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StarTopic Nintendo General Discussion |ST25 October 2023| Have a Wonderful Famiversary!

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Why am I discovering today, almost seven years after the release of the system, that the Switch makes a different noise when you unlock it by pressing three times the sticks (and each stick has its own sound effect, even) rather than pressing the regular buttons?
 
That's something the Mrs. and i could do together, heck even the younger ones would be up for it.

But you can't do that with the house dragon aka the teenager. ;D
The common house teenager is best left to its own devices in its natural habitat anyway - AKA alone in its room, probably sullenly under the covers or trying to stay away from everyone else. If the rest of the family had a party gaming party in the living room, you never know, you might even get them to curiously wander in and decide to join!
 
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Bought out by Sony. Is the cream of the crop in terms of live service games. And yet, they cannot escape layoffs.
 
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wait shit I thought Halloween was tomorrow

aaaand I just remembered time zones, carry on
 
Even Bungie? That suuuucks. Layoffs suck.


Hope y’all encounter the most adorable spooksters
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Sigh. Had amazon Re ship something and sent it to my other address thinking of if they sent small stuff through usps and I couldn’t get it up here, they should send it through usps and then it’ll be safe in my mailbox/package locker down in town till I get over there…. And then they send it through Amazon logistics DX
 
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It’s probably not worth bumping my industry crash thread yet, but I’m growing increasingly cynical towards Sony’s GaaS pivot.
yeah it sucks. I'm not even a fan of Sony's other big first party games, but I liked GoW 2018 when it came out and still like Ghost of Tsushima so even for me there's something there. But what non-multiplayer games that have barely shown anything are there to look forward to right now? Wolverine is the only one that comes to mind, am I forgetting things?
 
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Weekly Question #5
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
My favorite candy in general is Skittles, but for Halloween I'm really partial to those mini Reese's cups.
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
If we're doing strictly candy bars, then my favorite two are either Reese's cups or Milky Way bars.

But what I really love are cookies and breads, basically anything pumpkin or caramel (and sometimes apple). Pumpkin bread, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, caramel apples, etc.
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
Reese’s Cups for sure but I’m also partial to Twix
 
I really hope that one of the main lessons the industry takes from this year is that if you have good team retention and build up good experience working together over long periods of time and are able to really create the kind of game you want to make with more freedom, then you come out with some amazing games (TOTK, Mario Wonder, BG3). But that seems overly optimistic.
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
children’s dreams…
 
I have an important and concerning follow-up to my post regarding The Fungible Imp:

 
My favorite Halloween candy was the original original five flavor Lifesavers gummies. I even dressed up as a roll of them twice as a kid!
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
Payday. Then they stopped selling it here ☹️
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
Believe it or not, I keep a Halloween Candy Tier List on my phone since this comes up often enough.

S Tier
Twix, Reece’s Peanut butter Cups, Snickers

A Tier

Milky Way, Sour Patch Kids (and similar), Starbursts, Skittles, Sweet Tarts, Nerds

B Tier

Smarties, Hershey Bars and Kisses, Gummy Candy, 3 Musketeers, 100 Grand, Air Heads, Crunch, Payday, Rice Krispy Treats, Bottlecaps

C Tier

Tootsie Pops, Dumdums, jolly ranchers, Laffy Taffy, Milk Duds, Gobstoppers

D Tier

Tootsie Rolls, Soft and Hard Caramels, Gum

F Tier

Candy Corn, Those Orange and Black wrapped candies, peppermint.
 
it’s hard reading about candy preferences because Americans will be like “I hate Smarties!” but they’re talking about Rockets and not Smarties
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
Hm used to like candy corn. Tho this year I may just grab a lb plus chocolate bar from Trader Joe’s, especially if my fave Carmel pretzel is back
 
here’s my tier list of candy

S tier
dark chocolate above 75%

A tier
Coffee Crisp
reese’s peanut butter cups (but I’ll only eat like, 1 in a 6 month span)

B tier
Mango flavoured Hi-Chew

No Thanks tier
everything else
 
I won the lottery! I got twenty bucks. Rollin’ in the dough!

