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Dragging these posts in here from the eShop thread. Looks like they could be clipped into quotes for the box. Inside is a special game. - @Ronnie More of an interactive experience. Great atmosphere. - @BowserBasher An interactive show. - @MindFreak Not sure how it was for everyone else who's played Inside, but I went into it knowing nothing other than what the eShop told me: award-winning adventure puzzle game. So artsy-fartsy and leisurely, then. Cool! I'm down for that (especially as it was on sale). Not cool. I was weirded out from the word go. As is the norm with these indie games, you expect load times. With the amount of time Inside spent churning away on the title screen, I was beginning to think I was being Eternal Darknessed. Alas, it wasn't an insanity effect and the game got there in the end. Then you are just thrown in. No press start to play, no file select screen, no opening text crawl and absolutely no opening cutscene. Tilt the stick and the boy comes tumbling in from stage left and the game is afoot. Interesting. From there, you head right through the forest at night (remember I had no idea what I was getting into except award-winning action puzzler, and the game provided no story setup, context, tutorial or anything). Cars appeared on the road behind. People got out and approached the boy. They grabbed him and killed him. People were waiting in the forest with torches. They grabbed the boy and killed him. People shot and killed the boy from other cars on the road. They sicced dogs on the boy to chase and kill him. Witnessing this boy be remorselessly killed by adults and dogs really freaked me out. Not knowing who he was played into it, not knowing who they were played into it, not knowing why he was wanted dead--not captured--played into it. The graphics and sound underlined it. It gave me the chills from that opening forest area all the way to the end. The controls are move, jump and interact with the pattern of play being to head right which is basically broken up with some stealth and puzzling in the form of finding things to stand on, buttons to press, etc, to overcome whatever roadblocks are in your way so that ultimately as @MindFreak said, you can keep pressing right. You die a lot but it is not difficult or frustrating... just chilling. All the time I was wondering what was going on and when I would get this boy to safety. I wasn't really any the wiser by the end but that takes nothing away from the game whatsoever. At the end, I was like where next? Is that it? Could this be the end? Then the credits started appearing on screen and I sat in reflection of everything that the boy had gone through to get there. What an experience. Just needed d-pad controls! Limbo looks more action-oriented going by the vid on the eShop and after what Inside delivered, I'm more than up for whatever direction they've gone in with it.

My bad. I read that you can get shiny versions of those but didn't know it was just at the normal rate.

It's a Max Raid Battle Event with the following encounters: One-Star Ditto, Rookidee, Chewtle, Blipbug, Sizzlipede, and Wooloo. Two-Star Corvisquire, Dottler, and Sizzlipede. Three-Star Corviknight, Drednaw, Orbettle, Centiskorch, and Dubwool. Four- and Five-Star Shiny Gigantamax Venusaur, Blastoise and Charizard. With them resting on their laurels and being asleep on the job for decades now, Pokémon Sleep is in expert hands.

Shin Megami Tensei®: Devil Summoner®: Soul Hackers™ () originally came out on Saturn then later 3DS, so you could grab it there before the eShop closes. It's well-priced at £8.99 and can be finished in about 30 hours at your leisure. I thought it was pretty cool!

Not sure which is the appropriate thread so I'm going with this one. Feb 21st: Pokémon Masters EX -- 2.5th Anniversary Celebration. Sync Pair of May and Latias coming on February 28th. Feb 22nd: Pokémon Sword & Shield Feb 23rd: Pokémon Café Mix Feb 24th: Pokémon Unite Feb 25th: Pokémon 25 -- Music Video for Reconnect Feb 26th: Pokémon GO It's all happening this week!

Got the option of moving the refugees back to their colony now. I was looking forward to getting the ball rolling with that but all of a sudden I'm worried about what I might be locked out of by shifting them from their camp. In no way do I expect to do all the quests (or max out affinities, or see all the heart-to-hearts, and whatever else) but I'm in no mood to miss out on anything yet either. I'm sure later it will all feel like a chore and I'll want to make a beeline for the end. I've completed all the refugees' timed quests already, but that doesn't mean there aren't others I've not received. Argh. I'll check with them again during the day and night, and if no one asks for anything then they're moving.

Don't see it mentioned on digitaleclipse.com or listed on their Wikipedia page, so it isn't clear yet. Came across this summary of features while checking into that: https://www.gematsu.com/2022/02/capcom-fighting-collection-announced-for-ps4-xbox-one-switch-and-pc-includes-10-titles-with-rollback-netcode

Physical and digital. Casual, ranked and custom online matches with rollback netcode. Full info at: https://www.capcom-games.com/cfc/en-uk/

It might just be a Wii game with a lick of paint but it's still got its moments. Satorl Marsh by night for one.

Nice one. Did it say turkey for three in a row? Anything different for strikes four and five?

The Nintendo Player's Guide for EarthBound is available on their website as a PDF: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/clvs/manuals/common/pdf/CLV-P-SAAJE.pdf

Was Mir-ly wondering.

Hardly think it'd be Mission: Impossible.

Think Wave Race and Pilotwings 64 are both a given. Wonder if they can get ISS.

Stranger things have happened.

I'm having flashbacks to the Marsh Cave in FF. Eh? I thought you were up and at it for the SSOPT*. Figured you were just taking your time to write up your full impressions! *Switch Sports Online Play Test

I'm almost certain it was like this in Earthbound too. Normally I'm up for a good grind, but the process didn't feel fun in it. Thought I was going soft. If you had to resort to fleeing then the encounter rate must have been overwhelming.

Smuggled out an update during the Super Bowl.

Well isn't this thread a blast from the past. You gotta do what you can with those pesky things. No idea if the way I round them up is the intended way either! I did such a playthrough last year it drove H-o-T into exile, so proceed with caution...! It's not too fresh in my mind right now but I listed my thoughts here and here so will be happy to chat about OoT when you're done.

Since it looked like you managed to complete Netflix on the Wii U I'm sure you're chomping at the bit for something like this on the Switch.

I nabbed a couple of games from the current sale including INSIDE (£1.79) and LIMBO (£0.89). I've played through Inside and I'll tell you what, that was an experience. Wow. The hairs on the back of my neck barely had a chance to fall flat between chills. Spine-tingling. Fired Shovel Knight up again and it's something about the way he jumps off ladders and the momentum from conveyors and moving platforms that isn't second-nature to me.

O rly? Why'd you wait until now to mention it! I got a cheap stylus (extendable) when Super Mario Maker 2 came out--does the job for drawing levels in handheld. I always look at that Severed game when I check the 3DS eShop as it's invariably on sale. In fact, I was looking at it again the other evening as it is still on sale/ on sale again. It's good? I'll have to look it up. If nothing else, it stands out amongst the dross in the sale section. This could prove useful. Have you come across a definitive list of 3DS stuff?

I see Uncle Scrooge there! If ever there was a game I wanted to come to 3DS and now Switch, it's DuckTales: Remastered. It's not ideal at the moment, is it? I think companies opting to put their back catalogue on the Switch eShop has put a dampener on what Nintendo can get for NSO. On the bright side, I can fire up the Castlevania games without an NSO sub so it's swings and roundabouts. Yeah, totally. Digital is all well and good (getting your purchase instantly, not having to allocate shelf space for game cases, would LostWinds have existed otherwise?) but when these virtual stores shut up shop it makes us all stop and take stock, doesn't it? It was a bummer when it happened on Wii and DSi too. They got you hook, line and sinker for that adventurous party action.

There's no two ways about it. We need you to make your slot and tell us what it's like so plan your weekend accordingly!!