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[AwesomeAussie27]

I have to mention this, but Happy Birthday to Wario Bros. and AwesomeAussie27 ! Hope your birthdays have been equally fun and entertaining!

Thanks Yellowlord.

I'm already showered with enough messages from the Serna Kagura community, even from people I rarely talk too.

Definitely liked Nugget calling me a "yaoi loving ****". It's funny because it's true.

 

[A Distant Demon]

Dwayne Johnson is the man with the plan.

No, THE Brian Kendrick is the man with a plan

Dwayne Johnson is the people's champion

it's WWE just roll with it

 

[ChikoLad]

Dwayne Johnson is the people's champion

That explains why he was cast as Maui.

 

[Aetheri]

Still haven't gotten around to watching Moana...

There's also that other movie that I can't remember the name of, the one with a bunch of characters that represent human emotions...

 

[ChikoLad]

Still haven't gotten around to watching Moana...

There's also that other movie that I can't remember the name of, the one with a bunch of characters that represent human emotions...

That one is Inside Out. Haven't seen it myself either.

 

[Deleted member]

I give birthday wishes to Wario Bros. and Aussie as well.

But since those kind of posts are not technically allowed, I'll add some substance.

Switch needs a WarioWare game. 1, 2, Switch! should have been one.

 

[m1a2d3i4n5]

I just wanna play some smash with someone ://

 

[ChikoLad]

I just wanna play some smash with someone ://

There's an online link-up thread for Smash Wii U and 3DS, assuming those are the games you want to play. People here might also be willing, but you're more likely to find someone in the below threads since they are dedicated to matchmaking.

Wii U:
https://smashboards.com/threads/the-nnid-sharing-thread-find-opponents-here.356271/

3DS:
https://smashboards.com/threads/the-3ds-friend-code-sharing-thread-find-opponents-here.340319/

Also, if you're looking for players of a specific character you want to practice against, you can try asking in the boards for those characters through their social threads. They might also have matchmaking threads, and most of them have Discord groups you could join to constantly have players you can talk to and play against.

 

[lady_sky skipper]

Hey lady_sky skipper , I think this poll is for you since you seem to love Pilotwings alot. Other fans can feel free to do this while I'm ****posting.

Shirley, Big Al, Tony, and the Golden Pilot are your choices. Oh and Lark had won.

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Back to my birthday duties at hand: ****posting.

I joined up on Twitter but I wasn't able to vote, is it okay if I give an 'absentee' vote to Tony? Also I'm glad Lark won, (But then again just about all of the Pilotwings 64 characters are cool.)

Yep, I love the Pilotwings characters as much as Tortilla Noggin loves King Dedede.

 

[IceBreakerXY]

No, THE Brian Kendrick is the man with a plan

Dwayne Johnson is the people's champion

it's WWE just roll with it

He's a man plannnnnnnn
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Ah nintenzone,long time no see

 

[lady_sky skipper]

Also acts more like a Looney Toon/Tom & Jerry-like animal cartoon character.

I don't think that matters to PETA as they once asked the Pet Shop Boys to change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys. Also, Pokemon is pretty cartoony yet they protested against it.

 

[ChikoLad]

Any chance of me taking PETA seriously went out the window once I found out that they once started a porn site starring vegans as part of their movements, as a way of saying "if you stop eating meat, you can be a sexy pornstar like these hot girls if you're a woman, and you can attract hot girls like these if you're a vegan guy!".

Learned that while researching for an essay I had to put together for my course that I'm doing right now.

 

[m1a2d3i4n5]

There's an online link-up thread for Smash Wii U and 3DS, assuming those are the games you want to play. People here might also be willing, but you're more likely to find someone in the below threads since they are dedicated to matchmaking.

Wii U:
https://smashboards.com/threads/the-nnid-sharing-thread-find-opponents-here.356271/

3DS:
https://smashboards.com/threads/the-3ds-friend-code-sharing-thread-find-opponents-here.340319/

Also, if you're looking for players of a specific character you want to practice against, you can try asking in the boards for those characters through their social threads. They might also have matchmaking threads, and most of them have Discord groups you could join to constantly have players you can talk to and play against.

thanks!!!

