iStu X Posted January 14, 2021 Author Share Posted January 14, 2021 Oh hell yeah RegH81, RSG3, Wellman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 Spoke with support at Nippon Yasan this morning regarding my eShop card order I placed last week. The girl was very understanding, but eventually had to forward my inquiry onto the home office. I understand that this normally takes some time, but this is kinda dumb. Next time, I may just go through my Amazon Japan account to get the eShop credit I want. Quote Link to comment
RSG3 Posted January 14, 2021 Share Posted January 14, 2021 22 minutes ago, iStu X said: Oh hell yeah Bout fucking time lol. iStu X and OPTIMUS124 2 Quote Link to comment
BornWinner Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Diamond and Pearl remakes apparently coming to Switch Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 52 minutes ago, BornWinner said: Diamond and Pearl remakes apparently coming to Switch Pokémon rumors should always be taken with a dump trucks of salt. DarkSakul 1 Quote Link to comment
Wellman Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Remakes are a given but I will await legit confirmation about when and where. iStu X 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Wellman said: Remakes are a given but I will await legit confirmation about when and where. They’ll strip away the national Dex for the sake of keeping Sw/Sh the main line game to trade to/support. Which will immediately piss off fans. which means it’ll surpass Sw/Sh in sales lol Edited January 15, 2021 by iStu X Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Nintendo eshop is doing another beginning of the year sale. One of the major highlights is up to 30% off a lot of 1st party titles. I’ve had a busy few days so I’m tired and I really don’t even wanna type out the highlights of the sale. I will however post a link to the sale organized from A-Z https://www.nintendo.com/games/game-guide/#filter/:q=&dFR[generalFilters][0]=Deals&dFR[platform][0]=Nintendo Switch&indexName=ncom_game_en_us_title_asc there’s a lot of good shit on sale. Happy saving and gaming Edited January 15, 2021 by iStu X Wellman 1 Quote Link to comment
TheInfernoman Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 Gen 4 was peak pokemans... KingTubb 1 Quote Link to comment
RegH81 Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 I bought Space Invaders Forever last week. Finally got around to playing it and it turns out the three games on the cart are viewed as two separate games. Arkanoid vs Space Invaders is it's own game while Space Invaders Extreme and Space Invaders Gigamax 4SE are Space Invaders Forever. Weird. Unknowingly, I fired up Arkanoid vs Space Invaders first and plays in TATE and uses touch controls. I was a miffed at first but after playing the first level, I see why. This game was originally on mobile devices and the touch controls are perfect for a paddle-based game. @SonichumanThought you'd like this Smash Ultimate win edit. Wellman and DoctaMario 1 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 15, 2021 Author Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 hours ago, TheInfernoman said: Gen 4 was peak pokemans... KingTubb 1 Quote Link to comment
MillionX Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Well, it's not one of the things on sale but this game was on my mind again lately, since I'm in the mood to get something new... yeah this is probably my next acquisition... I didn't know they made a few of these, until the Switch era, actually... way back in the day, I only remember the one "Ninja Warriors" original arcade game, which was 3 screens wide. heh, imagine the sales pitch of the original creators back in the day... "So...the player character is a robot...but ALSO a ninja...and you beat up everybody, like other beatemups." Suit: "YES." 👍 Edited January 15, 2021 by MillionX RegH81, Wellman and DoctaMario 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Sonichuman Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 8 hours ago, RegH81 said: @SonichumanThought you'd like this Smash Ultimate win edit. I saw it a few days ago. It showed up in my feed RegH81 1 Quote Link to comment
Sonichuman Posted January 15, 2021 Share Posted January 15, 2021 The super mario 35th anniversary splatfest is live. Team Star go! RegH81 and iStu X 1 1 Quote Link to comment
TheInfernoman Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 I'll be streaming tomorrow night Splatoon 2. I'm not good but I will fight for my team... STARS! (heh heh) RSG3 and DoctaMario 2 Quote Link to comment
