i think different form factors are a ways off
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
switch will pass gamecube in lifetime sales shortly, and might pass n64 with a good enough holiday season
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 18:19 (five years ago) link
All my comparisons were against launch windows.
― JimD, Tuesday, 31 July 2018 19:58 (five years ago) link
Man, Hollow Knight might just be perfect, or at least perfect for me. It's hard, but easy on the eyes, with so many cool little secrets and details and stuff to discover and explore. I'm maybe 25 hours in, and I know some serious gamers have probably finished it in less time but I'm doing the best that I can and it doesn't feel that frustrating. Unlike Celeste, which is brilliant designed but still sometimes feels more like a test than a game.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 August 2018 01:32 (five years ago) link
I'm a little over 30 hours into Hollow Knight and it still feels like there's a ton more to explore & do. I think that may be partly owing to the fact that I've been pretty bad at finding my way "forward" and have spent a lot of time backtracking. It never feels like a chore though, because the world is so gorgeous and aesthetically rich. And I love how open it feels, not in the contemporary sense of an "open world" game but in the more old-school sense of leaving you to find your way without too much handholding.
― a film with a little more emotional balls (zchyrs), Thursday, 2 August 2018 12:56 (five years ago) link
If there's a downside to Hollow Knight that I've discovered so far, it's that the map is so huge and ever expanding and there are so many places to explore and re-explore that if you take a break for too long it's really easy to lose track of where is where and what is what and which places are newly open to you. Even with the little markers they give you to use it's a little overwhelming.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 2 August 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link
I feel bad for saying this, but I'm giving up on Celeste because it hurts my fingers and I fuckin suck at it
Is the new Donkey Kong game this button-mashy? It looks fine but I prefer platform games at the sedate Braid/Super Mario World end of things
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 2 August 2018 23:27 (five years ago) link
It looks FUN, I meant
Haven't played it but DKC games are generally on the harder side
― Nhex, Friday, 3 August 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
loving Book 2 of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 3 August 2018 01:29 (five years ago) link
have you played the SNES donkey kong country games Chuck? it's basically a modernization of those. plays pretty similar, is similarly pretty and overproduced. it's hard but not Celeste hard, and you can play as Funky if you want it to be easier.
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 August 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
it's not any more button mashy than a Mario game if that's what concerns you
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 August 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
I don't understand why I score either 6 goals or none in rocket league. Wonder how the podcast ads are working out for them.
― Impossible Burgermeat. Unlikely Seitan. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 3 August 2018 05:49 (five years ago) link
Captain Toad demo is very relaxing. Feels like a better version of the puzzles between battles in mario+rabbids.
― Impossible Burgermeat. Unlikely Seitan. (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 3 August 2018 06:00 (five years ago) link
If there's a downside to Hollow Knight that I've discovered so far, it's that the map is so huge and ever expanding and there are so many places to explore and re-explore that if you take a break for too long it's really easy to lose track of where is where and what is what and which places are newly open to you. Even with the little markers they give you to use it's a little overwhelming.― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, August 2, 2018 9:25 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
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All modern Videogames IIRC.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 3 August 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
gotta have maximum Content
― ciderpress, Friday, 3 August 2018 13:07 (five years ago) link
I bought one of these the other day because I’m going on a “family vacation” soon and I’ll need something to keep me sane outside of books and the internet. Got Zelda of course and it rules. That said I can’t say there are many other Nintendo properties that get me too psyched outside of Metroid. Think indie-er e-store stuff like Hollow Knight will likely keep me pretty busy. Anyway, I like this thing! Feels good and novel (but not gimmicky) and satisfyingly fills this between-console-and-mobile space I didn’t really know was there.
― circa1916, Saturday, 4 August 2018 05:39 (five years ago) link
Tune in 8/8 at 7am PT for a Super #SmashBrosUltimate Direct livestream, featuring new game information delivered by director Masahiro Sakurai! pic.twitter.com/Df3xxTCTGR— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) August 5, 2018
― ciderpress, Sunday, 5 August 2018 21:03 (five years ago) link
Ah fuck yeah
― devops mom (silby), Sunday, 5 August 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
Walugi, here we go!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 August 2018 21:07 (five years ago) link
Waluigi is not gonna be playable he’s already confirmed to be back as an assist trophy
― devops mom (silby), Sunday, 5 August 2018 21:12 (five years ago) link
wa
― Dan I., Monday, 6 August 2018 00:11 (five years ago) link
smash direct in 3 mins
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 13:57 (five years ago) link
Cool. Castlevania people! I hope this is not just a 20 minute direct on their design and abilities.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:03 (five years ago) link
Jesus, like a million characters *and* 100 (+) stages?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link
Stage morph looks cool.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
yeh it does! shame it's only between 2!
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:14 (five years ago) link
LOL, carrying around the switch just to listen to Nintendo game soundtracks.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
aw i was hoping for knuckles as an echo fighter
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:22 (five years ago) link
lol at the majora's mask moon as an assist trophy
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
God I thought they crammed an impossible amount of stuff into the last game. That squad mode is gonna be super popular I think.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:46 (five years ago) link
any rumours going round what that green bit was
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
hoping for 'settings'
Ppl suspect a “story” 1P mode like Brawl’s Subspace Emissary103 stages my god. If the competitive people decide only four of them are legal again I’m going to pee on them.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:54 (five years ago) link
every one has a battlefield mode at least!
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 14:58 (five years ago) link
the squad mode is something i thought would be great with such a big roster but didnt expect them to actually do
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
Sakurai wants everything in this game so he never has to make another one. N64 Saffron City and Hyrule Castle 💜
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
are we at 70 fighters now? i'm guessing we'll end up with 72 for a nice tidy 12x6 select screen
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
I don’t think that quite enters into it, since you can smush echo fighters into their templates, and DLC seems inevitable, if only because Arms and XC2 characters may not have made it to the initial design doc. Everyone expects Shadow as a Sonic echo and there’s bound to be a couple more straight up newcomers to announce when they show off the Mystery Green Mode.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:13 (five years ago) link
lets go for 80 then why not
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:23 (five years ago) link
Perfectly sane number of characters, who could complain.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
is shadow the hedgehog actually more popular a secondary character than knuckles these days? i don't know my sonic lore
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:32 (five years ago) link
He’s extremely edgy. Also has identical abilities to Sonic, hence, echo character.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
they also confirmed today that waluigi will serve as an echo to snake
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
they should add linkle as an echo of bayonetta
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:37 (five years ago) link
Yoooo
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link
the squad thing and Battleground swapping and stuff like that, I really like the idea of those things, because there are so many Battlegrounds and so many characters it would take forever to play all of them.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 8 August 2018 15:52 (five years ago) link
Searching “Sakurai” on Twitter rn is pretty heartwarming
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 16:15 (five years ago) link
Also heartwarming apparently his w1fe has been the menu UI designer from the beginning?!
― faculty w1fe (silby), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 16:19 (five years ago) link
Minit comes out tomorrow on Switch. It's a great little game.
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Wednesday, 8 August 2018 18:55 (five years ago) link