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It's funny how having a giant filesize was considered a selling point for games in the 16-bit era, but is now considered a blight and sometimes even a dealbreaker.

Finding out that Robert Rodriguez directed Alita: Battle Angel is the least surprising surprise I've had in my life. I don't think anyone else in Hollywood would've earnestly considered making a live action manga adaptation with CGI anime eyes.

Pibby, if it did become real, would've been a production nightmare - IIRC the OK KO guys had to go to every individual cartoon creator for approval for their crossover, and most of those characters were just statues. Like, imagine the process of:

1. Find a willing consultant who worked on a series
2. Find as many model sheets, background graphics, and reference materials as possible
3. Research the show's history to make sure there's no associated real-world tragedies or character inspirations you could step on the toes of as a horror show
4. Learn the individual animation styles and their quirks
5. Watch as much of the show as you can to sort out the character personalities
6. Apply those character personalities to a situation and tone they were not created to exist in
7. Figure out a way to market this episode without drawing the attention of their original target demographic
8. Do this EVERY WEEK.

And that's just for the recent-memory Cartoon Network/Adult Swum stuff. It gets even more complicated once you dip into stuff like Scooby, Tom & Jerry, and Flintstones that likely have strict brand guidelines and very few living original staff members, and then you take into account that some shows have higher budgets than others, (It's gonna be harder to replicate the animation and sound quality of Spielberg-funded Animaniacs than something like Billy & Mandy) that some creators may get cold feet at the last second, requiring a potentially crucial episode to be scrapped, making sure action characters' powers are consistent and not down/overplayed, and - probably the biggest issue and honestly the thing I think probably got Pibby off the menu - potentially pissing off OG fans who wanted a proper revival. Velma pissed OG fans off, PPG pissed OG fans off, Ben 10 pissed OG fans off, Thundercats Roar pissed OG fans off, even well-recieved reboots like Animaniacs and Jellystone pissed OG fans off, and none of those turned the beloved characters into suffering zombies begging to be mercy-killed. Imagine if the outcome after all the fan campaigning for Galactic Kids Next Door was a Pibby crossover.

I think I watched too many angry reviewers as a kid because whenever I think of the abstract concept of "fog", even in the sense of a simile like "foggy memory", I immediately think of South Park for PS1.

i cant believe fido dido, chester cheetah, and bill clinton's cat socks sacrificed their lives to end the confederacy

Hot take: Regardless of if discourse toxicity has increased or decreased or if it will have a positive effect on Smash itself in practice, I actually think COGH has been a positive on the actual characters being discussed in Smash speculation, Smash wishlists are way more diverse now than they were in the 3DS/Wii U days.

imagine if they did smash characters like the minecraft mob vote

I think that people younger than me (since I'm basically at the bare minimum age to have experienced and remembered its mainstream popularity) might think the Y2K aesthetic was just a niche thing that only existed on failed Apple products and Japan-exclusive Dreamcast games, but no - it was everywhere: supermarkets, insurance, movie review shows, educational websites, local ma & pa shops, government-funded TV channels, everyone was rocking the futuristic look in some form regardless of target demographic or futuristic-ness - it's incredible and unfortunate how it just all kinda disappeared.

I'm not ragging on the aesthetic guys for hyper-fixating on bubblegum pop music videos instead of laundry powder commercials mind you, I moreso just find it amusing how someone without proper context could mistake it for being much smaller than it was.

Today is the 2nd anniversary of peak.


Something else too probably. Might have something to do with "Doug".

I do wonder if Nintendo's historically lackluster 3rd party support (especially on the N64 and GCN, which was when most vocal Smash fans grew up) is what leads people to think Cloud and Snake are "Sony reps".

why does he recite wikipedia

Some of the crap Reggie's "epic wholesome reputation" has managed to outlive is insane to me. I guess I can understand Reggie's apathetic comments on unions being seen as "good enough" and the death threats being interpreted as "lighthearted banter" (even though neither are true), but the play-to-earn NFT stuff?? That's probably the least damning post-retirement Reggie cringe moment, but it certainly has the least plausible deniability as well.