Sonichuman Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 13 minutes ago, TheInfernoman said: I'll be streaming tomorrow night Splatoon 2. I'm not good but I will fight for my team... STARS! (heh heh) Hmmmm...let me know and I might be able to join ya. Me and a friend finally just won 1 game decidedly after getting bopped for 3 other games. TheInfernoman and RSG3 2 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 Was kinda hoping that Luigi's Mansion 3 was part of that digital sale ... nope, looks like I'm going to Walmart and buying a physical copy. Also, does anyone here have that Nintendo Switch Dock that Brook put out? I have some questions about it. Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 So apparently the Doom Eternal port on Switch runs better than Doom 2016 and Wolfenstein. Crazy. Panic Button deserves a bonus. iStu X, Wellman, RSG3 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 16, 2021 Author Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) I’m seriously stoked with how good Q1 and the beginning of Q2 is looking for Nintendo Super Mario 3D World + Bowsers Fury Persona 5 Strikers Bravely Default II Ghouls n’ Goblins Resurrection Capcom Arcade Stadium Balan Wonderworld Monster Hunter Rise New Pokémon Snap Honorable mentions: We Will likely get the next Smash DLC character in late March or early April. We may hear more (something?!) about Bayo 3 and MP4. Likely a release date for No More Heroes III something related to Zelda’s 35th anniversary Edited January 16, 2021 by iStu X Quote Link to comment
DoctaMario Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 So I started messing around with emulation on my new phone and it has a feature called Dex mode where you can throw a hub into the USB-C port and route the video out to a monitor and use it basically like the brain to a PC, and it's basically lagless. The hub I bought only has an HDMI port, USB 3.0 port and a usb c port, but you can get some that even have ethernet ports as well, and I've gotten really good results with ppsspp, Dolphin (Wii/GC emu), and even PS4 Remote Play. Its kind of like having another Switch except that if you're going to play it portably you either have to use touch controls or a bluetooth controller, but either way, it's a great setup and works a ton better than I even expected. RSG3 and TheInfernoman 2 Quote Link to comment
TheInfernoman Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 21 hours ago, Sonichuman said: Hmmmm...let me know and I might be able to join ya. Me and a friend finally just won 1 game decidedly after getting bopped for 3 other games. super late but Imma plan on playing at 7PM PST...I wanted to start earlier today but personal things take priority. TEAM STAR! https://www.twitch.tv/infernoman64 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 I need to go through the upcoming releases and decide which ones I’m day juaning. Mario, Persona, and Bravely Default II are definitely getting preordered. Pokémon Snap and MH Rise at this point are firm maybes. Quote Link to comment
Sonichuman Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) 9 minutes ago, TheInfernoman said: super late but Imma plan on playing at 7PM PST...I wanted to start earlier today but personal things take priority. TEAM STAR! https://www.twitch.tv/infernoman64 Understandable. I won't be able to join cause at the moment cause 10 PST is roughly around the time that I'll be playing Among Us with a group of peeps. Edit: I'll give you a follow Edit 2: If no one shows up to play I'll try to link up but we'll see. Edited January 17, 2021 by Sonichuman TheInfernoman 1 Quote Link to comment
TheInfernoman Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 hours ago, Sonichuman said: Understandable. I won't be able to join cause at the moment cause 10 PST is roughly around the time that I'll be playing Among Us with a group of peeps. Edit: I'll give you a follow Edit 2: If no one shows up to play I'll try to link up but we'll see. I wanted to keep playing but I was starving haha. Thanks my man! I had a blast tonight playing! Maybe we do another one where we do Mario Kart! Great Games! Sonichuman and RSG3 2 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 birthday spoils (yes, my birthday was yesterday): Sonichuman, RSG3, DoctaMario and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment
DoctaMario Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 hour ago, YourFavGrandpa said: birthday spoils (yes, my birthday was yesterday): Happy belated! How much did you drop on those games? I've been wanting to pick up Luigi's Mansion but it's a little too pricey for me in the eShop Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 1 minute ago, DoctaMario said: Happy belated! How much did you drop on those games? I've been wanting to pick up Luigi's Mansion but it's a little too pricey for me in the eShop around $110 for both at Walmart. They regularly undercut retail pricing on Switch games. RSG3, iStu X and DoctaMario 3 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 17, 2021 Author Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) Yeah, I don’t remember when they started doing that at Walmart. I know it was sometime in my 4 years of working there, I just don’t know when. But it’s always been a great discount. Saving $10 is a huge deal on a $60 title. I can count on my hands how many times I saw an undiscounted game regardless of system. shortly before I quit though Nintendo started to not ship 1st party titles on release day. They’d wait til usually the next Monday to send Walmart copies. Likely cause they were losing too much money by people going to Walmart on day 1 instead of other retailers who 9/10 were full MSRP. im back to preordering on Amazon as they’ll usually price match Walmart’s $49.99 or whatever the MSRP discount is and refund me the difference Edited January 17, 2021 by iStu X Quote Link to comment
