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nintendo-and-chill · 2 years

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Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition 265/296 Or is it Bust-A-Move Arcade Edition 2, or Bust-A-Move Arcade 2 Edition? 😵‍💫 Either way, these games are damn hard. Follow me on my little collection journey! ❤️ #nintendo #nintendolife #nintendoswitch #n64 #nintendo64 #funtastic #gamecube #snes #legendofzelda #zelda #mariobros #mario #kirby #pokemon #gaming #gaminglife #gamingcommunity #retrogaming #lego #legostagram #legofan #legostarwars #legoharrypotter #sony #trinitron #crt #bulbakushgang https://www.instagram.com/p/CeSmYToOVhs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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xxxlegodaddyxxx · 2 years

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I'm so excited I bought myself a Super Nintendo yesterday!!!! The first game I bought for it is Donkey Kong Country 2. It was my favorite one out of all three!!! I can't wait to play it with my son and build memories with him!!! I plan on buying a dew others like Super Mario World(super excited about the new movie btw), Kirby All stars and Super Mario All stars because it has a bunch of games in one. I also enjoy how it let's you play regular Nintendo games. If you have any recommendations please let me know!!!

#me #soft dom #daddy vibes #mine #lego-daddy-lxxiv #dd/bg #princess #daddy #babygirl #90skid #Retrogamer #SNES #NES #Donkey Kong Country 2

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criticalsmash · 2 years

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Happy #mariomonday ! If you’re able to get to #costco , they have #princesspeach #lego about $12 cheaper than msrp right now! Perfect in time for holiday gifting! Check out our awesome Gaming partners! @nintendo_world_18 @nintendocam @8bitfellow @allisonsav_nintendo_queen @_briofhyrule_ @nightram56 #videogames #nintendo #gameroom #retrogamer #retrogaming #nintendofan #retrocollective #retrocollector #nintendolife #nintendoworld #supermario #switch #nintendoswitch #nes #snes #n64 #gamecube #wii #wiiu #gameboy https://www.instagram.com/p/Ci-ltOCJSrg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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meimikana · 3 months

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Meimiday 2024 Wall of Awesome

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN!!!

January 28th is my birthday, dubbed Meimiday several years ago by my friends (I think it was hojo who started it). For those years, I would spend all day watching streams from said friends playing games for my birthday entertainment. Over a decade ago, however, when asked what I’d like to see I kinda just went “Why don’t you just beat some games?” and so the festivities truly began. Most of us frequent the Backloggery, so it’s kinda easy to see why it has snowballed~

GET YOUR GAME ON!!!

Neko :B: Doodle God: Puzzle Mode :B: Persona 5 Strikers :C: & :P: LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga + DLC :C: Pokemon Violet post-game stories :C: Pokemon Violet: The Teal Mask :B: Pokemon Violet: The Indigo Disc :B: Doodle God: Quest Mode

Try4ce :B: Pikmin 4 :B: Heavenly Sword

John :B: Ys: Memories of Celceta

Gendo :B: Lost Judgment: The Kaito Files

ShadowStarEXE :B: NES Legend of Zelda Randomizer

Hojo :B: Death Stranding :C: Spider-man: Miles Morales :C: Astro's Playroom :B: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice :C: WWF Wrestlemania 2000 :C: Bomberman 64

Sobou :100% Achievements: Final Fantasy VI Pixel Remaster :100% Achievements: Cattie :100% Achievements: Froggie :100% Achievements: Colors! Maze 2 :100% Achievements: Pixel Puzzles Mosaics :100% Achievements: Pixel Puzzles 2: Paintings :100% Achievements: Pixel Puzzles 2: Halloween :100% Achievements: Pixel Puzzles 2: Space :100% Achievements: Pixel Puzzles 2: Anime :100% Achievements: PictoQuest :100% Achievements: LumbearJack :100% Achievements: The Lost and The Wicked :100% Achievements: Hero of the Kingdom III :100% Achievements: Cats Hidden in Paris :100% Achievements: Dragon Ball Z: The Legacy of Goku (GBA) :100% Achievements: Super Mario World (SNES) :100% Achievements: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES) :100% Achievements: Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (SNES) :100% Achievements: Final Fantasy IV (SNES, patched JPN ver w/ Namingway Edition)

PaperLink :B: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions

mrdots :B: Power Stone 2

Macc :C: Lunar Lander (Atari) :B: Hogan's Alley (NES) :B: Kirby's Blowout Blast (3DS DL) :B: & :C: Super Luigi Bros. (Wii U) :C: Rival Ball - Series 2 (PC DL) :C: Doom: Sigil (PC)

Valkoor :B: Kirby: Planet Robobot

Lyndis :B: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind :C: Venba Also :B: the final boss of Mortal Kombat 1's current season

SaintTweeter :B: Lost Epic

Endaso :B: The Last NightMary - A Lenda do Cabeça de Cuia

Drumble :C: Gate of Doom

eski514 :B: Dorfromantik

Honorable Mention: EIUPaladin356 :B: Episode: INTERmission

Honorable Mention: ikzune :B: Katamari Damacy REROLL

Honorable Mention: Geminias :B: Super Castlevania IV

And special mention to CephiYumi for bringing the birthday bewbs with Senran Kagura.