I find it funny how cartoon characters can completely dominate the mindshare of an entire animal species. Pika(chu) and Wolverine are the funniest examples IMO, because the prior probably wasn't intentional and the latter isn't even a wolverine.

unironically the best leitmotif use in any game ost i know of.

Declaration of war.

hmm yes what a great dessert i sure hope a disgraced 80s sitcom star doesn't say anything racist and victim-blame-y about it

Bowser Monument >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Dry Bowser

Stair Wars in Dynamite Headdy the watertower rescue stage in the SNES version of Animaniacs
Needlessly long and claustrophobic vertical scrolling stages

imagine if, instead of mickey steering the boat, the disney animation logo had mickey swinging the cat

That Winnie the Pooh eldritch abomination game actually looks like it has a really cool gameplay idea, despite the overdone subject matter.

I don't know what "Star Trek's Man Dress" is and why we "weren't ready for it", but god damn am I gonna watch that 15-minute long video.

People who complain about AI - especially AI memes - tend to be so pretentious and wannabe-Socrates with their wording.

This is simultaniously the major fake leak with the most effort and least believablity. I can't believe I fell for this back in the day, but also can't believe it's fake at the same time, if that makes sense.

those damn wokies, cutting off their kids' natural god-given appendixes, tonsils, and umbilical cords. mutilation, i tell you! mutilation!

Screw it, here's the jobs I would've done if I had gone through with my clone Smash Infinite thread. Not ordered

1. Submit a modern character (1P)
2. Submit a stance fighter (3P or 1P)
3. Submit a mobile game character (3P)
4. Submit a villain over their protag (3P or 1P)
5. Submit a character without any Nintendo appearances (3P)
6. Submit a cross-series echo (3P or 1P)
7. Submit a retro character (1P)
8. Submit a retro character (3P)
9. Submit a female echo of a male character (3P or 1P)
10. Submit a villain as a second rep for a series (3P)
11. Submit a variant character (1P) (Can be an echo or unique)
12. Submit an anthropomorphic character (1P or 3P)
13. Submit a Sonic character (3P)
14. Submit a legendary Pokemon (1P)
15. Create an OC Pokemon (1P)
16. Submit a Zelda character (1P)
17. Submit a traditional fighting game character (3P)
18. Submit an obvious echo (1P or 3P)
19. Submit a hybrid echo like Chrom (1P or 3P)
20. Submit an indie character (3P)
21. Submit a true meme character (1P or 3P)
22. Submit a long-standing fan request (1P)
23. Submit a POC and/or LGBTQ+ character (1P or 3P)
24. Submit a second newcomer from a newly added series (1P or 3P)
25. Submit a Sony, Microsoft, or Valve character (3P)

rayman after being evaporated into cloud vapor, getting cryogenically frozen in ice in front of a live audience, and sneezing during a photoshoot.

"If only there were no Mii Costumes, then all those great characters would have more major roles..."
OK.

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i felt like listening to this song today, but then discord went offline and it was not a reassuring listen

discord is down so i'm looking fruitlessly for an old interview i vaguely remember reading where mike pollock said he was mildly uncomfortable with the swearing in shadow the hedgehog

So, has there ever been an official reason for Pokemon LeafGreen not being localized as Pokemon WaterBlue?

i had a dream where i had human-sized pet turtles. they were harmless, but also terrifying.

I just learned that, in Mappy, you don't have to collect the last 2 balloons on the bonus rounds and Goro will just pop them for you when you hit the big balloon? WHAT??????? This is my "you can control the duck in Duck Hunt moment", I've been playing this game since I was a kid and never knew that.

Discord notif fix: Go on the Nitro ad page and click on the middle panel of their advent calendar.