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I thought that was a Kanata pop tart at first and was very confused.

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At least grinding in the newer games is a little bit faster thanks to Exp. Share. I have to imagine it's much more of a pain to grind in the pre Gen 5 games if you're not playing on an emulator that can speed it up.

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teep_ posted...

I forgot Wallace was the gym leader again in ORAS

He is.

I tried a Nuzlocke in Omega Ruby, and I got to Mossdeep and lost interest. Something about the game was just so disappointing to me. And I didn't really like my team all that much. I tried Pokemon Moon after that, but I decided to Nuzlocke that from the start instead of doing it normally. It being pretty tough combined with that same empty feeling made me give up on that as well. And that's the last I've ever played of Pokemon.

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CyricZ posted...

Oh yeah sorry that wasn't clear, but she didn't finish.

Do you know if Ina ever rescued all the grubs? I'm guessing no, since the stream prior to this most recent one was mostly the White Palace. And the one last night seemed to mostly be the final boss. As far as I know she still had a couple left. I really hope she does decide to get those because I want to see her reaction to what happens when you get all of them.

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pogo_rabid posted...

TIL: back when Holo was still figuring out what they want to be, hololive gamers were supposed to focus exclusively on gaming but then were incorporated with the rest of Holo, Okayu was so pissed and she almost quit when they told her that now she had to sing too.

https://youtu.be/GFY77_wcCM4

Speaking of that, I guess she released her first original song the other day and it's pretty enjoyable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6P_m6adkgc

Okayu has definitely become one of my favorites. It's neat how her chill demeanor can resonate so well with the non-Japanese speaking audience. I don't think I've ever heard her say anything in English. And she doesn't need to. It does certainly help that she seems to be pretty popular with clippers.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Smash fans are perpetually stuck in the 90s and early 00s, and thus want characters from games they grew up playing, not from newer, modern games.

That's why "anime" is such a buzzword, even though Link and Zelda 100% fit the anime aesthetic (but again, they grew up playing the Zelda games, so they get a pass).

Yeah the anime swordfighter thing is pretty ridiculous, especially for a game with a roster as complete as Ultimate's base roster was.

But I do think people are very frustrated with how Nintendo has basically abandoned many of their classic IPs. I guess it's sort of rearing its head in Smash now as well.

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Coloradough posted...

I tried nuzlocke but got frustrated at the grinding required

But I think it's a really cool idea

Grinding isn't as bad in the newer games at least thanks to EXP. Share. You just have to make sure to turn it off when actually progressing through the game because then you'll probably end up overleveled instead.

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To casual fans and kids, Sword and Shield is just as good as all the Pokemon games before it. Ultimately, the part of the fanbase that's hungering for something more is a minority. And I imagine a decent portion of that group ended up getting the game anyway.

Hopefully the Pokemon franchise churns out some high quality spin-off games to make up for the lackluster main series. Pokemon Snap looks promising for example, even though I'm skeptical of how much content it will actually have.

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That's okay as long as it's also on the Switch.

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It'll be John Amongus

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dameon_reaper posted...

Actually they're the same Ganondorf but its always a different Link. Ganondorf gets sent to the Sacred Realm where he's imprisoned. He breaks free and Sacred Realm takes place outside of time so he ends up wreaking havoc on one of the two timelines.

Then there's Ganon who is in the "hero failed" timeline where he exists and then is killed and brought back on occasion.

In that sense, yes. I should have said instead they're two different characters, since one experienced a 7 year rule over Hyrule and the other never made it that far.

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Remnant is great.

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DarkRoast posted...

In all fairness, Wind Waker and Twilight Princess literally directly contradict each other's accounts of what happened to Ganondorf.

But that's really all fans have to go on.

Things get REALLY weird with Breath of the Wild, though, because you literally find the broken Mirror of Twilight (Child Timeline) and there are clear references to Hyrule being previously flooded, with Ganondorf's actual body being buried under the castle (Adult Timeline).

How do Wind Waker and Twilight Princess contradict each other considering they take place in different timelines? They're essentially two different versions of Ganondorf.

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Some of these aren't really global sporting events though.

Anyway, I like baseball the most, so obviously I'd want to attend the World Series the most. I think going to the Olympics would be pretty cool though.

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You mean Dr. Toboggan?

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kirbymuncher posted...

interesting takeaway from those streams <_<

if anything I was sort of thinking the opposite, hollow knight is the stream that's convincing me ina is the real gamer of the gen

To be fair I made that comment just after she spent an hour and half trying to beat the Mantis Lords. She certainly did very well in the following stream. I definitely did not beat Soul Master on my first try when I played.

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Anyone here see Batman Ninja?

It's really bad but still managed to be somewhat entertaining.

