Josh64

Sometimes it takes a while for things to sink in and for you to process things fully. As you've said, there seems to be a lot of history between the two of you so it's a lot to take in. The best thing to do is remember that you both put your differences aside in the end and both apologised to each other. Now you should accept whatever feelings you have in the moment, don't try and force yourself to feel a certain way because you feel as though those are the emotions you should have.

@nekunando I was stuck on this bit for a while too, for whatever reason that stage is slightly out of sync, if you do every button press on that stage just a fraction quicker than you usually would then you'll be rappin' good!

Is there much reason for the dock to hide the screen? With the scratching issues, do you think Nintendo will make a shorter dock? Kinda like how SNES and N64 games slide in about an inch and leave the rest exposed.

Each character has their own set of supporters http://nintendoeverything.com/arms-each-fighter-has-their-own-set-of-supporters/ Dem tshirt textures though And the character models look like they're ripped from Luigis Mansion

I like Mii's , they could just do with some more options as you guys have said. They've already done it with Miitomo and Tomodachi so they just need to port that stuff over. They do look a bit /too/ basic sometimes, but with just a tiny bit of extra sheen (like the Nintendo Land versions) they look fine.

I'd be all for a direct sequel with new abilities but given the reception this has had I can't see them doing it. You're also right about them wanting to do something different first, they've hinted heavily at wanting to do a kart racer! I'd be happy if they did, Nintendo have had 20 years to make another Diddy Kong Racing but haven't bothered.

I'm really enjoying this. I've poured in a good few hours tonight, only just completed level 6 but I am getting all the blue orbs and coins along the way. The controls are great and really unique, I can't explain it well myself but Kaepora's review says it best (and is what pushed me over the edge to buying it). I've died a LOT so far but it hasn't really frustrated me as it has a kind of Monkey Ball feel in that it's hard as hell but when you die it's always your fault for not quite getting something right, you never feel cheated. One time I really did lose my rag was trying to get the last gold coin on top of a rock formation in world 6. I couldnt wrap my way up as it was so thick so I had to make a 5-min ish journey up all these poles to jump over onto it and I missed about 3 times

I'm glad to find someone that enjoyed it as much as I did I had the exact same reaction to you with this and Zelda, was so underwhelmed by Zelda and almost felt bad about it because I knew it was meant to be fantastic, wheras this I was slightly deflated hearing the negativity before getting it but so glad it didn't put me off buying as it's been amazing from start to finish. I just got all the trophies in this last night (my first time!) and I've had so much fun on it, I really forgot just how much I loved old Rare games. The characters are all hilarious and I love exploring the worlds. One thing that I hadn't realised I'd missed so much in modern platformers is hub worlds, I had so much fun exploring Hivory Towers, finding hidden pagies, sections and levels within it. It really made the world feel real instead of just going from level to level. I surprisingly really enjoyed the casino level, the little disco rooms, bursting out of the fountain and the epic Kartos and boss level at the end. The only thing I wasn't too keen on were the slot machines, just seemed a bit boring/lazy. I must admit I did have to lookup where the pirate treasure was in the Ice and Space levels and damn, I'm glad I did. There's no way, even if I was given say... 100 hours, I'd have EVER found the treasure in that space level. I struggled to find it after reading up on its exact location! One complaint I don't agree with is the camera, it seems as fine as any other platform game to me but that could be because I got used to controlling the character and camera in tandem from years of N64 games, I can see how it may be weird to people who haven't had to think about it for years. One exception though was the first boss, for whatever reason the camera on that stage was fucking absurd. It kept randomly flipping to a completely different location when I got to the bottom of the slide resulting in me falling off. Overall though, really fantastic game and I seriously hope we get a sequel.

I don't think the Switch releases should be envied at all, I think it's a very disappointing and slow console so far. 1-2 Switch aside, does it have a /single/ exclusive until Splatoon or Arms? It just feels like it's getting WiiU games and a handful of indie titles from a large selection also available on PS4 and Steam. I'm hoping I can be proved wrong in the next few months. I guess ARMS and Splatoon will change that, I just wish those titles appealed to me more. I've said this every year for the past 3 years so I probably just need to stop but Nintendo really need to pull out all the stops to get me on board at this e3. Then again, what do I know? While I'm unimpressed it seems to still be sold out everywhere and doing well so they must be doing something right this time.

