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 This is a continuation of the archived LP thread "The Dreamy Let's Play -- a stellar look at every Kirby game, every weekday". Hello Dreamers, and welcome (back) to The Dreamy Let's Play! It's been nearly a year since our last update to the Franchise Play, but with the 16th anniversary of our next game, Super Smash Bros. Melee, we felt it was time to bring this series back and take it all the way to the finish. We're taking on every single game in the Kirby franchise, from Kirby's Dream Land on the Game Boy all the way up to Kirby: Star Allies on the Switch. Along the way, as part of each game's first video, we'll be taking a look at the development process, as well as the turmoil behind the scenes as HAL Laboratory got its sea legs in its early days, and moved on to create bigger and better things like the Super Smash Bros. series later on in life. Join us! (Gonna be prettying up this post as more games come in, and as time permits. Little bare-bones right now, but it'll grow!) PART 1: THE DREAMY LET'S PLAY (1992 - 2000)
PART 2: RETURN TO THE DREAMY LET'S PLAY (2001 - 2018)
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And now, to get this thing back on the road again. Merry Christmas! Part 1: "Am I Dreaming?" | VS Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1h7eSKI2QA Part 2: "The Only Record (But It's New)" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Jigglypuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCQejN4rhGo
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Dec 27, 2017 05:08
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Oh no how am I supposed to keep up with two of your LPs at once with your crazy fast update schedule? 
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Dec 27, 2017 12:41
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I feel like our channel needs to come up with a term for producing too much content to the point where people have to actively choose what series to watch to make it even remotely followable. I propose we call it a "D-lemma". Part 3: "I Don't Mean That in a Bad Way" | Adventure Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeIrEKa6KYk Part 4: "Oh No, Not Mayonnaise-Brain!" | Event Matches 1-9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdX0GPPzACA
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Dec 29, 2017 07:03
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Hitting a bit of a brick wall with Event Mode... Part 5: "All My Original Sphincters" | Event Matches 10-18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npNh9iS_SJY Part 6: "A Colossal Fuckup" | Event Matches 19-22 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPVdtM2qDHA
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Jan 3, 2018 18:34
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Okay, it's time for us to get the show back on the road. We're ALMOST done with moving apartments, and Thursday we're going to be recording ahead so we can get our main series in motion again, including this! Expect Part 10 to land on Friday! Part 7: "Bitchslapping Her to Death" | Event Matches 23-27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s48p9FNQ-mM Part 8: "I Didn't Did It" | Event Matches 28-29, Unlocking Ganondorf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uVP-RCmn3A Part 9: "Japanese Cutie Pies" | Event Match 30, VS Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggtNzl13UM
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Jan 17, 2018 04:01
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I'm glad to know that Event Matches were legit tough and it wasn't just me sucking at video games.
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Jan 17, 2018 04:13
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Likewise! I was happy to see that they were pretty solidly tough all along, not just hard because we were young and trying to figure out the GameCube.
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Jan 17, 2018 04:14
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Alright, so if we want to get the rest of this game cleared, we're going to need to make some progress on unlocking the rest of the fighting roster. Let's get this show on the road. Part 10: "Tits" | VS Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3eQg06Mldg Part 11: "Judge Mental, Presiding" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Dr. Mario, VS Mode, Unlocking Marth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE1CE4zSkM0 Part 12: "Murder Parade" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Roy, 100-Man Melee, VS Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAy0Qb4f_k Part 13: "I Eat Bad rear end for Breakfast" | Adventure Mode, Unlocking Luigi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6O1QNNtRZw
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Jan 31, 2018 17:42
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I didn't know you had a threat for this again. Good luck getting as far as you can before Kirby Switch comes out!ricdesi posted:I feel like our channel needs to come up with a term for producing too much content to the point where people have to actively choose what series to watch to make it even remotely followable. Yeah, I had this problem with Command Mission, it's a game I'm not as familiar with and I wanted to give my full attention to it, rather than listening to you guys like a podcast, but with it and everything else you guys publish I think I'm still stuck on episode 4 or something?