 

[Bestmand902]

I mean, Squeak Squad had already proven that.

Then there's his "lovely" appearance in There Will Be Brawl.

Legit always hated things that make Kirby pointlessly dark like TWBB. It's just overdone and unfunny, and seriously **** TWBB for a MULTITUDE of reasons.

Woah...Sorry that was a bit ranty ^^;, There Will Be Brawl just makes me rant XD

 

[A Distant Demon]

The Bolivian Zebras segment is the best segment John Oliver has had for Last Week Tonight. Maybe not, but it is the hardest i've laughed in a while. Good show/10

 

[ChikoLad]

Legit always hated things that make Kirby pointlessly dark like TWBB. It's just overdone and unfunny, and seriously **** TWBB for a MULTITUDE of reasons.

Preach.

In general, I'm not a huge fan of shoehorning needlessly dark/twisted elements onto charming characters and their worlds. It's part of why I hate stuff like Death Battle - it's needlessly violent and most of the scenarios aren't remotely realistic (regardless of who wins). Defeats the purpose of even using those characters to begin with IMO. I'm especially not a fan of shoehorning female characters (it rarely happens with male characters by comparison) into degrading situations (like vore and what not) just for a twisted fetish, especially when it's a character that's known to be powerful and not take anyone's crap.

Kirby DOES have some dark/twisted themes, much like other family friendly Nintendo games and similar properties, but people can over do it in fan works. Sometimes it's even overdone in the official games. Like for example, I always thought Wario was portrayed in too dark a way in Brawl's Subspace Emissary. He's not evil, he's supposed to be a silly anti-hero who just loves money, but even he has restraint, morals and dignity as we've seen in many other games, and that's always made him one of the more interesting Nintendo characters. IMO, Wario shouldn't have been affiliated with Tabuu, he should have been just sort of wandering the world looking for treasure and got into a fight with one of the other characters over that.

I haven't watched TWBB for that reason, just seems like it's too far removed from the source material.

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

The unthinkable happened. Professor Kawashima lost to a Nintendog. A freaking Nintendog! BluePIkmin would be disappointed if he were still here. Something tells me most of these votes happened just to spite PETA or they would care less about beating fictional puppies in Smash.

Anyways, we got a couple more DS protagonists heading out way, some from Japan-only franchises too. Your choices are the Ouendan Cheer Squad, the Elite Beat Agents (tagging A Distant Demon again), Warrior Mech Gauss from Chosuju Mech MG, and Big Brain Academy's Dr. Lobe. This one's going to be pretty one sided since we all love a certain black wearing trio.

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By the way, I can't believe I sat through watching American Werewolf in London with my family and others I love that movie and realize it has flaws, but it's kind of embarassing. Especially with how poorly it aged.

I joined up on Twitter but I wasn't able to vote, is it okay if I give an 'absentee' vote to Tony? Also I'm glad Lark won, (But then again just about all of the Pilotwings 64 characters are cool.)

Yep, I love the Pilotwings characters as much as Tortilla Noggin loves King Dedede.

Yep. Even though he'd be tied with everyone else. I've handpicked Shirley as the winner of that one because she was unique.

And yes, I knowhow much you love Pilotwings.

 

[A Distant Demon]

the Elite Beat Agents (tagging A Distant Demon again),

To anyone not knowing about the Elite Beat agents, they are from a series where they used the power of singing and dancing to help an ex-baseball pro fight a giant fire golem in the middle of a theme park.


All to the sound of

In case you think i'm a liar

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

The unthinkable happened. Professor Kawashima lost to a Nintendog. A freaking Nintendog! BluePIkmin would be disappointed if he were still here. Something tells me most of these votes happened just to spite PETA or they would care less about beating fictional puppies in Smash.

The main reason why that happened is because people have **** taste.

