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SHINE_GET_64 posted...

MetaCritic generally has lowerer qualifications for allowing a review on their site, which is why people typically go to OpenCritic

while this much is true, honestly i think the real reason people go to opencritic here is because it's kind of closer to what gamerankings was tbh (non-weighted averages)

Team B

radical alternative vote:

VRChat

Underleveled posted...

I'm going to keep a counter on-hand... what's the over/under on "precious"es?

let's say 60% of the script

Sonic 3 and Knuckles (Sega Genesis)
Donkey Kong (Game Boy)
Super Punch-Out!! (Super Nintendo)
System Shock (PC)

got curious how the other games are doing so far

https://www.kakuchopurei.com/2024/05/gift-2024-review-kkp/
feels like a miracle i even found one review of this given how unsearchable it is. plus shoutout to bushiroad for doing almost the worst job possible marketing the game's release (i'm saying almost the worst because i know devil girl has literally zero to the point that the dev hasn't even used their media handles even once in the past year)

https://gameluster.com/plushie-from-the-sky-review-huggable-heartfelt-honestly-insane/
https://www.gaming.net/reviews/plushie-from-the-sky-review-pc/
nice

https://opencritic.com/game/16667/rainbow-cotton/reviews
unfortunate to hear that even after remaking the game explicitly to avoid the jank and bugs of the original, it's still a victim of jank and bugs

Wordle 1,056 5/6*






agape
bales
cream
meant

(yeah that 4th guess was a mistake)

Paratroopa1 posted...

also wow lmao I was one of only TWO Lairon/Hattrem votes?

proud second voter (hattrem is also somewhere in my top 50, and lairon is in the top 150-200 range i'd guess) but really i'm not sure if even aggron/hatterene stood a chance in that match :c

r2 is a mistake

Final Fantasy VI (Super Nintendo)
Live a Live (Super Nintendo)
Demon's Crest (Super Nintendo)
Mega Man V (Game Boy)
Policenauts (PC)

it's late but i guess i'll see how many of the r1 eliminations hurt me (and i'll even throw in some estimated personal rankings too because why not)

AriaOfBolo posted...

735 Bastiodon (overall top 50) (about 45th)
738 Hoppip (179)
740 Seaking (194)
741 Beldum (126)
743 Tangrowth (top 250)
748 Delcatty (57)
751 Ting-Lu (top 250)
752 Snorunt (17)
757 Cherrim (20)
761 Blacephalon (25)
763 Kricketot (46)
764 Surskit (overall #1)
770 Mantyke (48)
774 Uxie (92)
776 Inteleon (top 250)
779 Glastrier (top 250)
783 Azelf (94)
784 Mesprit (top 250)
785 Azurill (41)
791 Registeel (top 60)
793 Shellos (top 250)
810 Chingling (24)
821 Minun (33)
822 Petilil (34)
827 Lileep (36)
832 Glameow (139)
837 Oddish (78)
841 Dewpider (179)
843 Seedot (186)
844 Plusle (38)
848 Medicham (89)
851 Vanillite (96)
852 Lumineon (67)
856 Cutiefly (86)
857 Wynaut (98)
862 Finneon (56)
865 Snover (65)
866 Hatenna (54)
871 Baltoy (28)
875 Unown (191)
876 Metang (97)
879 Whismur (64)
882 Stakataka (93)
898 Gothitelle (136)
899 Pineco (top 250)
903 Pecharunt (top 250)
907 Bonsly (156)
908 Castform (top 4)
915 Magearna (49)
923 Roselia (top 250)
924 Regigigas (72)
925 Bronzor (53)
929 Vanillish (top 250)
930 Ralts (95)
931 Stonjourner (90)
937 Dolliv (44)
941 Sunkern (62)
942 Budew (66)
943 Boldore (top 250)
944 Carkol (142)
945 Cleffa (130)
948 Huntail (top 300)
952 Cherubi (161)
953 Gorebyss (99)
955 Flabb (111)
957 Meditite (114)
959 Steenee (7)
960 Nosepass (60)
967 Elgyem (102)
979 Klang (175)
984 Phione (6)
996 Simisage (15)
1004 Clamperl (116)
1014 Mime Jr. (12)
1020 Luvdisc (106)
1021 Combee (82)
1022 Probopass (108)

"great"

honestly though, i expected worse. i mean, i assumed for sure that more than half of my top 100 would be gone considering how entirely incompatible my views are when it comes to pokemon but it's only 46 (or so)

