#i mean the other games i want a wii u for i have played at my friend's house so i technically could

[nonbinary-sticks-the-badger]

i love emulation but at the same time the only games i REALLY want to emulate are on weird consoles that i want to experience on the actual console. also space channel 5 but i cant be bothered

[dr-spectre]

I wanna quickly discuss Nintendo Music because I got some thoughts on it and I wish to share them, both good!...

And bad....

Okay, as the fellow Splatoon resident, having only Splatoon 3's launch tracks and having NO songs from later updates, seasonal Splatfests, Side Order and Grand Fest is fucking psychotic to me.

You mean to tell me that they are gonna DRIP FEED SONGS IN PRE EXISTING ALBUMS?!?! WHY DOES ANIMAL CROSSING GET 400 TRACKS YET SPLATOON 3 DOESNT GET ALL OF ITS TRACKS?!?! What's next? Is Splatoon 2 not gonna have Octo Expansion music, and are they gonna update AT A LATER TIME??!!

Are they even gonna update Splatoon 3 at all!?!?!?! UGH! Are we gonna get the live/Grand Fest remixes of tracks too?!? Will Splatoon 1 even get added?! WILL I NEVER GET TO HEAR BOMB RUSH BLUSH BUT INSTEAD THE REMIX THAT MAKES ME FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TO LISTEN TO?!?! sigh....

Okay enough about Splatoon. How's the music listening experience in general? I would say it's pretty good. Having Wii music in the background as I talk to friends on Discord or do other things is really, really relaxing, and the extension feature is a brilliant idea. However, there's no way to just automatically play extended versions of songs. You have to manually extend the songs, and I think that's kind of annoying.

Now, how's the selection? Gonna be real, shit. It's not good. Why does every console except the switch only have 2 ALBUMS?!?!?!? Metroid having both its versions doesnt count as 3 albums, its the same fucking game. WHERE ARE THE 3DS AND WII U?!?!?

Every console should have had 5 to 8 MINIMUM!!!! I don't care, Nintendo has a library that spans in the thousands for fuck sake, this is unacceptable at launch. But hey, it's Nintendo, that's what they do. NSO started off being god awful but now it's a solid deal for 20 bucks a year. Way more tolerable than what the HELL PS Plus costs.

My biggest concern with this service is when they are gonna drop new albums. Nintendo, for the love of fucking god, do NOT DROP 1 TO 3 ALBUMS PER MONTH!!!! DO NOT DO THAT!!!! This service WILL die if you do that. People will get restless and move on. I do not want a repeat of NSO retro games AGAIN!!!! Just drop a batch every week or two, maybe 3 to 6 albums per 2 weeks or something like that. Don't drop at a minimum 2 per month or two months. DONT! AND MAKE SURE TO HAVE EVERY SONG IN THE ALBUM!!!!

But it's probably not gonna happen.... I know deep down Nintendo is gonna do the classic drip feeding strategy because it just works for them unfortunately... man...

I do like the app but it has ISSUES!!!!! BIG BIG ISSUES AND WORRIES!!!!

(Oh yeah and by the way... CREDIT THE GOD DAMN COMPOSERS NINTENDO!!!!!!)

[chronicbeans]

I really love how you write Wally :)

Can you do one with the reader try’s to play video games with him? You can write about video game you want btw

Wally playing video games is something that increases my serotonin. It is time to make the ultimate semi crossover of funny, silly puppet man and the serious and (at points) sad Persona 5 Royal because I want to see Wally's reaction to those topics. Especially since he probably doesn't even know like... Half of what is going on.

So I guess spoilers for Persona 5 Royal. The game is explained so poorly in this that people will probably not understand anything (much like Wally), but there are still some spoilers.

Reader Playing Videogames with Wally Darling (mainly Persona 5 Royal, but others are mentioned):

🎮 So, it turns out Wally has a bit of trouble holding controllers. He only has three fingers and a thumb on both hands, as well as felt for skin. Most controllers just fall out of his hands, so he mostly just watches you play.

🎮 Wally CAN play games on a DS, Wii U, or other consoles that can be laid flat and controlled using a screen and stylist. Some of his favorite are any Pokemon games that let you play with the Pokemon (he hates making them fight, so he makes you go out and catch them for him. Also, he'll have you play through the story because of the fighting), Nintendogs (he always names his dogs Barnaby. He has Barnaby, Barnaby 2 and Barnaby 3...), and Super Mario 3D Land.

🎮 Mist of the times, he just watches you play the games. Ever since you got Persona 5 Royal, though, he has been on an emotional rollercoaster. He doesn't understand even HALF of what is happening. Like... WHY ARE PEOPLE BEING SO MEAN? He doesn't know what they are doing, but they know they are being mean because people in the game are reacting with like... Horror once they find out. At least you fix them in the end? And the art is good!

🎮 Your character is also cool! He doesn't understand why people don't like you? What is a "probation"? Wait, you committed a crime?! No, people just think you did? HUH? A politician accused you of it? What's a politician?

🎮 You make a lot of friends, though, and fight the bad guys! Even one of the people you fight becomes a friend! Her name is... Futaba Sakura? Her name sounds cool! Along with all the characters' names! She didn't seem so mean, though, so he doesn't understand why you fought her or why she wanted you to. She kinda reminds Wally of himself in a few ways, to be honest.

🎮 Then the ending and the second ending after that is really cool! When he saw that like... one bad guy you fought that was like... keeping the weird second versions of people in prison? He was kinda like "Woah! He looks so big and scary! Wow! I don't even know what is happening, still! Yippee! 😁" Then there was the guy who was your... uhh... counselor! Yeah, counselor! He seemed more like Futaba in that he didn't seem so bad. He still doesn't understand why making a world where everybody is happy forever is bad. Even if it is fake, everybody is happy! That's how all stories should end! Right? At least that counselor guy had a slightly happy ending, though!

[silverflqmes]

ignore that im on my selfship account it’s luma lmao

some selfship questions for u and tooru <3

•does tooru get you flowers? if so, what kind?

ldoes tooru like to read books with you? or does he secretly collect all your favs and binge read them?

•what shows do you watch together?

•have you guys had any thoughts on marriage? (sorry if this makes you uncomfy i’ll note it for the future)

•do you guys match icons on like tumblr or insta?

