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  1. Posted

    Anton Blast demo gives you access to two levels and two characters. I did one level with one character. The game is obnoxious. Let's never speak of it again.

    Europa (satellite of Jupiter), can't fault the vision, though the controls have a weird feel to them because you can hold B to charge your jump so if you just tap the button for a quick hop, it takes a hair to register, like it's waiting to see if you want to charge up or not. Doesn't seem like the game will put you in any pressure platforming situations, but still. Gives it a weird feel.

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  2. Posted

    Little Kitty, Big City (May 9th) still looks all right.
    Yars Rising (Wayforward & Atari, 2024) looks cool but maybe not for me.
    Refind Self (summer) looks interesting!
    Sticky Business (out today) looks fun but don't realistically see myself getting it. 
    Antonblast (Nov 12th) looks fun! Demo out today!
    Valley Peaks (2024) looks relaxing.
    Lorelei and the Laser Eyes (May 16th) is one to look out for.
    Europa (2024) I hope doesn't just look good. Demo out today!
    Turtles rogue like (July)... not sure. Need to know more.
    Cat Quest 3! (Aug 8th) I still haven't got 2! Demo today!
    Stitch (out today) looks like a nice chill-out game. Already worried about missing loops if you don't start on it immediately.
    BZZT (summer) looks like an indie platformer.
    SCHiM (July 18th) is about shadow hopping?
    Animal Well (May 9th) has nice lighting? Not much to go on, really as these ones came thick and fast.
    Duck Detectives (May 23rd) could be fun!
    Another Crab's Treasure (Apr 25th) I wonder if this is any good.
    SteamWorld Heist II (Aug 8th) I need to catch up with this series. I think I got Heist years ago but still haven't even tried it.

    I've gold points that will begin expiring in the coming months so I'll have to take a punt on one of these if I don't see something else on sale.

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    Had sort of planned to get to this around a year ago when I was hoping to develop some open-world chops for TotK. Didn't happen so I'm on it now for something different.

    Enjoying it a lot. It's great fun. Brimming with personality. It's like Police Academy, Hot Shots and plenty more rolled in. I like that it drops you in whether you have knowledge or not of what transpired previously and has the confidence to unabashedly bring you up to speed and make sure you get on board with what's going down. 

    As an open-world game, it's going well for me. It tells you clearly where to head next and makes sure to nudge you in that direction every so often. I find myself poking around and going on little detours (mostly to find I don't have the required ability yet) but it's still fun to nosey around and doesn't take you too far out of your way. Probably helps that you're always getting blocks so it never feels like time wasted going on these little excursions. I'll admit I've been getting a sinking feeling in my stomach each time I've been sent to a new part of the map because I don't really want to comb through the length and breadth of all these areas as it's becoming a lot to hold in my head, but so far it seems grand if you just hit the story objectives and ignore the rest as you please. As long as it stays like this without becoming overwhelming or so big it's a chore to get from one spot to the next, I think I'm in for a good time. In fact, it's already in the "have I really been on this an hour already?" category so it must be doing plenty right.

    Reminds me of Burnout Paradise at times. Which I don't know if that says more about the game than it does about what I know about this genre.

    Minor gripe is the initial load time and the camera control is back to front for my tastes. Yes, I've driven the train. And loved it.

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    On 13/04/2024 at 12:45 PM, EEVILMURRAY said:

    I don't even remember heading about Hundred Heroes, but I did like the look of the Rising trailer, which appears more Metroidvania than Hundred Heroes which looks more RPG-y. I am intrigued about the stuff passing over to the other game, but then I'm worried about how much that'll cost, even with Rising being a bargain.

    Did you give the game trial a go? It's light on the metroidvania and heavy on the fetch quests. Overall, it's decent enough if you know what you're getting into so the game trial is a great option.

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    On 14/04/2024 at 3:21 PM, Happenstance said:

    It's so frustrating to watch

    Think I've seen all but a match and a half this season and it's got extremely predictable recently. Not surprised the opposition has figured it out too. :( 

    21 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    Congrats to City on winning the league. :(

    Eze, now. 

    A week's a long time in football. Back then it was about putting a dent in Arsenal's goal difference. Now a goal's been clawed back it's all for nought??

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    On 10/04/2024 at 9:47 AM, Ike said:

    Story wise it wraps up a couple of things.

    The Whispwoods area is actually quite short, but the bosses are really strong, you'll probably need at least 1 or 2 higher rank monsters.

    Had a go at it and was swiftly defeated by the first boss encounter. Got sent packing when I tried one of the S-rank colosseum tournaments as well (pre-credits, there was no peril clearing them up to A rank). I was able to make one A rank monster but since I don't remember seeing a Slime Hill anywhere and there's nowhere left to explore, I can't think of a good path for getting new monsters up to speed other than just grinding the Whispwoods entryway which doesn't seem too inviting. I'm sure it wouldn't take long at all to get a newbie up to level 20, but to get them in shape for a boss would take a while I feel.

    So I might leave it there. Very good game. Got 40+ mini medals. I enjoyed the announcers in the colosseums and when the story intersected with DQ IV it was pretty cool to be part of. The bit where the boy—never warmed to him—used the sands of time to bring things back was cool too although I was up for pursuing the story the way it was headed before it pulled you back.