Ampharos/Snorlax
Vulpix/Mismagius
Rufflet/Toxapex
Seadra/Brambleghast

actually wait

you know what the real best answer is factoring in historical context

https://www.pinrepair.com/arcade/autotst.htm

on a racing game note vr mario kart arcade seemed decent graphically, shame it's such a short and limited experience (which is why i decided to roll with ace attorney instead)

actually now that i think about it i wonder how good modern takes on series known for having good graphics historically generally are

*checks the last densha de d arcade game* eh, not as good as i hoped for

shame stuff like ace combat never came back to arcades, like ace combat 7 would kinda go hard as one

Wordle 1,055 3/6*




poker
wreck

i was stumped for longer than i care to admit on anything to put after that second guess

Koro-sensei
Great Teacher Onizuka
Dewey Finn
Agatha Trunchbull

after thinking about it for a while i've concluded that it is probably a vr game and i don't know many vr games, so i'll go with the longest one i have any knowledge of

Ace Attorney: The VR-20 Incident

still waiting for the wonderswan day

also oh yeah i've played that halo game too. still not sure if it'd be my pick tho

Under The

still feel burned that i donated to that one tbh

+3 From TV Animation: One Piece: Grand Line Dream Adventure Log
+3 Pokemon Puzzle Challenge
+2 Mario Golf
+2 Legend of the River King (GBC if we're treating color rereleases separately)
+2 Cardcaptor Sakura ~Always with Sakura-chan~
+1 Donkey Kong '94
+1 Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins
+1 Super Mario Land 3: Wario Land
+1 Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge
+1 X [Lunar Chase]
+1 Legend of the River King 2
+1 From TV Animation: One Piece: Birth of Luffy's Dream Pirate Crew!
+1 Densha de Go! 2

edit: oh wait i have only now realised i misread, i'll probably revise and use my other slots shortly

Lairon/Hattrem
Cloyster/Fuecoco
Nidoran/Deoxys
Miltank/Ogerpon

gen 1 electric isn't exactly my favourite gen for electric but the fact that gen 6 dragon of all things is still here with a slew of active downgrades in design for mega forms and some of the least inspiring generational marquee lines ever is certainly something else

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Policenauts (PC)
Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (Game Boy)
Virtua Cop (Arcade)

oh i thought about including portopia, but same as ones like tokimeki memorial, while its impact was more than great enough to warrant inclusion, it just fit too well into more of an adjacent genre really

on a music anime note i'm still hoping that some day i can coerce anyone else to watch monster sonic and its associated media (not actual monster strike though), or show by rock's many seasons, or wug, or re:stage, so i'm not just the lone token fan of them here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDb22Bqayac

Anagram posted...

Can you guess the final console we'll vote on? ... Maybe.

secretly this question is the real final poll and whatever gets the most votes is declared the most technically impressive console despite having no day dedicated to it

Donkey Kong Country (Super Nintendo)
Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (Arcade)
Wario's Woods (NES, SNES)
Killer Instinct (Arcade)

Wordle 1,054 3/6*

Wordle 1,053 4/6*

i've been thinking a bit about what exactly would nintendo realistically even be trying to prioritise with the switch successor recently, if we were to cast aside all of the teasers, leaks and speculation thus far and i had some thoughts

i feel like there's a chance they'll be looking to basically just do a switch pro with it at this point because it's a big risk to start fresh with their game library now given the direction its competitors have gone, and more than the upgrades in terms of specs, i feel like they'll be looking to sell the switch 2 primarily with a focus on bringing back all the services the switch has been sorely missing (streaming services, livestreaming integration...). they could honestly just try to go all out in decking the neo switch like it's an iphone now lol and see if that lands enough to be a sustainable model moving forward lol

YU-NO
Ever17
Fate/Stay Night
Steins;Gate

much as i'd like to fit higurashi/umineko on i just don't think they had enough of an impact. and bigger series in the west also just have the issue of having too many entries to pick from without an overwhelmingly clear frontrunner to point to as "the one that did all the work to popularise the series/genre". nearly went with clannad admittedly though since that's pretty safe to call the biggest key title at least (just... still not really by much). arguably it is bigger than some of these four but i think these had a bigger impact on the medium overall. oh yeah and ddlc is maybe worth bringing up too, but i feel like the genre's moved backwards in mainstream appeal since its release if anything (early to mid 2010s, any vn project would get funded at a moment's notice, now not so much), despite how much of a hit it was with stream-based audiences for a time.

