#BC I'VE LITERALLY NEVER TALKED ABOUT MARIO WITH THEM

[claitea]

luigi time!

[glitchy-across-aus]

Amnesia

Tyler One Shot, 3,384 words

I really hate puzzles. It's weird, because I'm more of a problem solving girl, but puzzles just piss me off for some reason. I hate TVs too. I don't know what it is about them, but they just bug me. Mario's always watching some stupid thing on the TV, which kinda makes me wanna smash it to pieces with a hammer. Again, it makes no sense to me since I don't mind playing video games with them, even when I keep losing to everyone because I've never played before. It's just the TV in general, I guess. Although I recently learned my biggest trigger is TV static. I don't know why, but I get weird flashbacks everytime I hear it. Even though it was only once since I've been here. I started seeing images and they filled up my head and I didn't know what was going on and then someone reached out and I couldn't see who it was so I swung but it turned out to be Meggy so she blocked me and she asked me if I was okay and then-

And then I got up. And I left. And I came back a few hours later. And they never brought it up. Nor have I heard any TV static since. 

But anyways, Meggy and Smg4 took me to the doctor yesterday, which I don't know why a centaur would wanna be in the medical field, nor did I trust the guy, but at least he was gonna tell me exactly what was wrong with me….until he gave me my doctors note and it was literally a scribble. Like, excuse me sir, what the HELL is this supposed to be? Chicken scratch?? Anyways I gave it to the axolotl looking guy who was working at the pharmacy and somehow HE KNEW WHAT IT SAID?? I swear I'll NEVER understand doctors. Anyways, he gave me this bottle of pills and sent me on my merry way. Guess who STILL doesn't know what's wrong with her? Me :). So I figured I'd Google what the pills were for and guess what? Apparently I have something called “Amnesia” which, according to Google, means “permanent or temporary memory loss.” 

Huh??

add “doctors” and “pharmacists” to the list of things I hate.

I talked to Three recently, and he asked me if I was going to get my own house. I told him I didn't plan too. “Why not?” he asked, stacking cups next to the coffee machine. I shrugged and continued my task-cleaning out the new pastry display. “Smg4 lets me live in his guest room for free. Why would I wanna pay for a house?” He laughed and asked if I wanted to live with him forever. “Well, not forever, obviously. Just until I go home.” I replied, now adding pastries to the display case. “Tyler. About that…” I turned and looked at him, confused. It was the first time I've ever seen him look sad. “Tyler, you don't even know where you're from. How do you plan on getting home if you can't remember how you got here? Might as well get used to living in the Mushroom Kingdom, you know.” I rolled my eyes and ignored him. What would he know? I'm completely fine living in the castle. It's not like Smg4 does much anyways, other than making videos. Which he should make better, by the way. I mean, he lacks creativity, and a story in general. The whole point of making something is to entertain your audience. How is he going to do that if he's so focused on his “it doesn't have to be perfect” bs? I swear, some people don't deserve their fame, or money, or power or reviews or stars. 

5. stars.

What am I saying? I don't know anything about true art. I've never even made anything myself. Maybe those doctors were right.

Damn Amnesia…

(tagging @its-a-me-mango and @psychologistlemon bc I thought you guys being the doctor/pharmacist was funny)

[peculiarbeauty]

not to be gay on main but i am going to be gay on main. it's positivity post time !!! i just wanted to shout out a couple amazing people who have become ultra close to me ( or were ultra close in the past and we reconnected hehe ) this is just a few names, i don't have time unfortunately to write a message for everyone on the dash but please please know that you are special to me if you are a follower. this is never in a particular order.

@seachant - NINI i love you. you are such a breath of fresh air. genuinely a twinkling star that just happened to fall in my vicinity. lucky me tbh. thank you for giving me the chance to be friends with you and write on multiple different blogs with you. writing with your ariel here was such a DREAM of mine. i remember seeing your blog around and just adoring it. we did write previously when i wrote in the fandom but we never became close pals like we are now. seeing your posts makes my day. i'm really happy we are friends.

@dragetunge - MY DEAREST KRIS. we've been through a couple rocky roads together now but we stick together. it's really nice to talk to you. you are the reason i got into httyd. so thank you for that. i wouldn't have took the time if it wasnt for you and I REALLY NEEDED TO. you are essentially the dragon enthusiast of tumblr. i mean that like. literally. when i think of dragon enthusiasts i think of you. fgckjkfg I LOVE YOU SO MUCH KRIS. i cant wait to actually show you my island on dreamlight when it is a fully decked out like yours.

