Dufniall

I think that Big Sale has ended, it ran until January 3. There is a new sale however, mostly Nintendo-published titles like ARMS, Splatoon 2 and indeed MK8 Deluxe. Splatoon's Octo Expansion is on sale as well, may pick that up.

Oh yeah that post looks like shit by the way, but I can't properly edit it (anyone else has problems editing posts with spoiler tags?), and I can't delete it to start over so you'll just have to do with it.

Allright, time for the January games! I think it's time to bring out the:

Thanks for the nomination @S.C.G! I'll start thinking about it and come up with my suggestions soon.

Guess it wasn't final, bought 2 more games in the sale and my 2018 Final Score is 661. I did spend some coins somewhere this year already so it's not a total accumulation.

I had my eye on Everspace, but €40 is way too steep a price for me. So I picked up Manticore: Galaxy on Fire instead, currently on sale. Let's see if that can satisfy my space shooting fix. And picked up Shantae: Half-genie Hero, loved The Pirate's Curse so this should be good.

Cool! I'm sad to say mine is still in the box, got it a couple of months ago... I think I need a good plan to use it for.

563 Gold coins at the moment, and I don't think that number is going to increase. I do have two second-hand games laying around that I haven't played yet, but I think the person before me already claimed the gold coins. Won't play them/claim them this year, so I think 563 is final! Further, 1620 useless platinum coins of which a bunch will expire again by the end of this month, just like in previous months...

I think I saw on your online profile what that something was. Hope U were enjoying it!

I think it wouldn't really work with a "serious" franchise like Fire Emblem or Zelda. I think they'll stick to Mario, or otherwise Kirby + Rabbids would work!

Room is open if anyone is up. FDYRP, password is 4444

Someone up for Smash either this afternoon or tonight between 7 and 8:30?

Usually I play my first match with Samus, but after that anything can happen. Although I have some preferences (played a lot with Robin, Palutena, Kirby and Mega Man in Smash 4) I also fancy trying others. And with this roster there are a lot of fighters which really appeal to me. But I've never played online a lot, so it may be a good idea to have at least some top characters if I ever want to win a match. I played Brawl and Melee local multiplayer, but that was against friends who didn't own the game so that gave me a little bit of a headstart.

Yeah I've read all those. Like I said they explain the basics (running, shielding, weapons etc.) but my confusion was mostly with magic. Might have been especially because I play pyromancer and my firebombs (picked those as starting item) look like fireballs which seems logical for a pyromancer. Ah well, I will find new bombs I'm sure. What character(s) are you playing @Sméagol (and any other people still playing this)?

Haha I'm loving this. There are two types of Smash players: people who use the same character every time or people who switch after every match. I'm the latter, even in WoL I mix it up a lot. Love the game so far, although it's not a game I can play for a long time in one go (except in multiplayer). Most of my time is in World of Light and Classic Mode. World of Light does get a bit repetitive, but it's fun to mess around with the spirits. Especially starting with a drill in hand has led to some matches ending rather quickly. Classic mode is great as well, with the personalized journey for every character. I've unlocked around 20 characters I think, so still a long way to go. I never touched Smash 4 DLC, so those characters are new to me too. I really like those new additions. Ryu is good, Inkling is nice, and K. Rool is a beast! But the most love goes to Simon, he has a great set of ranged attacks, packs a decent punch and I just love his strut. But I think the game will shine in the long run. With DLC to come it gives it plenty of lifespan, and I hope they create some Splatfest/Party Crash events to draw players in on certain days. What I'm missing most from online is the option to quicly see if friends have a room open, or to send out a notification among friends that a room is open. I've seen 6 people at once playing Smash in my friends list, but no way to see if they are playing online with a room open.

So I've picked Dark Souls up this week and played it for about 1,5 hours yesterday. I have never played a Dark Souls game before, but I like the setting and from what I've read it has this Monster Hunter-ish thing where it's important to learn the moves of the enemy. So I thought yeah this could be for me! Got it second hand as well for a good price so if it's not I can sell it on without any loss. Decided to start as the pyromancer; I like having some ranged attacks next to my close combat options. I walked into the first boss, panicked and died. Made my way out of the Asylum and I'm now at the Firelink Shrine. Liking what I've played so far. The setting is great, I like the prospect of taking on monsters 10 times my size, and I can see that there will be quite a level of depth in it. I had some trouble at the start though. First of all the notorious A-B button switch. God that's horrible. But there is also a very sparce introduction to the mechanics. Sure they tell you how to swing a weapon and how to block. But I figured Y button was using magic; instead I used up all of my bombs... Now I've arrived at Firelink there are a number of options at the bonfire: levelling up, hollowing, un-hollowing, attune magic etc. What? Guess I'll figure it out on the go as I don't want to look it anything up because it feels good going into a game without much knowledge about it. Funny as I've seen it pop up a lot, seen dozens of Praise The Sun memes. But I never looked into it as I didn't have a PS or XBox, and it's not a franchise I was interested in for PC.

A massive list of discounts this week, with more to come next week. http://n-europe.com/news/new-releases-and-eshop-discounts-week-50 Nothing much for me (was hoping for Hollow Knight). May pick up Shantae and maybe Mega Man X collection.

I haven't played this game in a long while. But man, that Book III trailer is epic, including a pumping metal soundtrack: Might reinstall this and give the campaign another go. I don't even think I've finished Book I.

Almost sounds like a phishing mail. Is the sender a real Nintendo mail address? Any obscure clickable links in that mail?

Went to see it yesterday and yes it was good! Not great good but very entertaining, and I love how they start connecting to the Harry Potter timeline. Some subtle and not so subtle nods to the main series. What I missed was a general story; part one had the introduction of the setting and the characters, and the whole Creedence story and finding the beasts back. But here it was a lot of setting up, and I missed a story within the bigger story so to say. Still loved it though. Only don't know why it is called The Crimes Of Grindelwald? I haven't really seen him do that much criminal stuff besides And God I love Godzilla movies. Very interested to see how King Of Monsters turns out.

I love how I keep losing matches by jumping off the stage... Thanks for the games! Will be back online later tonight (around 7:30 UK time).

A little wrap-up of last night's announcements during the Game Awards: http://n-europe.com/news/the-game-awards-2018-new-switch-announcements-round-up

I've pre-ordered my physical copy yesterday. Was thinking about digital but for some reason Smash DS never clicked and I sold it later on. In the weird case that Ultimate doesn't click as well (loved Melee and Brawl) I can still sell it. Anyway, my weekend is quite empty so I should be able to get some hours in! Oh, and I guess spoiler tags as soon as it is out?

My guess is Glen-i and RedShell will be the captain's and only they will dress in gold?