Discussion: Video Games

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:01 pm

the game is prety clearly in the child timeline (Majoras mask & Twilight Princess). several of the direct child timeline refrences are base game, (zelda mentions the twilight realm in one of the flashbacks) but the direct refrences to the other two timleines are all either amiibo bonuses or DLC bonuses, which could be considered noncanon easter eggs. and no i don't count the Rito as a refrence for two reasons. And there is NO WAY i'm putting this in the CD-i/Cartoon timeline. that one is just a mess.

1) they look NOTHING like the windwaker rito. the windwaker verson looked like gerudo (minus the all female thing) with beaks who could magically turn their arms into wings. these ones look like someone turned loftwings into bipeds.

2) Rito being an evolutionary offshot of the zora, are more likely an indicator of time period, than time line. IE: the thousands of years between the calamity's creation and first defeat, and it's return coinciding with the thousands of years WW's seal held, or the thusands of years crossed using the harp of ages. they're parallel but in different time lines.

Besides, the hylians of the adult and fallen hero timelines have both lost large parts of their history due to things going bad after OOT. how can those hylians even know what the by then extinct dodongo and loftwing species' look like let alone build giant mechanical versions of them? (i'm convinced Meadow and Rudania's conspicuous designs were on purpose. you can't un-see that.)

dusk · Post by **dusk** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 9:27 am

I have played a good bit of it, even if I don't own it. If you need ideas, just let me know and I'll assist you.

axelthefox · Post by **axelthefox** » Mon Jan 29, 2018 6:07 pm

Looks like fox people might be a thing in next world of warcraft expansion.
http://www.wowhead.com/news=281155/vulp ... del-viewer

I wonder if they will be playable or npcs

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:18 pm

Yesssssss. They look kinda weird I'll admit.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Feb 02, 2018 3:47 pm

I think it's partly the non existent tail, partly the dwarf proportions, and partly the fennic ears on something that lacks the rest of that species of fox's characteristics.

But yeah, weird.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:17 am

I find it weird that the only tailed races we usually get to play as are the Tauren and Draenei. Oh, and demons. can't forget the buttload of demons with tails.

Also, yellow skinned dudes are totally Ratchet. No pun intended of course since there is a town literally called Ratchet in the game.

If you are wondering why these guys look odd, they currently have a similar body-shape to the goblins, but with different heads and skins. I hope these guys are not just goblins with fox heads. their skin patterns and faces are good-looking.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:27 am

no, even a Lombax would have more of a tail than that.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 10:41 am

Buster wrote:no, even a Lombax would have more of a tail than that.

Not %100 Ratchet, but the skin is pretty good in similarity. Yes, The main body ears are pointy and face is also rougher, but the skin has some good similarities i find. Just less stripes and more realistic tones for his chest and back. Can't say anything about the leg, though - never seen rathchet without pants =P

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 1:08 pm

the lack of a normal sized tail is still silly

axelthefox · Post by **axelthefox** » Sat Feb 03, 2018 7:09 pm

Sleet wrote:Yesssssss. They look kinda weird I'll admit.

Yeah. Seems they forgot the tails on the fox people.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:57 pm

Alright, Blizzard ~ that's much better =3

https://twitter.com/Aniroel/status/970555062391947264

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:47 am

Super Smash Bros. 5 for Switch confirmed for this year! And it will have Inklings!

I'm so excited.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 12:58 am

I can't wait!

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:14 am

There’s also Undertale, Crash Bandicoot, South Park, and Okami! There’s lots of stuff I’m excited for.

Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:45 am

Sleet wrote:Super Smash Bros. 5 for Switch confirmed for this year! And it will have Inklings!

I'm so excited.

Legotron123 wrote:There’s also Undertale, Crash Bandicoot, South Park, and Okami! There’s lots of stuff I’m excited for.

can't wait for Sans, Crash, Cartman, and/or Amaterasu to be announced for smash

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 3:56 am

In terms of newcomers for the next Smash, the ones I can definitely see coming in are a Yo-kai from Yo-kai Watch (most likely Jibanyan), Spring Man from Arms, Dixie Kong, and a gen seven Pokemon (most likely Incineroar).

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:01 am

While Amaterasu is a must for Smash (especially after MVCI snubbed her), but when it comes to what Undertale character I want to show up, I think that either Mettaton or Undyne would make a better fit than Sans.

Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:57 am

Saturn381 wrote:and a gen seven Pokemon (most likely Incineroar).

I think Decidueye might be a better option, fit in with all the other archer type characters.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:37 am

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
Sleet wrote:Super Smash Bros. 5 for Switch confirmed for this year! And it will have Inklings!

I'm so excited.