•what couple do you resonate you and tooru with? like for example me and scara kinda resemble harley quinn and the joker (minus the toxicity)

•what video games do you guys play together? if you play genshin together, who does he main / what team does he use and do you do cute genshin couple things?

hi luma! no worries, i figured it was you😭 woohoo selfship questions, i’ll do my best to answer those<33

— tooru is the flower giving type!! i think he’s the kind of person to read into flower language and symbolism cuz like, it’s tooru.. he never does anything haphazardly and always wants to provide the best, so he definitely looks into their meanings before choosing accordingly depending on the occasion or mood<3 red roses are a common ( given their symbolism for love and passion ), forget me nots are also some he frequently sends ( often as a reassurance to me, along with himself ), daisies ( he remembers how i used to really like them as a kid, and brings them as a reminder of those times ) and a combo between lily of the valley and larkspur ( they’re the flowers of our birth months<3 )

— i think he would show interest in what i read and i would beg him on my hands and knees to read my favs, specifically the folk of air series, to scream with him!! bonus if he decided to annotate and swap copies with me so we could read each other’s comments<3 furthermore, he serenades me to sleep by reading on stressy nights :’) and just cuz his voice is so<3

— definitely star wars oriented shows.. the clone wars has consumed us wholly and we have not recovered from the siege of mandalore.. sitcoms FOR SURE, i love friends a completely normal amount, seinfeld too, modern family, big bang theory, king of queens, etc. anyway, other than that we’d probably watch a lottt of slice of life / romance anime since it’s super comforting and silly<333 although some shonen anime make certain exceptions ( owari no seraph my love ) OH AND CARTOONS BC OLD SPONGEBOB HUMOR >>>

— TOORU IS DEFINITELY A MARRIAGE KIND OF GUY and like same i want marriage too but later down the line cuz i wanna enjoy the youth and sillying around of dating.. but i think we would unironically refer to each other as husband n wife.. and act like a married couple.. proposing is gonna be a challenge because he wants to do it but i ALSO want to do it like babes let me get on my knee pls and propose to you like the king you are smh

— i don’t think tooru would be on tumblr, maybe he would be if he indulges in my nonsense.. so probably instagram!

— we are anakin and padmé for sure and take turns, although misaki and usui are definitely us too, as well as kuronuma and kazehaya ( THEY MAKE ME SO EMO AND NOT NORMAL )

— we play a lot of wii and ds games together pre timeskip, specifically super mario bros, mario kart, mario party, wii sports, just dance — all that jazz, and i would have begged him to indulge me in my tekken addiction despite the amount of times he would get his ass handed to him BAHAHAHAHA ( he’s petty bc i use asuka since she counters attacks ) now post timeskip, we would definitely play ssbu because it’s just sm fun ( a-and um um sephiroth…. ) — now i would get my ass handed here instead.. and of course we cannot forget the hit game GENSHIN IMPACT!!! bro mains either tartaglia, ayato or alhaitham because i am not normal about them and he makes it a goal to tease me using them.. think he probably uses vaporize a lot to stick to my synergy or spread; as for couple things, we definitely take each other to pretty locations we found or help one another with grinding / quests. if there are also co-op games, those too!! for the rest, we’d probably take turns on ffvii since it’s single player and i have a tendency to throw a controller at someone when things get too heated.. prepare yourself tooru!! especially if sephi is the final boss..

[refinedpet]

Alright it's time to bitch about how horribly difficulty is handled in Pikmin 3 Deluxe

So Pikmin 3 on the Wii U is considered to be easier than Pikmin 1 & 2, so at the time of release for 3DX on Switch, it was considered the easiest game in the series.

I never found that too much of a problem though, I still find the game enjoyable even if I wish it were harder.

So when we heard that 3DX was gonna have 3 difficulty options, Normal, Hard & Ultra Spicy. I was super excited, harder Pikmin is what I want, and having diffrent difficulties means you can have that without making it too hard for beginners.

Pre release we saw the Difficulties described as

Normal: For those new or rusty

Hard: For those with experience

Ultra Spicy: Only for those who consider themselves Pikmin Masters

And now let me explain why that's complete BS.

I'm gonna be comparing each of them to the Wii U original over each other because it really gets the point home. And let me remind you that Wii U 3 was already considered easy.

Let's start with Enemy Health! In Normal Mode enemies were given less health compared to the Original, the most drastic cases being enemies that could get one shot anyway with skill so, weird, but okay, very unnecessary. Then Hard has most enemies with twice as much health compared to Normal. And Ultra Spicy has higher health for some enemies than even that.

So you might think "Okay so they made enemies harder to kill." And, no. Hard is still overall lower than on Wii U and Ultra Spicy is ultimately comparable to the Wii U version, I don't know each enemies exact HP value, but as someone who's played both versions alot, there's functionally no difference and enemies still go down easier than 1 & 2 (a reminder Ultra Spicy is for "Pikmin Masters")

And that's the only change done to enemies, which in Base 3, we're already far less deadly and aggressive compared to the first two games. Maybe it would've been a good idea to make it so normal was like 3, and then the harder difficulties made it so more Pikmin would get eaten per bite? Or enemies swallowed faster, or attacked more often, or anything to make them functionally different? Because while Normal is easier here, it's ultimately the difference of money enemies dying in 2 seconds instead of 4.

So, enemies aren't really effected meaningfully, what else did they do to make it harder? Well they gave the Captains more health in Normal Mode, that's an alright change, make it so beginners have to worry less about that aspect, and I bet in harder difficulties you'd need to be extra careful- oh, they just. Kept it the same as Wii U even on Ultra Spicy.

Well, now fruit only gives half as much juice on the hardest difficulty, and the same on the other two.

Which I will admit, does make it so there's like 2 days you need to maybe worry about getting fruit instead of none. But as someone who frequently ends the game with 30-40+ extra juice rations, this just means your buffer will be smaller and still exist.

They also made the Day Duration 18 minutes instead of the usual 13 on normal. This also, doesn't make the game easier and moreso less fun since time management is kinda the whole point and 13 is plenty. And of course, on Hard and Ultra Spicy it stays at 13 like the original.

Now, they added Nectar Eggs in the Garden of Hope for Normal and Hard, making it easier to flower Pikmin. And then you get none in Ultra Spicy... and the original. Another case of Hard being easier than the Wii U version.

Okay so, what else?

Well, in Normal they change the drowning time for Pikmin from 6 seconds to 11, then keep it 6 in hard and make it 3 seconds in Ultra Spicy.

This is, the most meaningful change to increasing the difficulty made from the Wii U version to the "Only for Pikmin Masters" Mode.

So, Normal is less fun 3, Hard is easier 3 and Ultra Spicy is just 3 with a more strict (still very forgiving) time limit?

You'd probably think "At least you can just pick hard and get the original difficulty then"

But no, because there's one last change. In Ultra Spicy, your Pikmin Cap is 60 instead of 100.

This just makes the game less fun, there's no enemies strong enough that the difference of Pikmin will matter, most go down easy with 20 or less even on Ultra Spicy. And it just means you can multi task less which makes the game less fun.

So, Normal is less fun, Hard is Easier and Ultra-Spicy is effectively the same but made less fun. Reminder again, Base Pikmin 3 was already considered easy.

So there's no way to experience the games original difficulty. Your only real option is playing an Easier version that's pretending to be a hard mode.

Okay, now because it's easy to say "Well clearly you know and care too much about Pikmin" (true) "is this actually better for newcomers though?"

Well when Pikmin 3DX came out, I had two of my closest friends play it as their first Pikmin game.

I told both "Hey play on Hard, it's basically the Wii U versions difficulty, Normal will just be less fun"

One of them listened and one of them didn't.