Come on, who would want to play as a mere puppy you would find guilt knocking around compared to a maniacal Japanese professor Andross that fights with the power of math and turns into a demon at will?

 

[ChikoLad]

Anyone remember that time Shaggy from Scooby-Doo became the most powerful anime character?

Me neither but I wish this one was out when I was a kid.

No seriously none of this is edited.

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[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

It's literally been over a year since I last visited the social thread, and Smashboards.

Doubt any of my old pals here remember me, but how's everyone been?

Who can forget you?

I've been good. Took 3 out of 4 matches today with an edited Yugioh deck. Every single match was best 2 out of 2 as well.

Oh boy. Well..

Welcome to the forums. I'm one of the Nintenzone Moderators.

Please check out the rules before you delve too much into conversation. You may notice I put my foot down on spam more than most, but that's just part of the job. Try to have fun too. Zebei covered everything else worth saying~

 

[Robertman2]

To anyone not knowing about the Elite Beat agents, they are from a series where they used the power of singing and dancing to help an ex-baseball pro fight a giant fire golem in the middle of a theme park.


All to the sound of

In case you think i'm a liar

The last level with You're the Inspiration was better. Brings me to tears everytime.

Also has the best SiIvagunner rip

 

[A Distant Demon]

The last level with You're the Inspiration was better. Brings me to tears everytime.

Pretty sure that isn't the last level


ALSO WE DON'T TALK ABOUT A CHRISTMAS GIFT. THE AVERAGE HUMAN EMOTIONS CAN'T HANDLE IT.

SERIOUSLY WHY DID SUCH A WACKY GAME NEED TO HAVE FEELS

 

[lady_sky skipper]

The unthinkable happened. Professor Kawashima lost to a Nintendog. A freaking Nintendog! BluePIkmin would be disappointed if he were still here. Something tells me most of these votes happened just to spite PETA or they would care less about beating fictional puppies in Smash.

Anyways, we got a couple more DS protagonists heading out way, some from Japan-only franchises too. Your choices are the Ouendan Cheer Squad, the Elite Beat Agents (tagging A Distant Demon again), Warrior Mech Gauss from Chosuju Mech MG, and Big Brain Academy's Dr. Lobe. This one's going to be pretty one sided since we all love a certain black wearing trio.

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By the way, I can't believe I sat through watching American Werewolf in London with my family and others I love that movie and realize it has flaws, but it's kind of embarassing. Especially with how poorly it aged.




Yep. Even though he'd be tied with everyone else. I've handpicked Shirley as the winner of that one because she was unique.

And yes, I knowhow much you love Pilotwings.

I've noticed that Shirley has become somewhat popular with people who played the SNES Pilotwings, only second to Big Al. Maybe it's because she's the only woman in the cast?

 

[Coricus]

Legit always hated things that make Kirby pointlessly dark like TWBB. It's just overdone and unfunny, and seriously **** TWBB for a MULTITUDE of reasons.

Woah...Sorry that was a bit ranty ^^;, There Will Be Brawl just makes me rant XD

I haven't seen much of it, but from the TV Tropes page it definitely does seem like it's trying a bit hard to be edgy.

I tend to like the interpretations the original companies have of characters better than most fan work or even at times licensed characterizations in general because people outside of companies tend to go "Hm, how can I make this more serious?" and then start fiddling with things that were fine in favor of less enjoyable new personalities. TWBB was supposed to be funny by being serious, but I don't really get humor out of the mere concept of something being different, so that leaves me to judge it seriously.

Nintendo games are plenty dark already, if you want to make something dark then it'd be an easier matter to bring that to the forefront than to make a seedy world in an AU. The key with most Smash Bros universes is that we don't see crime as much because there are far, far worse things going on, and even then Xenoblade has quite the long sidequest chain dedicated to criminal activity ANYWAY.

Smash Bros as a collection of franchises has ten times as much potential for a cosmic horror story or even just a regular horror story than it does for a gritty crime drama. Thereisquiteabitoffodderifyoulook. Just gotta play to it's strengths instead of fitting a square peg in a round hole. Smash isn't a multiverse of pessimism in the face of the mundane, it's a world of optimism in the face of gods driven mad by the nature of their own existence, physical manifestations of evil, endless all-assimilating hive minds and wildly destructive sociopathic manchildren. I mean, why make the heroes awful people when the villains those heroes fight already have that covered?

Just because a world is colorful and funny does not make it any less dangerous. But making it less colorful and funny just kind of sucks the life out of it a bit.

And I'd say I'm bothered when people try to twist Kirby into something else as well. Kirby in particular I think is more fun for being a hero precisely because he DOES do things you wouldn't normally expect a hero to do. There's all these reasons why he could be a horrible monster and yet he's perfectly happy just sleeping and eating cake all the time and being friendly and heroic. Taking that away removes the interesting contrast in favor of overly cynical commentary.

 

[ChikoLad]

Smash Bros as a collection of franchises has ten times as much potential for a cosmic horror story or even just a regular horror story than it does for a gritty crime drama. Thereisquiteabitoffodderifyoulook. Just gotta play to it's strengths instead of fitting a square peg in a round hole. Smash isn't a multiverse of pessimism in the face of the mundane, it's a world of optimism in the face of gods driven mad by the nature of their own existence, physical manifestations of evil, endless all-assimilating hive minds and wildly destructive sociopathic manchildren. I mean, why make the heroes awful people when the villains those heroes fight already have that covered?

No, Smash Bros is literally soulless replicas of characters coming to life to fight for no particular reason other than to prove their strength, and actively has to break official characterisation in some cases to achieve this (though them being replicas subverts them being "out of character"), and these replicas have artificial memories that don't match the original characters. Master Hand/Crazy Hand/The Swarm are contextless beings that are left to be intentionally ambiguous.

This is actually what the official word on it is, Fire Emblem: Fates even references this with it's amiibo functionality.

 

[Coricus]

Anyone remember that time Shaggy from Scooby-Doo became the most powerful anime character?

Me neither but I wish this one was out when I was a kid.

No seriously none of this is edited.

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OK, I really really really need context on that one.

Because even if Scooby Snax had Popeye powers Shaggy is still kind of the nervous type.

Or is he like Pit where he whines about minor things and then shuts up when something actually serious is going on?

No, Smash Bros is literally soulless replicas of characters coming to life to fight for no particular reason other than to prove their strength, and actively has to break official characterisation in some cases to achieve this (though them being replicas subverts them being "out of character"), and these replicas have artificial memories that don't match the original characters. Master Hand/Crazy Hand/The Swarm are contextless beings that are left to be intentionally ambiguous.

This is actually what the official word on it is, Fire Emblem: Fates even references this with it's amiibo functionality.

And that combined with Mario being a stage play was precisely the point that I stopped entirely regarding canon in video games. Although the moon simply being turned to where we can't see it blown up and the Eggman Nega dilemma probably chipped it up first.

It's more fun to imagine the actual characters interacting, there's a reason why that makes up the bulk of the fanfic and not the official explanation.

 

[Opossum]

I haven't seen much of it, but from the TV Tropes page it definitely does seem like it's trying a bit hard to be edgy.

I tend to like the interpretations the original companies have of characters better than most fan work or even at times licensed characterizations in general because people outside of companies tend to go "Hm, how can I make this more serious?" and then start fiddling with things that were fine in favor of less enjoyable new personalities. TWBB was supposed to be funny by being serious, but I don't really get humor out of the mere concept of something being different, so that leaves me to judge it seriously.

Nintendo games are plenty dark already, if you want to make something dark then it'd be an easier matter to bring that to the forefront than to make a seedy world in an AU. The key with most Smash Bros universes is that we don't see crime as much because there are far, far worse things going on, and even then Xenoblade has quite the long sidequest chain dedicated to criminal activity ANYWAY.