#Meimiday

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dumpsterfirepropaganda · 1 year

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So a while back, I decided to make a spreadsheet listing all of the franchises/series/properties/etc. that I have a special attachment to, along with specific elements/aspects that I particularly enjoy in the media I consume, in order to see if there was any one variable all of them had in common.

It ended up looking like this:

I added the year I got interested in each property as well, and it’s been funny to see the progression - you can see how it starts with the movies my parents showed me at the beginning, then the video games my friends introduced me to (or that I fortuitously found out about after skipping vacation bible school one day but the full version of that story is for another time), then my special interests growing out of a mix of those...then that little stretch in 2020-2021 where I started dipping my toes into things out of morbid curiosity and getting genuinely invested in them whoops

Anyway, I wanted to share this in case anyone else is interested in creating something like this. I think it’d be so fun to see what other people consider to be the most appealing aspects of the things they’re into, as well as how their tastes evolved over time!

(Zoomed in versions of the spreadsheet under the cut for easy reading, as well as abbreviated explanations of how I got into everything on this list, if you’re interested.)

Jurassic Park - I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. My parents were like, “Hmm, she might like this - we’ll just make her cover her eyes for the scene where the T-rex eats that guy off of the toilet.”

Star Wars - Parents bought me Lego Star Wars for the Wii because THEY liked Star Wars but I had no clue what was going on, walked in on them watching Episode V and they let me stick around

Pokémon - All my closest friends were into it but I wasn’t allowed to play until finally my parents caved and let me get a DS and a copy of Platinum. Easily the franchise I am the most invested in ahaha

Sonic - Went to the phone store with my mom and they had a mobile version of Sonic 2 on one of the demo phones. Went home and got it on virtual console, literally defined how I play video games now

Mega Man - Picked up a copy of Nintendo Power (RIP) because it had Mewtwo on the cover. Featured character was Zero. His design activated all the neurons in my brain so I read everything I could about him and eventually got into the games, and now Mega Man characters own the deed to my house and my firstborn child

FNAF - Friend showed me a video of a playthrough at my parents’ 25th wedding anniversary. Scared the pants off of me. Couldn’t stop watching it.

Alien/Aliens - The Great Movie Ride at Disney, but specifically the waiting room where they play the trailers for the movies (I closed my eyes during the actual Alien section of the ride because it freaked me the heck out). That trailer stuck in my brain and one day I just decided I wanted to watch it. I’ve never mentioned them before but I need y’all to understand that these are my favorite movies of all time and I literally wrote a college essay about why they are so good

Metroid - Saw Samus in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and thought she was super cool. Got an SNES Classic for Christmas and tried out Super Metroid...instantly hooked. One of the most amazing games in the universe you guys

The Thing - Dad was like, “Oh yeah I watched that in theaters when I was 12 it’s great let’s watch it.” I couldn’t look my own dog in the eyes for three days.

Terminator - Wanted to check out more 80′s sci-fi. Plus Michael Biehn. Love Michael Biehn.

Twilight - Me and a close friend (neither of whom had grown up reading these) decided to watch the first one as a joke. Got invested. Ended up watching them all. Now I write Mega Man/Twilight fanfiction. Beware what you do ironically, folks.

Homestuck - Was vaguely aware of it for years but (like most people) had no clue what it was about until the Sarah Z video. Decided to give it a try.

It checks almost every single box on this spreadsheet, so...there’s my defense for that, I guess.

The Locked Tomb - Everybody kept posting weird things about this book series and it sounded too crazy NOT to read

Subnautica - I love the ocean. I love space. I love aliens. I couldn’t get a copy of Pokémon Violet at Wal-Mart and wanted something new to play and it happened to be on the shelf.

#dumpsterfire drabbles #fandom list #If any of you decide to try this please please tag me!!! I'd love to see it

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owlixx · 1 year

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GBA Wishlist

Okay so I’m thinking about picking up a GBA so I can play those games on a real console instead of emulated. I had a silver and then a blue GBA SP as a kid. I’m torn between a modded original GBA or an SP, especially the triforce design. Anyways, I wanted to list some games I’d actually play on a GBA and figured I might as well post it online to look back on later, not sure if the notes will even make sense to anyone but me. Feel free to add recommendations. Also I had so much fun making this list that I’m thinking about going through and doing a similar list for the DS, 3DS, GameCube (on my WiiU), Wii (on my Wii U), Wii U, PS3, PS1 (on my PS3 or Vita), Vita, PSP (on my Vita) since those are the consoles I can currently play on original (or close enough) hardware.

Big hitters:

* Advance wars - 1 and 2, never really tucked into them past the tutorial before and having a real GBA would really force me to take them nice and slow.

