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StarTopic Nintendo General Discussion Thread | ST23 August 2023 | Things get WEIRD
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They were merely pikboys, now they are pikmen
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I’m interested in this one but I still need to try one of the main shows! Plus I may wait for a sale. Tho it’s KT so maybe not
Also, Ok folks, you’re playing Fate Grand order and you summon the new getter Robo version of Benkei Musashi(who is in fact a version of the historical one that’s already in fate), how do you react?
Also, Ok folks, you’re playing Fate Grand order and you summon the new getter Robo version of Benkei Musashi(who is in fact a version of the historical one that’s already in fate), how do you react?
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I mean, QuakeCon at least has Quake II going for it. More gory shooters for Switch.
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God I wish I could get like a 6' tall lava lamp for my condo, but the stupid things don't come any bigger than 2'
Although I recently learned they now make official lava lamp wall sconces, so I want to cover my entrance hallway with them lmao
God I loved that show, but when I heard it got unceremoniously cancelled after three seasons I couldn't bring myself to finish the last three episodes. I really should though, one day.
The Captain Planet episode was also absolutely phenomenal; I loved they got the original voice actors for Kwame and Captain Planet to join the episode too ahaha
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A lot of people seem to consider the 2016 game to be one of the weaker entries though I still found it fun on higher difficulties. Crack in Time is supposedly still the best non-PS2 entry so it feels sufficiently modern tho I can’t say how Rift Apart compares.
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Please do. The last episode in particular grapples with the show's abrupt cancellation in a way that made me feel things.
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Just checked out GameXplain for the first time in a long time.
First video I see is ‘why TOTK is such a disappointment’ and Andre going on for 90 minutes like he’s talking about Superman 64.
Reminded me of why I stopped going to that channel and no doubt why all the old team left to form a channel called ‘Good Vibes Gaming’.
First video I see is ‘why TOTK is such a disappointment’ and Andre going on for 90 minutes like he’s talking about Superman 64.
Reminded me of why I stopped going to that channel and no doubt why all the old team left to form a channel called ‘Good Vibes Gaming’.
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Lucas Pope marks 10 years of Papers, Please with a free demake for your browser
Dystopian border control simulator Papers, Please turns 10 years old this week, and developer Lucas Pope has marked the…
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This is rad as heck.
PP is one of my favourite games of all time.
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I found Rift Apart a little disappointing after all of the buzz surrounding it. The selling point was that it was one of the first true next generation experiences, but I felt like it was just a real spiffy PS4 game.
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So many games coming up! I totally forgot that Pies of P and Baten Kaitos drop the same week in mid-September, just a couple weeks after Starfield, which is just a week or so after Blasphemous 2 and Sea of Stars. And I want to play Baldur's Gate 3 sometime before Mario hits, too. Oof.
EDIT: You know, I'm just leaving that typo
EDIT: You know, I'm just leaving that typo
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Baten Kaitos still doesn’t have a NA price either DX
Only positives allowed in zelda fan world? I had to scroll for a while to find the video you mentioned and after listening to only the first 4 minutes it doesnt sound like it will be a hateful tirade. Im gonna give it a listen.
It's beautiful
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The more I see of this game (gameplay or cg) I am more interested in it. Don't know about day 1.
KT sales are odd, my theory is that depending on the studio/team the faster it gets a sale lol. Also if they have a partner like Nintendo or Square.
Based on recent games : Gust (3-4 months), TN (3 months), Omega (2 months), Ruby Party (4 months)
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Welp, I contracted this new strain of COVID, and lemme tell ya, it's kicking my ass so far. Much, much worse than when I had Omicron in Jan 2022. Stay safe, everyone! I'm still working remotely, but definitely taking things easy. Hopefully this at least gives me an excuse to put some real degen hours into Pikmin 4 this weekend lol
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Are we assuming that the next Switch won't have it's own gimmick? Because I feel like it's really going to be VR.
