Social The Social Thread 3.2.2 - Switch 2 Hype Time!

[KingofPhantoms]

It looks like the winner of the poll is Super Mario RPG, while Okami got the second highest amount of votes, so those are the next games I'm playing.

Thanks for helping me with my backlog, everyone!

 

[Noipoi]

When does the spoiler embargo end?

When the movie comes out officially I guess

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

They are gonna take so many dyes out of candies and foods that its all gonna look gray, bro

Gray ****ing Starbursts

 

[SnakeFighter64]

When the movie comes out officially I guess

Sonic 3?

 

[Shroob]

So like

The Sonic movie was the 3rd one right.


Did that make the TV show the "And Knuckles" expansion for it.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

So its 2025, are birds real yet?

 

[Noipoi]

Sonic 3?

Yeah

So its 2025, are birds real yet?

No

 

[Pink Yoshi]

When does the spoiler embargo end?

In five turns

the visual of a metal chain shooting out of a Palossand and wrapping around you is terrifying btw

 

[Hex D. Jess]

I just got to Doctor Starline in the IDW comics and I read his voice as a sinister sounding Daffy Duck, lisp and all

 

[Cutie Gwen]

I just got to Doctor Starline in the IDW comics and I read his voice as a sinister sounding Daffy Duck, lisp and all

Well, Daffy Duck is a gay icon so you know what that works for the gay platypus too

 

[Hex D. Jess]

Just finished reading volume 3, yeah this is peak.

Unfortunately I am now out of volumes to read

 

[TMNTSSB4]

So like

The Sonic movie was the 3rd one right.


Did that make the TV show the "And Knuckles" expansion for it.

peak Knuckles series outside of the Wade sister

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Finally finished my Arkoos-forsaken Purore region fossils

So in terms of lore...In Italy, two of the most noteworthy fossils found include the Tethyshadros, a hadrosaurid, and the Eudimorphodon, a pterosaur. So naturally I decided to use them as basis for my own fossil mons.

First up, lemme explain Hodrosoarus cuz it's the design I'm most proud of (this is part two of the Pokemon I'd have on my ingame team thus far, part one being my grass starter). Why is it bug type if it lacks many insectoid features? Well, think about Lokix - beyond being based on grasshoppers, it also has large basis in Japanese tokusatsu media like Kamen Rider, which feature superhero costumes that resemble insects in appearance. This is theorized to be why Bug is super-effective on what is known as the Evil type in Japan. I took a LOT of inspiration from tokusatsu megazords for Hodrosoarus. So if a group of Lokix went around fighting crime, they'd definitely ride on the back of a Hodrosoarus. And yes, that's my attempt at an arm cannon...and its name is meant to sound like 'hotrod' in addition to 'soar' and 'hadrosaur'. And I gave it the Steelworker ability due to how megazords usually have metal coating.

As for the Eudimorphodon-inspired Diemorphite...well, say it slowly. You-die-morph-odon. Doesn't that SOUND like a ghost type? And we've ALL been waiting for a Rock/Ghost type in real Pokemon. So I made a scared little pterosaur into a tormented soul who lives in perpetual agony and is not allowed to pass onto the next life after the extinction event that killed other fossils due to all the unfinished business it has no idea how to complete. Fun right? Also I discovered a mineral called Hemimorphite, a type of mineral sometimes seen in Italy and occasionally known to have blue vug-filling. Kinda like the blue 'blood' scars shown here!

Seriously I'm a bit too excited about these. I need a Hodrosoarus NOW. Let's hear it folks! Which fossil would you pick? The Helm Fossil or the Beak Fossil?

 

[Noipoi]

Finally finished my Arkoos-forsaken Purore region fossils
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So in terms of lore...In Italy, two of the most noteworthy fossils found include the Tethyshadros, a hadrosaurid, and the Eudimorphodon, a pterosaur. So naturally I decided to use them as basis for my own fossil mons.

First up, lemme explain Hodrosoarus cuz it's the design I'm most proud of (this is part two of the Pokemon I'd have on my ingame team thus far, part one being my grass starter). Why is it bug type if it lacks many insectoid features? Well, think about Lokix - beyond being based on grasshoppers, it also has large basis in Japanese tokusatsu media like Kamen Rider, which feature superhero costumes that resemble insects in appearance. This is theorized to be why Bug is super-effective on what is known as the Evil type in Japan. I took a LOT of inspiration from tokusatsu megazords for Hodrosoarus. So if a group of Lokix went around fighting crime, they'd definitely ride on the back of a Hodrosoarus. And yes, that's my attempt at an arm cannon...and its name is meant to sound like 'hotrod' in addition to 'soar' and 'hadrosaur'. And I gave it the Steelworker ability due to how megazords usually have metal coating.