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Jan 31, 2018 18:15
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Well, when Star Allies comes out, we'll more than likely go ahead and jump right in like we did with Planet Robobot (and honestly, I am thrilled that Kirby is getting regular releases again -- it feels like forever since the franchise has been getting not just real platformers, but quality ones with any regularity). And Command Mission... whew, that was a bit of a bumpy ride. The postgame was interesting, and there were some fun chunks in there, but some parts of it seriously dragged on for just forever. Trying to work on better ways to combat that with long games. ANYWHO, let's get Ashley in here and get ourselves some Young Link in a totally not creepy way. Also, Part 16 is one of my favorite videos we've produced in recent memory, definitely give that one a go if nothing else. Part 14: "One Fist, Two Fist" | Classic Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHYRVQEQA7o Part 15: "FuckBono.com" | Classic Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27d5VCmz9oY Part 16: "The Traditional Catholic Divorce Dunk-Off" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Mushroom Kingdom II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvhqVjKJU3o Part 17: "Sexual Harassment Ashley" | Classic Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73THMfgSl6I
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Feb 6, 2018 04:56
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Now that we've unlocked a bunch more Event Matches, I think it's about time we start clearing out as many of those as we can (and getting ourselves a handful more fighters along the way). For the sake of not making literally hundreds of time-burning episodes, we've been running CPU matches off-camera to get the play time / VS match total / KO total jacked up to help unlock a few things like Mewtwo, but everything else is done in the videos themselves. Part 18: "Ow, My Feeling" | Unlocking Young Link, 100-Man Melee, Unlocking Falco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWFfrA_AWKM Part 19: "I Have Balls" | VS Mode, Unlocking Mewtwo, Event Matches 31-33 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_wW5pDxAVw Part 20: "The Urethra Kingdom" | Event Matches 34-36 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-k_p-Pz4SA Part 21: "Worthlessmouse" | Event Matches 37-39, Unlocking Pichu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTRlcBzgtkM
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Feb 12, 2018 22:17
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So hey, remember when I kept telling the others we should try to actually finish the Target Test when it came up in the 1P Modes? Part 22: "Target Testes" | Target Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W716l5C_0Zg Part 23: "Long But Limp" | Target Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRwVB1ClNO4 Part 24: "Jauntilicious" | Target Test, Unlocking Mr. Game & Watch, Unlocking All-Star Mode, Unlocking Dream Land 64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZpxLkqAdE Part 25: "My Scuba Face" | Classic Mode, Unlocking Flat Zone, Home Run Contest, Unlocking Yoshi's Island 64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEM6zsGhyJA
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Feb 18, 2018 04:02
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Everybody cool with All-Star Mode? Let's rock some All-Star Mode. Part 26: "Jesus Ficus" | Event Matches 40-46 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkL-_3B49fs Part 27: "A Complicated Jugglefuck" | Event Matches 46-49 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM98S8cA8cw Part 28: "Some Handsome Hands" | Event Matches 50-51 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pGPlGlkNE Part 29: "Old Man Murders" | All-Star Mode, Unlocking Battlefield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgyUO-4r3Wc ricdesi fucked around with this message at 06:19 on Feb 22, 2018 |
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Feb 19, 2018 15:40
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Oh gently caress me... the 15-Minute Melee... There is like a zero percent chance we're gonna pull this thing off. Part 30: "Oh My God, This Is Booger" | 15-Minute Melee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ftjj3-X5DQ Part 31: "Sugar Tits" | VS Mode, Unlocking Brinstar Depths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQnPCpJufPE
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Feb 22, 2018 06:18
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Getting down to the wire now, only a handful of unlockables left to go, but we're not done until we clear 15-Minute Melee. God help us. Part 32: "The Most Ridiculous" | VS Mode, Unlocking Fourside https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAdoU1P6c3g Part 33: "Asking What Her rear end Meant" | 15-Minute Melee, Unlocking Kongo Jungle 64 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWe4BL8KjAM
