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/me Looks at his Zelda OLED switch new in box ....

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NO

Tons of stuff sadly. Some food items, some electronics. Things I regret and the same time don't. Probably my Quest 2. Had tons of usage but sold it. I don't really have regrets on the price paid for it more of the usage I get out of it. For example, my Series X I bought on launch only had 4-5 hours of usage which I sold at cost. Smartwatch but I paid $3 for it had some regrets but nothing major. I really research my more expensive purchases. $500+ and game wise I know what I will like and have avenues to get it cheap.

Does a $5k stock course that I never really used count? I went to this 2day intro to stocks course and really liked it, then they offered this $5k up-sale and I got hooked for whatever reason... It granted 1 year access that I just didn't use. So stupid.

Slickriven wrote:
Considering what the OP posted and you completely regret it in hindsight I don't think it counts still better then me losing $60k.

I once spent $400 on a full size pool table. Was not a smart purchase. We didn't have an ideal space for it. I knew this, but couldn't resist. I had to put it in a small room and as a result only had access to 2/4 of the sides of the table. That did give me plenty of angle shot practice though 😄

It was a fun purchase, but definitely not practical. I then had it in storage for a few years before selling it locally.

I bought a cart only copy of Rendering Ranger from an eBay auction for around $650. Got burned on the currency exchange (learn from my mistake, go thru your bank or credit card co. instead of PayPal!) and it ended up being closer to $700.

I play the crap out of that game and have it in a nice lil display. Have gotten as good as a 2 credit clear, I'll probably do it in one credit eventually.

Was it a stupid purchase? 100% yes. Would I buy it again? 100% yes

I gradually pieced together the Limited Edition copy of Pandora's Tower (Wii). The steelbook case alone was $52 in 2015, and the other pieces weren't much cheaper years later. I even ended up buying multiple copies of the game: one North American to discover I loved the game, one PAL to round out the LE package, and one downloaded on Wii U in hopes that they patched out the infamous Blacklight Barbican glitch (they didn't). I love the game too much to really care how much I ended up spending over the years. If it helps any, every box included in the LE has different art, so you can put all of them side by side and they don't look redundant.

SupremeSarna wrote:
Is the game good? Have you beaten it?

nonamesleft wrote:

It's my third-favorite game of all time, so yes, it's excellent! I've beaten it at least four times, closer to five. Definitely keep a lookout for it at garage sales or on auction sites. You won't regret trying it if you can stomach some monster gore and a tormented, cursed lady. It leaves a real impression on everyone who plays it, even if they don't love it.

SupremeSarna wrote:
The chances of finding it a yard/garage sale? Really slim. I don't know if I've ever found Wii games at a yard sale.

On the super off chance that I find Pandora's Tower at a yard/garage sale, I'll try to send you some cookies from Amazon (that is, if you want cookies).

nonamesleft wrote:
This is about the time when people are moving on from the Wii, so their Wii collections are getting sold off. You likely won't find much more than Wii Play and Mario Galaxy, but you never know. I just recently got five $15-30 Wii games for a total of $15, so anything's possible if you look in the right places.

If you find Pandora's Tower, I'll gladly take a few Keebler fudge stripes. I'm holding you to this promise, matey.
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SupremeSarna wrote:
Ha! Deal. I like how specific you were about which type of cookie. I really hope I find the game at a yard sale, for the humor of actually sending you the cookies.

Went to Bestbuy last Friday and low and behold they had a Zelda Switch in stock. Didn’t need it at all but bought it. It sat there until Sunday while I waited on a screen protector. So I regretted but now I am happy and played it at work yesterday. Played a little bit of ToTK tonight but I am waiting on my Special Edition of the game game to come in to really dig into it. Plus I didn’t want to spoil myself really. Seeing it run at 60fps was nice though.

RVM wrote:
What do you mean you played a bit of the game? You got ahold of it?

I bought the Splatoon 3 Switch Pro Controller with the intention of phasing out the Splatoon 2 controller I’d been using since 2017. But when I got home with the new controller, I instinctively just picked up my Splatoon 2 controller and played Splatoon 3. The new controller is still boxed in my room, waiting for my other controller to become unusable so I’ll actually unbox it.

nonamesleft wrote:

Yea I got ahold of it.

nonamesleft wrote:
It leaked online and people are playing it already.

It runs well with the 60 fps mod. But I am not interested in playing it anywhere but on Switch. I do think that thanks to Monolift Soft I am pretty sure it will at least run as well as XBC3 which is a very good use of the Switch and upscaling technology. Run it at base without mods it looks really good.

ued222 wrote:
I heard that someone had been streaming gameplay of it, but I didn't know that it had actually been leaked and playable.

ued222 wrote:

This always happens with major switch titles, xenoblade 3 comes to mind

Glad to see others had my situation lol haven’t got it in the mail yet, but I’m sure I’ll be happy once it comes lol

nonamesleft wrote:

Yes, it leaked and is available online. I do not condone piracy. I have 2 copies on the way to me. The reason I downloaded it was to test how it ran on my PC and how it ran on my Steam Deck. There is two mods available for it. One is a 30fps mod. Without it the game is locked at 20fps on the emulator. The 2nd mod is a 60fps mod. I tried both. The 60fps mod cause issues with cut scenes and even with my 3090ti the framerate would drop into the 40 fps range from time to time. With the 30 fps mod it was rock solid and looked great. I had it set to docked mode. Which emulates what it would look like running on a Switch. I think this game will be one of the best looking and playing games on the Switch. With the help of newer upscaling tech and good 2nd party studios helping. I have now deleted the rom and if I decided to play on PC later for some reason, I will dump my own copy. Also, I will not post even in PM where I obtained the rom.

RVM wrote:
20 fps? Not the best obviously, but not that terrible, though I'm guessing it would be choppy during combat. And cutscenes would possibly not be great.

Regarding emulation/roms, even if a company put out their rom for free for everyone, I think I'd rather enjoy a game the way the producers/developers intended, meaning on the console it was designed for.

Anyway, Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is just a week away, so not too long of a wait :)

nonamesleft wrote:
Yea, you can get it to 30 or 60 fps with mods and the right hardware but I 100% agree that playing on the hardware it was intended for is the way to go. Also, pirating a game that will be available in a week isn’t a good idea.

So now I’m feeling better about it today, the latest just ended at auction today 281+20 shipping

Joeya2001 wrote:
Trails of Azure?

nonamesleft wrote:

Yes

My journey to starting a new chapter in my life, switching careers into IT, has come to a rocky terrain at the moment... been trying to get even an entry level job so I can get the job experience and grow to my long term goal of working in digital forensics, but so far even the entry level jobs everything I've been applying for has been rejection after the other, most of the time it's because I don't have any actual work experience. So not only myself, but one of my classmates also discussed it, starting to feel a bit regretful that I spent money to go through a one year technical certification course, getting CompTIA certifications in ITF+, A+, Network+, and Security+ as well as successfully completing the course in December while also quitting my job to focus on the education. I've been back at my old job going on almost 4 months now, but it's no better than before I left... even was given a paycut despite having almost 12 years experience, but I had to get another job to pay bills.

Hmm probably my Xbox Series X at launch. I like the console but there simply was not enough content to justify keeping it. It had been sitting unplugged for nearly 6 months.

That's the biggest thing I can think there have been smaller things like RDR 2, God of War (2018) and Horizon Zero Daw not because they are bad but because I paid full price for them and by the time I got around to playing them I could have got them through PS+ or much much cheaper. That was more of a product of how I used to buy and play. I have finished 2 of the 3 l, just need to get off my ass and play RDR 2.