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Renaissance2K wrote:
Yessir. Those who want to play the original can get a 16-day head start.

That said, the original was only about 5 hours long, so I'm just going to wait for the remake myself.

Excellent choice! I'll be playing this one on my work breaks.

Not in the NSO GBA library 😞 I guess I'll be doing a makeup one this month. I've been meaning to play Stray or I might also finally beat Borderlands.

Just finished the first two worlds. This game is quite fun! I've had to replay a few of the levels to earn a high enough score for a star, which is based on time. About halfway through the second level, the difficulty started to increase some. I'm sure It's going to get more difficult as I progress, so I won't be burning through the rest of the game as fast as I did the first two worlds.

Like Citizen Zane, I too just finished the first 2 worlds and similarly I did replay just 1 stage in world 1 to get the star and I think I ended up with like 8 or 9 as after that I didn't bother. In world 2 I did sense the difficulty spike a little as well, but some of that was from meh controls on the ropes and me pushing a little too much as I got a hair frustrated at times - typical for me and a Mario title. I think I only got like 2 stars in the 2nd world and a few I didn't even get all of the 3 presents. So it's hit or miss, but it is fast and I think I'll stick with it and knock it out and clearly not focus on getting all of the stars and just target completing all 6 worlds.

Just did world 3 and yeah the difficulty and controls started to get worse IMO. Took me likely as long to beat w3 as it did w1&2 combined. But oddly enough I got stars on all but the first 2 stages so <shrug>
Will stick with this and might look at doing just half a world per session to avoid too much annoyance.

1 and 2 were a breeze. 3 is when things started to get real. I really struggled with 4 and am starting to worry about my stockpile of lives.

It's fun, though.

Got another session in, beat world 4 now. First 4 stages weren't too bad so I just kept going. Ended up with just 2 or 3 stars and I think 2 levels where I didn't get all the presents as I have enough lives to not care too much. Then I got stumped in the toy box level and had to look up a solution - sad, but I'm fighting a head cold so I'm a little foggy.

Another session, world 5 sucks so far, only could tolerate 3 stages before my frustration/annoyance boiled over and I took a break.

Another session down, world 5 is done and the toybox and DK fight stunk - nearly ran out of time in the toybox but still got a star, so they simply don't give you much time. Then took several tries to get a good understanding on where to stand to avoid damage and managed to beat DK w/o getting hit. Got 6/8 stars in this world which feels absurd b/c I'm not great at this, but I've tried to collect all 3 packages most times and as long as I grasp what progress path they expect, I can get most stages fast enough.

I've just finished level 4-3. There's no way I'm getting a gold star on this one. I'm gonna give up on trying to get those.

Thankfully that's over with, proof in spoiler tags below.
To zero surprise, world 6 got even worse... and then the final showdown was a bit unexpected at first, but you only get 1 hit which stinks, I ended with lots of lives but I likely used them all by using save states. The final toybox wasn't too bad, but either my d-pad up was already bad or it's now toast as you need that a bit in the final world for swinging on tightropes or throwing things up to the next level and mine seemed sporadic at best. Might have to retire that controller, at least for older games that rely on it more.

I'm going for a make up badge this month. Last night I finally started up the Resident Evil 4 remake on PSVR2. So far so good. I've beaten the flat version back in 2005 on GameCube and then around a decade later on Steam. Now playing it almost a decade later again, but in VR, it feels like a totally new game because I barely remember any of what I've played through so far. I look forward to that minecart section in VR coming up later on.

@Frank - I just noticed that a Secret Santa badge can be obtainted if somone "Participate(s) in at least one GameTZ Secret Santa or High Roller Gift Exchange." It looks as though I did way back in 2013. Check our trade history and gimmie dat badge!

citizen_zane wrote:
haha well played sir. I STILL have that same CAH deck in my small curation of card games

@PizzaTheHutt also earned a gold badge a while back, but never claimed it. I went ahead and granted it.

@SwiftJAB Is one badge away from claiming that sweet sweet image

And I'm going to get it! I'm just a few quests away from finishing Borderlands.

Finally figured out the fool-proof way of transitioning to a moving rope without falling half the time. Really wish I had known this thirty levels ago.

Oh well. Almost there...

Renaissance2K wrote:

That mechanic was easily the worst in the whole game IMO. I fell off SO MANY TIMES from those ropes. Hitting Mario's head too when jumping from them from being too high up was also BS. But I think my X1 controller's dPad up was also flaky which didn't help and possibly L/R wasn't great either.

Slickriven wrote:

That too. Between jumping and just pressing a horizontal, I could never remember which would fall straight down and which would fall diagonally.

Resident Evil 4 in VR has been pretty amazing so far. I don't want it to end.

I'm planning to start the Switch version tonight.

I'll likely have it available for sale/trade when I finish if anyone thinks they'd want to play the new version. My original GBA cart is enough for me

Finished the GBA original earlier today. The final boss was maddening, but I sent the stoopid monkey packing.

Please ignore the obvious date mistake. I swear I didn't beat this ten years ago.

And just like that, I started the Switch version minutes later. I considered starting MvDK 2 on the DS, but I prefer the hop-and-bop stylings of the original to the Lemmings-esque gameplay of the sequels (I played through the DSiWare entry shortly after that shop opened up), so that one won out.

Renaissance2K wrote:
lol like the Analog Pocket even existed 10 years ago.

If you haven't played the Donkey Kong GB port from 94, definitely go play that. Mario VS Donkey Kong is 100% its spiritual successor.

I started DK '94 way back in the day, and yeah, I need to pick it up again at some point. It rocked.

The Switch re-release is way easier than the GBA original. All you need to earn a star is to get all three presents, the monkeys with the hanging tails pause when the reach the end of their route, and I'm pretty sure they changed how fall damage works because I haven't been able to stun Mario with a fall yet.

I'm stuck on 6-3. This one seems like it would be fairly simple, but I'm missing something. I've gotta figure out the timing on when the hit the red and blue switches.

Yeah 6-3 was a little annoying for me as well, got to get those robots into the right spots and hit the switches at the right time. Annoyingly I found that if the robot was over the red divider it was a little hit or miss as to if they'd get turned around or just keep passing through.

6-3 was rough. I looking forward to seeing if it's any easier on the Switch with the more forgiving mechanics all around.

The two new worlds are interesting. The first is a breeze, but I slipped up quite a bit on the second.

Ha.

I started the Switch version last night. Made it through world 3 or 4. Game is a breeze so far.

I finally had to cave in and watch a YouTube video on how to complete 6-3.

I never thought to...

And... that's it for the Switch version.

It's more than just a nice coat of paint. They made a lot of subtle tweaks to the mechanics and physics. I finally managed to stun Mario with a big drop, but it's a lot tougher to do so and doesn't cause him to lose a life. I also noticed that the strategy that finally got me through Stage 5-2 in the GBA version - Stage 7-2 in this version - flat out doesn't work on the Switch, either because of physics changes or slight layout changes.

It made for a breezier experience, which I appreciated. The game certainly can't stand toe to toe with flagship Mario titles, but it's a yummy snack and a worthy remaster. It's also a trip to see Donkey Kong as a villain again.

Taking the advice from earlier in the thread, I'm moving on to Donkey Kong '94. I actually started the Virtual Console version on 3DS way back when that first dropped and made a decent amount of progress, but Loopy has my 3DS at the moment, so I'm going to start from scratch and hopefully duplicate the progress.

citizen_zane wrote:

I think I did too, but I do recall they showed that in the pre-level hint screen if you didn't skip that. I likely didn't pay attention properly myself, oh well.

For February, I finished up Borderlands. I was playing this with my brothers on PC. Let me tell you, the network code on this is terrible. So much lag, people jumping around, and shots only landing like 60% of the time. I'm glad to be done with that. Overall it was pretty fun and there were some funny dialog spots throughout the game.

I went for a make up badge this month and played through Resident Evil 4. I didn't get to take a proper photo because I still had the headset on (played it via PSVR2) so I hope this screenshot is good enough and the trophy would be in my PSN profile as further proof.

lol @ such a high number of saves. I'd make adjustments to my inventory, then save. Then realize I should organize it better, so I'd save again after that. I was probably 3/4 through the game when I realized there was a button that would auto-sort everything for me. Also I'd save after beating a chapter, then not long after the next chapter begins there'd be another merchant and typewriter, so of course I'd save again, buy stuff from the merchant, save again, and then continue on my way.

I beat the Switch version:

https://twitter.com/fabledlife40/status/1761500978...

I'll try the plus levels as well.

Since we already have a Secret Santa badge, why not a Secret Satan badge?

@Frank only 4 days left in February! Do you know what we're playing for March? I'm going on vacation and deciding on what I'll try to fit in during down periods.

Finished it.


Overall, I thought it was pretty good. The final battle with DK was a joke. Actually, of the battles with him were way to easy. Despite that, it was still quite enjoyable to play. I'm glad it was in Game of the Month club.

Finished the GBA version...

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I got the credits, that's enough for me for now! Not ready to go through all the plus worlds.

Should be up to date on badges. Lemme know if I missed something/someone!

citizen_zane wrote:
What do you think @benstylus? If I do it, I'm having fun with the badge

SwiftJAB wrote:

Yep sorry, just decided between some options. Won't be revealing until Friday...unless 20 questions can guess!

Frank wrote:


Doesn't bother me. I don't really go chasing badges but it could be fun for people that want one