VideoGame_Discussion

KCPenguins wrote:

Get a cool person to act as a third party

nonamesleft wrote:


Yeah, back when the respective consoles were relevant I didn't have much problem at all adjusting to the Nintendo 64 controller, GameCube controller, or Wii Remote & Nunchuck. But now after having not played them for so long, I don't think I could go back to using them regularly again. If I want to play anything from those consoles, I'd prefer to do it on a modern console with a Pro Controller. That's one reason why I kinda like that the Xbox and PlayStation controllers have stayed largely the same over the years. It also helps make it easy to adjust to the back catalog of 20+ year old games those systems allow you to play.

benstylus wrote:


Played around with online trading. A dude gave me a shiny alpha level 100 umbreon for basically nothing, and the name on it was some ".net". My kids freaked out, and after initially begging to trade online and then watching me body multiple alphas they put in a rule no online trading. LOL

Edit: looks like this is a bot.. Not sure what it achieves.

nonamesleft wrote:


With only around 3 days to spare before the servers go offline, a player from France did manage to beat that level legit and he did it on live stream. There was a huge bounty on that level that he will be collecting.
https://clips.twitch.tv/HomelyBoldStorkCopyThis-lL...

Apparently not legit? Page taken down.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
Took me here. Not working, but made me smile.

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That's weird, the clip still plays fine for me when I click the link.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
Weird. Won't work for me. What browser are you using?

I tried it on several. Not working.

nonamesleft wrote:


FireFox

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
I tried it on Firefox. Not working.

Pokemon Arceus - what's the secret sauce for catching higher level pokemon? I tried forever to catch an alpha infernape. Got it down to almost no health and spammed great balls, heavy balls, lead balls, wing balls. Always broke out. Tried a dozen times, no luck. This is using my maxed out umbreon I got from a random online trade and the other highish level alphas I caught with it. I can bury the thing in no time, but I struggled to catch it.

I tried the stealth approach firing back shots with lead balls. Immediately broke free and attacked. I tried sticky balls, food, same thing. Then one time I came up on it stealth like, threw some food, shot a lead ball and there was no struggle and it was captured. I felt like this could have been done 2 stars ago. I battled the alpha snorlax and after a dozen great balls finally captured it. It doesn't seem like battling them down to low health is the way to go. Is there timing involved in back shots? Does it only apply when food is involved?

Any other tips on capturing alphas/stronger pokemon? I've read a bunch of posts online, but either I'm not following what they're saying or it's flat out wrong.

As mentioned before, this is the first pokemon game I've played more than an hour or two. I tried a few over the years including back in the day, but none quite got their hooks into me like Arceus has.

@KCPenguins Try baiting the Alpha with a berry. Try to throw the berry so that the Alpha will turn its back to you. Then when it's eating the berry, throw a heavyball at its back, or your best pokeball if you don't have. If the Alpha breaks out, throw another berry and try again.

Is it timing based, distance based, random, or something else when it comes to the back shot? I've also seen a red "X" appear above their head which I assume means you can't catch them, but I swear I've caught some with a red "X" above their head when I sent the pokeball in for capture.

Do any of you still get e-mails from Nintendo letting you know when games on your wishlist are on sale? I haven't gotten one in months, probably since the start of the year. It could be longer and I just didn't notice at first.

Edit: I've asked this on a couple of different Nintendo-centric Discord servers and it seems nobody else gets them anymore either. That seems pretty dumb that they would stop that and might explain why I've not spent a dime in the eShop so far this year after wasting so much money in there between 2017 and 2023.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1780219...

Nindies tomorrow morning.

KCPenguins wrote:

That Umbreon may not be legit. There are people hacking in Pokémon all over the place. Hopefully it won't mess up your game.

sailorneorune wrote:


I looked up the website. It's a bot that trades pokemon for whatever reason. I've played around 10 hours since getting it. Hasn't messed up anything so far.

Honestly I've quit using it as it's not necessary. It doesn't seem to help in catching pokemon outside of getting more opportunities to watch them break out of balls, and if I use it to fight I kill them too quickly.

KCPenguins wrote:


Summary of announcements:

https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-indie-world-...

