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repiv posted:splatoon 2 has a fun co-op mode but for some reason they only let you play it for certain hours of the day They did that because they stated they were too afraid of queue splitting making it hard to get into any online mode that they restricted the schedule heavily to avoid that. But the playerbase was large enough that it really wasn't an issue and they got a lot more lenient with the schedule later. Hopefully whatever horde mode is in 3 drops the schedule entirely. The co-op mode lead dev wanted to expand on that mode, but the DLC campaign took up so much time and resources there was no time to do that, much to his dismay.
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Len posted:I thought he was a turtle? He is in the localized version. Same deal with Tom Nook. Racoon in English, a racoon dog in Japanese.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Wait what? Kapp'n is a turtle (outside of Japan) and not a frog? Kappas aren't really animals. They're demons in folklore. Usually come with a turtle like shell and basically have an indent on the top of their head that acts like a bowl for water. They like cucumbers and drowning people in water.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Just out of curiosity; In the same vein is Redd a kitsune in the Japanese version? In a sense yes, though it just means fox. But yeah he's based off the folklore version of the fox in Japan, his name's even a pun on that word in that version. Which is why he and Tom Nook are essentially rivals. And why he has the forgery mechanic, since he's a trickster.
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Ok, thanks for the info. It's just Zelda's name for its version of the creature. Yeah it's basically a multi-tailed fox. Those are the folklore versions with the ones with 9 tails being the most powerful versions. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 14:11 on Nov 30, 2021 |
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The Postman posted:Anybody have any thoughts about Sakuna: of Rice and Ruin? On sale for $25.99 right now and I was wondering if it's worthwhile. It's a neat little hybrid 2D action game with a rice raising sim. The basic gist is that you're a harvest goddess and raising rice is how you increase your stats to be able to fight off enemies and explore other areas. The better the rice, the stronger you get. The rice growing isn't exactly like other farming sims such as Harvest Moon. There's only one crop to raise, but the process is more involved (and is fairly close to what actual rice growing is like, to the point where one of the better "guides" out there on how to do that in-game is using a dedicated rice growing website.) It's pretty neat and kind of fairly meaty, so at that price it's pretty good I would say.
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TwoHeadedDeer posted:does this one also have timing based combat like TYD? that might be an issue Yeah I had a TV that had input lag for TTYD when I tried to replay it, and it sucked so much to deal with. Paper Mario is a 30 FPS game and its frame inputs are different from TTYD's so input lag will probably make that annoying as well if there's too much of it.
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Oxxidation posted:paper mario is also bizarrely difficult to emulate through other means so curious to see how this version turns out Even though the Wii VC was one of the better official N64 emulators, it still had some issues like not rendering certain text properly. So yeah, wondering how this version turns out as well. Seems to not play nicely with emulators in general without a bunch of outside fixes. Takoluka posted:how is one game at a time a problem Detective No. 27 posted:They're not free games, the service costs an extra $30 a year. Adding only one game after nearly two months of radio silence is a bad value. The original NSO Expansion trailer made it seem like they'd be dropping at least a few games in the next wave. The NES and SNES drops at least gave a few in their initial waves. While the N64 library is pretty barren, yeah a massive drip feed just really heavily punishes early adopters since it's a subscription service. Remains to be seen if they keep up the 1 month pace but yeah given that $50 for this is already a pretty shoddy deal for a good buncha folks, them being kinda peeved is understandable I would say. This isn't a free service.
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ExcessBLarg! posted:An example where this isn't the case is Splatoon 2, which has separate releases for Japan, North America, and Europe, I think so that NCL, NoA, and NoE can all run separate in-game promotional events. Yeah, that's pretty much the main reason it has separated regional ROMs. Makes it easier for them to target specific regions with specific Splatfests instead of slamming everyone with a poll they can't possibly relate to.
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FFXIV Porn posted:played paper mario since it's on switch online. i know a lot of people were worried about input lag for the battles but it's nonexistent. Define laggy cause I think even in the original it was a bit slow? Then again that start menu seems to be a bit of a bane in emulation due to how that game handles the buffers. Guess I shouldn't be surprised that's the one issue this version of the game has.
