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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

ONE YEAR LATER posted:

Has anyone checked the thumbs up/thumbs down ratio yet????

You know what's interesting? The video they put out explaining that metroid prime 4 was not coming along well and they decided to scrap everything and start over...has a lot more likes than dislikes. I'm surprised it wasn't met with a bunch of wailing and gnashing of teeth but it seems like gamers took the news pretty well

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Feels Villeneuve posted:

i think the big takeaway was that they pulled off whoever was working on it and put on Retro Studios who everyone likes

Yeah that surely helped, plus the video was done in an apogetic/humble tone

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Jim Silly-Balls posted:

Is there any chance of still being able to buy the N64 controllers, or are they all gone in this scalper-blasted hellscape?

There's going to be more in 2022

Edit: that's according to the nintendo store website

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
The number one thing to know about mario party is that you should never ever expect to win, the game will mercilessly gently caress you. So if your 6 year old can handle being on the cusp of victory only to have the game arbitrarily take away stars and give them to someone else, (while all the other players hoot and holler at the misfortune) it should be fine.

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Who's the dumbass that posts in this thread every once in a while about how they wish they could buy mario kart 8 but it's not on sale so they refuse? Here you go

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/1456771380926566406?s=20

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Seriously!

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

GreatGreen posted:

I played the new Mario Party game last night.

For some context, I'm trying to get :smug: ~*~my wife~*~ :smug: into video games so I thought this could be a good game for that. I've never played it but I know people who have and they recommended it as an obvious choice for a lighthearted party kind of thing. We set it up so it was her and me against two CPU players set on Easy just to mess around. Started playing on Yoshi's island or whatever the level is called.

We were having a great time right up until the very end of the game. In the board game, there's a mechanic that can randomly swap all stars and coins between any two random players. Not either stars or coins, but "Player A gives all of their stars and all of their coins to Player B in exchange for all of Player B's stars and coins. Two turns before the end of the game, where my wife and I had both earned a good amount of stars and coins as I was helping her out with mini games and figuring stuff out, and we were kind of clobering the CPU characters, this happened to my wife. A CPU character landed on a special event spot where that character has to roll to determine two random characters to swap a random collection of their resources. The dice was rolled and boom. The situation was Character C landed on that spot and rolled dice such that that my wife's character had to trade all of her stars and coins (like, 3 stars and 90 coins) with CPU character D, who had played the whole game poorly and had literally 0 stars and like 3 coins... two turns before the game ended, leaving my wife's character coinless and starless, and the "Easy" CPU character sitting with tons of resources.

Can anybody explain to me how this mechanic doesn't invalidate literally the entire game?

At that stage of the game, you're literally trading your entire game's progress with somebody else. It's not even internally consistent. What is the point of even having a board game format that tracks stars and coins and whatever else at all if there's a mechanic that just randomly swaps literally every resource owned by one character with another character with literally nothing either character can do to influence it? So you spend the entire game playing well and racking up points and there's only one or two turns left in the game? Guess what? gently caress you! This other character landed on a spot so now everything you have done for the entire game goes to that other character who sucked at everything and has nothing, and there's nothing you can do about it, and you have no time to make up any of it. Have a great day!

So I'm honestly asking, why does the board game part of Mario Party exist at all if it's just chaos and nothing matters and anybody's points can go to anybody else at any time because gently caress you? I realize I'm getting more annoyed than I should but I was excited to be able to play video games with my wife, and I think this poo poo has put her off them for a good while, and I don't blame her. Why would anybody play any game with a "progress" system if out of nowhere, without warning beforehand, it can just be completely invalidated at any time with no ability to influence it?

So, yeah. Sorry for blowing up, but based on this event alone I'm saying the game sucks, is bullshit, and shouldn't be played by anybody.

That's mario party in a nutshell. You don't play to win, because the game will gently caress you. It hates you. Play for the moment to moment minigames

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

GreatGreen posted:

Well now I know. The mini games are fun but goddamn that was a curveball at the end. I wouldn't be so mad if it happened to me but to see it happen to somebody just getting into video games sucks.

