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Personally I feel like the NX will be an important turning point for Nintendo, one which is already in motion with recent changes to the market, shares and other elements. I'm no market analyst - nor would I want to be - but I just have a good feeling that the NX will turn out to be something which will appeal to long-term Nintendo fans, gamers and those with even a passing interest in video-games regardless of format. The next few months should be very interesting indeed, I for one can't help but be nervously excited about it.

Woah! Really liking the look of Mudsdale. Ground type horse Pokémon with an ability that raises defence when hit with an attack? That's pretty decent.

I'm really sorry to hear that @Cube If you need someone to talk to, I'm here.

A really interesting video which celebrates the 30th anniversary of Doki Doki Panic. More than that though, it details the history of Yume Kōjō, something I knew nothing about. So if you're interested in Japanese culture, technology and videogame history then this is well worth a watch. : peace:

I only noticed this after I'd already posted, I wasn't meaning to "nitpick" as such though, I researched the game after finding out about it moments before, it's still a very much valid release and one which should be welcomed regardless of its digital status. Personally, I don't mind if the Nintendo download stuff gets posted in the eShop section, you make a very good point especially regarding Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition which is the same kind of release. : peace: Whatever is best for the forum in any case, if we need some restructuring regarding what's posted where then so be it.

While I welcome the availability of A Shadow's Tale because it seems to be a rare Wii game which had a limited physical print run, it's still not a VC title being that the Wii U is merely running it natively in Wii mode with no additional features. It would have been nice just to have those TurboGrafx-16 titles which America got last week just to show that there's still plenty more titles yet to be released or indeed re-released. I think this is part of the problem, Nintendo needs to standardise their releases and clarify exactly what they are on the NX, I think they seem keen to try and lump the Wii re-releases in with the VC purely because there's just not that much being released.

I've added you back @Deathjam! If anyone else wants to add me then my friend code is... 5412 - 9881 - 2109 I also added @Vileplume2000 but you're still provisionally registered on my list, so add me when you're ready! I've been blasting through the low level quests today as this is the first chance I've had to play the game. I'm enjoying it though and I'd be happy to play some online games soon if people are OK with helping me catch up :p in the meantime, I'll be offline hunting for my first armour set.

I feel as though I prefer one-to-one conversations over public speaking. Fake confidence goes with the territory in many work positions, I'm sure that the confidence I show in my retail job is staged in some way... either that or I just refuse to believe that the social skills I've developed through my work are actually worth anything due to me having Asperger's Syndrome coupled with anxiety and OCD. Being creative is something I enjoy a lot more than just fulfilling a "role" because while I know that all roles are fundamentally important to our society on the whole, there is a lot to be said for the creative process, it's something I already engage with while writing reviews which I still enjoy but I used to be so much more creative many years ago as I would practice drawing things regularly... now though? Not nearly as much as I'd like. It's not as if I don't feel confident enough to attempt things, I think it's more that I talk myself out of them... I almost talked myself out of posting this even. :p Confidence is something I definitely know I have a certain amount of, just that I don't seem to draw upon it that often, instead choosing to mentally retreat or distance myself at times... it's an inner battle which can feel like a boss fight in itself, one that I attempt on a daily basis and learn from even if I don't always feel like I'm anywhere near winning, if that's even possible.

Comm Error... rejoining... now I guess?

This is true... I have around 400GB of games currently installed on my PS4 with its 2TB HDD - which only ever reads as a 1.76TB size anyway - which isn't even including half of the Plus games I have accumulated, because I only install the ones from library that I'm likely to play soon - ha! that's a joke in itself, so many games to get through... - and I mostly buy disc versions of games where possible. Out of all of the disc games I own which is now around 40... I have only even installed about 10... Even out of all of those 10 installed games I have only completed 3 from start to finish. In my library there are over one hundred items, so minus the 10 installed disc games, that's still 90 playstation Plus titles in addition to others I have downloaded, just on my PS4. And I just bought a load of games in the last day of the Playstation Store sale on my PS4 & PS3. It seems that now my issue isn't space but rather more actually playing the games and making an effort to complete them. Perhaps it would be best to start playing one of these games tonight... but then again, Monster Hunter Generations will likely be arriving tomorrow so there goes most of my game time. Clearly I have commitment issues in completing games...

Oh @Dcubed... TurboGrafx-16 games are about to be released today on the Wii U Virtual Console in America! In this case the first two titles are R-Type and New Adventure Island... So that's only nearly 10 years since they were released on the original Wii VC. Better late than never, I guess this means that they are here to stay rather than being just a previous generation one-off.

