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NintenZone Social Thread: Shovel Knight Amiibo Hype Catastrophe (feat. Swamp)

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Khoru

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mother is, for all intents and purposes, a dragon quest clone in gameplay
what made it distinctive was the storytelling and such (e.g. magicant and giygas) and even then it's not much to write home about compared to 2 and 3
 

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I decided to pick up New LEaf for the first time in over a year and to my suprise it was almost as I'd left it. Does the game not give you interest money after a while? Because I'm sure 0.5% a month would add up to more than what I got.
 
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/24/earthbound-beginnings-review
i can't believe people are getting mad at ign over this
6.5 is probably more than it deserves
dragon quest is a bad, bad game
From the comment section
"Too much grinding? Can we please get someone who is 30 years old or older (mentally, not physically) to re-review this, please?

Games 30 years ago were meant to be a challenge (it was PURPOSELY developed that way,) probably why the US (and people like Petty) never got to play them. It is really sad to see a grown man complain about grinding when that is the main attraction of the game and most 80's-Mid 90's JRPG's.

I guess you have never played Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest, FF II, FFIII, Secret of Mana-Evermore, Illusion of Gaia, Dragon Quest, LUFIA I & 2, and the list goes ON."
Someone should tell him the real reason why games were harder back then :p
Also, lol at Mystic Quest being hard
[input Projared's FFMQ video here]
 
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I decided to pick up New LEaf for the first time in over a year and to my suprise it was almost as I'd left it. Does the game not give you interest money after a while? Because I'm sure 0.5% a month would add up to more than what I got.
I had uninstalled New Leaf from my 3DS because 6000 blocks are too much and I needed to download Shovel Knight.
After sometime, I tried to download it again but wasn't able to and the game had disapeared from my activity history
It's funnier because here in Brazil, games are way more expensive :'^)
 

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I'd say EB is the worst of the three honestly.

It improves next to nothing from the original while having a less interesting story.

They're both a pain to play tho.
 

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Actually, we may give IGN flak for reviews, but Gamespot is easily worse. DKCTF was too hard so it got a 6. Sonic Generations had things from games after Adventure 2, also a 6. Metroid Prime Corruption got flak for it's controls being 'so good it makes the game too easy' and because it wasn't Halo, don't remember the score
 
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This is IGN. Too much water was an actual thing. not to mention the encounter rate is so high that you won't need to grind that much unless you keep skipping battles
Too much grinding is a valid complaint at least, too much water would be the same to say there are too many forest tiles in FE.
You should never make your game require intense grinding, it's just boring and players will probably give up on it due to this.
Grinding will always be present in any RPG(except Mystic Quest lol), but steep level curves should be avoided(*cough*Johto's E4*cough*)
 
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>Grab hitbox comes out fast stays for way too long, spot-doging the thing is impossible
>Also, grab has almost no ending lag and it's a ****ing tether grab
What, Zamus has one of, if not the most, laggiest grabs in the game, and it's a really major flaw of hers (which is why at Evo, Nairo got punished so much when he whiffed his grabs).

The only nerfs Zamus really needs is getting rid of the invincibility on Flip Jump (or giving it more ending lag and some landing lag), and knockback nerfs on Boost Kick and Flip Jump.

I feel like Yoshi needs some extra nerfs
Since day 1 there's been so many people saying Yoshi is some OP top tier, yet 10 months later Yoshi's tournament results are still really lackluster and are not remotely top tier (nor even high tier). Additionally Yoshi has some serious flaws; his grabs are even worse than Zamus', he has one of the worst set of throws in the game, the reach on most of his moves is poor, and his KOing ability is a bit subpar. There's really nothing outrageous about Yoshi, and he has yet to show he's any sort of problem.
 
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Too much grinding is a valid complaint at least, too much water would be the same to say there are too many forest tiles in FE.
You should never make your game require intense grinding, it's just boring and players will probably give up on it due to this.
Grinding will always be present in any RPG(except Mystic Quest lol), but steep level curves should be avoided(*cough*Johto's E4*cough*)
Too much water is a dumb complaint but before the IGN review I don't remember a single person remembering them in a positive manner.

They also complained about HMs which is a very valid complaint as well.
 

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Splatfest is up in Japan and Milk Tea team has white ink.



Nintendo really didnt think this through
Not sure if I should laugh or face palm, maybe both?

Also, I finally saw Pixels.