I've never really played many golf games Wii Sports aside, how is the learning curve on this? It looks amazing and wacky but if it's quite in-depth then I may give it a miss. Also, were they fishing in that one scene? :laughing:

It makes sense for them to do this, so as DCubed said, it won't happen. It would also make sense for them to have continued the NES Mini and look what happened there. I agree with most of you that NES mini was made to bridge the gap between generations. Possibly also a way to get rid of some old remaining tech they had in their warehouses (dem controller ports). If this does turn out to be true then that's great as its a lot more interesting to me. The SNES is full of classics that have aged a lot better than NES titles.

Thanks for the kind words last week guys. I'm in need of another rant now, lol. Last week I went off the rails a bit. My anxiety was the worst it had been in years and I felt like I was going to faint at work. I haven't had a panic attack that bad in a very long time, I could barely breathe, had pins and needles in my face and was losing my sight, if I didn't know it was anxiety I'd have thought I was dying of something. Anyway I quickly found the HR lady and went in for a chat with her. I'd asked her numerous times over the last few weeks for a meeting as I could tell I ws getting worse but she never followed it up, I even offered to come in on my days off to chat with her but no. Anyway, my intention for the chat was to explain my situation and that I'd started on meds that will help in the long term but may have some short term effects on my state of mind. Alas, by this point I was so worked up the meeting went something like, "So there's been something I've been wanting to discl...." followed by uncontrollable crying. She must have wondered wtf was going on. She did already know that I had anxiety and depression as I disclosed it on my return to work meeting but I guess she didn't know the extent of it. Anyway, when I finally managed to pull myself together I said that I am a mess right now and just can't do this and walked out. I haven't walked out of a job without giving notice or anything like that and it really wasn't my plan to do it that day either (I'd set everything up for my shift by the time we had the meeting) but I just totally freaked out and unlike usual was not able to calm myself down from acting stupid in the moment and doing something rash, two things that I just went and did. So yeah, I'm unemployed again. I wish I could have talked myself down as usual but simply had no control in that moment. So now I'm a bit fucked lol. As far as my counselling is concerned, the over the phone course I've been on is apparently 6-8 weeks long and I'd came to the end of that two weeks ago but she said she feels I need more help so I'm on a waiting list for face to face therapy now. I wasn't sure it was necessary when she said but after last week I'm glad she made that decision because I feel like quite the basket case. On the plus side Yooka-Laylee is pretty engrossing and is a good form of escapism. I'm applying for new jobs again now (not mentioning my brief previous one lol)

Thanks for the kind messages guys. Today was the day for Banjo tried to make his last few days as good as they could be by taking him to places he liked and spoiling him with treats. Stayed up late last night as he slept on me, I got really smelly but it was worth it :p Today was so awful. I couldn't really prepare myself for it. It was as nice as if could be though. Had the vets come over to the house and he was in my arms as they did it. It was heart breaking as he fell over and passed on though, I'll never feel quite the same without him. Even though it was an inevitability I never imagined life without him. I keep looking at my feet waiting to trip up over him, glancing over to the step to help him up, listening out for his super loud snoring and then remembering he's not there.

Been trying to improve my state of mind the last few months with the help of counselling but feels like I've fallen off a cliff this week. I feel so sick at the thought of most things and wonder more and more what the point of anything is. I've been managing to go to work but had to call in sick today and yesterday which is another worry as no one there knows I have anxiety/depression so I'm either gonna have to have an awkward conversation about it or say some bullshit like 'I was feeling sick' and piss them off. I feel like just not going back to work again but know being unemployed does absolutely nothing for my state of mind, especially when I take a turn for the worst like today. Tried to get a doctors appointment but can't even try and book until Monday so will have to wait it out. Elsewhere little Banjo is coming to his end. His back legs started to go late December and he's been walking like a drunk sailor since but the last few weeks he's been getting noticeably worse every day and now he just can't use his back legs at all and keeps randomly urinating all over the house, sometimes without realising it. Starting to wonder how good his quality of life is.

A few cases is all it takes. Look at the bent iPhone, you couldn't stop hearing about it but in the grand scheme of things it was only very few units, especially given the amount of iPhones on the market. Fact is that no matter how big or small the number, testing should have made sure this didn't happen. But this is from the company that made the 3DS print buttons and lines on to the top screen when closed so what should we expect :p

@Animal If you really like her then I think you should give it a shot and try not to look too far into the future because when you start doing that you can end up with a bunch of reasons why things may not work even with the most perfect person in the world. I mean sure, if you want kids in like the next 3 years then perhaps it is a bigger issue, but if it's still just something you want some time in the distant future then it's not worth overthinking yet. Then again my dating track record is short and pretty terrible so you probably shouldn't take advice from me :p

Haha I somehow didn't see the connection with the other characters, I just saw Lloyd and got ridiculously excited. My mind is kind of a Hazy Maze Cave in regards to that game now I'm glad you managed to find space for Switch games now though! (You didn't happen to find Sonic&All-Stars Racing Transformed in that time did you? :p) It's a shame you weren't a fan of the WiiU boxes, the sky blue felt so nice, every time I look at the shelf I just think... I see your point though, there is something nice about the slightly smaller PSVita type boxes, my favourite being the Japanese Gamecube ones

@S\.C\.G I've always been jealous of your mega collection but this takes the biscuit. And is that a Lloyd figure I see?!