@solehr - sef, i miss you. i cant wait for you to come back and see that i wrote this for you kffdjdf i cannot forget you on this list. you and nini were the first disney blogs to welcome me. thank you for being my friend and allowing me to send you that ghibli movie dkffdj it's been such a pleasure knowing you. i hope for many more memories together. :)

@swevene - DEAREST KELSEY .. my belovedddd. i love our convos even when we are busy for an extended period of time. you check on me every so often and its really an honor to consider you a friend. thank you for being there, i really appreciate it. i hope we have many more memories !!! your beast is so important to my belle, i have to tell you. <3

@oudachi - aka my favorite ark .. in all locations of your blogs .. i could tag literally all of them rn but im not going to dkfjdf we joke about how we always come back together over the years. it doesn't really ??? matter how long we don't talk bc fate brings us back. our first meeting was back in 2015 and i remember you were the realest person i had ever met on this site. that has not changed. i think that more folks should understand how brilliant you are .. not only as a writer , but as a friend. you never leave people out. i've been left out before and it's a very terrible feeling. thank you for allowing me into your circle again after a bit of time of not talking. we picked up like it was such a short time of us not chatting like we were bffs again. i can't begin to tell you how grateful i am. seeing you thrive as well OH MAN .. i love that.

@chainmemories - toma, at this point it has to be obvious but when i came back .. you were the first to show me great excitement. making a blog after an extended leave on the site is a scary thing. it is like walking into the lion's den tbh dkfjfk plus there were a ton of big changes to tumblr so i didn't know where to start. it was scary. you wrote cuphead at this time. i've grown to really love cuphead and many other things because of you. playing mario party at least weekly is such a GENUINE pleasure. you make me feel like i have a place in the community. i can't begin to tell you how grateful i am that you are here and backing me up. i also hope that you know you are this shining star of every community you go into. there is not a community you haven't touched that you haven't left your mark on. of course my precious toma is the sunshine protag lover .. but he is also the sunshine protag in my opinion. i don't take criticism. I LOVE YOU.

@ghostbustingreen - spooky, I LOVE YOU. being in the posse with toma and you has been so so wonderful. i am grateful i get to talk to you on the daily about our interests. seeing you write our fav green plumber is wonderful YES YES. every muse you capture is brilliant though. i love writing with you on multiple of your blogs. simbaaaaaaaa. P.S. i am sorry for our latest party shindig where i continued to take the star away from you. i hope you can forgive me. i really hope our group goes strong for a long time because you guys always make me feel so much better.

@dnangelic - HI FAVVVV. thanks for putting up with me changing blogs on you so many times and still deciding to follow me and look forward to my muses. we are SO BACK on haru tbh. i love writing with you. you have such a grasp on your muse and i don't even know him that well. i wish i knew MORE tbh. the things that we have written though are truly precious and i look forward to future threads. i look forward to your responses truly. thanks for being my friend and also always hyping me up.

@matryochka - i cannot forget my favorite hype queen. dottie, you and i met in dc. you decided to follow me on my other blogs and genuinely messaged me when i was inactive there saying pretty much where tf are u dfkdjkfd WHICH I LOVE THAT. i wish more people would show interest in mutuals they care about that way. im trying to recruit you into our disney princess line up . it'll happen i know it. please know i love you so much. our little conversations are everything to me.

@jokethur - jess .. my beloved. also a hype queen and someone i met in dc. i love you. we don't talk too much rn but you are forever important to me. our conversations got me through some really dark points in my life and i can't begin to say how grateful i am for that. i hope that we have many more memories of chatting. always know i am here and ready to chat. we could stop talking for months and pick up just like that. that's how strong our friendship is <333 i love you. AND GIVE DIX A KISS FOR ME.

@pearlcure - DIORRRR my beloved. being your friend is a true genuine pleasure. IT IS PREDESTINED WE MET. we write the best girls out there. good for us. i love our convos and i love how real you are about everything. your graphics, writing, everything ABOUT YOU is amazing. im grateful we are friends and i hope for many more years together !!

