#very excited to play 1&2 HD

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[queenburd]

The use of color in The Stanley Parable: HD and Ultra Deluxe (with honorable mentions to the Demo)

dedicated to @squuote who needs more TSP analysis to rotate

A little over a year ago, I (only somewhat jokingly) lay out the argument that while The Stanley Parable is notorious in its use of yellow, the color yellow is not actually associated to the Narrator. The color most associated with him, I argued, was red. [1, 2]

I've had plenty of thoughts regarding color and TSP in the interim and I want to go over those thoughts today in as much depth as I can manage. You know, for fun. None of this is to argue about creator intent, but it's a fun way to stretch the critical thinking and literary analysis portions of my brain. It's also super cool if you don't agree with my readings, since the point is to get you thinking about these things and studying them to interpret for yourself.

Anyway let's gooooooo

(note: all images are embedded with a link to the source page I pulled them from. For those on mobile, be careful with your scrolling and tapping!)

Yellow

Okay let's start with the “obvious” one. Yellow is seen as one of the main colors in the game, it's the color of the main office and the primary assets associated with the Parable. We see yellow PRIMARILY in the beginning of the office, before the two doors room. It lines the cubicles and the walls are often interpreted as yellow (eh, they're more of an off-white. They're actually absorbing color from the brown-yellow carpet, and they do the same in the lounge).

It's the color of the Line(TM), it's the color of the cargo lift in the warehouse, and, most strikingly, it's the color of the SKIP Button.

We'll get to you.

Okay, so yellow is a color with conflicting interpretations, which is par for the course for all of them, we're not going TOO insane on color theory and color psychology we will be here ALL DAY and I was an ART student. So let's just look at the most basic reading. Bright, oversaturated yellow is a color that can exhaust the eyes easily. It grabs our attention like a highlighter and burns our retinas.

It can be a color of excitement, but it can also be a color of sickness. I've been thinking about the short story The Yellow Wallpaper the past couple days. Or maybe I've been thinking about it for longer. It's just that I haven't reread it in actual years, but every time I saw someone talk about the wallpaper in TSP, I thought about the story. Here's some passing thoughts on the short story in comparison to TSP. [3]

Sickness, and madness, and beginnings, and infinity. In the end, yellow, to me, is the color of the Parable grabbing the player (and by extension the Narrator) by the nose and saying “let's get moving. We have a story to play. Play the game, and keep playing.” Notable to me is how the SKIP button is almost scathingly yellow in contrast to the room it's in, and as the room gets darker the glow gets more foreboding. The Parable did this. The Narrator might think he made it, but he doesn't control it. Yellow isn't his color, and it never was.

Red

“Stanley walked through the RED. DOOR.”

The use of red in TSP is probably the most interesting and fun to analyze for me. It's used extremely intentionally and it's commonly associated with power, anger, and passion. We see red in the Boss's Office, in the Countdown ending, as the door to the Starry Dome, and a TON in the TSP2 Expo. There's red doors and signs in the Escape Pod Bay.

So I've joked that the color red is the Narrator's color, and while it's still a fun interpretation, it's not one I'm married to. I think it's more accurate to say red symbolizes control. The Zending Door is you letting him control the story. The Countdown screens are him taking control from you. And TSP2 is the Narrator trying to exert control over what the developers have made. It's a response to New Content and to the SKIP button. I have a million trillion thoughts about the TSP2 Expo but I won't get into them here.

Anyway, red feels very obviously to me associated with the Narrator trying to take control, or things only being possible when he has control. I'm thinking about the signs in the Escape Pod Bay telling you that it won't work without him. (I'm thinking about how the same door asset for the Zending is used in the Escape Pod Bay. No. shhh. Staying on topic.) So I don't have much more to say on the matter because I feel like I've tread this ground before. Red is about control, and it is held in direct contrast with blue.

Blue

Oh, blue. Soothing blue, sweet relaxing lounge and ocean paintings and boss's bathroom and blue door that leads to broken textures and an irritable Voice.

If red is the color of control, then blue is the color of rebellion. Small rebellion, sure. Rebellion that means nothing in the scheme of things. Blue is the stepping stone to bigger deviations from the path. I mean, the lounge is only the first step to the right, and you can still get on the “correct” path. The blue door you have to go through repeatedly, you have to make the choice multiple times, for it to lead to the Games ending. The boss's bathroom doesn't GO anywhere until after the epilogue. These are “rebellious choices” in a game where you don't really have a choice, and it's the closest you get to defiance.

I like to make it Stanley's favorite color for obvious reasons.

(Hey, fandom, why you keep associating it with the Curator? The only blue in the Museum is in a couple assets on display.)

Green

I gotta admit, while there's definitely something to green and its use in TSP, a clear meaning for it is eluding me, and I've been thinking about it on and off for a couple days now. It's a fairly infrequent color in TSP as a whole, but it does make an appearance. Besides being the color of plants (such as the ever important fern, the potted plants scattered through the office and the ones in the TSP2 expo, and of course the growth in the SKIP button room), it's also the wallpaper in the Demo, and the same wallpaper is used in the Boss's Office in the Real Person Ending. Thinking further, it also appears in the small room before the stage in the Press Conference Ending, and it's the color of the carpet in the HL2 Office that is found under the Games ending. (It was also brought up by my pal glitch that green is the color of the cursor on Stanley's screen, the first thing you see before gameplay begins. Good catch!)

Thinking about it, it's hard to find a throughline. There's something familiar about the green. Not necessarily safe, but it usually comes before something much bigger. Maybe this is a bit of a stretch, though. Let's say for now green is associated with the familiar in the face of the unfamiliar.

(There's possibly a thesis here about green being associated with gifts and surprises. The Narrator makes the Press Conference ending something that teases but also praises Stanley, the Green Room in the Demo is the space where the Demo is meant to be revealed to you, and that alternate Boss's Office is supposed to, in the Narrator's mind, be the first step to a wonderful story made just for you.)

White

Most people, when they think of white in The Stanley Parable, immediately think of the Museum. And they're right to! It's one of the most prominent environments that uses white. With that in mind, we can't forget the other places it appears, since it's best to keep everything in mind when trying to formulate a meaning for it.

So, other places where white is prominent: We have the out-of-bounds ending, and the Art ending (aka play that Baby game for four hours). We also have a massive part of the TSP2 expo.

Honestly, there is a lot of white in the rest of the office, but it tends to be absorbing the colors of the environment in ways that make it less noticeable. White's really good at that, which means the times where it's by itself as the outstanding color are outliers and feel intentional. So what do these things have in common?

Well, they kind of show the seams of the game? Take this with a grain of salt, but the Museum is designed to show you some of the design process for the game, effectively taking you out of the setting to give you a top-down perspective (hehe, literally in the case of the diorama of the office up to the two doors), and the out-of-bounds ending is a joke about breaking the map, falling out of the world , which can break immersion in other games. The TSP2 Expo is the Narrator showing off all the features for his sequel idea, giving a “sneak peek” of what will be included.

The Art ending doesn't fit with this thesis, but it does involve the... revelation, I suppose, of the “character” of the Essence of Divine Art. What I'm trying to get to is that white is a color of revelation and display.

Gray

Gray is not a color that tends to stand on its own merit in The Stanley Parable, and that in itself is intentional. Gray is used as a texture of “unfinished” things, things the Narrator doesn't want you to look closely at, and would prefer you move past Right Now Right This Second Please.