Yeah mario party games have always been like that. Like others have said, it's more fun when it's another person in the room (rather than a computer player) because then you get all the hootin and hollerin and "you mother fucker" moments.

I think Super Mario Party had a mode where you can just play the minigames instead of going through the whole board game thing, if you'd rather do that. I don't know if this newest one has that feature though

Sounds like you guys were having fun up to the point when she got hosed over...it'll be worth going back to it with the correct mindset!

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
I played through super metroid for the first time in like 15 years. Controls took some adjustment, she really falls slowly compared to newer games.

I blundered through, collecting the powerups I could remember (missed the wave beam, got to Ridley, then doubled back to find it, ugh). I made a point to defeat draygon in honorable combat (no cowardly grapple beam trick for me!) and it was like a 10 minute battle.

When I finally beat the game my final time was 3:02 :negative:

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
It's quite satisfying to pull off...but so was pumping missles into his belly. First time I played though the game (eons ago) I didn't know the trick, and he was the hardest boss in the game for me, so subsequent playthroughs were all done using the trick. It was nice to beat him the old fashioned way this time

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
The map tells you what door it is

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Yeah I didn't make that clear...it tells you in text

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Harriet Carker posted:

Hey Picross nerds: I solved the other 149 puzzles in Picross S without guessing, but this one has me stumped. I've gone over it dozens of times and I just can't see the next move. What am I missing?



In the 1 2 1 2 1 row you can x the first blank space

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

FFXIV Porn posted:

metroid dread bosses are also win. if you could just tank everything and regain health easy it would be extremely bad

Especially since Samus is so mobile in that game

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Martman posted:

Managed to get an OLED Switch at Target after only like a day of seriously searching for one, thought that would be way harder.

Is there anything I should know about using it as my secondary Switch on my same Nintendo account? My ex girlfriend has the original one, and my main understanding is that we can't play the same digital game at the same time on the two Switches, is that right? And while the games are owned through my account my understanding is that she should be fine to play anything as long as hers is considered the primary Switch.

The secondary switch needs to check the internet before it can launch games, to make sure the primary one isn't playing the game. My oled was my secondary then I went somewhere without wifi and it refused to launch any games because it couldn't verify.

I dunno maybe I was doing something wrong but be advised I guess. I've since made the oled my primary

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Rupert Buttermilk posted:

I think it'd be super cool if Nintendo came out with a new NES or SNES game, and put it on the service.

Something like Super Mario Bros 4 for NES, or Super Mario World 3 for SNES.

That would be so drat cool.

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
In smt4, when the demons requested something, you had a decent chance of recruiting them if you just told them to gently caress off. I dont know if that applies to smt5

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Dicey dungeons is 75% off. I think people in this thread indicated it's fun? If you're using dice, it sounds like it's really RNG heavy

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Regy Rusty posted:

It's a good if relatively simple and easy roguelike. There is RNG in the dice rolls yes but the whole game is built around that. With most characters you'll be strategizing your build each run to be able to make use of most dice rolls in one way or other. And each character has their own gimmicks to give variety and they're all fun to play except witch.

Sounds like it's worth $3.74. Thanks!

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
What's everyone playing this weekend? I'm going to give dicey dungeons a try.

I've also been playing resident evil revelations 2 solo, probably wrap it up this weekend. Interesting game. It's meant to be played coop, with asymmetrical characters. One is the gun person, the other is the utility person. Without going too deep into it I can see potential for some really fun coop moments. It's working fine for me solo too

Between those two I'm playing through metroid fusion. Rather than poke around and explore, I'm going immediately from objective to objective, hoping for a low time

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

100YrsofAttitude posted:

How about that? What are good games to play while trying to have a good long sustained conversation, either in-person or with a phone?