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Had to find out from a Futurama shitposting group, RIP 
Johnny Hardwick Dies: ‘King Of The Hill’ Dale Gribble Voice Actor Was 64
Johnny Hardwick, who voiced the conspiracy-minded character Dale Gribble on King of the Hill, died August 8 at his home in Austin, Texas. He was 64. Hardwick and his character with the distinctive …
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Oh no, that sounds like hell. Hope you recover quickly my dude. As good a reminder as any to stay on top of the vaccinations, and I'm probably due for my next one in a few weeks or so
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Developer: "Look BG3 was made under special circumstances, it isn't realistic to expect it as some sort of standard going forward"
me: "What special circumstances"?
Developer: "Whole lot of crunch"
Me: "But even if that is true, even if they did, all larger RPG studios have been doing that. And they've done it on longer development cycles, with more staff, and larger budgets time and time again over the last generation+ and still even after crunching harder and longer, with more money thrown at it projects come out half finished; so even if they did crunch what else did they do differently?"
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me: "What special circumstances"?
Developer: "Whole lot of crunch"
Me: "But even if that is true, even if they did, all larger RPG studios have been doing that. And they've done it on longer development cycles, with more staff, and larger budgets time and time again over the last generation+ and still even after crunching harder and longer, with more money thrown at it projects come out half finished; so even if they did crunch what else did they do differently?"
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IGN: Pikmin 4 is causing some poorly organized people to panic
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Despite what you're saying probably being mostly true, I really don't think we need to accept that crunch will always have to be a part of major studio game development.Developer: "Look BG3 was made under special circumstances, it isn't realistic to expect it as some sort of standard going forward"
me: "What special circumstances"?
Developer: "Whole lot of crunch"
Me: "But even if that is true, even if they did, all larger RPG studios have been doing that. And they've done it on longer development cycles, with more staff, and larger budgets time and time again over the last generation+ and still even after crunching harder and longer, with more money thrown at it projects come out half finished; so even if they did crunch what else did they do differently?"
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September is a massive bloodbath for me. Way too many Switch games to buy! Just a snippet of what I'm getting:
Bomberman R2
Baten Katios
Mortal Kombat 1
Nayuta Endless Trails
Rune Factory 3
Gloomhaven
MythForce and many more...
I did that for you. Nah it's a tie if you count all three GTA games separately on Switch. But you shouldn't as they're not on sale separately.
GBC had 5 Rockstar games:
GTA1
GTA II
Austin Powers Oh Behave
Dr Evil Welcome to my Underground Lair
Even Knievel
GBA and Wii had 3 each:
GBA:
Max Payne
Grand Theft Auto
Midnight Club
Wii:
Table Tennis
Manhunt 2
Bully
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Either way, it's been a long time since the Gameboy, and I am excited to replay Red Dead Redemption
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what's funny is my friend group would probably love seeing me in the polycule shirt. They are very much a "everyone should love everyone, let's have a cuddle puddle" type of group 
still wouldn't, tho
still wouldn't, tho
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I don't want crunch to be accepted but what I also don't want to happen is for bad faith concern about it being used as a cudgel against trying to praise a good game for being good; especially when as far as I'm aware there aren't reports that should lead us to think they ran some sort of terrible environment worse than any other studio. Like this seems less to me like actual concern about pushing back against crunch and more like some sort of agenda being pushed by people speaking on behalf of the higher ups who want to justify why the monetization and live service bullshit is so bad in large scale games and has to be the way it is because reasons so shut up please do not look at that man behind the curtain
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The second one I’d be fine with. The first not so much
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Just beat Pikmin 4 at 100% and what a great game. The additional freedom that comes from ditching the time limit, the new camera and the doggo fixed every issue I’ve had with the series before. And it’s so much more beautiful than the third. Easily in my top 3 of the year so far.
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Thanks buddy. I know I'm definitely overdue for another booster after this whole ordeal is done, but I'll have to look into how often you can get additional vaccinations.
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If you find out could you @ me and let me know? Friends of mine are still getting covid (as recently as last week) and I live in an area that believes covid was a hoax anyway so I kinda wanna stay protected. BUT I asked the pharmacist about it this month and he said I can't get any boosters after the initial run of, whatever it was, 2 or 3. He said if I completed those then I'm done and literally not allowed any further boosters. But then I'm hearing on the news that health professionals are recommending an annual covid booster going forward so.. like.. I'm confused.
(also hope you feel better soon!)