MillionX Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 (edited) yeah at this point it's foolish to get them anywhere else, imo... as with most other products, Walmart continues to beat everyone on price. I miss those days of it being open 24 hours though...that was a huge advantage over everything else that they just dropped recently in the past 2 years or so... it still irks me. I'm one of those people that wakes up at strange early morning hours like that, so it was always convenient to know I could go buy whatever at 4:25 am on a random Thursday if I wanted. I'm starting to see joycons in the store again, but at this point I'm going with the cheaper solution of either trying to fix the drift problem myself, or ordering replacement analog sticks. So far, the use of isopropyl alcohol seems to have worked for now... I keep worrying it will just go right back to drifting at any moment though... Edited January 17, 2021 by MillionX RSG3 1 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 17, 2021 Share Posted January 17, 2021 2 hours ago, iStu X said: Yeah, I don’t remember when they started doing that at Walmart. iirc, it was before I got my Switch in 2019. I don't personally recall except maybe one instance in the last four to six months I've bought a full game digitally from the eShop (iirc, the last game I bought was the Switch port of Among Us). Everything else I've bought from either Walmart or Gamefly on the cheap. Not worth buying digitally anymore in most instances. Also, a small update on the Nippon Yasan situation: From what I noticed, I placed the order for the 5k yen eShop card at the end of the observance of Japanese New Year, on January 4th. I'm going to wait until January 20th (Wednesday) for the code to be delivered, and after that; if I still don't have it I'll take it up with Paypal and Chase on Thursday and have my money refunded. Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 team super mushroom surprisingly won the splatfest 2-1. Sonichuman 1 Quote Link to comment
Sonichuman Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, iStu X said: team super mushroom surprisingly won the splatfest 2-1. AAAUUUUGGH!!! I want a recount! DoctaMario and Wellman 1 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 18, 2021 Author Share Posted January 18, 2021 6 minutes ago, Sonichuman said: AAAUUUUGGH!!! I want a recount! Sir this is splatoon, not the 2020 election. RegH81, Wellman and Sonichuman 3 Quote Link to comment
Sonichuman Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 1 minute ago, iStu X said: Sir this is splatoon, not the 2020 election. OBVIOUSLY THIS SPLATFEST WAS RIGGED. I'm hiring Juliani to sue and we WILL win those cases! FRAUD...FRAUD ALL AROUND! Wellman, YourFavGrandpa, RegH81 and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment
RegH81 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Update on my dad's progress in Breath of the Wild. When he sees Guardains (stalkers) But Lynels Also, he's found Robbie and upgraded the runes for the Shieka Slate. He's got some 85 plus hours in the game and loving it. Darc_Requiem, DoctaMario, OPTIMUS124 and 4 others 3 4 Quote Link to comment
AYO?! Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Almost done with fractured but whole, I keep dragging my feet about completing it for no particular reason. Also started my Mana collection with more enthusiasm this time, going through Secret of Mana first. RegH81 1 Quote Link to comment
MillionX Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 (edited) The Borderlands addiction is starting to take hold... my time at this point is split between that, Diablo 3 and Dead Cells. In B2 I started off with Krieg; he was about tied with Salvador as my favorite of that group. Krieg's "Release the Beast" skill was too much fun, I remember...actually that's still the only character I recall where the ultimate in a skill tree lets him transform. For the uninitiated, check out how awesome this shit is...copy/paste from the wiki: Release the Beast is a tier 6 skill in Krieg's Mania skill tree. Activating his action skill while at critical condition (e.g. when the "!" indicator appears denoting critical health loss) causes Krieg to mutate into a Badass Psycho Mutant. Krieg's Badass Psycho Mutant form Effects All of Krieg's health is instantly refilled upon activation of Release the Beast. +100% melee damage, +50% damage reduction. Krieg is invulnerable to damage while transforming into the Badass Psycho Mutant. At the end of Release the Beast, the action skill will be fully cooled down, ready to be used again. Edited January 18, 2021 by MillionX Quote Link to comment
