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Video Game Database Discussion / Re: Question about N64 JP Big boxes
« on: June 23, 2026, 12:27:04 pm »
was that box inside ever sold seperately? if not why should it get it's own entry. it should just be part of the set it came in

we got plenty of items that have boxes inside em, there is no reason to give those seperate entries since they would be considered incomplete I'd argue.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: June 17, 2026, 11:32:45 am »
I exported my collection to CSV/import to spreadsheet and removed digital games, Sega items, computers, baseball games, Japanese PS2, etc and left with 1,708 rows. I sent this spreadsheet to a buyer to get an offer.

What's your interest in holding onto JP PlayStation 2 games specifically, as opposed to JP PlayStation?

Going through your collection with this in mind, I was surprised that you owned so many baseball titles.


Pretty sure he wanted to get rid off jap ps2 and keep jap ps1 if I'm going by that line of text

jap ps1 is easier to play on og hardware and has better stuff so not a bad choice I'd say.

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General / Re: VGC's Anonymous/"General" Topic:
« on: June 16, 2026, 08:00:38 am »
I exported my collection to CSV/import to spreadsheet and removed digital games, Sega items, computers, baseball games, Japanese PS2, etc and left with 1,708 rows. I sent this spreadsheet to a buyer to get an offer.

lack of interest or just cleaning up fodder?

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Site Feedback / Re: Modern Games
« on: June 16, 2026, 07:58:32 am »
regardless of the actual semantics, most people in the community classify old consoles as retro. it's what the term retro is used for, people rarely use classic or vintage consoles when they talk about nes snes or sega consoles.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 thoughts?
« on: June 14, 2026, 03:52:43 am »
It is suprising how we haven't gotten a mainline 3d mario, that's quite a huge loss regardless if you are hardcore or casual. and we ain't going to get a new smash bros anytime soon if where going by what sakurai said.
The Odyssey team made Bananza.

Bonanza does not replace a 3d mario it just doesn't. big mistake for em to think donkey kong is equal to mario

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 thoughts?
« on: June 12, 2026, 07:59:46 am »
It is suprising how we haven't gotten a mainline 3d mario, that's quite a huge loss regardless if you are hardcore or casual. and we ain't going to get a new smash bros anytime soon if where going by what sakurai said.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 thoughts?
« on: June 11, 2026, 10:25:17 am »
Starfox switch 2 does have longer trailers/ gameplay footage from some time ago that being said I would assume that ocarina time is not going to be just a simple remake like on 3ds. it's gonna be a re imagining. but it will still remain a classic 3d zelda.

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 thoughts?
« on: June 10, 2026, 11:00:33 am »
I mean, five series titles released for the Switch. I'd argue that The Legend of Zelda fans should be more than happy with that kind of support.

For mainline Zelda games we got: A port of a Wii U game that I disliked because it deviated way too far from the formula and chased every game design trend of that time, and a direct sequel to that Wii U game that did nothing to address the game's major flaws (and was the only mainline Zelda game native to the Switch). Then we got a remake of an obscure GameBoy game, and a port of Skyward Sword (which is definitely on the low end of Zelda games). Not exactly good support

tbf botw/ totk are not classic foruma 3D zelda games and sandbox exploration games and ports of older stuff that allot of fans already played don't really count. The dungeons and bosses are a heavy downgrade although better executed in the sequel still way worse.

and we also don't count spinoffs. and the 2d toy style stuff can kiss my ass, it's mid.

It's comments like these that demonstrate personal bias. Of the five The Legend of Zelda titles considered to be main series entries for Nintendo Switch, they're all critically acclaimed both by critics and audiences and sell well accordingly. That a title doesn't pander to your specific interests or if it's not something you believe should "count" is, ultimately, irrelevant to the matter that The Legend of Zelda was one of the most supported first-party series for the platform by total title count—third to Pokémon with 24 games and software and Super Mario with twelve games, respectively.

Including the four actual spin-off entries from The Legend of Zelda franchise, there were nine total games released for Nintendo Switch: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition, Cadence of Hyrule, Link's Awakening, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, Skyward Sword HD, Tears of the Kingdom, Echoes of Wisdom, and Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment.

Again, most fans of the series are happy and for good reason too.


you do however have to admit that while it gets plenty of support. like with many ip's if you change it too much you leave old fans behind. which is my main point with that comment, has zelda been more popular than ever since botw yes. heck even with twilight princess sales zelda was just a little bit more popular over the average nintendo ip botw made it comparable to mario. doesn't mean that all fans got what they want. especially ones that wanted a more traditional 3d zelda.

Also I'd argue with most fans, most new fans, in zelda forums botw was quite a hot topic. still plenty of old fans that love it, but plenty that dislike it

still personal bias aside in that same comment I did state that totk is pretty solid. imo botw is an empty tech demo in comparison

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Site Feedback / Re: Modern Games
« on: June 09, 2026, 07:06:42 pm »
I'd argue this site started as a retro game collecting site. and while you could tops argue those consoles are last gen. they are still very much modern.

heck in terms of visuals the differences are pretty minimal.

that being said I guess they could add ps5 and switch 2 to them banners. not to sure if xbox one games and xbox one x games actually have a difference though

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Modern Video Games / Re: Nintendo Direct 6.9.2026 thoughts?
« on: June 09, 2026, 02:18:22 pm »
Newest ocarina of time being a return to dark zelda's, it's about fking time  :o

Do wonder if it's gonna be faithfull or a total reimagining hoping for the latter since you'd have a different game than.



