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Zigzagoon posted...

zapdos is a good design

well yeah but the real Zapdos isn't here, it's the terrible Galarian form

meowth
again

MartinFF7 posted...

it's 1 save rounds MZero he was kidding around

oh his two votes and the bot telling me perr was safe threw me off!

@xenosaga

bold meowth

nothing can stop Locke now

I have now completed the Mystery set... except for Lickitung. This is just absurd at this point lol

I'm up to 213/226 cards

I'm missing 8 rare cards, 4 promos, and... Lickitung

colliding posted...

I really think y'all (and I would include myself here) are "speaking from a place of privilege" when describing how easy the old FF games are. I think we're just good at them. But this is a tricky thing to prove so I'll just take the L.

you could say the same thing about the people saying FFXVI is too easy tbh

Mandatory online connection out of principal

wow I'm averaging one save per round that's pretty good

meowth;king

mahjong sucks

Game #8 - Excitebike (Nintendo, 1984)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/0/5/4/AAN-f8AAExbu.jpg
Final time: 1:20

I got first place on all five tracks, which is good enough for me. I did the first four with other racers, but for the last track I just played by myself. I did this for two reasons. First, when you collide with another racer, you bail 99% of the time and they just keep riding like nothing happened. They can just change into your lane at will and wipe you out without any risk and it's kind of lame. Second, the other racers don't even matter because other racers will just spawn further down the track, and your placement is determined entirely by your time and not where the other racers are.

As for the game itself, I'm not a huge fan. I don't like the way the crashes work and how sometimes your guy just rolls for days. I even saw my guy roll up and ramp and all the way down the other side, losing like 10 whole seconds. Other than that, I guess it's fine, but I'm not a big racing fan so I was probably never going to really get into it. Running solo is a lot better than playing with CPUs though, and it feels good when you hit a ramp or sequence of ramps perfectly. Mechanically, it's pretty impressive for the time, and I believe the engine it uses for acceleration was later adapted to Super Mario Brothers, so we should thank it for that at least. The controls don't suck, so that's enough to slot it solidly ahead of Ice Climber.

Also, I didn't touch it, but you can design your own tracks. I'm no historian, but I feel like a level designer is pretty impressive for the mid-80's. Does anyone know any other games that have one from this time period?

NES games beaten: 7/65
Total games beaten: 8/217
Total play time: 27 hours, 49 minutes

MZero Game Ranking

Pokemon Trading Card Game
Balloon Fight
Ice Hockey
Excitebike
Ice Climber
Mario Bros.
Baseball
Donkey Kong

ctesjbuvf posted...

Was Excitebike the next one?

I guess you beat the 5(?) tracks in both solo and race or whatever it's called?

I don't think there's any reason to do both, one or the other is enough imo

raining men

wg64Z posted...

I hated that if I died to a boss, I'd skip right to the phase I died on and have all of my potions completely restocked. Like cmon man...

loved this tbh

it only happened to me on NG+ though which I only played for the trophy and I was severely underleveled because I skipped everything possible

pjbasis posted...

Where in Japan does mzero live

I live in Nagoya but no one ever comes here so I usually meet up with friends in Osaka when they visit

MartinFF7 posted...

I don't recall you giving pj grief for not connecting with you when he was visiting... unless a top-secret rendezvous was arranged in the PMs!

I didn't notice he was coming until it was too late :(

I've met Menji out here like three times though

MartinFF7 posted...

I thought you were in New Jersey Ulti? or do you just lay claim to the whole tri-state area, lol.

It's cool I lay claim to a whole country

Final Fantasy IX
Every Mega Man game

Game #7 Pokemon Trading Card Game (Nintendo, 1998)
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/7/8/AAN-f8AAExGO.jpg

Final time: 15:19
Cards: 201/226

Towards the end I crafted a Fire/Psychic deck that I really liked, but I put in Electric-types in place of Fire for the Articuno battle and in place of Psychic for the Dragonite battle. For the rival fight, I put my original deck back together... but forgot to replace the Electric energies with Psychic energies, so my Psychic Pokemon were completely useless. And yet, I somehow won!

I started with a Mr. Mime against his Kangaskhan and had a Charmander on the bench with Charmeleon and Charizard in hand, so I just powered up my Charmander until he was ready to solo. I started by switching his weaker Pokemon in and killing them with Charmeleon, and I almost lost him because I wasnt paying attention to his health, but the coin went my way for one and his Jolteon only got one hit of double kick, keeping me alive with 20 HP. Then I evolved into Charizard and cruised to victory.

Comparing this to the NES games weve played thus far doesnt even really feel fair. I mean, we did jump like 10 years into the future with this game, so it just feels a lot more modern. Also, it has Pokemon which is also a plus! Comparisons aside, I really like this game aside from the coin being a jerk. Its basically just combining two things I already like: Pokemon games and the Pokemon Card Game. The terminology is different and there are no towns or routes, but its basically like fighting 8 gyms, an elite four, and a champion, but instead of Pokemon battles you play the card game. I actually did play the TCG with my friends growing up, so its a good little dose of nostalgia as well. Plus, I started with the OG set (the one that came with a Machamp), so I remember all the cards. I really hope they put the second one up because I dont want to spend $60 on a used copy.

Also, Im going to try to get all the cards, but theres a decent chance I give up before finishing!

GB/C games beaten: 1/17
Total games beaten: 7/215
Total play time: 26 hours, 29 minutes

MZero Game Ranking

Pokemon Trading Card Game
Balloon Fight
Ice Hockey
Ice Climber
Mario Bros.
Baseball
Donkey Kong

Frank

not sure why since I'm not even exactly sure who that is, I've just heard his name before

I am the digletts

That time works if I can manage to wake up early

Locke

20. Beat an action game
Balloon Fight

Half-way there!

26/52

Cared more when I lived in a more suitable time zone but hard to care as much these days since I miss more rounds than I make

back

slash

LeonhartFour posted...

Cowherd in particular has refined the art of the take

he doesn't care how horribly wrong he turns out to be, he'll act like he never made that take and proceed to take the opposite one

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/4/7/AAN-f8AAEw6z.jpg

never forget

Got the seventh medal in Pokemon TCG. The Psychic gym leader was such a little turd stalling me out with a Mr. Mime/Alakazam combo, but I was never in any real danger of losing as I had one more card in my draw pile down the stretch. I could have let him draw himself to death, but towards the end I got a sleep to stick on his Mr. Mime to shut down his Pokemon Power, allowing me to take it out. Then I Bill'd into the last card in my deck, a Charizard, evolved my fully loaded Charmeleon, and smoked his Alakazam to collect my last prize card with 0 cards left in my deck. Much more satisfying win!