* Fire emblem - multiple, I could even grab a fan tran of FE6

* Drill dozer - doubt I’d have rumble on a flash cart but this would have a lot more charm on a physical gba

* Pokémon mystery dungeon - again, I think I’d have more patience with this slow game on a real gba

* Chain of memories - been meaning to play this anyways

* FF5-6 patched - fan patched because of the audio, but I think these have exclusive content on a GBA vs snes/ps1 and I wanna play these games on a non-modern screen

* FF Tactics Advance - again, just feels more charming on a small screen

* MM battle network - been meaning to play these anyways

* NES Classics - not the best way to play these games, but kind of a novelty

* Super Mario advance 1-4 - would be so funny to play the Wii U rom of SMA4, but also I grew up with that game

* Kuru Kuru Kururin - always one I use to test a new emulator setup, easy fun

* Tony Hawk - had a recent Tony Hawk phase, these ones are supposed to be good

* Doom - novelty

* Game and watch gallery 4 - great for testing/pick up and play

* F zero/Mario kart - again, very pick up and play

* Mario golf advance tour - loved the gba Mario tennis and I should play this one too

* Wario Land 4 - had a wario land phase recently and stopped mid-3

* Golden Sun - I did actually do the first hour or so on Wii U but this game belongs on handheld

* Warioware - the definition of pick up and play

* Minish Cap - I feel like this game is good enough to be worth playing removed from the original console so it’s doubly worth playing on a real one

* Mother 3 - Cmon, this one is a gimme. Playing the fan Tran on a real GBA would be such an own on Nintendo

Lesser:

* Swordcraft Story - started this on vita, pretty cute

* Banjo Kazooie/Pilot - because I played nuts and bolts as a kid

* Bit generations - don’t have the ROM’s currently but I love a simple game

* Boktai - patched for the sensor but cmon it’s Hideo

* Bomberman - they made so many of these for GBA

* Bookworm - I’m a simple man

* Car battler joe - I always see this mentioned

* Starfy - fan trans

* Various SNES ports (DKC) - I had DKC as a kid but also there’s sooo many snes ports

* Dr Mario & Puzzle League - pick up and play

* Yugioh - I had one as a kid and got into these recently

* GTA - I think this one is a GTA3 prequel?

* Various fighting games (MK, GG, Tekken, SF) - novelty

* Jet grind radio - even if just for the music

* Finding Nemo - had as kid

* Lady Sia - seen on lists

* Sabrewulf - rare! And seen on lists

* That one xcom game (rebelstar) - I mean, I do like xcom

* LttP - never played it, I should look up version differences first

* Lego Star Wars - had as kid

* Return of the king - seen on lists, seems better than it should be

* Magical vacation - fan Tran, from Hazel’s video

* Pac-Man - various here, pick up and play

* Polarium - polarium DS is cute

* Puyo - pick up and play

* Zone of the Enders - I’ve been meaning to play this and the 2 main games

* Denki blocks - cute puzzle game

* Gunstar super heroes - kind of a shmup, I stan treasure honestly

* Sword of mana - I think this is a remake of the first game? So it’s safe to start here?

* Sigma star saga - read about this in Nintendo power as a kid, seems like a shmup rpg hybrid

* Hamtaro - nobody will shut up about how good this game is for some reason

* Pinball of the dead - seen this one praised a few times

* Chu chu rocket - I wasn’t convinced until I saw that it had 2500 user created levels

* Tactics Ogre - surprised to see this so high on metacritic when I didn’t know it existed before

* Ninja Five O - no one will shut up about this game

* Various racing games

* Asterisk and obelisk XL - impressively 3D

* Harvest moon - maybe the tiny screen will finally convince me to have the patience to farm

* Activision Anthology - again, just for the novelty

Replay:

* 3 Castlevanias - only actually beat Aria

* Mega Man Zero - hard, maybe too hard

* Sonic Advance 1-3 - had 3 as kid, love these

* Kirby - didn’t beat amazing mirror, wouldn’t mind trying to 100% nightmare

* Metroid Zero Mission/Fusion - classics. Perfection.

* Pokémon RSE/FRLG - always due for a replay

* Pokémon pinball - my go to testing game

* Mario tennis power tour - never did beat hard mode. And it’s been a while

* Mario Vs donkey kong - played as kid

* Klonoa - very pick up and play

#retro gaming #nintendo #gaming #gba

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krissiefox · 1 year

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Thoughts on Video Game Movies

Video game movies tend to have a poor reputation, due to either the fact that the self-insert interactive nature of video games doesn't always translate well to a linear third-person narrative, or that they get the goofy "big budget Hollywood treatment", where things are changed to the point of being almost unrecognizable. I fell like I haven't actually watched a lot of these, but I thought it would be fun to briefly write about the ones I recall:

The 80s Super Mario Bros Movie: This one is definitely a classic example of "big budget goofy Hollywood" treatment. They changed so much that there is little left of the Mario world beyond character names and vague visual similarities. Despite this, I recall enjoying the film as a kid and teenager - I liked all the weird sci-fi stuff and gross looking fungus effects. But, to be fair, I haven't watched it since I was a teenager, so it's hard to say if I would enjoy it now.

