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So, I just accidentally bought a Switch! The thing is still crazily limited on stock here in the Netherlands (everywhere I guess). So one webshop showed it had 2 grey ones on stock (neon isn't even coming in), I quickly put it in my cart to decide what I wanted to do (I thought about waiting some time for a bundle or until all issues are fixed). I still couldn't really see if the order got through (they tend to cancel if too many people are fishing for the same thing). So I put in my creditcard numbers, expecting a page 2 with verification (a lot of Dutch websites require second verification). But no, it congratulated me on my purchase! So how about that for a happy incident? Picked up Zelda and a protection set including screen protector on the way home, and today the Switch itself got delivered. Setting it up right now and I am as happy as a child! Didn't even see one for real up until now so that adds to the magic!

This! I also played Sacred Stones back in the days and don't remember him as a easily burned Lannister. But now... On the other hand, I did summon me an epic 5 star Eirika!

My code is: 5453505603. Will add you all! Right now I am quite enjoying this. Although the one thing that I don't enjoy is that your characters can die but are revived after a match. Not really the true FE thrill! Btw: how are you spending your orbs? Right now I used one to upgrade my castle (+20xp which sounds like a good deal). And spent 20 on 5 new heroes (got all 5 in one set of stones). But this feels very pricey. It got me an OP Takumi though (unfortunately not Lyn)!

I didn't know you could vote daily. Voted for Lyn yesterday! Although the site is only showing half the content, I had to guess what the buttons say since the text in them was not showing haha. Will definitely try this one though. Last FE game I played was Sacred Stones, so maybe this can rekindle my FE spririt.

The Good The Wii has brought plenty o' good! Great games like Monster Hunter Tri and Super Mario Galaxy to name just 2. But still I am looking for some gems which I still want to play like Pandora's Tower and Endless Ocean. The backlog on it is great. Motion controls are obviously good (when implemented right). Some games tried a little too hard to work with it like first launch title Red Steel, but many games used it great. It even led Sony and Xbox to change their strategy to a motion controlled attempt. But for me most the Wii was a people magnet. I bought one while I was still in college living in a student dorm with 5 more people. Three girls, three guys, two hardcore gamers. But everyone would come in and join in the fun from time to time. There were so many types of games to play. The casuals would join in on Wii Sports or Wii Play, while the hardcore gang was playing Super Smash Bros Brawl, and we tried to get high scores in House Of The Dead 2 & 3 Returns with the Wii Zapper. But it brought people together which to me is the best thing about the console. I really hope the Switch can pull it off in the same way. The Bad All good things lead to bad things, which was also the case with the Wii. Motion controls led to shitty games, terrible quality "party" games, shovelware, and much more horribleness. And the bad thing was these things sold. Online was rather terrible, and much more could have been done with the different Channels. But the fact that it was a family console led to goshdarnawful TV commercials with perfect families smiling and waving at their television sets. I always hoped the mother would accidentally hit the husband in his perfectly white teeth with the Wiimote... The Uglii The graphics on some games. Yes, a game like Mario Galaxy looked great. But for example Xenoblade Chronicles was for me almost unplayable in the first year. I didn't have a big TV, and it wasn't until switching to a bigger screen and from SCART to component cable that I could read the menus and subtitles. It looked grainy, which really lowered the experience of an otherwise amazing game.

I figured this would be the chosen option at the current suggested SRP. Either they improve the TV output by hardware acceleration like with an additional APU in the dock, but that would be costly. The other option is this. Plugged into the power thus no need to be power conservative since it is not running on battery. So the processor can clock up but needs extra cooling, hence the fan. Being able to buy extra docks at a cheap price is a clever move, but it needs to be like Google Chromecast cheap.

New tracking is live in Netherlands as well. And finally got a Ditto this morning disguised as a Rattata. Now let's hope they go live with gen 2 soon and also start working on Android Wear support in addition to the Apple Watch (still no news on that @Josh64).

