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Been a minute since I posted...knocked the first half of Lurelin village quest line and murked another Thunder Gleeok!!

I have only done the Regional events/temples so far but that Sky Temple boss has been my favorite boss fight. I died a lot because of the set up  but damn was it fun. 

Glad to see Metroid can crawl. 

Props to Mercury Stream for the milestone. Even if it isn’t my bag I hope more Metroid games come down the pipeline soon. 

Took a moment to crawl over that line but glad it finally made it.

I liked it the first time I saw it, but it is also one of those movies that gets better every time you watch it because you catch more stuff you didn't see before.  I got the bluray at launch and the extras are also great.
 
My youngest (turns 3 tomorrow) wants to watch it a few times a week and I'll sit with him and watch a decent amount sometimes.  Last night I watched most of it with him again and picked up on stuff I had never seen before.

Another break Goda WHHHHHYYYY??!!!! ;_;

Yo that last page/set of panels was the most hilarious thing in a minute. Master class by Oda the way he handled this chapter and the manga once again focusing on the crew.

Yo that last page/set of panels was the most hilarious thing in a minute. Master class by Oda the way he handled this chapter and the manga once again focusing on the crew.

ActiBlizz taking the piss with  MW3 leaks
https://www.ign.com/articles/call-of-duty-modern-warfare-3-leaks-again-activision-gets-in-on-the-joke
Glad they're having a laugh cause I know leaks are frustrating.
 
NIntendo has posted it's financials
https://www.gematsu.com/2023/08/switch-worldwide-sales-top-129-53-million-the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-tops-18-51-million
https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html
https://www.ign.com/articles/nintendo-just-had-a-huge-quarter-thanks-to-tears-of-the-kingdom-and-the-super-mario-bros-movie
 
So yeah...TotK has so far sold 18.51 mill as of June 30th.  According to them this is a combination of people who have both played BotW AND people who haven't even played BotW prior.  This is why I said earlier that the exact formula that Zelda was prior to BotW is probably not coming back for the big games.  This is what it's going to be moving forward with tweak and probably further refining what worked in the older titles and integrating it with the new backbone.  The sales within just almost 2 month span was enough to put it in the top 10 of game releases for the Switch.  Sales of first party have been it's highest ever for the first quarter since the launch of the Switch in March 2017.
 
Also Mario Mania is in full swing pretty much due to the Mario Movie.  The movie has created a boost in sales to pretty much most of the games.  Box Office revenue for that movie reach 1.349 Bill in revenue
Edit: forgot to mention...if you have Peacock then you can actually watch the Mario Movie on there since it is not streaming on the platform.
 
Switch thus far has sold 129.53 Mill Worldwide.  This puts it just a little less than 25 mill from overtaking the DS.
 
Not hearing or seeing anything at the moment on further Metroid Prime Remastered sales or if Dread has moved the needle any currently.
 
Current sales for their top 10 titles on the platform
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 55.46 million Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 42.79 million Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 31.77 million The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 30.65 million Super Mario Odyssey – 26.44 million Pokemon Sword / Pokemon Shield – 25.92 million Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet – 22.66 million Super Mario Party – 19.39 million The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 18.51 million (New) New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 16.17 million They've also reported that their digital sales have increased by 35.9% Year over Year.

Amazon had the 2003 TMNT DVD set on sale for $53. So I went YOINK on that ish. I never thought I would see the day that this entire series got a DVD set.
 
Speaking of TMNT, I decided to give Rise of the TMNT a chance. It isn't too shabby. It's grown on me a bit. If I can love 1987 TMNT in spite of it being so radically different from the original comics (which I came across much later in life), I can appreciate this different take on my favorite reptiles. 

Y'all niggaz sleeping on DIS...
 
 

Bruv was never invited to the cookout and he's already got a plate

https://tcbscans.com/chapters/7451/one-piece-chapter-1089?date=2-8-2023-11

Season Two visuals with Season 3 music was sometimes used and is the best of both worlds imo.
 
 

Taz in Tazmania has lived rent free in my head for over 30 years , lol.
 
 

saw TMNT Mutant Mayhem today. 
 
My main issues with it had nothing to do with the movie. At least not really. 
 
I felt at times there was a little too much leaning into current pop culture and cause of that itll age the movie a fair bit. But writing them as modern teenagers it was needed. 
 
Also The constant licensed music was annoying  but that said almost All the music they used was solid as a lot of it was Wu Tang and Ice Cube. 
 
animation was so fresh and unique, weirdly enough the tmnt actually being represented as teens is so fresh and original. I love it. All the voice acting was top notch. They fact they used well known and not so well known mutants was really awesome. Scum bug was one of my favorite tmnt toys as a kid. So it was cool she got some rep. Same with Wing Nut.
 
the reworking of a lot of their origin was really solid too. Raphael’s anger issues are a lot more genuine feeling and relatable despite barely being touched upon they did a good job covering it. 
 
absolutely loved every second of it. It also a movie where I want to watch again and again to catch all the Easter eggs. 
 
 

Interesting...Surprised they're even bothering with Xbone cause a good chunk of devs have not even bothered trying to port anything to that platform now.

Somebody said that's Goku.

They are both still a ton of fun to play.  When I built my "new" MAME PC (still from like 2010 tech) I made sure that it could run the 3D games like Blitz without any problem, and it can, and it's fantastic.

I miss NBA Jam and NFL Blitz. 
 
Blitz I have come to terms ain't never coming back, but I still would love to play a arcade style NFL or NBA game