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[Professor Pumpkaboo]

How's Monster Hunter Wilds?

From what Ive seen, people like it, the con being most of the "story" is a slow walk on the palamute bird and the amount of cutscenes that throw you into hunt after hunt with no chance to explore. Most people bum rushed Low rank to get to "the real game" aka High Rank

 

[Aurane]

From what Ive seen, people like it, the con being most of the "story" is a slow walk on the palamute bird and the amount of cutscenes that throw you into hunt after hunt with no chance to explore. Most people bum rushed Low rank to get to "the real game" aka High Rank

Just sounds like Rise to me.

 

[Arcanir]

How's Monster Hunter Wilds?

I'm about to play it tonight so I can come back with my own thoughts later. From what I'm hearing though, it's good with some great base gameplay. Biggest sticking points I've seen are the intrusive story moments as Pumpkaboo said, the performance (mostly on PC), and it's easy even compared to early Rise or World, though the latter point may be embellished as relatively the earlygame is not hard in general. If you're looking into it I think you'll enjoy it if you liked the other MH games.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Odd that Pokémon US/Europe gives Pokémon Legends: Z-A a release window of "Late 2025" while Japan says "Fall 2025".

 

[Z25]

here’s a fun way to choose your ZA starter:

Odd that Pokémon US/Europe gives Pokémon Legends: Z-A a release window of "Late 2025" while Japan says "Fall 2025".

We all know it’s November like usual. They aren’t missing Black Friday. Don’t know why they are hiding that lol. Probably because box art isn’t finished and will likely contain spoilers.

 

[Aurane]

I'm about to play it tonight so I can come back with my own thoughts later. From what I'm hearing though, it's good with some great base gameplay. Biggest sticking points I've seen are the intrusive story moments as Pumpkaboo said, the performance (mostly on PC), and it's easy even compared to early Rise or World, though the latter point may be embellished as relatively the earlygame is not hard in general. If you're looking into it I think you'll enjoy it if you liked the other MH games.

Well I'll think about it. Right now I'm playing Avowed, and that game is clicks tongue juuuust right.

 

[Noipoi]

here’s a fun way to choose your ZA starter:

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I see, it all makes sense now.

These are the Z-A starters because these were the plushies that were filling up the warehouse. They had to get rid of 'em somehow

We all know it’s November like usual. They aren’t missing Black Friday. Don’t know why they are hiding that lol. Probably because box art isn’t finished and will likely contain spoilers.

Looking back, it seems like the boxart and release date is always revealed around May/June. Usually with a trailer, but even in 2021 they just randomly posted the boxarts and release dates for BDSP and PLA on twitter.

So be on the lookout for some kinda Z-A news in May or June, I guess.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I looked at the history of Chikorita line's learnset history and they haven't learned any Fairy-type moves until SV, being only the non-damaging move Charm.

Yeah, they're cooking something up in Legends: Z-A.

 

[PLATINUM7]

I looked at the history of Chikorita line's learnset history and they haven't learned any Fairy-type moves until SV, being only the non-damaging move Charm.

Yeah, they're cooking something up in Legends: Z-A.

Is there any reason people seem to think Chikorita will get something fairy type related?

 

[Wario Bros.]

Is there any reason people seem to think Chikorita will get something fairy type related?

Chikorita was spotted in the Legends: Z-A trailer knowing the move Disarming Voice

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I'm about to play it tonight so I can come back with my own thoughts later. From what I'm hearing though, it's good with some great base gameplay. Biggest sticking points I've seen are the intrusive story moments as Pumpkaboo said, the performance (mostly on PC), and it's easy even compared to early Rise or World, though the latter point may be embellished as relatively the earlygame is not hard in general. If you're looking into it I think you'll enjoy it if you liked the other MH games.

I was just about to warn about the proformance on PC for some peoplw but you beat me to it lol

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Got jumpscared by a brutal diss in the new Disventure Camp episode

Spoiler

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Over one year has passed since the unlicensed disaster event based on Willy Wonka and "brought to life" via AI and cheap props took place.

As such, over one year has also passed since The Unknown was introduced to unofficial Willy Wonka lore and the world of haunted houses.

