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Old 08-11-2022, 09:49 AM   #2721
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Came back to say the new Turtles game is insanely awesome.

Such a great throw back to the original arcade games. I love that there is a 'little kid friendly' mode as well so me and my boy can enjoy it together.

We've played through it a bunch of times, absolutely love it. He's also been really into the original movies now to.. which have still aged well IMO.

It is so cool getting to experience great things from my childhood with my kid.
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Old 08-14-2022, 05:19 PM   #2722
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anyone interested in splitting the Nintendo online family expansion? i need 4 more people comes out to be 13 for the year
Would love to! Feel free to PM me and I can walk through it with you.
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Old 08-15-2022, 08:08 AM   #2723
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn will be an insta-buy for me. Still holding out faint hope they add Ogre Battle 64 to NSO but still doubtful.
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Old 08-15-2022, 12:23 PM   #2724
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Caved and bought SWitcher 3 on Switch


Kind of excited, if aware it's going to look a little iffy after playing on PC first. Also contemplating Skyrim if it goes on a deep sale.

Still grumpy about no Advanced War. ####ing Russia >.>
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Old 08-15-2022, 12:55 PM   #2725
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Caved and bought SWitcher 3 on Switch


Kind of excited, if aware it's going to look a little iffy after playing on PC first. Also contemplating Skyrim if it goes on a deep sale.

Still grumpy about no Advanced War. ####ing Russia >.>
Witcher 3 looks pretty bad but it's still playable. Turn down the aliasing which is over the top by default and makes everything blurry.

Skyrim is surprisingly good on Switch. I love using the motion controls as an archer.
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Old 08-16-2022, 12:58 AM   #2726
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Witcher 3 looks pretty bad but it's still playable. Turn down the aliasing which is over the top by default and makes everything blurry.

Skyrim is surprisingly good on Switch. I love using the motion controls as an archer.
It did come out in 2011

Switch ports usually look pretty good in handheld on the small screen...not so good on the 75 incher in the living room
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Old 08-17-2022, 10:05 PM   #2727
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Bunch of discounted first party Nintendo Switch games at Amazon:

https://www.amazon.ca/deal/0409bc80?...f_=as_li_ss_tl
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Old 08-19-2022, 02:34 PM   #2728
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Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is exceptional. A must play Switch game and JRPG. And I hated Xenoblade 2.
I'm about 30 hours into Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and love it. I think it's better than 2 for sure. I didn't mind 2, but I really didn't like the main character for some reason. I was also not a super big fan of the gacha style Blade recruitment. Xenoblade Chronicles 1 will still always be my favourite though.

The Xenoblade series in general is one of my all time favourite series. I'm not a big MMO guy, but it's basically a single player MMO. The sense of scale and the way the worlds are crafted is awesome. I still remember playing the first game on the Wii, and it blew my mind that there's not a lot of invisible barriers like on a typical JRPG. If you jump off a cliff, you fall off. Basically, they built a world you can openly explore. It's what I am hoping FF7-Rebirth we be similar to.
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Old 09-14-2022, 11:50 AM   #2729
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I anybody else playing Splatoon 3? I've only played a few hours so far but I love it. To be fair, I loved Splatoon 2 as well and 3 is basically the same game with a few improvements.
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Witcher 3 looks pretty bad but it's still playable.

Going from the high res full settings I had on PC to the Switch was.... jarring. And then I got over it and have dumped 40+ hours in. Still only on the Bloody Baron quests. This game is still ridiculous. Good tip on the aliasing. I forgot to do that, so will likely make that switch now.



I also caved and got Skyrim a week later. I've never actually played Skyrim without a bevvy of mods and console commands so this could be a bit of a shock when the time comes. I'm also worried that without the difficulty mods I've used in previous play-throughs that I may steamroll the game.
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Old 09-14-2022, 12:25 PM   #2731
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Why can't Nintendo use more of their character roster in more of their games? My daughters love playing Mario 3D World and New Super Mario Bros, but they always fight between playing Peach/Peachette. I know Rosalina is in 3D World, but only after you beat the game, so that's kinda useless. And what about Daisy? She ain't been doing #### in a proper Mario game since the Gameboy days, throw her in there. I'm just so tired of playing Peach referee
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Why can't Nintendo use more of their character roster in more of their games? My daughters love playing Mario 3D World and New Super Mario Bros, but they always fight between playing Peach/Peachette. I know Rosalina is in 3D World, but only after you beat the game, so that's kinda useless. And what about Daisy? She ain't been doing #### in a proper Mario game since the Gameboy days, throw her in there. I'm just so tired of playing Peach referee

The hell are you on about? No one likes Daisy.
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The hell are you on about? No one likes Daisy.
Little girls do. Men really don't have an appreciation for just how important female representation can be in games. My 5-year old really didn't care about games until she saw me playing Rayman Legends with the battleaxe princess girl, then suddenly she wanted to try. Next thing I know we've completed the entire game together and she's good enough to beat a lot of the levels on her own. Now with the Switch she's addicted to Mario, but only the games where she can play as a girl. I'm excited to show her games like Horizon and Tomb Raider when she's older
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No one likes Daisy.
Apparently his daughters do.
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Old 09-14-2022, 02:22 PM   #2735
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Little girls do. Men really don't have an appreciation for just how important female representation can be in games. My 5-year old really didn't care about games until she saw me playing Rayman Legends with the battleaxe princess girl, then suddenly she wanted to try. Next thing I know we've completed the entire game together and she's good enough to beat a lot of the levels on her own. Now with the Switch she's addicted to Mario, but only the games where she can play as a girl. I'm excited to show her games like Horizon and Tomb Raider when she's older
Huh, maybe representation matters?
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Little girls do. Men really don't have an appreciation for just how important female representation can be in games. My 5-year old really didn't care about games until she saw me playing Rayman Legends with the battleaxe princess girl, then suddenly she wanted to try. Next thing I know we've completed the entire game together and she's good enough to beat a lot of the levels on her own. Now with the Switch she's addicted to Mario, but only the games where she can play as a girl. I'm excited to show her games like Horizon and Tomb Raider when she's older
Girls are fully represented already, I don't see any male characters in Dead or Alive - Volleyball. Oh wait there is a male NPC

The non-playable characters include:

Zack, the man behind Zack Island. After winning a fortune at a casino in the third tournament, Zack bought an island resort and named it "Zack Island". He now invites all of the girls to Zack Island for a vacation, with Zack tricking them into thinking that the island is hosting the fourth tournament.
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Old 09-14-2022, 04:01 PM   #2737
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Apparently his daughters do.

Apparently they really like Peach. Don't blame them. They've changed her into an actual character!


No one likes, Daisy!
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Old 09-15-2022, 10:04 AM   #2738
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Representation matters.

Everyone hates Daisy.

Both statements can be true.
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Just happy for an actual release date for Tears of the Kingdom.
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn will be an insta-buy for me. Still holding out faint hope they add Ogre Battle 64 to NSO but still doubtful.
That or the original Ogre Battle please. I would like a physical version rather than a digital one that'll disappear at some point.
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