- Sonic The Movie (90s Anime OVA): This one has a lot of nostalgia for me, but looking at is an an adult I can say that most of the appeal it has is simply in the cool visuals, badass soundtrack and some nice fight scenes. The story feels very vague and simple, mostly just a vehicle to move through a series of cool looking set pieces and action moments - it really does feel like the script to a Sonic video game rather than a film. There's also some of the squicky stereotypical creepy anime stuff, like Robotnik trying to coerce a seemingly very young girl into marrying him, and having moments of her being sexually degraded for laughs (an accidental boob grab and a scene where Metal Sonic looks up her skirt). Definitely could have done without that shit. Interestingly, it's said that that this was originally going to be an ongoing series, but it only made it to two episodes, so the American release of it merged the two episodes into a standalone movie. It's a good thing they titled this "Sonic The Movie" so that it wouldn't have the same name as the more recent "Sonic The Hedgehog" live action film. (yet, googling "Sonic The Movie" brings up the more recent one anyway...you're stupid, google. )

- Red Faction: Origins: now here's a more obscure one. I loved the Red Faction game on PlayStation 2, so when this was on TV in 2011, I was excited to see it. Unfortunately, i can barely remember anything about the film today, so it clearly didn't leave much of an impression on me. I don't think it even had any of the characters from the game (such as Parker, Hendrix, etc).

- Donkey Kong Country: The Legend of the Crystal Coconut: - This was another I recall experiencing, but very little details about it. As a kid, I was having a friend over, and my parents let me pick out a movie for us to watch at Blockbuster or something. I chose this and we put it on that night, but my friend and I eventually lost interest and just started playing with LEGOS with the movie running in the background. I couldn't tell you anything about the story, but it was nice and colorful looking, at-least - faithful to the same 3D CGI look of the SNES games. At-least it made nice background sound for a fun childhood night with my friend?

-Wreck-It Ralph: This one might be cheating a little, because it's more about the general concept of video games, but it has so many cameos from real game characters I think it's fair to add it to this list. This is probably gonna be the best one here, too - as it's just a fantastic film. Moving, funny, looks great, lovable characters, super catchy soundtrack. Definitely one I recommend watching if you've never seen it!

- Pixels: Speaking of games about movies - here's one I never watched. So why is it on my list? Well, it's one that bothered me just from seeing ads for it. Unlike Wreck It Ralph, which feels like a love letter to the world of gaming, this movies TV ads just felt so cynical, snarky and negative. It DOES feel like I'm being a little unfair by judging it without watching it, but I can only live so long (unless perhaps medical science finally defeats superstitious bullshit within my lifetime), so I'm not in a hurry to try a movie I couldn't even enjoy the ads for. As a bonus note...I also actually have a copy of the ratchet & Clank movie in my collection, which I haven't gotten to watching yet. Perhaps when I get around to it, I can update this list with my thoughts on that one, as well.

#Video Games #Video Game Movies #Pixels #Wreck-It Ralph #Sonic The Movie #Sonic Anime #Sonic OVA #DKC #Donkey Kong Country #Donkey Kong Country: The Legend of the Crystal Coconut #Super Mario #Super Mario Bros #Super Mario Bros Movie 80s #Red faction #Red faction: Origins

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duskkodesh · 2 years

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Morbius History through gaming:

1994: Morb appeared in Maximum Carnage for the SNES and Sega Genesis as a call in character who would appear on screen and essentially smack the bad guys for you. I had the latter system and rented this from Blockbuster all the time... and I’m showing my age. Please ignore me.

2007: Morb appears in an arc of the Spider-man 3 video game for PS2 or Wii and honest to god I LOVE his look here, and his voice. This game also holds up pretty well.

2011: Morbius was a full playable character in Marvel Superhero Squad Online that I paid actual cash for and just seeing him disco dance in old videos still fills me with boundless happiness. It was also nice to see him smile.

2012: Morb was a full character in Avenger’s Alliance on Facebook, complete with a story arc to intro him and Blade. I swear I didn’t spend real money on this either... Also the art for this game was SO good I still see his intro art piece used by Marvel occasionally.

2013: Morbius was added to Marvel Puzzle quest as a playable character and honestly... again, the art is so good. I love it. I don’t care if it’s a match-3 game.

2014: Hope you got your fill of good art *COUGH* Morb appeared as a playable in Spider-Man Unlimited which was a runner app game. They seriously just reskinned a Spider-Man, he even uses webs. The less we acknowledge this the better.

2015: Morbius was added to Marvel Future Fight. Damn good art, nice character model. I can’t be angry at this, but of course I don’t play the money farm apps.

2016: Morbius was added to the Marvel Tsum Tsum app. There is no part of this vampire blorb that does not make me laugh. I can’t even look at it and type. I’m focusing on my keyboard. IT’S SO SILLY.

2017: LOOK AT THIS FUNKY LITTLE GUY. You just KNOW he hits the Lego disco! AHEM, sorry, This is Morb from Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 for the X-box One, PS4, and Switch and it makes me so happy he exists and when I am sad I can fly around as him and break shit.

2018: Morb was added to Marvel Strike Force and I’ve never hated a character model more. Just... go look it up on Youtube. He looks TERRIBLE. I don’t hate the suit though but the animation DEAR GOD. It’s bad. And from what I know there’s no voicework, just hissing...