 

[Shroob]

Over one year has passed since the unlicensed disaster event based on Willy Wonka and "brought to life" via AI and cheap props took place.

As such, over one year has also passed since The Unknown was introduced to unofficial Willy Wonka lore and the world of haunted houses.

Reminder: The Unknown was to be killed off via a vacuum ala Luigi's Mansion.


Portrait Ghosts looking weird in 2024.

 

[Z25]

Over one year has passed since the unlicensed disaster event based on Willy Wonka and "brought to life" via AI and cheap props took place.

As such, over one year has also passed since The Unknown was introduced to unofficial Willy Wonka lore and the world of haunted houses.

It was still a bold move of Sakurai to add them to
Fighter pass 3

 

[Knight Dude]

A Mega Man fighting game would be one of those dream projects to happen for me. Not that I wouldn't want like 5 MM characters in Smash or MVC, cause that would ALSO be peak. But there's so much that series could do on its own. MM, MMX, MM.EXE, Zero, Tron, Roll, Sigma all got in some type of fighting game, but Protoman and Bass as well, bosses like Chill Penguin(could be similar to Sub-Zero) and obviously Magma Dragoon, or Shadowman or GutsMan make for perfect choices. Vile's another obvious choice. Harp Note and Solo for some Starforce characters. Pharaoh Man, Cut Man, Storm Eagle.

But I imagine the real problem is that Capcom has so many other fighting game franchises of their own that mostly neglected, barring Street Fighter and the occasional MVC. I think other people would be down for a Mega Man fighting game, but I could also see Darkstalkers or Rival Schools fans vaporize into dust that another series got a spin-off before we got a newer entry for their game.

 

[Aurane]

Anyone else playing Avowed? It's so ****ing good.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Anyone else playing Avowed? It's so ****ing good.

I feel like that game might be on my sisters radar. It seems like her type.of thing

 

[Wademan94]

A Mega Man fighting game would be one of those dream projects to happen for me. Not that I wouldn't want like 5 MM characters in Smash or MVC, cause that would ALSO be peak. But there's so much that series could do on its own. MM, MMX, MM.EXE, Zero, Tron, Roll, Sigma all got in some type of fighting game, but Protoman and Bass as well, bosses like Chill Penguin(could be similar to Sub-Zero) and obviously Magma Dragoon, or Shadowman or GutsMan make for perfect choices. Vile's another obvious choice. Harp Note and Solo for some Starforce characters. Pharaoh Man, Cut Man, Storm Eagle.

But I imagine the real problem is that Capcom has so many other fighting game franchises of their own that mostly neglected, barring Street Fighter and the occasional MVC. I think other people would be down for a Mega Man fighting game, but I could also see Darkstalkers or Rival Schools fans vaporize into dust that another series got a spin-off before we got a newer entry for their game.

Day 1 Air Man main here

Also this is basically me with my Sonic fighting game concept. I’m trying to represent as much as the series as I can even outside the fighter roster

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Also this is basically me with my Sonic fighting game concept. I’m trying to represent as much as the series as I can even outside the fighter roster

I'm a simple woman. I see mention of a Sonic spinoff game with a wide, representative cast, I bring up the Deadly Six.

Nah you don't have to add them if you don't want to, I'm just a bit too passionate about my favorite alien freaks.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

John Cena just became a villain/turned heel for the first time since 2003

 

[Shroob]

John Cena just became a villain/turned heel for the first time since 2003

But he's already Peacemaker.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

But he's already Peacemaker.

The Perfectly Precious Peacemaker was a hero turned superhero in my eyes, as he did no wrong in my eyes. Cena really lived long enough to become the villain yet still a super hero in my eyes.

 

[Wademan94]

I'm a simple woman. I see mention of a Sonic spinoff game with a wide, representative cast, I bring up the Deadly Six.

Nah you don't have to add them if you don't want to, I'm just a bit too passionate about my favorite alien freaks.

I actually do have them on my initial roster. I hope you don’t mind that I just kinda had it so Zavok was the main fighter who’s assisted by the other 5 through some of his moves/supers

So I’ve had this idea in mind for a while for a 2D arcade-style Sonic the Hedgehog fighting game called “Sonic Clash” and I wanted to share and discuss what I had.

