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| Topic | Which non-Kingdom Hearts game by Square-Enix has the dumbest title? |
| Kenri 06/02/23 9:46:42 PM #43 | Mobilezoid posted... Lost Sphear is easily the worst. It doesn't make any sense and also doesnt evoke any wonder. It just makes me think of the pokemon SphealIt makes me think of those old lolcats memes. i has a sphear noooo i losted my sphear --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Happy Pride Month |
| Kenri 06/02/23 12:37:21 PM #8 | I've known that I'm bi for almost two decades but pride definitely hits different now that I'm openly (not to mention visibly) trans. Very fortunate that all my friends and family have been supportive so far. Raka_Putra posted... I lately come into a realization that I might be bi or pan (previously I considered myself gay) so hey, let's see where it takes me.People don't talk about this kind of thing much but it can be really stressful and anxiety-inducing, sometimes even more so than the first time questioning your sexuality. I think "let's see where it takes me" is a great attitude to have! --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | In like 2014, I asked what the most forgettable pokemon was... |
| Kenri 06/01/23 11:45:56 PM #21 | TomNook posted... Sounds like some of you just hate aquatic life.Those ones are memorable because they're awful tbh, least memorable Pokmon gotta be completely inoffensive --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | In like 2014, I asked what the most forgettable pokemon was... |
| Kenri 06/01/23 11:36:30 PM #17 | I know lots of people don't like them but Huntail and Gorebyss were always pretty memorable to me. Partly because they're in a branching evolution, but mostly just because they're cool deep sea fish. Not sure what my actual answer is. Lumineon might be up there as a less cool fish, but it had a fairly memorable role in New Pokemon Snap. Same with Basculin and Legends Arceus. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's next for the Zelda series? |
| Kenri 06/01/23 9:20:06 PM #70 | Maybe hot take but LttP needs a remake because a lot of its sprites look like dogshit. Extremely rare pixel art L. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Do you like Tetris? |
| Kenri 06/01/23 4:02:05 PM #17 | I'm more neutral but given the choice between only like/don't like I voted the latter. I like Panel de Pon, Meteos, Puyo Puyo, Dr. Mario, Bust a Move, etc all a lot more than Tetris. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | June 2023 Video Games |
| Kenri 06/01/23 11:54:08 AM #11 | I preordered the Ghost Trick special edition from Japan so that's my answer even if I probably don't receive it this month --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 06/01/23 1:17:50 AM #66 | Mr_Crispy posted... The overall plot also seems like it's pretty specifically Japanese (like I get the feeling it's mostly about Japan not being allowed to have an army after ww2, and politicians like the former prime minister Abe trying to get the constitution amended to allow the country to have an army again instead of the JSDF.... but Abe supposedly had ties to the foreign unification church cult which got him assassinated in real life) but I don't really know about the politics about it to try to actually try to analyze it or the writer's position on it isI'm not sure if it's specifically about Japan's lack of an army but for sure it's about (perceived) irreconcilable differences between the east and west post-WW2. Honestly even with two degrees in history and a focus on post-WW2 specifically a lot of it went over my head lol. If I had to put money on the writer's position I think --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Must Play Metroidvanias Humble Bundle |
| Kenri 05/31/23 3:44:02 PM #6 | PeaceFrog posted... I loved hollow knight but don't know anything about any of the others.Blasphemous is a straight up Metroidvania in a setting that could be described as like, Dark Souls with Catholic guilt. It's very good and not as hard as people say. Excellent game but the setting is going to be a deal-breaker for some people. Haiku the Robot is short and plays a lot like Hollow Knight. It's great while you're playing it but kinda forgettable IMO. Lost Ruins is a Metroidvania with some of the cruelty you'd expect of a Souls-like, e.g. instant death traps and overwhelmingly powerful enemies. However once you're a couple hours in it has a sharp drop in difficulty. IMO this is the third best one in the bundle that I've played, after HK and Blasphemous. Has a little anime grossness but that can be mostly ignored. Bloodstained is like Symphony of the Night if it was ugly, soulless, and not fun to play. Okay I'm being harsh because people generally really like this game but my takeaway really was "this is just Castlevania but bad". --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Must Play Metroidvanias Humble Bundle |
| Kenri 05/31/23 2:55:35 PM #3 | Yeah this is an insanely good deal if you don't own all of these already. For me it would just be Rain World, Lone Fungus, and the Zapling Bygone coupon so that's more questionable value but still maybe worth it. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's next for the Zelda series? |
