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Welcome everybody to a new thread, a new year, a new fami.
ST4 is gonna look a bit different than the first three. Hence the title. With @Raccoon picking back up the mantle of Direct Speculation Thread OP this thread will have a slightly different focus than before. Instead of raucous remarks about rumors and discussions about direct dates we're going to use this thread to talk about the most heinous act a member here can perform: actually playing video games.
And also general life/family/health/hobby/pet/food/job/school/grievance/childhood/nostalgia/Lego/Eggo/Prego related topics.
Speaking seriously for a moment, this thread, starting now, will serve more as the central hub of this community where we will do just that, build our sense of community. We'll talk about ourselves, our lives, our jobs, games we want to play, games we don't want to play, games that need to be remastered because nobody wants to play something in dosbox anymore, just a general repository for thoughts and questions we want to share or pose with our fellow community members. Because when it comes down to it, that's the reason we're all here- we love this community.
So to that end, I've decided to kickstart some of these discussions by setting up a new "weekly topic" system. Each week of this thread (starting Sunday because that is when the week starts and no I'm not taking questions on that) will have a new subject introduced with a new poll included that ties into it. Right now the tentative schedule is this:
- Week 1: New year's resolutions (gaming and otherwise)
- Week 2: Coping with COVID (soon we'll have years of experience with this!)
- Week 3: Relationship advice/questions/what games to play with your SO/kids, etc.
- Week 4: Work related grievances. Compare your boss to your favorite Nintendo game boss!
In addition to that I want to do weekly raffles for $5 eShop cards (or whatever currency the winner chooses), which in order to enter you need to post a picture related to the raffle subject (as well as tag me), which (again tentatively) are as follows:
- Week 1: Food. Something you cooked, baked, ate, or saw somewhere. Should ideally be interesting!
- Week 2: Pets. Your pet, your family's pet, your friend's pet, your neighbor's pet, that squirrel that sits on your windowsill every now and then and pleads with its eyes for you to give it some of your trail mix, that little stink bug that just refuses to ever get on your piece of paper that you are trying to use to carry it outside, etc.
- Week 3: Your favorite (or one of your favorite) game or game related collectible.
- Week 4: Free-for-all. Anything, something funny, something cute, something dumb, a picture of a used tissue, a picture of very dull looking blanket, a horse incinerator, a man wearing a monocle, etc.
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In case you were starting to wonder, yes this thread is still primarily about Nintendo.
We're still going to discuss games we're playing, games that are soon coming out, game previews, game reviews, game sheviews, Nintendo tweets, things like that. Really the main thing we're going to try and keep out of this thread is discussion of rumors and speculation revolving around when the next direct is or what games may be announced/featured at said directs.
So what's on tap for January?
So far Nintendo's only game is Pokemon Legends Arceus launching on the 28th.
Other notable releases include:
- January 6: Arcade Archives: Super Pac-Man
- January 6: Dead Cells: The Queen & The Sea
- January 20: Windjammers 2
- January 28: Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth
(List is not exhaustive and will be updated as new games are dated. Please feel free to ask me to add any games I've missed)
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Some other useful threads include
Direct Speculation Thread
- Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
- Shin Megami Tensei V
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel
- Bayonetta 3
- Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp
- Triangle Strategy
- Final Fantasy XVI
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land
- Mario Party Superstars
- Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
- Metroid Prime 4
- Halo Infinite
- Elden Ring
- Dragon Quest XII
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
- Lil Gator
And here are the past Nintendo General Discussion threads
Also I'd like to thank the past OP's, @mazi , @Derachi and @Suswave . You guys are way better than me at this.
Alright, it's time to discuss! Let's get discussin'!
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