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Regardless of whether or not changing the text is likely to break anything (I was under the assumption that it shouldn't but I admit I'm not an expert), I will say that I completely overlooked the existence of voice acting because I'm mentally still living in 1998 where it isn't a thing. It does make sense that it would take longer to fix it given the need to record a bunch of new lines.

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Yeah but name changes are easy (even though it will "take time to roll out correctly"??) whereas actual growth as human beings is difficult and time-consuming. Better to just do the former and hope people forget about your actual problems.

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Kafkaesque is when you turn into a bug overnight, and the bigger the bug, the more Kafkaesque it is

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Hot take: Cryptocurrency should be legal but buying or selling NFTs should get you the death penalty

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Jakyl25 posted...

thatalso excludes Metroid

tbh Metroid 1 barely counts as a Metroidvania anyway because exploration in that game is painful, not rewarding

to be clear this is a joke but I think I actually kinda believe it too

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Epyo posted...

In Symphony of the Night, there's the double jump, the mist, the bat...and that's it, right? Other areas get unlocked by keys, switches, or plot.

There are a couple more, though the places they let you explore are optional IIRC. Wolf, super jump, snorkel for water. You also need items/equipment to go certain places, I think, like the spike breaker armor.

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Portrait of Ruin isn't a "true" Metroidvania yeah. Close enough that I wouldn't try to correct someone about it though.

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foolm0r0n posted...

It doesn't refer to any of the RPG elements, only the map and abilities

It totally does refer to the RPG elements though.

DeepsPraw posted...

are there any?

The Divide: Enemies Within is an obscure one for the PS1! The first upgrade you get is unbroken legs.

Mac Arrowny posted...

A lot of Zelda games fit the bill, honestly. OoT included.

The world isn't seamless enough for me to count them honestly. It's close though. Maybe it's a Metroidvania-like!

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NeatoAnAccount posted...

Who's heard of "exploration action" but not "metroidvania" though? This is a nonexistent category of person. Exploration action would maybe be a slightly easier term for this hypothetical person to learn, but this hypothetical person doesn't exist.

Oh yeah, absolutely. I was just using a hypothetical situation to say that the term doesn't even really tell you that the genre is unlike an FPS or an RPG. Maybe it tells you it's not, like, a sports game or a VN, though.

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NeatoAnAccount posted...

Also exploration action is a really generic term. Like sure, you can tell won't play like an FPS or JRPG

I wouldn't even say this. If someone who didn't know what a Metroidvania was played Metroid Prime and Symphony of the Night, they could easily come away from that saying "okay, I played an FPS and a JRPG. Where are the exploration action games?"

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Let's be honest though, if ertyu ended up arrested for "bobs punching" some woman literally none of us would be surprised.

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plasmabeam posted...

No silly/forced romantic subplots. Instead the focus is on developing friendships and loyalties.

I love the lack of drama between Vyse and his two girlfriends.

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Lightning Strikes posted...

This is absolutely right. I adore Castlevania and especially the Iga ones, however it is definitely an imposter here. The gap between Metroid 1 and Symphony of the Night is 1.5x the gap between Symphony of the Night and Cave Story, and most Castlevania games arent even Metroidvanias in any way.

It's undeniable that SotN changed the genre and pushed it towards its current form, though. Melee combat, visible stats, usable items, non-essential armor and weapons, enemy drops, NPCs, a viewable bestiary -- all of these are things SotN brought in. It also really codified how Metroidvania maps work, to the extent that even future Metroid games copied SotN's map -- though that difference is pretty small so you could definitely argue it was just the natural evolution from Super Metroid.

I might get push-back for this but Cave Story is really barely even a Metroidvania at all. That game is extremely linear and plot-heavy. It's also full of a lot of what I'll call "events" for lack of a better term. Escorting Curly, finding the 5 dogs, etc. Most Metroidvanias have maybe one of these, at the end of the game typically, because otherwise it impacts your ability to explore the world. Cave Story also has a lot less in the way of character progression than other Metroidvanias.

(The rest of this post isn't really a response to you, I'm just using this as an opportunity to go off about something I find interesting)

Really, I think we could even break down Metroidvanias into these three styles:

Super Metroid style (typically: ranged combat, light RPG elements, sci-fi setting, floaty controls): Metroid Prime, Shadow Complex, The Divide: Enemies Within, Axiom Verge, Xeodrifter, Gato Roboto, A Robot Named Fight!, arguably Ori

SotN style (typically: melee combat, heavy RPG elements, fantasy setting, tighter controls): IGAvanias, Bloodstained, Chasm, Aquaria, Momodora, Touhou Luna Nights, arguably Hollow Knight

Cave Story style (story-focused, less character progression, heavy use of events/gameplay challenges): All I can think of here is Iconoclasts, but I'm sure there are others! This style isn't my cup of tea so I don't seek them out.

There's definitely room for disagreement about where a game should be placed, and some (like Yoku's Island Express) defy the categorization entirely, but I think when you play enough of these games the different styles really do become apparent.

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I loved it but I thought the story was pretty weak, especially compared to the PS4 Spiderman

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Elliot Quest is a game that came absolutely out of nowhere for me, in that I bought it just because it was 10 cents marked down from $10 on the Switch eShop. Ended up being a very, very good Zelda 2-like that I did almost everything in.

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MZero posted...

Metroidvania is used in Japanese, too

Oh that's... legitimately surprising to me, since Castlevania isn't even called Castlevania there.

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As with all other cases of trying to control language to replace a natural and accepted term with a new, prescribed one: good luck with that!

Edit: Actually it seems more like this is just a direct translation and probably not meant for English audiences at all? Obviously Metroidvania doesn't exist as a term in Japan in the first place.

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8/10

What if shounen anime but good?

