darksnowman

I didn't see this in my inventory. Would any of them have lost it when they leave you for those few chapters? Every now and again it seems like someone's posting about Fire Emblem. This time it's my turn. Haha, yes there's been some good vocab on show. On that pirate level, I sent two up around to clear out the top and the rest through the middle. What was catching me out was it seemed to be the first time the enemies had some brains about them because they would gang up on one of my units. Re: Dart, none of my troops would strike up a conversation with him so since he was peaceful I just left him. Otherwise cleared the rest out—I wasn't moving on without all that exp. Haven't been going out of my way to pair people up on the battlefield but I still hoped supports would come up naturally. Won't worry about them! Last left it at a chapter I need to restart. I was all but done with it (was just trying to corner a pair of enemy thieves that were giving me the run around, the one with a name had me particularly curious) and left insufficient cover for Merlinus' tent. You've definitely got the chops for it. It's lengthy enough so a good way to get some value from NSO.

Think Nintendogs but from our partners previously responsible for Seaman. That's before you get to all the run-of-the-mill possibilities like still-to-be-ported GameCube games.

At the start of the month, before this talk of a partner direct (say it ain't so) and Switch 2 in 2025 (why do Nintendo hate us), I quickly brainstormed what could come to pass in this year's Feb Direct for a potential hopes and predictions thread.* nintendolphins is on the list. I also surmised from my unimaginative ideas for Switch in 2024, that it can be a jampacked year if they want so successor in 2025—or later—stands to reason... from my point of view and reading of the situation anyway. Nintendo: "Please continue to enjoy buying additional Nintendo Switch Family of Systems for your relatives." * Less than a mere three weeks ago I thought it would make for some fun chat. Now I'm fed up with the sight of speculation and self-styled Internet experts' "insight" and demands. Urgh.

Play whatever else you have in the meantime (Baiton Kaitos Origins when?) and see if this makes it onto the GBA NSO.

Don't know about that since I don't have those games. I was just referring to how RingFit was said to be built off the BotW engine. The battle music reminds me of Miitopia and I do enjoy the music side mode. Perhaps you can try everything out in custom mode to see what you think. Not sure if you have to unlock things in adventure for it first.

Swearing like pirates are they! A winner is you.

Got another ??? track. This time Death Wind x White Lands—took a snap in the relative safety of the home straight. It was just the Death Wind I loop with an extra bend squeezed in and two sections of White Lands ramps with magnets underneath plus a jump round the corner from the pit lane. Nice mash-up of the two music tracks too.

Did a practice match in FC24. It gave me four objectives like complete a certain number of shots and passes. Wee buns. Except the thing was I registered 0/15 sprints. It tells you the buttons on screen but nothing I did counted as a sprint. Even after I went in and checked the buttons, changed to alternative style and manually swapped around the function of the shoulder buttons: zero sprints. Weird one. Not a very satisfying game at first blush but I reckon with time I could get used to how it wants the beautiful game to be played. At full time it said I should play on world class difficulty. Yeah, right.

I was back on RingFit recently for a bit of variation in the old regime. Also left myself open when I should have held the ab guard for two attacks. I've had it on max difficulty level since the beginning and, for a game with a resistance ring, imo it gives you a decent enough going over if you put moves in your loadout that you find difficult. A fun alternative on a day you might not feel like doing anything else. EDIT: Oh and, it's the best thing to come from Breath of the Wild.

I had such a top, top time with Duke 64. Loved it, and in some ways preferred it to GoldenEye! A few other differences to Duke 3D off the top of my head are mirrors are gone in the N64 version, there are different weapons (dum dums and explosive shotgun shells ftw), most levels were tweaked in some way or another and a few were Dukematch-only. The final boss is rendered in full 3D! Cutscenes were cut back to still images. And of course steroids became vitamin x. You also rescue the babes rather than kill them. I spent a ton of time on Duke 64 in solo and with friends. Dukematches had Dukebots (GoldenEye didn't have Bondbots) and I just had a great time exploring levels in single-player and co-op—particularly loved the interconnectivity via air vents and hunting out vantage points and hiding spots for Dukematches. Take the first level, you can see a shop on the CCTV and it took me yonks of exploring to finally find the teleporter to get there. Worth every minute of exploration. Can't say I don't like the silence of it on the N64. You feel isolated and it made it all the more sinister when something happened. Back then when Duke Nukem 4ever seemed to be around the corner, my imagination was in overdrive with the possibilities. What if you could phone people or just stupid hotlines? Play proper games of pool and pinball. Imagine if you could jetpack between the streets and space stations. Basically, a lot of open-world faff I wouldn't entertain nowadays. Probably the worst thing I can say about Duke 64 is it was a memory pak game. Otherwise, easily one of my favourite N64 titles. Back then I played a good bit on Duke 3D as well (online death matches on dial-up!) and I think both versions are excellent. Duke Nukem 3D's also on the eShop. Though I wasn't able to get into it the same with the Pro Controller, it remains a great package. Some day I'm going to try to reconfigure the Switch controls for the N64 controller. Got a war chest thanks to supporters like yourself!

No sooner have I typed this than...

Don't see you refuting it.