2019: Morb appeared in the Marvel Knights DLC for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 for the Switch and it’s probably the reason I HAVE a Switch. He’s a full playable here and looks damn nice. Bonus: Morb also appears in a cameo if you get Jill Valentine’s ending on Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, along with the Legion of Monsters.

There’s also one “Morgan Michaels” in the Spider-Man game for ps4, but since he’s just human I didn’t add it to the list. He appears in the background of a few missions as plot conveyance but it’s a bit part.

#Morbius #Morbius The Living Vampire #Michael Morbius #Video gaming #Gamer #The intersection of my special interest groups #I suck so badly at MUA3 #Also I want kudos for a complete lists. There's so many incomplete lists out there

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nintendo-and-chill · 2 years

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Fighters Destiny 2 267/296 Ya'll notice a very marked loss of skill in fighting games as you age? Follow me on my little collection journey! ❤️ #nintendo #nintendolife #nintendoswitch #n64 #nintendo64 #funtastic #gamecube #snes #legendofzelda #zelda #mariobros #mario #kirby #pokemon #gaming #gaminglife #gamingcommunity #retrogaming #lego #legostagram #legofan #legostarwars #legoharrypotter #sony #trinitron #crt #bulbakushgang https://www.instagram.com/p/CeZmRiWPc9A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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miloscat · 3 months

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[Review] Starlink: Battle for Atlas (NS)

An Ubisoft open world... in space! Also Star Fox is there!

Lylat Wars is one of my childhood favs, so I'll play anything if they put Star Fox in it. It just so happens that the Switch version of this open world toys-to-life game included a bunch of Star Fox side content as an extra, so here we are. Now it's taken me a few years to recover from Star Fox Zero, but the characters are handled very well here, enough for me to open my heart to them again.

At the very tail end of the Skylanders/Lego Dimensions/Disney Infinity craze, when shops were cutting back on the shelf space they had reserved for plastic figure after plastic figure of dubious usefulness, Ubisoft decided to launch their own entry in this space... for some reason. This being a customisable space ship game, their implementation involves large ship models that attach to a controller mount. The ships then have slots where different weapons and pilots can be attached, and each component can be swapped on the fly depending on the situation. In practice this is clunky and cumbersome, but luckily the physical models are entirely optional. Instead you can buy the components digitally and switch them around in a menu, and I was pleased to score a version off the eShop that included all wave 1 components at a good discount.

Locking weapons that have situational usefulness, or suit your playstyle, behind a purchase feels a bit scummy; especially when I stuck to just four of the 27 available (double gatlings and double missile volleys). Ships are helpful to have a handful of, as they essentially act as extra lives. The pilots are more understandable as optional DLC, but you do need ones from certain factions to unlock global upgrades and I think questlines. So there's a big FOMO component that feels exploitative, but it does make extra purchases feel helpful in-game. Beyond the "digital deluxe" set I also got the Star Fox team pack that adds Falco, Slippy, and Peppy to the base game's Fox (plus a new questline), and the monkey-like pilot Startail because she looked cool... sadly she had an annoying voice (she's not alone), but I still used her and Falco for most of the game thanks to their abilities.

But how does Starlink actually play? Funnily enough it feels a lot like a follow-up to Star Fox 2, Argonaut's SNES sequel that Nintendo cancelled then finally released 22 years later. You have a big star system map with various planets, where the baddies spread to over time. Strategy elements are present but light, where most of the progress comes from the player's direct action. Most of your time is spent ranging over planet surfaces, doing tasks and activities that get you resources and push back the army of robots. These build towards climactic battles with space battleships which you fly inside to destroy (again, very like Star Fox 2). Then follows much rinsing and repeating: this is an open world game, after all.

On the surfaces your ship becomes a sort of hover-speeder. I had more fun with the planet-bound sections than the space stuff, mainly because there's a much greater density of things to do there, and movement and combat is also more manageable when it's constrained by gravity and dimensions. Special mention must be made of how almost seamless it is to transition between ground and space by simply flying up; especially impressive on the Switch which handled the whole thing remarkably well, only chugging when there was an abundance of enemies on screen. The other platforms probably have better overall performance, frame rate, etc., but Star Fox is the winning draw (the other platforms don't have any equivalent extra content of this sort either).

Anyway, in the first few hours you'll get an idea of the loop: zipping around, building up outposts to get map information and resources, and fighting enemies to capture points of interest. All of this builds up a planetwide meter that represents your control vs. the evil alien robot whatevers. I settled into this groove and found it quite fun, never getting too bored of it, although this may vary with your tolerance for repetition. A scant few sidequests can give you some different things to do (and let you hear more voice lines from the actors other than the very oft-repeated expositionary chatter) but a lot of the time it's the ol' open world grind.

The plot is your standard YA sci-fi stuff, not much to write home about. The main team, a set of largely unlikable human schmoes, have uplifted themselves with alien technology to help an alien buddy, and in medias res arrive in the Atlas system. There's some uncomfortably heavy colonial vibes here, as the planets are all some variety of wilderness teeming with settlers, explorers, prospectors, and bandits, and your role as outsiders is uniting these folk under your banner—ostensibly to fight some monster guy and his robot army—and make big decisions about how the system is run before presumably jetting off again after the credits roll. Hmm.

