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You play video games on a [Nintendo], right?

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  • NeveronNeveron HellValleySkyTree SwedenRegistered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I still wanna get Smash but I can’t very well justify why

    My kids are a bit too young and the competitive scene is intensely offputting to me

    Personally I'm getting it because I think they're fun to play and getting a casual match going in my household isn't too difficult. I kind of treat the Smash games more like party games than fighting games, though - items on high, the most banned of stages (except New Pork City, fuck huge stages)...

    Come think of it, I'll probably need to grab another set of joycons.

  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    edited August 2018
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    I am playing Mega Man X

    I am very bad at Mega Man x

    i have never beaten a mega man game

    yet i keep playing any mega man game i can

    Man, I've been playing Mega Man X since I was 6, so this is weird to me (like, I totally get it, but on a primal level I don't)

    I haven't played X in over a decade and I guarantee I remember where every upgrade is

    the only games i owned were mega man 2 on the game boy and mega man 8 for sega saturn

    i'd rent the games, but never get far

    I rented Mega Man 6 from Pharmore literally every week

    My dad tried to get cute and rent a baseball game (Ken Griphey's whatever) one time but it was an SNES game

    We had an SNES a month later

    ahh nice

    yeah the snes was the first console my parents could afford so that's where i started

    i missed...all nes ones and the local video store had a huge selection so i'd rent pocky and rocky or chrono trigger instead of the mega man x sequels

    Rorshach Kringle on
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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    X 1-3 are really good
    4 is pretty good
    5&6 are ok
    7 is a trainwreck
    8 is mediocre

    They all get a little to hard once you get to the Sigma stages imo. I've only ever finished 1-3.

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    Blankzilla wrote: »
    I am playing Mega Man X

    I am very bad at Mega Man x

    i have never beaten a mega man game

    yet i keep playing any mega man game i can

    Man, I've been playing Mega Man X since I was 6, so this is weird to me (like, I totally get it, but on a primal level I don't)

    I haven't played X in over a decade and I guarantee I remember where every upgrade is

    the only games i owned were mega man 2 on the game boy and mega man 8 for sega saturn

    i'd rent the games, but never get far

    I rented Mega Man 6 from Pharmore literally every week

    My dad tried to get cute and rent a baseball game (Ken Griphey's whatever) one time but it was an SNES game

    We had an SNES a month later

    ahh nice

    yeah the snes was the first console my parents could afford so that's where i started

    i missed...all nes ones and the local video store had a huge selection so i'd rent pocky and rocky or chrono trigger instead of the mega man x sequels

    I have fond memories of saving up my pennies and renting an SNES + FF6 and powering through as far as I could before having to return it all a day later

    I tried putting a note in with the case saying "please don't save over file #3 I'm trying to beat the game" but it was to no avail

    Renting JRPGs was always a treat but you tended to get very familiar with the first third of the games

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    I literally bought Earthbound with the scratch and sniff cards from Best Buy for $10

    I was so excited when I traded the cartridge into gamestop for $20

  • Rorshach KringleRorshach Kringle that crustache life Registered User regular
    lookit mr. moneybags over here

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  • Seattle ThreadSeattle Thread Registered User regular
    I literally bought Earthbound with the scratch and sniff cards from Best Buy for $10

    I was so excited when I traded the cartridge into gamestop for $20

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    I don’t think I’ve ever beaten a Mega Man boss, much less an entire game.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    I still wanna get Smash but I can’t very well justify why

    My kids are a bit too young and the competitive scene is intensely offputting to me

    Simple answer.

    Don't play competitive.

    The new smash game has settings for both a party game and a competitive game. And smash make it easy for you to make the other play OP as shit if you use the handicap system. You can play with your kids pretty easily!

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    There’s also the everpresent fact that I don’t even play the games I own!

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    There’s also the everpresent fact that I don’t even play the games I own!

    That's fair!

    I'm just saying that the game(s) have a lot of settings that let you customize your experience, and the next game especially so.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    I got to the part in Mega Man 2 once where it’s like...all the Wily missions I guess? And I got annoyed and stopped

    Mega Man is too hard but I keep wanting to play them, but not enough to improve myself at them, it’s weird

  • KizmittKizmitt Registered User regular
    I buy each smash and think yeah I'm going to play this with my friends all the time. And then we get together once a year and play it for about 30 minutes (and play puyo puyo tetris for 3 hours) and between those times I don't want to play and 'get good' and so it goes largely unplayed outside of unlocking characters and I fall for it everytime because those 30 minutes a year are still magical.
    But this time I'm going to play it for myself and if I get too good well too bad, come play with me more often meat friends.

  • Moth 13Moth 13 Registered User regular
    The Wily levels in Mega Man 2 have some nonsense in them.

  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    I have beaten megaman 3 and 5 (the two I owned as a kid)

    I could never beat 2 when I rented it because of that fucking dragon.

    I had no idea what the fuck to do when he appeared.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • DaebunzDaebunz Registered User regular
    shoot em

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Apparently you can't do that unless you keep running to the right and get past the falling blocks and his bullshit!

    And even then he's only weak to quick boomerang.

