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StarTopic Nintendo General Discussion |ST2 Nov. 2021| Are You Gonna Play Shin Megami Tensei V the Dub Way, or…

Which TGA nomination snub upset you the most?

  • Animal Crossing New Horizons for Best Ongoing Game

    Votes: 41 17.1%

  • ADAM (Metroid Dread) for Best Performance

    Votes: 20 8.3%

  • Bravely Default 2 for Best Role Playing Game

    Votes: 23 9.6%

  • Metroid Dread for Best Family Game

    Votes: 23 9.6%

  • FamiBoards User Derachi for Content Creator of the Year (for his "Sub Megami TensWay V" image in OP)

    Votes: 23 9.6%

  • Emily's "Stinker Horseman Game" for Most Anticipated Game

    Votes: 46 19.2%

  • Cruis'n Blast for Literally Every Category

    Votes: 64 26.7%
  • Total voters
    240
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Billmo said:
Ok famiboard. Got a question for you all. I'm really teetering on the edge of purchasing a Xenoblade game, but I'm also not sure if it's for me. I've watched lots of gameplay clips and while most of the game looks for me, I just can't get past the combat mechanics. So because of this, I'm hesitant to spend full price on a lengthy campaign in which I may never play beyond a certain point.

Now that brings me to Torna. From what I understand, Torna is a standalone game as well as a shorter experience. I also see that it's on sale for $35 CAD. Is this something that is worthwhile to test the waters of Xenoblade with? Would it be stupid to start with Torna being that it's really just an extension of another story? What are your opinions on this?

Thanks in advance.
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Everyone else has gone into good specifics, but I wanted to throw my two cents in because, well, I actually don't like the XB battle systems very much but I still love the games. And I know, it's weird that my least favorite part of one of my favorite JRPGs is the battle system, but I seriously love the world they build that damn much. The auto-attacking looks like a slog at first but eventually you'll have so many Arts (the equivalent of spells or abilities or whatever) that you'll be mostly focused on choosing and timing (and in XB2, mixing) those instead of noticing the auto-attacks.

But seriously, the battle systems are at the bottom of my list when it comes to what the game has to offer, I get it. I almost didn't like the first Xenoblade when I first played it, but I had nothing else in the backlog (and was home sick for a week) so I stuck with it and when I got to Gaur Plain (the first big field area) the music and landscapes just hooked me and the series never let me go. XB2 especially excels in those areas. So if battle systems are a big deal to you in RPGs, yeah it can be a little tough to get into, but if you're like me and you also play RPGs for the exploration and the vistas and the music, the whole series is pretty incredible.

Joseki said:
Everyone is welcomed to have their opinion on stuff, unless it turns into another "you are stupid if you like X" like it is from certain mods in other places
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But Xenoblade X is the best one in the series 😉
 
Joseki said:
Everyone is welcomed to have their opinion on stuff, unless it turns into another "you are stupid if you like X" like it is from certain mods in other places

bonus points for implying that XC2 players are all potential sexual predators
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I remember when a few years back. An ex mod called Xenoblade 2 players stupid for liking the game and it was okay to admit it cause they also had moments where they had bad taste. I get the why people don’t like Xenoblade 2, good reasons.

I just never understood why that game had a lot of people annoyed that others liked it.

Another one was that throwaway tracks in Xenoblade 1 was better then anything in Xenoblade 2. Music taste is subjective but this opinion screamed more that they were upset at the amount of praise the music was getting over the original.
 
I've always wanted to try the Xenoblade games, but Chronicles 1 wasn't in stock when I got the urge to play it on Wii... Many years later, XB2 looked interesting but some of the character designs reaaaaaaaaaally put me off so I never tried it. I may try XBDE when my backlog gets smaller.
 
DecoReturns said:
Another one was that throwaway tracks in Xenoblade 1 was better then anything in Xenoblade 2. Music taste is subjective but this opinion screamed more that they were upset at the amount of praise the music was getting over the original.
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Okay I prefer 1 to 2 but even I'll admit the music in 2 blows the original away.
Mitsuda, yall. MITSUDA.
 