Smash Bros as a collection of franchises has ten times as much potential for a cosmic horror story or even just a regular horror story than it does for a gritty crime drama. Thereisquiteabitoffodderifyoulook. Just gotta play to it's strengths instead of fitting a square peg in a round hole. Smash isn't a multiverse of pessimism in the face of the mundane, it's a world of optimism in the face of gods driven mad by the nature of their own existence, physical manifestations of evil, endless all-assimilating hive minds and wildly destructive sociopathic manchildren. I mean, why make the heroes awful people when the villains those heroes fight already have that covered?

Just because a world is colorful and funny does not make it any less dangerous. But making it less colorful and funny just kind of sucks the life out of it a bit.

And I'd say I'm bothered when people try to twist Kirby into something else as well. Kirby in particular I think is more fun for being a hero precisely because he DOES do things you wouldn't normally expect a hero to do. There's all these reasons why he could be a horrible monster and yet he's perfectly happy just sleeping and eating cake all the time and being friendly and heroic. Taking that away removes the interesting contrast in favor of overly cynical commentary.

I mean, I always looked at TWBB as "Smash, but for HBO," to which I definitely think they succeeded. I enjoyed it for what it was, and certain things were really great (I mean, look at some of the talent they had on board, like Matthew Mercer and Kyle Hebert...that definitely wouldn't happen nowadays). That and it was funny how they accidentally predicted Wii Fit Trainer.


Honestly I kinda wish it'd get a sequel if only for the fact that Corrin running Dedede's old brothel would be hilarious as a reference to the petting thing. :V

 

[Coricus]

I mean, I always looked at TWBB as "Smash, but for HBO," to which I definitely think they succeeded. I enjoyed it for what it was, and certain things were really great (I mean, look at some of the talent they had on board, like Matthew Mercer and Kyle Hebert...that definitely wouldn't happen nowadays). That and it was funny how they accidentally predicted Wii Fit Trainer.


Honestly I kinda wish it'd get a sequel if only for the fact that Corrin running Dedede's old brothel would be hilarious as a reference to the petting thing. :V

Well of course you like it, it has Chrob in it. :V

I'm not really being all that serious saying that, but it's still funny.

As for me, I'd probably not be the HBO type. That's your Game of Thrones channel, right? I can't really see myself getting into the tone of what I've heard that is either.

 

[Opossum]

OK, I really really really need context on that one.

Because even if Scooby Snax had Popeye powers Shaggy is still kind of the nervous type.

Or is he like Pit where he whines about minor things and then shuts up when something actually serious is going on?


And that combined with Mario being a stage play was precisely the point that I stopped entirely regarding canon in video games. Although the moon simply being turned to where we can't see it blown up and the Eggman Nega dilemma probably chipped it up first.

It's more fun to imagine the actual characters interacting, there's a reason why that makes up the bulk of the fanfic and not the official explanation.

I just say that while Super Mario Bros. 3 was a stage play, it was a stage play based on true events. That way it still happened and doesn't contradict Word of God.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

Has anyone else here been watching Samurai Jack?

Because it's been an outstanding return to the journey so far.

I have, really looking forward to today's episode.

At first I was worried if 10 episodes would be enough to properly end the series, but I'm loving everything about this new season so far.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Speaking of, just finished TWBB myself. It's dark as **** and is possibly the most ****ed up Nintendo-related thing I've seen. The finale was rushed as the Escapist wanted it to release a week before the team intended which gave Matthew Mercer a literal creator breakdown. Though for a low budget series, they had some pretty impressive stuff done. Also, for the first time, I saw good eyeshadow because of it lol

 

[Wario Bros.]

Thanx for the berfday wishes everyone! Got to hang out with a high school buddy and had a nice dinner.

Plus my twin got me a copy of Advance Wars (I have it on Wii U too but a portable copy is no problem for me).

 

[Deleted member]

It's literally been over a year since I last visited the social thread, and Smashboards.

Doubt any of my old pals here remember me, but how's everyone been?

Hey, always good to see an old face come back, and of course I remember you. You're a better president than what we have right now after all
I doubt you remember me though, considering my new and improved username

So apparently there's a new English trailer for Echoes...

Spoiler

...and it's full of a bunch of errors.

Some that have been pointed out:
-Silque is a Sage at one point in the trailer, even though that should be impossible. (Clerics promote to Saints and Sages are male-only)
-Mae uses Excalibur, which she shouldn't be able to learn.
-There's an enemy soldier labeled as part of Alm's Army.

"Alright, we need footage for the trailer! So, let's see, Silque uses magic so she's a mage and those promote to Sages acvording to the wiki, Excalibur looks cool so Mae can have it. Whoops, accidentally changed this hex value, probably nothing big, alright, let's send this to the boss"~The intern tasked with the footage

 

[Arcadenik]

It's more fun to imagine the actual characters interacting, there's a reason why that makes up the bulk of the fanfic and not the official explanation.

I liked it better in Smash 64 and Melee where everything was all in the imagination of a child who is a huge Nintendo fan. It would have been awesome if that child was the one with the NES Zapper.

 

[Erureido]

Before I forget, Happy Birthday Wario Bros. and AwesomeAussie27 ! Hope you both have been spent the day well.

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While I was gone for a few hours, I just remembered another Kirby track that fits the mood of a battle: the President Haltmann battle.

Starts out with minimal instruments, but then it goes temporarily quiet with a few beeps, and then the intense begins right after continues for the rest of the thread.

How it correlates with the battle? I think it capture's Haltmann perfectly. As the battle progresses, Haltmann grows more insane, and he laughs more frequently. The glitched sounds in the theme indicate some kind of corruption, like something is getting messed up, and in a way, Hatlmann gets more "messed up" during the fight as he becomes more insane.

Just some thoughts.

 

[Robertman2]

TWBB was pretty entertaining. I don't mind adult adaptations of kiddie stuff. I'd LOVE an M rated Metroid game. Or a Pokémon game exploring the seedy underbelly of the world

 

[Schnee117]

As for me, I'd probably not be the HBO type. That's your Game of Thrones channel, right? I can't really see myself getting into the tone of what I've heard that is either.

Yeah HBO is Game of Thrones among other things like Westworld.

They're pretty dark and brutal, GoT in particular considering numerous events like the Red Wedding and Battle of the ******** occur.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

Anyone remember that time Shaggy from Scooby-Doo became the most powerful anime character?

Me neither but I wish this one was out when I was a kid.

No seriously none of this is edited.

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You led me into thinking Shaggy actually, like literally became anime.

 

[Coricus]

TWBB was pretty entertaining. I don't mind adult adaptations of kiddie stuff. I'd LOVE an M rated Metroid game. Or a Pokémon game exploring the seedy underbelly of the world

Wasn't that the console Pokemon games or something?

I like the little bits and pieces they feed you in the mainline games. Not enough to make the world bleak and depressing, but enough that you kind of get an idea what's going on and that it's not all sunshine and rainbows.

A kid being kidnapped and raised as a guy's son while only being given abused animals to hang around just so he'd grow up to be a pawn in a world domination attempt.

A guy watching his pet die and deciding to sacrifice dozens of animals to revive it before doing so again to blow up a country in revenge, only for the pet to disown him as a result and for him to spend millennia wandering around alone in regret.

A loving family being torn apart by a father disappearing and a mother getting crazed from eldritch venom before proceeding to become abusive from it and developing a love obsession with the thing that messed up her head.

An eldritch creature eating someone tasked to help lure it out alive. . .

Then you got your Pokedex entries.

It's not all Giovanni and Rockets, but Pokemon gets more messed up every generation and it's fascinating to watch. I think it started noticeably happening around the time that I joined with Cyrus wanting to remake the world without emotions partially because of his childhood, but it was the gen after that really shot through the moon with it and it's kept up ever since.

That said, an M rating would probably suit Metroid pretty well. It's already a T at this point, a little more graphical detail would probably be all it would take to push it over the edge. Not that it's a series I really follow, I prefer something more bright and cheerful that still has a little kick to it. Pretty much the majority of Nintendo's games are that one way or another, so I'm pretty well served.