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General / Re: Which games have you become "priced out" of ever owning at this point?

« on: September 15, 2022, 06:00:40 pm »

Too many to count. I'm honestly extremely grateful that most of my collection was purchased pre-2020, some of the stuff I own would be impossible for me to purchase now.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 9.13.22 thoughts?

« on: September 14, 2022, 01:50:28 pm »

I personally really enjoyed playing Pikmin 3 with the GamePad for multitasking with sending units to different places on the map and for placing units down. Was one of the few games on the Wii U that I've felt used the GamePad in meaningful way.

Huh, I never played Pikmin 3 this way. I played quite a bit with the GamePad only, but not in tandem with the TV. I'll probably at least replay Pikmin 3 before 4 comes out, so maybe this is how I'll do it.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 9.13.22 thoughts?

« on: September 13, 2022, 09:36:25 pm »

At least we got more Kirby and Fire Emblem games, we definitely haven't had enough of them lately

Pikmin 4 is pretty exciting. Hopefully you can play with the joycons, similar to how you can use the Wii remote and nunchuck in Pikmin 3 and the Wii versions of 1 and 2; makes those games much more enjoyable.

Diddy Kong in Strikers but not MK8D.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Assassin's Creed Blowout

« on: September 13, 2022, 12:00:17 am »

Ubisoft tends to drop prices very quickly.

Typically, Ubisoft offers not much more than vapid crap

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: September 10, 2022, 11:13:51 am »

Today I discovered that my Nintendo Switch's screen appears to be ruined. The coloration of each corner has darkened and become yellow. Kind of like screen burn-in, except it's not. I rarely ever remove the screen from the dock because I only play using docked mode. The only thing I can conclude is that leaving it in docked mode for too long will damage the screen. I would say that, except I've had a Switch for 4 years now, mostly docked, but I played it in portable mode like 6 months ago maybe? It was fine then.

You got me worried as my Switch has been docked pretty much exclusively since launch day in 2017, having only put maybe 20 hours of handheld play into it in it's lifetime, but I pulled it out and the display still looks fine. I wonder if it has something to do with heat or if the screen panels they used simply were of poor quality. Sucks either way

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 23, 2022, 06:08:18 pm »

Mine arrived. How about the rest of you vampire hunters?

Mine showed up as well. I won't be opening it as I've had the digital version since launch but I love being able to own a physical English version of Rondo that's on a home system.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 18, 2022, 08:22:17 pm »

Looks like my copy of Requiem finally shipped today

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 12, 2022, 10:59:20 pm »

Which game?

Castlevania Requiem

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:

« on: August 09, 2022, 07:34:13 pm »

I was going through old emails and completely forgot that I ordered a few things from LRG back in January! I'm trying not to be a Karen but what is the hold up?

I too ordered a game from them in January. It went from "In Hand" back to "In Production" mysteriously. I don't know that I'll be buying from them again

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Modern Video Games / Re: Previously limited print items given wide retail releases

« on: July 31, 2022, 10:25:55 am »

Still published by LRG. I've never ordered from LRG before, is it more expensive directly from them?

It is slightly yes, because Best Buy's shipping is cheaper or you could pick it up in store for free. This is utter BS

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Modern Video Games / Re: Previously limited print items given wide retail releases

« on: July 30, 2022, 02:25:41 pm »

I used to buy lots of "limited" print games. I remember ordering Retro City Rampage on the Ps4 before I even got the system since only 2000 copies were being produced. What a bunch of BS that turned out to be as that game has had reprints on many consoles at this point. I haven't bought from Limited Run Games since my preorder of Castlevania Requiem, which you can also now buy on Best Buy's site apparently. I like to think these companies started out with good intentions, but were blinded by the $$$. It's happened before.

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Site Feedback / Re: Request for new data field "Local Item Name"

« on: July 22, 2022, 12:15:55 pm »

This is such a great idea and would cure my hang ups with the way the style guide classifies/titles certain games and objects.

We can't currently search inside of collection as it is.

This would also be a killer feature.

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Modern Video Games / Re: The only upcoming games worth playing are Saints Row & Pokemanz Scarlet/Violet

« on: July 12, 2022, 08:41:27 pm »

5. Mario Strikers: Battle League

This game was a huge waste of money. They can add whatever they want to it, still, it's a bland, overcomplicated and featureless mess. I'll play the GameCube original a thousand times before I ever even look at Battle League again. It make Mario Tennis on Wii U look like a masterpiece in comparison.

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News / Re: Happy 4th of July

« on: July 04, 2022, 11:38:51 am »

Happy 4th!

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General / Re: Do any of you have an idea what Nintendo might show at their next direct?

« on: June 09, 2022, 06:09:53 pm »

That would be cool if the rumored 3D Donkey Kong from the Odyssey team was real.

That would be insanely awesome.