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@Hero-of-Time @Ronnie I enjoyed the press events in the past and it felt exciting to watch them, even if it was 240p IGN stream of E3 back in 2005, just seeing games announced for the first time in front of you was enough to make it enjoyable, but I also found them awkward too. There was a lot of time wasted on them with slide shows, introductions, technical errors etc. A lot of the time in them were spent on one person introducing another person on stage, who then just introduces a game trailer on a screen. I feel like their time has long passed and the only thing I really need is a to see a game play trailer with a voice over explaining to me what the game is about, which i find Nintendo do perfectly with their Directs. You're both right though, with whats going on right now I doubt Nintendo can really prepare a normal direct anyway. Aside from everyone being in their homes games development has all taken a hit to some degree. But it would be hilarious to see mayamoto hosting a direct from his home via zoom

I picked this up the other day, even though I have the 2009 release on 360 and PC. But as it was on sale on the eshop for £11 i figured I'd check out this remaster and felt like playing through it again. It was fun going through the game but I wish a little more had been done with it, it feels like a straight port to me. All of the janky issues the original release had are stil there which is surprising to see for a remaster. At the very least I think they could have tweaked the A.I of the other ghostbusters. I found that they constantly walk through your proton charge while you're trying to wear down a ghost, which means that not only do they take damage from it (while complaining about it in the process) they also block the stream from hitting whatever ghost you were going after. Weirdly I found this more of an issue in the open levels of the game where they seem to be programed to wonder around a lot more. The smaller sections, such as the hotel they seem to generally stay in one place so you can pick a spot and work on a ghost without any interruptions. They also take forever to revive each other, which for the most part isn't an issue as they rarely get knocked down on normal or easy settings, but its a major issue on a couple of boss fights and stages on the hardest difficulty. In the final boss battle they don't move out of the way of oncoming attacks fast enough so his fire attack almost always takes out at least two members of the team. So you have to rush and save them, because the the other two guys probably won't even attempt to do so for a good 20 seconds or so and will most probably get incapped in the process. I finished the game just now and this new version unlocks a GB2 flightsuit, which was a pre-order bonus for the game back in its original 2009 release. There was a glitch with it where the GB1 logo on the should overlaps the GB2 logo and it seems that is still there in this remaster . Lastly you unlock a gold proton pack if you complete it on the hardest setting but I can't see myself doing that, its way too tedious to keep reviving teammates who don't watch your back or help each other until its too late.

It's funny how things change. I remember people not being happy that Nintendo were going towards Directs over live presentations at E3 over 5 years ago. Now they're something everyone looks forward too throughout the year I'll be disappointed if that rumor of them moving away from Directs turns out to be true, in fact I can't understand that decision at all. There isn't really a better way of putting that information out. It did seem odd to me that they didn't have a Direct in so long though, before the coronavirus pandemic there was a huge gap between the last major direct and March seemed odd.

DLC Pack 2 is out now

Yeah the reviews for this have been really good. I have to admit, as much as Streets of Rage 2 is one of my all time favourite games, I didn't think this would be good. I wasn't sold on the art style and something just seemed off about it to me but I watched a review today of someone that had similar feelings to me who is blown away by how good this is. It sounds like they did a tremendous job.

I attempted to make a Hoverboard from Back to the Future pattern: I think its too big though so I'll probably redo it at some point. (I didn't make the hat and jacket in this picture)

Today is one of my villagers birthday, which I knew before hand, so I tried to see what happens if you send them a letter the day before wishing them happy birthday. I’d assumed the game would just fire back the normal kind of letters you get from NPCs and not take note of what I’d written, but It actually does:

Thanks for the heads up, I just got in to sell my turnips. It's pretty funny seeing so many people come and go. It took me about five minutes to get to Tom Nooks because of the game halting every time someone joins lol

There's a handy guide that shows the differences in each art piece that has a fake version of it: http://www.nintendolife.com/guides/animal-crossing-new-horizons-redd-how-to-spot-fake-paintings-and-statues-and-unlock-crazy-redd Nintendo have made the differences between the Real and Fake art pieces very subtle for a lot of them this time. For example take a look at the difference between the Real and Fake Solemn Painting: One positive thing if you have bought a fake, is that there is a Nook Miles Objective for buying one piece of fake art. One thing I noticed today that I hope they patch is that, I'm pretty sure in the New Leaf once an Art piece was identified as fake, it would be renamed with the word 'Fake' before its name when you looked at it in your inventory. This was important for trading Art with people so that you knew you were getting the real thing. That does not seem to be the case at the moment, so the 'Scary Painting' I bought yesterday which is fake, is still just named 'Scary Painting'.

I’ll open mine if you want. Not sure if we’re on each other’s friend lists, my friend code is 7441-4734-3710

Well that’s annoying: I got to go onboard Redds boat for the first time today but all four pieces of Art he had were fake. On the plus side, I just read buying one fake art item ticks off a Nook miles objective.

Looks like I can’t do much today, both the Nooks cranny store and the Museum are shut for refurbishment. Can you sell Turnips on a Saturday?

oh man. It was raining for me at that time too and I must have used 12 lots of bait trying to get Tuna (it is the last fish I need for the museum that I can currently catch) and i didn't get a single one.

New update is live. On top of the stuff we know about, there's a couple new shirts and a rug for sale in the ABD machine. Also:

Well how about that, they’re bringing back/redoing a Splatfest there's also going to be a demo soon as well as a discount on the game:

Very happy to see the return of Crazy Redd and the Art gallery. I can’t wait to look around the Museum section for artwork, as Nintendo did such a great job with the aquarium and bug sections.

Nintendo just announced the "Final Major Update" for Mario Maker 2, which is due to be released on the 22nd of this month. It looks like it contains a ton of stuff:

I wasn't expecting something like this in the game:

Genuinely made me happy seeing all this in the game today. They also give you some cupcakes, which you can give to each of the villagers and get a present from them.

There is a Mario Odyssey Theme up for 100 points. It plays the Jump Up Super Star theme music on the menu. https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/8d8db57ab54f28b2

remapping controllers and being able to transfer data from the systems memory to SD (and vice versa) is pretty great.

Full patch notes https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22525/~/nintendo-switch-system-updates-and-change-history#v1000 Edit - Joycons also have a firmware update,but you have to download it manually from the system menu.

I’ve got these today as spares if anyone wants them Left Megelo side plesio body ophthalmo skull Not sure what I need so I’ll take anything in return