The one who played on Hard said "That was still so easy I'm glad I listened to you" and then it tried Normal was was shocked by how much less fun it was

The other, played on Normal then immediately did a Hard playthrough and said to me "This is way more fun than Normal, I should've just started on Hard. The days being shorter makes the game flow better"

Inconclusion: I think Pikmin 3 Deluxe is perhaps one of the worst excuses for difficulty settings in a game. Not is the original difficulty not still available, but what's left is 3 that all in some way make the game less enjoyable to varying degrees. This is while also adding Lock on, which already makes the game easier.

This is made worse by the advertising of said difficulties. I'm reminded of Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn. They changed the difficulties in English from

Normal -> Easy

Hard -> Normal

Making alot of people pick the games hard mode when they just want to play at the base difficulty, resulting in them having less fun with it.

Pimmin 3 Deluxe does the same in the opposite direction, except it's not a Translation error.

Making two modes for experienced players be easier than the existing version of your game and pretending they're difficult doesn't help anyone.

As I demonstrated, both people who I know that played 3DX as their first Pikmin found Hard to be a much better base line experience and neither found it challenging.

Personally, I replay Pikmin 3 on Wii U still when I wanna go through again. I love alot of the QoL Changes in 3DX, and I think the game is a fine way to play Pikmin 3. I think it's a great example about why it's important to give options in a re-release that are comparable to the original

[olibensstuff]

Oh great and wise Benny 🙏🙏 if I were to be considering getting into Zelda how would u recommend doing so 👀👀👀

This was such a hard question ooh

Response below the cut because I had.. way more to say than I thought I would

I’d say it depends on what console/devices you have! Every Zelda game can be played as a stand alone which makes the series pretty easy to approach. If you want to really get the Zelda experience and understand what the core of the Zelda series is about, my only recommendation is start with any game except breath of the wild. BOTW is a great game but it really lets go of the vast majority of Zelda tropes in order to explore and test out new concepts. Which is cool, but not a great start if you’re looking into Zelda as a whole.

The defining Zelda game ever is ocarina of time, so if you have a 3ds I think it’s obligatory for me to say that’s a great starting place. A lot of the classic tunes are from this game, and a toonnnn of the bigger lore pieces come from Ocarina of Time. Song of storms comes from this game too so it’s immediately awesome. if you have a Wii I’d also recommend playing Twilight Princess. It gets a lot of hate I feel like in the community, but it was sort of a soft remake of ocarina of time, and it has objectively the best side kick in all the games. It’s a bit empty but the characters are really full of life. I feel like the dungeons are all really really fun too. I’m honestly really biased with this game because it was my first game though so take that with a grain of salt. On the same topic of Wii/Wii U if you have one absolutely look into playing Wind Waker it has some of the most fun visuals and in my opinion the most compelling ganondorf (main villain) in the whole series. Zelda also has a lot more personality in this game that most.

Back with the 3ds PLEASE consider trying out minish cap. It’s my personal favorite from the 3ds i really love the character designs and the story. I wouldn’t recommend it as a first because it’s a bit more difficult than the ones above and it’s lore is a lot looser, but later on your journey it’s absolutely worth your time it’s so good and cute.

On the 3ds there’s also a link between worlds which I haven’t played personally but has some of my favorite lore and story beats. Definitely worth your time it’s game play is so unique and it’s got some of my favorite characters.

If I list every game I think I’d be here all day so I’m just gonna make a quick list of my recommended order!!

Ocarina of Tome (important lore)

Majoras Mask (this one is a bit difficult so feel free to skip and come back to. It’s a sequel to ocarina of time and has some tif the coolest game mechanics/story ever)

Skyward Sword (more important lore, basically the origin story for all the other games)

if you have a wii/wii u: Twilight princess and Wind Waker (two dramatic ends of what a Zelda game could be visually and story wise. Twilight Princess came out a little after wind waker. TP was super edgy and cool while WW was bright and fun. Both have some really heartfelt moments though and are sooo worth your time)

if you played WW, I feel like spirit tracks would be a fun follow up. It’s an indirect sequel with a similar art style made for the 3ds. The game play is really cool and it has one of the most developed Zelda’s, next to wind waker and ocarina of time Zelda’s)

at this point you should be well versed enough to approach basically any Zelda game! My favorites not already listed are Links Awakening, Minish Cap (MINISH CAP IS SO GOOD PLEASE OELASE PLEASE)and the oracle games!! A lot of people like four swords and tri heroes though!

take all this with a grain of salt though haha!! Zelda can be enjoyed in absolutely any way which is a lot of the appeal. I know it looks like a lot, but really playing any game at all, botw included, means you’re welcome! All you ever really need to know to be a Zelda fan is that the player character is Link and he wears green and he saves a cool princess named Zelda with the power of magic golden triangles!! unless you’re playing the upcoming game Echoes of Wisdom which is coming out in September!!!!! That one’s gonna be about Zelda where you save Link with the power of chairs im so excited

anyways if you’re crazy like me here’s a nine hour video of Zelda lore 😘

SORRY FOR THE LONG WINDED EXPLANATION BTW this is my all time favorite series since forever i get really excited

[no1sharkenthusaist]

! hsr headcannons for several characters ! [modern au]

♪ In-ter-net-o ya-me-ro ♪!

Y u m i - c h a n i s n o w o n l i n e !

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Characters : Dan Heng, Serval, Blade, Gepard, March

Plot : no real plot, just headcannons about honkai Characters in a modern au setting

Tags : modern au, headcannons, fluff, slight crack, wrote this at 11pm while heading home from a road trip

authors note : omg got a steam deck for my birthday (may 30th) and I. AM. IN. LOVE !!! I could talk abt it for hours and hours but i have my discord for that ehe. Anyways, ive been having fun rediscovering my old childhood games and thats when i had an epiphany. Hsr or genshin boys in a ddlc type scenario!!! Feeling so swag abt the idea. Also i got out of school so more uploads yaya. Thank u all for the support on my intro page yippee. I promise not to let you all down

╭( ･ㅂ･)و ̑̑ enjoy !

