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Twelve by Pies posted:Also I saw a new Harvest Moon on the eshop and then remembered that Harvest Moon is the bad series now because of dumb name fuckery. But there is also a new Story of Seasons releasing next month apparently (the real Harvest Moon), called Pioneers of Olive Town. I probably won't get it since I haven't even gotten the FoMT remake, but it's nice that it's there I suppose. I've heard nothing about the new SoS. Bit late, but even beyond my having played the original, the FoMT remake got an instant buy for me once I learned it allowed for same-sex relationships. I know for a lot of folks, that's been a massive annoyance with previous Harvest Moon/Story of Seasons games, and allegedly PoOT (hehehe) will have this feature as well. I know cynics like to say "They're just pandering to get that gay money, the game company doesn't actually care about LGBT people", but I politely tell those folks to gently caress off. A "life simulator" game allowing for same-sex relationships is important to more gay/bi people than you might think, even if it seems like a very basic feature. Anyway, sorry for the soapbox!  I'm oddly excited to put warp pipes in my Animal Crossing town, those should be available today?
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Astro7x posted:I feel like by eliminating the 3DS/Handheld exclusive line of games we would have all that development effort focused on one system. Or that by taking the time to remaster/re-release stuff for the Switch that the successor wouldn't be that far behind it.
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Mar 2, 2021 00:45
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Whoever designed this Mario 3D bonus world level where you ride a raft over poison swamp in the dark with Boos can eat a dick.
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it's wild how good media culture was in the US in the late 90s. the # of good, classic, influential movies and albums in 97/98/99 is also nuts I know several of these games are japanese but that just makes me think it was a global golden age for commercial 'art'
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Mar 2, 2021 00:49
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All of these games are extremely good. Choosing based on platform, so I am going to cheat: Sega Saturn: Panzer Dragoon Saga PlayStatin: Parasite Eve PC: Half-Life Nintendo 64: Zelda: Ocarina of Time Arcade: Tekken 3 But just to make it clear, I love all of these games.
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Mar 2, 2021 00:55
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I've beaten only half the games on that list. 
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Mar 2, 2021 00:58
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Twelve by Pies posted:I just can't take the term Metroidvania seriously when fully half of the Castlevania games that exist don't qualify as the term that's named after them. There were a couple dozen other N3DS soft-exclusives. Notable ones would be Minecraft, FE Warriors, Xenoblade Chronicles, Binding of Isaac Rebirth. Of course it also had the Circle Pad Pro functionality built in with the nub and the ZL/ZR buttons so there's a bunch of games that benefit from that.
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Mister Facetious posted:I've beaten only half the games on that list. To be fair, some of these games are really god drat hard.
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I said come in! posted:To be fair, some of these games are really god drat hard. Correction: only a third. I thought it was twenty games, not thirty. :-p I didn't have a PC, and never owned an N64.
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Mar 2, 2021 01:00
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American McGay posted:Pretty sure more SOTN-likes exist than classic Castlevanias. There's like 6 just between the GBA/DS. Three on the NES, three on the Game Boy, two on the SNES, one on the Genesis, and even if they're lovely, two on the N64 that are more like the original games than SotN. Also the sequel to Lords of Shadow on the 3DS that's more like the original games too. That's twelve games in the classic style. That's about half of the Castlevania games, not counting stuff like the remake of Rondo of Blood/Dracula X for the PSP, and of course Lords of Shadow which is the outlier. If you count up the "Metroidvania" type Castlevania games there's I think nine. I said fully half but that was guesstimating, but after checking there are three more games in the classic NES style than there are Metroidvania types. So I will amend my previous post. I just can't take the term Metroidvania seriously when over half of the Castlevania games that exist don't qualify as the term that's named after them.
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Mar 2, 2021 01:05
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Twelve by Pies posted:Three on the NES, three on the Game Boy, two on the SNES, one on the Genesis, and even if they're lovely, two on the N64 that are more like the original games than SotN. Also the sequel to Lords of Shadow on the 3DS that's more like the original games too. That's twelve games in the classic style. Don't forget the surprisingly good Wiiware one!