But seriously, $20 is more than I ever expected to win from a lottery ticket. What should I do with my wealth?
Twenty cups of coffee!

Followed up with wherever sells coffee at a $1 a cup
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
it’s hard reading about candy preferences because Americans will be like “I hate Smarties!” but they’re talking about Rockets and not Smarties
I was literally about to suggest the same, and then forgot that Rockets exist in the US as Smarties 😋

To be clear; this is gold
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This can fuck off and die in a tire fire
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Also I absolutely fukken LOVE sour blue raspberry gummies, and I have been nothing but distraught since realizing Bulk Barn stopped carrying them 😭 They haven't committed such a heinous crime since getting rid of the sour pineapple gummies they only had for like two summers in 2016 and 2017
 
north americans: yeah, my favourite candy is the limited edition papaya-flavoured Jumboblaster 5000 that was given away in a promotion for the release of Back to the Future Part II in '89 they're actually bringing it back this year
swiss people: i liek choklet
 
north americans: yeah, my favourite candy is the limited edition papaya-flavoured Jumboblaster 5000 that was given away in a promotion for the release of Back to the Future Part II in '89 they're actually bringing it back this year
swiss people: i liek choklet
That’s more Europeans in general right?

For good reason though. American chocolate is very poor. Sorry not sorry.
 
here’s my tier list of candy

S tier
dark chocolate above 75%

A tier
Coffee Crisp
reese’s peanut butter cups (but I’ll only eat like, 1 in a 6 month span)

B tier
Mango flavoured Hi-Chew

No Thanks tier
everything else
Too bad about the dark chocolate Cadmium issue
Twenty cups of coffee!

Followed up with wherever sells coffee at a $1 a cup


I was literally about to suggest the same, and then forgot that Rockets exist in the US as Smarties 😋

To be clear; this is gold
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This can fuck off and die in a tire fire
rockets-and-smarties.jpg


Also I absolutely fukken LOVE sour blue raspberry gummies, and I have been nothing but distraught since realizing Bulk Barn stopped carrying them 😭 They haven't committed such a heinous crime since getting rid of the sour pineapple gummies they only had for like two summers in 2016 and 2017
You mean Sprees? Haven’t seen those in forever
 
That’s more Europeans in general right?

For good reason though. American chocolate is very poor. Sorry not sorry.
Western Europe for sure, though both France and Italy for examples are more pastry countries.

My family is originally from Eastern Europe and our chocolate gives American chocolate a run for their money in terms of terribleness.
 
Uh oh

do I want to know?
A number of crops are having some source side contamination issues. Chocolate unless it’s more heavily processed has a decent amount of cadmium from its cultivation environment. Rice has a similar issue with arsenic
 
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north americans: yeah, my favourite candy is the limited edition papaya-flavoured Jumboblaster 5000 that was given away in a promotion for the release of Back to the Future Part II in '89 they're actually bringing it back this year
swiss people: i liek choklet
I'm a known candy corn enjoyer and I won't be silenced anymore
 
Guess we’re in for a major sale this week since there’s only 27 games on sale on the Nintendo Eshop right now
 
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Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually.

I just went to get this year's covid booster and they set me up with an antivax pharmacist.

She tried to talk me out of getting it, telling me "You know these don't actually do anything, right? Right?" And I just sorta sat there dumbfounded so she kept going.

"Remember when New York fired all those people for not getting vaccinated?" and I sat there. "Remember that? Didn't you hear about that?"

"Yes."

"Well the Supreme Court just ruled that there's no evidence that the vaccines even do anything, so they decided all those fired people are owed back pay and their jobs back. So all those people who were just making their own individual choices are gonna be coming back to work anyway, and who do you think is paying for that??"

I continued to sit there dumbfounded trying so damn hard to not tell her exactly what I think about the current Supreme Court and their fucking rulings.

She went on, "Well you know, you look like a really smart guy. I'm surprised you don't know more about this. You really should read more. I can give you some things to read about if you'd like to be more educated about this."

"Just the shot please, thanks."