@story-magic - AKA ALL OF YOUR BLOGS HERE AS WELL .. but my darling sleepy. i call you sleepy. i know that you have a name but you will forever by my favorite sleepy sloth. you keep things fair for us in the game. if i ever get down on my luck in party, you try to even the odds for me. i am so so grateful to be your friend. i know i don't tell you enough over discord and the like and you leave me a bunch of cute messages to make my day, but BEING YOUR FRIEND IS A TRUE PLEASURE i've gotta tell ya. i'm really happy we are so close !!! <3 i hope for many more memories.

@0brighta - big shoutout to you, ettie. <3 i know we arent super close but you putting me in your little shoutout post made me really feel so grateful. your blog is this shining, brilliant star. i mean that. like, DANG. shine bright like a diamond. i see that people love you and there is a reason for this believe me - you are so pure. so good natured. i wish more people were like you with their mutuals. letting people know that they matter is something a lot of people do not do tbh. you do that. thank you. <3

@naru-uzumaki - NOODLES .. we are back in action after such a long time of not talking. you and i were close back in 2016 i think?? somewhere close to there. when i saw your blog pop back up in my recommended, I LITERALLY RAN TO FOLLOW because i missed you so much. you are still this positive radiant little sun on the dash .. much like your muse. i am bias absolutely but. your writing and your heart for our favorite ramen lover is such a pleasure to witness. never ever change please. <3

[faffreux]

I want a list of your fanon fawful pet peeves

ALRIGHT, you will receive them. I AM PUTTING A DISCLAIMER HERE SO I DON'T STEP ON ANY TOES but please keep in mind you do not have to agree w/ me. This is how I feel!! These are my personal thoughts.

1. I can't stand when people woobify Fawful and that's not just doing the "uwu so cute tiny bean boi little precious bean" stuff but also extends to talking about his motivations as if he didn't know what he was doing, as if he's NOT an intelligent mastermind, etc. Fawful is an extremely competent villain and literally came closer than any of the Mario Bros other enemies to actually succeeding. He brainwashed himself an entire army and conquered two castles in the process. Finding him adorable is not the problem but more the way I see him portrayed by some fans that bothers me.

I think it’s also important to note that his character comes across as far more serious in EVERY other translation except English. A lot of people in the west take him less seriously bc of his speech patterns so I think we need to take that into account as well.

2. I hate when people think he's a child. I wanna make something clear though and that's that I see a huge difference between creating an au/interpretation of Fawful that's a child VS actually believing he's a child in canon. The first type is something I'm completely fine with but the second drives me absolutely mad, I'm sorry.

Take a good look at this and tell me again how you think you're looking at a child.

Fawful's age, like many other Mario characters, is extremely ambiguous and kept that way on purpose bc it's not really an important or defining characteristic. I've seen hcs of how old he is range from young adult all the way to a weird old guy (I'm personally somewhere in between and hc him as middle aged!) and all of these are perfectly valid in my book. But I just cannot handle somebody legitimately believing he's a kid and nothing's going to change my mind about that.

3. Mommy Cackletta. I can accept that the idea of Cackletta raising Fawful like a son is cute in theory but can't get behind it at all because it simply doesn't line up with what we see of the interactions between the two in Superstar Saga. Fawful is straight up treated like a servant/minion and even refers to himself as having been a "toady" to Cacketta once he realizes what he's actually capable of on his own. He also never speaks of her again after the events of the first game which would be more than a little odd if she was actually intended to be a mother figure to him, let's be honest.

THAT BEING SAID I WANNA THROW SOMETHING IN... I notice that a lot of the folks who like the idea of Momletta tend to also support the idea of Fawful being a child to make the HC work more. But I feel that in the process of doing this many of these fans often forget that Cackletta is an OLDER WOMAN. She gets around in a flying rocking chair for a reason! If anything, if we're going to go with that kind of relationship between her and Fawful it would make far more sense to imagine a badass witch in her 60s still toting around her momma's boy of an adult son.

Come on, I'm not the only one who thinks that's funny, right?? LMAO.

4. I mentioned this in a previous post but it bothers me when people use Fawful's foreign names as a last name ex. Fawful Gracowitz or Fawful Gerakobits. This is a small thing and more of a mild annoyance than anything else.

Y'know what?? I think that's honestly it off the top of my head for now. If I come up with any more I'll reblog this post and add on. THANKS FOR ASKING AND I'M SORRY I'M SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS I LOVE YOU ALL

[marvel-m-lee]

Chilled vent/rant??