It's the walls of the Broom Closet, as well as the walls of the maintenance room. It's also the walls of the room right outside the Starry Dome—the hall that leads right to the stairs. (Honorable mention, @chirpbudgie brought up that the desks in the office are gray, which is also an implication of the way Stanley's coworkers seemed to disappear with work unfinished. There is a sense of “wrongness” in how they've all vanished. Nice eye, bud.)

You're not supposed to dwell in these places. Go back to the story, please!

Black

“Blackness, and a rising chill of uncertainty. Was it over?”

Last and least is black, less used as a color in its own right and more a use of shadow. It really stars primarily in the Mind Control Facility, dark rooms with a sense of foreboding. Honestly, what is there to say about black?

Only, I tell a lie. You see quite a lot of black in this game, don't you? After all:

It's the Loading screen.

Blackness is uncertainty, and mystery, like the game tells us, because anything could be hiding in the darkness, and anything could happen when that screen is finished loading. It's white's opposite not just in value but in meaning. You don't know what's going on, you just have to wait and see. Any time you might have an answer, or an ending, here comes that loading screen to wipe the slate clean and say “hey, what haven't you found yet? What haven't you tried? What tricks does this game still have up its sleeve?”

(And now I'm thinking about the Figurines ending, and how the Narrator shouts to stop the loading screen, to go back and stay in the familiar please!! Because the fellow hates uncertainty, really he does. But that's a thesis for another day.)

(We also can't forget that Ultra Deluxe's Setting the Time is also set on a black background, and there's always, to me, a sense of foreboding and uncertainty there too. What happens after this is the game, right? Is this for something? Is this doing anything? Is it changing anything?)

Silver

It's a bucket :)

Okay that's the end of this post. There's probably plenty more to say about this subject, this isn't exhaustive by any means. Color is an incredible tool, and visual storytelling and color interpretation is not in any way a science. As I posted bits of this in my server for extra feedback and examples of color, other folks brought up an entirely different interpretation of the color green. And I didn't even bring up Mariella being dressed in full green!

Anyway I didn't bring up orange because there's only a couple instances of it in the game but its always about unfinished things/assets (Baby game, just a lot of Games ending things) but it also shows up in the TSP2 Expo (Button That Says The Name of the Player Playing The Game (Jim)) for features that uuuuuh. Aren't done. So that's funny.

Like I said, there's almost certainly more to say about color theory and the game, but this thing is hitting 4 pages long and that's not including images oops.

I hope this was a fun read! Some of this stuff has been percolating in my brain for a while and it's good to finally get it on the page. Talk to me about TSP I love this game.

[wanderlust-in-my-soul]

Currently Watching - July

aka The Masterlist

Because I love a good little list - in alphabetical order! 😊

Regularly updated during the month, latest update 31.07.2024

A little link to my favorite bl-tropes-collection 💙

gif-requests are currently closed🌼

Here you can find all of my gifs.

At the end you can have a look at what we can expect in April with a MDL link and a link for a trailer (if avaible).

This is guaranteed to contain spoilers!

1. 4 Minutes 🇹🇭 (1/8)

The first episode was interesting. The second couple just stole the show for me. It was... yeah... It was intense. And because I can't watch it in HD there are no gifs from my side. But in my mind I did some. I am really interested how the story will progress. I haven't seen the trailer, I am just going in blind and this is exciting! But please give Fuaiz a happy ending! I am still not over the DFF ending...

2. Bad Guy 🇰🇷 (2/4)

Our bad guy from Blue Boys is back with his own little show. And it is good. I like it. Riu is getting married soon, but before that he gets in contact with his ex-partner and old feelings are coming back to the surface. And yes, I think he is the bad guy. But I understand him. He feels like he has no other choice and can't live a happy life being a gay guy in a relationship with another man. I am really looking forward to how this will end!

3. Century of Love 🇹🇭 (7/10)

This series is really good! I was hooked in today's episode. The tension was really good and I can't wait to get to know how this all turns out. What will happen next week? Even though I knew Vad was the bad one, I am really curious which role she is really playing. And I really felt heartbroken for Vee and San. Such a good story! Damn!

4. Hidamari ga Kikoeru 🇯🇵 (6/12)

I love them. I want to watch it again and again. It feels just so... real. So relatable. So honest. So raw. The struggle Taichi has to understand and accept his feelings for Kohei is so good to watch. He is so happy whenever he sees Kohei or speaks about him and I love his friends, who I guess, already can tell Taichi likes Kohei, but they just let him discover this on his own and are just there for him, poking him a little bit in the right direction. Oh I love this series so much!

5. His Man Season 3 🇰🇷 (12/14)

Okay, the new episodes were not as bad as the previous ones. I still don't get why everyone is crying and Jaeseung's whiny behavior because he can't get a date with Seongmin is a little bit annoying, but okay. The dates were okay. I think it is interesting that there are so many "couples", and I am curious who can stay in contact after the show and who become a real couple in the end. I don't feel it that much, but who knows how they feel.

6. I Saw You In My Dream 🇹🇭 (2/12)

I started a new series... Yay for me and my wednesdays 😭But this one really looks promising. I haven't heard of it that much and just blindly started watching. So Ai dreams and his dreams come true and he dreams he has his first time with Yu, his neighbour, who usually teases him and it is really cute. Not the first time, but the story so far.

7. My Love Mix-Up! 🇹🇭 (6/12)

I see so many posts from people not liking this one and I am sitting here enjoying most of this story. I don't compare it to anything. i just enjoy some awkward fluff and the cringe that comes with it. And I think the casting is quite good. I don't have the strongest feeling for the japanese original. I really enjoyed it and it is a great series, but I think the thai one is entertaining too and the chemistry between those two is still there. This epsiode we had a cute date and they finally progressed a little bit in their relationship-state and holding hand, which is now causing problems.

8. Takara no Vidro 🇯🇵 (5/11)

Still get some stalker-vibes from this one. But it is okay. Taishin slowly realises he likes Takara. It is kinda cute. And you can tell me what you want, but Takara is already very smitten by his little stalker friend. But it was a cute episode with them helping the little kid finding back home.

9. The Trainee 🇹🇭 (5/10)

Jane is nice to Ryan. I like it. Jane opens up to Ryan. I like it. Ryan smiles like a little sunshine because Jane is nice to him. I like it. I like this series. It is such a feel good show and OffGun are really good! And the side stories are interesting as well! Such a good sunday-watch!

10. Word of Honor 🇨🇳 (20/36)

Those two flirt a lot and are a married couple. Everyone knows that. And I love and enjoy that! Overall this is such a fun watch and the different sects and intrigues are sometimes a little bit confusing, but interesting. I love this world of martial arts and I love how protective Wen Kexing is over Zhou Zishu. I haven't felt like watching this lately. I wasn't in the right mood.

Finished in July

Series

Blue Boys Part 2 🇰🇷

Okay, we got our happy ending. I always say you can have feelings for other people when you are in a relationship. That is normal. And I am totally on Namyi's side when he asked Jaemin to trust him and to talk to him about such things. Keeping it a secret, especially when something happend, is not good. So I am happy both found their happy ending with each other and Jaemin finally allowed himself to be loved by Namyi. Over all for this second part I give a 7 out of 10.

My Stand-In 🇹🇭

Isn't it wholesome when everybody gets a happy ending in the end? Hm. Not really. Tong shouldn't have got his redemption. He should have ended up alone. Ming's dad should suffer because he finally lost his son, while the son is thriving on love. This last episode was really just a very long happy ending. And for most parts I really enjoyed it! After all the pain and the tears and the toxicity, there was finally wholesome shit on my screen! Overall it was a good show, not my favorite, but it was very much watchable. I give it 7 out of 10.

