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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15057 Points : 15235 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sun 19 Jan 2020 - 1:47 | |
| I saw it on youtube the other day and it looked a little floaty for my tastes. |
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Jimbob Bargain Hunter
Posts : 4635 Points : 4661 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 42 Location : Milton Keynes
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sun 19 Jan 2020 - 20:46 | |
| I didn't realise how many Arcade Archives games were actually on the eShop; I happened to see the latest one this week, and it seems to be the arcade version of childhood Super Nintendo favourite Pop'n'Twinbee. I didn't even know that was a thing! It's not quite the same, but the SNES game is definitely a re-arrangement of it. They changed the controls outside of Japan it seems, probably because they assumed stupid Gaijin couldn't deal with 2 fire buttons [citation needed].
*looks up* - oh it's the PC Engine version. Well now I am confused. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6737 Points : 6899 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sun 26 Jan 2020 - 17:36 | |
| Want to bring your attention to a game that's 81% off and down to £1.75 on the eShop the now, called Heavy Burger.
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Johnny-Turbo-s-Arcade-Heavy-Burger-1459375.html
This is what I'm playing just now. It's a twin-stick competitive shooter with Capture The Flag rules. The twist is that it all takes places in the worlds of old Data East games, like Karate Champ, Side Pocket and Burger Time. I could imagine it being a brilliant multiplayer game, at least up to the value of £1.75. Jimbob's sister's ex-boyfriend would probably fart while playing it too. |
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Jimbob Bargain Hunter
Posts : 4635 Points : 4661 Join date : 2013-01-15 Age : 42 Location : Milton Keynes
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sun 26 Jan 2020 - 20:27 | |
| Oh my goodness, where did this come from? Yeah, I'm very interested in that. And in all fairness, my sister's current boyfriend would probably fart too. |
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The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
Posts : 6737 Points : 6899 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 105 Location : East of Mombasa
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Tue 11 Feb 2020 - 17:46 | |
| Zero Jones, Jones, Calling Zero Jones Zero Jones, Zero Jones, Get up now (Wake up now!) Zero Jones, Jones, Calling Zero Jones Zero Jones, Zero Jones, Wake up now (Wake up now!)
Mathland! |
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Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
Posts : 4195 Points : 4197 Join date : 2013-01-17 Age : 34 Location : Manneh
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Wed 12 Feb 2020 - 22:00 | |
| I've been secretly working on this game for a while now to get him to return and finally we reach the final stages of the plan. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 13 Feb 2020 - 19:49 | |
| Quick: everyone go on Twitter and tell him we've found the perfect game for him, but we won't tell him what it is unless he comes back to the forum./ |
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masofdas The Next Miyamoto
Posts : 24004 Points : 24404 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 34 Location : VITA Island
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 5 Mar 2020 - 21:49 | |
| Anyone downloading Murder by Numbers? I put it on March games and it sounded familiar, to see Balla picked for Fantasy Critic where it has a 82 at the moment on Opencritic.
Just wondering what any of you guys think. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sat 7 Mar 2020 - 15:40 | |
| It is so far up my street that I'm going to need a specialist medical professional to remove it, so yep I've downloaded it. I've grown a bit tired of samey Picross games of late, but this: this looks like just what the doctor ordered. (Hopefully not the same doctor that removed it from my street.) |
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masofdas The Next Miyamoto
Posts : 24004 Points : 24404 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 34 Location : VITA Island
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sat 7 Mar 2020 - 17:55 | |
| Mighty tempting and I have £3 in gold as well, that £7 isn't a big risk. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sat 7 Mar 2020 - 18:50 | |
| It's adorable thus far! You're a snarky detective, but your assistant is a flying virtual machine whose corrupted visual circuits provide the plot justification for the Picross and he's really cute. Also the music is from one of the fellows who worked on Ace Attorney, I believe, and it shows. Also it has a non-juddery anime-style opening so there's that. This might actually distract me from Digimon for a bit... |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova
Posts : 15889 Points : 15055 Join date : 2013-01-21 Age : 31 Location : The Shibuya River
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Tue 10 Mar 2020 - 17:36 | |
| It sounds like it's well worth a look. How's the writing been holding up, Balla? |
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masofdas The Next Miyamoto
Posts : 24004 Points : 24404 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 34 Location : VITA Island
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Wed 11 Mar 2020 - 23:38 | |
| I started Murder by Numbers today, instead of continuing on with TMS.