KCPenguins wrote:

Nothing that has peaked my interest

BREAD AND FRED

Shane12m wrote:


Same. I'm not sure why I watch the Nindies. It'd be nice if they cut out the developer interviews, just show the games/trailers. I get why they do it, but it adds nothing for me.

Wake me when it’s time for the next Nintendo Direct. These nindies aren’t doing it for me anymore.

TalonJedi87 wrote:
Not gonna lie, that made me cry a little mentally.

One thing I'll say about Indies, gameplay aside, many have great soundtracks.

Indies have their place. They helped keep Wii U and PS Vita afloat for far longer than either would have lasted without them when the big name publishers bailed on each of those platforms (Switch is going through this phase now).
I will say though, the indie scene has changed. They're no longer the risk takers and innovators they used to be. Remember that one infamous Nindie Direct that was remembered only for having all those farming sims? If it's not that it's roguelikes.

I like indies but there’s just too many of them saturating the market now I feel to keep up with. I just wait for buzz about the real good ones cause who has the time to sift thru the bulk of them?

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

There's still a lot of good and fresh stuff coming out but as indie has become more mainstream there are definitely some crutches that a lot of them are using.

Part of that is because it is now mainstream, a lot more copycats are jumping in on the trends they see.

Farming/crafting/roguelike/metroidvania backtracking are ways to significantly increase the length of your game without as significant an investment in time/resources.

Because like it or not, people still get offended if your game is short. Adding padding might dilute a game's strengths, but as long as it keeps people's interest long enough to get past the steam refund window...


I don't think that was a Nindie, I think that was a regular one. I remember there being a lit of farming/crafting in whatever one Harvestella was featured (square enix so definitely not an indie ).

Or it could have just gotten so bad that they are multiple Nintendo directs with this issue and even the big publishers want to churn out farming games.

i was actually interested in more games than normal in that nindies. MUCH less farming this time around lol. but i definitely agree that that interviews/intros do nothing for me. they are the reason why i don't watch them live.

Walmart has a lot of Switch games on sale right. Many first party $40-50. Plants vs Zombies and Monkey Ball Mania $5 each. Other games on sale too. I found Splatoon 2 for under $10 used (pegi version pictured) by a third party who claims they 100% check their used items. Figured I'd give it a shot as it was returnable to Walmart.

KCPenguins wrote:

If you happen to head back and snag those PvZ and Monkey Ball, i’ll send ya moolah.

theJaw wrote:

online, still shows as $5 on Monkey Ball, pretty sure he meant online as he talked about being able to return to Walmart

I did curbside pick-up. I never saw those prices in store.

The "return to Walmart" comment was on Splatoon 2 which was a third party seller.

My Xbox One S took a crap some time ago... So I been playing on the Switch lately... I'm working on LoZ: BotW... it's nice, colorful, but man some things bug me about it... not just the breaking of the weapons, that's more of a minor annoyance, but the horse riding controls seem "stuck" and then there's trying to get away from Guardians and getting stuck somehow when I try to avoid the beams and end up dying...

I'm not letting it deter me from playing it to completion though (not counting the DLC I saw available).

HybridCRoW wrote:


I remember Nintendo kinda making a big deal about the horseback riding in BotW, because they figured out a way so as long as you don't touch the analog stick your horse would avoid crashing into trees and stuff when running at full speed because "real horses don't crash into trees."
I don't think it ended up working out as well as they thought it would, and the horseback riding controls in Horizon and Ghost Of Tsushima felt much better to me.

Don't forget they put in a bonding aspect to horseback riding. The horse won't listen well to inputs unless Link is bonded to it to a degree.

I never really had any issues except in some tight spaces.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition rated for Switch:

https://twitter.com/Wario64/status/178637452842104...

Sounds like a rebranded NES Remix. (Microgames)

KCPenguins wrote:

I will buy it! I still play this on 3DS, have not booted up the WiiU in a very long time. Would be nice to have it on Switch.

Anyone play Balatro? Super addictive rougelike deck-building game that revolves around poker mechanics. Very fun stuff. I've been playing it via PC but it's available on Switch for $15. Highly recommended if you're into that sorta thing.