DANHENG

Now playing : Scrawny - The Wallows

He definitely dresses like with collared shirts and kinda has that accidental soft boy look

English major frfr

definitely listens to lovejoy/wilbursoot and bo burnham

Water drinker enthusiast (even tho he forgets to drink half the time-)

burnt out gifted kid

messed up sleeping schedules

Hes that quiet guy everyone has a crush on to some extent

He looks cold and serious during lectures, but hes actually just daydreaming and has his head in the clouds

Probably stays with the same group of kids he met in middle school because he cant socialize

I think said kids would be march, stelle/caleus, himeko And on ocasion blade, kafka, and silverwolf

Welt would be a chill english teacher that would let Dan Heng sit in his classroom during lunch

he likes going to concerts a lot

Learned to play guitar in middle school but doesnt like playing in front of people

Consider yourself lucky if he plays in front of you

Extremely oblivious to romance

Girls will try to flirt with him but he will just have a blank and confused look

Spends his free time in book stores shopping for records

Ps5 gamer frfr

Theater kid (had a hamilton phase)

SERVAL

Now playing : Shut Me Up - Mindless Self Indulgence

Shut me up by mindless self indulgence on loop

Like its probably to an unhealthy level

Always has headphones in(that gepard gave her for her birthday)(And so loud to the point you can hear the music standing next to her)

(went deaf at the ripe age of 13, after that it was all "huh?" /j)

Shirts from old bands, baggy jeans, fishnets, etc

Had an alt phase

Bad habit of smashing guitars

Dropped out of college after first semester

Had a band in highschool with Blade and Dan Heng that received noise complaints on a regular Basis

Really extroverted and easy to get along with

Loves going to concerts (especially the ones that get crazy like halfway through )

Probably gets in fights during black friday

Addicted to coffee (gepards needs to step in and help her drink something else)

Likes bitter stuff more than sweet stuff

Cares very deeply for her friends

The type of gal to go on road trips with friends and go Camping

Goes to protests every other tuesday

Probably banned from several places

very passionate about things she loves

Loves scary movies and Rollercoasters

The six flags employees have memorized her name

(shes just so cool i wanna be like her fr)

BLADE

Now playing : Consequences - Lovejoy

Theater kid (would never admit it tho)

Kafka teases him about it so much

met kafka and silverwolf in detention

The teachers hate the three of them

Alt kid and never got out of his emo phase

Besties with serval, change my mind

Kafka probably pushed him to join boxing to get his anger out in a less…destructive way

Loves the sleepovers he has with kafka and silverwolf

Broke silverwolf's tv while playing wii sports

Goes to college, no clue what he wants to do so hes just doing liberal studies

Adopted a small stray cat he saw on the ground during a storm

he tries to be tough and mean, but hes a big Softy

Loves the Beetlejuice musical(and mean girls but we dont talk about that)

has probably been on probation on multiple occasions

Probably vandalized the car of someone he didnt like

Kafka has to sweet talk everyone out of getting blade in serious trouble

Hes really good at basketball, he just doesnt like it so he never pushed it further

Doesnt really like or understands sports

probably listens to videogame osts 24/7

GEPARD

Now Playing : Pretty Face - PUBLIC

Getting serval out of trouble isnt a choice, its a lifestyle

Which is ironic, as he is a criminal justice major

But he still will always be her biggest supporter

Dresses (like a costco dad) soft boy by pure accident

Completely oblivious to anything and everything

Enjoys gardening and has a lemon Tree

Cave Town enthusiast

Lemonade Enthusiast

Sends people those "reminder to drink water and be happy" messages

Straight 4.0 GPA student. The teachers loved Him

Was really shy so he didnt have many friends growing up (Serval had to help him out)

Hates rollercoasters, serval drags him around six flags and he screams his head off

Poor guy :<

Still loves it since he loves hanging out with his sister

Student council secretary

No clue how the internet and technology works

Strong sense of justice

That has gotten him involved in several issues

Which ironically, serval got him out of

Wholesome cinnamon roll, pls protecc

MARCH 7TH

Now playing : Cupid - FIFTY FIFTY

That one girl in class that no one could hate

Class representative and student council public relations officer

Photography major (duh)

Social butterfly and very easy to talk to

Want to go out to go eat something sweet while having fun? March has you covered !

March Makes friendship braclets and sells them so she can go shopping

has a secret stash of candy hidden in her dorm

March has a babysitting gig and comes to peoples houses with candy

Shes a little kid magnet, they all love her so much

had a club penguin phase with Dan Heng and they both shudder just thinking about it

learned all her profanity from watching Dan Heng play Call Of Duty

sucks at english, fries her brain like a hashbrown

k-pop girlie

dresses really cute with cardigans and pastel pinks

(watched aphmau, Her favorite one was a mermaid tales and mystreet) [submitted by someone on my discord who wants to stay anon]

plays overwatch and says things like "Hey, thats not nice!"

lowkey kind of a teachers pet-

Loves webtoons and collects the physical releases

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[psihawaii]

i know nothing about mashup week but i do wanna hear ur thoughts on trans scott

first of all: thank you for indulging me!!

second of all: obligatory LISTEN/READ MASHUP WEEK: MEGAMIX!! ill probably make a separate propaganda post anyway but plsss. mashup tournament that scott won three years ago that he now has to host and interview every1 and i like how he’s written better than most collabs (where hes not just. himself obviously.) write him. host says the tournament is a lot more like wii sports resort now and doesnt elaborate.

third of all: ooooooooookay so. This really got away from me im gonna put the rest under a readmore.

i’m gonna refer to them w/ they/them just for simplicity, but let the record show i don’t think they care that much either way/i switch up pronouns whenever i talk abt stw AHDHDJ (my main hc for a while was no pronouns scott just bc of how the descriptions are written hahahahahaha get itttttttttt)

i’ve Alwaysssss thought scott (the character obvi. do i have to keep clarifying that here too, im always gonna be referring to the character in this postSHDJDJ) was trans ever. since i joined the fandom in late 2021. Partly because borderline forever reminds me a lot of how i realized i was nonbinary (realizing somethings wrong and then course correcting by just… doing the opposite and wondering why that couldnt possibly be the solution.) but mostly because borderline forever is just Like That. . But more on that later

OUTSIDE OF THAT so much of how they act is sosososo deeply trans to me, or at the very least very egg-like and in denial deeply. THE THING that got me deep into stw initially was gifts of gaming because what the fuck man. scott’s very public breakdown because they feel extremely alienated from their peers and that this isn’t an isolated incident!!!!!! (finding other people unrelatable that is (and that’s probably also an autism and/or aroace thing but it can be all of those at once. Smile.) like so often is scott self deprecating abt how nobody cares abt them or their interests or how desperate they are for attention. dude.)

and like. okay so i made an entire nonbinary dysphoria comp already but there are so many. weird throwaway jokes. that aren’t… you know directly about them being trans/dysphoric but about how they hate facial hair or their voice or hated that they couldn’t have ‘girl toys’ growing up or that they shower fully clothed or that they’ll just. roleplay as a girl.

(and i was gonna have a whole bit about… i think you could make some kind of point about how scott ‘roleplays’ as a girl in specifically romantic/flirting contexts (tinder + speed dating) and how that could play jnto their dysphoria, but i also do just think they’re aroace. but there’s something there)

and no matter the intention of the jokes they’re still like. canon. (and i was gonna do a whole thing abt how scott the woz (the show) treats continuity basically being that. jokes + ‘throwaway lines’ establish canon things because they keep being brought back, and that lore is (with few exceptions) consistent. it’s fun. and meaning that these things are (assumedly) things scott thinks/does/how they act even off screen.)

and also i guess if im gonna talk abt trans scott i could At Least dedicate an entire paragraph to borderline forever because holy shit man. Before i rewatched a bunch of episodes this year, i of course had it in my head that borderline forever was totally trans coded but i sorta reasoned that that was my own headcanon clouding my perception and that it wouldnt be that blatant (<in quotes because im sure The Man Himself didnt intend for it to be read this way, but its fun to interpret it as such) but no it really is.

what do u mean theres been an unseen force in your life that’s always been there but you hadn’t noticed until you experienced internalized transphobia talked about something tangentially related, that’s now preventing you from living your life and doing the things you want to do. That isn’t directly harming you, and that other people can’t notice so they dismiss you. What do u mean.