    Humor can be dissected as a frog can, but dies in the process.
  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    I bought Earthbound just before Nintendo took a hatchet to all the sites distributing the roms and it doubled in price

    it was a used copy without the guide, but I'll take what I can get

  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    The Wily levels in Mega Man 2 have some nonsense in them.

    The crash bomb puzzle boss is pretty much the whole reason I say 3 is better than 2

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    still i would rather capcom sell a bundle of the megaman battle network games

  • UnbreakableVowUnbreakableVow Registered User regular
    Moth 13 wrote: »
    The Wily levels in Mega Man 2 have some nonsense in them.

    Every level in every Mega Man I’ve played has nonsense in them!

  • PaperLuigi44PaperLuigi44 My amazement is at maximum capacity. Registered User regular
    If Smash Ultimate has at least one new 'holy shit' character announcement that's aimed at me then I'll be excited. Although I accept that Smash 4 set a very high bar in that regard, and my favourites all returning is good.

  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    Andy Joe wrote: »
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Windjammers has just been announced for Switch

    Dave Lang spinning in his grave right now.

    Along which axis?

    Switch: SW-7690-2320-9238Steam/PSN/Xbox: Drezdar
  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Drez wrote: »
    Andy Joe wrote: »
    Mr. G wrote: »
    Windjammers has just been announced for Switch

    Dave Lang spinning in his grave right now.

    Along which axis?

    -12x +34Y to center

  • XaquinXaquin Right behind you!Registered User regular
    I'm beginning to hate salt and sanctuary.

    I'm not even playing it because I enjoy it anymore. I'm playing because I want to beat it and then tell it to die.

  • WyvernWyvern Registered User regular
    Aww, I was hoping Dead Cells would unlock at midnight. No such luck.

    Switch: SW-2431-2728-9604 || 3DS: 0817-4948-1650
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Wyvern wrote: »
    Aww, I was hoping Dead Cells would unlock at midnight. No such luck.

    Yeah, I was hoping the same thing. Ah well, something to enjoy on the train home from work tomorrow, I guess!

  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    turtleant wrote: »
    X 1-3 are really good
    4 is pretty good
    5&6 are ok
    7 is a trainwreck
    8 is mediocre

    They all get a little to hard once you get to the Sigma stages imo. I've only ever finished 1-3.

    I just played through the first three and I think 1 is the best

    2 has some really good ideas and it has the coolest and most functional arm and armor upgrades, but it's really easy and most of the levels are too short

    3 has a terrible arm upgrade, a bunch of extraneous upgrades that you have to go back and forth through the game to collect (and then probably never use), and it's when the level design started to substitute interesting traversal with copypasted enemies

    also I feel like they overcorrected on the difficulty

    basically 2 and 3 each feel like they needed another six months in the oven

  • -Tal-Tal Registered User regular
    I read through both those posts thinking they were about final fantasy

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  • SyphonBlueSyphonBlue The studying beaver That beaver sure loves studying!Registered User regular
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Wyvern wrote: »
    Aww, I was hoping Dead Cells would unlock at midnight. No such luck.

    Yeah, I was hoping the same thing. Ah well, something to enjoy on the train home from work tomorrow, I guess!

    It's unlocked now

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  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    -Tal wrote: »
    I read through both those posts thinking they were about final fantasy

    I will never, ever say bad things about FF8.

    Or say FF3 is good, for that matter.

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited August 2018
    Dead Cells runs and plays very well on Switch. Only had some slight slowdown when a dozen bats flooded out of a chest.

    They even let you customize the controls on the console version!

    Mx. Quill on
  • AshcroftAshcroft LOL The PayloadRegistered User regular
    For a few seconds there I thought, ‘hmm yes put Final Fantasy 8 on Switch’, but then I remembered it would probably use comic sans for its main font because Square can’t port old games without fucking them up somehow

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    Yeah, I woke up at like 3 AM and was pleasantly surprised to see Dead Cells was out.

    I went back to bed almost immediately afterward though, because I need sleeeeep.

  • turtleantturtleant Gunpla Dad is the best.Registered User regular
    Ashcroft wrote: »
    For a few seconds there I thought, ‘hmm yes put Final Fantasy 8 on Switch’, but then I remembered it would probably use comic sans for its main font because Square can’t port old games without fucking them up somehow

    The 9 remaster/port was good!

    So there's hope, kinda, maybe!

    Mostly they just seem hell-bent on fucking up their 2d games really.

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JT2xkdQPJE
    comes out October 12th, is still 60 goddamn dollars

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    I will gladly pay $60 if that means Square actually acknowledges that TWEWY exists.

  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    I don't particularly like that they're charging that much for a 10 year old game, but I'm buying it anyway.

  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    a 10 year old DS game no less

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  • GreasyKidsStuffGreasyKidsStuff MOMMM! ROAST BEEF WANTS TO KISS GIRLS ON THE TITTIES!Registered User regular
    edited August 2018
    could anyone whose played Dead Cells yet tell me how difficult it is? I've been playing almost nothing but hard games for the last few months (Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze, Hollow Knight, Celeste) and don't know if I want to jump into another one so soon

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