I, er... Actually I fear that might outstay its welcome after a bit - it might be a bit too frustrating to play that many times - but if it ends up cheap, then maybe we can become all-star alpaca champions or something.
Alpaca ball Allstars eSports here I come.
Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
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Subject: Re: What's eShopping about? Sat 29 Aug 2020 - 18:29
Finally a football game on the Switch to rival Rocket League.
The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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This was one of the first games I bought and completed on the Wii U. While it's not an all-time classic or anything, it's certainly inventive, atmospheric and memorable. I think it's £2.39 well spent if you've never played it before.
Treesmurf Dry Metal Baby Princess
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Literally the only bad thing I've ever heard anyone say about Little Inferno was that it had a steep asking price. At that kind of money, I'm almost tempted to give it a second go . . . probably won't though.
The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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I'm basically hanging about and waiting for Hotshot Racing at this point:
Sumo Digital are involved here, and it's taking inspiration from the right games, so it's a sure bet that this'll be the dog's bollocks. It's out on Thursday with 20% off on Switch. It's on Game Pass too if you've got the means to play it there.
masofdas The Next Miyamoto
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I'll post fuller thoughts on Hotshot Racing when I complete it in the coming days, but I've got to say, it's fallen short of my expectations.
On a happier note, I downloaded a demo for a game called Vitamin Connection earlier on. I urge you to give it a look, I thought it was class. It's seemed sort of like if Kuru Kuru Kururin was a Metroidvania with a J-Pop soundtrack.
I know there's a lot of games out at the minute, but it's maybe something to add to your wishlist someday
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I'll post fuller thoughts on Hotshot Racing when I complete it in the coming days, but I've got to say, it's fallen short of my expectations.
If you are still after another racing game then Interial Drift seems to have had some decent to good reviews. The concept of using twin sticks for drifting sounds interesting as well.
The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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Cheers for saying - I only found out about Inertial Drift last week, and it looks very interesting and novel. I'll be after another racer at some point, this'll probably be the one
Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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On a happier note, I downloaded a demo for a game called Vitamin Connection earlier on. I urge you to give it a look, I thought it was class. It's seemed sort of like if Kuru Kuru Kururin was a Metroidvania with a J-Pop soundtrack.
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I know there's a lot of games out at the minute, but it's maybe something to add to your wishlist someday
I mean, when you put it like that... it's not the sort of game I would have expected you to recommend and it's exactly the sort of game I'd expect to like. Co-op you say? Very intriguing, might well wishlist it. The trailer music did make me want to take a fork to my eardrums though.
The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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I loved that trailer music! It's silly. And I see what they did with the vitamin spaceship. It's a good job the Joy-Con wasn't shaped like a suppository...
But yeah, I'll add that to my now-giant wishlist.
Crumpy Andy Zeta Metroid
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Lads, I'm sitting here thinking about Hades, as I do quite often these days. Why aren't you sitting here thinking about Hades? (Unless you are Jas, in which case I'm sure you are, you've just not posted about how you are yet).
Start thinking about Hades kids, it's the flippin' best.
The_Jaster Din
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That's why I'm not thinking about it. I respect that it's received brilliant write-ups and it's nice to read that you're enjoying it, but the idea of it couldn't appeal to me less.
Yet on League Bowling's Nintendo UK webpage wrote:
“LEAGUE BOWLING” is a bowling game released by SNK in 1990. You are able to select your dominant arm and ball weight, using precise controls to play just like real bowling!
The_Jaster Din
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I think Hades definitely has a wider appeal than most other games in the genre but I've always looked at rogue-likes in a similar way to your classic arcade games except you replace your hi-scores with seeing how far you can get level (chambers of hell in this case) wise.
The big difference being you are either getting stronger by becoming more skilled at the games systems and/or getting permanent upgrades that help you.
Rum Disciple of Greener
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Yeah that's the worst way to describle the game, just imagine a game with perfect (and incredibly varied) combat and that's what you have here. Every run feels fresh as you use a different weapon and pick up different boons from the gods.
I wouldn't worry too much about Bastion or Transistor when comparing either to be honest, stylistically maybe, but the combat is streets ahead here.
The_Jaster Din
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I'm never not up for more waterfowl in gaming, but this does look like a very traditional run-and-gun shooter. Why can't we be blasting up ducks and geese and elderly villagepeople?
Which reminds me, the multiplayer mode for UGG is out now I think. It's a nice free gift but I think it'd lose the magic on a second playthrough, even with a second player.
The Cappuccino Kid Mani Mani Statue
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I think Mighty Goose looks brilliant, I'll be keeping an eye on how that develops
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Nintendo shadow dropped a new Kirby spin-off onto the eShop this morning:
Kirby Fighters Deluxe on 3DS wasn't amazing - I just don't think the Kirby games have interesting enough fighting mechanics to stretch over a full game without the platforming. Still, I thought it would be decent short-term entertainment for under a tenner so I went to download it.
It's £18!
Buskalilly Galactic Nova
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I still have a bunch of unplayed Smash content, but even if I didn't I can't imagine wanting to pay any amount of money for Kirby Fighters 2 unless it were a game where the cast of Street Fighter each take a turn beating up a Kirby.
Balladeer wrote:
Which reminds me, the multiplayer mode for UGG is out now I think. It's a nice free gift but I think it'd lose the magic on a second playthrough, even with a second player.
My thinking is that I'll get two friends who are both playing for the first time and merely spectate their playthrough.
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Fri 28 Aug 2020 - 23:31
I definitely do have Hades on the brain (great game) but mainly about how I am trying to fit it in between all my other games I want to play. 
