Recent content by Jdaster64

Programming constraints change with the times. Not that space isn't still important, but modern games are heavily limited by the speed at which data can be streamed from a disk. Plenty of games duplicate reusable code or assets across distinct areas in a game to speed this process up (PM:TTYD...

Almost as if there are more things to optimize in games than file size (minimizing the number of batches of assets to load, etc.)! I'm as bummed out as the next guy if SwSh and everything henceforth are truly never going to have the full Dex for competitive / breeding again, but every time I...

She shows up in the final area in WoL, iirc. Also, Guile's sonic boom is absorbable? That would have made that hilariously easy (though the Franklin Badge was already pretty effective).

Any mid-game level theme from Return to Dream Land, anything from 3D World (heck, Hisstocrat's original theme not being in is baffling), everything from Epic Yarn.

Laziness in not wanting to replace the 3DS-exclusive blue ghosts gimmick, I imagine.

Ah, hadn't heard the Yokai Dochuki medley was cut; shame, that had a funky soundfont to it. Not that it matters, given how many bangers it's got to compete with (and that the only stage they appear on's kind of garbage, alas). EDIT: The Galaga medley is of the title theme (beginning), ship...

I figure you of all folks woud think the original title theme was fine, lol. I feel like I see this comment all the time when really, the original track wasn't bad. I'm still holding off on listening to any unrevealed remixes, but I'm glad to know that there were relatively few (unexpected)...

Sounds like Unfounded Revenge from Brawl.

I'll definitely be disappointed (though not surprised) if Other stuff gets relegated to "other" stages. Choosing song loadouts from a stage's series' selection is definitely a step up from the situation in previous games in general (e.g. I hated that Star Wolf (Assault) got stuck on Orbital...

I'm not holding out hope for Checker Knights given it was composed for the anime and there might be rights issues, but I will miss the original Forest/Nature Area if it's not back, now that there's a semi-fitting stage for it in Dream Land GB.

FYI, my friends from Discord think the Color Splash track could be "Island in Violet"; I can't read the title in the video above clearly on mobile but it seems plausible enough.

Very belated and general thoughts: The Direct was more or less exactly what I expected in terms of content focus. Expectations were very much met, in general. Incineroar looks fun enough (and design-wise, the materials, poses, and attitude are great). Classic Mode looks better than ever...

Because hypothetically some folks are decent human beings that wouldn't betray the trust of their sources.

So much conflicting information being thrown out between existing info, the Grinch thing, and now SpawnWave and co. that I don't think anyone can claim "Occam's razor" as a defense for anything. At the end of the day, I'm going to remain highly skeptical on the supposed roster leak in...

This is the sort of thing I'm curious about; I'd like to see in-depth comparisons of the visible portions of the existing characters in all the previous renders, but I don't have the time to pore over it myself. That and a better look at the shadows; the fact that they seem to be more obscured...