Spoiler: Potential story synopsis

Sometime after the events of Sonic Forces, Sonic and his friends (as well as a few familiar faces) participate in a fighting tournament. While the heroes are distracted (either set up or just seizing an existing opportunity), Dr. Eggman, taking note of the Phantom Ruby almost leading him to victory, completes a massive machine that taps into the power of the Warp/Special Zone to connect to other dimensions and timelines in hopes of finding more outside forces that could take down Sonic.

Sonic, Tails, Amy and Knuckles catch wind of Eggman’s plans thanks to Tails picking up strange readings within the zone as well as a frazzled Sticks who was teleported to their dimension to warn them. After a heated battle with two Metal Sonic, the four drop out of the tournament and fly on the Tornado to take down Eggman. One of the rings open up the apparently separate classic universe where Classic Eggman goes through and confronts his counterpart about the whereabouts of the Phantom Ruby, Classic believes he squandered its potential and demands the Ruby returned, attacking his current counterpart over it.

The machine gets damaged when Sonic intervenes and the Zone’s energy becomes unstable, shattering the Warp Rings, causing them to mix with one another and splicing the areas within them. Characters and eras from all over the Sonic series are brought in and tensions rise among the cast as the unstable energy will cause multiple dimensions to collapse as they fights to get back into the Warp Zone to fix the machine and return the dimensions back to normal.

Spoiler: Character roster

Characters I want to mainly focus on:
Sonic the Hedgehog (Irish the Hedgehog as an alt. character)
Miles “Tails” Prowler
Amy Rose
Knuckles the Echidna (Metal Knuckles as an alt. character)
Dr. Eggman (Eggman Nega as an alt. character)
Metal Sonic
Cream the Rabbit
Shadow the Hedgehog
Rouge the Bat
E-123 Omega
Vector the Crocodile & Charmy the Bee
Espio the Chameleon
Blaze the Cat
Silver the Hedgehog
Classic Sonic
Sticks the Badger
Big the Cat
Honey the Cat
E-102 Gamma
Chaos
Emerl (Gemerl as an alt. character)
Mephiles the Dark
Erazor Djinn
Sonic the Werehog
Merlina
Zavok (assisted by the rest of the Deadly Six)
Heavy King (assisted by the rest of the Hard-Boiled Heavies)
Infinite
Sage
Fang the Hunter
Bean the Dynamite
Bark the Polar Bear
Mighty the Armadillo/Ray the Flying Squirrel
Trip the Sungazer
Tangle the Lemur
Whisper the Wolf
Surge the Tenrec/Kit the Fennec
Agent Stone

Potential Guests
NiGHTS
Alex Kidd
Segata Sanshiro
Aigis
Arle Carbuncle
Mega Man
Korone Inugami

Spoiler: Potential Stages

So the stages would be spliced together through story reasons, and I'm trying to figure out which combinations would be visually/musically interesting...

(Sonic 1) Green Hill, Star Light
(Sonic 2) Chemical Plant, Casino Night, Metropolis, Death Egg
(Sonic CD) Stardust Speedway, Metallic Madness, Collision Chaos
(Sonic 3) Angel Island, Hydrocity, Ice Cap
(Sonic & Knuckles) Mushroom Hill, Flying Battery, Sandopolis, Sky Sanctuary, Lava Reef
(Sonic the Fighters) Aurora Icefield, Dynamite Plant
(Sonic Adventure) Station Square, Emerald Coast, Windy Valley, Speed Highway, Sand Hill
(Sonic Advance series) Chaos Angel, Sky Canyon
(Sonic Adventure 2) City Escape, Radical Highway, Metal Harbor, Pyramid Cave, Green Forest, Pumpkin Hill, ARK
(Sonic Heroes) Seaside Hill, Casino Park, Grand Metropolis, Mystic Mansion
(Sonic Battle) Emerald Coast
(Sonic Rush series) Water Palace, Dead Line, Blizzard Peaks
(Sonic 06) Crisis City, Kingdom Valley, Aquatic Base
(Sonic and the Secret Rings) Night Palace, Evil Foundry
(Sonic Unleashed) Rooftop Run, Windmill Isle, Cool Edge, Dragon Road, Eggmanland
(Sonic and the Black Knight) Misty Lake, Shrouded Forest
(Sonic 4 series) Lost Labyrinth
(Sonic Colors) Sweet Mountain, Starlight Carnival, Aquarium Park, Planet Wisp
(Sonic Lost World) Windy Hill, Honeycomb Highway, Sky Road
(Sonic Boom series) Bygone Island
(Sonic Mania) Studiopolis, Mirage Saloon, Press Garden
(Sonic Forces) Sunset Heights, Capital City, Mystic Jungle