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chaleski posted:lol at getting probed for joking about playing Paper Mario. Speaking of Paper Mario,  What the hell? Was there an even worse issue that resulted from their emulator that necessitated this measure? Apparently Lava Piranha in general is a bit fucky with some emulators due to various issues, so I guess this was some bizarre stopgap solution they couldn't be bothered to fix the root of.
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Looper posted:i think at some point salmon run was either available all the time or almost all the time They didn't get rid of the schedule entirely, but it might as well exist anymore since it's closed for like 6 - 12 hours at most, and shifts last like 36 to 48 hours. It used to be far worse at launch with Salmon Run being open for only 12 to 24 hours and being closed for like 24 to 36 hours. Nintendo was too afraid of queue splitting making it so that there weren't enough players for each mode, but that turned out to be a non-issue to the point where it's essentially open almost all the time now. They'll probably just leave a horde mode open all the time in 3, though who knows what'll happen with the other time locked modes.
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Twelve by Pies posted:I hate gyro aiming, it's never felt good in any game I've tried it in, but it should absolutely be an option in games for people who enjoy it. Yeah like, just don't use it if you're not a fan of it? I don't know why people are throwing a fit over the option to use it or not. Just stick with sticks if you don't want to use it. No one's forcing you to gyro. But also like holy poo poo get off the cases of the people who can't use gyro. Motion controls are very hostile to people with disabilities and people with shaky motor control. Not everyone can use it for various reasons, or just don't like it.
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Feels Villeneuve posted:if I'm not emotionally attached to TTYD and don't mind the first party switch tax, was Origami King enjoyable? Was thinking of either that or Pokesnap, and an RPG sounds meatier for the 60 bucks Keep in mind it's a pretty different game from the oldschool Paper Marios. But it's a pretty neat game in its own right. The battle system will probably be the main point of contention.
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Takoluka posted:I think that Austin Eruption has one of the most reasonable critiques of it. He even acknowledges that the game has plenty of content now, but it is a victim of the modern gaming style of trickling out content that Nintendo has unfortunately adopted for a handful of its first-party titles. And first impressions can mean a lot, so people who are turned off by the lackluster launch of a game aren't as likely to come back compared to if the game just launched completed from the get-go. I can't blame people for not being a fan of this model because they get stuck with a rather unsatisfying experience and have to wait for the game to get good and have to settle for their $60 paying for an incomplete game, and maybe later it gets good. Assuming support doesn't get dropped.
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A GLISTENING HODOR posted:Look stux, you don't get it. This though is a different story yeah. Like for the people hopping on later they'll have more to look into and will probably be jumping onto a fairly different game. It does get annoying when some old reviews are really outdated because of big changes or additions made to the game since then. Though at the same time they can't really write about future stuff at the time, they have to work with what they got now. Doing that'll just get into weird territory and probably introduce the opposite problem if the devs don't follow through with the promises. Neddy Seagoon posted:Remember when games shipped with unfixable bugs large and small on Cartridge, CD and DVD? Because that's what that fixed. Yeah if a breaking bug happened, that game copy was just hosed. And if the glitch is terrible enough, they may have to do a straight up recall of the games. Like how Japanese Pokemon Mystery Dungeon 1 DS had to do a recall because it erased save data of any game that wasn't the GBA version of PMD in the GBA slot. That sort of thing can be dealt with easily nowadays. Should also note that these could happen more frequently in the home country back then. Localized games tended to serve as a "revision 2" where such glitches are stamped out during that process so the rest of the world tends to get a fixed version first. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 08:51 on Jan 11, 2022 |
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Oh that Kirby game looks real good. Definitely looking forward to it!