I also finally got a chance to play the demo. First impressions are mixed, there are some likes and some dislikes! For example, the way those team Skull guys are walking, seriously? A certain Monty Python sketch springs to mind, something about silly walks... Further I dislike the new Pokéball animation, the symbol showing over the ball after the third click. It is a bit dull that they show the effectiveness of moves, and the colours and camera styles are meh. So by the demo I am not that impressed. I did like the new HUD on the touch screen during battle, and the Y hotkey for for example switch Pokémon or use Pokéball. Hope this carries over to the main game and will be customisable. However, what makes me want to play the main game are the things that are not in the demo! Alolan forms, the island trials (I don't count that one in the demo since it feels a bit too lame), and the Ultra Beasts. So probably will wind up playing Moon.

Grabbed this hot and cool guy at Firstlook festival (biggest Dutch game event) yesterday! But interesting to see that the Nintendo stand was tiny as heck, with no playable games besides a Smash tournament, an area to get Volcanion and an area to get a photo taken with a Sun/Moon background. They really seem to be saving it all for NX. Their Gamescom stand was also super small but at least had some games playable.

Damn, I have the whole day off but I just moved, and the wifi is not working yet! So I guess I'll be catching up on some offline quests or other titles.

First, there is a Monster Hunter movie in the makes: http://www.videogamer.com/news/hollywood_is_making_a_monster_hunter_movie.html Second, some extra crossovers are coming to MH: Stories. The three are Chibi Maruko-chan, Puzzle & Dragons and The Kumamoto Project.

New Ultra Beast footage:

Just make this game free, cram it full with NX ads --> Profit! That aside, it could be good if they would make it as in-depth as the aforementioned Rayman iOS games. These are auto-runners which look great, play great and sound great. This however looks to be a bit more shallow.

Does anybody have a link to a good explanation of the alchemy/end of the series theory? I can only find a 45 minutes YouTube video, and ain't nobody got time for that!

I thought it was the name? Now that I take a good second look at it, you can see a lot of different types in it. Grass, water, dragon, dark, steel. I think there will be a gimmick to it, just not sure what.

Okay no super long post since it would take me a week to come up with 2 top 10s! But in general I think the DS had much more creative titles due being innovative with and 2 screens and touch. Games like The World Ends With You pushed originality of gameplay, and a lot of experimenting was also going on with stuff like the aforementioned Soul Bubbles and Electroplankton. Further, it made 3D possible like Metroid Prime: Hunters. Further it boosted some of the prettiest platformers at that time such as the Castlevania games. All in all I played many games on the DS, but I didn't play them all very long (with some exceptions). Onwards to the 3DS, I think it is less focused on innovative play and more on creating a home console experience for on the go, with titles like Resident Evil: Revelation, Monster Hunter 3U/4U/Generations, Super Smash Bros. etcetera. And I sank a lot more time per game on the 3DS. So in conclusion I would say that the 3DS has better games, but still I love the DS more because of all the innovation and great IPs it brought us.

I really wonder how full or dished out it feels when you have played Golf, Strikers Charged, Power Tennis etc. Still it would be cool to play footie, tennis or horseback riding online!

Looks promising! Although I also thought that when they revealed the Chibi Robo platformer and that did not work out very good. I wonder how long the game will be as well. THIS! So bad they don't do double screen areas often anymore.

Will it evolve into this (and get enlisted by Team Rocket)?

Pikmin sidescroller announced! Looks like a mix between Lemmings and Yoshi's Island. Yoshi's Woolly World 3DS also looks nice, and a buttload of RPGs coming up. And Mario Sports (5 sports in one, I wonder how they compare to the separate titles), and Mario Maker (without online though, as @liger05 said).

Then you are a happy person today. Just announced Picross 3D round 2! So far quite a solid Direct, but I hope we get some more surprises. Oh, and there are some WiiU things being mentioned, so not 3DS only!

I just got off, sometimes you have these nights were you just can't get into it, and all quests go bad. After doing mediocre on Nibelsnarf and Khezu I decided this is not my night, so now I'm out playing Pokémon Go haha. Maybe a rematch tomorrow!

Probably will! Closed the room now btw for some solo questing. If someone comes on tonight, post it here so we can see if we set up a room.

If anyone wants to help a poor hunter get up to HR3, 38-0448-9989-4241 is the place to be! Passcode 4444! Maybe @Glen\-i, @S\.C\.G, @RedShell and others who I am forgetting.

I had no time to play at all this week! And tonight I am going to have dinner with colleagues, so tonight I'm not joining. What HR are you guys now? Then I can try to catch up this weekend so I am up to your level next week!