"Well why are you even getting this? Why do you want it? I mean I'll give it to you if you want but it doesn't stop you from getting covid, just makes it slightly less severe when you do get it."

"I still want it."

"Okay then." She gave me the shot. "Oh and by the way, you know that mask doesn't do anything either, right? I mean it's real cute that you like to wear it but it doesn't actually do anything."

I stood up and walked out. She kept saying "You should read more!!" while I was walking away. Got into the truck with my dad (he was with me to get his booster too) and I told him all this. He said "Oh geez, you too, huh? Yeah she gave me the same spiel. She musta rehearsed it or something."

The pharmacist. Told my dad. Who is 77 years old and has lung trouble already. That the covid vaccine doesn't do anything and there's no reason for him to get it.

What the fuck, America.

What in the absolute fuck.
 
My dessert/candy take is that peanut butter, caramel, coffee, and mint can be added to basically any form of chocolate candy or dessert and make it better than it was before.
 
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Too bad about the dark chocolate Cadmium issue

You mean Sprees? Haven’t seen those in forever
Nah nah, fuck Sprees. Nestlé Smarties are candy coated in milk chocolate, kinda like M&Ms but better.

Well I guess it was bound to happen eventually.

I just went to get this year's covid booster and they set me up with an antivax pharmacist.

She tried to talk me out of getting it, telling me "You know these don't actually do anything, right? Right?" And I just sorta sat there dumbfounded so she kept going.

"Remember when New York fired all those people for not getting vaccinated?" and I sat there. "Remember that? Didn't you hear about that?"

"Yes."

"Well the Supreme Court just ruled that there's no evidence that the vaccines even do anything, so they decided all those fired people are owed back pay and their jobs back. So all those people who were just making their own individual choices are gonna be coming back to work anyway, and who do you think is paying for that??"

I continued to sit there dumbfounded trying so damn hard to not tell her exactly what I think about the current Supreme Court and their fucking rulings.

She went on, "Well you know, you look like a really smart guy. I'm surprised you don't know more about this. You really should read more. I can give you some things to read about if you'd like to be more educated about this."

"Just the shot please, thanks."

"Well why are you even getting this? Why do you want it? I mean I'll give it to you if you want but it doesn't stop you from getting covid, just makes it slightly less severe when you do get it."

"I still want it."

"Okay then." She gave me the shot. "Oh and by the way, you know that mask doesn't do anything either, right? I mean it's real cute that you like to wear it but it doesn't actually do anything."

I stood up and walked out. She kept saying "You should read more!!" while I was walking away. Got into the truck with my dad (he was with me to get his booster too) and I told him all this. He said "Oh geez, you too, huh? Yeah she gave me the same spiel. She musta rehearsed it or something."

The pharmacist. Told my dad. Who is 77 years old and has lung trouble already. That the covid vaccine doesn't do anything and there's no reason for him to get it.

What the fuck, America.

What in the absolute fuck.
I like to normally think of myself as a patient man, but naw these anti-vaxxers need their lives ruined at this point. Especially in fields of healthcare and medicine. Hopefully you got their name down and can report them to whatever college to ensure they're flat on their ass.
 
oh hey, it's been three years since Pikmin 3 Deluxe was launched on Nintendo Switch

I quite like that game
 
It's the last week of October - that means one last Weekly Question! Halloween is tomorrow, so let's end things off with a simple question. What is your favorite Halloween snack/treat?

In truth, I'm not a big candy person. My sweet tooth goes more for baked goods - give me a nice Halloween themed cupcake and I'm good to go.
I like pumpkin spice flavored stuff. Obviously Starbucks PSL, but also just a pumpkin pie in general is just excellent!

north americans: yeah, my favourite candy is the limited edition papaya-flavoured Jumboblaster 5000 that was given away in a promotion for the release of Back to the Future Part II in '89 they're actually bringing it back this year
swiss people: i liek choklet
"chocolate" is not precise enough for a Swiss. A Swiss will make a 32-slides PowerPoint explaining why they prefer Frey to Cailler, or vice-versa (half of the slides will be dedicated to why they think Milka is terrible chocolate)
 
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