In the chapters he featured in, once I saw he's a powerhouse I kept him in and around the group in case cover or rescue was needed. On a few occasions, he OHKO'd enemies who thought they'd chance their arm against him. Used him on one or two end-of-chapter bosses to ensure a safe exit instead of rolling the dice with anyone weaker. The Marcus + Hector combo reminds me of tag-teaming PoR with Ike and Titania. The guy Oswin is pretty handy when he's close enough to do anything, too. Okay, I'll sub in Canas for a few chapters. Giving Raven a run out too but need to be mindful to not let it detract from funnelling some exp Eliwood's way. I've enjoyed incinerating enemies with Erk but I just don't like the kid. Never liked or trusted Soren either. Something about these Fire Emblem mages doesn't jive with me. I've traded up to the horseback troubadour girl as healer now. I'd like a badass pegasus knight because flimsy Florina's a waste of a spot. And if I'm to have a thief, I want that redhead spy Leila to join our ranks. Yeah, that's my understanding of supports. I'm not feeling disadvantaged without them but I'd like to get the ball rolling with them since I know they're a part of what makes Fire Emblem unique. Good to know—glad I aborted on those arena attempts. Here's how I'm leaning: Preferred: Hector (lord) Lyn (lord) Eliwood (lord) Oswin (knight) Rebecca (archer) Lowen (cavalier) Priscilla (troubadour) Raven (mercenary) Marcus (paladin) Kent (cavalier) To try: Canas (shaman) Question marks over Florina (pegasus knight), Lucius (monk) Useful but lost their place: Dorcas (fighter), Bartre (fighter), Will (archer) Don't like his stance: Guy (myrmidon) Don't like: Serra (cleric), Sain (tool), Erk (mage), Matthew (thief) Let me assemble a squad of battle-hardened 20+ year-olds.

Looks like Argos price-matched Curry's, then. And you fell for it. I did say this is a game you can cruise through on autopilot! I skipped the sequels because, between the likes of Krusty's Fun House and Lemmings, I felt I was covered. And it bugged me they appeared to be phoning it in with the minis rather than going for more of a direct DK94 follow-up. There was and is room for both. Nice NSO icons at least.

The old five-finger discount.

Oh yeah, I made sure to give it a listen. I was just joshing that it merits a mention on the main site here as much as Zelda.

Actually thought you got d/c or called away. The Mario Kart giveth and the Mario Kart taketh away (from some more than others).

Hail mary and dancer and donner and blitz em. Hut hut hut! Sources said there was a Chargin' Chucks Gridiron game to be shown at the Superbowl last weekend but it didn't materialise because... yeah, sources... Xtreme G was all right! Tided things over until F-Zero. It's a pity the series ended because like you say, despite the similarities, it was still different to F-Zero and Wipeout.

Chapter-wise, I'm into the mid-teens now in Fire Emblem and starting to get into it. There was the odd turn in previous chapters where I got let off the hook with enemies whiffing/ my characters evading, but in a recent skirmish against pirates, my luck ran dry. Must've restarted it six times before I got through the first two turns with no casualties. And I play cautiously as it is. I've reached the point now where I'm leaving out characters I wouldn't mind using such are the character options that have become available. Like, I've dropped Marcus for the time being because he's a monster so he'll get trotted out again when the game catches up to his level. It's a nice dilemma because in the early going there were characters I couldn't wait to drop because: Especially medieval battles. Hoping for better mages because the boy Erk seems like a twerp even if he's been able to hold his own so far. The light mage hasn't won me over either and I'm not sure about the flux dealer that's just joined. I checked out an arena which might be a first for me in Fire Emblem. Had to bail with Lowen and Lyn (who are normally beasts for me) as they got rough opponents and I didn't want to find out if arena death is permadeath as I was all but ready to finish the map by that point. Hector got a lower-level mage and a win. Nice. Looked like I could have healed up and went again but it's pricey enough so I moved on. Got some stat-up items I'm not sure who to use them on yet and it looks like it won't be long before Lyn makes it up to lvl 20 for promotion. Can't wait. Eliwood needs some nurturing. Wondering if Merlinus will expand to become a shop between chapters because that was handy in Path of Radiance iirc. Had one support conversation between Eliwood and Hector but nothing else yet. Wouldn't mind more but maybe I'm not positioning the troops correctly. I thought the old hag that's travelling with us said she could give info on supports but maybe I misread that because I can't see it in the menu.

Basically a year sooner than I would have expected. Do you remember if the others were simultaneous US and EU releases? Since I know I want this, you've made me realise:

Thanks for the heads up. Hefty download, this one. Had to go through and find some previous game trials to archive and the odd demo, such as Pikmin 4 that I haven't got around to trying. At around an hour, the time to download will trounce the time I spend on a couple of FC24 exhibition matches.

I've come to the conclusion Waluigi Pinball is in the same category as Baby Park. PS @lostmario at least I wait until after three GPs before rage quitting.

No mention of the Splatoon concert though? I've never heard of that God of Light game you posted—nice find. It looks pretty nice.

Aside from having seen a YouTube ad for Sea of Thieves (or it could have been any of those seafaring games tbh), I won't pretend to know anything about this quartet. I hope they're good and get good conversions. I wish them well like Minecraft, Ori, Cuphead and whatever else is already here. As a potential customer, it'd be nice if they go easy on my pocket rather than try to go for Nintendo's pricing. Have to get a gamerscore in my sig... until they decide testing the waters with these did not deliver the expected success and that's it. Megaton! Spoken like someone who's been playing a lot of N64 recently.

Imo, should have said we don't comment on rumours and positioned themselves above it all from the getgo and let the insatiable rumourmill eat itself alive. Then again, the only thing worse than people talking about you is people not talking about you. T'Internet'd still be raging if Xbox put on an E3-style presser to announce they're shutting up shop with immediate effect so there's no winning in this business. Well, that's been Palworld and this Xbox debacle. The Nintendo Direct "insiders" gonna ramp it up for the second half of Feb or can we look forward to something new next week?