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Atlas Hugged: Mar 12, 2007; Put your arms around me,
fiddly digits, itchy britches
I love you all

s.i.r.e. posted:

So theoretically I could just find someone with all of the toys to unlock everything? The thing is I don't even know anyone with the game so it'll never happen, interesting to think you could just get all of the "DLC" that way.

Kinda bullshit I can't just buy the rest digitally.

My understanding is that you have to reconnect them every 7 days to prevent this.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 11:24

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 15:31

THE FUCKING MOON: Jan 19, 2008

Atlas Hugged posted:

My understanding is that you have to reconnect them every 7 days to prevent this.

It's this. You can use them freely as digital items in the meantime though.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 12:16

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.: Oct 9, 2003; I've got a case of malt liquor stashed in the trunk, Mr. Marvin Gaye on the CD. We are gonna get all the way down.

punk rebel ecks posted:

A fair bit of characters are a bit too "risqué" looking for a kid to play, but maybe that's just me.

Doh, missed the "for a kid" part of that post, just saw JRPG.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 12:28

Dizz: Feb 14, 2010; L L

Is there a sale for Diablo anywhere? I'm a sucker for buying the same game on multiple consoles.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 13:04

Jackie D: May 27, 2009; Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.

IDK if it's still active but apparently you can buy in-store at Walmart for $17

# ? Nov 24, 2018 13:47

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

Heath posted:

I'm gonna talk about mufuckin' Penguin Wars for a minute because it's a mystery to me what's going on with it.

I was wondering what that "City Connection" company was and apparently it's the successor to Jaleco (which explains the company having the same name as the Jaleco game). Huh.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 14:00

flavor.flv: Apr 18, 2008; I got a letter from the government the other day
opened it, read it
it said they was bitches

Heath posted:

I'm gonna talk about mufuckin' Penguin Wars for a minute because it's a mystery to me what's going on with it.

Penguin Wars was an early Game Boy game in which you play as a penguin standing on one side of what's basically a combination between a pool table and a skee ball pit, except the target is your enemy's face. You each stand opposite on either side of the table and are given five balls which you are supposed to pick up and chuck at your opponent and dome them until they collapse and become paralyzed. It rules. It's basically one-on-one dodgeball. But, being as old as it is, it's pretty primitive. Not much in the way of graphics or features.

This year, the game was given a remake/sequel of the same name on the Switch. I had heard absolutely nothing about it anywhere and the only way I discovered it was when it came up in my Amazon recommendations. I decided to Google it and found out it's published by Dispatch Games (also the publishers of Psyvariar Delta, if you're looking forward to that) but their website seems ridiculously out of date. As far as I can tell, the Switch version of Penguin Wars launched sometime in August of this year in the US. It has no presence on the eShop, and seems to be (for now at least) one of the few Switch games only available in physical. But, according to the website, they're still taking preorders for it. So I don't know. It's definitely available now - I got a copy off of Amazon for like $22 bucks, which I was on the fence about since there was so little info on it, but I loved the original and this remake looks fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQGZ6WbgEY

It has a weird minute long initial loading screen but after that it runs fine so I don't know what the gently caress. It's got a lot of love put into it for what looks like it could very easily have been a total shovelware game. The graphics are pretty simple but very expressive and fun. It's a good little game to just pick up and play, and the music is pretty great, with long tracks that don't loop too much.

The other part of the mystery is that this game has DLC, but you can't buy it on the American eShop - going to the DLC screen just says it's not available, and it doesn't seem to exist, which sucks because I kind of wanted it: it adds four new characters to the game, who are the four heroes from the Sunsoft NES game Hebreke, also known as Ufouria, which is a great game but as far as I know had nothing whatsoever to do with the original Penguin Wars in any way. So I'm actually pretty disappointed that I can't buy that because I love Hebreke and I would pay a couple bucks to be able to play as a penguin from a different 30 year old game.

I don't know yet if it was worth $20+, but so far I've been having a lot of fun with it and I wanted to signal boost it because I don't think this game is going to get much attention if it's not available on the eShop and nobody's talking about it.

I legit thought this was the video game hoaxes and urban legends thread the whole time I was reading this post, and I was very confused that nothing scary happened by the end of it

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:18

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Heath posted:

I'm gonna talk about mufuckin' Penguin Wars for a minute because it's a mystery to me what's going on with it.

Penguin Wars was an early Game Boy game in which you play as a penguin standing on one side of what's basically a combination between a pool table and a skee ball pit, except the target is your enemy's face. You each stand opposite on either side of the table and are given five balls which you are supposed to pick up and chuck at your opponent and dome them until they collapse and become paralyzed. It rules. It's basically one-on-one dodgeball. But, being as old as it is, it's pretty primitive. Not much in the way of graphics or features.

This year, the game was given a remake/sequel of the same name on the Switch. I had heard absolutely nothing about it anywhere and the only way I discovered it was when it came up in my Amazon recommendations. I decided to Google it and found out it's published by Dispatch Games (also the publishers of Psyvariar Delta, if you're looking forward to that) but their website seems ridiculously out of date. As far as I can tell, the Switch version of Penguin Wars launched sometime in August of this year in the US. It has no presence on the eShop, and seems to be (for now at least) one of the few Switch games only available in physical. But, according to the website, they're still taking preorders for it. So I don't know. It's definitely available now - I got a copy off of Amazon for like $22 bucks, which I was on the fence about since there was so little info on it, but I loved the original and this remake looks fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQGZ6WbgEY

It has a weird minute long initial loading screen but after that it runs fine so I don't know what the gently caress. It's got a lot of love put into it for what looks like it could very easily have been a total shovelware game. The graphics are pretty simple but very expressive and fun. It's a good little game to just pick up and play, and the music is pretty great, with long tracks that don't loop too much.

The other part of the mystery is that this game has DLC, but you can't buy it on the American eShop - going to the DLC screen just says it's not available, and it doesn't seem to exist, which sucks because I kind of wanted it: it adds four new characters to the game, who are the four heroes from the Sunsoft NES game Hebreke, also known as Ufouria, which is a great game but as far as I know had nothing whatsoever to do with the original Penguin Wars in any way. So I'm actually pretty disappointed that I can't buy that because I love Hebreke and I would pay a couple bucks to be able to play as a penguin from a different 30 year old game.

I don't know yet if it was worth $20+, but so far I've been having a lot of fun with it and I wanted to signal boost it because I don't think this game is going to get much attention if it's not available on the eShop and nobody's talking about it.

Holy poo poo, I remember Penguin Wars, except I played the NES version which was part of some unlicensed compilation, 72-in-1 or something.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:25

Gameko: Feb 23, 2006; The friend of all children!

Man I can�t decide what to buy in the Nintendo e-shop sale.

I�m going to get shovel knight treasure trove, but then I�m at a loss. I need strangers on the internet to make my decisions for me. Should I go with Celeste, West of Loathing, or Bloodstained Curse of the Moon?

I know I want to play west of loathing but it�s hardly a sale atm. Everyone praises Celeste. Curse of the moon is appealing because I loved Castlevania III and I love old school castlevania in general.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:41

THE FUCKING MOON: Jan 19, 2008

Jackie D posted:

IDK if it's still active but apparently you can buy in-store at Walmart for $17

Worth a try maybe. I got mine 2 days ago and yesterday I read an article saying it had been corrected. But then sonebody in the thread said they still got it yesterday so who knows

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:45

Fun Times!: Dec 26, 2010

Gameko posted:

Man I can�t decide what to buy in the Nintendo e-shop sale.

I�m going to get shovel knight treasure trove, but then I�m at a loss. I need strangers on the internet to make my decisions for me. Should I go with Celeste, West of Loathing, or Bloodstained Curse of the Moon?

I know I want to play west of loathing but it�s hardly a sale atm. Everyone praises Celeste. Curse of the moon is appealing because I loved Castlevania III and I love old school castlevania in general.

Get the game that you want to play. If the sale price of WOL (a relatively cheap game) isn�t enough to make you buy, why would you be willing to spend the same or more on a game you�re less interested in?

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:51

Electric Phantasm: Apr 7, 2011; YOSPOS

Heath posted:

I'm gonna talk about mufuckin' Penguin Wars for a minute because it's a mystery to me what's going on with it.

Penguin Wars was an early Game Boy game in which you play as a penguin standing on one side of what's basically a combination between a pool table and a skee ball pit, except the target is your enemy's face. You each stand opposite on either side of the table and are given five balls which you are supposed to pick up and chuck at your opponent and dome them until they collapse and become paralyzed. It rules. It's basically one-on-one dodgeball. But, being as old as it is, it's pretty primitive. Not much in the way of graphics or features.

This year, the game was given a remake/sequel of the same name on the Switch. I had heard absolutely nothing about it anywhere and the only way I discovered it was when it came up in my Amazon recommendations. I decided to Google it and found out it's published by Dispatch Games (also the publishers of Psyvariar Delta, if you're looking forward to that) but their website seems ridiculously out of date. As far as I can tell, the Switch version of Penguin Wars launched sometime in August of this year in the US. It has no presence on the eShop, and seems to be (for now at least) one of the few Switch games only available in physical. But, according to the website, they're still taking preorders for it. So I don't know. It's definitely available now - I got a copy off of Amazon for like $22 bucks, which I was on the fence about since there was so little info on it, but I loved the original and this remake looks fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQGZ6WbgEY

It has a weird minute long initial loading screen but after that it runs fine so I don't know what the gently caress. It's got a lot of love put into it for what looks like it could very easily have been a total shovelware game. The graphics are pretty simple but very expressive and fun. It's a good little game to just pick up and play, and the music is pretty great, with long tracks that don't loop too much.

The other part of the mystery is that this game has DLC, but you can't buy it on the American eShop - going to the DLC screen just says it's not available, and it doesn't seem to exist, which sucks because I kind of wanted it: it adds four new characters to the game, who are the four heroes from the Sunsoft NES game Hebreke, also known as Ufouria, which is a great game but as far as I know had nothing whatsoever to do with the original Penguin Wars in any way. So I'm actually pretty disappointed that I can't buy that because I love Hebreke and I would pay a couple bucks to be able to play as a penguin from a different 30 year old game.

I don't know yet if it was worth $20+, but so far I've been having a lot of fun with it and I wanted to signal boost it because I don't think this game is going to get much attention if it's not available on the eShop and nobody's talking about it.

Not gonna lie, kinda interested in this. Also the music is dope.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:53

Mercury Crusader: Apr 20, 2005; You know they say that all demons are created equal, but you look at me and you look at Pyro Jack and you can see that statement is not true, hee-ho!

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Holy poo poo, I remember Penguin Wars, except I played the NES version which was part of some unlicensed compilation, 72-in-1 or something.

Yeah, it was one of those early third-party Famicom games that was released in Japan before the nation-wide release of the NES in the US so nobody bothered to bring it over, but the Game Boy port was brought over since that was within the launch year of the handheld. I had one of those multicart bootlegs as well (110-in-1 in my case) that had Penguin Wars. It also had Quarth, a weird puzzle block shooter hybrid that was released on both the Famicom and Game Boy in 1990 but for some reason only the Game Boy version was brought over to the US. There were a lot of Famicom/Game Boy releases like that for whatever reason.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 15:55

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Gameko posted:

Man I can�t decide what to buy in the Nintendo e-shop sale.

I�m going to get shovel knight treasure trove, but then I�m at a loss. I need strangers on the internet to make my decisions for me. Should I go with Celeste, West of Loathing, or Bloodstained Curse of the Moon?

I know I want to play west of loathing but it�s hardly a sale atm. Everyone praises Celeste. Curse of the moon is appealing because I loved Castlevania III and I love old school castlevania in general.

Celeste is the most game for your dollar of those 3. Wol is a basic little rpg lifted up by great writing, bcom is very short. Celeste has jillions of levels.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 16:37

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

So, if we never get Symphony of the Night on Switch, is Bloodstained just as good? Better? Worse? Bueller?

# ? Nov 24, 2018 16:53

Real hurthling!: Sep 11, 2001

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

So, if we never get Symphony of the Night on Switch, is Bloodstained just as good? Better? Worse? Bueller?

Cotm or the real game?

Cotm is like a cv3 homage. Bloodstained proper might be good or might just be mediocre like a lot of 2.5D attempts at recapturing old series magic have been

# ? Nov 24, 2018 16:56

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

So, if we never get Symphony of the Night on Switch, is Bloodstained just as good? Better? Worse? Bueller?

Curse of the moon is classic castlevania style, not a metroidvania.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 16:56

Inzombiac: Mar 19, 2007; PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

So, if we never get Symphony of the Night on Switch, is Bloodstained just as good? Better? Worse? Bueller?

No, it's not nearly as good but it is a fun little throwback.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 16:57

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

Celeste is GOOD AS HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:14

THE FUCKING MOON: Jan 19, 2008

Bloodstained cotm was definitely worthwhile, I'll go back and play it through again sometime

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:20

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

RandomFerret posted:

I legit thought this was the video game hoaxes and urban legends thread the whole time I was reading this post, and I was very confused that nothing scary happened by the end of it

Yeah, the mystery is that it's just kind of weird that it doesn't seem to exist on the eShop and none of the online features work. I thought maybe I had gotten a European copy somehow, but it's definitely an American release. It says I'm in the wrong region to collect Nintendo points for it also.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:21

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Oh, I didn't realize there were two Bloodstained games. I do love Castlevania 1 and 3,though.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:29

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Oh, I didn't realize there were two Bloodstained games. I do love Castlevania 1 and 3,though.

Get Curse of the Moon, you will feel right at home.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:35

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Oh, I didn't realize there were two Bloodstained games. I do love Castlevania 1 and 3,though.

Curse of the moon should be right in your wheelhouse then. The main bloodstained game isn't out yet.

If you still have an itching for metroidvanias Switch does have a couple of good ones though like Hollow Knight or Guacamelee. Both are going for different things than SOTN though.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:36

ColdPie: Jun 9, 2006

Heath posted:

I'm gonna talk about mufuckin' Penguin Wars for a minute because it's a mystery to me what's going on with it.

I played the poo poo out of this game on road trips as a kid. My sister had a gameboy and a copy, too, so we did a ton of battles over the link cable. IIRC the mouse was super OP, you either played as him or lost when the CPU got him. I think you could only strike him when he was throwing a ball, otherwise his face was below the table so you couldn't hit him.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:44

SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Oh, I didn't realize there were two Bloodstained games. I do love Castlevania 1 and 3,though.

Curse of the Moon is basically a big homage to Castlevania 3 so you should like it.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:50

RealityWarCriminal: Aug 10, 2016

I bought Okami but it might have been a mistake until I finish off dark souls, hollow knight, axiom verge, and uninstall diablo.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 17:58

Rupert Buttermilk: Apr 15, 2007; 🚣RowboatMan: ❄️Freezing time🕰️ is an old P.I. 🥧trick...

Thanks all, I had just looked up what's going on with Bloodstained, the difference between the two versions (mainly that one isn't even released yet), so I'll definitely be picking up COTM when I can.

But first, I have to rebuy Skyrim and Minecraft.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:00

Lord_Hambrose: Nov 21, 2008; *a foul hooting fills the air*

I picked up Bloodstained and it is really great if you want a rad retro Castlevania experience. The other characters are all fun.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:09

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

Thanks all, I had just looked up what's going on with Bloodstained, the difference between the two versions (mainly that one isn't even released yet), so I'll definitely be picking up COTM when I can.

But first, I have to rebuy Skyrim and Minecraft.

I got CotM on my PS4 and beat it probably 8 times to get all the trophies.

It's good y'all.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:14

Inzombiac: Mar 19, 2007; PARTY ALL NIGHT

EAT BRAINS ALL DAY

Finally sold Splatoon 2.

It was the first time that I loved everything about a game aside from playing it. It's not really the games fault, I just have time to learn a new team shooter. I've gotten pretty good at Overwatch and I guess I'm just gonna stick to that.

It's alright since my GF is playing video games again and needs the Switch for massive Crash and Puyo marathons.

We are two weeks away from Smash. Kid me would have never dreamed that a version like this would ever happen. The hype makes me feel young again.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:19

The Merkinman: Apr 22, 2007; I sell only quality merkins. What is a merkin you ask? Why, it's a wig for your genitals!

I know about the Nintendo tax and all, but isn't it a bit much that the (slightly updated) port of Katamari Damacy costs 50% more than when it was first released 14 years ago?

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:20

veni veni veni: Jun 5, 2005

Have there been any little gems released in the Eshop recently? I haven't bought anything off there since Dead Cells. Isn't there some SRPG rougelite mech game that's supposed to be really good?

The Merkinman posted:

I know about the Nintendo tax and all, but isn't it a bit much that the (slightly updated) port of Katamari Damacy costs 50% more than when it was first released 14 years ago?

Pretty sure KD was a full priced game when it came out.

veni veni veni fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Nov 24, 2018

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:25

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

veni veni veni posted:

Have there been any little gems released in the Eshop recently? I haven't bought anything off there since Dead Cells. Isn't there some SRPG rougelite mech game that's supposed to be really good?

Into the breach is indeed very good

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:28

SeANMcBAY: Jun 28, 2006; Look on the bright side.

The Merkinman posted:

I know about the Nintendo tax and all, but isn't it a bit much that the (slightly updated) port of Katamari Damacy costs 50% more than when it was first released 14 years ago?

That game was $15 bucks on PS2 when it first came out?

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:29

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

Inzombiac posted:

Finally sold Splatoon 2.

I've gotten pretty good at Overwatch and I guess I'm just gonna stick to that.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:34

RealityWarCriminal: Aug 10, 2016

Just port new vegas already. Panic button, you can have my money.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:36

Lazlo Nibble: Jan 9, 2004; It was Weasleby, by God! At last I had the miserable blighter precisely where I wanted him!

veni veni veni posted:

Pretty sure KD was a full priced game when it came out.

It was not. It launched in the US at $19.99.

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:44

Animal: Apr 8, 2003

Nintendo is just adjusting for inflation you cheap bastards!

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:45

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 15:31

Heath: Apr 30, 2008; 🍂🎃🏞️💦

SeANMcBAY posted:

That game was $15 bucks on PS2 when it first came out?

It launched at 20 or 25 if I remember right. It was insanely hard to find for a while and when I found a copy in a pawn shop for five bucks I nearly poo poo.

Then they reprinted it a couple months later. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

# ? Nov 24, 2018 18:45

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