I left the care home in December and as much as it pained me to leave all those old folks I had to do it because I couldn't handle the job any more. We were always understaffed, barely had any dedicated people that would stay (I was one of the longest standing people there after only being there 2 years) and it just wasn't fulfilling. It was morbidly depressing, I've always had a hard time with my mental health (but I've whined about it like a teenage girl on here so won't go into details again) and that job wasn't helping as it transitioned into accepting just 'end of life' residents so I had to leave. The lack of staff, constant change of managers and no direction lead the place to be put into special measures in late October. The place was put on a level 5 which is as bad as things can get, it means no more residents are allowed to be accepted until things improve and if things weren't better by February then the place would close. One of the nurses I got on well with went into more details to me and said it could mean remaining staff aren't allowed to work in care for a year and could have to give answers to the CQC for why things are failing and possibly go to court along with the manager. It appeared on BBC news and in the local newspaper last month so I can only assume things still aren't going to well. I haven't been on Facebook this year though so haven't been in touch with any of the staff to find out. Anyway I tried working at a taxi firm for a bit as I thought a normal job would be good for me but my anxiety was just so out of whack I ended up leaving that too. So I've been unemployed since early Janurary (uh oh). I've been having therapy in that time though which is helping and I'm finally starting to figure out why I'm as crazy as I am :p I just got a job at a shop which I'll be starting next week, I'm hoping now that I've had some time to cool down and figure things out I can handle being around people again and just get into a normal pattern. We'll see, I might be lurking in the Bad Stuff thread in 2 weeks time but I'm hoping this one works out well. I thought the interview went fucking terribly and felt so awful after it so the fact I got the job makes me feel a bit better and reminds me that I need to stop thinking so negatively :p Anyway, I'll try to not over think things and see how it goes for now.

If this is real then it looks a lot better than I anticipated and that notifications tab is a great sign, it always irked me that you never got proper notifications when you had a new message on Wii U. It also just makes Nintendo seem even more puzzling. The OS looks great and smooth so why be so secretive about it? If we'd have seen an official video highlighting this a month ago we could have avoided a lot of heated debates and concerns.

I was so excited at the prospect of VR on Switch but after reading a bunch of comments about it apparently it would be far too weak to perform VR and that's even before the screen resolution problems. 1080p looks really bad on VR so the switch 720 wouldn't be feasible.

I'd be all for that, the one game I can never get enough of is Super Mario 64 and I loved it so much in Galaxy. I know we had a remake on DS but I'd still love a console remake of that game. At the time I was hoping they'd do one with the Galaxy engine (throwback galaxy being a hint) but it never happened so I hope we see it some time soon with the Odyssey engine (and lots of sax on the remade tracks)

I totally agree with this. I was more than happy to get the Wii U game on launch and would have been fine if this was announced a few months after, I probably would have been really pumped for it, but now if I don't get the DLC I'll feel as though I'm playing a slightly incomplete version of the game I think it's a shitty practice anyway as it does give off the impression they're holding stuff back, whereas with Mario Kart you knew they'd been beavering away post release to make some great new content. I just feel as though they're asking a lot already, with the higher than usual RRP and amiibo stuff. I'll give them credit for releasing this DLC on Wii U though, as when I first heard about it I assumed it would be a Switch exclusive as even more incentive to skip out on the Wii U version.

I always thought 3D Land looked surprisingly nice visually for a 3DS game but given the crazy pop in here I guess they were just really clever with camera angles and placement of objects. It's a neat idea but they'd have to change Mario's movement to really make an enjoyable 3D game out of it. I wonder, is this actually running on a 3DS? Or just PC software?

DLC 2 pack doesn't sound that bad, if I enjoy the game enough I'll pick it up later as paying for extra story seems like a good deal but the first two packs sound like utter garbage. A t-shirt and 'map features'? And just how much effort have they put into hard mode? I wonder if those map features are the things that got scrapped from the early Wii U build.