The personal stories of the characters, especially the alien friends you make in Atlas, were the highlight for me, although I feel like they aren't always introduced effectively. As both a game where characters can be spawned in any time from the start and one with some open-ended elements, developments can feel abrupt and the pacing uneven. The Star Fox team and their story is actually integrated very well, although Wolf as the antagonist of this sidestory was, I feel, acting quite out of character from what I would expect. I see him as an amoral mercenary, while here he's set up as a would-be galactic conqueror. Ah well.

Otherwise the Star Fox stuff is excellent: you get a spiffy Starlink version of the Arwing, there's some nice covers of classic music tracks, and the team chatter is top-notch (again, when it's not just open world exposition). The voice actors have mostly carried over either from their original Lylat Wars appearances in a few cases, or the recasts that have stuck since the 3DS remake, and they nail it, especially because they're not just doing weird alternate takes on a reheated script (Zero still hurts my soul so much...). The team are integrated into prerendered cutscenes and there's unique events and missions, plus having them as an addition only makes the overall roster stronger. It's not a full new Star Fox game, but it's pretty much the next best thing. My only complaint is having the characters still trapped in this Lylat Wars/Zero-era setting, continuing the writing-out of Krystal, Sauria, Panther, the Aparoids, everything that Command introduced, etc... but I guess that wasn't really Ubisoft's decision. It's better than nothing, I suppose.

Anyway, Starlink was a pretty good time. As long as you resign yourself to spending more than the normal cost of a game to get a full experience. And you don't think too hard about the themes of the setting. And you don't mind a bit of open world repetition, or the uneven weapon balance, or that obnoxious influencer kid who's on the team for some reason. But let's not focus on the negative; there's a lot to like here. It's a cool sci-fi space game that integrates planet surfaces well, the core gameplay loop is solid and satisfying, and it has a very good crossover with my favourite rail shooter series. I wouldn't get my hopes up for a sequel though, as the retail toys underperformed and five years later the developer is now making Watch Dogs and Far Cry games (as if Ubisoft didn't have enough of those) or assisting on every other Ubisoft release.

#starlink battle for atlas #star fox #ubisoft toronto #ubisoft #review #ns

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ryansbedroom · 4 months

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My 2023 in retrospect...

Well, that year is almost over. Here's my story of 2023.

This year marked the 30th Anniversary of my time at the Surrey Downs Child Care Centre which I didn't like a little at first as I felt like a prisoner but I soon got the hang of it later. Also, my first video game, 'Super Mario All-Stars' for the SNES hit store shelves 30 years ago too but didn't get it until Christmas a year later at that time.

In January, I went to the St Kilda Mangrove Boardwalk for the first time in many years. It looked a bit different compared with last time I looked.

In February, I got a Lightburn Zeta coffee mug and saw a show at the Garden Of Unearthly Delights all by myself for the first time in my life! Then later, I saw Luke Million perform music from his first album 'Gina The Synth Cat' on his handy keytar! Then at the end, I got lucky and managed to grab one of his drumsticks! From a shop in Chinatown, I bought a Pikachu-design bathroom spout extension which slides onto most horizontal spouts!

In March, I got my Knight Rider Historians tee-shirt showing the GMC Prime Mover & Trailer which is now currently being restored. Went to the new TK-Maxx store at Churchill Centre in Kilburn and tried both 'Bard' & 'Barbarian' burgers from Carl's Jr who have teamed up with the board game based film, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Theives. After a remarkable 25 Years, Ash Ketchum's quest to become a true Pokemon Master came to an epic conclusion with the callback mini-series, 'Aim To Be A Master'. He and Pikachu came a long, long way together through the low times and the high. We still saluted him, celebrated him and praised him like we should.

In April, I went to a LEGO exhibit at the Museum Of Adelaide, then to a car show at Echunga Oval and then to an Easter carnival on Ridley Reserve. Bought the LEGO Icons 'Land Rover Defender 110' which is considered to be my best one for 2023 with working suspension, steering and the ability to tow! I even built a trailer to go with it!

In May, I took a time-lapse video of a Wisdom 'Sizzler' ride being setup for the first time in my life! Built a LEGO model of the gas heater we used to have in the lounge room until 2007. Went on a few tram rides at the St Kilda Tramway Museum.

In June, went to the Model Railway Exhibition in Angle Park. Then went on a few buses during a 'Farewell Tour' of the MAN NL202 fleet.

In July, I put 'Richard Stevens Hire' decals on my blue LEGO trailer as a nod to the days before Kennards came to South Australia! The old streetlights on our street were upgraded to LED. Saw the 'Barbie' movie at Hoyts. Brixpo was way better than ever, so was AVCon!

In August, The St Kilda Tramway Museum had a showcase of old buses. Then I went to the Gawler Show.

In September, Went to the Royal Adelaide Show and saw a small ex-John Martins semi trailer which was owned by one of the amusement companies. The supposed Masters Home Improvement store in Noarlunga is now being converted to Bunnings after sitting unused for quite some time. My grandmother Ann Smith turned 90 and we celebrated her birthday at the main hall in her aged care village. Took a hike in Cobbler Creek Recreation Park and I was exceptionally lucky to avoid getting bitten by a snake which could've cut my life short. Then I finally advanced onto my full driver's license and had a beer at the Old Spot Hotel in commemoration of the 15th Anniversary of my first 'legal drink'.