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Mar 2, 2021 01:06
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That's just a remake of the Gameboy one.
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Yeah the Wiiware one is just a remake of the Game Boy one so I didn't count that. Although technically by that logic I also shouldn't count Super Castlevania IV since it's a remake of the first one. That'd still end up with eleven games in the classic style though.
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Mar 2, 2021 01:11
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Alot of that was NEW poo poo too instead of derivative garbage
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Mar 2, 2021 01:28
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my kingdom for a xenogears port to switch. and giving dude free reign to revive the series and go completely nuts with it.
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Mar 2, 2021 01:43
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Dpulex posted:Alot of that was NEW poo poo too instead of derivative garbage such as tomb raider 3, tekken 3, need for speed 3, mario party 3, crash bandicoot 3, fallout 2, turok 2, oddworld 2,
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Mar 2, 2021 01:47
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Everything sucked after June 2000, perfect darks release
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Cartoon Man posted:Whoever designed this Mario 3D bonus world level where you ride a raft over poison swamp in the dark with Boos can eat a dick. That level is easy. Seriously. If you are struggling with it you might as well throw in the towel now because you will throw your switch out the window when you get to the hard stuff.
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Twelve by Pies posted:Yeah the Wiiware one is just a remake of the Game Boy one so I didn't count that. Although technically by that logic I also shouldn't count Super Castlevania IV since it's a remake of the first one. That'd still end up with eleven games in the classic style though. By that token neither SNES games should count because the other is just a worse version of a PC Engine game. Also you forgot Haunted Castle and MSX Vampire Killer, though I guess that's just 1 again? Actually that and 2 might be closer to metroid style than classic 
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abelwingnut posted:my kingdom for a xenogears port to switch. He already did, it's called Xenoblade these days.
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Waltzing Along posted:That level is easy. Seriously. If you are struggling with it you might as well throw in the towel now because you will throw your switch out the window when you get to the hard stuff. thank you gamer
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robot roll call posted:such as tomb raider 3, tekken 3, need for speed 3, mario party 3, crash bandicoot 3, fallout 2, turok 2, oddworld 2,  um, actually, I think you'll find that's mario party 1, how embarrassing
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Wait, am I missing something? Since when was the term metroidvania coined after the Castlevania series? Or am I misunderstanding?
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Walla posted:Wait, am I missing something? Since when was the term metroidvania coined after the Castlevania series? Or am I misunderstanding? Well it was metroid, and then symphony of the night happened And then we got metroidvania
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It's a portmanteau of Metroid and Castlevania, based on the fact that the games in the "genre" share similarities with both Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night.
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Walla posted:Wait, am I missing something? Since when was the term metroidvania coined after the Castlevania series? Or am I misunderstanding? Where did you think the "vania" part comes from
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Regy Rusty posted:Where did you think the "vania" part comes from
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Also people always complain about that genre name but it's not like you can change it. It's been entrenched for decades now. That's just what that type of game is called.
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how many Metroids even fall into that category anymore, either? certainly none of the Primes
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Metroidvanias are now HollowOriDigs
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Regy Rusty posted:Where did you think the "vania" part comes from I honestly never gave it much thought. And I never would have gotten the connection since my experience with both series ended on the SNES and they're two completely different styles of games. The SNES Mega Man games are closer to Metroid than Castlevania.
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Muscle Tracer posted:how many Metroids even fall into that category anymore, either? certainly none of the Primes Walla posted:The SNES Mega Man games are closer to Metroid than Castlevania. we're just saying whatever tonight huh
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If it has a randomizer it’s a ‘vania. Sorry those are the rules
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flavor.flv posted:we're just saying whatever tonight huh Haha seriously
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Mar 2, 2021 02:24
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Mega Man X, known for it's singular, large sprawling map.
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sekiro was the best metroidvania in a while
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Mega Man X plays exactly like Mega Man Like it’s just mega man with SNES graphics
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hatty posted:If it has a randomizer it’s a ‘vania. Sorry those are the rules Is there a metroid prime randomiser? That’d rule
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