Oh @Dcubed... TurboGrafx-16 games are about to be released today on the Wii U Virtual Console in America! In this case the first two titles are R-Type and New Adventure Island... So that's only nearly 10 years since they were released on the original Wii VC. Better late than never, I guess this means that they are here to stay rather than being just a previous generation one-off.

Indeed... It would seem that this is the real... ... Pokémon Bank. :awesome:

Indeed... It would seem that this is the real... ... Pokémon Bank. :awesome:

Did anyone else order one of the Monster Hunter Generations New Nintendo 3DS XL Grip peripherals from the Nintendo store? I happened to order one at the same time as Monster Hunter Generations and it seems they sold out pretty quick. Of course I purchased it with the intention of using it but there's a possibility it may become one of those hard to find peripherals - I'm still going to use it either way - but I hope that if it turns out to be as useful as it looks for Monster Hunter that they'll get more in stock.

Did anyone else order one of the Monster Hunter Generations New Nintendo 3DS XL Grip peripherals from the Nintendo store? I happened to order one at the same time as Monster Hunter Generations and it seems they sold out pretty quick. Of course I purchased it with the intention of using it but there's a possibility it may become one of those hard to find peripherals - I'm still going to use it either way - but I hope that if it turns out to be as useful as it looks for Monster Hunter that they'll get more in stock.

It should work... I think? I was going to possibly buy a USB caddy for my old PS4 hard drive so that I could move a couple of things back onto the machine at a later date, I don't see why this is any different from using a non-powered hard drive as a backup. : peace:

It should work... I think? I was going to possibly buy a USB caddy for my old PS4 hard drive so that I could move a couple of things back onto the machine at a later date, I don't see why this is any different from using a non-powered hard drive as a backup. : peace:

Yes but... This... And this... It's really not that bad and it only seems to happen in relation to power saving, there's no way that the PS4 wouldn't be have enough power to supply the drive I'm assuming, otherwise they wouldn't have made it easily upgradable, unless there's something I don't understand about these types of hard drive? I'm certainly not an expert at any rate, all I know is that any noise I have heard seems to be in relation to data loading or coming back to a game after leaving the machine idle for a while. Definitely worth upgrading either way.

Yes but... This... And this... It's really not that bad and it only seems to happen in relation to power saving, there's no way that the PS4 wouldn't be have enough power to supply the drive I'm assuming, otherwise they wouldn't have made it easily upgradable, unless there's something I don't understand about these types of hard drive? I'm certainly not an expert at any rate, all I know is that any noise I have heard seems to be in relation to data loading or coming back to a game after leaving the machine idle for a while. Definitely worth upgrading either way.

So how many hunting hours have you managed to rack up so far Hero? I'm going to guess about sixteen... maybe? More importantly I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying it! I do have a question for you though regarding the crafting... While I understand that you now need a certain amount of Ore in order to unlock further crafting upgrades to your weapons, you'll still need to get certain items from the monsters in order to make the weapons I take it? The whole experience just wouldn't be the same if you didn't need to grind for that one Lagiacrus Plate for instance. :p Also, being that this is a 'Best of...' Monster Hunter which features areas from previous games, I take it that at least one location from Monster Hunter Tri/3 Ultimate must be in there yet... there is no swimming in this game - we've known this for a while - so did they just empty out the ocean and fill it in with dirt? Essentially what I'm asking is... what has become of area 10 in the Deserted Island map? It's going to bug me until I get the game otherwise... it's the small things. Anyway, thanks for posting your impressions in any case. : peace:

So how many hunting hours have you managed to rack up so far Hero? I'm going to guess about sixteen... maybe? More importantly I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying it! I do have a question for you though regarding the crafting... While I understand that you now need a certain amount of Ore in order to unlock further crafting upgrades to your weapons, you'll still need to get certain items from the monsters in order to make the weapons I take it? The whole experience just wouldn't be the same if you didn't need to grind for that one Lagiacrus Plate for instance. :p Also, being that this is a 'Best of...' Monster Hunter which features areas from previous games, I take it that at least one location from Monster Hunter Tri/3 Ultimate must be in there yet... there is no swimming in this game - we've known this for a while - so did they just empty out the ocean and fill it in with dirt? Essentially what I'm asking is... what has become of area 10 in the Deserted Island map? It's going to bug me until I get the game otherwise... it's the small things. Anyway, thanks for posting your impressions in any case. : peace: