Nintendo Switch: 7 Year Switch

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anatomi: Jan 31, 2015

That said, I liked the game and wouldn't mind a sequel. It's actually a bit odd that the big ol' soda/cereal powers that be haven't revived their old mascots and games to cash in on the retro/nostalgia trends.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:01

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# ? May 10, 2024 16:19

bushisms.txt: May 26, 2004; Scroll, then. There are other posts than these.

Reading the Italian review and honestly wondering if they have played other Pokemon's.

quote:

useless interludes that seem to be placed there . just to act as filler and supporting actors that you would like to get rid of after a second

Does this not represent at least modern Pokemon games?

quote:

Whatever the message a story is intended to cover, this must transpire from the narrative, without external interventions that continually remind the user why he is living it. Especially here, Pok�mon Legends: Arceus fails because it's the kind of writing that shows you a pok� ball and then tells you "see, this is a pok� ball."

Imagine writing all that for a children's game.

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Over and over, the game forces us to do the same actions even when we don't want to, without the storyline or side missions coming to our rescue

Again, are we sure they've played a Pokemon game?

I love a good borat reference though

bushisms.txt fucked around with this message at 18:06 on Jan 27, 2022

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:04

ONE YEAR LATER: Apr 13, 2004; Fry old buddy, it's me, Bender!; Oven Wrangler

I love reading reviews and I take them into account when I buy games NOT

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:10

KingSlime: Mar 20, 2007; Wake up with the Kin-OH GOD WHAT IS THAT?!

Yeah, the reviews for this one seemed pretty inflated across the board.... I'm more interested in user reviews. People who have played the game are saying it's a fun fresh take but it's definitely rough around the edges, 7.5 to an 8 tier rather than 9s and 10s across the board. Still a good game but I'm skeptical about how many professional reviews seem to say hey, it's different without emphasizing whether different is good or not

Goon impressions a few weeks after launch are also usually really solid for me. I don'tn't trust professional reviews when it comes to anything Nintendo though

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:16

Vintersorg: Mar 3, 2004; President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club

Play Star Wars Squadrons which brings back those old feelings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCcfJ9uEwvs

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:21

KingSlime: Mar 20, 2007; Wake up with the Kin-OH GOD WHAT IS THAT?!

Actually looking at metacritic a lot more '80s and lower are starting to roll in for Arceus, so maybe it was just a matter of letting the dust settle. A lot of smaller outlets I've never heard of, but there's a few big boys there who are like. Yeah, this is an 80 at best. Fwiw I consider an 8/10 game very good but like c'mon 9s or 10s are for bloodbornes and resident evil 4s and Mario Odysseys

Either way goon impressions are my primary source, I'm semi interested in picking it up because a lot of my friends will likely grab it. But they also spend a lot of time in pok�mon unite which I actively loathe, don't want to encourage the idea that I'm down to play that too! One of them already asked me hey, if you think this is fun, would you play League of Legends with me?

I became instantly angry!!

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:25

The Bloop: Jul 5, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Make seven

anatomi posted:

No. Cool Spot, gone crazy from failing to quench his thirst for the cool taste of 7-Up constantly promised at the end of each level but yanked away at the last moment, dies from drinking seawater during the credits.

The CEO of 7-Up Inc. at the time, Bob Dribbler, was so taken by the narrative that he declared Cool Spot's death canon. They sold a limited "in momoriam" run of 7UIp with sea salt that was quite frankly disgusting.

Up yours

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:28

American McGay: Feb 28, 2010; by sebmojo

*guy checking the review score of a game 5 seconds after the embargo lists and again at 10 minute intervals for the next 36 hours*

"Tbh I don't pay much attention to professional reviewers. I'd rather listen to players who I can trust, review scores don't mean much to me"

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:29

KingSlime: Mar 20, 2007; Wake up with the Kin-OH GOD WHAT IS THAT?!

It doesn't exactly take a lot of time or effort to click on a website, your gaslighting efforts are meaningless here

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:32

Waffle!: Aug 6, 2004; I Feel Pretty!

I had the Cool Spot game for GameBoy. It was just like that board game Othello or Reversi with a corporate mascot, but the soundtrack was bangin'.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 18:36

Stux: Nov 17, 2006; Can't post for 51 minutes!

bushisms.txt posted:

Reading the Italian review and honestly wondering if they have played other Pokemon's.

Does this not represent at least modern Pokemon games?

Imagine writing all that for a children's game.

Again, are we sure they've played a Pokemon game?

I love a good borat reference though

it actually apepars to be the only one written by someone who plays pokemon andn as a fellow pokemaster who has played arceus, the entire review is incredibly accurate lol

also ve ry obvious u dont play them and are attemping to own them by vaguely grasping at what you think the games are like. in summation: Die.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:11

hatty: Feb 28, 2011; Pork Pro

SwSh was really good despite the complainers so I�m willing to give this one a go too. I may buy physical so I can pawn it off to my young cousins if it�s bad

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:14

Mister Facetious: Apr 21, 2007; I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

anatomi posted:

No. Cool Spot, gone crazy from failing to quench his thirst for the cool taste of 7-Up constantly promised at the end of each level but yanked away at the last moment, dies from drinking seawater during the credits.

The CEO of 7-Up Inc. at the time, Bob Dribbler, was so taken by the narrative that he declared Cool Spot's death canon. They sold a limited "in momoriam" run of 7UIp with sea salt that was quite frankly disgusting.

Cool Spot committed suicide when told that his character model in the video games was a Sprite™. :downsrim:

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:14

Stux: Nov 17, 2006; Can't post for 51 minutes!

KingSlime posted:

Yeah, the reviews for this one seemed pretty inflated across the board.... I'm more interested in user reviews. People who have played the game are saying it's a fun fresh take but it's definitely rough around the edges, 7.5 to an 8 tier rather than 9s and 10s across the board. Still a good game but I'm skeptical about how many professional reviews seem to say hey, it's different without emphasizing whether different is good or not

Goon impressions a few weeks after launch are also usually really solid for me. I don'tn't trust professional reviews when it comes to anything Nintendo though

ive played the game. its not fresh, its just recycling stuff from swoshi and sumo but worse. every zone looks the same. the first three areas have almost entirely the same pokemon for no reason. the boss "fights" are the most deranged braindead trash ive ever seen. the pokedex is a good idea executed so poorly it simply involves grinding out fights/captures to progress. the quests seemt o have been imported from an mmo from the 2000s because they largely involve walking long distances to get three lines of dialog telling you go all the way to the other side of the map for three lines of dialog. its the only pokemon game ive ever stopped playing. however im sure the braindead morons who give assassins creed good scores and played 6 hours of it love it and therefore, its the best one ever.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:18

Stux: Nov 17, 2006; Can't post for 51 minutes!

hatty posted:

SwSh was really good despite the complainers so I�m willing to give this one a go too. I may buy physical so I can pawn it off to my young cousins if it�s bad

swsh pwns

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:22

Read After Burning: Feb 19, 2013; "All this, for me? 💃Ah, you didn't have to! 🥰"

I continue playing New Pokemon Snap, the superior Pokemon game. :colbert:

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:40

Vintersorg: Mar 3, 2004; President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club

Mister Facetious posted:

Cool Spot committed suicide when told that his character model in the video games was a Sprite™.

gently caress. lol

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:44

Andrast: Apr 21, 2010

Read After Burning posted:

I continue playing New Pokemon Snap, the superior Pokemon game.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:47

Oscar Wild: Apr 11, 2006; It's good to be a G

Evil Fluffy posted:

My condolences that you've never played TIE Fighter, XvT, or even XWA.

Yeah, I've heard those were good. Honestly Dead Space 1 is the best star wars game

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:49

loudog999: Apr 30, 2006

Butterfly Valley posted:

I bought a Quest 2 almost entirely to play Squadrons in VR, because my inner 10 year old would kill himself in shame if he knew adult me had the option to disappear into a very realistic virtual reality simulation of Star Wars space battles and hadn't pursued it.

It's loving great and almost entirely worth the cost of entry, for which Half Life Alyx makes up the remainder.

If any of you other Star Wars nerds have the option you should also get on it. It's clearly been made with a lot of respect for the original Tie Fighter/X Wing Alliance games.

I have one as well, everyone should also own Resident Evil 4 for it. It�s too bad my crippling anxiety prevents me from playing VR for any meaningful time. I have so many games I own on it that I feel like I would like but once I strap the headset on I feel like I�m being watched or something. It�s weird. Getting a bit drunk and playing was the only way I could stomach it. Since I stopped drinking I don�t think I�ve used it once.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 20:50

Pungry: Feb 26, 2011; JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.

Stux posted:

ive played the game.

Are you in Europe? I thought the game came out tomorrow.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:10

Stux: Nov 17, 2006; Can't post for 51 minutes!

did u miss that the street date got broken like a whole week ago lol

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:11

Pungry: Feb 26, 2011; JUST PICK ONE. ANY ONE.

I don't look at leaks, no.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:13

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

John Wick of Dogs posted:

Italians broadcast Tifa having sex in front of the Italian Senate and it was broadcast on their national tv, so I regret to inform you Italians are good now.

I'm not surprised Mario is playing the field now that Peach has decided to enjoy the single life, but getting caught in that sex tape is still gonna hurt his image in the short term.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:15

Mega64: May 23, 2008; I took the octopath less travelered,

And it made one-eighth the difference.

https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1486717404243660801

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:17

Fuligin: Oct 27, 2010; wait what the fuck??

Mega64 posted:

https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1486717404243660801

this, is the thread content i need

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:39

minya: Sep 7, 2004; SUN RA WAS HERE IN HIS ELEMENT
he invited me back for a ride

it is I who nuts to that

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:43

16-bit Butt-Head: Dec 25, 2014; Can't post for 4 hours!

its hosed up that mario did 9/11

16-bit Butt-Head fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Jan 27, 2022

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:49

minya: Sep 7, 2004; SUN RA WAS HERE IN HIS ELEMENT
he invited me back for a ride

Reviews for the Pokemon game sound interesting and good and I think I might buy it (first pokemon game purchased in like 20+ years).

# ? Jan 27, 2022 21:53

Twelve by Pies: May 4, 2012; Again a very likpatous story

Cool Spot is my go-to example for how the Genesis sometimes had better soundtracks for games than the SNES, since the Genesis version's music is fantastic and the SNES version's is much worse.

Mega64 posted:

https://twitter.com/MarioBrothBlog/status/1486717404243660801

I can't get over Luigi being horrified as he reads about Hitler and WWII.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 22:30

Mister Facetious: Apr 21, 2007; I think I died and woke up in L.A.,
I don't know how I wound up in this place...

Twelve by Pies posted:

Cool Spot is my go-to example for how the Genesis sometimes had better soundtracks for games than the SNES, since the Genesis version's music is fantastic and the SNES version's is much worse.

I can't get over Luigi being horrified as he reads about Hitler and WWII.

"We-a were the-a baddies Mario?"

# ? Jan 27, 2022 22:55

KingSlime: Mar 20, 2007; Wake up with the Kin-OH GOD WHAT IS THAT?!

Stux posted:

ive played the game. its not fresh, its just recycling stuff from swoshi and sumo but worse. every zone looks the same. the first three areas have almost entirely the same pokemon for no reason. the boss "fights" are the most deranged braindead trash ive ever seen. the pokedex is a good idea executed so poorly it simply involves grinding out fights/captures to progress. the quests seemt o have been imported from an mmo from the 2000s because they largely involve walking long distances to get three lines of dialog telling you go all the way to the other side of the map for three lines of dialog. its the only pokemon game ive ever stopped playing. however im sure the braindead morons who give assassins creed good scores and played 6 hours of it love it and therefore, its the best one ever.

drat thanks for the write up, I mean it does look really poor/bad based on gameplay videos but I was hoping there's a good game in there given how positive some of the reviewers are. I'm all for supporting monster catching games getting innovative but I'm not super feeling this one, I'll tell my friends I'm busy with Elden Ring or something

At least SMTV owns, just got to the final open world area and I'm loving the plot/current antagonist(s)

KingSlime fucked around with this message at 23:00 on Jan 27, 2022

# ? Jan 27, 2022 22:58

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

"Taken out of context" my nuts, the writers and translators knew exactly what they were doing in Bowser's Inside Story, and it rules.

# ? Jan 27, 2022 23:21

Jezza of OZPOS: Mar 21, 2018; GET LOSE❌🗺️, YOUS CAN'T COMPARE😤 WITH ME 💪POWERS🇦🇺

anatomi posted:

No. Cool Spot, gone crazy from failing to quench his thirst for the cool taste of 7-Up constantly promised at the end of each level but yanked away at the last moment, dies from drinking seawater during the credits.

The CEO of 7-Up Inc. at the time, Bob Dribbler, was so taken by the narrative that he declared Cool Spot's death canon. They sold a limited "in momoriam" run of 7UIp with sea salt that was quite frankly disgusting.

This is so deranged I have to assume it is a poo poo post but I honestly can't tell. The 90s were a hell of a time

# ? Jan 27, 2022 23:50