| Kenri 05/31/23 1:42:55 PM #25 | It's definitely going to be another remake or 2D game. If I had to put money on it I'd say Wind Waker Re-Remaster. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | So why is the Zelda franchise so consistently, great? |
| Kenri 05/31/23 2:27:49 AM #83 | You may be surprised to learn that NSMB was in fact a DS game. Anyway that's not at all how I'd define a spinoff so uh, you do you I guess. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | So why is the Zelda franchise so consistently, great? |
| Kenri 05/31/23 2:21:35 AM #81 | KamikazePotato posted... honestly I don't think anyone considers the DS spinoffs to be mainline gamesIf you're talking about Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks here I'm not sure what makes them not mainline in your view? --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | So now that the dust has settled, how's Fire Emblem Engage? |
| Kenri 05/30/23 10:28:30 PM #16 | It's definitely the best of the Awakening - Fates - Engage trio, but still has a lot of the same design sensibilities, even the bad ones. It's arguably more of a traditional SRPG than ever since the emblems make all of your units so overwhelmingly powerful. Much more asymmetric than previous games where your units were essentially working with the same kits as the enemy units. The story is straight up bad. Not Fates bad but bad nonetheless, and worse, it's lazy. You fight the same four bosses the entire game, presumably because they didn't want to make new assets for bosses that would only be in one chapter. Several of the same exact scenes/character arcs that happened in Fates are cribbed wholesale by Engage. It sucks! The character designs looked stupid prior to release but within the context of the game they still look really stupid. Everyone is unapologetically bisexual though so A+++ for that Overall I don't think it's going to make many new FE fans but probably won't lose many either. It's fine. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | So why is the Zelda franchise so consistently, great? |
| Kenri 05/30/23 8:16:43 PM #52 | Honestly that sounds exactly like Wind Waker except maybe the dungeon items part --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | So why is the Zelda franchise so consistently, great? |
| Kenri 05/30/23 5:28:41 PM #39 | MacArrowny posted... What do you mean? There aren't really any 3D Zelda clones other than Okami, Fenyx Rising, and Darksiders. Unless you start counting stuff like God of War, of course. And none of those are niche.Don't forget Star Fox Adventures, the worst Zelda game. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Let's talk about Pokemon plushies and dolls |
| Kenri 05/30/23 6:07:46 AM #3 | I have some from my childhood that are mostly randoms I don't really care about, and not good quality. Charizard, Blastoise, I think Aerodactyl? They're all in storage. Then of newer, slightly higher quality ones I have Torchic and Bulbasaur. I also have a Popplio that I got for like 50 cents at a yard sale. I used to have an imported Pikachu from back when it had its original fat design. I have no idea where I got it and sort of wish I still had it, but I gave it to my niece when she was like 4 and she's a teenager now and it's still proudly displayed in her room, so I can't be too upset. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Odd or Even?: Pokemon Gens |
| Kenri 05/28/23 6:31:47 PM #15 | Haven't played all the newer games but I think it's odd pretty overwhelmingly. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Absolute bullshit that Peggy survived that skydiving accident. |
| Kenri 05/27/23 5:22:26 PM #2 | I mean people do survive skydiving accidents. It's rare but it does happen. The thing that always strained believability for me was that it was her first dive and she was on her own. She should have been tandem diving with the instructor. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game Club Replay: Undertale, Yoku's Island Express, House in Fata Morgana |
| Kenri 05/26/23 2:55:03 AM #14 | Oof, guess I'm gonna try to do both GAAs, ZOE2, and Call of Juarez all next month lol. I have two ~14 hour flights though so that'll help chip away at it... and I guess I can start GAA1 now. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/25/23 4:00:26 PM #55 | I forgot to use my nomination from beating K7 but oh well. Glad ZOE2 was picked! I think I own C&C but I'm really bad at RTS games so that one's a hard maybe for me, same with Katamari --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/25/23 4:48:08 AM #50 | KCF0107 posted... I still haven't gotten back to it, but yeah, I was in middle school I played it in 2005, and even then I did feel like theThat one was probably the weakest level overall, but special shout-out to the roughly 1/4th of the game you spend on --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/25/23 2:39:04 AM #48 | Kenri has beaten Killer7 I think this game would have blown my mind in 2005 when it was first released, but in 2023... it's not not weird but there's definitely weirder. The last couple hours did tie the plot together better than I expected, but I thought it was That all being said I've wanted to play this game since 2005 and I'm glad I finally did! Overall I thought it was pretty enjoyable. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/24/23 10:52:18 PM #46 | Support Sonic Colors (even if I'll have to get my Wii or Wii U out of storage to play it if it wins ) --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/24/23 1:26:53 AM #41 | Killer7 try to have a consistent tone challenge (impossible) every chapter is like a weird episode from a late 90s anime, but like, a different anime each time anyway I just finished Alter Ego so I'll try to finish up the rest of the game tomorrow or the next day --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/23/23 1:20:08 AM #37 | Played through Encounter part 2 in Killer7. Gotta say, I wasn't expecting this to be as episodic as it has been so far. Definitely feel like I've gotten the hang of the movement/battle system by now. If I have one big complaint, it's that you do a lot of switching between Smiths just to overcome one obstacle before immediately changing back to your main guy, and I feel like they either could have consolidated a few of them or made switching faster so it's not so tedious. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/22/23 8:01:48 PM #35 | Nominate: Dark Deity Sumire Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What is your top favorite video game song of all time? |
| Kenri 05/22/23 4:46:14 PM #23 | I don't know if it's for sure my #1, but the one that came to mind immediately is Conversation 1 from Fire Emblem 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bugR0IK1hM Mega_Mana posted... I also wanted to recommend Theme of Dahngrest from Tales of Vesperia, but I have not been able to find it on Spotify.Hell yeah, this one fuckin slaps. Super underrated. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Gaming stuff I bought in Japan |
| Kenri 05/22/23 12:39:17 AM #5 | TomNook7 posted... Okonomiyaki is like my new favorite food.Goddd I've been trying to find a place that serves okonomiyaki in the US and even in California it's been impossible. In ~2 weeks I'm going to Japan for the second time though so at least I can get it again then. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/22/23 12:33:56 AM #31 | Wow Killer7 really goes full Metal Gear Solid in its second level huh. The level itself is way less complicated than Angel was, with a more linear map and easier puzzles, though I've only played part 1 so far. Maybe it'll ramp up in part 2. That sure was a "boss" "fight". --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Fear and Hunger |
| Kenri 05/21/23 2:22:59 PM #19 | NeatoAnAccount posted... I think it's too cheesy, am I completely alone in this? I don't think the creator had the artistic skill to pull off what he intended. Like the thing that drove this home is the nonstandard game over where that one spooky guy in the hallway captures you and cuts off your arms, legs, and wiener. That's an example of a scene that would've been a lot better in LISA. I lost interest shortly thereafter.Not sure if cheesy is exactly the word I'd use but my reaction from reading the game's Steam page was "this sounds cool but I'm getting a weird vibe from it" and then after reading a couple reviews that mention specific scenes "lol definitely not for me, actually". It seems like a good time if you can look past that stuff though! --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game of the Month Club ft. Star Wars, Killer7, and UnMetal |
| Kenri 05/21/23 12:20:04 AM #30 | I have also started Killer7 and beaten the first level. Liking the story and aesthetic but getting the distinct impression I'd prefer just watching a let's play to actually playing the game. But maybe once I get better at the (frankly, insane) controls that feeling will change. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | May Game Club Replay: Undertale, Yoku's Island Express, House in Fata Morgana |
| Kenri 05/17/23 3:51:29 AM #11 | Nominate: Call of Juarez: Gunslinger --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's the worst mainline Zelda game? |
| Kenri 05/14/23 1:59:37 PM #165 | Most 2D metroidvania games are on a grid and it's fine there. The grid isn't the issue, the issue is that every square on the grid has exactly one island, usually with exactly one reason to go to it. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's the worst mainline Zelda game? |
| Kenri 05/14/23 1:08:15 AM #130 | th3l3fty posted... speed sailing doesn't fix Wind Waker's problem of terrible dungeonsYeah I think if I ranked all the Zelda dungeons Wind Waker might legitimately have the entire bottom 5 or so. Really subverted the Zelda standard where the dungeons are much better than the overworld by making both really bad. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's the worst mainline Zelda game? |
| Kenri 05/13/23 2:42:57 PM #113 | Wind Waker sucks and is definitely in the running for worst game in the series, but admittedly I haven't played the remake that apparently fixes my biggest issue with it. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review Zone |