I’ve been brainstorming ideas for potential character arcs as well...

Feel free to ask any questions and share your thoughts.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

I actually do have them on my initial roster. I hope you don’t mind that I just kinda had it so Zavok was the main fighter who’s assisted by the other 5 through some of his moves/supers

Honestly, Zavok as a lead character with the rest of the Deadly Six as big parts of his moveset is a flawless idea. Even if I have a rip-roaring Zeena bias in everything I do, Zavok representing the D6 as a whole through an assist mechanic is SUUUUUUUUCH a good idea.

Catch me maining my boy and spamming the Zeena and Zor assist moves.

 

[PLATINUM7]

Anyone else playing Avowed? It's so ****ing good.

I played the tutorial but I'm not in a rush to play more of it.

 

[cashregister9]

Some preliminary Epic Universe previews are coming out from staff members and some media, and it looks like the same problem that the other Universal Parks have plagues this one as well.

Some rides are so restrictive that if your waist is over a certain size or your just a bit too tall, you cannot ride some rides, which was a huge problem on my only trip to Universal and seeing that it is still a problem is a gigantic oversight and quite disappointing.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Some preliminary Epic Universe previews are coming out from staff members and some media, and it looks like the same problem that the other Universal Parks have plagues this one as well.

Some rides are so restrictive that if your waist is over a certain size or your just a bit too tall, you cannot ride some rides, which was a huge problem on my only trip to Universal and seeing that it is still a problem is a gigantic oversight and quite disappointing.

So I’m probably too fat for donkey Kong world. Sad.

 

[cashregister9]

So I’m probably too fat for donkey Kong world. Sad.

If it's any consolation, from my experience at the other parks the problem was also inconsistent, I was able to get on some rides people smaller than me had trouble with and vice versa.

Still it is a problem and Universal should know better by now, people have been complaining about this for years.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

If it's any consolation, from my experience at the other parks the problem was also inconsistent, I was able to get on some rides people smaller than me had trouble with and vice versa.

Still it is a problem and Universal should know better by now, people have been complaining about this for years.

I mean it’s not like I can even go to Florida without being lynched. But yeah, I guess if I ever get to go I might be able to do some stuff if it’s as inconsistent as you say.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Holy **** Sonic modders managed to make a proper PC port of Unleashed and the way it works means people are gonna be able to do this to any game stuck on the 360. This is gonna be ****in massive

EDIT: OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD

 

[Hex D. Jess]

Holy **** Sonic modders managed to make a proper PC port of Unleashed and the way it works means people are gonna be able to do this to any game stuck on the 360. This is gonna be ****in massive

EDIT: OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOD
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Damn time to look for a copy of Sonic Unleashed for the Xbox 360, sure hope it's not gonna cost an arm and a leg just to get one

 

[Pink Yoshi]

OH- MY- GOD I FINALLY FINISHED MY LATEST PIECE OF ART AND HOLY GOD THAT WILL COME MY BONES ACHE

Spoiler: Art + Extremely Catchy Song

One of the most iconic moments in Disventure Camp was a musical number performed by one of the teams in season 3 based on Dan Pundak's seminal silly love song "Piggyback". The boys wore these cute suits and the girls wore these glorious dresses. So I decided to combine these two fixations of mine and turn this into a Zor x Zeena fanart. I suffered greatly, but I finally got it finished! This is one of my favorite Zeenas I've drawn yet. I still have sizing issues with Zor tho lmao

I realize this is probably WAY too cheesy of a song to be associated with the Deadly Six of all characters, but I've also been known to associate Zor and Zeena with Scouting for Girls so at this point I've stopped caring

 

[---]

Calling it quits on the Unova Event for Go. Honestly the driest year yet, especially if you didn't pay for the Deluxe Research. No Shiny boosts, no roaming Thundurus/Tornadus to encourage walking around, and technically no truly new Pokemon.* To obtain both new forms you have to play around 8~10 Raids each to obtain, making things much more grindy.

