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So glad this came out now and not 2016.

I've been watching a lot of videos about the SuperMarioLogan drama - it's a fascinating Icarusian cautionary tale of getting too big for your own good, especially when your works deal with such a niche yet potentially controversial subject matter as Mario toys swearing.

The thing that really gets me is that he claims his videos aren't for kids to cover his back, but then has a merch store that sells back to school supplies and kid-sized shirts. He really wants the best of both worlds.

One thing I'm happy about with this Nick hype is that nobody I've seen thinks the IPs delegitimize the game. There's been memes, there's been a bit of joking with the idea of "Mr. Krabs' DI" or "Zuko losing the Plankton matchup", but overall everyone's on the same page that if a game with the Wii Fit Trainer and Duck Hunt Dog can be taken seriously, so can a game with Nigel Thornberry and the Powdered Toast Man.

With the Steam Deck now a thing I don't really have much reason to replace my broken laptop until I start work on my game project. Will certainly be a bit of a hassle to save up for though - £289?

Steven Universe fans when their show about empathy and forgiveness ends with an episode about empathy and forgiveness

Weird, Twitter won't load for me. Is this happening to anyone else? I've been paranoid about parental controls blocking sites for almost a year now.

IMO the ideal future for Smash post-Ultimate is a 10 year or longer hiatus.

Why is deleting others' posts on your profile allowed?

I just put a message on someone's profile explaining that the problem with Smash's FE rep isn't that Nintendo are advertising a game but rather that they're advertising it in an intrusive manner - and they just deleted the post, didn't even respond.

The good of a proper competitive Nickelodeon platfighter:

• The first non-Smash platform fighter with an actual reconisable cast to be designed for competitive play
• A wide variety of characters old and new with unique worlds and abilities to draw from, some of whom have been passed down by generations for decades.
• Funny voice impression and George Lopez at 3AM memes
• A serious fighting game with a cartoon aesthetic, one of the first of its kind.

The bad:

• More terrible jokes about whatever 2000s Nick star has got into a scandal this week.

Just saw someone call Doug Funnie/Quailman the Geno of All-Star Brawl. That's way too spot on.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Nick the first ever platform fighter with official rollback support?

I love the transformation in All-Stars Brawl hype from "haha funny spunch bop" to "cautiously optimistic" to regular old "optimistic".

All-Stars Brawl got a dual wielder in the form of Leonardo before Smash.

Looking at the tenative box art it seems we'll also get:
Ren & Stimpy (duo character?)
Aang(?)
Korra
CatDog

0% ironic All-Star Brawl wishlist

This actually... doesn't look too bad? I mean, I said the same when trailers for Nick Kart Racers came out so I'll probably be proven wrong, but still. If it's cheap it could be a fun way to pass the time regardless of quality.

Every masterpiece

Has its cheap copy

I just got an ad where someone sung "having coloured hair doesn't make you unprofessional" on loop.

I'm very discouraged from having coloured hair now, I've always been going for "unprofessional chique".

I like how the guy/gal/enby (assumedly the prior) who made the original "draw your favourite Nintendo character in this and nothing else" just wanted to get some free pr0nz, but almost everyone who drew it either did an eldritch abomination, a ridiculously ugly character, or a character who's already naked and has no weewee or veevee.

I wonder if the term "Karen" will eventually get so ubiquitous that future generations will look back on Karen in SpongeBob the same way we think of Betty Boop's dog boyfriend being called "Bimbo" today.

This scam website is trying to convince people they actually sell "Chunky Kong Gets Resurrected at Taco Bell"

Hold up... a live action reboot that actually transforms the source material in a fresh new way? Sacrelige!

(don't judge me for having Vail in my recs, his content is trash but he's also literally the only toon 'tuber who consistently posts updates on small happenings)

I've said this many times, but it'd be utterly godlike if the last trailer was a bait-and-switch that makes you think a new FE rep will be in the game before revealing the real fighter is Crash or Waluigi or someone scrimblo-ey like that.

This is absolutely me when I am Hank Hill, the conservative Texan father and propane salesman from King of the Hill (1997 to 2010) and I open my window to see a variety of cartoonishly exaggerated CGI characters based on Newton, the wisecracking salamander with shapeshifting abilities from Ned's Newt (1997 to 1999) which was heavily inspired by Disney and Robin Williams' (1951 to 2014) Genie character as seen in Aladdin (1992); Etno Polino, the straight man to a comic group of 5 aliens in Space Goofs (1997 to 2006), also known as Home to Rent, notable for inspiring the Sega Dreamcast (1998) video game Stupid Invaders (2001) and having a theme song written by famous punk musician Iggy Pop (1947 to present); Igor, the assistant of a mad scientist in the horror-themed anthology series Toonsylvania (1998 to 1999) which was executive produced by Steven Spielberg (1946 to present); and the Silver Surfer, an iconic alien superhero created by Jack Kirby (1917 to 1994) for Marvel who was introduced in the comic strip Fantastic Four (1961 to present) #48 (1966) flying around my back lawn while laughing maniacally to promote a new lineup of television series targeted towards children within a 6 to 13 age range for the the television network Fox Kids (1990 to 2002), causing me to repeatedly express exclamations of disbelief to the point of breathing smog onto the window.

I think the root of "disagreement toxicity" in gaming fandoms is the fear/hope the devs behind the franchise being discussed is watching.

"Yeah, I like lo-fi"
What they think I mean:

What I actually mean:

Just found out Daisy hasn't been confirmed for Mario Party Superstars yet.

Hoo boy, if Daisy misses out on Superstars Nintendo will never hear the end of it, it'll be Mario Kart 7 Waluigi 2.0 (Mario Maker Daisy was Mario Kart 7 Waluigi 1.1)

Every yin...

Must have its yang.


No, unironically though. As long as it isn't a Metroidvania I'd eat up a Zelda platformer.

A moment of silence for all the awesome food licensed games that are held up in not just copyright hell, but also advertising-to-children-regulations hell.

OK, there's actually only just two and one of those actually did get a remake, but my point still - actually, no. It doesn't stand at all.

I know I've criticised the whole "nostalgic character to back up my opinion" meme style before, but this ain't opinion - it's fact. No politic spoiler tag here.

The Virgin Game Dev Tycoon anti-piracy vs. the Chad Just Shapes and Beats anti-piracy

The Terrible TV Shows wiki lists the fact Butch Hartman gatekeeps R34 artists as "fake fans" as a "redeeming quality".

What the hell is wrong with this Wiki's editors and admins?

I keep on seeing comics from the Lonely Roy guy on Google images, laughing at the jokes, then noticing how big and detailed he drew a background character's booba and getting mildly repulsed with myself for 1. liking such a comic, and 2. taking notice of that.

What is it with gamers and taking quotes from individuals, usually out of context and from people with no actual power, and assuming them to represent an entire corporation?

Why does every Smash mod have an ugly-ass vaporwave stage?

If you think game preservation isn't "profitable", just remember: one of the Wii U's killer apps was a direct port of a 90s JRPG with no changes other than fixing seizure lights.