BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Ladies, gentlemen, squids, welcome for the final round of phase 1 of the 2024 VGS NES Weekly Contest! To challenge our players in such an important round and to represent the Puzzle Genre, we bring forth... CLU CLU LAND! The rules for this week are: Play till you beat stage 16 (the first bonus stage) or till game over, whichever comes first Pause the game on the score screen after all the bonus have been computed and take your picture Highest stage progress wins, with highest score used as tie breaker Genre: Puzzle The contest ends Sunday, 04/28/24 at 11 PM VGS time. Your user name MUST be written or typed on a piece of paper and be in the picture for your score to be valid. The entire TV screen, or computer monitor if you are playing on an emulator, MUST be in the picture for the score to be valid. No partial screenshots will be considered or accepted. No screenshots by hitting "print screen" on a computer will be allowed. You must take a picture of your computer monitor. There may be instances where this will be acceptable, but it will be at the discretion of myself and the contest organizers. Also, the use of turbo controllers is forbidden, as well as any cheat codes, Game Genies, slow motion functions, or save states if playing on an emulator. Also, we will only be using NTSC systems for the contests. The use of PAL systems will NOT be allowed. Good luck everyone and have fun. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 1st BriGuy82 16 - 129370 2nd Tablew/chairs 16 - 126570 3rd Gaia Gensouki 16 - 120040 4th PII 16 - 117630 5th Seppatoni 14 - 87490 6th G-type 5 - 28280 7th mbd39 5 - 23720 8th a3quit4s 3 - 9710 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,068 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 @BeaIank It looks like there's a bonus level after the first 5 levels and then after every 4 levels following that. I also noticed that the Famicom version has different patterns than the North American release... Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403427 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted April 21 Author Share Posted April 21 2 minutes ago, PII said: @BeaIank It looks like there's a bonus level after the first 5 levels and then after every 4 levels following that. I also noticed that the Famicom version has different patterns than the North American release... We will use the NTSC version, not the famicom one. And it is fine about the bonus levels. You will still pause at the end of stage 16, which is a bonus level. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403428 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 808 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) 129,370 Edited April 29 by BriGuy82 2 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403445 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,221 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 2 2 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403447 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,131 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 I'm digging the new family friendly Kickle. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murray | 2,510 Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 (edited) Family friendly my arse. Murray sez he’s up to something… Edited April 22 by Murray 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403450 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJimtendo | 1,221 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Next week is the first break week and I've barely given any thought to a give away yet. Think I'll get something lined up for qix. Be prepared. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403545 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,131 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I'll never get used to how this game controls. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403550 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,068 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 1 hour ago, mbd39 said: I'll never get used to how this game controls. It takes some time to get used to hitting your desired direction just before you get there. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403561 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,890 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 (edited) This is my style of game. It’s got a steep learning curve so I’m not good at it yet. But puzzle? It’s an arcade action game! edit: score improvement Edited April 28 by G-type 1 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seppatoni | 66 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 87490 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
a3quit4s | 4,448 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 9710…. Meh not a fan Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403941 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PII | 2,068 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) LEVEL 16 / 117,630 Edited April 29 by PII 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 Current standings posted Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403993 Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type | 2,890 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 (edited) I missed that we were supposed to include level progression. My score was from level 4 edit: new score replaced this one Edited April 28 by G-type Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-403998 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,131 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 23,720 - Stage 5 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbd39 | 2,131 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 I don't know how people are so good at this. I'm not getting past level 5. It's infuriating how difficult the controls are. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404011 Share on other sites More sharing options...
guillavoie | 1,235 Events Team · Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 On 4/25/2024 at 8:57 PM, G-type said: This is my style of game. It’s got a steep learning curve so I’m not good at it yet. But puzzle? It’s an arcade action game! You're right! We deliberately put it in the Puzzle genre knowing that it is mainly an Arcade game, just because of the slight element of puzzle in it (creating an unknown form out of the coins). We do that sometimes to fill in more of the best suitable contest games in the different categories. 2 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404016 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 808 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Just posted a score update. That's it for me on this one. That was a perfect on every bonus level and I killed as many of those urchins as I could. On one level I killed over 20 of them and burned through as many lives as I could. Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404019 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriGuy82 | 808 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 4 minutes ago, guillavoie said: You're right! We deliberately put it in the Puzzle genre knowing that it is mainly an Arcade game, just because of the slight element of puzzle in it (creating an unknown form out of the coins). We do that sometimes to fill in more of the best suitable contest games in the different categories. I think when you get to the point in this game with the 2 sided rupees it becomes alot more like a puzzle game as well. 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404021 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeaIank | 1,707 Events Team · Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 4 minutes ago, BriGuy82 said: I think when you get to the point in this game with the 2 sided rupees it becomes alot more like a puzzle game as well. It does indeed. And as Gui said, sometimes we take some liberties with the genres to bring in games that are more fun to the contest. And this one is plenty of fun! 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404024 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaia Gensouki | 1,133 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 I was fully prepared to pass on this one since I absolutely didn't like it during my first testing sessions and never made it past level 5 no matter how many tries. However, something clicked today and I was making steady progress during the past 5 or 6 hours. I eventually got a lucky run and ended up with this score: Level 16 - 120,040 1 1 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404048 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tablew/chairs | 267 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 Level 16 126,570 2 4 Link to comment https://www.videogamesage.com/forums/topic/14601-2024-vgs-nes-weekly-contest-clu-clu-land/#findComment-404050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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