*Due to a glitch about 2 years ago, a fair amount of people caught both Kyurem forms early, so Niantic had to issue an apology and delete the Kyurem from people's accounts/issue rewards that let you power up a regular Kyurem to max.

I did catch Shiny Vullaby, Snivy, Deerling (Autumn), Woobat, Unown U, and Hilbert Hat Pikachu.

Unless they do something interesting with Legends Z-A, Kalos for next year is looking pretty dry. Only 4 Pokemon left in the Kalos Dex (Honedge/Volcanion) and only 2 Regional Pokemon (Hawlucha/Klefki). I also have zero idea how they could make Alola interesting given they chose to give us both Necrozma forms last year instead of Arceus/Manaphy.

 

[Shroob]

Shower thought


FNaF is getting a killer in DBD 'early summer'

The next FNaF game is dropping in June



People are debating if the killer will be Freddy or Springtrap........... it's going to be the ****ing Mimic isn't it.

 

[Knight Dude]

Got 4 badges now. Team's looking solid, but I'm annoyed the beasts can just run even when they are put to sleep. That's BS.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

I was nosing around Tumblr earlier, trying to find D6 content, and I found this absolute masterpiece

WHEN I WAS-

I unfortunately didn't quite catch who made this, but whoever they were, Super Sonic bless them

 

[dezeray112]

gonna pray RDJ kills it as Doom

Having watched Oppenheimer, RDJ did a terrific job playing Lewis Strauss in which I predict he could potentially pull it off as Doom.

We don’t have much to go off of but if I were to guess:

Spoiler

Either there’s an unannounced movie that sets all of this up.

Or (and more likely)

Doomsday starts with Sam already having built the avengers again. Or we see him recruit people.

We get a scene like the age of Ultron where he’s leading the group for training about to say Avengers Assemble, when a distortion opens up or an explosion occurs.

The avengers are completely caught off guard.

Unbeknownst to everyone, the fantastic 4 accidentally bought their Doom with them when they abandon their universe. Or the Doom from the Illuminati universe found his way to ours to wreck havoc.

Without any time to prepare, the avengers are all caught up in this mess. They end up in different time periods or multiverses.

They have to face the main doom who has sue as his wife and Evil strange with him. Knowing 616 was a threat, they used their powers to completely weaken their heroes.

The new avengers are now split up and must find their way back together and stop Doom. They reconvene and overcome any doubts they had about themselves. However it’s too late, and Doom has succeeded in creating enough incursions to lure the beyonder out and cause the destruction of the multiverse.

He steals the beyonder’s powers and now it’s time for God Emperor Doom.

Spoiler

I believe that the filming for Avengers Doomsday will commence next month in London. There had also been a lot speculation to which actors and actresses could be heading to London for the filming.

I think it its certain that the Fantastic Four, maybe some of the Thunderbolts*, Captain America (Sam Wilson) Young Avengers, as well as the possibility of Spider-Man, Thor, Peter Quill, Wong, Captain Marvel, Shuri, Shang-Chi will play a certain role within the film.

But then again, I'm certain that there will be further details and casting news by San Diego Comic-con in a couple of months time.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

John Cena being evil before GTA6 drops is a wild thing

 

[Xyro77]

Man, I really want some Metroid Prime 4 news.

The April direct will have what you want.

Do people really hate change, or fear it? I mean, changes can be good. The following is not necessarily an example, but I must ask; the redesigns of the Chuck E. Cheese characters, they were not too bad, right?

Humans are creatures of habit and change contradicts that nature. That’s why most people do not like substantial change.

How's Monster Hunter Wilds?

My entire PSN friends list says everyone playing it. 40+ people.

the game is an absolute mess on PC from what Digital Foundry is saying though.