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Violen posted:that looks like it takes place in the coliseum in the background of waddle town so im expecting another 3 hour arena marathon Yeah there might be some optional fights for bosses that aren't fitting for the main campaign. American McGay posted:Nintendo likes to do games where you team up with former foes to fight a new evil. I hope that's the case here. That's pretty much Kirby's main MO. A lot of former enemies generally turn into allies. Hell the first game was one of the few ones where Dedede was the outright villain. In the next game he tried to save Dream Land, but some bad behavior on his part made him look like he was the culprit instead.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:There are no bad Kirby games no. Some are better than others though. Star Allies is one where a lot of other Kirby games are better, but it's still a treat to play especially as a fan of a series. If you're referring to the animal buddies, they're part of Cleaning's moveset now. Also turns out according to a Japanes guidebook, Gooey's been chilling in Kirby's house all this time if people were wondering about his disappearance after DL3.
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The Kins posted:Extra stuff from the Japanese version of the Direct: Interestingly enough Advance Wars did not show up there. Either the localization process hasn't started yet, or they're not getting it at all.
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Larryb posted:Nope, what game was that? Mario Party 3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IRjojsmzQw
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Palmtree Panic posted:This is great. He probably could’ve kept this up for a long time. Yeah Star Fox racing and F-Zero Rammers were leaker bait. Non-existent games to pretty much done to weed out who's giving out information to people.
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American McGay posted:No they weren't. It sadly goes deeper than that. The guy that claimed Star Fox Racing was an "internal sting" meant to catch leakers was himself just a random rumormonger trying to get his name in circulation. They're all pathetic miserable little turds. Oh. lol.
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hatty posted:Maybe make an eleventh better one Mario & Luigi are also loving dead, and Paper Mario has been moving away from being RPGs. We need something to fill the void left behind!
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Larryb posted:Speaking of, how’s the 3DS remake of that game? Do not get it. It suffers from quite a few technical issues. From what I told others: quote:What pushes it into rebreak are the technical issues. The loading times are significantly worse and will add up a lot since you get into a lot of battles, outright slowdown during certain parts of the game (quite a few Bros. attacks, especially Falling Star was a good way to cause some during battles), and sometimes the game just hanging while it was unloading a segment you just went through. Hell I saw a pretty nasty glitch where the screen just blanked out entirely for one cutscene and things only went back to normal when it was over. Just pick up the DS version instead. Araxxor fucked around with this message at 16:18 on Feb 15, 2022 |
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Endorph posted:CoolSephiroth'sXXXRomzzzzzz is not a reliable preservation method. Yep, ROM sites get strucken down a lot. Internet is not a reliable way of preserving these games. And even then unofficial emulation methods are just inherently less accessible than official channels.
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While Nintendo is good at preserving stuff, that's not automatically something they make accessible to their customers. It's completely up to their whims, which can end up being a very long time. Like N64 stuff is only available like 5 years after the Switch's launch. And that's not even getting into the poor quality of the service, or how handheld ROMs can't be played on Switch officially. The dripfeed schedule with Virtual Console and NSO pretty much puts playing this stuff entirely at their mercy.
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Also if you want to buy stuff on the 3DS eShop, get on that quick because as it turns out, they're axeing payment methods much earlier. https://twitter.com/GC1_5/status/1493756283857649665?t=qRuIqZek5MHOFVzf6n0n6w&s=19
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The artificial lag for Lava Piranha is still there. Theory on that is to slow down Lava Piranha's taking damaged animation (probably for seizures) since he shakes a lot more in the original.
