cartman

It's part of that rarity lore like Mr Gimmick or Little Samson i think that's how most people know about it. I've been looking on and off to perhaps snap one up but that white JAP box never seems quite pristine there's always this layer of dirt on it.

It's a legendary game that almost everyone with a NES or at their friends played. Yet these days i just don't have much fun playing it. The levels are easy, the coins don't hold significance, the secret rooms and pipes feel more like a chore to reach rather than something fun. It's the type of game where experiencing itself largely contributes to the enjoyment but ones that has been seen & done there's just not a ton of fun left in the actual gameplay. As things stand today i'd give it a 4.

Legacy don't really exist. Future generations make an independent choice anyway, and it's dubious whether they even known who some great grandfather was at all. It's not like i'm upholding some pact with my forefather: for all intents and purposes the peak of what he could be for in my life is a curiosity written down in some old document. Besides the lineage will one die off regardless. Someone else will not want to have kids or the kid dies before he reproduces etc.

Yeah i might get around to it one day. I've heard about him being known for School of Rock too, never saw it though. He's basically this guy where i'll know the name and face without actually knowing why. Fuck her Gently was one those early flash clips back in the day when that was a thing i found it through that - not through music as such.

I don't mean him i mean Bowser. I understood it as you saying that song was out of character for him. I don't see it as out of character because it never was too serious anyway. I don't really know much about Jack Black but i do like Tribute and think Fuck her Gently is funny especially with the music video. I don't love Jack Black. I barely know what he does and didn't even recognize him in this, and if it was someone else someone else would've been unhappy instead so yeah there's really not much to it.

I mean you can't really prove a joke to anyone. If you don't like it then that's just the way it is. But the cringe is built into it, the fact he's playing piano and singing a cheesy rock ballad about someone he should be dominating. I don't think it's out of character. The whole universe is halfway goofy anyway and the evildoers kid friendly. I don't know when this supposed big decline started to happen in your eyes but it sure wasn't from yesterday.

They would've known that a lot of the people that grew up with the older titles are still active in playing, collecting or even just remembering the character so it makes perfect sense to me. The newer games too use some older concepts it was always a thing. Also i think people would expect the movie to be faithful to the games and complain why this or that wasn't there or looked a certain way. And the games themselves don't have much of a plot to begin with. Perhaps it could've been a more hazardous adventure where Mario is close to dying and it peaks with a grand battle in a castle where he topples Bowser and saves the princess, i don't know. Now they went with a "banter & gags" type of violence flavor and that works too.

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Maybe, altough i still noticed a lot of trivia sprinkled in going as far back as the NES/SNES era. The ending wasn't all that great imo.

Oh man that was the highlight of the movie. The idea that he's not just an evil overlord but really this emotional guy and sucker for love that has gone unanswered lol. In the context of being the last boss and kidnapper that's just a brilliant touch. The Super Mario universe never was very dark anyway it was always a "kid's tale villain" type of atmosphere so i think it's on point.

I'd say around a 7. The hidden areas in all these games are often counter-intuitive and it drags to be thorough going backwards before moving forward because there might be one behind a wall. The theme/atmosphere is great throughout. Altough always thought it would've been way better if the clear % was based on the K-O-N-G letters instead. Those tended to flow along with the gameplay much more naturally.

I liked the gags and easter eggs, whatever you wanna call it, and how it tied into the different games. But i think they could've wrapped it up better. It kind of fizzled out in the end.

I like it a lot. The enemies have different moves and it becomes challenging, there are some pitfalls to bump them off screen wich is quite fun. Altough the mounts and magic make it way too easy to run through.

That's the key factor. We see this in just about everything where an item has a main and secondary function (the main here ofcourse is being able to play the game). It can be done without going anywhere and without having a bookshelf filled with stuff. Most people will jump on that. They don't even have an emotional connection involved because they never did anything but streamed services.

It decreased from an overwhelmingly dominant position to a still comfortably dominant one going by those numbers... hardly reassuring stuff. From what i've noticed digital games can get away with having the same prices as physical. The idea used to be that forgoing materials, printing, storage and transportation would ultimately mean the buyer could get the game cheaper but instead it will be the companies just pocket the added profit for themselves and keep the higher prices. Also remember that the digital only PS5 comes from a previously nonexistant position to take marketshares so any gain is bad news. It's not like physical is winning if 80% of PS4's sold have a discdrive it's a loss to that 20% extent. As Playstation goes they also mandate that physical games are avilable digitally too the reverse ofcourse doesn't apply.

Well digital is pushing physical out every day so even if LRG wanted to keep releasing discs, one day there will be no new console to do it for. Just like on PC. They can still push pre-PS5/6/whatever releases, but i don't see much new blood that will enter, and for every oldhead dropping out it will just add to a steady but sure overall decline. And i don't think LRG will be around just for a tiny fraction of enthusiasts. It's just that as of now the pool is big enough.

Yeah it is better. SMB 3 is one of those experience trips where in it's time you're excited about how a suit changes the gameplay or the fact that there are hidden areas. But once those excitements wear off there's a lot less to it.

My experience is that all first gen GB's suffer from lack of shading on the Greenish-black & white display (so that in a game like Donkey Kong Land you will have hard time to see wtf is going on) along with blur when there is high speed, and Light is no exception. The backlight itself however should've been utilized afterwards instead of missing on the GBC and GBA. It's really not until GBC that Game Boy games became fully functional and could reach their intended potential. Compare the B&W palette on the GBC to that of the GBP or GBL and you will see clearly. On top of that there is it's own unique colorscheme for GB games alongside the other single colored palettes and those aren't just a gimmick, they do add great value. So yeah, GBC sidekicks as the definitive first gen. Game Boy version too even though that by definition it ofcourse isn't.

I manage, doesn't mean i like it. I've played the game a ton of times so it's not that i do the wrong command on accident.

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No I mean the directional control scheme

No it's shit then too.

They are dieting down on stuff to make it happen

I'm talking about the fact that Nintendo still were into keeping GB relevant. If it was to bolster GB sales they should've highlighted how it improved the gameplay. That just reinforces that they should've.