TheInfernoman Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 https://www.twitch.tv/infernoman64 Mario Maker Monday! will be live in a bit but I start playing at 3PM PST! DoctaMario, OPTIMUS124 and GreyFoxx 3 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 19, 2021 Author Share Posted January 19, 2021 Apex Legends is apparently coming to Switch next month. RSG3, Darc_Requiem, Wellman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 I'm convinced there are people stupider than some of my co-workers that work for Nippon Yasan's support department. The individual who I spoke to confirmed to me that they apparently do not send the codes via email, but they're mailed out via Japan Post. Next time, I'm ordering eShop bucks from Amazon Japan directly. Quote Link to comment
RegH81 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 A few nights ago I started Chapter 5 of Age of Calamity. Spoiler Ganon struck early! I was so not prepared for that! Guardians, Guardians and more Guardians. Like those suckers were coming down like rain drops. It can be tricky to deal with more than one Guardian at a time. Still, Hyrule Castle siege mission was really cool. I think it's one of my favorites in the game. And King Roahm slicing a Guardian at the end of the mission was dope AF. And at the start of the mission, the game is like "Rescue the King." I'm like, game WHAT? Dude is THE KING. He didn't get that position by being a wuss. I know he keeps a MF thing on him. Sure enough, he did and it is a big MF thing. No way he is dead and he's gotta be playable. Speaking of more playable characters, I was not expecting Teba, Yunobo, Riju and Sidon (Winning Smile, LOL, it's true) to come from the future! TLDR: Sonichuman, Wellman and DoctaMario 2 1 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) got the February Switch titles lined up for pre-order. Pre-Ordered Bowser's Fury, Persona 5 Strikers, and Bravely Default II from Amazon. Gonna wait to pick up MH Rise for now, but I'll definitely cop New Pokemon Snap with next month's stuff. Edit: kind of a noob when preordering games from Amazon, but how do you get Walmart to price match? Edited January 20, 2021 by YourFavGrandpa blah Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, YourFavGrandpa said: Edit: kind of a noob when preordering games from Amazon, but how do you get Walmart to price match? If it happens and in my experience it’ll be about a week before or a week after. Once the game enters Walmart’s system and people can look up what it’s in-store price will be usually thats when Amazon will recognize it and auto-price match for you. unrelated: New Pokemon Snizzle’s box art has been revealed. A friend and I are already planning on playing it while drunk on release weekend GreyFoxx, RegH81, DoctaMario and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment
GreyFoxx Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 I respect the snap remake! Quote Link to comment
Darc_Requiem Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Hmm....these are interesting for $50. DoctaMario 1 Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) Ive been really wanting to play a core generational Pokémon game for about 2 weeks now. I now longer own any of the older ones outside of the 3DS Virtual Console releases (Gen 1 and Gen 2). So I begrudgingly restarted my Pokémon Shield file on Saturday. I’m one battle away from beating the main story and man...that last few tracks of the game absolutely fucking slap. Which is expected because even if a Pokémon game disappoints you can always count on it having a phenomenal sound track. I have the Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra DLC but I doubt I’m going to do them. I lost the itch to complete the dex in Pokémon titles a long time ago. That and I just don’t really care about their stories. Edited January 26, 2021 by iStu X Quote Link to comment
TheInfernoman Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Gen 7 has okay music...I still hate Hop but the wild area is what most of pkmn should be doing in future releases for more of their pkmn catching zones. I should re-listen to Gen 8...It's not bad but not as memorable as other tracks from previous gens. DarkSakul and RSG3 2 Quote Link to comment
MillionX Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 It's time--- Cyber Shadow is out now, folks. I've already played to stage 2 so far. Quote Link to comment
iStu X Posted January 26, 2021 Author Share Posted January 26, 2021 (edited) They did it...those crazy sons of bitches did it. I figured they’d never bring these to the west. The best thing about these Sanrio amiibo cards being in one pack is that when they were released inJapan they came in packs of two and were blind packs. It also obliterates their after market value. Right now a full set of the Sanrio amiibo cards goes for about $250usd. Edited January 26, 2021 by iStu X RegH81 and Wellman 2 Quote Link to comment
YourFavGrandpa Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Put a ticket in with Nippon Yasan to cancel that 5k yen eShop card earlier. Waiting to hear back about that, but I already have Esparade PSI and the Darius collection ordered from Amazon Japan. Scheduled delivery date is Feb 3rd to the 5th for those. RSG3 1 Quote Link to comment
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