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PizzaTheHutt wrote:

Unpopular opinion here but 8 is a far better kart racing game than 8DX.

So really it's only been the last 5ish years.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed is better than either of them.

benstylus wrote:

I know your reasoning was about the extra item making things more chaotic, but in my opinion that's what makes Mario Kart games fun is the chaos. I don't even like returning to pre-MK Wii entries because they're not chaotic enough.
I read today that the online servers for MK8 on Wii U were shut down (also Splatoon), so just for that reason alone I wouldn't consider it the superior game anymore.


Yoshi wrote:

It's pretty damn close. One of the more underrated kart racers, that's for sure. It's a shame the one that released after it was nothing but a turd.

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

I played Splatoon 1 a month ago. When did servers shut down? I don’t see anything about that….

Oh nvm I see….today they shut down 🤣

Due to security vulnerabilities

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

You monster

Honestly I wouldn't mind the two items if they went back to 8 karts. But 2 items with 12 karts and it's less of a test of skill and more of whether you happen to get lucky at the end of lap 3.

I'm on board with some randomness but too much chaos and you may as well just do a coin flip to decide the winner.

So who’s playing Octopath Traveler II? Sorry if I missed it. For those playing, how are you liking it? I just booted it up and it seems a bit daunting at first but I’m sure it’ll be fine. Gonna really dive in once I finish Minish Cap.

It follows pretty much the same structure as the first Octopath. People who didn't like the first probably wouldn't like the sequel either. I'm really enjoying it but loved the original as well.

Is it a text fest like the original?

I own the first and enjoyed what I played of it, but for whatever reason I never continued. I will one day, but it was the vastly improved location visuals of the second that reeled me in this time. The first is gorgeous but the locations I’ve seen from the second look wild, and I love the art style.

@loztdogs There for sure is dialogue in there, but this one is fully voice acted, if that changes anything. I forget if the first was, I tend to remember just a line or so of voice acting then a bunch of text.

loztdogs wrote:

Again, it's more of the same. Lots of dialogue, but that's true for most JRPGs. At least there's a lot more game play than reading in the Octopath Traveler games.

The first one is probably my favorite Switch game, and so far I’m loving the second, also. Through two chapters with three characters and one chapter with two. Started with Osvald, but Throné is my favorite so far.

Octopath II apparently had a pretty nice steel book as a pre-order from Best Buy. Probably would have ordered it had I known:

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That is a neat metal box… but do steel books come with anything particularly special? In-game or a book or anything? I’ve never really seen the allure of just the same game case in a metal box, even if the art on the box does admittedly look wonderful. I’m probably missing something.

Ah crap, didn't know about the steelbook, woulda prebought it. With all the other games out, I put it on the back burner and was gonna pick it up later. Boo!

theJaw wrote:
If the Metroid Dread steel book is anything to go by, I don't think you're overlooking anything. Just a metal box with nice art (that doesn't mean it isn't worth it though, especially if it comes bundled with the game as a pre-order bonus).

MrBean wrote:
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You called?

Haha

I still have my persona strikers steelbook that I need to sell. I DO have some blu ray steelbooks but I never really care for video game steelbooks, always get rid of them.

Nintendo Life did a '50 years of gaming on Switch' list which really got me thinking how much the system has available on it (especially with all the retro compilations)

https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/feature-50-yea...

I don't agree with all of their choices, but a cool idea nonetheless

TerrHeel wrote:

I started with Throne, but Hikari is probably my favorite character to use. Not surprising since I usually pick the warrior class in games with job options. Regardless, I haven't removed Throne from my party even though I've finished her last chapter and can swap her out now.

I just got to the western continent- I’ll make sure Hikari is my next stop

I haven't played Metroid Prime since I beat it after launch on GC. At the time it was one of my favorite games. Never replayed it due to so many other great games, then Echoes came out and I absolutely hated it... so much so I picked up Prime 3 way after launch and put almost no time into it.

Playing MPRemastered, I'm reliving that first play through all over again. They did such a great job of turning a 2-d franchise who's main focus was exploration into of all things a "first person shooter". This is where I felt Dread fell flat, they took out the exploration that all good Metroidvanias have. With MPR there is a solid foundation for MP4, and the quality of life improvements help remove some previous concerns. I hope Retro has been stewing on great ideas since 3, and 4 is the new Metroid I've been looking for since Prime.