since flight simulator 4 is probably the correct answer and getting on the poll anyway i decided to have a quick look at other options here and i feel like voting for Rollercoaster Rumbler just for the novelty of there being a rail shooter literally on rails lol (and it honestly does look pretty impressive)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM9z1ga_egI

by the way jokes aside it's surprising how many releases (at least on my wishlist) are coming out specifically this week

just to recap there's these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5lwM2NYdQw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2yLI2jSz0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7SoesYgyS8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7J089XoFDfE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOu3Fv84CdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP0fi0_exe4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhB6dLh9nn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZfcz9XtYVQ
https://sekaiproject.com/news/qualia-the-path-of-promise-coming-to-nintendo-switch-on-may-10-2024/
https://vndb.org/v50674

of this list i'm still most likely to pick up rainbow cotton personally but i admittedly didn't know that plushie in the sky and rabbit & steel were this month too and honestly i hadn't even seen this trailer for Gift until now and i'm considerably more interested than i was before lol

as things stand i'm probably going to pick up all of them eventually besides pacman/corponation and maybe the vns

I hear it's coming out May 9th

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2yLI2jSz0
how did they get any of these people

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5lwM2NYdQw funny ragdoll anime souls is out

Electrode/Tapu Lele (not a golisopod or mimikyu fan so this one is easy)
Crawdaunt/Garbodor (worthy title mention here, this one is tough)
Rayquaza/Coalossal (poor drapion getting bolted down like this)
Wigglytuff/Blissey (this sure is a pairing)

could you add a wonderswan day too just to come full circle lol

edit: oh yeah also my vote is also for flight simulator unsurprisingly

Super Punch-Out!! (Super Nintendo)
System Shock (PC)
Power DoLLS: Detachment of Limited Line Service (PC)

Wordle 1,052 4/6*





swear
sauce

oh right Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown was 2019 that's my vote sorted (weather effects are still legit for it)

(speaking of weather effects, i did also just think of the Just Cause series and while i'm not voting it, i do think it'd be pollworthy)

also shoutout to this game nobody played that i also just remembered called Voidrunner. it looked INSANE at the time (especially for an indie project with virtually no funding) and i'm still sad it flew entirely under the radar and bombed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNWPRh4EBrc

ItsuMen Ra-Men SuperMen! (it's also a song)
https://columbia-makes.jp/taikonotatsujin2022/en/entry/entries/music_101985.html

one very niche example i'm personally invested in is 200% Mixed Juice, a short pseudo creature collecting retro jrpg that happens to have online pvp. i really like it, though i've also been involved with doing a balance overhaul patch for online use which i consider "essential" for it specifically, rebalancing close to everything and making a few more units playable, rectifying some overpowered unit issues that were never patched out officially

i would definitely still say i consider the game really good without it though, especially since it was only done to iron out balancing quirks for one side of the game, obviously it's not an issue for the singleplayer (save for missing out on some minor/boss units being playable). it's an odd matter though since while the singleplayer IS the main draw for the game, the main reason the multiplayer isn't a bigger one is just because the game has no playerbase...

still yeah i don't think a must-have mod necessarily covers the full scope of "this game cannot be played without it", it can depend on what it's for. if you are playing something where the core gameplay experience is a hot mess without them then yeah that'd be something i'd very much be reluctant to praise

are we counting 2020 or not? would prob second flight simulator again if so, otherwise i'll keep thinking about it

Wordle 1,051 3/6*

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Knuckles (Sega Genesis)
Mega Man Soccer (Super Nintendo)
Donkey Kong (Game Boy)
Monster World IV (Sega Genesis)

G-MAX STEELSURGE
+3 Lumineon
+2 Bronzor
+1 Garchomp
-1 Farigiraf
-2 Skwovet
-3 Clawitzer

HORN LEECH
+3 Quaquaval
+2 Lileep
+1 Bronzong
-1 Talonflame
-2 Marshadow
-3 Lycanroc

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Dokapon Kingdom Connect

(i'd pick out something like unicorn overlord otherwise but that definitely takes more than a weekend lol)

since crysis is prob secured for the poll i guess i'll pick like Battlefield 2 (thought about stuff like mass effect and mw2 as well but battlefield def impressed me more for its time)

Wordle 1,050 4/6*





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