Closing in is literally a song about how they can’t believe they’ve been living their life like this and how they feel like they’re suffocating from the idea of continuing to live like this. They saw the border glow. If you will (sorry.)

The ending of borderline forever is pretty… its… well i guess for me to really have definitive thoughts on it i would have to decide on what i think the allegory is because scott taking the border back serves different purposes for different ones, good and bad. In terms of the trans allegory, I initially considered that it was like him. Accepting transness as part of themselves and learning to live with it and move on from that (effectively transitioning just not. Outwardly (?)). Until my boyfriend (forced to watch every scott the woz lore episode for (for the most part) the first time with me) pointed out n. No it kinda just seems like they can’t imagine themselves as any different/better and thinks This Is As Good As It Gets so they retreat back to their status quo. And like. Huh. Yeah. 100% it’s still affecting them negatively and they hate it but they’re ignoring it now they saved the world and they never have to succumb to the horror of being understood and perceived i mean no one else has to worry abt this ever again.

like… two years ago i wrote a fic about nonbinary scott called Abiura Di Me (it’s never getting finished, i was originally gonna do a little comic to end things off but it felt kind of ehh. the only way i’m finishing it is if i completely start over. which who knows.) and, despite not rlly having this interpretation at the time, i did want to kind of explore scott like that, thinking they’re ‘content’ with their life now and wondering why they still feel unhappy/unfulfilled.

In general scott feels like a character that’s so… rigid and strict with their identity/attributes of themselves in a way that, often, makes them miserable, or at the very least in a way that they’re self deprecating abt like i said b4. (i.e. their virginity, and how it oscillates something they take pride in vs. something that they’re ashamed of (b4 accepting it in barrel blast)(youtuber slash tumblr user prim m, in description of their barrel blast mashup did a rlly interesting lil. few sentences of analysis abt this in particular!!), but is, to them at least, a key part of who they are that they have to keep asserting + how they talk abt themselves liking video games and how, similarly it oscillates between smthn that brings them a lot of joy and again, smthn that they’re ashamed of thats another reason they feel isolated, but is nonetheless. Probably THE defining thing about scott.)

And while this^ feels like a general internalized transphobia thing, it’s probably THE reason i think they’re nonbinary specifically, although i fuck with transfem scott severely. I really like the idea of scott unburdening themselves from any kind of labels and kinda just being happy Existing, it’s essentially what they already want/think they already have just with less expectation put upon them to perform. You could say. Preventing themselves from being put into a box or. Or yknow… some kind of blue borde-[i am killed.]

But anyway to answer your question trans scott is my lifeblood i love them a lot. I like… half joke their egg has been fully cracked now bc of the bits they’re pulling now (mainly. Changing their name in same name, different game and. all of gamer products.) (and side note even though i can glean Transness from any1 of these jokes and that… in a lot of cases scott Is the butt of the joke in them they don’t rlly feel meanspirited most of the time. whether thats bc im in denial ro theres smthn to it thats any1s guess. Tee hee.) i think they’re figuring stuff out and how they want to be perceived and if this is really something they want for themselves (is, but going abt it weirdly/making a joke of it and not taking it seriously (again, goes w the whole self deprecating rigid identity thing!!)

I don’t think scott changes much upon transitioning. Even though i think in the stw universe hrt/gender affirming surgery does… pretty much whatever you want it to and none of what you don’t want (i’m going off the… one ama where he said smthn along the lines of the stw universe is a perfect bubble where nothing bad happens + being able to get treated for murder + how i think scott the real person would think that kinda stuff works AHDNDIJDDJ and also cus i think its funny) i dont think scott would Want to change much physically. But i really like the idea of them keeping dyed blue bits framing their face (get it.) + slightly longer hair. and boobs cause i think thats awesome. personality wise they’re exactly the same and still suck though. But w/o shame and i love them

[tonikensalegend]

INTRODUCTION DUH DUH DUNNNNNNNN!!!!

Hiiiii I'm Ella or Legend ( I usually prefer the name 'Legend' for those who are not that familiar to me, but if you are, use both names any way you want ^^)

I go by she/her just to say so YAY!

My asks will always be 100% open (and I'll also take art requests, sooo 👀)

My strawpage is here

NOW SOME THINGS ABOUT ME!!!!!!!

I'm a huge Splatoon fan and I mean HUGE! I've been a fan of the game since the Wii U days. I got Splatoon 1 after Splatfests ended, but when I got Splatoon 2, I got to play the Knights vs. Witches Splatfest (which was my first Splatfest, by the way). I got Splatoon 3 on launch date. :3

Another thing I'm really into is The Legend of Zelda (also Linked Universe). Yes, I was one of those fans whose first game was Breath of the Wild, but that led me to trying past games, and now I've grown to love most of the Zelda games that have come out. (My favorite Legend of Zelda game is A Link to the Past.) I've also gotten into Linked Universe, and my favorite character has got to be Legend. (It's no surprise that my favorite LoZ game is A Link to the Past.)

I'm also into other fandoms but those are my main two

NOW ENOUGH ABOUT FANDOMS🗣🔥🔥⚠️⚠️���💥💥

All I'll really post here is art, with the occasional headcanons post here and there, so nothing much. But I would like to start communicating with others on here to make new friends. :>

AND THATS ABOUT IT TYSM FOR STOPPING BY TO MEET ME AND STUFF!!! THIS POST WILL CHANGE WHEN NEEDED AND YAYAYYYA

[mariyekos]

What are some games you haven't played or thought about in a while but enjoyed?

Hmmm good question!

It's been several years since I last played Fire Emblem: Awakening, but it's a game that's really close to my heart. I keep thinking I should play it again, but I have so many other things to do that it's kind of fallen by the wayside. (And by so many other things I mean Final Fantasy XIV and DMC have a death grip on my mind right now so getting invested in other things is a struggle).

As for the double whammy of not playing or thinking about it for a while... Super Smash Bros Brawl. When I was a kid, it was pretty much the only video game my brother would play with me, so I really loved it. Especially the story mode Subspace Emmisary, because I wasn't very good but he was, so I would be the player 2 following along as he carried me through. We played melee together before that, but my memory of that is minimal. Brawl was where we really started playing together, or at least where my memories start. Years later when he'd invite friends over to play Smash (mostly 4/Wii U, and I think Ultimate too after college), if he only had 2 friends with him they'd invite me to play too to fill out the roster. Most stock matches would end with me vs my brother. He'd almost always win between the two of us, but I felt really proud to beat out his friends and make it to the end. This is definitely among the most important games to me as a person.