I woke up so happy today, went to school, everything was good, first we had double pe, it was okay at first but then we did active mile and my friends all thought it was funny to push me in the mud. I wanted to cry bc then they tripped me into the mud even when I asked them to stop bc I hate getting bitchy with people. Had mud everywhere.

Ngl I'm so greatful for my parents bc all three let me go home, my dad got angry at the people and supported me, even saying the school can talk to him if theu have any issues, and told me to just stay home today

My stepdad was chill and understanding (which is actually amazing, before he would get rlly angry) and said that I could stay home and get sorted, we even played Mario kart which was nice.

And my mums at college rn but even so she said I could go home and get ready. Now I'm staying home until half 2 so i can go in for English.

Im not actually really upset qt my friends, I did have a mini breakdown but it was bc I was so happy today and they just pushed me into the mud, literally. They hit me a lot and joke around and I get it, sure but I've said I don't want to be hit n stuff. I even pointed out the other day I never hit or hurt them on purpose and they couldn't actually believe it bc they'd never realised it before. And even when i do its patting rather than punching and today I kick one of them a bit too hard on accident and I kept apologising bc I don't see why I should kick them? Like joking light ones, sure, full wack? No??? They said it hadn't hurt at all and it was fine but I still felt bad.

It just annoys me bc I don't get it, they mean no harm bc they do it with everyone but ik im not being sensitive bc I'm not crying my eyes out and blaming them at all, I'm setting a boundary. I'm not top peak best friend amazing but I don't hit people, I don't degrade them, and I try not to talk shit about them. (Bc ik I have done so before)

ANYWAY ty if you read this rant/vent lmao- <3

[kamotoshi]

cursed family game nights must be so freakin chaotic omg

warnings: swearing, a smidgen of violence, and bullying bc they all bully each other let’s be real

jougo being hilariously bad at charades and mahito and dagon bout to kick him off the team bc his version of swimming looks like he’s literally slipping on ice and flailing around and nobody can tell what he’s doing. and there’s that really intense moment bc jougo wants them to guess it so he wont just move on to another card but they can’t guess so they’re stuck in that charades limbo and time runs out.

cue mahito standing up and yelling, “wtf were you doing?!”

and chōsō, who’s on the other (winning) team raising a brow and answering, “he was obviously swimming.”

*camera pans to dagon who’s seriously offended by the fact that jougo was meant to be swimming*

mahito is gobsmacked like “OBVIOUSLY? wtf kinda swimming are you guys doing?”

and jougo’s all heated now bc he feels attacked and is about to freakin erupt. “I OBVIOUSLY DON’T KNOW HOW TO SWIM”

getwo snickers. “do you even know how to swim, chōsō?”

to which he responds, lackadaisically, as always, “no, but I've seen videos of dogs swimming and he looked like one of them.” 

cue hanami having to keep jougo from beating chōsō’s ass while he stands there, sneering at him like

and don’t even talk about monopoly or uno or for the love of all things holy mario kart.

mahito always bankrupts himself in monopoly and asks for loans which getwo only gives him to shut him up or else he’ll whine the entire time. and then the mf has the nerve to negotiate and make deals on the board and suddenly he’s winning. and now getwo is the public enemy bc everyone’s like bro why did you give him a second chance?? hanami always wants to be the banker but takes forever separating the money bc of big fingies but nobody cares how long it takes bc they collectively love hanami. they’ve also gone through so many pieces bc chōsō smushes them when he gets angy >:(

jougo gets +4′d, skipped, reversed on, literally everything bad when they play uno. they like to select like one person to pick on and unfortunately it’s usually him bc he’s like so obsessed with winning. hanami’s the only one who actually stays impartial and usually just doesn’t even wanna play at all (good choice). getwo acts diplomatic but he’s scheming by holding his cards in a way that makes it look like he has more than he does. chōsō hates playing uno bc he always forgets to say uno when he has one card left or ends up blurting out only part of the word so everyone’s like wtf do you mean “no?” and then someone else says it instead and it’s very much a head in hands moment for him. someone (dagon) usually walks away from the table

mario kart is the absolute worst, though. that is when tensions run so ridiculously high. the cursed family as a whole has cost stores with wii remote controllers so much money in inventory bc they just go and steal more when chōsō or hanami crush them or jougo melts them and it’s insane. it’ll literally be like CRUNCH and mahito looks over like “oop! there goes another one!” then goes to pull another out of their stockpile. it’s so sad. wii controllers in their vicinity are in a literal shortage.