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He's not wrong though, I'm a leftist and I do hate Fox News viewers and their babies.

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Skyward Sword's story was fine, but I'm not inclined to put it in my top 3 for the series. Thought it was generally excellent otherwise though. The decision to make the overworld basically one giant dungeon is A+++.

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plasmabeam posted...

Majora's Mask definitely. The storyline is basically Zelda x Silent Hill.

That's the only (important) Zelda game I haven't played so I'll have to take your word for it...!

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7.5

I've definitely come to like this one more as I've gotten older. I actually disagree with what some others have said -- OoT's story is significantly more interesting than the standard Zelda fare. I hesitate to say it's the best story in the series, but I'm not sure what I'd put above it. That being said, OoT's story suffers the most of any of them from Link just not being a very good character. Drop a more emotive Link from e.g. WW or BotW into OoT and you fix the biggest problem it's got.

Putting this on day 64 was a cute touch~

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paperwarior posted...

Er... Should I have gotten proof of vaccination? I don't remember getting it.

Yeah you're supposed to get a little square of cardstock that shows your dates of vaccination (first and second dose if applicable). Uh, assuming you're in the US, of course; not sure about other countries.

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It's Courtroom Revolutionnaire and it's not that close

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mnkboy907 posted...

Now, when you go to Retry a level after completion, you will get to select the Research Level again so you don't have to exit out in order to select the same stage with a different Research Level
You now have the ability to go directly to camp without having any photos assessed
If you achieve a LenTalk Mission with one of your photos, they will get flagged as meeting the requirements before you get it assessed

Wow, these are probably my three biggest complaints about the game all fixed

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6/10

It was decent. I liked the idea a lot but the execution could definitely be improved. The ending in particular was pretty disappointing.

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Neither one of those examples should merit police violence so uhhhh they are actually the same in that regard

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Total medals, just to piss off the "if you ain't first you're last" people

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Vindicate is so cool and would be on my own list for sure.

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Polar Kraken is badly designed garbage and I love it

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Makes sense, thanks!

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It was about how creepy his youtube channel is so I hope so, but...

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Johnbobb posted...

I'm not happy about it either

A couple years ago I overheard my niece mention Preston and I swear I felt my soul leave my body

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masterplum posted...

10. Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Definitely a very cool effect. I'm not sure I understand the flavor here though, but maybe that's because I'm not seeing it in the context of the rest of the set (since I haven't kept up with Magic in like a decade).

masterplum posted...

9. Rules Lawyer

LMAO, this card is ridiculous. It doesn't seem particularly unbeatable though, like doesn't it die to removal just fine since it only protects "other" permanents?

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Gotta play this one someday.

Out of curiosity, if I only care about the story, is this a game where I could read/watch a let's play and get most of the experience, or is the gameplay pretty essential?

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I can think of a couple but they're games that are story-light in general. Like FFTA, Paper Mario. That feels like it's against the spirit of the question though.

I do think I agree with FFX being one.

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I feel like I'm going crazy because I distinctly remember the end of Xenoblade being stupidly easy. My memory is that doing even a moderate amount of side content makes you extremely overleveled and as a result you just steamroll the final bosses. The superbosses are admittedly a different story.

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Wow, did not expect free updates for this game. Nice surprise!

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Team Rocket Elite posted...

I'm not sure they could. It seems like the Sharknado trademark was active at the time the card came out.

That's the joke, but I can't fault you because it wasn't actually very funny

masterplum posted...

1 Un Card

Random guess for B.F.M.

No clue on the other 9 lol

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LMAO I looked at side-by-comparisons and didn't even notice, but that makes sense. Maybe I remembered that it was changed and just assumed it was for cleavage because they were hella strict about that

Honestly the hearts look better anyway. A good change!

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7.5/10

I almost said this was classic "falls apart in act 3" syndrome, but in retrospect I might like act 3 better than act 2? Hard to say without replaying it, and I don't hate any of the acts, they're just a little uneven. The characters, the incredible setting, and a great act 1 earn it a pretty decent score in any case.

Also I'd like to change Gone Home to an 8.5 please, been thinking about that game again since rating it and my score was definitely too low.

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I also remember starter decks being more, but I can completely believe I just had no concept of what expensive was as a kid. Also, $10 then was a bit more than $10 now.

Just caught up with the last few writeups. Injection Fairy Lily is a great #1 pick, cool card with an interesting (and useful) effect. For some reason I was convinced that Injection Fairy Lily was one of the cards censored for the US release and even remembered that being the reason the wings on the front of her outfit look so goofy, but looking into it now it seems like I... totally imagined that! The wings were just always goofy. Weird.

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cerna_zelva posted...

you can't blame a company with thousands of employees for the actions of a handful. If that was the case, every company in the world with more than 500 employees is "guilty".

*thinking emoji*

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Anagram posted...

What's funny is that PW1 is the only one with three-day cases, isn't it?

It makes sense, the pacing was definitely off in PW1 because of that.

Then they forgot all about pacing in SOJ anyway so they might as well have just done 3-day cases there!

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My secret hope for AA7 is that they go back in time and make it about Mia between 3-1 and 1-1. The woman's supposed to be a legendary defense attorney -- well, let's see it!

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They should have really owned up to it and just named that one Sharknado.

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Californication or Dani California

Zephyr Song probably rounds out my top 3 though!

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Change of Heart is such a cool card

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Glad (and surprised!) to see Chub Toad on here, that one was always one of my and my sister's favorites, mostly for the flavor text.

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It's definitely Reagan or Jackson, but LMAO who thinks Wilson is even decent??

Trump is also up there because of his cult. Big shout-out to FDR, Truman, JFK, LBJ, and Obama for being overrated even by people I otherwise agree with.

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