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    On 31/12/2023 at 9:21 PM, Ike said:

    Stopped procrastinating and just synthesising monsters and finished up the main story. Think I've finished all the post game stuff so now I think I'm done unless I get the urge to synthesise some more monsters.

    Is it worth doing the Whispwoods? Do you get anything for it?

    I made heavy going of it in the middle echelons until I did some synthesising. Thought I could press through to the uppers before rejigging the party but no matter how much grinding I did, those low rank monsters couldn't do it—there was a boss that would wipe them all out in one turn when it decided to. Once I stopped being loyal to those monsters, it was plain sailing and I ended up with a group of B and C ranks by the "end".

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    On 06/04/2024 at 7:59 PM, Helmsly said:

    yeah, nice theme with relaxing music. It took me a few goes to get enough points to unlock it, as I'd not played Tetris 99 since the last Max cup and had to get used to it all again

    I went through a similar feeling, needing to get used to the controls again with the first few blocks. Was Mario Wonder the last one? It's been a while since then, I suppose.

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    23 hours ago, EEVILMURRAY said:

    I started Baten Kaitos Origins yesterday. 

    What's the hurry, MURRAY? I didn't expect Origins to be on the docket this soon. Looks like I'll be playing catch-up. Don't know what the deal is with the battle system in it but I'd expect it to be refined in some way after the first. Glad to hear there's been a few battles inside the first 30 mins.

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    I got Forsaken 64 as soon as it came out and was hugely disappointed. :( It lacked a sense of character and wasn't very satisfying to play, imo. I could have overlooked not being into the single player if it took off in multiplayer but it just didn't didn't click the way other N64 multiplayer games did.

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    4 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    Do you have to play each of these for 3 days like Animal Crossing?

    Indeed, by playing. Gonna cycle the carts since I only have a handful of icons across those Mario games and get off the NSO free trial since you aren't eligible for icons on it. 

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    Nice to have the chance to try this on game trial. Did three attempts and got done in by the screen filling with skeletons every time. I suppose you have to just take the Ls and grind it for better starting abilities/ power ups/ characters. Not what I'm looking for right now.

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    17 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    What a stupid change. Seems like they added an unnecessary extra step.

    Wonder if they are building up to bigger rewards for people with longer streaks on certain games? Or the Mother 3 icons will be made available globally and only those with JP accounts will be able to actually get them.

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    12 minutes ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    I'll probably pick up Peach Showtime. Not sure if it will be that lengthy though. Going by the previews, the game looks to be VERY easy. 

    Maybe best give it a weekend then to see how you get on with it. :D 

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  22. Posted · Edited by darksnowman
    double post avoidance

    2 hours ago, Josh64 said:

    I tend to stick to news on actual games, as I'm not that into the industry/business side of things these days, but this felt too big to pass up.

    I've tried my best to sum it up with quotes from both parties:

    https://www.n-europe.com/news/yuzu-emulator-discontinued/

    Party A: We want to profit off our platform for playing the latest Nintendo Switch games.
    Party B: We want to profit off our platform for playing the latest Nintendo Switch games.

    Chessington World of Adventures Resort | Page 347 | TowersStreet Talk

    2 hours ago, Josh64 said:

    EDIT: Though I imagine this story will be overshadowed by the huge new Switch release today.

    Which is?? I hadn't factored in for another big one this Tuesday too. :( 

    19 hours ago, Hero-of-Time said:

    Is Endless Ocean classed as 1st party? Even still, its looking barren for the second half of the year. Saying that, given Nintendo's short release from reveal window, all it takes one Direct to change that.

    I do wonder if they will actually have a big Winter game this year. Maybe Prime 4 and then launch a upgraded version of it on the next console? It could be that we finally see TP/WW HD and the Fire Emblem remake fill in the end of the year.

    What is known is Peach Showtime, Endless Ocean, Luigi's Mansion 2, Paper Mario TTYD, Pokémon Legends: Z-A and Prime 4. Far as I remember, this time last year there was nothing on the slate post-TotK so I'm sure the back half of the year will take care of itself once again. Maybe Prime 4 for Christmas and with a smaller game or two in Oct/Nov and another in Jan. Maybe a Kirby. Maybe a Yoshi. Maybe give Mario 35 another run on NSO. Maybe Prime Blast Ball. Maybe got Rare checking over a DK game. As for Fire Emblem, at this rate, they'll be porting the 3DS games while mining that library for anything else to shore up the calendar with.

    Aside from Peach Showtime which I'm curious about as it's something new, I don't know what Nintendo themselves could wheel out that'll have me there on release day. At least there's still two or three of their games I wouldn't mind circling back for if there's a dry period.

  23. Posted

    I noticed it has been tweaked now so that you have to actually open the related games before you can redeem platinum points for icons. For example, open SNES NSO Mario World first for 50 points before you can get the newly added icons, and for the Animal Crossing icons (still on monthly rotation) you have to have been on the game three times, 24 hours apart. Interesting stipulations.

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