I was also super into Virtual Villagers when I was a kid. I think I've only seen something about it on the internet once, and it was years ago. I remember crying when we had someone reset our computer, and the same day my mom threw away the disc because she didn't realize we used it (you just used it to download the game onto the computer or register your license or something. I want to say you didn't need it to stay in the computer to run the game but my memories are vague). I dug through the trash to find it. I was invested in that game. You had an island with people that could breed, work, etc. And the goal was to advance technology. I had 2 or 3 of them. One had a beach on the left side and I want to say a waterfall on the right, while another had a big tree in the top left and a beach or beehives on the right, I think. I swear there was a third one but I barely remember it. I can still see the map of the first one in my mind. The second one is a little blurry, while the 3rd is so vague I might be making it up.

[toyota-supra]

for context, I did have a lot of consoles throughout my life bc as I've said video games pretty much are my life but they were:

Mega Drive 3 or whatever its called yknow one of those TecToy things that comes with games already in it - older cousin didn't want it anymore

Polystation (famiclone) - 1980's console sold in the 2000's yeah this was probably like 10 dollars. we gave it away eventually. my parents barely remember that we had this but if there's something I don't forget it's video games

PlayStation 2 Slim - cheapest version of the PS2 you could get at the time when the PS3 was already out. I think my parents divided the cost with someone else in the family. we pirated all our games.

black Nintendo DSi - my mom asked a friend of hers who was visiting the US to get it there cheaper and she'd pay it back. I was disappointed to find that every other kid on the planet had a DSi XL instead which deeply insulted me because 90% of them stopped playing with the thing as soon as it wasn't cool anymore and my hands grew to be larger than average so I kind of needed that. I pirated all my games.

normal white Nintendo Wii - I don't remember how many years after the console's release this was but it was a standard Wii. my uncle who doesn't live here happened to have bought this in fucking Syngapore and gave it to us. yes that means it used PAL games. in a region that only sold NTSC games. we pirated all our games except for the Wii Sports and Wii Play discs that came with the console and the second controller respectively

normal 8GB storage release year Wii U (as opposed to the 32GB black one that actually came with a game already) - my parents divided the cost with another family member and bought it for me on the christmas of the year that thing released because I really really really begged them so I could play Smash 4. I didn't know how to mod a Wii U, so this was my first console with original games. I had to wait a month or two after I got it to actually have something to play though, since they couldn't afford it. I don't regret wanting a Wii U, all things considered

release year Nintendo Switch with the red and blue joycons - I got this used from a colleague in late 2022 (nearly 6 years after it came out) because of how expensive this shit is. the joycons were brand new due to stick drift replacements. I got a few games since then and found out that I actually don't like this thing at all it feels so bad to play in any form possible and every game is like 300 bucks

besides that I would play stuff on old used laptops or whatever we could get emulators running on. always keep gaming and buy a ps vita for me if you can

[literallyneurodivergentandaminor]

splatoon 1 servers are going down soon which means..

HACK YOUR WII U RIGHT NOW!!!!!

its EASY its FREE its quick and you can connect youe wii to the pretendo network!!!!! which is hosting servers for multi-player games!!!!!! that you can play on with an emulator YES YOU CAN PLAY ONLINE WITH AN EMULATOR TOO!!!! EMULATE SPLATOON 1 AND PLAY WITH YOUR FRIENDS ON THE WIIU !!!!!!!!!!

its easy guys cmon. theres online guides everywhre!!!

side note i also have a silly zip folder with all the files needed and a self written guide for setting everything up. i made it for a friend originally but might as well hand it out to others who want it. i think my guide is quite humorous.

[neonmetro]

Went back and reread your infodump post because that shit is like Nicotine /J

This is in no way related to Ocs or anything but likeeee I couldn't help it

Kirby mention so I'm just gonna rant rq

I have all the Kirby games up to forgotten lands, Super Nintendo? Wii U? YEAH I GOT EM

I literally can't because the Super Nintendo is the LOVE of my life, Doctor Mario and Tetris was MY SHIT, i also used to play shooters on the WII U until I lost the gun piece. . .sigh those were the days. Not to mention Hip Hop dance experience which if you want me to be honest it's just Hip Hop just dance and wayyyyy better in my humble opinion. PLS TELL ME YOU HAVE PLAYED ON THE SUPER NINTENDO, also I used to have a Mortal Kombat arcade system until it broke. . .still need a replacement piece/

ALSO YOU SHARE THE LOVE OF MARINE BIOLOGY???? PLS PLS PLS I LOVE MARINE BIOLOGY AND HAVE LOVED IT SINCE I WAS IN THE 3RD GRADE, I did half of my science projects around Jellyfish and sea slugs. . .the ocean is so scary but so beautiful. LIKE SEA ANGELS???? AND LION FISH??? DON'T GET ME STARTED ON JELLYFISH AND SHARKS CHAT. I could rant for hourrs about Marine life, also like coral is so pretty. . .I honestly think people should start caring more about the environment !!!! To keep beautiful things like this alive !!! (If you want to infodump by all means this is an invitation hehe. . .)

Another hyperfixation of mine is Astronomy. . .sighs. . .if I were to talk about astronomy I fear I wouldn't be able to send this ask because it would just be too long. . .tumblr is such a hater

and then butterflies and castles . . .I really like castles, um

Butterflies though !!! They are great, I find it silly that a lot of the Morpho butterflies are named after Greek myth. Like the Morpho menalaus, the Morpho achillies, and Morpho Telemachus.

I also really like fairy tales, classical literature, vampires. . .sighs, vampires

PLS FEEL FREE TO RANT ABOUT ANY OF YOUR INTERESTS OR HYPERFIXATIONS PLEASE THAT WOULD BE GREAT ACTUALLY, I RUN OFF OF INFO DUMPS

-Ulysses loving anon

HELP ME?!?!??!?!?! CRAZY ANALOGY

HELL YESSSSSSS god all those games are iconic.... i'll be so honest i haven't played many nintendo games, i only got a switch this year LMAOOO and i've only played pokemon + splatoon 2.... i love kirby with all my heart though i have a little squeaky toy of him in my room and he is poyo poyoing all over the place

i mean i've watched some nintendo gameplay videos but none of those games.... sorry

most games i've been able to play are on the phone .... bc i'm not that good at playing on my computer (cause i draw instead so i have to drag myself away)

GODDD!!! I LOVE MARINE BIOLOGYYY it was so intense in junior year that i wanted to become a marine bio major (it's such an odd choice considering my first major is business marketing....?) but we ball tbh i'd still like to take a course in it

HGNGNGHGGH I FUCKING LOVE JELLYFISH YOU HAVE NOOOO IDEA!!!! the lampocteis and moon jellies are my absolute favorites, comb jellies are peak and so are moon jellies

honestly i'm really lucky i can travel a lot bc i get to go to so many aqauriums. we fucking ball. like everytime i go to an aquarium i take five million pictures LOLLL like its a problem lmfao!!!!! (like i went to a aquarium in tokyo and it was baller)

outside of jellyfish my favorite is orcas, whales, and other deep sea animals. fuck i love them so much. (i call orcas assholes all the time because they are but i love them for it) smth smth moby dick being 50% whale facts only fed into the marine bio fixation

sea slugs are awesome too. look at those sluggos go eating sponges and becoming poisonous as a result. oh i also love sphinophores (hi portuguese man o' war) they're awesome

i rarely get to make things about my marine bio interest... but while playing webfishing i almost exclusively fish out at sea and i bother my friends about fun facts all the time

HONESTLY? TRUE. that's kinda the main way to get ppl to care lol make it about little guys that are cute and don't you want them to be alive instead of dead?

coral bleaching is such a insane problem man....... make sure you pay attention to what sunscreen you're using!!!!!!!!