As for the Eudimorphodon-inspired Diemorphite...well, say it slowly. You-die-morph-odon. Doesn't that SOUND like a ghost type? And we've ALL been waiting for a Rock/Ghost type in real Pokemon. So I made a scared little pterosaur into a tormented soul who lives in perpetual agony and is not allowed to pass onto the next life after the extinction event that killed other fossils due to all the unfinished business it has no idea how to complete. Fun right? Also I discovered a mineral called Hemimorphite, a type of mineral sometimes seen in Italy and occasionally known to have blue vug-filling. Kinda like the blue 'blood' scars shown here!

Seriously I'm a bit too excited about these. I need a Hodrosoarus NOW. Let's hear it folks! Which fossil would you pick? The Helm Fossil or the Beak Fossil?

Gigan? Is that you?

 

[Pink Yoshi]

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Gigan? Is that you?

Holy macaroons. I promise any Gigan look-alike-ness was more or less completely subconscious, the thought didn't even occur to me.

That said Gigan has such a banger design that would work 10000% for a megazord or just a hero in general if he weren't an evil maniac 99 times out of 100. So no small wonder some Gigan-ness kinda bled into my design.

 

[HyperSomari64]

Project X Zone 3 should be announced for Switch 2 anytime

 

[cashregister9]

Rewatched Avengers Endgame

Despite all of the problems I know exist with this movie, I don't think I could ever truly dislike it. For personal reasons (good memories associated with it) and for what it represents, for a thing as massive and overloaded as the MCU, they pulled off a pretty damn good finale.

For a movie that is 3 hours, it was paced remarkably well, every time I've seen this movie It never feels like 3 hours. This movie is incredibly memorable, some good quips and lines that just stick with you for a while. The Time Heist was a great portion and the action, the final battle especially I found to be engaging and really good (I just wish it was more visible, it was very drab.) but it has so many great segments and that portals scene still gives me goosebumps after all this time.

The character stuff was good for the most part, there are the big elephants in the room like Thor and Black Widow. I like the concept of what they were trying to do with Thor, I just think they could have handled it with more tact, and Black Widow ties into the underlying problems of the MCU being weird about women.

But yeah I just really like this movie.

Boy do I wish the MCU still had this level of cohesion going into it's next finale.

 

[Xyro77]

Rewatched Avengers Endgame

Despite all of the problems I know exist with this movie, I don't think I could ever truly dislike it. For personal reasons (good memories associated with it) and for what it represents, for a thing as massive and overloaded as the MCU, they pulled off a pretty damn good finale.

For a movie that is 3 hours, it was paced remarkably well, every time I've seen this movie It never feels like 3 hours. This movie is incredibly memorable, some good quips and lines that just stick with you for a while. The Time Heist was a great portion and the action, the final battle especially I found to be engaging and really good (I just wish it was more visible, it was very drab.) but it has so many great segments and that portals scene still gives me goosebumps after all this time.

The character stuff was good for the most part, there are the big elephants in the room like Thor and Black Widow. I like the concept of what they were trying to do with Thor, I just think they could have handled it with more tact, and Black Widow ties into the underlying problems of the MCU being weird about women.

But yeah I just really like this movie.

Boy do I wish the MCU still had this level of cohesion going into it's next finale.

The more I’ve watched it over the last 6 years the less I like it. Time travel ruined it.
Infinity War remains superior in every way imo. The first time a bad guy won.

I was gonna play Xenoblade until I learned more about how the combat actually worked and saw it wasn’t what I thought it would be. Though maybe I should still give it a shot.

give it a chance. It gets much better. Start with XB1 for Switch and then 2 and then 3. You’ll see the combat get better over the series.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

The more I’ve watched it over the last 6 years the less I like it. Time travel ruined it.
Infinity War remains superior in every way imo. The first time a bad guy won.


give it a chance. It gets much better. Start with XB1 for Switch and then 2 and then 3. You’ll see the combat get better over the series.

When i first wanted to play it I thought it was an action rpg like FF7R or P5S. I know its not like that, but what's the best comparison?

I probably will play it some day, just... if it ever goes on sale.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Some are looking back at a patent Nintendo filed back in 2022 consisting of a screened device that can attach to a second screened device to make a duel screen experience

WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections

I do have some disbelief that this could come to fruition for the Switch 2 as this sounds like it'll ask for a considerable amount of power to work.

 

[PLATINUM7]

Some are looking back at a patent Nintendo filed back in 2022 consisting of a screened device that can attach to a second screened device to make a duel screen experience

WIPO - Search International and National Patent Collections

I do have some disbelief that this could come to fruition for the Switch 2 as this sounds like it'll ask for a considerable amount of power to work.

People are also bringing this up thinking it might have to do with the the Switch 2 having a second usb-c port on top.

 

[Schnee117]

When i first wanted to play it I thought it was an action rpg like FF7R or P5S. I know its not like that, but what's the best comparison?

I probably will play it some day, just... if it ever goes on sale.

It's MMO style combat with auto attacks and a bunch of cooldowns to manage, X did more with that style before 2 went for one of the ****tiest and slowest combat styles of any RPG and then 3 tries mixing them.