Maybe because I had such low expectations, but I actually thought it was somewhat okay.
Don't get me wrong, this movie has problems and lots of them, a lot of the jokes are duds, and the story felt a tad rushed, but overall, the action scenes were pretty fun, and there were a couple good jokes. It's not a movie I'd see in theaters, wait until it's available to rent.
 

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IGN gave an Ace Attorney game a 7.2/10 because it was too linear and had too little gameplay


It's a ****ing visual novel


That's all I'm gonna say about how good their reviews are.
 

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http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/07/24/earthbound-beginnings-review
i can't believe people are getting mad at ign over this
6.5 is probably more than it deserves
dragon quest is a bad, bad game
Kind of BS IMO given they gave Final Fantasy (VC) an 8.5. I remember a lot more grinding needing to be done in that game. The quest doesn't even really start until after you spend an hour grinding to Level 7-10.

Personally, aside from the victory theme, I can't remember any music from that game, while I sit at work and hum Being Friends/Pollyana.

IDK Phantasy Star is still the best 8-Bit RPG for me.
 
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Doesn't IGN always give Sonic games bad scores? I remember them giving the Black Knight a terrible score, when its really just a meh game, not to terrible, not to amazing.
 

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Doesn't IGN always give Sonic games bad scores? I remember them giving the Black Knight a terrible score, when its really just a meh game, not to terrible, not to amazing.
They gave the NeoGeo Pocket Colour Sonic game a 10/10. It's the only Sonic game to get that score from them.
 

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Post ones on Hulu or netflix?
Sorry I don't use any of those services, and the content they do offer in Japan is different. If you get a list of Japanese content on them I can tell you what's good.
 

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Kind of BS IMO given they gave Final Fantasy (VC) an 8.5. I remember a lot more grinding needing to be done in that game. The quest doesn't even really start until after you spend an hour grinding to Level 7-10.

Personally, aside from the victory theme, I can't remember any music from that game, while I sit at work and hum Being Friends/Pollyana.

IDK Phantasy Star is still the best 8-Bit RPG for me.
yeah, relative to that it's understandable
also i respect the music and story from it, they're a lot better than most other 8-bit rpgs
 

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As in you secretly hate their guts, everything they stand for, idolize, and more with good reasoning. He once told me wanted the plane I was riding in would explode and kill me. This after I have just buried my mother and only brought on by me complaining about him lackadaisically taking his time to get me and my friend to the airport and worries of being late. (Something he found out threw his kids telling him.)

But you put up with them, you put up with them on Facebook, you are friends with them on Facebook, and when you (rarely) go home, you just kind of ignore them, because there are other members of the family they are connected to that I do have some feelings left for.

But secretly their very existence is just gross to you.

That kind of deal.
Yeah that sounds awful. At least on Facebook you can make their stuff not show up on the newsfeed. I do it with my half sisters stuff as everyone I saw something from her I almost had an aneurysm. She wanted to pull my nephews out of school because of ebola.
 
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yeah, relative to that it's understandable
also i respect the music and story from it, they're a lot better than most other 8-bit rpgs
Pretty much any older RPG you have to grind, so I don't think such games should be judged in a such a manner, or at least this harshly.

6.5 I can understand for Dragon Warrior as it's the JRPG that started it all, but I think that it's obvious just by comparing the two games in the most basic ways, Beginnings has aged a lot better.


It's funny how hard it is to balance RPGs. Too hard and you have to grind forever, too easy and the game plays itself.
 

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Pretty much any older RPG you have to grind, so I don't think such games should be judged in a such a manner, or at least this harshly.

6.5 I can understand for Dragon Warrior as it's the JRPG that started it all, but I think that it's obvious just by comparing the two games in the most basic ways, Beginnings has aged a lot better.


It's funny how hard it is to balance RPGs. Too hard and you have to grind forever, too easy and the game plays itself.
I agree Beginnings has aged a lot better. I was actually suprised at how well it's aged. Sure I've had to grind but it doesn't take long at all to reach a desired level.
It does have some annoying difficulty spikes and the encounter rate is just weird (walk around for ages with no enemies, then face 3 battles in 5 steps) but for an NES RPG, I feel it still holds up.
Dragon Quest on the other hand, I don't think age has been kind to it at all.
 

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I agree Beginnings has aged a lot better. I was actually suprised at how well it's aged. Sure I've had to grind but it doesn't take long at all to reach a desired level.
It does have some annoying difficulty spikes and the encounter rate is just weird (walk around for ages with no enemies, then face 3 battles in 5 steps) but for an NES RPG, I feel it still holds up.
Dragon Quest on the other hand, I don't think age has been kind to it at all.
Yeah the original Dragon Quest is more a time capsule of game design before game design was a thing.
 