Wandee Goodday 🇹🇭

What a let down with the last episodes. This series started out so strong. The Vibe was so cool with casual sex and asexuality representation and after a few episodes... pufff... nothing. Kao has just a few scenes and when he was on camera, he was just a supporting act for Dee to get back with Yak or to think about his emotions. But his storyline was just left aside and squeezed back in the last episode, because they needed this closure... Oye never had to deal with any consequences for his actions. He just paid and now they live happily ever after... come on. Cher loves him, but this is such a big deal that I wished there was a little bit less product placement for them and some real talking about the whole stuff. And Dee and Yak. I love GreatInn together, but the script did them dirty! Yak became such a puppy, and Dee was confused and surprised all the time. And those open love expressions! I really don't like them! Especially when you have the main character telling people he can't be in a same-sex-relationship because of the media and his reputation... aha... sure... And this whole Ter gets his redemption in the end... Fuck that guy! He don't deserve anything! Just let him be miserable and alone in the end! He played with everyone! And don't get me started on the break-up-idea... Just talk about stuff and perhaps think about shit before it is almost too late! Oh, I am a little pissed... Overall I gave it 6,5 out of 10, but perhaps in the future I change it... The story was really not that strong and every little piece of problem was solved in the last episode and that just felt wrong! And it is wrong! You can't cure such a big trauma which includes halucinations just with love and some good words! No! I correct myself, I give this 5 out of 10...

The Boyfriend 🇯🇵

We've got our Happy Ending! Not just for Shun and Dai, but also for Alan and Kazuto. Now I am curious how life played for the contestants and I am looking forward to the reunion, which I won't be able to understand, because it will air in the Netflix Japan Youtube Channel without subtitles... Well, I wait for the fan-translations. I just wish all of them are happy! And my thoughts during this last moments of the show: AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Happy. And I give this show a 10 out of 10.

We Are 🇹🇭

I am really glad I waited with this one to binge-watch it. So I dodn't have to wait that long for the next episode. It was such a fun watch. There was nothing much happening, and yet it was very entertaining. We just saw friends getting together, having a good time, developing new feelings for each other and facing every day problems. I was quite surprised how well it was written and how much I liked it in the end. I give it 9 out of 10.

Movie

Short Film

Dropped in July

This love doesn't have long beans 🇹🇭

My first drop after a while. And with such a popular show. But I really can't stand Plawan at this point. I guess I will come back from time to time, to have a look if I cringe or not, but I just know that this one isn't for me. Guess I will watch it mostly through gifs here on this heavenly hell site.

Looking forward to in July

Takara no Vidro - Trailer (July 1st)

This Love Doesn't Have Long Beans - Trailer (July 5th)

The Boyfriend - Trailer (July 9th)

Century of Love - Trailer (July 10th)

Heavens x Candy (July 13th in cinemas)

4 Minutes (July 26th)

Battle of the Writers - Trailer (July 29th)

Let Free the Curse of Taekwondo

[historicrad39a]

I am currently working on a “chapter two” of sorts, but for now, here’s an interlude from the perspective of the Humans:

Previous: https://www.tumblr.com/historicrad39a/721956662022389761/1-the-raid

Interlude 1. Aftermath

HD 164922 D - 72 ly from SOL

FDS Frontier Captain’s log: June 8th, 2538

First contact had been made.

Well, it wasn’t exactly first contact per-se. Being an Alliance of two separate species required both parties have a “first contact moment” with each other, after all. But this was the first time since the combined Human-Tathrax Alliance was founded that they had encountered sentient, space-faring life other than their own.

Unlike the excitement surrounding the discovery of the Tathrax some 300 years ago, the discovery of this new civilization was a lot more solemn. After all, the first message of greeting from our new friends was 23cm metal slug slamming into the Frontier’s main fuel tank.

Of the roughly Forty-three thousand people crewing the Frontier defense fleet, some twelve and a half thousand had perished. It was a disaster. We had lost 66 ships - around 44% of their entire fleet - in the engagement. It was a devastating loss.

Despite the losses, we had, technically, won. Not a single Alien ship had escaped, all but one ship had been completely destroyed by the last-ditch ramming attack Captain Zinn had led.

The remaining ship was heavily damaged, but largely intact. This was thanks to the FDV Knockout accidentally piercing the hull early, causing the ship to vent its atmosphere, along with several of its crew members into space. The ship had been dragged back to the (now crippled) Frontier, and through some complicated “docking maneuvers” involving a blowtorch and the station’s robotic arms, access to the vessel was gained.

The first thing that stuck out was how few crew members were needed to operate craft. Human/Tathrax vessels were usually crewed by 2-300 individuals, whereas despite being nearly three times the size, the alien vessel had an estimated crew of 100 at most.

The second thing that stuck out to the salvage crew was what appeared to be a dark-red hand. Apparently, one of the crew members had survived the initial decompression, and donned an oxygen mask (or rather, something resembling one), enabling them to survive long enough to attack one of the poor sods in the salvage crew.

When all was said and done, the salvage crew managed to “rescue” five very unhappy individuals from the ship. We took them to our detention facility, but we let them keep their masks. We weren’t sure if they breathed oxygen like us or not, so we decided to play it safe, rather than risk unintentionally suffocating them.

Efforts to decode the alien language were ongoing, and while the aliens seemed to have some understanding of modern English, it wasn’t enough to get any meaningful information out of our unexpected guests. Their entire vocabulary consisted largely of terms related to negotiation. Terms like “hostage,” “surrender,” “no harm,” along with the names of various resources and numbers. It would seem that the aliens planned to attack our fleet and possibly take hostages, in order to force us to the negotiating table.

Luckily this hadn’t happened, but such a tactic was worrying. HD 164922, being on the Frontier of Human-Tathrax space, was nearly exclusively a military system. However, numerous other frontier systems were not home to just military installations. Some were tourist destinations, others had research facilities, and a select few had recently-established colonies. Had any of these systems come under attack, the aliens likely would’ve been successful in their plan.

More concerningly, we had learnt the hard way that our weapons are ineffective. The aliens had exclusively used rail guns and other slugthrowers, whereas we had used plasma and laser-based weapons. Can you blame us? This was space. Everyone knew that in space, you use lasers and plasma bolts! But unfortunately, these aliens have decided that Age of Sail-style close-range broadsides are too risky, so they cower tens of kilometers away instead. As a result, our weapons cannot pierce their armor. Tests on the remains of their warships proved that our weapons can be effective, but we have to be within 5-10km in order to have a chance to do any damage.

Along with various ship parts, recovery teams also collected some thirty or so bodies of the ships’ former crew. Their dark-red skin turns a shade blue in death. The exact mechanisms of this are unknown, but the eggheads over in the medical wing are busy working on figuring that out. They initially wanted to perform tests on our new friends in the detention wing, but I shut that down before they had the chance to become war criminals.

The most fascinating discovery by the eggheads proved our initial suspicions correct. Despite the fact they had a pair of lung-like organs, they didn’t breathe oxygen. Rather, they breathed a mixture of Hydrogen, and Uranium Hexaflouride. I wasn’t about to let the eggheads pump metric tons of uranium into my precious Frontier, nor was I going to pump boatloads of hydrogen into it either - not that we had much left - someone blew the majority of it up, after all. In the end, we settled on just making our guests some impromptu oxygen - or rather, hydrogen masks.