 

[Guynamednelson]

People are also bringing this up thinking it might have to do with the the Switch 2 having a second usb-c port on top.

I just hope that I can use my Switch 1 for whatever dual-screen shenanigans Nintendo has planned and I don't have to buy 2 Switch 2s.

 

[Dukefire]

People are also bringing this up thinking it might have to do with the the Switch 2 having a second usb-c port on top.

That could work......but that could also mean the second screen would need its own power source to maintain stability.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

It's MMO style combat with auto attacks and a bunch of cooldowns to manage, X did more with that style before 2 went for one of the ****tiest and slowest combat styles of any RPG and then 3 tries mixing them.

Ah. I see. Idk, combat like that always seemed kind of lame and unengaging to me. If my combat isn't going to be active like FF7R I'd prefer a total break into complete turn based combat where you teleport to a battle screen like old school Final Fantasy. IMO, all one or all the other is better than a weird in-between. But I'll still judge it on it's own merits

Also you say that 2 was a downgrade and 3 was an improvement. But the person I replied to says the combat improves as the series goes on. So who's right?

 

[PLATINUM7]

Ah. I see. Idk, combat like that always seemed kind of lame and unengaging to me. If my combat isn't going to be active like FF7R I'd prefer a total break into complete turn based combat where you teleport to a battle screen like old school Final Fantasy. IMO, all one or all the other is better than a weird in-between. But I'll still judge it on it's own merits

Also you say that 2 was a downgrade and 3 was an improvement. But the person I replied to says the combat improves as the series goes on. So who's right?

I enjoyed 2 and 3 a lot more than 1. I hard disagree with calling 2 ****ty and slow.

To compare them, I think 2 and 3 are much more about getting a good setup before battle and then getting the timing right (kind of feels like a rhythm game at times) but 1 feels more traditional in the way you select things in battle.

 

[Schnee117]

Ah. I see. Idk, combat like that always seemed kind of lame and unengaging to me. If my combat isn't going to be active like FF7R I'd prefer a total break into complete turn based combat where you teleport to a battle screen like old school Final Fantasy. IMO, all one or all the other is better than a weird in-between. But I'll still judge it on it's own merits

Also you say that 2 was a downgrade and 3 was an improvement. But the person I replied to says the combat improves as the series goes on. So who's right?

2 gives you obscenely slow movement and very few moves to use and a lot of the gimmicks to do damage are locked behind gacha garbage.
It's fundamentally bad combat that goes together horribly with the game having a gacha system that can and will arbitrarily lock you out of story and exploration stuff just because you didn't win the lottery. The fact it also determines how you can interact with the battle systems makes the already bad combat even worse.

Combat wise it's X > 1 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 2
I did not play 3 because 2 was that genuinely **** all around.

 

[Lamperouge]

Superstar Saga is still peak all these years later.

I should really get around to playing more of the M&L games after I finish this one again. The only other one I have is BiS on DS.

 

[Noipoi]

Day 11: Mega Pinsir

I like how, despite it's angry face, it's canonically super happy about it's new wings.

 

[TheCJBrine]

I say old chaps SiIvaGunner has released one of the highest quality rips in bloody history today (warning: there is a little crass language):

 

[TheMightyP]

Tiktok has officially crossed over to the great beyond

 

[ZephyrZ]

Day 11: Mega Pinsir

I like how, despite it's angry face, it's canonically super happy about it's new wings.

Pinsir is such a nasty-looking pokemon. That mouth freaks me out a little and I don't think the mega evolution helps in that regard. The only thing worse then a big nasty bug is a big nasty bug that can fly.

But I suppose that nastiness is also a huge part of its appeal.

 

[Noipoi]

Tiktok has officially crossed over to the great beyond

Zoomers everywhere are in shambles

 

[TheMightyP]

Zoomers everywhere are in shambles

The government banned it cause of safety concerns or something but YouTube Shorts still up and corrupting the youth.

 

[cashregister9]

Tiktok has officially crossed over to the great beyond

"First Time?"

 

[ZephyrZ]

I think the US government should just nuke the entire internet

Make us all communicate by posting to a bulletin board or passing notes or however else people did it in ye old days

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

People are also bringing this up thinking it might have to do with the the Switch 2 having a second usb-c port on top.

Naw I aint buying a 2nd screen

Make us all communicate by posting to a bulletin board

This is how use Animal Crossing folks win

 

[HyperSomari64]

Tiktok has officially crossed over to the great beyond

Glad that's just an USA thing.
But at least here in Peru is still alive and kicking.
I don't use TikTok that much

 

[TheMightyP]

I think the US government should just nuke the entire internet

Make us all communicate by posting to a bulletin board or passing notes or however else people did it in ye old days

Smashboards on carrier pigeons

 

[Noipoi]

I think the US government should just nuke the entire internet

Make us all communicate by posting to a bulletin board or passing notes or however else people did it in ye old days

We should go back to being hunter gatherers, actually. Society peaked there.