In October, The former house of 'The Owens' (i.e. my mother's parents) was put up for sale. Had a discussion with an NDIS employee at the Disabilty, Ageing & Lifestyle Expo at the showgrounds. Then for the first time in almost 13 years, looked around in the Roseworthy Agricultural Museum and went on some rides at the Roseworthy Miniature Railway Club! Went to the Tonsley Hotel in Clovelly Park to have a meal before it closed its doors to be redeveloped for the T2D Infrastructure Project. The former Red Rooster building at Harbor Town in West Beach was finally demolished after TEN YEARS! Then I went to the National Motor Museum for the 'Bay To Birdwood' car showcase!

In November, Went to the first ever Tiny Homes Expo at the Adelaide Showgrounds. Ingle Farm Shopping Centre changed its name to Ingle Farm Plaza and the old 'wind pump' signboards had to be removed and replaced with generic rectangular ones. Went to the Skye Lookout for a lovely view of the city and its surroundings. Bought the new Jazwares 'Train & Play Deluxe Pikachu' from Toyworld! I just couldn't resist it.

In December, I went to the new entertainment complex in the former Harris Scarfe floors of Rundle Place. Received my 1/43 Scale Knight Rider FLAG Rig from a seller in Portugal but was in a few pieces so I had to gorilla-glue them back on. Also did a repair to a LEGO Fabuland plane set as the left-side exhaust pipe was in two pieces when I bought it from a shop in Cowell. Went on Adelaide's first ever BEB (Battery-Electric Bus) on Route 99C for the first time in my life! For Christmas, I got the new LEGO Chevrolet Corvette!

#2023 #year in review #retrospect #callback #journal

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allbrickscount · 6 months

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Moc Blocks

Metroid Samus

886pcs

Found this on AliExpress.

Arrival Video October 28, 2023: https://www.youtube.com/live/guBcPRO-8pw?si=v3fX0VhOhCpAtBHI&t=1558

More Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/gDKkuLMcgPZiLYYi6

#Metroid #Samus #MetroidPrime #Nintendo #NES #SNES #mocblocks #Lego #notLego #LegoMoc #moc #LegoCompatible #AliExpress #AllBricksCount #NewBricksToday #NewBricksLIVE #LiveStream #LetsBuild #photooftheday #photography #happy #picoftheday #followme #fun #photo #toys #hobby #hobbyphotography #toyphotography #LegoAddict #LegoAddiction

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gamer-kai · 8 months

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02. Top 5 games of all time.

In alphabetical order: Crash Bandicoot: N'Sane Trilogy (the original release, PS1), GTA2 (PS1), Legend of Zelda: A Link To The Past (SNES), Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness (PS1), and Vandal Hearts II (PS1).

07. Most recent game you played?

Stardew Valley (Mobile Version). As part of my daily routine, I listen to a podcast while eating, and then after I'm done eating I play a mobile game while listening to the rest of the podcast (usually 30-40 minutes, depending on how long the full podcast episode is and how fast I eat).

35. Do you own any gaming themed memorabilia? (e.g. collector’s editions, posters, prop replicas, statues, clothing, etc.)

I do not have any gaming memorabilia. I'd love to, but unfortunately I'm broke and have more pressing priorities. That being said I saw a Lego® Super Mario set and honestly I'd sell my father's organs in the dark web for it, if I knew how to harvest organs or access the dark web.

Thank you for your question, friend!

Send me some video gayme questions.

#ask game #onox

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leam1983 · 1 year

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On Sessler

I don't get the guy.

So G4's rebirth failed spectacularly, as you all know. It wasn't needed, it worked off of an outdated format and I, a lifelong Progressive, will freely admit that they pulled the most basic-ass, predictable cards in the deck. Frosk's rant wasn't wrong in its context, but it felt like the last twenty years' worth of discourse hadn't happened and Olivia Munn was still clutching a mic in front of a camera.

Welp, Sess went on another Twitter meltdown and more or less expectorated on what he feels is an audience that's betrayed him. He wants to come across as the martyrized high-brow analyst of the art form that's beset with thuggish rubes from the trenches of the Doritos-and-Mountain-Dew Corps, but it just doesn't click.

Seeing him screech online, I was reminded of all the frustrated wannabe Postgrad alumni I've worked with whose features constricted at the slightest provocation, and who'd then find supposedly advanced, but actually entirely sophomoric ways of landing put-downs. You know the type: they take Dark Academia far too seriously, wonder why they're the only ones with expensive Moleskine notebooks and attend Pop Culture Studies lectures at the Postgrad level because they're a requirement of the Master's Degree program. They really rather we went anal over the latest hot-button counter-cultural theorist when the name of the class more or less translates as "Get out your Potter books and your Weyland-Yutani-issued pulse rifles, 'cause shit's gonna get nerdy."