hanami is a horrible, horrible driver. does not understand the concept. is always braking instead of drifting like...  baby we forgot there was even a button to stop the car all we know is speed! chōsō’s the blue shell mf that will be in like 5th place and send it anyway just so that none of the others win he’s so savage pls never play with him. mahito’s the mf who’ll hold the banana peels/shells behind him and drive right in front of someone to force them into getting fucked up. and getwo is that mf who you never know where tf he is and then he’ll just come drifting around the corner to steal first place out of nowhere. dagon’s the one who keeps driving off cliffs trying (and failing) to make the shortcuts (and no he does not learn from his mistakes). the tension in the room is so heavy when this game is on.

at the end of the night whoever lost the most games has to pay for dinner and can you just imagine how heavy the air in that uber is when they catch a ride somewhere? the poor driver’s like only able to see like 2 or 3 of them but is like why is it so hard to breathe in here 😭 it's bc jougo’s in the backseat fuming abt having to pay that’s why

[heavensoutofsight]

10 people I'd like to get to know better!

Thank you @bilsluckyheart for tagging me! ❤ (sorry it took so long for me to get to this 😭)

A song you currently have on repeat? - Okay so I don't have a specific song but I do have several albums on repeat!! (mentioned later in another question)

Your top hyperfixations currently? - Similarly, I would also say I have special interests rather than hyperfixations! I'm really into Billie Eilish obviously, alongside ATEEZ (a kpop group), and video games, especially The Last of Us

Favorite aesthetics/colors right now? - My favorite colors are lilac and forest green!

An album you will never get tired of and has no skips? - Every Billie album, Optimist by Finneas, The World Ep 2: Outlaw and Golden Hour Part 2 by ATEEZ, literally can't choose one 😭😭

Dream date with your celeb crush? - I've actually thought about this before lol. With Billie, I'd love to go out to eat with her and just talk about whatever bc I feel like conversations with her would be sooo entertaining. I'd also love to watch a movie and then maybe play Mario Kart with her or something 😭

A YouTube video you will forever watch? - Billie Eilish on Chicken Shop Date (I gay panic every single time) and Hot Ones Versus with Finneas. Those videos will never not be hilarious no matter how many times I watch them.

Something you're looking forward to? - Christmas!! It's my favorite holiday!!

Tags: @hellohopie @karaeilish @floweiralie @billieswildflow3r @natbelovasblog @dollarbils @angievue @billieshrry @luvzshy @chrissgirlsstuff

(i get kinda shy tagging people LOL y'all totally don't have to do thisss)

10 people I’d like to get to know better!

(the OG post was so long omg)

thank you @marrykisskilled for tagging me!

+ A song you currently have on repeat right now? everything i wanted by billie eilish

+ Your top hyper fixations currently? nick sturniolo clearly

+ Favorite aesthetics/colors right now? love fall aesthetics, but pastel colors are my favorite

+ An album you will never get tired of and has NO skips? 5SOS5 by 5SOS, WWAFAWDWG by billie eilish, and Eternal Sunshine by ariana grande

+ Dream date with your celeb crush? a calm little night in with Luke Hemmings where we just talk and snack and he plays guitar for me, until things get heated 😉….when i ask him why they never released the making of 5SOS5 part two 🤨

+ A YouTube video you will forever watch? 5SOS’ cocktail chats will have a hold on me for the rest of my life

+ Something you're looking forward to? Thanksgiving, i love eating and seeing (most of) my family lmao

🏷️: @freshloveee @tyummyz @sturniioloslut @nickssidewitch @nicksbestie @maliaforstvrns @chrissv4mp @delilahsturniolo @riowritesitall @chrislilcumslvt @leoslaboratory

[dojaeism-archived]

Ah, don't fret it asfhgkshj I hope you're feeling better after that not-exactly-a-break-but-a-break anyways! Ooh, is the same as Socio-cultural anthropology? I've found it quite intimidating for some reason but sociology along with it are both such interesting disciplines, maybe that's because it has to do with behavioural cycles; thus is close to Psychology in a way - ❄️

ive been trying to put these under a cut but i dont think they’re working ;-;