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Larryb posted:Is the guard and/or slide still part of Kirby’s arsenal? And if so, how does the latter work in 3D? Kirby's flight has a height cap, kind of a bit low, don't bother trying to use it to gain a lot of height. Said cap is based on how high the floor is below him. Despite the cap, he can fly for a while before getting tired. Not surprised they capped his flight, 3D has way more ways to move around compared to a 2D plane and infinite flight would be a lot more broken here, where the 2D games frequently employed ceilings or limited how far the screen could scroll up. He also has dodge rolls as well, works like in the 2D games. If you beat the demo, you get a code you can use in the final game for some goodies. If you beat everything on Wild Mode, you get an additional code. The transition to 3D feels natural, to the point where you'd wonder why they didn't do this earlier. Though HAL did a ton of prep work on that front before doing Forgotten Land. (They experimented with other forms of 3D gameplay in Kirby in some spinoffs before making this.) The level design is a bit more open than 3D World I'd say. It's absolutely not open world, but there's some room to explore, kind of like the Galaxy games really. Aesthetically it feels like a way more cohesive world and lived in place than 3D World though. The star doors aren't there anymore, just loading zones to the next segment if there needs to be one. Mouthful Mode is straight up captures from Odyssey, there are even one off context specific mouthfuls like in Odyssey. Macaluso posted:Only bad thing about the demo is there's really no excuse for this game running at 30 if Mario Odyssey can run at 60. Probably has something to do with the lighting engine which is rather intense and makes things look more detailed than a bunch of other first party Switch games. Star Allies' version of it was a bit much for the system so it ended up being capped at 30, and if they're reusing that, putting it in a 3D area likely killed the chances of running at 60 FPS, unfortunately.
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You also do not need to give up your copy ability to go into Mouthful Mode, he’ll swallow the object regardless if you’re next to it. If you’ve played Mario Odyssey, it is basically the Capture mechanic. I didn’t play around with Spring Breeze difficulty much, only difference I’ve noticed is a bigger health bar. Also you don’t get as many star coins. No idea if there are any other changes.
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I’m pretty sure the simplified ability attacks were due to the move to 3D. Might be a bit clunky to implement fighting game-like inputs in that space. That said they do have multiple attacks, just not as many as in the 2D games. A normal attack, a dash attack, a charged attack, and an air attack.
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Yeah the float feels kind of weird and is gonna take some getting used to. It's pretty much more like Yoshi's flutter or just an extended double jump to correct yourself with, since the normal jump is faster to move around with.Larryb posted:Also I don’t know if this is just for the demo or not but as I mentioned earlier this is the first Kirby platformer that doesn’t let you keep your current copy ability when entering a new stage and that’s really weird to me. Probably just for the demo as this is a level select demo, and not a first part of the game demo. Some of the trailers indicate that Kirby's attributes would carry over from stage to stage, given that he can buy food in Waddle Dee Town to heal up.
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John Wick of Dogs posted:They delayed it because it's unmarketable. I called this a week ago. They can't advertise it or roll out any of their already produced spots without backlash. Yeah the actual release date is a month off, but this would normally be the time where they aggressively market the title, but current events make that a bad idea. And a silent release for a franchise they just revived is absolutely not something they’d want, especially when it’s one of the smaller ones they have.
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Rune Factory is basically a farming game with combat mechanics, with more emphasis on the combat aspect than Harvest Moon.
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Macaluso posted:Yeah I assume the simplified abilities are more so that you can add more to them as you upgrade them. The new version of the bomb though is really great, I have never been a fan of the bomb powerup but I found it the most useful one during the demo Coming back to this, probably likely yeah. I got a chance to play as Bandana Dee when someone else was trying out the demo. Bandana Dee's moveset feels a lot fuller (though missing some moves since it's a 3D space) so it's likely that Kirby's base move sets just don't have their full potential unlocked yet until after some upgrades since they'll likely be brought up to Bandana Dee's level later on in the game.
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Whether it was open or linear was a bit ambiguous with the first trailer, but as more trailers came out it became more obvious it was more akin to 3D World. Especially when we got better views of the map which turned out to be a level selection screen. Also neat, turns out Kirby has the equivalent of Odyssey's secret coin piles in the game.
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Bleck posted:They're good, is the difference, Yeah they just add to your coin count and are just neat secrets. They aren't bizarrely out of the way collectibles that are completely useless if you're not 100%ing.
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 Well that's pretty lame, especially with the stripped down movesets. Evolved copy abilities aren't exactly that different from what they've shown us either.
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Larryb posted:I notice Hammer is one of them, I wonder if you’ll still have to get it from Bonkers or if they’ll finally introduce a normal enemy that drops it Sleep is now an on demand heal. Deep Sleep heals more. Basically it’s the upgraded Squeak Squad version of Sleep, only you can choose when Kirby can sleep after getting the ability.
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