AHHH ASTRONOMY..... i used to be really into it when i was younger but erm. it kinda died after awhile and i'm hesitant to get back into it after an incident lol... i still love the planets tho (thank you sailor moon you are the source of many awakenings for me)

castles are awesome i'm ngl.....

OHHH!!! I DIDN'T KNOW THAT ABOUT BUTTERFLIES THAT'S SO COOL ACTUALLY... AND REALLY ICONIC ONES TOO THAT'S CRAZYYYY

its actually so cool that scientific names for animals are named after greek heroes its so cool. like the genus and family name for albatrosses are named after diomedes and i was like HOLY SHIT!!!!!

HELL YESS FAIRY TALES AND CLASSIC LIT!!!! those are so peak (i love fairy tales and ballets with a burning passion. they're awesome. i need every adaptation of a fairy tale IN MY VEINS. NOW.)

oghghgh i really love metro systems. i love how color coordinated they are and how they're genuinely the best kind of public transportation there is, its so cool... also the aesthetics are so good.

i also really love pop art (i'm from new york can you tell) GENUINELY SUCH AN AWESOME MOVEMENT AGAINST WHAT IS AND ISN'T CONSIDERED ART!!!! GOING AGAINST ALL STANDARDS AND QUALIFICATIONS!!!! also i just love bright colors and tone dots lmfao.... (i'm not the biggest fan of abstract art but pop art just hits diff)

[geddy-leesbian]

HEYYYY !!!!! so i was just wondering a few things if that’s okay

1. what re games have you played?/which is ur fav

2. did u like luis the moment he was introduced or did knowing his full story really connect w you?

3. rare pairs!! i love rare pairs so please explain any of the ones u like with luis :-) not asking about any in particular i just like to see people talk abt stuff they like

TYSMMM BYEEEE

YAYYY ASK!! IT'S MORE THAN OKAY

1. so my RE pipeline was kinda wild. In 2020ish I watched my sibling play through RE4 on our wii, but didn't have any strong feelings, like nothing stuck with me. I literally forgot Luis existed, I had zero memory of what he was like in that game. Then last year they showed me this fantastic youtube video and I was hella interested in Leon/Luis so they replayed RE4R (they're insanely good and had already beaten it several times) and I became OBSESSED with Luis and Leon and RE generally. After RE4R they binged and replayed (with me watching ofc) some of REmake, RE2R, RE7, and Village. The games I've actually played myself are RE1 but only the DS port, Revelations, RE4R, both Chronicles games, and this obscure beauty that is incredibly noncanon but actually very dear to me:

(and I've at least read about/watched some cutscenes from all the other games)

This is insane of me, but honestly I fucking love Darkside Chronicles so much that I almost want to say it's my favorite, but I won't go that far and just say that RE4R is my favorite with an honorable mention to Darkside. 

2. My first real exposure to him was from that youtube video so like

yeah I was hooked immediately and then got deeper and deeper into RE lore and loved him even more 

3. Of course I love Winterserra. I just love that they're both what they need, that they save each other; Ethan needs saved from his infection/the corrupt part of the BSAA, Luis needs a malewife someone to save him from himself and his guilt, making him feel like he deserves to live and pulling him out of his depression. 

I'm also going to gush about a nonromantic pairing that I really love: Luis and Alfred Ashford.

It all goes back to Darkside Chronicles:

My brain worms honed in on "traitors to Umbrella" and went "ah yes so Luis Serra would have been in Rockfort if he'd tried to sabotage the Nemesis Project instead of quietly disappearing to Valdelobos. Interesting." That spawned a whole AU where Luis avoids execution by being charming as hell. Seeing as Alexia Ashford was a child prodigy, Alfred is 👀 when he finds out that a prisoner he received is also a child prodigy (I imagine Luis being the first and last child prodigy to end up in Rockfort, most would just be too brainwashed and manipulated to want to break away. I mean I guess technically Wesker and Birkin were child prodigies who broke away but Luis would still be the only one that ended up in Rockfort) and has Luis moved and treated better than other prisoners. Luis learns to roll with Alfred and stay on his good side, eventually managing to con him into believing that a) he did not betray Umbrella at all but got framed by his coworkers and b) an elaborate bullshit story about Luis actually being nobility.

... which Alfred REALLY likes and he gets to be the first non Ashford to enter the private residence, where he's supposed to be Alfred's companion until Alexia wakes up. I'm going to cut this ramble off here but being Alfred's BFF is actually hell on earth tbh (Alfred is genuinely very fond of Luis and tries to treat him well, but the problem is that Alfred Ashford is a mentally unstable absolute WEIRDO that has no idea what normal people enjoy and their basic needs so like. Yeah. It's better than being physically tortured/executed/a guinea pig, but still a very bad time!) but Luis hangs in there and eventually escapes back to Valdelobos, but as a very different person, a very bitter one who would really, really not want to help Leon and Ashley… but still would eventually.

My last Luis rare pair is Luis/Annette but there's not much to elaborate on really. Annette likes fucking him because she's trapped in a loveless marriage and William hasn't had sex with her in years and Luis is young and pretty, and a lot better in bed than William. Luis likes fucking her because he feels like a monster for his work and misses Leon (this is an AU where they knew each other as teenagers) and sneaking around with a blonde reminds him of sneaking around with Leon back in the day. There's nothing emotional, just two people using sex as a coping mechanism to distract themselves from how deeply unhappy they are. (i kinda lied it does get a bit more interesting with Annette entrusting Sherry to him when Everything Went Wrong, but up to that point the "relationship" is 100% physical, only sex, no feelings.)

AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING I ALWAYS LOVE ANSWERING ASKS <3

[goldensadnessdolphin]

Back with another "completed" old game:

This is one of two notoriously bad games within the same attempt to reimagine Sonic. Shattered Crystal being the 3DS version, not the much more heavily mocked Wii U version Rise of Lyric. RoL is incredibly glitchy, tanks in framerate, pissed off the Sonic fan base with the redesign, etc. Shattered Crystal kinda flew under the radar, aside from mostly being mentioned as a companion thing that unlocked stuff in RoL. There is also apparently a sequel(?) on 3DS that came out 2 years later (Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice), which is... brave.