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I don't think picking Gen 1 means you're blinded by nostalgia. Gen 1 designs are mostly great. For me, it's a tie between that and Gen 5.

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I chickened out on Victory Road when I did one of these for Black 2. Avoided as many trainers as I possibly could. And I did actually get a Gliscor that beat the entire E4 almost single-handedly. I think the only other Pokemon that saw use was my Galvantula against Caitlin.

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I've had it a couple times, but only in teabag form. I usually just drink black tea.

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I've never considered Link to be a stand-in or avatar character and I wouldn't want him to be. Link is fine the way he is.

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I work at a grocery store. I see them used occasionally. I remember seeing them in use more often at my older job, but that store was also smaller so I guess there was a greater chance of coming across one in use. I even drove them a couple times when the battery was dying and we had to get the customer a new one.

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Yeah I didn't finish the game either. Too much pointless stuff to do and I was overwhelmed. I remember liking Vetra though.

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Duncanwii posted...

Kalos is also the worst region in the series, because of, amongst other things, the overly bloated regional Pokedex.

More variety makes for more replayability. All Pokemon games should have that level of variety. I should not come across a fucking Wingull or Zigzagoon on half the routes in the game.

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I'd say Age of Calamity just because you already played 3D World. The performance can dip a bit, but for the most part it's not noticeable enough to be a bother.

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Yeah I especially like how in ORAS for example I can catch a Wingull on almost every route in the game. Great variety that really keeps me playing.

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I think the most memorable part of the Redwall books was how Brian Jacques went overboard on descriptions of food.

I read a bunch of them when I was a kid and I enjoyed them. I always thought they were very imaginative, even if looking back on it they probably weren't the most well-written books.

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Well Ina beat the Mantis Lords and made a bit of progress in Hollow Knight. And she's streaming it two more times this week. Kind of easy to forget how hard Hollow Knight can potentially be for a more casual gamer.

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NeonOctopus posted...

Have you played Skyward Sword? >_>

I have not, but I would like to.

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NeonOctopus posted...

Link's Awakening is what Link to the Past failed to be: a masterpiece

See that's the only one I've played that I found to be overrated. Something about it was just disappointing. Maybe playing the Oracles first ruined it since they're so similar. And I think both Oracle games are ultimately superior to LA in every single way.

Link's Awakening is overall a very good game though. Every game in the series I've played is a 8/10 or higher I'd say.

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SerperiorThanU posted...

Wait, what? Video games are far more likely to have humans fighting giant monsters. What game can you play as a giant monster trying to kill other giant monsters? Actually, kaiju fights itself is pretty rare. Dynamax Pokemon is the only one I can think of off the top of my head and that's a really shitty rendition.

I really want to see a proper sequel to Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, Godzilla: Save the Earth, and Godzilla: Unleashed some day.

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What makes you think Kong is more intelligent than Godzilla?

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Zikten posted...

I wish I knew Japanese so I could understand Japanese Hololive. I'm kinda interested in that dog girl. She seems fun

I think Korone's streams are still fairly easy to follow despite not being able to understand her. Yeah you won't be able to know what she's saying, but the weird noises and moments of glee or terror or whatever emotion obviously transcends language. Plus she easily has the most variety in terms of what games she plays. And many of those games are retro and very simple to follow for a viewer.

I do hope she does more English only streams because those were very fun.

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The books make every character like ten times more badass and heroic than the films do, which says a lot about them when the films already did a pretty good job of that.

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Can anything even one shot you from three hearts? I know Iron Knuckles and some bosses are the only ones really capable of doing a lot of damage, but I'm not sure how much they do exactly.

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legendarylemur posted...

Coco's new L2D shows just how fucky and goddamn shitty her previous L2D rigging truly was. Like holy crap whoever did it phoned it the fuck in and for whatever reason they stuck with it until now.

Man, I still remember when I first started watching Holo, I saw Coco and her movement and went ew wtf is that? Now I see her new L2D and go yeah, she's actually cute, but it took seeing it in better motion to realize

Yeah she always seemed off compared to everyone else. The new one is like the difference between night and day.

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DMX99 posted...

i never beat super mario rpg, the 2nd form of the final boss is too hard. im waiting for a reamake so i can have my revenge.

Red Essence. I think that's what I used. Or it might have been just abusing heals with Peach. I did need Red Essence for a certain other boss fight in that game though.

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Glad to see Ina liked Hollow Knight. Will be fun watching her do a full playthrough of that hopefully.

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Ushiromiya posted...

she did end up dying late into the tutorial and having to start over. but yeah, i sometimes make the unfair assumption that her being decent at FPS would carry over to other genres. and then I watch the Mario gameplay...