Legotron123 wrote:There’s also Undertale, Crash Bandicoot, South Park, and Okami! There’s lots of stuff I’m excited for.
can't wait for Sans, Crash, Cartman, and/or Amaterasu to be announced for smash

Cartman is unlikely, that series sense of humor leaves very little that can be ported over, and sans would be controversial; if he's NOT a ridiculously OP glass canon undertale fans will be disappointed, if he IS everyone else will be angry. Undyne would be a better choice, even if she does have the most grating personality of that lot...

Amaterasu and crash though can work.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 11:50 am

Definitely Sans, but Papyrus fits as well. maybe a duo? I would certainly hope they come in 8-bit forum.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 2:32 pm

Buster wrote:
RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:
Sleet wrote:Super Smash Bros. 5 for Switch confirmed for this year! And it will have Inklings!

I'm so excited.

Legotron123 wrote:There’s also Undertale, Crash Bandicoot, South Park, and Okami! There’s lots of stuff I’m excited for.
can't wait for Sans, Crash, Cartman, and/or Amaterasu to be announced for smash
Cartman is unlikely, that series sense of humor leaves very little that can be ported over, and sans would be controversial; if he's NOT a ridiculously OP glass canon undertale fans will be disappointed, if he IS everyone else will be angry. Undyne would be a better choice, even if she does have the most grating personality of that lot...

Amaterasu and crash though can work.

Cartman is unlikely because he’s not a video game character, he’s a cartoon character. If he got in, people would be crawling out of the wood work to demand that Shrek and Goku get in. Sans is a completely different set of problems. While there are plenty of Undertale characters I could see getting and accepting the invitation to join Smash (Undyne, Papyrus, Mettaton), Sans is both too lazy to accept an invitation, and not a good enough fighter to get one. I know some of you are going to point to his Genocide fight as a rebuttal to those points, but hear me out. A, that was his last chance to stop a genocidal maniac, so of course he’d get off his butt to fight, and B, the only reason that fight was as tough as it was is because he broke literally almost every rule of the games combat, stopping just short of using your healing items. There is no way he’d be able to do that in Smash.
On an unrelated note, I will riot if either Amaterasu or Shovel Knight don’t make it into this one. They’re such good fits!

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 7:12 pm

Legotron123 wrote:
Buster wrote:Cartman is unlikely, that series sense of humor leaves very little that can be ported over, and sans would be controversial; if he's NOT a ridiculously OP glass canon undertale fans will be disappointed, if he IS everyone else will be angry. Undyne would be a better choice, even if she does have the most grating personality of that lot...

Amaterasu and crash though can work.
Cartman is unlikely because he’s not a video game character, he’s a cartoon character. If he got in, people would be crawling out of the wood work to demand that Shrek and Goku get in.

That depends on if tie-in games count, which is what brought cartman up in the first place; the southpark game. operating under the assumption they do count, cartman would be disqualified because there would be no way of including him without sending the game's age rating through the roof.

as to he other two you mentioned, thankfully, movie tie-in games almost never garner a fanbase these days unless you're spiderman, and non-game appearances have never been considered relevant before, so Shrek wouldn't happen.

Dragonball Xenoverse II on the other hand is actually quite popular and has a Switch version...

personally though, I want to see a Corrupted Rabbid. They could do a Pokemon trainer type thing and have him turn into a different class at the start of each battle; Ziggy, Hopper, Buckler, Smasher, Peek-a-Boo, or Valkyrie. you'll never know what you'll get till the match starts.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 8:03 pm

Well, when they had that fan vote thing, one of the rules was that any character that didn’t premier in a video game was ineligible, so that’s why I didn’t count him.
Also, I think the corrupted Rabbids would make great enemies in a Subspace Emissary-like mode. I think that mode would’ve been a lot more popular if they included more enemies from the various series the roster comes from, as opposed to being 70% original enemies, 25% enemies from Mario and Kirby, and 5% everything else.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Mar 09, 2018 10:18 pm

yeah, but the rule went from 'properties nintendo published' to 'properties on a nintendo console' previously, so it getting amended again isn't outside the realm of possibility.

TheSilverFox51 · Post by **TheSilverFox51** » Thu Mar 15, 2018 11:36 am

I haven't been playing video games as much as I used to, mostly because of art-y things, but I'm stuck on an Xbox one playing modded Fallout 4. My internet is broken so it's only offline things, and I'm too poor to be able to afford a PC. It's weird to think that becoming a gamer/youtuber was my main goal a year ago, now it is to become an artist... Lot's of lost time.

Post by **Sleet** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 8:03 pm

Apparently Phil Specter said he'd allow Banjo and Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. That would be awesome DLC! Like 20 years in the making.