| Kenri 05/12/23 12:41:53 PM #65 | MacArrowny posted... Ask Super Mario GalaxyYou can't, it had a much worse story so technically it wasn't improved in every single way --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's the worst mainline Zelda game? |
| Kenri 05/12/23 12:36:29 PM #82 | I plug these games all the time on B8 but anyone who likes Zelda II should check out Elliot Quest and Phoenotopia Awakening for more modernized takes on it. The former is much closer to Zelda II but they both got the spirit. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | When was your most recent time you played Zelda 2? |
| Kenri 05/12/23 12:28:01 PM #5 | 3DS/liked it. I think I had tried it before that via emulation and gave up in the first few minutes. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | What's the worst mainline Zelda game? |
| Kenri 05/12/23 10:14:25 AM #70 | It's definitely Spirit Tracks. I'm the kind of person who absolutely loved Phantom Hourglass and would have happily accepted more of the same, and I still thought Spirit Tracks was terrible. I'm glad this poll suggests people have reversed their opinions on those two because the consensus just after Spirit Tracks' release made zero sense to me. Before I beat it, I would have said Zelda II. That game has one of the worst first impressions of any game I can think of, particularly because of Link's dinky little dagger that makes fighting enemies borderline impossible. Slog through it until the first sword upgrade, though, and the game is actually quite good after that point! --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review Zone |
| Kenri 05/11/23 10:20:41 PM #52 | paperwarior posted... You can include the DS Zeldas of the time in that evaluation. When you're in a dungeon, it's cool. When you aren't, watch out.I mean this is kinda what I think about those games, but I'm not sure it's a common point of view? The biggest complaint with Phantom Hourglass was definitely "there's a big dungeon you have to spend a lot of time in". --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Capcom Humble Bundle (MMLC1+2, MH Rise, PW Trilogy, SF 30th Anniversary) |
| Kenri 05/11/23 12:11:39 PM #9 | Sick, thanks! --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Super Mario Series Playthrough |
| Kenri 05/11/23 11:58:28 AM #14 | SMB Deluxe (or whatever version) 3 World 64 Galaxy 1 and 2 3D Land Odyssey Bowser's Fury Then go back and pick up whatever others you want later but IMO this is the greatest hits tour --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Capcom Humble Bundle (MMLC1+2, MH Rise, PW Trilogy, SF 30th Anniversary) |
| Kenri 05/11/23 11:53:17 AM #6 | So which Mega Mans are worth playing, of 2-9? I know 2, 3, and 9 are fan favorites (and I've already played 1 and 10), but I forget which ones are supposed to be the bad/less good ones. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Capcom Humble Bundle (MMLC1+2, MH Rise, PW Trilogy, SF 30th Anniversary) |
| Kenri 05/10/23 3:26:55 PM #2 | I feel like the $30 bundle isn't a great deal but the $10 bundle is pretty decent --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | GQ's The 100 greatest video games of all time |
| Kenri 05/10/23 1:34:14 PM #25 | foolm0r0n posted... Super boring but typical top 10 due to regression to the mean. Tetris is an impressive inclusion though.Tetris in the top 5 feels like a huge cliche for lists like this tbh --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | GQ's The 100 greatest video games of all time |
| Kenri 05/10/23 12:56:28 PM #18 | Good list as a whole but the top 10 is definitely the worst part of it. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | How do you get a straight girl going through a breakup to shut up |
| Kenri 05/10/23 12:43:58 PM #4 | "I care about you and I'm sorry you're feeling this way, but you need to find another outlet for talking about this, like a therapist if you're comfortable with that. Continuing to put all of this on me every time we talk is exhausting and honestly makes me want to see you less, which I hate to say because I enjoy spending time with you." Or something to that effect. And then continue to reinforce it if she ignores you and is back at it again the next day. Warning: no matter how gently you tell someone this, it's possible for them to take it personally and as a result it can hurt your friendship. But often that's preferable to them continuing to treat you like an unpaid therapist. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | "You'll be back." |
| Kenri 05/10/23 12:29:01 PM #24 | Shattered posted... Actually makes me think of back in the day when people would post leaving posts on forums or like gaming communities and the response was typically you'll be back / nobody can ever leave type of responses. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
| Topic | Game Freak and Take-Two set to collaborate on action-adventure game. |
| Kenri 05/09/23 11:52:16 PM #15 | tbh it was never time to get rid of sprites to begin with. --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. |
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