Wow your brain is incredible! I never liked theories in either Physics or Math but the practical parts and numerical analyses were always my strong point... Bio + Chem both made much more sense than any law or theory I have ever studied during the few years I had with Physics haha Ah, ok; I was confused as to whether it applied to blinding pink alone or other striking colours too! - ❄️

It was rather relaxing, and I used to be so happy if anyone complimented mine ;-; Oh, I did enjoy cooking/baking & drawing but other things I've taken up this year are gif-making + learning French because quarantine had me bored to no end 😂 I've still got a while before I start going to college so I'm also writing quite a bit these days! - ❄️

Mario Kart XD I think I'll give thought to that but omg you play Genshin? That's such a cool idea to play with, so many directions this crossover could go to! Oh god, how can one drink so much coffee? I like it too but you're on another level sjsjsjsjsjsj (pst, Uni; stop being so hard on her!) My day has been fluctuating too much for my liking; one moment it's good the next something just ruins it but I've been okay~ you too 🥺 have a wonderful day/night! - ❄️

im putting the asks all together as its easier to answer like this and i dont wanna clog my dash haha but hello!! i wouldnt say im feeling better, unis still kinda crazy rn but i managed to reschedule all my classes into the same few days so hopefully it’ll be better!! i hope you’ve been keeping well 💗

and yes, social anthropology is the same as socio-cultural anthropology but its just a different name i suppose. it is kinda intimidating, in the sense where there’s always a million different aspects of something to think about and to consider whenever you’re talking about anything, nothing is ever just as it is which gets a little frustrating sometimes bc its soooo open-ended haha but its definitely super interesting because of that! and you’re right, it’s super close to psychology too! a lot of my mates do like... soc. anthro with psychology or choose psych modules bc it ties in a lot with the main module, which is really cool! i think psychology is super interesting too, and some days i really wish i’d chosen it as a major instead hahaha

but omg noo my brain isnt incredible, i just really enjoy maths and so physics naturally as well, i wouldn’t say chem and bio were difficult subjects for me, but i just found them so boring compared to the rest that i never wanted to try 😭😭

oh i’d love to see some of your art someday! (not sure how that’d work but im sure its amazing welp) and you like to cook/bake?? that is sooo cool, do you have any fav dishes to make? i used to be a complete hazard in the kitchen before going off to uni, i literally didnt know how to do anything but boil water lmao but turns out that living alone forces you to learn a loooot, and im actually a p good cook now hhhehe and omg!!! i picked up gif-making in the summer bc of quarantine too 🤣 do you mostly gif exo only? i have like 6 different sideblogs so im always a mess abt giffing people hahaha how’s learning french going? mon français est si mauvais que c'est embarrassant 😅 and wow, when do you start college? 

ngl tho, i know absolutely nothing about mario kart, gaming in general is Not my forte unless you’re talking FIFA (literally the ONLY game i know how to play LOOOL) but yeah i recently started genshin bc my sister plays it and i was just sooo bored (if ur in the europe server, hmu!) but idk, i think it might be a genetic thing tho bc my dad doesnt drink anything but coffee (literally never seen him drink anything else my whole life) haha

i hope things calm down soon!! its so hard to keep up when things keep fluctuating, so for your sake i hope they get better 🥺🥺 take care of your health, and don’t stress abt things too much! <3

[misterherodraws]

everyone swears up and down that skyward sword is the worst zelda game but we literally never talk about zelda 2 because it was so messy

if you like zelda 2 that's so great, i wish i could like it too! zelda 2 was just really experimental because it was the second installment in the series, and i'm assuming nintendo wasn't really sure what direction they wanted to go with the series yet. and that's perfectly fine! super mario bros. was the same way.

zelda 2 is cool in its own way, but it just...doesn't feel like zelda, imo. again, much like how super mario bros. 2 didn't feel like a mario game (though that situation is a bit different, because super mario bros. 2 literally was not meant to be a mario game; it was something completely different).

in terms of game quality, zelda 2 is also just...not great? like, it was so difficult that players would call up nintendo and ask for help beating the game. when told they had to level up, they said they'd already maxed their levels. the only advice nintendo could give at that point was that the players would have to just get better. the issue here was that the workers at nintendo who had to play the game & test it out would complain a lot that it wasn't difficult enough — but they had a lot more experience with gaming than the average player, so what they considered difficult was practically impossible to casual gamers.

