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[Diem]

So I put together a little survey to take note of everyone's timezone/location/availability/games in the interest of organizing game nights or something. So rather than throwing up arenas randomly and hoping for the best, we can coordinate to get the most people and the best experience.

Not sure if that's a good idea or how to properly broadcast it, though.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

Benefit of the doubt, could be what happened there.

That's not what happened. This is what happened.

Vergeben never "saw" 2D Zelda. He was told of it.

Furthermore, he was told of Link's Awakening HD, and knew about it 2 weeks in advance if I recall correctly. At the last second, however, he decided to trust a faulty source which is what led to him saying it wasn't Link's Awakening HD.

The eshop 2d zelda was still talked about but for some reason he decided to say it was that one in the direct.

 

[staindgrey]

That one's coming.

Cuphead's not it though.

;^)

Very big.

You could say it's a Mammoth sized announcement.

What are we talking about? I'm lost.

 

[Pakky]

Nothing you haven't already heard about.

I mean Halo on Switch would be big but is it big enough to be mammoth sized?

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

So I put together a little survey to take note of everyone's timezone/location/availability/games in the interest of organizing game nights or something. So rather than throwing up arenas randomly and hoping for the best, we can coordinate to get the most people and the best experience.

Not sure if that's a good idea or how to properly broadcast it, though.

See if you can get someone to change the thread poll.

Or make a simple Google Doc and post the link here in the thread.

 

[Deleted member]

I actually love games that are easy to break, lol. Part of why I enjoyed FE: Fates so much and spent as much time on it as I did was because I loved optimizing skills and using the My Castle system to get super OP combinations. It was especially fun to do on Conquest; I made the most broken Velouria ever. I think I also made a Berserker Beruka!Kana that never had less than a 50% to crit everything, lol.

 

[staindgrey]

So I put together a little survey to take note of everyone's timezone/location/availability/games in the interest of organizing game nights or something. So rather than throwing up arenas randomly and hoping for the best, we can coordinate to get the most people and the best experience.

Not sure if that's a good idea or how to properly broadcast it, though.

It's a great idea. Just put up a link and we'll shill it for a few pages.

 

[Deleted member]

What is this "Bravely series" you speak of?

I haven't heard of it.

Isn't it a Dragon Quest spinoff?

 

[Deleted member]

Cuphead on Switch details, get ya Cuphead on Switch details here!

– In house port, runs similarly to other versions
– Team did heavy re-tooling to get it done on Switch properly
– 60 frames per second in both modes
– 720p portable mode, 1080p docked mode
– Identical output as the Xbox One version
– DLC parity with all platforms, including Switch
– Two-player in portable mode on one screen with Joy-Con (or a Pro Controller and a Joy-Con)

That one's coming.

Cuphead's not it though.

;^)

Very big.

You could say it's a Mammoth sized announcement.

Wait, how do YOU know? Tell us. Might as well get it all out.

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

I mean Halo on Switch would be big but is it big enough to be mammoth sized?

Is it not?

What is Halo other than Microsoft's star franchise?

 

[Idon]

Is it not?

What is Halo other than Microsoft's star franchise?

A miserable pile of secrets.
But enough talk, have at you!

 

[Deleted member]

Doesn't mean anything when everyone here is gay

you are literally the most woke user on this board

stay sharp

 

[Pakky]

Is it not?

What is Halo other than Microsoft's star franchise?

Well... damn true.
I mean I would make sense. Not out of the question, bigger than say Banjo or something.

The entire Xbox library on Switch would be too much but I could see it.

 

[staindgrey]

Is it not?

What is Halo other than Microsoft's star franchise?

Halo's mammoth-sized.

You know a AAA franchise is one of the pillar franchises when a sucky game or two (Halo 5/Halo Wars 2) released in succession does absolutely nothing to temper the expectations or excitement for a vague trailer released with nothing more than the main character and a title (Halo Infinite).

 

[PsySmasher]

finally after *****ing about it enough my name is now pink

Lucky...

So I guess while I've been searching around the reactions of Cuphead being on the Switch, apparently this isn't the announcement that supposedly was going to be a "Mario on PlayStation" level of announcement that's been circling a tad.

I dunno about the cred on this one, since I just found out about this, so I guess Doug Bowser's Wild Ride continues. Does anyone know about it?

