#densetsu no stafy

[quacknsnack]

Blacktober day 25

Prince and Princess of Pufftop

[torgoooo]

color wheel challenge I did for my twitter followers, was fun to draw characters I mostly knew nothing about

[the-classic-dreamer]

Who would've seen this Coming? That's Right! For the First Time ever, Densetsu no Stafy 1-3 have finally gotten a Worldwide Release on the NSO! Now yes, it is a bummer that these aren't translated in English, but i'll gladly accept it! We are so back Starfy Fans!

[catastrophic-crisis]

Starfish platformers Densetsu no Starfy 1, 2, and 3 (Game Boy Advance), previously only released in Japan, are going to be available through Nintendo Switch Online starting July 12th!

[archeopz]

[alexthesupernintendogamer-blog]

Densetsu no Stafy 1, 2 & 3 GBA NSO Gameplay

Have a great day and God Bless you, my friends.

[bancho-zx]

【Game Boy Advance】

Densetsu no Stafy | 伝説のスタフィー ~Intro/Demo/Title

// Music: Yoko Matsutani | 松谷陽子, Morihiro Iwamoto | 岩本守弘

// English mod

// GBA AGB-001 reflective screen

[hexadigital]

Now streaming Densetsu no Stafy on Twitch!

[prismpak]

Completion 2 for 2024: Densetsu no Stafy - Tose A really interesting little platforming game. Main mechanic is swimming and spinning, which some neat momentum behind each. Has a bit too many mid-level cut scenes that interrupt the flow of play, but overall a very unique experience. Worth a play.

[quacknsnack]

Assist Trophy Valentines, Day 11: Starfy and his Friends!

[someamateurartist]

Eel thing helps the kids they don't like + their friend beat a tough boss in Densetsu no Stafi 3 for NSO (only to witness themself fucking die)

image taken inspo by

Once again, very cool Starf is now for the switch

I only slept from 12-5 am because of that because of how shocked I was lol

[auselessmage]

After a REALLY long time, I finally finished the Starfy 3 video series.

I know some people are probably WAY more excited to be able to play the rom hack (whenever that’s done), but for the time being, I hope this passable translation will keep some of y’all satisfied.

(Also putting the Starfy 2 playlist here since that’s been done for a while)

[mkmikunasu]

A little coincidence?

For those who don't know the context, I was recently playing Densetsu no Stafy 4, and in a lava phase I came across an enemy called Chibicorn. Its appearance is very reminiscent of that corn enemy from Mario Wonder that turns into popcorn when it comes into contact with fire...

Yeah, he doesn't have the same behavior as Morocon from Mario Wonder, maybe I'm crazy and it's all just a coincidence? maybe?

and besides, both games are from Nintendo.

[hug-kiss-marry-kill]

[bro3256]

Predictions for Nintendo Switch Online

I think it goes without saying that the Nintendo Switch Online (or NSO) service has been controversial to say the least. The fact that we now have to pay for what used to be free online and the lack of benefits you get to subscribing has led to this service being received very poorly at least at launch. It's been about 5 years since NSO launched and a lot of that controversy has seemingly dried up either by new additions to the game library or simply the fact that we're just used to it at this point.

Now don't get me wrong there are still detractors to NSO, but it seems as if this service has been accepted for what it is despite its flaws, although I do have to agree with some of the things said by folks regarding how the service launched and how it currently is.

Now that we've gotten that out of the way, I want to lay down some predictions regarding the future of this service as I've seen some wild things being proposed by fans that sound completely unrealistic and nothing Nintendo would ever regularly do. Starting with the obvious, what future platforms will Nintendo add to the game library?

First things first, GameCube is not going to happen at least for a long time. I suspect Nintendo may add it once the Switch's successor is out but at this very moment it is laughable to consider GameCube right now. The biggest main issue is the fact that Nintendo themselves has been rereleasing GameCube games as full price Switch games. Metroid Prime Remastered and Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door come to mind. I know for the most part the whole "things releasing outside of NSO means it will never come to NSO" myth has more or less died at this point but GameCube tends to be a special case here since these games still feel modern enough to resell as new games.

Another thing is to completely throw out any consideration of any mainline Pokémon games appearing on the Game Boy apps. The spinoffs sure, but actual mainline games is a bit silly. If they were somehow to be added they would need to do a lot of backend stuff to get these games properly working and so players don't cheat with the regular tools NSO offers such as rewind and restore points. It's not impossible but I see this as too much work to be worth it if simply putting these out as digital eShop releases sounds much easier. Besides if every version was put out on NSO then you'd lose the magic of Pokémon just like that, and that wouldn't be fun would it?

Okay so what do I actually think NSO is gonna add to its game library? Well unless Nintendo puts out a Virtual Boy or a Game & Watch app then I suspect we will probably see more third party apps. One consideration I don't see a ton of people talking about is the PC-Engine and TurboGrafx-16.