We forwent adding Uranium Hexaflouride to the mix, on account of being several light years from the nearest device capable of producing it. While in theory we could order a shipment of the stuff from Earth, I’d rather just ship the aliens back to Earth instead. The paperwork needed to ensure the proper treatment of our POWs would be a nightmare, so the sooner they were off my station the better.

With all of this, hopefully central command realizes we need more than beat-up old destroyers, and gives us one of those new Shōkaku-class carriers, or Kongō-class battlecruisers (courtesy of Akatsuki Shipyards). Hell, even a Casablanca-class or Constitution-class would be welcome at this point. Anything’s better than these damn Action-class corvettes. I’ll try requesting some. Worst case scenario is I get laughed at for having the gall to ask for our Navy’s newest toys. Best case is that somehow we are actually given the things. It’s worth a shot.

The Frontier Defense Fleet has always been the laughing stock of our navy - we’re stuck out here with minimal resources and rusting ships. But even that won’t stop us from trying our hardest to blast these aliens all the way to Andromeda. Bring it on E.T.! We’ll beat your asses any day of the week!

Log end.

Read the next entry here

[egostrawberry]

Opinions on the new Nintendo direct

Mario & Luigi Brothership: this looks cute as FUCK. I loved Mario & Luigi Dream Team so I already know this is gonna be a banger

Nintendo World Championships (NES edition): I like when Nintendo acknowledges the speedrun community and I will be trying this even though I suck at video games

FAIRY TAIL 2: Generic anime game #1

FANTASIAN Neo Dimension: Generic anime game #2

Nintendo switch sports (new sport): This looks like ass! I’d rather have Wii sports resort please

MIO Memories in Orbit: Yup that sure is a game. Looks cool ig

Disney Illusion Island: Yup that sure is a Disney game

Hello Kitty Island Adventure: IM PLAYIN HELLO KITTY ISLAND ADVENTURE

Looney Toons Wacky World of Sports: Space Jam already sucked ass but at least it was nostalgic. Now it just sucks LMAO

Among Us:

Farmagia: Generic anime game #3

Donkey Kong Country returns HD: OH HELL YEAH I used to play this on my 3DS

Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake: I think I heard my dad talk about this game once

Funko Fusion: Thanks, I hate it! Absolutely nauseating!

Luigi’s Masion 2 HD: FUCK YEHA BABY DARK MOON’S BACK IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SO LONG YEEESSSSSSS

THE NEW DENPA MEN: the fuck is a denpa man. Kinda cute ig

METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED: I think I heard my dad talk about this game once

Darkest Dungeon II: huh?

Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack: Sorry what? I couldn’t hear you over the sound of me pirating your games

Phantom Brave The Lost Hero: Generic anime game #4

Marvel vs Capcom fighting collection arcade classics: Eat my ass Marvel capcom W

Super Mario Party Jamboree: I love Mario party games! They tear relationships apart! This looks fun. I like the word “jamboree” that’s a fun word

The Legend of Zelda Echoes of Wisdom: ZELDA PROTAGONIST GAME?!? UM YES???!!???!!??!?!?!? The gameplay in this looks hella fun

Just Dance 2025 Edition: I’ll only be buying this ONLY if they put hatsune miku in there

LEGO Horizon Adventures: Yup that’s a LEGO game. Horizon is pretty cool tho I watched my buddy @web-creep play it

Stray: Kitty! :3 I already have this game on PlayStation sooooooo

Tales of the Shire a lord of the rings game: Don’t care didn’t ask + gollum

Ace Attorney Investigations Collection: Oh my god I finally get to experience the AA game where Edgeworth won’t stfu about chess I’m so excited /gen

The Hundred Line Last Defense Academy: Generic anime game #5 + I dont like danganronpa (I probably spelled that wrong (I do not care))

Romancing SaGa 2 revenge of the seven: Generic anime game #6

Metroid Prime 4 Beyond: Hey that’s my mom! Samus is my mom you guys. I hope Snapcube sees this.

Conclusion? I’m very excited for Dark Moon HD remake and that’s basically it :)

[bts-trans]

221222 Big Hit’s Tweet

[네이버 포스트] 아미.. 아미..! 뭐해.. 일어나.. 남준이 보러가야지... (@ https://naver.me/xagft2LG) #BTS #방탄소년단 #RM #김남준 #Indigo

[Naver Post] ARMY.. ARMY..! Whatcha doin’.. Wake up.. We have to go see Namjoon…

Naver Post Translation

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Title: [BTS] RM ‘Indigo’ 활동기 대방출!

[BTS] RM ‘Indigo’ Activity Period Mega-Release!

아-하!

Hi-A!

(T/N: Stands for ‘Hi ARMY’, which is how Bangbell always starts these posts.)

안녕하세요. 아미! 방림이를 기다렸던 아미들 풋쳐핸섭! (함성) (손 번쩍)

Hi. ARMY! All the ARMYs who’ve been waiting for Bangbell put your hands up! (cheers)(hands in the air)

방림이가 갑자기 찾아온 이유,, 궁금하시죠? 이미 제목에 쓰여 있긴 하지만,,

What’s the reason for Bangbell appearing all of a sudden,, you’re curious right It’s already written in the title but,,

아미들에게 힌트를 주기 위해 방림이가!!!! ‘인디고' 3행시를 준비해 보았습니다.

To give a hint to ARMYs Bangbell has!!!! come with a 3-line acrosstic poem for ‘Indigo’

인: 인디고 활동기 디: 디��어지게 (?) 준비했으니 고: 고고!

In: Indigo’s activity period Di: has been prepared inside and out* Go: Go go!

(T/N: *‘Inside and out’ is originally 'dwijibeo/뒤집어', but in this context they've purposefully changed it to 'dijibeo/디집어' so that the sentence starts with the syllable ‘di.’)

인디고 활동기의 문을 여는 사진은 바로 자켓 촬영 현장인데요!

차분한 김남준이었다가 쉬는 시간만 되면 발동되는 김골댕 모먼트,, 어떻게 사랑하지 않을 수 있겠나요 (오열)

The photo that will open the door to Indigo’s activity period is the jacket shooting set!

He went from calm Kim Namjoon to having a full-on Kim Golden Retriever moment,, How can you not love him (sobs)

잊.지.말.자 들꽃놀이 수트 김남준 잊.지.말.자 들꽃놀이 자연광 김남준

Ne.ver.for.get Wildflower suit Kim Namjoon Ne.ver.for.get Wildflower natural lighting Kim Namjoon

두 가지 #Mood 를 모두 소화하는 천재 아이돌 아렘 (코 쓱-)

Capturing the two #Mood The genius idol RM (sniffle-)

깜짝 알림으로 아미들을 놀라게 했던 ‘RM Indigo Live’ 도 빠지면 섭섭하죠~!

Surprising ARMYs with a surprise notification You’ll regret it if you miss ‘RM Indigo Live’ too~!

자켓 속 의상을 다시 입고 나타난 (and 헤어컷) 남준의 모습에.. 심쿵해서 셔터를 멈출 수 없었던 건 안비밀 ᵕ_ᵕ̥̥

Seeing Namjoon wearing the outfit he wore in the jacket shooting (and the haircut).. It’s no secret that the camera shutters won’t stop going off because we’re so in love ᵕ_ᵕ̥̥

같은 회사에 다니고 있는.. 슈가씨와 함께한 슈가슈가룬!? 아니죠! 이럴슈가저럴슈가?! 아니죠!

Together with SUGA.. who works at the same company SUGA SUGA Rune*? Nope! This SUGA that SUGA?! Nope!

(T/N: *A play-on of the title of the Japanese manga series “Sugar Sugar Rune”.)

슈취타! 에서 찍은 컷들도 한번 보고 넘어가 주실게요 (찡긋)

Let’s take a look at some photos taken at Suchwita! (wink)

섬섬옥수 and 낯익은 기차 이곳은 뭐다 (?)

Slender hands and a familiar-looking train what is this place (?)

많은 아미들을 설레게 한 Still Life MV 현장이다,, 덮준 vs 깐준 = 아미들의 선택은? (방림이는,, 못 골라,,)

The set of Still Life MV that got lots of ARMYs excited,, Joon with bangs vs Joon with swept-back hair = ARMYs’ choice? (Bangbell,, can’t choose,,)

섬섬옥수와 NPR 남준이라면 어디든 두렵지 않아 - ��� (펄-럭)

아미들을 위해 남준이 준비한 비장의 콘텐츠들이 많았죠?

As long as it’s NPR Namjoon with his slender hands I won’t be afraid no matter where we are- ☆ (Flutter)

Wasn’t there lots of hidden content that Namjoon prepared for ARMYs?

방림이가 아껴두고 아껴둔 들꽃놀이 헤메 남준과 (귀엽) 부잣집 도련님 같은 Still Life 남준 (까리) 아미들이 보고 또 봐도 계속 보고 싶어 하는 Change pt.2 목폴라 남준 (멋짐) 그리고 덤덤한 무드를 잘 소화해낸 No.2 남준까지! (아련)

Bangbell Wild Flower hair and makeup Namjoon (cute) Still Life Namjoon who’s like a young gentlemen from a rich family (sexy) Change pt.2 turtleneck Namjoon who ARMYs just want to keep looking at (cool) And No.2 Namjoon who creates a very calm mood! (sorrowful)

1인 4색을 소화하는 남자가 있다!? = K.I.N.G 남준 = K.I.N.G.J.O.O.N

There’s 1 man who can pull off all 4 types!? = K.I.N.G 남준 = K.I.N.G.J.O.O.N

지적인 모습(?)을 보여줬던 피식쇼! 영어 자유롭게 쓰는 남자,, 어떤데,, (말해 뭐해)

Showing off his intellectual side(?) at the Psick Show! A man who freely uses English,, What do you think,, (Say no more)

많은 아미를 설레게 했고,, 질투도 하게 만들었던,, RM Live in Seoul @Rolling Hall

방림이가 아미들에게 보여주려고 셀렉한..! 리허설 남준도 보고 가세요~! z1존 섹시.. ദ്ദി´ ▽ ` )

What made lots of ARMYs excited,, and made some envious as well,, RM Live in Seoul @Rolling Hall

Here is what Bangell selected to show ARMYs..! Take a look at rehearsal Namjoon too~! z1 zone sexy.. ദ്ദി´ ▽ ` )

걸어오는 모습일 뿐인데 방림이 이미 Kijul…

건국해 김남준 (주섬주섬.. 방림이 이사 준비 중..)

It’s just him walking but Bangbell has already Passed out…

Establish a nation Kim Namjoon (One by one.. Bangbell is getting ready to move..)

어제 아미들에게 깜짝으로 찾아온 시아노타입 체험 방밤! 시아노타입 체험 중일뿐인데 이렇게 청순해버리기 있음..?

5252.. 계속 이런 식이면 남준에게 사랑밖에 줄 수 없어! (곤란)

Yesterday, he surprised ARMYs with a Bangtan Bomb trying out cyanotype! He’s just trying out cyanotype, but he’s so pure.. ?

Hey hey*.. If he keeps this up I’ll have no choice but to give Namjoon nothing but love (Difficult choice)

(T/N: The number 5252 is pronounced ‘oh ee oh ee / 오이오이’ in Korean, which sounds a lot like the greeting ‘Hey / eo ee, 어이’ that would shout at someone.)

아!

Ah!

활동기 포스트에 빠질 수 없는 것이 있죠?

방 탄 화 면

먼저 보고 가실게요~!!!

There’s something that absolutely cannot be left out of this activity period post right?

Bangt tan Wall paper

Let’s take a look~!!!

드디어 길고 길었던 활동기 포스트가 끝나가네요!

Finally this super long activity period post has come to an end!

(웅성) (웅성) (웅성) (웅성) (웅성) (웅성) (웅성) (웅성) (웅성)

(Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter) (Chatter)

..뭐라구요? 방탄화면도 좋지만 아미들이 원하는 게 한 가지가 더 있다구요?

..What did you say? Bangtan wallpapers are great but there’s one more thing that ARMYs want?

그게 뭘까나 - ? ( ˘ ³˘) (혼자 밀당을 시도하는 방림이) (혼자 재밌어하는 방림이)

What could that be - ? ( ˘ ³˘) (Bangbell is teasing all by herself) (Bangbell is having a bit of fun all by herself)

!!!!!!셀카보고 가실게요!!!!!!

!!!!!!Let’s go look at some selfies!!!!!!

Zr.. 방림이가 깜짝(?) 준비한 RM Indigo 활동기 포스트 잘 즐기셨나요!?

열심히 준비해온 앨범인 만큼 다양한 모습과 여러 가지 콘텐츠들로 아미들을 즐겁게 만들어준 남준 에게 소리 질러~!!!

Zr.. Did you enjoy the surprise(?) RM Indigo activity period post that Bangbell prepared?

Just like how he worked hard to prepare this album Make some noise for Namjoon who made lots of different content for ARMYs to enjoy~!!!

>>ㅑ악

>>Aack

이제 마무리할 시간인데요!

Now it’s time to wrap up!

아미들 : 더 줘 방림이 : 조금만 기다리실게요…

ARMYs : Give us more Bangbell : Just wait a little longer…

방림이는 곧 다시 옵니다! 약속을 지키는 방림이! 방림이는 약속을 지킨다!

Bangbell will be back soon! Bangbell who keeps her promises! Bangbell keeps her promises!

어떤 포스트로 돌아올지 기대 많이 해주시고 다가오는 연말 따뜻하고 건강하게 잘 보내기! (약속)

Please look forward to what kind of post I’ll come back with And I hope you spend the end of this year warm and healthy! (promise)

그럼

아-뿅!

So

A-Poof!

(T/N: Short for “Bye ARMY! Poof!”, which is how Bangbell always ends these posts.)

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[blazehedgehog]

Thoughts on the Last Nintendo Direct for the Switch?

It was alright. A lot of people are very excited by what was shown but, I dunno.

A lot of modern Mario RPGs are pretty hit-or-miss, so Brothership isn't necessarily an instant win for me.

Nintendo World Championship could be interesting. It's probably a better take on the NES Remix idea than previous games, and the way they're doing online multiplayer could prove to be pretty cool. It's a shame it isn't live, but I suppose racing against ghosts means you don't have to worry about latency.

The thing is, with both NES Remix and this, I also want the option to just... play the full versions of these games. No timers, no competitions, just the raw games. But Nintendo's not going to do that. They'd also rather have you subscribe to their NSO service, too.

Fantasian is mostly interesting to me for the fact that a lot of the backgrounds are effectively pre-rendered -- but not using CGI. They apparently made realworld dioramas using actual model making material and photographed them. That's cool. The rest of the game seems like generic JRPG fluff.

I've tried over and over to like Donkey Kong Country Returns, both on the Wii and the 3DS, and it just rubs me the wrong way. I've said it's something weird with the controls feeling sluggish, but I think it's also the level design. It feels like it stretches some of its ideas pretty thin. Like we did not need a whole world dedicated to minecart levels. I'd hope the DKCR remaster is the version I'd finally enjoy, but I don't have my hopes up.

It's cool to see the "HD-2D" Dragon Quest games, at last. Those old phone versions they have on the Switch are awful. But also the only DQ game I've ever connected with was the demo for DQ8, so I dunno how much this tickles my fancy. But I've also never given a real one of these games a chance.

Hearing "timed exclusive for the Nintendo Switch" for Denpa Men is weird, given that was a 3DS game. I always thought it was first party. Is this also coming out on PS4? PC? Very strange.

Glad to hear about the Marvel Vs. Collection. I was just scrolling through my XBLA library on my 360 a few days ago and lamenting how I only own MvC2 and not MvC1, even though I like MvC1 better. Weird it's apparently only coming out for last gen; there aren't native PS5/SX versions of this or the Ace Attorney Collection. Just PS4/Xbone/Switch. With backwards compatibility I guess they don't have to bother with a native version, but still. Weird.

Zelda looks good and is a long time coming but I wish it wasn't so different. Like I have faith it'll be interesting but it does disappoint me it's going to be more puzzle-y and not an action game. After so many years of asking for the ability to play as Zelda, for them to say "well she CAN'T swing a sword like Link!" feels a little compromise-y. I'm sure it'll be fine.

That was not enough Metroid Prime 4. They picked the most unceremonious, least exciting way to show it, too. I actually thought it was them announcing remasters of Prime 2 + 3 like they did with Metroid Prime 1, because it's just generic "shooting nameless space pirates to metroid prime music" footage until the end.

Rewatching it, I can definitely see how people are saying it's a Switch 2 game, though. Like that Metroid Prime remaster seemed like it looked really pretty, but this feels like a step above what the Switch is normally capable of, at least as far as 60fps goes. Like compare for yourself. Prime remastered on the left, Prime 4 on the right.

Look at the ridges in her shoulder panels, and how they're a 3D modeled groove with inset detail in Prime 4. That detail is probably just a texture in the Prime remaster. And just, like, how much better the material work is overall.

I could see this being 1080p 60 on Switch 2 but only 30 on the OG Switch.

Also please show me new guns or mechanics or something next time.

[supertrainstationh]

My Nintendo Direct 6/24 Results

Mario & Luigi: Brothership - I've dreamed of Mario and Luigi being presented like this with polygonal 3d and a dynamic camera since the GameCube era, so its great to see it finally come true. First game in the series since the first one in 2003 not to have some obvious gimmick in terms of how the Mario Brothers are controlled in and out of battle, VERY happy to see that.

Super Mario Party Jamboree - Mario Party Superstars in 2021 was the first Mario Party game I purchased since Mario Party 4, (not counting Mario Party Advance) and this looks like an excellent and fun game. I find the inclusion of two retro maps odd since there isn't a focus on old material like in SuperStars.

Dragon Quest 1 + 2 2D HD Remaster - I never played and DQ games before, and I've been interested in featuring DQ1's NES version on stream so as to explore the earliest era of home console RPGs, so I'm torn as to if I'll play the NES version, or this modern remake.

Stray - It may end up being the least impressive version of the game, but Stray's hyper dense gritty high tech city setting got my attention and I was praying for a Switch version. In any game I play town and city exploration is one of my favorite aspects when towns are featured, so I'll be excited to play this one.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom - The idea of Zelda exploring Hyrule from a top down perspective hasn't been explored since the CDI game "Zelda's Adventure", so It's great to see Nintendo take a swing at the concept, and do so in a way that is true to the nature of Zelda's depiction as a wise protector of Hyrule, but not a soldier or fighter in the way Link is. It feels like the "echo" system is a developer tool from the development of Link's Awakening's Switch remake that the expanded into something that defines the actual gameplay experience when fleshed out into a game mechanic. As an aside, there was a small amount of backlash against Aonuma accusing him of being sexist for not having the option for a female hero in Breath of the Wild, which was absurd, and I'm glad this proves those people wrong.

Metroid Prime 4 - SEVEN YEARS after it was first announced, we finally have screenshots and gameplay of this title. The announcement of Prime 4 should go down in history as one of the most severely mishandled strategic moves Nintendo ever executed, but the game looks great. I have a copy of Prime Remaster for Switch I've yet to play on stream, we'll see if I get to it before Prime 4 comes out.

Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection - I think this is the first re-release of these titles since Disney purchased Marvel, and it's amazing to see this happen, as I genuinely doubted if it would be possible. I don't care about these games but I'm glad they're being made available.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition - I will totally buy this. I love high score attack runs of Vs. Pinball and I've had the NES Remix games on my list for years. Actual speedrunning and skill challenged condensed into curated mini-game like format is fun, and I'm certainly going to get my hands on this one

Donkey Kong Country Returns HD - Doesn't look graphically impressive even for Switch, but this was one I hoped would come over, and it still looks great. I hope the forced motion controls that made me fall off the Wii version have been revamped. But from my perspective, I haven't even played and covered the first DKC on my show yet, so I'm not likely picking this one up soon.

Only game I specifically hoped for that wasn't featured was the remake/remaster of Beyond Good and Evil, which got an ESRB rating late last year, but has yet to be officially announced for whatever reason.

10/10 show for me. If for the rest of my life I could only play games on Switch, I would never ever be bored, ever.

But I'd still rather play RCA Studio II than most modern stuff anyway.

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[crystalelemental]

Hey Crystal! I've been playing through the original etrian odyssey trilogy, bc the HD remakes were on discount a lil while back. I've specifically gotten super into 3 (doing the first two endings then gonna go for the third one). Holy fuck Ninja/Monk is extremely silly. Turns out getting to heal whenever an ally dies, and then cloning yourself over and over, AND having damage on death is. Strong. Who knew?

Yeah girl, welcome aboard! Fucking love that series! 3 is specifically when it starts to be good, glad to hear that one's been exciting for you. What's your party so far? The Ninja/Monk is hilarious, I've never done that combo, but you're kinda hitting what makes 3 fun: the class balance is kinda bad but you can get up to so many shenanigans if you want. Definitely agree with doing the general endings first, then the true ending. If you're confused on conditions for the true, feel free to ask, some of it is very specific.

So, did you play 1 and 2? What are your thoughts, because my stance on 1 is roughly "I now understand entirely when people say they played EO and couldn't get into it at all," while my stance on 2 is "this would be a legitimate contender if it wasn't for the jank, thank god for EO2U."

[mightyrabbitstudios]

The Long Journey Here, Part 1: The Prototype

Cylinder has been an ever present thread in my game development career, and in this series of articles I hope to elaborate on all its different versions and how each played a role in my life.

It was late 2005, the Xbox 360 just launched, and I was excited about Rare’s launch games. However, a game included with the unit I got was Hexic HD. The game was designed by Tetris legend, Alexey Pajitnov, and I ended up playing it most of all. Also, while playing this game, I was speaking via 360 headset with a friend I had made about 2 years ago.

For the game design itself, the basic idea was to reverse the classic puzzle games I grew up with. Instead of controlling a falling piece, you match up the shape of what those falling pieces were by manipulating them directly on the board. Requiring 4 of a kind in any configuration adds up to a lot of unique and interesting combinations to find. I also wanted to ensure I used the 3rd dimension for more than graphics. But, also I did not want to over complicate the game. This is where the idea to simply wrap the playfield came in. More dynamic ideas from this came later on, but for this original prototype it solved the reason to be 3D for me.

The prototype only included 1 mode and it also tracked the high score. This mode played very closely to practice mode in our upcoming game. The controls were also set to be mouse and keyboard based, with the mouse controlling the selector and the A and D keys rotating the cylinder.

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[echoweaver]

I tried my hand at something different -- default eyes!

Not that I was doing art or anything. I don’t art. But I do Photoshop.

I am extremely picky about my sim eyes, and my set of criteria has so far limited me to a very few sets that were posted on MTS at the very beginning of the Sims 3 era. I want:

1. EA default size. I don’t actually want my sim eyes to be smaller to be more realistic. I like the eye glow from supernaturals and don’t want to deal with the glow being bigger than the eyes. Also, EA picked their proportions to avoid uncanny valley issues, and I think they were basically right.

2. I HATE PAINTED CATCHLIGHTS. (Or spotlights, or whatever people call them -- there doesn’t seem to be a consensus.) This one thing alone makes it almost impossible for me to find default eyes. Why does everyone want static light reflections painted on the eye texture? The game handles its own reflections based on the lighting actually present. Why would I want reflections that are always the same? Some painted reflections are far more detailed than what the game generates, but when it’s not related to something that’s actually reflecting, I just don’t care.

So, yeah, not a lot of eye defaults that fit those criteria. I’ve also never played with HD textures, though I’m not opposed to trying them out. I’ve just never gotten around to it, and overall I’ve been happy with non-HD. Probably the only thing that I’d be excited about HD for would be, y’know, EYES. Because eyes are beautiful and the detail matters.

Anyway, I saw some stuff drift by from cc creators involving some default eyes, and it got me to thinking -- what if I exported the image from some EA-sized defaults and some smaller-sized defaults, pulled them into Photoshop Elements, and resized the small ones to match the EA-sized one? Would it work?

Yes. Yes it does. So I made a EA-sized version of Escand’s classic Oh My Eyes and Shady’s Lively Eyes. I’m poking around to see what other smaller-sized defaults are out there that I like. Oh My Eyes are the ones I have seen mentioned most often out in the wild of player forums.

When I tried them out, I thought that Oh My Eyes seemed a bit too dark, and Lively Eyes were a bit to light. Also, with the resizing, Lively Eyes had really big pupils. So on a lark, I tried doing a blend, i.e. putting both images on top of each other and reducing the transparency of the top one to get a combination.

And I really like it. Oh My Lively Eyes, resized to EA-default, with no custom sclera -- I’m not totally opposed to a custom sclera, but resizing that to go with the eye was a much more fiddly prospect. The smaller pupil on Oh My Eyes blended with the larger one on Lively made for a look of tapering darkness toward the pupil, and the light/dark shading suits me about right.

I’ll play with these for a while and see how they wear on me.

I suppose if someone else has my persnickety Opinions on eyes, I could put them up for download.

[rosebugzzz]

im compiling all the things i can see in the totk trailer which are new here sorry in advance for this

1- funky green thing no idea what this is but green isn't really a botw colour v v exciting

2- red thingy, could be malace but I doubt it idk what this is it just doesn't look normal

3- death mountain looks like its erupting?? also the weather change in this part of the ad, I'm guessing the storm is just for dramatic effect but who knows

4 - obvious one but new enemies, flying ones FINALLY SO COOL I'm v v excited abt this one

5- a boring one but this looks like a new structure?? there's a couple other new structures round it as well but u get the point

6- THIS JUST LOOKS SO COOL IT LOOKS LIKE A LIGHTSHOW OR SOMETHING I'm guessing it has something to do w zeldas power cuz of the colours but very cool, also the shadow looks like another new structure??

7- runes? idk what these are, they look like the logo for the game tho but massive cuz this is from what looks like quite a wide angle shot of the map

8- another obvious one but PLATFORMSSSSS this is one of the parts of the game I'm most looking forward to cuz the whole appeal of botw to me originally was the awesome map so MORE MAP WOOO

9,10,11- just screenshotting the whole screen cuz OH MY GOD. that doesn't look like malace but I'm guessing its something that does the same job, also those don't look like new mobs just red versions of the old ones??? also the TREE???? off the top of my head those don't look like any part of the botw map, and the massive yellow lump is definitely new

12- this looks like another new enemy? it doesn't look like a dragon and that's the only thing I can think of that would be flaming like that so yh

13- glowing red light round hyrule castle?? kinda not new cuz it looks like malace but it prob isnt, looks funky and cool tho, and opposite to the white/yellow light from earlier

14- blood moon looks significantly bigger and more HD than before, I am loving the fact that it looks like it plays more part in the lore here, also the comets/rocks/meteors???? awesome

15- this may just be a dragon cuz geographically its in the right place but the outline looks different than it should? I may just be overthinking but I'm including it anyway

16- WHOLE SCREEN AGAIN OH MY GOD LOOK AT THAT IT LOOKS SO COOL

17- this looks like a new settlement/structure?? i don't recognise anywhere like this

18- whatever the fuck this is, it looks like a massive bokoblin?

19- once more prob just for dramatic effect but that hinox is following link and I don't think they do that in botw?? i may be going crazy but

20- TASSLES ON THE PARAGLIDER

21- i once more may just be forgetting the map but that looks like a new settlement/structure?? i don't think there's anything down the side of death mountain/that region like that

22- ignore how blurry it is but it rlly looks like the moblins have helmets?

23- NEW ENEMY HE LOOKS SO COOL

24- another obvious one but new main villain :D (I don't think he's new to the zelda franchise but to botw?? idk I've only played botw I may be wrong but)

sorry just IT LOOKS SO PRETTYYY

25- looks like thats a bridge between the islands?? makes sense its just cool

26- NEW FALLING POSE!!!

27- new art?? ground art?? idk what these are called but THATS NEW

28- tower?? idk what that is but also looks new

29- new railways round death mountain + new way of riding rails

30- another obvious one new arm powers

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A Dededetour?

So I just uploaded a new post and this time it's actually not a fighter. I decided since I've reached a milestone with having finished all the fighters for Melee, it might be fun to write some posts up for other subjects such as Alt Costumes, Enemies, Bosses and in this case Stages. I don't have a specific amount of these things I've set as a goal, but I want to at least do a few of them before returning to the fighters, mostly as I realise at the speed I'm going at it will be probably years before I reach them otherwise. Since these are different subjects I have had to think more about what sections to have, for example in the latest post for Dream Land I realised a History of the Location rather than Bio worked better and as obviously relationships aren't a thing usually with a landmass (granted not always) going over the inhabitants and the greater location was a better section to do. I have already written up another post for another category and I'm currently working on others, however so as to not leave too big a gap between them I will probably stagger the release of these a bit.

Since I posted off-topic last (well, besides the post gloating about my prediction for Emio which I'm pretty excited for) I have actually beaten a few games, not Tales of Symphonia yet but I played through Pikmin 1-3, Kirby Return to Dream Land Deluxe and Luigi's Mansion 2 HD. With this as I predicted before I've surpassed the number of games I beat in 2023 already. I've also added some more games to the list including one I never expected to do until I saw the recent news, Dead by Daylight. The reason for this is it was recently announced that Dracula from Castlevania was going to be playable as DLC and it made me realise, Dracula's never been playable in his SoTN look. The only games that had him playable are Castlevania Judgement (I know the artist is well respected but I really hate the designs in that game) where he looks pretty different and Lords of Shadow which is really it's own continuity and Dracula is very different in without getting into spoilers. It's due to this I decided Dead by Daylight was actually the best choice for this and luckily I have a fair few friends for once willing to play online with me for it so I won't have to deal with random people online which is great. Also, similarly to adding games from the Codec Conversations in my last post, I scraped even further down into the bottom of the barrel and realised there was something else left to mine, in this case being Event Matches. There wasn't an awful lot in there to really draw from, but I was surprised to find one or two references that were worth noting, including something that lets me add of all things the game Yoshi on NES.

Also, if you're looking at the blog itself, you might have noticed I've changed how it looks a little. I always meant to come up with a better theme and look for the blog but hadn't really decided on what yet, this definitely isn't what I had planned, more me just trying out a different style to see how it looks, I plan on getting a better picture for the header of the blog and deciding on a more fitting look to match up with it, still for now this is the new placeholder I'm going with. I feel like I have a lot more I want to say but can't think of currently, but luckily as it probably won't be that long until I make my next post if I remember in the meantime I should feel justified in making another off-topic post soon to go over it.

[game-boy-pocket]

Nintendo Direct Thoughts

I just woke up and had a look, not expecting much given this is one of those "we're at the end of the Switch's life" Directs but honestly I was surprised.

We start with a brand new Mario and Luigi game... we've been getting lots of remakes for Mario RPGs but this is a new one and honestly was the one I expected to get a new game the least out of all of them. To tell the truth I would have preferred a continuation of SMRPG or a new traditional Paper Mario over this, cuz a party made up of just Mario and Luigi was novel when Luigi wasn't appearing in as many games but now it feels boring by comparison. I wish they would do more with the idea of adding on surprise guest party members, like how the 2nd game had the Baby Bros and the Third game had Bowser, then Paper Mario, but after that it just a weird version of Luigi? idk man. This looks neat, I'm glad the franchise isn't dead. I'll think about picking it up. Probably not a day 1 purchase. I do hope other Mario RPGs have a chance at continuing too though.

I still think the Nintendo World Championships is pointless.

Not interested in Fairy Tail, I only ever read a bit of the Manga, I'd like to check out the anime but lisenced anime games are a hard sell for me. Wish they'd just make another One Piece Grand Battle style game.

Don't care about Fantasian, Nintendo Switch Sports has a bad reputation and I don't care about sports anyway so that's a pass, pass on Mio, pass on Disney, pass on Hello Kitty, give me a sequel to the Keroppi platformer for the NES and then we'll talk, It's weird to see Loney Tunes in a video game. That Porky Pig voice was rough. I don't have hopes for it, Don't care about Among Us or Farmagia...

Donkey Kong Country Returns... not a new game, and they didn't announce any new playable characters or features aside from levels from the 3DS version, and I wish they gave DK and Diddy more of a facelift, but i'll take it, a way to play DKCR on the big screen, hopefully without the motion controls, is a win... but please Nintendo.... give us a new DK game...

Dragon Quest III 2DHD. I am very mixed about the whole 2D HD thing, I don't think it looks good. Never have. This looks a lot better than Octopath to me but I still don't like it. Also, I respectfully disagree with Mr. Horii. Playing the games in chronological order is not the best way to experience the Erdrick Trilogy, and that's a pretty dumb thing to say. That's like telling someone to read a Murder Mystery but start with the final chapter. The big twist in DQ3 will be meaningless to those who haven't played, at the very least, DQ1... I'm glad all 3 games are getting the treatment. I am a big fan of the trilogy so even though I don't care for the whole 2D HD thing, I'll pick it up, and who knows, maybe the style will grow on me.

Funko is a fucking joke. I'm ehh about Luigi's Mansion 2 but I might pick it up anyway if I have extra cash burning a hole in my pocket and I really want a new game. Don't care about Denpa Men, Would prefer Traditional Metal Slug, Don't care about Darkest Dungeon, Don't care about NSO but it's nice that those games are now available for people, Phantom Braves has a cute art style but i'm not interested in the gameplay, Marvsl and Capcom arcade collection might be worth a look but idk, I'm no good at fighting games, so i'd only be in it for the beat em ups.

I tried to like Mario Party but I just can't get into that style of game. I want to like it because I love the Mario series but it's just not fun for me, either with friends or going it alone, I hate board games irl, making them video games doesn't actually help, and I think the minigames are just not fun and over too quickly.

I wish I was excited about our first new 2D Zelda in a long time. But Link has always been...ugh... I guess you could call him a "comfort character" for me. I never liked Princess Zelda that much, and I enjoy the combat in Zelda games a lot, so a game without Link and without Combat.... I am apprehensive. The one thing that might save this game for me is that it has hints of monster taming. Not like... real monster taming, you're creating copies, so it's not like your bonding with monster companions, but it's still monster vs monster, and that's something I'd love to see expanded on. Give me a full on Zelda monster tamer.... I hope this isn't "The new direction for 2D Zelda" the way BOTW is for 3D Zelda though. I was kinda hoping 2D Zelda would keep traditional Zelda alive while 3D Zelda continued being open air.

More headlines, I don't care about just dance, never was a fan of legos, stray was interesting when it was first announced but the novelty wore off after watching ppl play it, there's a lot of games like lately. Don't care about the Hobbit, and i'm sorry, I'm sorry, I know I don't care about a lot of things and I know t he franchise has a lot of fans but I just don't care about Ace Attourney. And don't care about Hunted Line, looks edgy. I know SaGa has a legacy, but I'd prefer to try an older game before thinking about checking out a new one.

Metroid Prime 4 looks interesting. We have Sylux with some Metroids following him around. We have orchestral sounding music. It's definitely Metroid Prime alright. Can't wait to play it for myself.

Despite how often I said "don't care" I'd call this a good direct.

TLDR, Metroid is the most exciting thing there, I'm happy for the DKCR remake, I'm apprehensive about Zelda but I'm gonna try it. Mario and Luigi i'll probably pick up some day.

[sylphwing]

NINTENDO DIRECT HIGHLIGHTS (imo) !!!!!

mario & luigi: brothership - i rlly like how this one looks! nice artstyle and colours. i've never played any of the other games in this series but i have always been interested in getting into it (after the paper mario series tho) and this installment looks like a lot of fun

fantasian - wdym leo isn't a woman???? not massively excited abt this one but i do have someee intrigue hmm...

mio - this game looks so cool !?!! the protagonist and the scenery r both rlly nice i think i'll play this one :/c

dq 1 2 & 3 remakes - yaaay c: it's a shame it doesn't look more like the other modern dq games but i do like the 2D-HD style (just makes me think of octopath a lot lol)

denpa men - idk not many thoughts abt this one, just looked fun and also i wish i looked like a denpa man hkgkh

phantom brave - AH! i just think it's wild that this game got a sequel! i probably won't get it but cool!

tloz: echoes of wisdom - she's finally playable 🥹🥹 the gameplay looks very enjoyable and i'm glad that ppl still get excited abt the top-down style of zelda as opposed to like. botw 3 lol anyway yaaay women ^_^

ace attorney investigations - wahooooo! new visuals look cuties

metroid - not smth i'll get but happy metroid prime 4 day to everyone who celebrates : )