Post by **D-Rock** » Tue Mar 20, 2018 10:25 pm

Just picked up a Switch earlier today with Breath of the Wild. Pretty cool to use, haven't gotten too far in, yet.

Really should plug it into one of our TVs, the motion-tracking for the bow doesn't seem to like me. Even when I take photos with my phone, I can never get a still shot.

TheSilverFox51 · Post by **TheSilverFox51** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:18 pm

Been playing Fallout 4 (modded) and Skyrim for the past few months, my brother got a switch, so I've been playing Breath of the Wild a lot, it's amazing. Been trying to play Undertale a little, but I'm not a fan, which is sad because when I bought it a few months ago I was super stoked, didn't live up to its hype, in my opinion.

D-Rock wrote:Just picked up a Switch earlier today with Breath of the Wild. Pretty cool to use, haven't gotten too far in, yet.

Really should plug it into one of our TVs, the motion-tracking for the bow doesn't seem to like me. Even when I take photos with my phone, I can never get a still shot.

BotW is my new favorite game, just wait until you get more into the story and world exploration. Tip: turn off the motion-tracking for the bow, using it makes your shots super inaccurate.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:32 pm

Some more BOTW tips? Try to get stasis upgrade ASAP, as it is AMAZINGLY helpful in fights. Also, before you tackle the Yiga Clan hideout, go to the observatory in the Northeast part of the map and get about half a dozen Ancient Arrows. It is much easier than trying the impossible task of sneaking your way through the second part of the hideout.

TheSilverFox51 · Post by **TheSilverFox51** » Sat Mar 24, 2018 11:52 pm

Legotron123 wrote:Some more BOTW tips? Try to get stasis upgrade ASAP, as it is AMAZINGLY helpful in fights. Also, before you tackle the Yiga Clan hideout, go to the observatory in the Northeast part of the map and get about half a dozen Ancient Arrows. It is much easier than trying the impossible task of sneaking your way through the second part of the hideout.

Forced stealth missions are the worst!

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Sun Mar 25, 2018 9:41 pm

I just stocked up on ice and bomb arrows, and snagged a 5-shot Lynel bow.

Freeze, Detonate then freeze again before the 'wistle for help' animation can trigger, rinse and repeat.

by the end it was less of a 'base' and more of a 'mass grave'.

TheSilverFox51 · Post by **TheSilverFox51** » Sun Mar 25, 2018 10:53 pm

Buster wrote:I just stocked up on ice and bomb arrows, and snagged a 5-shot Lynel bow.

Freeze, Detonate then freeze again before the 'wistle for help' animation can trigger, rinse and repeat.

by the end it was less of a 'base' and more of a 'mass grave'.

Just got past that mission, I just got frustrated and had my brother do it. I had one room to go and then they somehow spotted me across the room, so I raged quit. Fighting them off was impossible.

Post by **D-Rock** » Sun Mar 25, 2018 11:46 pm

Alright, thanks for the tips. Haven't played in a few days, as work was rather demanding. Two days off after tomorrow.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 7:33 am

TheSilverFox51 wrote:Fighting them off was impossible.

that's what repeatedly stun locking them with ice arrows is for. they won't engage until AFTER the 'wistle for help' animation plays, nomatter how many of them see you. if you keep interrupting it everyone except the one you're pummeling with arrows will ignore you until you're done. it's an AI glitch that's easily exploited. the arrow just needs to be in flight before the game takes control away to start the mini-cutscene.

dusk · Post by **dusk** » Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:34 am

2 games I really would love to play are Elite Dangerous and Sea of Thieves.

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 10:47 pm

Doesn't Sea of Thieves have a bit of a lack of content at the moment? Like PvE stuff?

TheSilverFox51 · Post by **TheSilverFox51** » Wed Mar 28, 2018 11:43 pm

Sleet wrote:Doesn't Sea of Thieves have a bit of a lack of content at the moment? Like PvE stuff?

Has some of the same issues No Man's Sky had, "A world as large as pacific ocean, but not deep enough to drown in" -Random YouTube video, also there is a lot of griefing issues apparently.

Legotron123 · Post by **Legotron123** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 12:40 am

Has anyone else here played Mother 3? I played through it about a year ago and I absolutely fell in love with it, even if I was severely under leveled most of the time.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 3:06 am

You should check out Ghost of a Tale if you haven't already, it's the best Redwall game that was never made!

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 8:21 pm

Did my first successful twitch stream today on my PS4 playing Digimon World - Next World. Might continue doing this until i beat the game <3

If anyone's interested, i'm planning on doing it from 6 PM - 10 PM Atlantic time during the week.

https://www.twitch.tv/gamecobra