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Leak here, new Nintendo Direct info. Post what you want to know and if you get dubs will provide.
Have a Kirby while I wait
When is the direct coming?
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Okay no dubs. The Nintendo Direct will air on August 1st, although no time has been set.

>>302739679
Unfortunately, Iwata is not in it.

Will we hear anything Dragon Quest related?
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Not that I know of..
All the games they are showcasing are hosted by their respective directors. Sakurai, Hashimoto, Erikawa, Miyamoto, etc. The Direct is at least 40 minutes long, could be longer. So far 7 developers and 2 others have freed their schedule to host the Direct. Near the end, they talk about Iwata, his contributions to Nintendo, his goals, how he influenced them, everything.

>>302740513
Aonuma does talk about Zelda, not sure if there is going to be footage or not./QUOTE]
Yabuki talks Mario Kart, he talks about the DLC that was released, how successful it was and his excitement. He "hints" at more DLC.

Sakurai reveals 3 more newcomers, 2 are returning one is 3rd party. August 23rd if you wanted to know the date.

>>302741638
Miyamoto doesn't talk Star Fox, he talks about Project Guard, showing off various modes like challenges.

Hashimoto talks about Star Fox Zero, shows off multiplayer.

Reggie is there, he just mainly talks about Iwata.

Fatal Frame talk with Erikawa

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Taijiri mainly talks about Iwata too.
 

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"A long time ago, in the furthest reaches of the universe, there was a star where there dwelt clever animals who invented knowledge.

It was the single most marvelous and impertinent moment in the history of creation.

But it was only a moment.

After that, the star grew cold, and the animals had to die."

Sad yet?
 

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Right, I never commented about the sad manga thing




Saddest manga :troll:
 

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Uh...we have a problem, gang.

I threw my 3DS at the ground after losing to my friend...the L button jammed. I can flick it up and down but barely. I kissed the 3DS 6 times, so I'm not worried about if I upsetted it-it's okay now-I'm worried about the L button.

How am I to unjam it?
 

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Uh...we have a problem, gang.

I threw my 3DS at the ground after losing to my friend...the L button jammed. I can flick it up and down but barely. I kissed the 3DS 6 times, so I'm not worried about if I upsetted it-it's okay now-I'm worried about the L button.

How am I to unjam it?
Blow the L button in the inside, that usually works for me.
 
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Uh...we have a problem, gang.

I threw my 3DS at the ground after losing to my friend...the L button jammed. I can flick it up and down but barely. I kissed the 3DS 6 times, so I'm not worried about if I upsetted it-it's okay now-I'm worried about the L button.

How am I to unjam it?
Just like in a relationship, if you throw someone on the ground and their loeft side stops working, you're not going to see them for a while
 

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In Homer's Odyssey, the hero, Odysseus, has a dog named Argos. We are told by Homer that Argos would frequently accompany his master on hunting trips and guard the palace of Ithaca when Odysseus was away. Argos was an intensely loyal companion, and it is noted that Odysseus was exceptionally fond of the dog, whom he regarded as a confidant and friend.

When Odysseus departed his home to fight in the Trojan War, Argos remained at the palace. Odysseus bid farewell to his family, and then departed for what would become the longest and most savage war in his culture's history.

After the war ended, Odysseus found himself at the mercy of Poseidon, wrathful god of the ocean, and cast far from his home and family. Odysseus found himself shipwrecked and stranded far from Ithaca. He had spend ten years at war, and the next ten years on an epic journey to return home.

Upon his return, Odysseus was disguised as a beggar by the goddess Athena, in order to not arouse the suspicions of his wife's suitors, whom had taken up residence in his palace and plotted to murder him upon his return. When Odysseus made it to the palace, dressed in peasant's rags, he beheld a most unusual sight: an aged and ragged hound, sat atop a pile of its own filth, more dead than alive and with barely the strength to even breathe. Odysseus realised that this was his faithful dog, Argos, and was moved to tears by the sight.

We are told by Homer that Argos, with a dog's keen nose, saw through Odysseus's disguise and recognised the scent of his beloved master. Argos, for the first time in twenty years, held his ears aloft and wagged his tail.

He then drew his last breath and died.

Sad yet?
 
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