If it’s really on the level of “Mario on PlayStation”, it’s seems like it is:

-A major Sony or Microsoft exclusive IP coming to the Switch (not Cuphead)

-A major Sony or Microsoft exclusive IP getting into Smash

-A major Nintendo IP coming to PlayStation and/or Xbox

I personally doubt it’s the 3rd, but the other two could happen.

 

[Gentlepanda]

Try out the bravely series. That is a game franchise that throws out game-balance out pretty damn fast in the most hilarious ways.

bravely's a franchise made with absolutely 0 consideration for balance on the player's end and its best that way

nice to have a game just go "yeah **** it do what you want, full cheese"

 

[Roberk]

That one's coming.

Cuphead's not it though.

;^)

Very big.

You could say it's a Mammoth sized announcement.

>mammoth sized
>mammoth, like the UNSC Mammoth tank from Halo 4

Yup, it’s Halo time.

 

[Deleted member]

That one's coming.

Cuphead's not it though.

;^)

Very big.

You could say it's a Mammoth sized announcement.

Probably Halo is expanding to more consoles, considering the Steam announcement. Dunno if we'll get MCC, but at least I believe we'll get a few of them.

 

[Deleted member]

>mammoth sized
>mammoth, like the UNSC Mammoth tank from Halo 4
View attachment 199694
Yup, it’s Halo time.

Headset: on
Knuckles: cracked
Domestic abuse: committed
Racial slurs: said out loud
Yep, it's gamer time

 

[Deleted member]

you are literally the most woke user on this board

stay sharp

Not really I'm just a dumb disabled child that says random stuff in an attempt to make friends

 

[Opossum]

I wanna hammer in for @Mr. Wario that Shadow Dragon is probably the barest Fire Emblem experience you can receive. In a series reliant on well-written characters, Shadow Dragon doesn't flesh out the story from the original NES game and has zero support conversations, which is what ultimately kills its narrative. Beyond that, it's also a remake of the first Fire Emblem game, so the experimental but archaic map design is still held over, making for an annoying experience sometimes. There's a reason Fire Emblem was about to be killed off as a series before Awakening revived it.

If you're coming from Awakening to an older game, Fire Emblem GBA or Fire Emblem Sacred Stones are the best jumping grounds as they alleviate everything wrong with what I said about Shadow Dragon.

It doesn't have traditional supports, but there are certain characters who received bonus Map conversations that helped flesh out the story. Off the top of my head:

- Caeda/Ogma
- Marth/Lena
- Marth/Julian
- Marth/Matthis
- Marth/Hardin
- Marth/Roger
- Marth/Lorenz (if Caeda recruits him)
- Minerva/Maria
- Minerva/Palla
- Minerva/Catria
- Minerva/Est
- Palla/Est
- Catria/Est
- Merric/Linde
- Merric/Elice
- Boah/Astram
- Tiki/Xane

Add onto that that the prologue helps to flesh out characters like Marth, Elice, Cain, and Jagen, and while character moments aren't overly plentiful in Shadow Dragon, they're not outright nonexistent. I'd actually say the actual writing is among the best in the series. 8-4 did a fantastic job with the localization.

The reason for its low sales wasn't things like the characterization, it was the complete lack of advertising. They basically sent the game out to die after Radiant Dawn flopped.


Edit: Added a few I forgot.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I mean Halo on Switch would be big but is it big enough to be mammoth sized?

Halo 3 sold 14 and a half million units and is apparently one of, if not THE best selling shooter games in history. Pretty damn big I'd say

If you were flirting with me I will call the freaking cops

Girl Joker would be so rad

Ohhhhhh you don't know about the datamines do you?

Not really I'm just a dumb disabled child that says random stuff in an attempt to make friends

Nnnnno. Bad. You're not dumb, you're one of the smartest behaving newcomers I've seen on the site period. You're a right fine lad

 

[Deleted member]

HOW DID I MISS THIS

Not really I'm just a dumb disabled child that says random stuff in an attempt to make friends

You're a woke disabled child that says random stuff in an attempt to make friends, which you now have

 

[staindgrey]

Probably Halo is expanding to more consoles, considering the Steam announcement. Dunno if we'll get MCC, but at least I believe we'll get a few of them.

That would be a hell of a 180 for Microsoft though.

They wouldn't even put Halo 3, Reach, 4 or 5 on ****ing Microsoft Windows. They finally are with MCC on PC, and they've been releasing more and more games on Steam, which is surprising. But Halo Infinite on anything but Xbox and the Windows Store would shatter all expectations of how Microsoft does its business.

 

[Schnee117]

If the MCC ends up on Switch then the people working on porting it are wizards for getting a 80GB+ game on the Switch.
Unless it ends up being a bunch of downloads in which case they better bundle in the mother of all micro SDs.

 

[Noipoi]

Mythra

You know what i'm here for.

The link, if you would.

 

[Teeb147]

I have no problem with a game being called My Friend Pedro, whatsoever. But im not sure it's the best to advertise a platforming shooter/slasher

 

[Deleted member]

That would be a hell of a 180 for Microsoft though.

They wouldn't even put Halo 3, Reach, 4 or 5 on ****ing Microsoft Windows. They finally are with MCC on PC, and they've been releasing more and more games on Steam, which is surprising. But Halo Infinite on anything but Xbox and the Windows Store would shatter all expectations of how Microsoft does its business.

Dunno if we'll get all titles on Switch but at least I could see a few of them. Seems like MS pretty much is not going to have exclusives soon.

 

[Deleted member]

Mythra

You know what i'm here for.

View attachment 199696

The link, if you would.

"Mythra, that's him."

 

[Deleted member]

It doesn't have traditional supports, but there are certain characters who received bonus Map conversations that helped flesh out the story. Off the top of my head:

- Caeda/Ogma
- Marth/Lena
- Marth/Julian
- Marth/Lorenz (if Caeda recruits him)
- Minerva/Maria
- Minerva/Palla
- Minerva/Catria
- Minerva/Est
- Palla/Est
- Catria/Est
- Merric/Linde
- Merric/Elice
- Boah/Astram
- Tiki/Xane

Add onto that that the prologue helps to flesh out characters like Marth, Elice, Cain, and Jagen, and while character moments aren't overly plentiful in Shadow Dragon, they're not outright nonexistent. I'd actually say the actual writing is among the best in the series. 8-4 did a fantastic job with the localization.

The reason for its low sales wasn't things like the characterization, it was the complete lack of advertising. They basically sent the game out to die after Radiant Dawn flopped.

Fair enough. I wasn't exact with my wording, but a lot of what you mention is barebones and barely fleshes out the world and characters beyond, "Hey, I like your loyalty and we could use each other." This is why I suggest Shadow Dragon isn't a great starting point for older Fire Emblem games, because Shadow Dragon is so faithful of a remake to where it feels like you're starting from the very beginning despite what it adds. It's not bad, but games before Shadow Dragon ditched the structure of the first game for a reason. Why start there when the goal is to ease someone into older games? That's what Fire Emblem GBA and Fire Emblem Sacred Stones do, and both are also available on the Wii U. I'd start there and move onto Shadow Dragon later.

 

[Noipoi]

Cuphead on the switch is cool, but i'm not getting it.

I suck at easy games, what makes you think I can play Cuphead?

 

[Teeb147]

Cuphead on the switch is cool, but i'm not getting it.

I suck at easy games, what makes you think I can play Cuphead?

Isn't cuphead hard?

 

[Schnee117]

Isn't cuphead hard?

That's the joke.

 

[Noipoi]

Isn't cuphead hard?

Yeah, i'm saying I suck at the easiest of games. So Cuphead (a hard game) would be impossible for me.

 

[Idon]

Cuphead on the switch is cool, but i'm not getting it.

I suck at easy games, what makes you think I can play Cuphead?

Everyone sucks at everything starting out.

 

[Teeb147]

That's the joke.

I read it totally differently :O

nvm then. I do think they could put in an easy mode with lots more health for kids and newbs.

 

[TheCJBrine]

Isn't cuphead hard?

It's very easy at level one.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I read it totally differently :O

nvm then. I do think they could put in an easy mode with lots more health for kids and newbs.

Honestly I hope they do that because there's literally no downside for more inclusive options. See Celeste, a game praised for it's amazing story but the gameplay can be changed with Assist Mode quite a bit so those who can't quite get a grip with the game's difficulty can enjoy it regardless

 

[Teeb147]

It's very easy at level one.

And I heard the tutorial isn't overly hard.
Even if someone got stuck on it.

 

[Deleted member]

Nnnnno. Bad. You're not dumb, you're one of the smartest behaving newcomers I've seen on the site period. You're a right fine lad

No let me hate myself

You're a woke disabled child that says random stuff in an attempt to make friends, which you now have

Lol I don't have any friends