Eric Dude

Are we there yet?

 

 

Did mrtame get an answer about Tal Tal Heights?  It's relevant to my interests.

I confirmed this in an earlier post, the jam is alive and well. 

 

Thanks.  Sorry; got distracted by all of Matsu's FWP whining.  ;-)

 

OK, I gotta stick up for matsu here. I noticed the frame drop right away, and I was in disbelief,because how can a major Nintendo release in 2019 have something that almost amounts to a glitch? I got used to it, but I'm with him; it's somewhat inexcusable in a full retail release that costs $60.

 

"Awww hell naaaw, wassup dawg?"

 

from the Fensler Films GI Joe

 

^ This one. Except I say it to literal dogs when I'm out in public.

 

I love saying this to dogs with their heads sticking out the car window. It makes more sense here, because it's like "surprise, dog! wassup dog?"

"Awww hell naaaw, wassup dawg?"

from the Fensler Films GI Joe

"What's updog?"

from the Office

Both make little sense out of context.

Sounds like you nailed what you were going for!

 

it also looks like it should be $10.

 

I don't comprehend this sentiment at all.

 

I can kinda understand it, because if you've beaten it 3-4 times already, it feels weird paying full price. But you gotta understand this is a full remake on a current console, and that pretty much qualifies it as an AAA title. And people new to the game will snatch it up at full price.

I am enjoying it so far. It is not blowing me away, but I didn't expect that it would. Once I discover the custom dungeon elements, then I might be really excited.

You know what's NOT exciting? Getting no emails about the SNES controller going on sale, and then finding out that preorders sold out in like a day. Blah, thanks Nintendo. Maybe I should just get one of those 8bitdo controllers.

I also dig the hell out of this thread!

On the one hand, the CD era music is stuff I genuinely enjoy. The SingleTrac catalog gets a little repetitive after you listen to an entire soundtrack of it, but it is still well produced rock.

On the other hand, I definitely would use "butt rock" as pejorative when it comes to 16-bit era music. There are soooooo many great arrangements on the SNES and Genesis that are just executed so poorly with awful samples. SNES is a bigger culprit here, as stuff like Maximum Carnage, Mega Man X2, and the like is borderline unlistenable outside of the context of the game. I've actually been wanting to make a thread about that for a while.

I don't think we're any closer to defining what butt rock is, but consider this: perhaps it could be described as rock music that is trying too hard?

edit: Actually, I should lump N64 in with the "bad" butt rock. Somehow they managed to have worse samples than the Super Nintendo. My god!!!!!

I loved Delanie Walker crushing them in the post-game press conference with a Dennis Green reference. THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE. Crown their asses.

Mayfield is a tool, so I'm fine with this outcome.

Cool. Well, I'm looking forward to a sweet Norg arrangement! That would be a neat culmination to this thread.

I didn't know about Bimmy until last year. I was just the right amount of surprised, I felt.

Pretty dope interview with Yuzo Koshiro about VG music:

https://www.nintendo...nintendo_switch

Fucking dope as fucking FUCK, and probably deserves its own thread.

Is it "deserves its own thread fuk u" level?

I'm surprised you even have to ask the question, but FUK U, YES!

Update on the ear situation: not ear wax, and also no hearing damage. What I may have is Eustachian Tube dysfunction, which can happen with sinus problems/allergies. It may just go away on it's own, but I am now taking Flonaze. Just knowing that my ears aren't damaged is a relief, but a bit annoying that the ENT can't quite figure this out yet. Ah well. I've got all my limbs, I don't have cancer, I'm SUPERB.

Question for everyone who still has a copy of Contra 4... is it just me or does the d-pad suck for this game on every DS/3DS system except the original phat DS?  You can't aim diagonally without using excessive pressure which makes twitch aiming basically impossible.  The game is nearly unplayable on anything but a DS phat.

This gave me a good excuse to revisit what was one of my favorite games released on the DS. I played it first on the 3DS, and it was just fine. I was able to make it to the end of the first stage, and all of my deaths were from being unaware of bullets from faraway enemies. I wasn't fighting the controls. Are you using the R-button to fix your position when aiming? I do find it unplayable if you don't use that approach.

On my DS lite, it was more difficult, because the buttons are more cramped, but I certainly don't find it unplayable. I have beaten the game on the DS Lite, so... I dunno. Maybe you're just old and Contra 4 is hard (I only got as far as halfway through Stage 2, don't feel bad son).

I gotta say, Contra 4 is one of the most brilliant modernizations of a classic game. The new developers totally nailed what the first 3 Contra games were about.