I mean, five series titles released for the Switch. I'd argue that The Legend of Zelda fans should be more than happy with that kind of support.


tbf botw/ totk are not classic foruma 3D zelda games and sandbox exploration games and ports of older stuff that allot of fans already played don't really count. The dungeons and bosses are a heavy downgrade although better executed in the sequel still way worse.

and we also don't count spinoffs. and the 2d toy style stuff can kiss my ass, it's mid.

also ever since windwaker we lost the more dark zelda zelda games, we haven't gotten once since twilight princess if where talking about the non gameplay aspect.

I mean, five series titles released for the Switch. I'd argue that The Legend of Zelda fans should be more than happy with that kind of support.

For mainline Zelda games we got: A port of a Wii U game that I disliked because it deviated way too far from the formula and chased every game design trend of that time, and a direct sequel to that Wii U game that did nothing to address the game's major flaws

for my taste totk fixed some massive flaws of BOTW. superior boss variety, more enemy variety which was terrible in botw and improved dungeons. I mean it ain't classic 3D zelda and allot of those aspects are still watered down with the open world but they where massive improvements for some of botw's most massive flaws. for me personally BOTW was a 6/10 game it was quite barebones especially withouth the dlc it had promise but also allot of flaws. TOTK bumped it up to be a 9/10 game far less empty and more quality in terms of the actual content. There where some things that where better in botw like the shield parries and the guardians but not really worth the trade off for all that it lacks. you could argue that certain simple creations in totk made travelling a bit too ez killing the exploration a bit.

Totk Is still a sandbox zelda though if that was your biggest flaw with it and wanting a more traditional experience.

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I picked up Soul Calibur II yesterday. It was super cheap and since I'm collecting JP Gamecube already I figured I might as well convert my collection into all JP games so it looks better on the shelf. Looks like it sells for 40+ on Ebay in Canada too, so I'll make a bit of money selling my copy since I only spent ¥1600 on this one (like $14).

I also picked up Zelda 1 for GBA. Just another game for my Zelda collection. I think I might be nearing completing it, there aren't too many Zelda games left that I don't own.

will you also go for the 3 shitty ones on cdi?

Eventually lol. They will probably be the last 3 I pick up though lol

I'll pray for ye they tank in price eventually than, good luck, or maybe if you get lucky cause lots of people mistake em for music cd's


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I picked up Soul Calibur II yesterday. It was super cheap and since I'm collecting JP Gamecube already I figured I might as well convert my collection into all JP games so it looks better on the shelf. Looks like it sells for 40+ on Ebay in Canada too, so I'll make a bit of money selling my copy since I only spent ¥1600 on this one (like $14).

I also picked up Zelda 1 for GBA. Just another game for my Zelda collection. I think I might be nearing completing it, there aren't too many Zelda games left that I don't own.

will you also go for the 3 shitty ones on cdi?

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I will say one thing about jp gamecube. those cardboard sleeves are an absolute sin.

kinda tricky to find clean condition ones. and even in Japan so many cube games are missing them on top of that. I ain't saying it's like regular cardboard boxes but it's getting close  :o

I don't mind them. Sure a lot of them have dinged corners but it's no worse than my average boxed Famicom, Super Famicom, or N64 game.

That they are even comparable to those is my problem. than again prices cheap so all is good i guess, do wish cube had more interesting jap exclusives though.

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Modern Video Games / Re: State of Play | June 2, 2026 thoughts?
« on: June 07, 2026, 04:34:51 pm »
I've gotto say those new gow memes be hittin, not to mention them vids  ;D

Eh, this is like the equivalent of hearing a woman in a multiplayer game and telling her to "Get back in the kitchen!".  It's fine to only care about Kratos or even just old school Kratos, but gaming discourse is so toxic now, it just devolves into weird sexist nonsense with like every other game.  Kratos has been in over a half dozen games over 20 years, he's getting a fully remake trilogy of the original games, I think one spinoff game with great looking gameplay involving a super important character from the previous two games is totally fine.



it ain't a spin off just saying, multiple sources state it as a full scale mainline entry. I don't think it's too strange for some gow fans to meme and or be angry when you literally ditch the main character of the series.



regardless I do think them memes funny it doesn't have to be taken seriously it's just memes at the end of the day and i assume many folks will still enjoy the game cause sony should know what they are doing concord . the cube companion is definitely a choice though

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Modern Video Games / Re: State of Play | June 2, 2026 thoughts?
« on: June 07, 2026, 02:49:53 pm »
I've gotto say those new gow memes be hittin, not to mention them vids  ;D









They already nerfed kratos a fuck ton already. Imma stick with the simplistic peak angry kratos of ps2 early ps3 era with his classic non beard look. 

Still I've gotto say sony got balls revamping their best IP they have left. hope it plays out well. cause seems gow got the same treatment as indiana jones, LOTR and many many more in the modern era. it be rough out there.  :o

Even the og creator of god of war is calling it shit when seeing the trailer it be pretty meme if you'd ask me.

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