Slay the spire works for this. Also enter the gungeon, once you're familiar with it. And into the breach

Junkie Disease posted:

whats got a kick rear end sale, is coop and fukkin cool?
ALREADY HAVE BROFORCE AND TOWERFALL

Enter the gungeon might be up your alley, not on sale though

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Gungeon is better than nuclear throne (by virtue of the fact that I haven't played nuclear throne)

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
We're supposed to get botw2 news before the end of the year, right? I wonder if there will be anything during the game awards

abelwingnut posted:

on that note, what are other truly scary horror games are out there?

maybe fatal frame

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Is kinda funny that Nintendo's technically never stopped using carts (in their handhelds) and suddenly storage has come around to carts being ideal again.

Yeah and if switch 2 is cart based, there's a good chance it will be backwards compatible. Another advantage of physical games!

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
You can grind for coins if you want to buy all the outfits

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1468022701361086473?t=MKEztkkYMdH9G9ao4oZrpg&s=19


Tetris 99 maxiuns this weekend for a Mario party theme

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Foul Fowl posted:

i've never seen a skeleton athlete in my life until i played circle of the moon and now i can't believe they're not in more games.

Never watched the Beetlejuice cartoon as a kid?

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Doesn't he like grab Geena Davis' crotch

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
That's quitter talk, you must seek out more pircosses to defeat

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
You have to say it three times man

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
don't forget, there is a tetris 99 maximus cup for a mario party skin this weekend

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
There are Dread pin sets in the UK and EU my nintendo shop for 500 platinum points:

https://store.nintendo.co.uk/en_gb/...f1be4839734e471

https://my.nintendo.com/rewards/c2ca699754edd546

I hope when they come to the US store, they cost the same...I only have 510 points :ohdear:

Rutibex posted:

:hmmyes:
They learned from the WiiU. The next system will be an entirely new gimmick, not a better switch

I somewhat worry about the long term lifespan of the switch. Is Nintendo still going to be fixing joycons in 20 years? Or are working joycons going to be difficult to find?

Maybe switch 2 will have improved joycons that are backwards compatible with switch 1?

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

KingSlime posted:

I consider returnal the first true PS5 / next gen game and it's incredibly good for people who enjoy rogue lites. There's quite a bit of metroid and mega man DNA in there too, so I think it'd be pretty popular with the switch crowd.

Everything I've seen about that game makes it look like it's really up my alley, and it will be the reason I eventually get a ps5. The main character really gives me Samus vibes, in the sense that she's a spacelady sprinting around blasting everything

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
30 minutes until the indie showcase thing

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
You run around on your two feet, achieve super speed, press down to store it, then go into morph ball. Then you can shinespark as a ball

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

Jezza of OZPOS posted:

I dont like mega picross wtf is this poo poo. Regular picross only for me thanks!!

That was my reaction too, but stick with it. It has it's own logic, but once you figure it out, it makes sense and is satisfying

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug

bowmore posted:

What are the good games that are really cheap right now?

Blasphemous is 75% off right now. I thought it was kinda bleh but most people seem to like it
Overcooked 2 is 75% off, great couch coop that may result in fistfights
Steamworld Heist is 80% off, 2D xcom style gameplay, very awesome
Steamworld Dig 2 is 70% off, great 2D metroidvania
Mario + Rabbids is 78% off, fantastic Mario flavored xcom
Mario Odyssey is 42% off

You know what, honestly there's just too much on sale right now. Go to https://www.dekudeals.com/ and check current deals, if you have questions ask in the thread

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Mar 6, 2016

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Thunder Bear posted:

All of this Picross talk reminds me that I bought Picross S a while ago and still haven't tried it. The fact that some of you dudes pop in here asking for hints is a little intimidating, but no one needs the brain workout more than I do.

There is a learning curve but after you start to understand how the game works, a lot of it becomes pattern recognition.

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Man, the worst thing about picross is when you get to the end and realize there's a error. It's freakin hard to find and correct it, I usually give up and start over

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Mar 6, 2016

Pillbug
Amazon is having a sale today on memory:

https://www.amazon.com/deal/e6a31604?showVariations=true&ref=dlx_deals_gd_dcl_img_0_e6a31604_dt_sl15_f7

The 400gb Sandisk micro sd is 44% off

Good for like 5 more hours

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