Games from these consoles have appeared on Virtual Console in the past on Wii and Wii U and a very limited number of PC-Engine games did release on 3DS only in Japan. I wouldn't doubt that Nintendo would add this as apart of their Expansion Pack, heck maybe even regular NSO if we're lucky. I would just love to see more NEC love (or well Konami love now).

But why stop there when the Mark III and Master System could be added too? Sega is already on board with NSO with their Mega Drive and Genesis apps so this would be a great addition especially since these games have not been given enough love even by Sega. SG-1000 would also be cool but that might be a bit too niche for a service like NSO but who knows.

As for games, while there is quite a bit already on the service there are certainly omissions that are quite baffling so let's get some of the more obvious ones out of the way and in no particular order.

Gomoku Narabe Renju, Mahjong, Golf, Urban Champion, SimCity, Mario Paint, Super Smash Bros., Ridge Racer 64, Banjo-Tooie, Super Mario Land, Qix, X, Balloon Kid, Mole Mania, Super Mario Bros. Deluxe, Pokémon Pinball, Densetsu no Stafy 1-3, Mother 3, and Rhythm Tengoku just to name a few.

So lets start with one that might not be interesting at a glance but would be a great addition to the service.

Tetris for the NES (no, not the Tengen version) is one of the more iconic versions of this beloved puzzle game, but why go back to this version specifically? I mean we already have Tetris on the Game Boy app and plenty of other Tetris games on Switch so what's the deal here?

Well for one, this version has never seen any kind of rerelease... kind of. This version in terms of how it played was ported over to Tetris Effect: Connected as a side mode but unless you knew about it I'd imagine not a whole lot of folks have dabbled with it and it's still technically not the original game.

But secondly, the main reason why this mode even exists and also why I personally would like to see it on NSO is purely to make the game accessible to a wider audience considering the competitive scene of this specific classic version of Tetris.

Being able to play this on NSO would mean a ton more people get to experience how this version plays and more importantly gives players another option of playing this without resorting to unofficial PC emulation. Obviously pro players are going to stick to original hardware but if you just wanted to practice or wanted a taste of this version then it's no wonder that having it on Switch would be a dream. Hopefully with the Game Boy version already being on the service this will increase the chances of this one happening.

So this next one is already planned to release for NSO in Japan but there's no word on it releasing internationally but regardless...

...Kaeru no tame ni Kane wa Naru or as its unofficially known as The Frog For Whom the Bell Tolls. It's an action RPG that's often compared to Link's Awakening to the point where in said Zelda game there's a cameo appearance featuring Prince Richard from Bell Tolls. This is one of the more well known Nintendo developed games that never left Japan and as of writing has never seen an official English localization of any kind and unfortunately there seems to be a trend with international NSO releases having Japanese games that have not been translated. So the likelihood of this not only releasing outside of Japan but getting a new localization for NSO is very unlikely but it's more than possible given Nintendo puts in the work to translating this in English. I'd imagine a remake of this game being far more likely to getting an international release if that were to happen and hey if it's in the style of the Link's Awakening remake that would be pretty cool.

So let's move away to one that might actually happen.

This one's pretty straight forward and don't be scared by this being Japan exclusive as outside of some story cutscenes this one's perfectly playable as its mainly a puzzle game. It has seen rereleases in the past on Virtual Console and if it were to release on NSO it's very likely that it would release internationally since the benefit of Nintendo not putting in effort to localize these games means they can just drop this on the SNES app no problem. Also good time to mention that this also includes the original Wrecking Crew so it would be funny to see Wrecking Crew on the service twice.

So let's end this game prediction saga with one that probably will never happen but if it were to happen I'd be curious how it would be implemented.

So let's get this out of the way, this is an M rated game. For a while it was believed that Nintendo would shy away from more mature games from appearing on the service but GoldenEye 007 on N64 at least in Japan indicates that Nintendo's solution is purely to bump up the rating of the overall app. So I'd imagine if this were to drop on NSO we'd not only see a rating bump for the N64 app but hopefully some kind of parental control option to stop players under 17 from playing this one. While it would be cool to see this on NSO in terms of being able to play it on a Nintendo platform again, I purely would like to see this get added just to see what they'd do to the app in response to this M rated addition to the service.

And there are my NSO predictions as of November 2023. I do wonder when the next Nintendo platform releases if we'll see an uptick in support for the service but its likely that this slow trickle of games will continue as usual. I'd normally would wish for more platforms to be represented on NSO but the problem is that some of the ones already on the service are very lacking especially Game Boy and Game Boy Advance. Hopefully those libraries get beefed up soon.

[videocookieseng]

Nintendo has released the three GBA Starfy games for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Members!

Densetsu no Starfy 1

Densetsu no Starfy 2

Densetsu no Starfy 3

(Official Trailer)

Sadly, these versions are not translated into any languages, but if you don't have NSO or you truly want to read the dialogue in English, you can always play the ROM with the fan translation of the first Starfy game, which was released recently and just in time it seems! More info about the ROM and the translation here: