Post by Jade on Aug 3, 2016 10:15:44 GMT -6
First off, a round of applause for Kerstin "Forum Mom" Haslinger for joining the nickname club *clapclapclap*
Great episode, very entertaining. Eli was lots of fun, once again, though I disagree with all of his opinions on which Nintendo games are best:
-Mario Galaxy? it's good, but I see open-ish world 3D Mario (64, Sunshine, Galaxy) as a group rather than simply the Galaxy "franchise", so what we need isn't a Galaxy 3 so much as a 3D Mario with levels that are open rather than timed like 3D World/3D Land
-Canvas Curse? I prefer Super Star (or Super Star Ultra, since it's the same but with more content). Canvas Curse was okay, but it doesn't feel like essential Kirby to me where it's not a platformer.
-A Link Between Worlds? Good game, but it hasn't stuck in my imagination very well; I keep having to remind myself that it exists. I think the original A Link to the Past was more impactful, but maybe I'm just old and nostalgic... still, I hesitate to call anything new "best" until it's had time to prove its impact.
-Skyward Sword for best story? I called the Impa twist at the first meeting with her, was bored by the romance, didn't care about any of the new characters like Groose or Ghirahim... but I also had to rush through the game because everyone was talking about it at the time. Meh. Still, I think Majora's Mask's characters had more compelling stories to them, and told them better by developing them through observation rather than cutscenes.
The HD remake question was intended somewhat sarcastically ("desperately"), meant to draw attention to whether HD remakes are important at all. Glad Eli caught on to that.
I enjoyed Yokai Watch as a game during the main story (though the anime-ish episodic format had me confused where I watched the anime first, and thought the game was based on it, rather than the opposite), but I stopped playing it during the post-game because the collecting angle is a mess. In Pokemon games, after completing the main game my focus is on collecting all the 'mon that I missed along the way, so I tried that approach with Yokai too, but it seems like there's nothing you can do to make Yokai more likely to join you (since you don't actively catch them, just fight them and hope they like you), so after my overpowered team killed everything I ran into and recruited almost none of them, I just gave up.
tl;dr Highfive Forum Mom, Good Episode, Rantrantrant
Great episode, very entertaining. Eli was lots of fun, once again, though I disagree with all of his opinions on which Nintendo games are best:
-Mario Galaxy? it's good, but I see open-ish world 3D Mario (64, Sunshine, Galaxy) as a group rather than simply the Galaxy "franchise", so what we need isn't a Galaxy 3 so much as a 3D Mario with levels that are open rather than timed like 3D World/3D Land
-Canvas Curse? I prefer Super Star (or Super Star Ultra, since it's the same but with more content). Canvas Curse was okay, but it doesn't feel like essential Kirby to me where it's not a platformer.
-A Link Between Worlds? Good game, but it hasn't stuck in my imagination very well; I keep having to remind myself that it exists. I think the original A Link to the Past was more impactful, but maybe I'm just old and nostalgic... still, I hesitate to call anything new "best" until it's had time to prove its impact.
-Skyward Sword for best story? I called the Impa twist at the first meeting with her, was bored by the romance, didn't care about any of the new characters like Groose or Ghirahim... but I also had to rush through the game because everyone was talking about it at the time. Meh. Still, I think Majora's Mask's characters had more compelling stories to them, and told them better by developing them through observation rather than cutscenes.
The HD remake question was intended somewhat sarcastically ("desperately"), meant to draw attention to whether HD remakes are important at all. Glad Eli caught on to that.
I enjoyed Yokai Watch as a game during the main story (though the anime-ish episodic format had me confused where I watched the anime first, and thought the game was based on it, rather than the opposite), but I stopped playing it during the post-game because the collecting angle is a mess. In Pokemon games, after completing the main game my focus is on collecting all the 'mon that I missed along the way, so I tried that approach with Yokai too, but it seems like there's nothing you can do to make Yokai more likely to join you (since you don't actively catch them, just fight them and hope they like you), so after my overpowered team killed everything I ran into and recruited almost none of them, I just gave up.
tl;dr Highfive Forum Mom, Good Episode, Rantrantrant