely. The way it's setup now is almost as if it's been specifically designed to put people off! I mean they could at the very least have the gear change/upgrade depending on the monster you choose to hunt, even that slight modification would make the demo more true to the experience of the full game.

Are you on about the move where he disappears and then suddenly lands on you out of nowhere, taking 90% of your health bar in the process? Because if so, it’s not that easy to avoid, not for me at least. And I sure as hell am not surprised at anyone getting KO’d by it, especially newcomers to the MH series! To be honest I find these demos to be kind of annoying, I mean they give you such crap armour/weapons that even hunting the easy monster takes ages. Let alone crazy jet plane thing! I bet it puts more people off the game than making them want to buy it, and it certainly isn't indicative of how things play out in the full game either, I mean nobody will be taking on the intermediate or advanced monsters with that kind of gear.

OK, last game for me.

LOL. That was hilarious.

Brilliant!

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Such a shame. I really love the style/vibe they were going for with this game.

Excellent choice, N-E.

I'd be up for Salmon Run. Still need to get this month's exclusive item.

Yeah, those gave me a good laugh too. And seeing as I’ve never used the new 3DS or 2DS I genuinely had no idea where the stylus or power buttons were located on them!

I think it just feels really short if you’ve played the rest of the series, as although there are over 300 microgames in Gold, only 50 are brand new. Previous experience with WarioWare, Inc., Twisted and Touched also makes it much quicker to get through story mode, as you already know what to expect for the majority of games, so there’s basically no trial and error involved. Hell, I didn’t even know about the coin continue system as the option never appeared for me! What playtime have got on your activity log? I’m at around 25 hours, which already puts WarioWare Gold in 40th place for total time played on my 3DS, above stuff like Super Mario 3D Land and Kirby Planet Robobot. So yeah, I certainly wouldn’t say it’s really short, but rather that the more WarioWare titles you’ve already played, the shorter WarioWare Gold will probably feel. Also... time flies when you’re having fun!

Indeed. Absolutely stunning visuals on this! Seems pretty fun too, if Smash wasn’t around the corner I probably would’ve checked it out, but yeah... a shame about the timing.

Does this new feature where you can alter the appearance of your hunter’s outfit without changing the stats work for Prowlers too? Yeah, I remember. I’m also loving it, totally addicted! And real-time battles + cats, so very much my kind of RPG.

Super Mario Kart, F-Zero, Pilotwings, Star Fox... But yeah, I think most people are very familiar with those. So my biggest recommendation would have to be The Legend of the Mystical Ninja! One of my personal favourites on the SNES, and a truly great game that more people should definitely play. The Japan exclusive sequels is also great, not to mention the N64 game, but that’s for another thread. Pop’n TwinBee is another nice game, a super colourful and fun shump, also from Konami. You basically can’t go wrong with anything from Konami on SNES, they were pretty much at the top of their game during that time. Just remembered Tiny Toon Adventures now I recall having a laugh with that game too. Godamn I miss the good old Konami...

This is a great idea and I’d definitely like to get back into more retro gaming (other than SMK ), but It’s unlikely I’ll be able to stop myself from playing all the current/upcoming games in order to do so. I’ll soon be hooked on Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Monster Hunter, both of which will keep me very busy until Smash Ultimate arrives, at which point I imagine I won’t be playing anything else! Look forward to reading about everyone’s retro adventures though.

Didn’t see this until now (been glued to Cat Quest ) but hopefully we can still get some 3DS hunts arranged before the Switch version lands.

@Glen-i & @BowserBasher, I might not be able to make it tonight now, or (if I do get to join) have to suddenly drop out. So yeah, don’t bother waiting for me should that happen.

The second part of the summer sale is now on. There’s 40% off Bomb Chicken, might have to nab that.

Please please please...

Excellent Direct! Although I couldn't help but be slightly disappointed with the first character reveal, purely because there are other Konami characters that I'd much rather be seeing in Smash. But yeah, they obviously gotta go with the more mainstream choice, can't blame them for that. I was cracking up at that! Probably the best moment of the entire Direct for me. Can't wait to see other characters trapped inside the bus. Hopefully Kapp'n can pick up multiple "passengers" as well, would be hilarious to see several of the larger ones all squashed together.

Cool vid. I wish Great Jaggi was in there though, I used to love speed running that thing on MHTri. Think my record with one of the best hammers in the game was about 2 seconds! It literally took just 1 attack. Oh and Qurupeco. That was another one I always liked hunting as it looked ridiculous and did really funny moves. That should’ve been included too, would’ve loved to take on those monsters as a Prowler.

The timing of this Direct (given it’s focused on Smash) seems pretty suspicious... Can you imagine if they’ve gone and brought the release date forward to coincide with the launch of the online service?! Super unlikely I know but hey, I can dream. Reckon we’ll be getting some kind of beta/demo though, similar to the 3DS version. And that could potentially drop in September.

Even though it means having to do those bloody gathering quests again? But yeah, at least you’ll get a lot more playtime out of the game that way, and I bet you still “finish” it before the rest of us.

Damn. Was hoping for a standard Direct. Nintendo, you do not need to sell Smash Bros. Ultimate to me anymore, ok? Seriously, enough is enough. Actually... I would like confirmation of custom stages.