Picture one of these guys going from disinterest to blatant disgust over a little over six weeks, because some girl who's still stuck on Anamanaguchi decided to use The Walking Dead as a vector for her long years of literary observation. Picture them having the nerve to stand up and start a diatribe in the middle of the one class on campus where the closest other guy to the type of student they are's actually overdosed on Alighieri because he played the EA-published video game on PS3.

That's basically Adam Sessler, as of recently. Frothing at the mouth, jabbering away at all the CoD-bros he's never hung out with, likely reliving the halcyon days of his likening BioShock Infinite to Samuel Beckett's output.

I don't get that.

Yes, there's cultureless hacks in the medium. Yes, some people look like their K/D ratio eventually came to become the one dominant facet of their personality. Yes, there's former potentates of twitch reflexes and vaunted quickscoping heroes who haven't caught on to the fact that aging slows you down. The sick shots you landed in your teens get insanely hard to put out in your twenties, unless you relentlessly train for it. Yes, these people tend to mask a sense of inadequacy with toxicity.

The thing is, they don't matter. I game in Single Player, or on closed servers my friends and I administrate. We catastrophically fail and simultaneously laugh it up, then pick ourselves back up and go back to fragging. Whenever shooters get involved, pot usually enters the picture. Try quickscoping when half of your brain is busy coming up with a constant parade of brain farts.

I also don't let my past define my hobbies. I don't need to analyze everything I like. Not everything needs to have narrative value. There's days where all I fucking want is to skip the tutorial and campaign cinematics and build the worst Goldfinger lair ever in Evil Genius 2. There's days where all I want is One Finger Death Punch on Survival mode.

There's days where all I want is Mortal Kombat. As in, the shitty one on SNES. I am under no obligation to be high-brow.

It would help if some journalists remembered that.

Oh - and yes. I do still call myself a gamer. The label fits, as I don't simply pick up a controller when I'm at someone-or-other's house. That's it. It's the same reason why someone who's serious about Lego builds could consider themselves a model maker, or why the term maker came to define anyone who has a valid excuse to go for Prusa's top-shelf extruder, if not two or three more 3D printers.

#gamer culture #adam sessler #rant #G4TV

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glapplebloom · 1 year

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And unlike what Phineas and Ferb said, I’m going to try to actually live up to them.

This year had a rocky start. It has its ups like being able to complete the Sans sprites, confirm I had a custom sprite for every week of the year in 2022, Fully Custom Sprites for Giftoberfest and getting the Sprite Royal Rumble done that featured Captain SNES and Bob and George. Not to mention REDACTED and got into a Re-Animated Project that wasn’t Death Battle related. But then there were long periods of time I wasn’t updating when I should. So let’s see if I can keep any of these promises.

1 - Never missing an update again…

I want to never miss an update again. So when January comes around, I plan on getting back to my normal updating schedule and not miss a single week. This will definitely be the hardest thing to do but I am hoping to get it done.

2 - Begin doing animations…

Working on the SatAM Re-Juiced Project got me to better understand how Da Vinci works. So I am hoping to be able to make animations. Starting small with making animations based on moments and small skits but maybe by the year’s end an actual music video. Here’s hoping.

3 - Do a Video Review…

It would be nice to have a career that allows me to do what I enjoy and not have to worry about work. And sadly, making comics is not that. But I do have other passions. I was thinking of a Video Review Series where I review the Generic Brand of Constructive Bricks (or as you would call them, Knock-off Lego). While I don’t know if I can get a Review series off the ground, I would like to attempt at least one review. And I got a few sets perfect for such a thing.

4 - Spikes’ Hoard going to Power Ponypalooza

Join Big Spike, Little Spike, Juliet Suter, Mina the Dragon, Smolder, and Gabby as this group of six go to Comicopulence in Apple Wood, the Biggest Comic Convention in Equestria. See them travel together in a van, get to know each other better, and totally not fight a villain who can bring fictional beings to life.

5 - Other Things of Note

I would say no Sprite Royal Rumble period, but I have done it when I never had an intention. If anything, a smaller one. Promotion helps and who knows. If I start linking them to Twitter maybe I will catch someone’s eye. Especially if I have a Shadow Preview… And finally Tales from the AkumaVerse on Twilight’s side are canon side stories. But I can’t return to my main comics until I finish that. With that said...

6 - Sprite Upgrade?

I’ve been making a lot of custom sprites over the years. It makes me wonder if I should start upgrading the sprites I’ve used to match my custom style. To do that, I will need to make every character match my style. And that means not getting back at my main comics. I’ll probably have a poll about that.

These are the things I plan on doing. Hopefully I can get them done.

#other

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ablegaming · 2 years

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Nonviolent Video Games Mega List (I-M)

This is part 3 of my Nonviolent Video Games Mega List, the full list can be read and listened to (text-to-speech) at my Medium page: https://medium.com/@AbleGaming/nonviolent-video-games-mega-list-7dd7facf1bdb

You can also check out my personal top 25 favorite nonviolent games here: https://medium.com/@AbleGaming/my-favorite-nonviolent-video-games-abb8b41a0725

#video games #gaming #accessibility in gaming #accessibility #disability #disabilities #parenting #peace #relaxation #pacifism

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