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Feb 26, 2018 23:30
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So this is kinda weird, we basically have been off-camera just killing ourselves over and over to rack up the VS matches, play time, KOs, etc., so they're easier to come by in recording sessions. What we discovered was a "so dumb it's actually kind of fun" little suicide game, and I decided during editing that it was just naturally funny enough commentary-wise to wrap it up as a standalone episode itself. Enjoy, maybe? Part 34: "Onett, Twicett, Three Times a Lady" | VS Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gheo32jnsQI Part 34˝: "I Wasn't Ready to Die" | VS Mode Suicide Mini-Game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWQEHe3GaN8
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Feb 28, 2018 02:48
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Alright, it's about time for us to jump ship and get back into the real Kirby games, which means we should get our last unlockables and gently caress around for one last episode. Hope you guys had fun with Melee, and later today we'll be getting into the next game on our list. Part 35: "The Competitive Episode" | VS Mode, Unlocking Score Display, Unlocking Poké Floats, Unlocking Random Stage Select, Unlocking Sound Test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQCexu64Q-8 Part 36: "The World Squirtle" | VS Mode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enMkFCXD0eQ
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Mar 2, 2018 18:15
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ALRIGHT, let's get back to the real meat that's neat enough to eat. Let's mow down on some Nightmare in Dream Land (but not before a few acknowledgements first). Part 1: "The Return of Nobonus" | Vegetable Valley, Ice Cream Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGHf7z-AGHs
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Mar 3, 2018 00:20
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Are you planning to show off Meta Knight mode? E: Also, can this thread get a new page please? Carbon dioxide fucked around with this message at 12:34 on Mar 3, 2018 |
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Mar 3, 2018 12:32
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I'm not much of a fan of RTD, if it had Super Star style powers maybe. But it's just an HD Remix of Adventure. Magic Mirror is a much better game.Carbon dioxide posted:E: Also, can this thread get a new page please? We're about 20 posts away from that.
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Mar 3, 2018 16:50
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Like, honestly, I follow/subscribe to a bunch of SA lpers on youtube, but you guy are the only ones I have had to unsubscribe from because you were spewing content out faster than I could watch.
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Mar 3, 2018 17:18
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Carbon dioxide posted:Are you planning to show off Meta Knight mode? Soon, I hope. It definitely starts to lag hard when there are a ton of videos on the page, hopefully we cross over to the next page quick. And yes.  Kurieg posted:I'm not much of a fan of RTD, if it had Super Star style powers maybe. But it's just an HD Remix of Adventure. Magic Mirror is a much better game. Yeah, honestly it just doesn't do it for me. I like the original better, in the end, and this sets things up well enough for future titles, but the NES version is just a lot better, in my opinion. Pharohman777 posted:Like, honestly, I follow/subscribe to a bunch of SA lpers on youtube, but you guy are the only ones I have had to unsubscribe from because you were spewing content out faster than I could watch. I can 100% understand that, sorry for being pretty overwhelming with it all. Our kind of internal thought process for it is "well people watching Sonic Game XYZ may not be interested in Zelda Game ABC or vice versa", with the hope that people would find a few things they like and follow along with those. BUT, it can still be a lot for new folks, and it can be a ton if you're not picky with your game preferences, and yeah it is a bit of a heavy load. We've got some ideas for this summer that might lighten the LP load without losing our steam, hopefully that should help a bit. Part 2: "Get Some Thumbs" | Ice Cream Island, Paint Roller, Butter Building https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwpSvk_FZQQ
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Mar 4, 2018 05:36
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In regards to your first video, do you guys plan to actually check out the Kirby anime at some point or is it too long to be worth the effort (and it doesn't help much that the show is basically 90% filler)?