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Red Monster said:
I rolled credits on 3D World. What a fun game! Now I gotta decide if I wanna push on to Champion’s Road or start Bowser’s Fury..
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I've been working on champion's road since yesterday, died probably 20-30 times and have not made it past the second area. I'm actually curious how many attempts this will take so I'm gonna keep trying.
 
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Red Monster said:
I rolled credits on 3D World. What a fun game! Now I gotta decide if I wanna push on to Champion’s Road or start Bowser’s Fury..
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Champion's Road and Bowser's Fury will probably take you about the same amount of time if you're rusty, lol

i do think it's a pretty fun time learning the level tho so I may not be the best judge. Power ups help though, recommend one cat suit and one tanooki.
 
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I played Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii U VC and enjoyed it a lot. I found X very boring despite it's beautiful visuals and great sountrack.

I liked the combat in 2, but otherwise it didn't live up to my expectations. And although I had been put off by some of the character designs before, it was taken to another level.

Finally, I played the definitive edition of 1. Sadly I had a harder time liking it than originally, and the world that I had loved before felt somehow shallow. I don't know if it's a result of the improved graphics, but throughout the game I had this uncanny feeling of walking on big 3D models of environments rather than actual environments.

Ultimately I think I'm done with the series. But once 3 eventually comes out, I know I'll have to check out the soundtrack. They have all been incredible.
 
Ramune said:
Any thoughts on The Missing or Alternate Jake Hunter? Both are currently on deep discount on the eShop.

I'm embarrassed that my profile stats on Switch expose me as only having played 4 hours, I haven't shut up about this game for years now. But Happy Home Paradise and BDSP took over because other people are playing those and so it's been more of a social thing.
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Personally, I found Jake Hunter to be very predictable and boring. The Missing has some jank to it , but I enjoyed the story and my overall time with it.
 
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Dardan Sandiego said:
Because the Star Fox Zero thread was bumped I went and got the Wii U plus Star Fox out of storage.

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Me and my friends used to mix Pepsi and milk together when we were kids! We called it "Tea 2", and that name should tell you exactly how revolutionary we expected the mixture to be...
 
Ozzie said:
Inside and Limbo are currently on sale for £1.79 each. Should I bite?
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I bought them on another sale a while back, and got to play Limbo. It's a neat little game, although some of the puzzles get a bit too obtuse later. For that price, it's worth it.
 
Happy Thanksgiving y'all. I'm thankful we have this place to shitpost and just hang out.

Oh and talk about games I guess, if there's time.
 
Daily reminder that DQX offline is coming out on the Switch on February in Japan, and we still don't know if it's coming to the west :(
 
Billmo said:
Ok famiboard. Got a question for you all. I'm really teetering on the edge of purchasing a Xenoblade game, but I'm also not sure if it's for me. I've watched lots of gameplay clips and while most of the game looks for me, I just can't get past the combat mechanics. So because of this, I'm hesitant to spend full price on a lengthy campaign in which I may never play beyond a certain point.

Now that brings me to Torna. From what I understand, Torna is a standalone game as well as a shorter experience. I also see that it's on sale for $35 CAD. Is this something that is worthwhile to test the waters of Xenoblade with? Would it be stupid to start with Torna being that it's really just an extension of another story? What are your opinions on this?

Thanks in advance.
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Torna is my absolute number 1 favorite game on the Switch.

You won't understand a lot of the significance of some of the characters, but you can definitely play it without having played the base game. It gives you proper tutorials and eases you into the combat system.

Torna was built around cut content that was originally intended to be in the original game after around chapter 7.
 
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Leo said:
Daily reminder that DQX offline is coming out on the Switch on February in Japan, and we still don't know if it's coming to the west :(
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being a western dq fan do be like that

I'm genuinely pretty confident DQX Offline is going to get localized. I feel like it was made because there's enough western demand that a loc'd version would be profitable but setting up all the server/payment infrastructure for an MMO wouldn't be.
 
So apparently like half my eShop wishlist is on sale, which would normally excite me but that's how I got the two-year backlog I've been burning through to begin with. Now I'm almost, almost through it, and 2022 seems to be absogoddamnlutely packed with releases I've been waiting for so I'm afraid of adding back to it.
But I want.
 