And got to say I really enjoyed case 1 which I continued playing till the end even after watching a podcast. |
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Muss Shiny Shuckle
Posts : 2557 Points : 2575 Join date : 2015-04-03 Location : The 5th Dimension
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 12 Mar 2020 - 16:36 | |
| I finally bought Celeste! |
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Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
Posts : 4195 Points : 4197 Join date : 2013-01-17 Age : 34 Location : Manneh
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 12 Mar 2020 - 20:27 | |
| You're in for a hell of a time Miss.
I to started Murder by Numbers and really like what I've played so far, writing is great and Picross is Picross, they've nailed it from my early impressions. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 12 Mar 2020 - 21:13 | |
| Lots of good choices being made here! Do chime in with your Celeste thoughts Muss, I'm always happy to see people enjoying the game. Unless you don't enjoy it, natch. - JayMoyles wrote:
- It sounds like it's well worth a look. How's the writing been holding up, Balla?
Like Smurf says, it's really good! It's got a good mix of snark and cuteness, puns and pathos. I do think they've nailed it, apart from the fact that... I think maybe I've gone off Picross a little. Right now it's getting in the way of the writing, apart from the hacking minigame which is apparently being patched to make it easier, but I love the challenge of. |
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masofdas The Next Miyamoto
Posts : 24004 Points : 24404 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 34 Location : VITA Island
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 12 Mar 2020 - 21:55 | |
| Be interested how you find Celeste, Muss as I found it to be like Undertale where highly praised then played and thought good but not as good as people made out. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 12 Mar 2020 - 22:12 | |
| I've just seen Smurf online playing MbN, and saw Crumpy playing it the other day too. It's great to see so many GNamerians suddenly jump on board with this. |
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JayMoyles Galactic Nova
Posts : 15889 Points : 15055 Join date : 2013-01-21 Age : 31 Location : The Shibuya River
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Fri 13 Mar 2020 - 23:33 | |
| I think I'm going to pick it up too, actually. I think something like MbN should be pretty chill, and that's the sort of game I'm after right now. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sun 15 Mar 2020 - 18:06 | |
| I've finished the game, and it remains strong throughout - and it is largely, as you say, 'chill'. Highly recommended, and it actually means 2020's off to a strong start for me! |
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Buskalilly Galactic Nova
Posts : 15057 Points : 15235 Join date : 2013-02-25 Age : 34 Location : Nagano
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Tue 17 Mar 2020 - 6:44 | |
| I really like the look of everything about MbN apart from the Picross puzzles, which I can't be arsed with. |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Tue 17 Mar 2020 - 9:08 | |
| I'm trying to convince The Lady, who's in the same boat, to play it with a walkthrough for the puzzles. Defeats half the point, maybe, but I think the story's strong enough to carry it. |
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masofdas The Next Miyamoto
Posts : 24004 Points : 24404 Join date : 2013-01-18 Age : 34 Location : VITA Island
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Tue 17 Mar 2020 - 9:14 | |
| I'm playing with the puzzles on easy as I've not played a picross game before and I want to play it like a VN. |
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Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
Posts : 4195 Points : 4197 Join date : 2013-01-17 Age : 34 Location : Manneh
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Thu 19 Mar 2020 - 21:17 | |
| Maybe it's because I haven't played Picross since 2017 but I've no issue with them in this game, as much as I'm enjoying the story I don't think it'd feel like much of a game without it. I must say though I find it quite funny when a puzzle in shoehorned in to the story because it's so weird out of context.
"Oh hey I got you a present"
"Great! Let me just get my robot to decipher what it is instead of just opening it". |
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Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
Posts : 26442 Points : 25277 Join date : 2013-01-16 Age : 35 Location : Admintown
| Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sat 21 Mar 2020 - 11:58 | |
| Valid. |
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