VideoGame_Discussion

SwiftJAB wrote:

Surprisingly I've earned the last 7 month's badges straight and they've been pretty eclectic, but I haven't even bothered with OAO this month (nor trying for the Retro's Sonic CD title either). But the first half of the month I was focused on beating Darksiders 3 before it left GP and now I'm focused on some other titles related to Antipop's Beat a game for all platforms in 2020 thread.

I think if I would have already owned the re-release of this I might have gone for it, but <shrug>
Thanks again @Frank it's been enjoyable playing some games that I don't think I would have bothered with otherwise - specifically RE7, UGG and Tacoma recently, plus pushing me to replay some other enjoyable games like Arkham City.

Idea... instead of a hiatus, can we just have another makeup month for a past game?

Finally beat Abe's Odyssey! (Well, maybe)

Took days.

Tips hat to @Renaissance2K for beating this game, and anyone else who also did.

I got out so many times in this game, too many.

@Frank Is the above counted?

I vote "Yes, it counts" because you don't see that warning in the remake.

nonamesleft wrote:

Yup definitely counts

Renaissance2K wrote:

Ah, interesting. Yeah, I'm playing the original old school one, on a CD.

What happens in the remake after Abe

Frank wrote:

Thank goodness! I don't know if I can handle going back and rescuing every Mudokon in the factory.

There were numerous times in this game where I had to figure out alternative strategies, because the controls sometimes weren't split second responsive. Perhaps it's only like this in the 1997 PC version, I don't know. I'm pretty sure I solved some of the puzzles in a completely atypical manner. The way I was going about some of them did not make sense, but I was determined to try to get to the end of this game.

Thanks @Frank

This will continue in January

20 Questions for January can begin a couple days early as well!

I miss that 20 questions thread I did earlier this month... Oh well, let the questioning begin!

Are there goblins in it?

@Kommie Interesting thing about that goblin question, it's quite specific, but even if it were to get a yes, that still wouldn't be a total giveaway.

Though it would be cool if something so specific got a yes.

Kommie wrote:
1. No

You and your damn Goblins!

Is the main character Italian?

nonamesleft wrote:

2. Yes

Is his name Mario?

BloodPuppetX wrote:

3. Yes!

But which Mario game out of the 5 billion? That's the question.

Is it playable on Switch?

It's Mario Clash on Virtual Boy

Is it Mario is Missing?

Frank wrote:

I've figured it out.

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Edit: Never mind. First hint was "No goblins."

Is it Mario Galaxy? I need a reason to play it on the Switch.

Is this Mario game a 2D platformer?

It could be Mario Andretti hes Italian but not Mario Lemieux hes Canadian

Frank wrote:

Didn't expect that. But that does narrow it down considerably.

BloodPuppetX wrote:
4. No

PizzaTheHutt wrote:
5. No. I wanted to pick this last year actually, but since the only way to play is an actual VB (or emu) I figured it's too niche.

Kommie wrote:
6. No. What a horrible game.

Renaissance2K wrote:



SwiftJAB wrote:
7. Yes!

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I will also be playing this on Switch. Played 64 and Sunshine this year, saved Galaxy for January

Hmm, been a while since I played Galaxy... It was a lot of fun, so might play again next month.

I was going to start Super Mario Sunshine in January, but I guess I can change it to Super Mario Galaxy instead (via Super Mario 3D All-Stars). I'm interested to see how it plays with a Pro Controller when it clearly wasn't designed for that originally. I'm really hoping this aged better than Super Mario 64 did because playing through that felt like a chore at times.

I like how you said it wasn't playable on Switch and then said you would be playing it on Switch! Lol...but yeah, this will be a good opportunity for me to finally play through the whole game.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Same. I think I'm going to be stubborn and play it on the Wii, though.

Renaissance2K wrote:

How dare you insult Goblins like that!

BloodPuppetX wrote:

Oh wow, that's totally my bad. I don't know why I answered no for that. Maybe I originally read it as exclusive to the Switch. Sorry about that

Cool, this might push me to finally get the Switch port.

Best1989 wrote:

From what I've heard, Galaxy is the only game actually running natively on Switch. 64 and Sunshine are essentially just emulated.

I went ahead and updated the main post to reflect next month.

Also, I have an announcement to make soon. I think those who like badge collecting will like this new addition coming in 2021.

I started playing a couple hours ago, it's as fun as I remembered it being. I started out using the Pro Controller but switched over to the Joy-Cons after a bit and I think that's what I'll be using for the rest of the playthrough.

Isn't this one of the few games where you have to use the abortion controllers that are the JoyCons?

Sorry, that's the Mario Hat Game, not this.

Kommie wrote:

I started it with a Pro controller.

Frank wrote:

Yeah, the Mario Hat Game requires JoyCons, I think. Not this

Kommie wrote:

Mario hat? You mean Odyssey? That can also be played with a Pro Controller.