Leo said:
Daily reminder that DQX offline is coming out on the Switch on February in Japan, and we still don't know if it's coming to the west :(
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What's worse than DQX not being localized is that DQ Heroes 1+2 on Switch is not localized despite both DQ Heroes 1 and DQ Heroes 2 on other platforms being fully localized.
 
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Lukus99 said:
I would not play Torna before you play Xenoblade 2. I think a lot of the story in Torna will have less of an impact if you haven't played XC2 and it will also spoil some of XC2 if you decide to play it later.

I would play Xenoblade Chronicles Definitive Edition first, then Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and then Torna.

It is also perfectly fine to play XC2 then Torna then XCDE. But I would never start with Torna.
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If the difference is getting turned off by XC2's terrible tutorials, I'd say play Torna first.
 
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bellydrum said:
Yes and a lot of people don't know that Animal Crossing was originally an N64 game
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I modded my friend's N64 like a decade ago so he could play his N64 copy of AC that he paid way too much for

Then he quickly realized how much text was in the game and also he didn't know a word of Japanese
 
I’m playing Resident Evil Village.

Horror games don’t scare me so this first few hours of it being like VII is really annoying me. Can’t stand force scripted segments and slow moving linear paths. After VII and Village. I’m probably not into these games anymore, first person resident Evil is just not for me.
 
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The Royal Mail has my Skyward Sword OST. Most exciting thing ever. I need the sweet tones of the music box after this week.
Red Monster said:
Oh I know, I cleared Champion Road on Wii U. I’m not sure I’ve got it in me to do it again honestly. At least not right now.
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I couldn't do it. I probably tried a hundred times. It started to make me feel... things. So I deleted my save data to free myself from it.
 
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Payday on Friday... I'm taking advantage of this sale and finally buying Divinity OS2 (among other things)
I already bought Quake and Cruis'n Blast
 
BozPaggs said:
Payday on Friday... I'm taking advantage of this sale and finally buying Divinity OS2 (among other things)
I already bought Quake and Cruis'n Blast
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You’re about to enjoy the game of the generation. Criminally under-recognized game in discussions of best of the bests given its quality.
 
Brofield said:
Honey ginger tea
Zinc tablets
Emergen-C/Redoxon-B
Clementines
More water
Sleep (got 11 hours last night)

Any other home remedies to make sure I stave off this cold that's threatening to ruin my weekend?
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Sounds like you're on it

Only thing I can add to that list is buying Xenoblade Chronicles 2 now on sale on the eShop
 
Brofield said:
Honey ginger tea
Zinc tablets
Emergen-C/Redoxon-B
Clementines
More water
Sleep (got 11 hours last night)

Any other home remedies to make sure I stave off this cold that's threatening to ruin my weekend?
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I was expecting you to say, "These are a few of my favourite things." (Though I don't know The Sound of Music very well.)
 
Derachi said:
But real talk: in the 13 years since I played the original, the urgency a TWEWEY sequel would conceivably garner from me fell precipitously every year. If this game came out in like 2011/2012 on 3DS, it would have been a Day One Purchase for me. In 2021? Yeah, I'll get it on sale I guess.
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TWEWY was also a bolt of lightning for the Square fans at a time when creatively the company was kinda floundering with XIII being seriously underwhelming to most, Versus was in development hell, Kingdom Hearts was dragging its heels getting to the 3rd game, and the only other major release was Last Remnant. Those were dark days but the DS had this little ray of hope on it which seemed kinda odd but was probably the most inventive game the company had put out in a while (and that’s still kinda the case 13 years later).
 
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bellydrum said:
Sounds like you're on it

Only thing I can add to that list is buying Xenoblade Chronicles 2 now on sale on the eShop
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I actually bought XB2 Collector's Edition on day one!

My secret shame is that it's still sealed and I've not yet gotten around to starting the game, and at this point I don't see why I should until I finally beat XBDE

Legion of Primes said:
Cold is never good, hope it goes away soon
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Thanks bud, I hope so too. Got a few birthdays for my friends all despairing 30 to celebrate coming up and I'd hate to have to cancel on all of them and miss out on sowing all the chaos haha

Glom said:
I was expecting you to say, "These are a few of my favourite things." (Though I don't know The Sound of Music very well.)
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Honestly the honey ginger tea is legitimately delicious and it's taking every ounce of strength not to go through my entire supply in just three days lmao
 
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