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Mar 4, 2018 05:48
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Larryb posted:In regards to your first video, do you guys plan to actually check out the Kirby anime at some point or is it too long to be worth the effort (and it doesn't help much that the show is basically 90% filler)? 
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Mar 4, 2018 06:17
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Larryb posted:In regards to your first video, do you guys plan to actually check out the Kirby anime at some point or is it too long to be worth the effort (and it doesn't help much that the show is basically 90% filler)? I can't say for sure, but I would generally be interested in it, perhaps as a D-Pad + Chill riff track sort of dealie as opposed to a more focused Seriesly thing (especially seeing as, as far as I'm aware, the show only has the loosest of running threads, so it wouldn't have many plot points to really follow over the course of the series). We'll see, there might be a way to get that done down the line. I'm certainly not ready to write it off completely yet. Kurieg posted:The scare zoom could have focused on this and still be an equally valid reason not to watch the anime. Oof. Yeah, that would do it just about all on its own, wouldn't it? Part 3: "It's a Lot to Ask" | Butter Building, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright, Grape Garden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLTYSpl5G8k
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Mar 5, 2018 07:34
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I'd love to see you tackle at least a bit of the anime. Quite aside from my obvious bias (see left), I actually have a thanks in one of the fansubbed episodes (I knew the person who was working on them at the time), so I have a slightly softer spot in my heart for it than perhaps it deserves. Some of the episodes are genuinely dark (like the not one but two episodes where Kirby befriends an enemy, only to have said former enemy die defending him), while others are very, very silly. Besides, where else are you going to see this?
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Mar 5, 2018 08:02
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Yes I would like the hot Waddle Dee, thank you.
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Mar 5, 2018 16:13
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If you want to tackle the anime and are worried about copyright stuff, one way to do it is to only upload your commentary track, starting with a countdown, and telling people to get the episodes on their own and start them with the countdown.
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Mar 5, 2018 19:31
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FredMSloniker posted:Besides, where else are you going to see this? I never knew I needed a Waddle Dee vending machine in my life until this exact moment, and I fear I will not rest until I acquire one of my very own. Carbon dioxide posted:If you want to tackle the anime and are worried about copyright stuff, one way to do it is to only upload your commentary track, starting with a countdown, and telling people to get the episodes on their own and start them with the countdown. I'm not too too worried about it (if any of our content was gonna get yanked, the Michael Jackson video gave Sony Music lots of opportunities), if anything I think we'd do it as a D-Pad + Chill or something similarly-formatted, it usually ends up with the video being 40-50% the original length of the episode and the copyright flags are pretty minimal. Part 4: "Nut My Fuckle" | Grape Garden, Kracko, Yogurt Yard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMOR85cTnpU Part 5: "Ball loving Asinine" | Yogurt Yard, Heavy Mole, Orange Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biv64eAQ9ic
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So uh. Looks like we're just trucking on through now, though it does beg one serious question, after seven years... Part 6: "What Happened to Our Lives?" | Orange Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8d8hi3Vmm8
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Mar 8, 2018 04:26
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Starting things off with everybody's favorite adorable little badass, then heading off to the final level of the game! Seems to be passing by a bit quicker than the last two times with the NES game, but maybe that's just John's piloting skills... Part 7: "Sucking Hard at Sucking Hard" | Meta Knight, Rainbow Resort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjzRLDSwG_U
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Mar 9, 2018 00:23
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So as we bring Nightmare in Dream Land to a close, I find myself at odds. This isn't a bad game, by any stretch, but at the end of the day this one honestly strikes me as being wildly inferior to Kirby's Adventure. Something about it feels... sloppier, maybe? The level design is completely destroyed by way of larger sprites and fewer tiles per screen, not to mention losing the Butter Building parallax scroll, having Kirby's inhale affect more than what's directly in front of him, and making most minibosses and bosses gargantuan. I dunno, man. Part 8: "Meet Some Actual Knuckles" | Rainbow Resort, King Dedede, Fountain of Dreams, Nightmare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB8VsUtaQZ4 But then, we can't just move on without giving Meta Knight his due, can we? Part 1: "They Don't Like Fat People" | Vegetable Valley, Whispy Woods, Ice Cream Island https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLiDnhnmcGU
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Mar 13, 2018 20:47
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ricdesi posted:So as we bring Nightmare in Dream Land to a close, I find myself at odds. This isn't a bad game, by any stretch, but at the end of the day this one honestly strikes me as being wildly inferior to Kirby's Adventure. Something about it feels... sloppier, maybe? The level design is completely destroyed by way of larger sprites and fewer tiles per screen, not to mention losing the Butter Building parallax scroll, having Kirby's inhale affect more than what's directly in front of him, and making most minibosses and bosses gargantuan. No i'm with you there. It feels like it lost a lot of it's charm and didn't bring enough to the table. But it's obvious that nintendo can do that because we got the Super Mario Advance games.
