darksnowman

Yeah the flowers are soooo unruly. You might have noticed when coming in for a landing that I've cleared out one half of the island but the other side is where I started trying for hybrids and with all the rain this past while... it's a horror show. Been anticipating your RSVP but it must've got lost in the post.

Think I picked everything up. Gates open!

Okay will open in a few mins.

All right keep your knickers on. I will order it and send it to you.

There's a monkey for everything at N-E Towers.

They probably stalk him and have dossiers stored away with the Zelda timeline on all his hobbies and interests, for the time when he's not around and they ask themselves "what would Shigeru do?" They did okay letting Miyamoto have at it with Popeye/ Donkey Kong, Mario and Zelda, sort of like everyone going along with Walt's vision...? I think they pressed ahead with work left by Iwata so it wouldn't be unheard of in that way. I think I read something about Nintendo having a high rate of employee retention so they are probably all well indoctrinated and pulling in the same direction. He opens a window? If there's money to be printed, they'll come. And Devil May Cry. I think @Dcubed c+p'd his response from an N-E Wikipedia quote.

Jolly Redd here with (what seems to be): REAL motherly statue REAL serene painting REAL sinking painting fake academic painting If anyone wants something could you post and come get in the next 2-3 hours? If that's too short notice, I can order one item before Redd goes at 5am and get it to you.

The fanbase would be in crisis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disaster:_Day_of_Crisis#Reception

Will a Starfy Game & Watch help soften the blow? With all the Wii U porting going on at the moment, do you think they are wringing out every idea they can get from Miyamoto and co so they have a backlog to draw on in future?

Been doing some normal rounds with DK and some of the others. Haven't tried Rosalina yet to see what her game's like. I've noticed a few things that I missed during the speed golf-centric adventure mode, none of it positive , but I'm going to throw out a comment on the music to see what @Glen-i thinks. Part of the tune for Bonny Greens really reminds me of the goofy soundtrack for DKC 3 on GBA. Have you picked up on that too?

As far as I understand they have been planning ahead for this by already giving the young guns more creative control. I think Breath of the Wild, for example, is such a departure because the fuddyduddies took a backseat? So maybe there will be a lull when the time comes but it should be reasonably smooth. Then they will bust out F-Zero and we'll all rejoice the passing of the torch and forget for day or two that Nintendo are doomed. The end will be nigh when Bill Trinen goes though.

Just caught up with Sweden-Ukraine. The red card is one of those that you don't want to see again. Sure, the intent might not have been there but it didn't look good at all. Yeah that aspect's been rather brushed aside, hasn't it? Not needing to jaunt back and forth across Europe is a bonus. Give them one home game for a wee boost, why not, but maybe teams should be on rotation otherwise. I only watched the England-Scotland match so there was likely no bother for fans to travel down and balance things out in Wembley for that one. Those numbers @Julius posted for yesterday's match really took me by surprise. I'm not saying it hasn't been the same for other home nations, just that without knowing numbers, support hasn't seemed so heavily skewed. Okay, perhaps at Hampden but I put that down to no one being brave enough to venture near the highlands (even in June!) and Scotland would get a good turnout anywhere, especially since they hadn't qualified in so long. The other day I read that England had to bow to UEFAs demands to let 2,500 of their VIPs into the country quarantine-free, or they'd throw a strop and take the final somewhere else. Makes you wonder what other hoops they've had to jump through to keep themselves based at Wembley until now. Well, anyway that's that for a few days. Anyone for tennis? Tour de France?

Get your own, lazy. @Julius why you bringing the worst Star Wars film into this thread? Yuck.

I'm not so shaw about that either. England: We've beaten our arch-nemesis in a tournament! This is huge! Massive! A turning point! We have proved ourselves on the European stage at long last! Germany:

Wow. Massive advantage. How much did England stump up to UEFA for that or have all matches been so partisan? I watched Wimby instead (especially since I read the England band would be in the crowd) and I see they managed to get the upset. I feel Germany are in need of a rebuild similar to what Lowe did when he first got the job. They'll be back. Anyway, that's a free pass into the final for England, right? That's what was being said in the build-up to today if they won so I hope there's no backpedalling with the arrogance and entitlement now.

This is why it's not Pichu Golf.

Oh yeah, should've said "I wasn't aware [Pokémon] spin-offs have been getting snubbed"--wasn't even considering what representation other series have gotten. Haha, that's right! I forgot Pokémon Snap had a trophy in Melee. At the beginning, between characters, stages and pokéballs, Pokémon made up a fair bit of what Smash was (and it was great), so maybe they took the decision to dial it back to try and give everything equal footing as the game ballooned? Oh, and when I said I'm sure they could do something fun with Phoenix Wright... well, it's still gonna be limited to slamming the stick in one of the four cardinal directions and press A or B, so "fun" isn't the right word. I reckon they could knock their heads together and do something creative with a character like Phoenix Wright who doesn't normally engage in fisticuffs is probably a better way of putting it.

Someone's fretting they're going to be cancelled for past scandalous predictions.

Because of seeing this thread I now want Swanky Kong. The stage is right there!

Wasn't aware that the spin-offs have been getting snubbed! That's interesting. I thought everything was fair game and included in some form or another. Och, I've nothing against Phoenix Wright and I'm sure they could do something fun with him, but Capcom for Smash doesn't get me going in general. It's nice to have Ryu, Ken and Megaman in there but after that I don't think there's any need to go back to the Capcom well. What about Captain Rainbow as a shameless promotion for Captain Rainbow being remastered and released worldwide on Switch? Sigh okay then, Resident Evil.

Has this been the first tournament nobody has been complaining about the ball? Could be time for a shot to move in the air and squirm through the England keepers hands. Sancho and Bellingham to bring their Bundesliga pedigree. It has been written.

After yesterdays matches it might not be too adventurous to expect more than one goal. So like 6-2 Germany with it being 0-0 going into extra time.

I don't know if they've said when to expect the final character, but I genuinely think this is a good shout. I said Doki Doki Panic above but this would be my realistic prediction too. If not, what about Advance Wars? Monkey Ball? Are there any other upcoming releases they could co-ordinate with? Just Dance! If Pokémon then what about the main character from New Pokémon Snap? Would be so uninspiring. I am beyond fed-up with Nintendo bending over backwards for Capcom... unless it's Breath of Fire or Zack & Wiki.

Another goalfest. France just didn't bring it for 90 minutes, did they? Bought into their own hype. Switzerland have gone from looking ropey in the first match to putting out the favourites. Can they go further? I wouldn't put it past them to do it against Spain in the next round. Watches?

Not much of a limb required as I went through em in order of appearance. Aye, I've heard of that little game but obviously didn't recognise this character or their name. Maybe their marketing department needs to be sent on a course. I figured it was either something old and obscure or from one of those pure hardcore From Software games, and now you tell me it's neither. Thanks for clearing up the other one. I thought they just carried everything forward by default and have been adding new stuff this whole time. If they aren't disqualified due to being Miis or something, it's gonna be the Doki Doki Panic characters. All in the one slot, change between them like selecting your colours.