Personal history/experiences, a rundown of my thoughts about SC and why I put completed in quotations under the cut

First off, I am not a Sonic fan. Never have been, and I've tried pretty much all the recommended games. I bought Sonic Mania on release, I played the first two games on multiple occasions, I have played the Sonic Adventure games through at least twice, as well as having Sonic Heroes and Sonic'06 under my belt. I have seen most facettes of the core Sonic experience and it's just not my cup of tea. I understand what people like and I'm glad they find things to enjoy. This is mostly so my position is more understandable I guess.

Now, for my time with Shattered Crystal:

It's a level based adventure platformer/collectathon, with the main gimmick that you can switch between 4 characters (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles and... Sticks) at any time. Each of them has unique traits that mostly aid exploration. Sonic has a dash that can open new path ways, Tails can ride on air streams, Knuckles can burrow and Sticks can throw a boomerang that can it switches. Each of the characters can also fight enemies. Sonic and Sticks with their ability, Knuckles and Tails with an additional attack. Tails can also glide, as well as play a tiny U-Boat minigame for collectables.

There are up to five goals of interest per level. The ones that always appear are having completed a level, having beaten it under a certain amount of time and finishing with a minimum amount of rings. Most levels also add the two big collectables: Blueprints and Crystal Shards. The former unlocks new abilities (like seeing collectables on your mini map) and the latter is a story McGuffin. Finishing a level, finding all blueprints and crystal shards each give you one emblem, which lets you unlock other levels. Speed and ring goals only giving you tokens to redeem for a pretty rubbish gacha system.

Sadly, to actually finish the game, you need 30/34 emblems. Which means you need to find most blueprints and crystal shards anyways. I was already going to do that (because I'm that kind of player), but it didn't feel great having to repeat a level I didn't want to play again at that time.

The game has a few different types of levels: The most common are exploration based levels, temple run type levels and racing levels.

Going from least interesting to most:

Racing levels are most like traditional Sonic levels, where you try to reach the goal as fast as possible. You race against another character which is effectively the minimum time to beat. When you're head to head, you generally overtake them as they move slightly slower than you, which is good design imo.

Temple Run levels are pretty simple. You automatically run along a track, this time into the screen instead of left to right. You have to dodge obstacles, collect coins and break some things with your boost. I found those very chill for the most part. The lack of major collectibles, the simplicity of the levels and self selecting the level of difficulty was a good change of pace. The levels would only be challenging when you tried to go as fast as possible by constantly boosting wheny you can. So when you just want to collect all the rings, that's easy enough to do. Unless sometimes. The game sometimes has a problem with understanding when you want to switch tracks. You cannot change while boosting, but you also have a short window after boosting where that is the case as well. Which means, if you are a real maverick trying to boost until the very last opportunity and then change lane like the sick skate boarder you always wanted to be, you can die from mushy controls. I have tested those levels with 2 3DS', that is not a hardware problem. All in all, they are quite nice though.

Exploration levels make up the bulk of the content. They are mostly small branching levels, where you move between two compact environments. They are interspersed with enemies, major collectables and Sonic Level Parts™, i.e. the times where you it a booster and see your character zoom off to the other side of the level without you able to intervene. These are fine, the branching noticably drops off toward the later levels and the abilities aren't always integrated well. That is mostly true for Sticks, who just feels rough to play. I generally played those levels with Tails as much as possible, since his glide could get me out of a jam most of the time. Sonic's unique dash was helpful a few times, but too clunky for me to actually use him a lot. Knuckles was there too :)

I think, all in all, Shattered Crystal was a decent game. It's definitely not enough interesting content for the original price and it feels rushed towards the end. The high bar of completion to even access the last level feels like them trying to make it last longer than it normally would and there is a general tendency to padding going through the entire game. That being said, I do like the idea of a smaller adventure title. I think this would've been a good foundation for a more retro style level based platformer. Maybe with a metroidvania twist, as the different abilities kinda were (but without the progression). If I view it as the low budget, lower end development title that it is, it's okay and I enjoyed it in places more than I thought I would. Viewing it as a title of the Sonic franchise, however, makes it understandable why most people didn't like it. There is little emphasis on speed, the exploration levels are really unsuited for fast play with their branching and if you aren't a speedrunner who has practiced the levels a ton, you likely need 3 or more goes on any given level to fully complete it.

Which is a good segue to my use of "completed". I found all Crystal Shards, all Blueprints and finished all stages, getting tokens for ring amount in most of them. I did not really finish any speed challenges, which means that I'm missing a lot of the gacha items. That means I'm currently at 87% completion. That's where it's gonna stay, as I'm really not interested in getting it to 100% through the speed challenges. Luckily, it seems that the missing percentage is counted through gacha, not through level completion. There is a mechanic where you can get a token a day for next to no effort. The problem is that you can't just reset your date, so I would have to check in daily for a month to lazily 100% it. I don't think there will be anything special to get by getting it there, so that's fine.

So, thank you for reading (if you did) and here is to another one of these in [unspecified timeframe]!

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QUICK INTRODUCTION / RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME :D

My nickname on here is Astar, so please call me that!

I am 19 years old ( birthday is January 12)

I have struggled a lot with my weight, self-esteem, mental health and etc. I am currently trying to lose weight and be skinny in a very unhealthy way after figuring out that the healthy way did not work as effectively as I had hoped for. Now I'm trying to lose atleast 20kgs and 5-10kgs before I go back home in May. (so around 60-65kg)

I am a HUGE Zelda fanatic. In fact, it's one of those special interests of mine that has never left me since childhood. The same goes for Monster High and Mario related things, but Zelda is on top. Horses are also a part of my special interests.

I have two horses. Two horses (3 years old and 18 years old). They are my whole life and world. I love them too much to let them go.

I am autistic, so if I'm a bit "weird" sometimes or whatever, don't mind me lol.

I own a Nintendo Switch, PS5, PS4, Xbox, Pc, 2 and 3 DS, used to own a Wii and is soon a proud owner of a Wii U. This means that if anyone wants to play something, I'll probably be able to play with y'all! If y'all are ever interested ❤ don't hesitate to reach out to me!! (I also play mobile games like Identity V)

I read lots of danmei novels, manhwa and etc. I would like some new recommendations because I'm kinda bored with the ones I'm reading atm. (No motivation)

I like to go on hikes, especially with my horses on the mountains surrounding my house / farm. It makes me feel relaxed and like I've done a good job when reaching the top. I also feel like I grow stronger bonds with my animals after.

I'm pansexual and bigender. If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask.

I LOVE horror, psychological thrillers (and thrillers in general). They are my favorite genres, but I also enjoy other genres of movies, games, series, books and etc, but these are my main ones. I read lots of romance too, but mainly in manhwa, manga and manhua form.

I change my profile theme a lot because I can't seem to keep just one. Usually they consist of my favorite characters from different franchises.

I absolutely do NOT condone any bullying whatsoever. I have been bullied for most of my life, and I won't let that pass on here, no way. If you have shit to say, leave.

And lastly, I'm willing to make friends with just about anyone! As long as you aren't like super toxic or anything. But most of y'all aren't - that I've seen, anyways ❤❤