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That's true, the SMA series did a pretty decent job of keeping the spirit of the originals (and even keeping the sprite changes themselves to a minimum) while adding their own touch to the mix (lots of rotation and a little stretching/squashing IIRC). It's kind of interesting just how well the GBA did, it's possible that the mere fact it could approach (or beat) NES/SNES quality was a pretty big selling point, even if critically-speaking they didn't quite hold up. Part 2: "A Personalized Chunk of Hate" | Ice Cream Island, Paint Roller, Butter Building https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1DLKQp6BDw Part 3: "Leave Phil Collins Alone" | Butter Building, Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright, Grape Garden, Kracko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdclaN2S8l0
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Mar 15, 2018 15:54
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I return from my mailbox with important news my friends. Looks like Curling's back on the menu.
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So I've been slaving away on a St. Paddy's Day special (that still isn't up because hooray copyright flag complications), and neglected to keep you guys up to date on the latter half of Dustin's nightmare in Dream Land in Nightmare in Dream Land. Part 4: "Suck My Dick" | Yogurt Yard, Heavy Mole, Orance Ocean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3vtl-LDa38 Part 5: "Step Up the Sadness" | Orange Ocean, Meta Knight, Rainbow Resort https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0VBuCaheJU Part 6: "I Wrote a Note" | Rainbow Resort, King Dedede https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulLqvZaoJ_8 And after everyone was back from their various weekend plans (literally the entire team minus myself and Sarah were gone for 3-5 days circling this past weekend -- I had this game staring me in the face for four days before we could finally crack into it), we embarked on our team adventure into... Kirby Star Allies Part 1: "The Power of Friendship" | World of Peace: Dream Land - Green Greens, Donut Dome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VJba819on8
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Mar 21, 2018 23:13
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Near as I can tell, unlike the other recent games where the MacGuffins are required to progress through the worlds, collecting the puzzle pieces in this game just unlocks bonus art to look at and has no bearing on the actual game at all (you're welcome to grab them but it doesn't make much difference if you do), however finding the switches hidden in the stages can unlock extra stages to play. You can also drop abilities just by pressing the " - " button. Also collecting 100 stars gives you a 1up, not sure why this confuses you since you already encountered it in Robobot and it's been a thing in the series since Dream Land 2. Larryb fucked around with this message at 04:22 on Mar 22, 2018 |
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Larryb posted:Near as I can tell, unlike the other recent games where the MacGuffins collecting the puzzle pieces just unlocks bonus art to look at and has no bearing on the actual game at all (you're welcome to grab them but it doesn't make much difference if you do), however finding the switches hidden in the stages can unlock extra stages to play. You can also drop abilities just by pressing the " - " button.  They're all using single Joy-Con, which can only drop with the Hold Y method.As for the puzzle pieces, yeah, don't expect to complete any puzzles. But you don't need them for 100%, just all the big rainbow ones.
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Ah, never played that way so I didn't realize. Nevermind that point then.
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