I’ll too I only played Prime 1 at launch on GC and adored it. Glad to see the remaster holds up well. And I only played a little of Echoes also and remember really not digging it as well with the whole dark and light bubble concept and never played Prime 3 but always wanted to. I hope they remaster 2-3 together in a collection before MP4 comes out. That would be pretty cool.

I'd really like to see 3 with modern controls, I don't think anything could get me to finish 2. They can prove me wrong I guess.

Excited to see Fusion getting released. I remember being kind of let down by it largely from the zero suit stuff. Will be interesting to play it again after all these years. Can't wait for zero mission. I remember thinking that was my 3rd favorite Metroid at the time, and going off (faint) memory still is. Will be fun to see how it all shakes out.

KCPenguins wrote:
Zero Mission was actually the first one I played. I didn't play the original and I pushed off Super Metroid for years, and didn't try out Prime. Then I played Zero Mission for one of the game threads on here. Enjoyed it. Then played Dread. Then played Super Metroid a few months ago. I'd say Zero Mission got me into the games.

I'm loving Metroid Prime Remastered. I'm about 80-90% done. I.used to play out once a year, but I've been putting it off for a few years due to the HD release rumors. It feels so fresh because I forgot a lot...I've found myself doing a lot of exploration trying to get 100% of the items.

It's amazing to me how well the graphics hold up after all these years. It really is/was a special game. This has only reinforced it as one of my top 2-3 games of all-time.

bonham2 wrote:


Well it is remastered, but honestly I think the ground layer was well established. Going to 16:9 (with whatever res/fps it's running) and improving the controls was all it needed. Interested to see if the couple of complaints it gets get patched. I'd guess no. Great game, great remaster!

I'm just waiting for the physical reprint of metroid prime remastered. I could play all the games I have now and still not be done by the end of the year. So I can wait.

benstylus wrote:

I don't even think of it as a chaos, I just think newer MK games are more action-packed and fun. I've gone back and played some of the older MK games (MK64 in particular) and they're SO boring. Just long stretches of driving with nothing happening. No thanks. Even with so much more going on in the newer games, the better players are still going to win the majority of the time (but not every single time) and I think that makes it more exciting. One of the best feelings is when you have some bad luck, get knocked around a few times, and still manage to comeback and squeeze out the win. It's nowhere close to a coin flip. Go find some of the top players to play with and let me know how many times you win due to the randomness and chaos.

ErickRPG wrote:
Tell me about it. The gaming backlog just won't quit. And the occasional game just keeps getting added to it, despite my attempts not to add to it 😅

Though I have been pretty good about it last year. Only added a couple of games to the backlog (though one of them, Metroid Dread, I knew I'd be making an exception for. And it's not on the backlog anymore. I opened it and beat it. Was worth it too, imo)

Scott wrote:


Until the CPU realizes you're casually cruising along in first then boosts the AI's speed 10-fold until they pass you. (MK64) I always hated racing in that game, but I loved the battle. Still my favorite battle mode.

On that last sentence, one of the best times I had was 100%ing MKWii. Really felt like I accomplished something there, being able to get the beat all cups at all levels without losing. Took so many tries, but I got there. The blue shells...

KCPenguins wrote:

Yeah I was thinking of multiplayer. The rubberbanding in single player was ridiculous.


Same here. Getting 3-stars on every cup was really challenging.

Scott


I had a coworker wondering how I unlocked everything. I said get good scrub. What I didn't tell him was my true secret, I was single at the time living in an apartment. lol

ErickRPG wrote:

Amazon has it right now. Just ordered it.

BloodPuppetX wrote:


It was never out of print.

Nobody said that it was. It's just been going in and out of stock at the major retailers.

According to this article, Wii U systems can die just from sitting unused for a long enough period of time. I wonder how many of us have a dead Wii U now and don't even know it?
https://exputer.com/news/wii-u-memory-error-long-p...

PizzaTheHutt wrote:

My daughter and I use it for Wii U fit and my family and I have been using it for Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival. We play that once a month to see what's different and to play with all of our AC amiibo. It also stores data on your amiibo, so I've been using Kicks.

What sucks is the gamepad battery doesn't hold as much power as it used to, but it lasts just long enough to get in a session of the Animal Crossing game.

amazon has the metroid prime remastered back in stock. Doesn't ship for a week, but at least you can get it now. I ordered mine.

After starting it multiple times since it’s been out, I FINALLY beat Minish Cap. A masterpiece tbh.