I was kinda impressed that she beat Bouldergeist on the first attempt when she was doing Galaxy yesterday. She's not great at the Mario games from what I've seen, but she will definitely be capable of beating them all at the very least.

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You should play it up until you encounter the Mantis Lords. If you don't enjoy that fight you probably won't enjoy the game. The boss fights are what makes the game so special.

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CommunismFTW posted...

The factions are quite diverse, so recommending a baseline is tough. But generally speaking to learn the mechanics on Easy you could do Franz (Empire) or Tyrion (High Elves) and branch out from there. Personally my favorite lord is Ghorst for Vampire Counts. You can make upkeep free zombie and skeleton deathstacks roaming the map in a literal apocalypse for the good guys.

Generally at the start of any campaign you have a tutorial battle then a starting province to "complete" by taking the missing places. From there you want to focus on economy (public order/growth/money) and any unique resources a province has access to, like iron ore or something, you want to build that unique building too. Always keep an eye on military buildings to see what units they provide and would like to have in your army, too. I generally shoot for a Core Province at Tier 3+ and well defended by around turn 30-35 before I strike out into the world by eating my neighbors.

When you first start a game you want your first turn to go through your tech tree, diplomacy (trade deals mostly), any faction specific perks (e.g: machinations for the Empire) and so on. Then do your tutorial battle, you should just walk your starting army to the starting enemy and save before the battle. Keep practicing until you get overwhelming victory here and that's a good baseline to know you've got the hang of the first 20 turns of enemy armies.

To add a little bit to this, it can also be a good idea to continuously sack a specific settlement that you have no interest in occupying at the moment. Not only is it a good money maker, but you'll be leveling up your Lord and other characters in the process. It works best of course on a weaker faction that you can essentially just bully for a while.

Also, pump out Heroes are soon as you can get them. Not only are Heroes some of the best units you can field in battle, but their abilities as an agent can give you a major edge over the AI. Even just having them as scouts is nice.

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On the Total War site they mentioned both Kislev and Cathay are going to be fleshed out more in the revived Warhammer tabletop game. So it seems like a joint effort between both them and Games Workshop. Kislev was only a little bit defined in the old Warahmmer Fantasy Battle. And Cathay was never playable in any form. They've got free reign to do almost anything with them.

Hopefully Chaos Dwarfs will be the pre-order bonus race. And then Ogre Kingdoms can follow as DLC I imagine. Or vice versa.

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ALttP > BoTW > OoT > MM > Oracle of Ages > Seasons > TP > WW > ALBW > LA > MC

That's all the ones I've played. I guess I technically haven't played the true Majora's Mask, since I've only played the 3DS version. But I have to imagine the differences wouldn't change my opinion a whole lot. Also never played the original Wind Waker, but I don't think I'm missing out much there.

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I just hope this one comes to PC as well.

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People praise Dunkin Donuts?

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Gladius_ posted...

Many casual fans don't realize that superman is actually a super genius. Superman literally knows every fighting style there is, his mind is quicker than any human in existence, and kryptonite is no longer the serious weakness people make it out to be as he has overcome it so many times now it is mostly an irrelevant factor.

I don't see too many people saying Superman is dumb. They mostly say he's boring, which is something I heavily disagree with. Even if all you know of Superman is from the DCAU or movies, you can pretty blatantly see that Superman is a highly intelligent character.

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Star Wars is heading in the right direction at least. The sequel trilogy could end up being the only blemish of the Disney Star Wars era.

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Solar_Crimson posted...

Oh, there were a few good reasons.

1. It was marketed wrong, putting much more emphasis on the GamePad than anything else, and along with the name made people believe that it was a mere tablet add-on for the Wii. Calling the system "Wii 2" to begin with would have much better gotten the point across.
2. Even that aside, most of the casuals who bought the Wii moved on to mobile games, which blew up tremendously in the years since the Wii's launch, so that well was unavailable for Nintendo.
3. Developers had to mind the GamePad, so porting games over from PS3 and X360 wasn't as simple of a task.
4. It launched when the PS4 and the XBOne were on the way, so most other companies would shift focus towards those consoles in short order, and the Wii U wasn't nearly powerful enough to handle ports of PS4 and XBOne games, cutting off the supply of third party support that was promised early on.

I meant more in comparison to the Switch, because like I said I don't actually think the Switch is all that much better on its own. All your points are certainly true though.

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ApherosyLove posted...

Ehhh true, but that's more than just a Flood level, right?

Any level with the Flood as at least one of the primary enemies should be considered a Flood level. Otherwise, you couldn't really consider High Charity to be one either, since you fight a ton of Covenant in that one.

Besides, the Flood are the primary enemy faction in Halo anyway. The Sentinels you fight are more of a secondary enemy.

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