also lemme just say, the amount of random stuff you have to just kind of Know is there in zelda 2 is really unfair! idk maybe this is just bc i wasn't even alive until 12 years after it was released and i didn't grow up on NES games (i was a SNES kid) so i've never been used to the vagueness of them, but there are so many things that are INCREDIBLY hidden & you would never even think of them because nobody hints at them. this would be fine for side quests or otherwise optional parts of the game, but a lot of them are required to progress.

i don't remember ever getting past maaaybe the first dungeon in my personal playthroughs, and i've tried MANY times over the past 12 years. i have watched someone else's full playthrough, though, which is how i know about all of the unfair components of the game.

in conclusion: skyward sword is not a great game in terms of game mechanics, but at least it isn't nearly impossible to get through like zelda 2 is, and what it lacks in non-frustrating gameplay mechanics it makes up for in pretty graphics, good characterizations of link & zelda, and a decent plot. that being said i will probably never finish it again unless someone else is around to fight the imprisoned and beat the silent realms because i cannot deal with that anymore, i am 9 years older and much more faint hearted.

then again, i guess the two can't be compared too much, given how vastly different the eras are.

[captainshyguy]

i’ve never played the first two paper mario games bc i dont have the consoles they’re on, and they’re probably great games, but if i have to hear one more time how ttyd was the last good paper mario game im gonna clock a bitch 

[too-many-paper-cranes]

Hi! i've been considering playing hollowknight(thats the name right? the game you've been posting about a lot lately) could you tell me about it? like, how difficult it is compared to undertale, some stuff about the controls and graphics, is it just one thing, or are there a lot of side stories to go through, how does saving work, do you save whenever, or are there specific places you save? idk it seemed cool before, and seeing you posting about it has made me even more interested in it

OK SO

hollow knight is a singleplayer 2D platformer that i’ve been told works similarly to dark souls (though ive never played it so i cant break down exactly how lmao). it’s definitely more difficult compared to undertale, the main storyline is not too bad but there are a bunch of optional sidequests and some of them are Hard (like the one im doing rn lmao) and even in the main story there are some bosses that are going to take multiple attempts. they’re not impossible though, like the goal of the game is not to frustrate u so much as it is to challenge you. it’s also a much longer game compared to undertale, i have like 160 hours on it and still havent done everything there is to do lmao

there’s an option to use a controller but i just use a keyboard and that’s been working fine for me. you start out with only a few abilities unlocked (jump, attack, and focus) and as you go through the game you gain more, it’s slow enough to get used to so you aren’t immediately overwhelmed by all the buttons u need to press right off the bat. you can also customize the controls which is really nice!

as for graphics the style is simple but beautiful and absolutely adorable. like it’s a game abt bugs so every character is appropriately smol. it kinda reminds me of paper mario in a way? im not really an artist so i cant really give a deeper analysis of how the art does what it does™ but i found a video here that talks abt it!!! it’s rlly neat

as i mentioned above there are some sidequests and even entire areas of the game that are completely optional. that being said there are multiple endings so if you’re unsatisfied with the ending u end up with those sidequests are definitely worth checking out! also the main storyline isnt quite as linear as with a game like undertale, like there are a bunch of parts that can be done in literally any order and there’s a lot of focus on exploration for large sections of the game. the game is kinda vague abt where u need to go at times so the strategy seems to be “if i run around and explore for long enough eventually ill find the boss/item/ability i need to progress.” which is apparently pretty standard for metroidvanias (at least u get a map lol)

saving is kinda weird, the game autosaves so reloading a previous save when u fuck up is not a thing. benches are the closest things to save points in the game but they’re more like respawn points that also restore ur health. when u die u dont lose progress (like if u hit a switch before u died the switch is still on when u respawn) but the game punishes you by taking your shadow away and it kinda just hangs out where you died holding on to all ur money (i guess little ghost keeps their geo in their soul???). you have to hunt it down and fight it to get ur money back and if u die again before doing that u lose it all. tbh the game hands out a lot of money to make up for this so it’s not too big of a deal unless ur carrying a lot around for some reason, you’ll get it back

(there’s also a permadeath mode in case hunting ur shade down is too easy for u but i havent tried it lmao)

also ik you didn’t ask abt this but the music is like. rlly good. im probably biased bc im a sucker for orchestral soundtracks but still!!!

there’s probably stuff im forgetting but i think this covers all of your questions??? if u have more lmk, im not an expert on all things hollow knight yet but ill do my best to answer ^^