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“Coming this fall, we take beloved classic character Pinnochio and follow his story as he gets a job at a bakery to pursue his passion for dessert. And also it’s a punishing dystopian Souls-like full of nightmarish automatons - somehow. Why? Find out in:It's beautiful
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Frankly if gamers put even 50% of the effort they expend propping up the "All games are microtransaction GaaS casual trash," narrative into actually playing more games, they'd probably be much much happier with the state of things.
Issue is so many games simply don't count to the typical "gamer." Indie games? Artsy trash. Nintendo games? Kiddy trash. Sony games? Movie trash. Game has a few bugs? Broken trash. Game runs at anything but 60fps? Unplayable trash. And so on. They dismiss so, so many titles and focus so much on just a select few 'approved' games that they inevitably create a scenario where it feels like there's nothing to play.
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Chaos Bonanza made me do the Patrick Bateman listening to Huey Lewis face multiple times
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Once I hear, I'll definitely let you know! I only ever got the first booster, so I guess this was a brutal reminder for me to get on that lol
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Gotta move them goalposts or else their arguments don't holt water at all.
I actually used to have a family member who would do that to me with cars. He'd say "Japanese cars are trash and don't make any power," I'd point out that cars like the Supra and Skyline made over 300hp in the 90s, putting them on par with the Corvette and above the Camaros and Mustangs of the day, and he said "no they lie on those horsepower readings, it was proven they all did it" and I pointed out that SAE standards actually govern how the horsepower is measured now, so those readings are legit and he said "bullshit, since when?" and I googled it and found they started standardizing horsepower measurements in the 80s and he said "I'm not talking about the new shit, I'm talking about back in the day when they made REAL cars, in the 60s and 70s" and I'd try to point out that that was incredibly circular because I'm giving him examples of why new cars are also "real" cars that make tons of power and he just kept talking me in circles and telling me everything I said was propaganda and fuck I hated him so much
I also can't stand "gamers," for similar reasons. Which was my point.
Grögol Fight! and Enjoy Choy are certified bangers, and Window Seat makes me feel like I need to analyze my life
That is beautifully specific
Oh yeah, the latest boosters are almost necessary now. The one they call the "bivalent" booster is the one that was reformulated to protect against a lot of the newer variants, it's the most recent one they made, I think. Ask for it by name. LOLOnce I hear, I'll definitely let you know! I only ever got the first booster, so I guess this was a brutal reminder for me to get on that lol
<puts doctor’s coat on>
The current recommendation is that anyone older than 5 years old (and doesn’t have other significant diseases or immune compromise) only need one updated vaccine from either Pfizer or Moderna, regardless of your previous immunization status. Note: it specifically has to be the updated or “bivalent” vaccine.
On the topic of boosters, studies are mixed! The data does not point to a clear benefit from getting annual boosters. I personally do not recommend getting regular booster vaccinations as in my clinical experience, it doesn’t sway the scales significantly. It’s still better to practice proper hygiene, mask usage and social distancing!
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Awesome, thanks for the info!
So, from your professional perspective, what's this I'm hearing about the vaccines losing their effectiveness after 6 months or so, is that legit?
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This is super helpful! For the bivalent vaccine, when did they start making those widely available?
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I only partially know the reference but am completely delighted
I’m so glad you like them!!
thank you all
That’s not true at all. If we knew the vaccines were losing their effectiveness that quickly, we would be pushing for semi-annual vaccinations.
That might be a misunderstanding of what “effectiveness” means for a COVID vaccine. The vaccine does not make you totally immune from infection/reinfection. Its most important effect is that it greatly decreases the risk of getting severe infection and needing hospitalization. The new bivalent vaccines can decrease those nasty complications in otherwise healthy adults by up to 85%! And for that reason I highly recommend getting the updated vaccines.
If your goal is to avoid getting COVID, as I’ve mentioned, proper hygiene, wearing masks and social distancing are still the most optimal methods. Which is why it’s a shame that people have stopped being vigilant (also part of the reason why we’re getting new strains still).
The bivalent vaccines have actually been available since September 2022, but they only became the top recommendation for vaccination this March or April, I believe? That’s when the pharmaceuticals started making more of them (and sort of phasing out the previous vaccines).
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