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I do wish that Nintendo would stop refraining for listing the prices for things in their uploads, but $5 for the Animal Crossing Switch 2 upgrade isn't bad.

A little disappointed that it likely means the next game is further out, but the accompanying free update is rather substantial.

I revisit games all the time, but never out of a need to see a performance boost.

Good on them though.

Going back to "Heartcatch" for this? That's pretty cool.

Part of me feels like Shiho not winning or even placing in the top 5 of the survey asking for who should get new costumes is something of an upset.

That being said, maybe people feel like she has plenty already, or that the whales prop her up.

Congrats to Maho & Miho for beating mom.

I keep forgetting that Kawasumi Ayako is the voice of Saber from Fate.

I instantly think of her roles in Garupan, Sky Girls, Zero no Tsukaima, Shana, and Initial D instead.

Another reminder to try to get back into Fate sometime.

Define your music taste with 8 artists

Kinda hard for me to do since I'm usually catching up on news and the such on the radio instead but:

Hamaguchi Shirō
HTT
m.o.v.e.
shade
Shiina Ringo
Stereopony
YMO
ZUN

Imagine reading spam e-mails just to keep up a streak on your e-mail service.

YouTube video by Jay Plays Archives Dynasty Warriors 2 Ending Credits

Started playing Dynasty Warriors 2 again in my free time, and it finally really clicked for me. It's still more of a proof of concept than anything, & surpassed in every way by 3-5, but there's some enjoyment to be had here.

Also my introduction to move:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_1a...

The first time I saw that notation, I had it flipped because I'm used to how telephones format those numbers.

Tsukasa to this day is wholly representative of my phone typing speed.

Apologies to everyone.

Yeah, fans ended up becoming so because of what the original end product is "compromises" included.

Nobody's really at fault when the game ultimately changes to become what was envisioned, qualities altered, & older fans getting disinterested. No shame in saying a series is no longer for you.

Finished the Direct

I thought that Galaxy2 would come as part of a NS2 edition of the collection. Want the Rosalina book. Yoshi is cute. Tennis seems to address all of my issues with Aces.

Koei-Tecmo all over. Fatal Frame, Ditto game, DW:Origins, etc. I'm thrilled probable key card aside.

DQVIIR!

It took me a bit, but I finally caught up with "Fuuto Tantei". I love it, but it did take me longer than I'd like as I haven't read a longer work in Japanese in a while.

That aside, "Kamen Rider W" was my first Kamen Rider. It's weird to think that I'm now "current" with it as an ongoing series.

Title Screen

In-game conversation. Your guesswork that you fill out in your dictionary appears above the word.

The words you've come across so far with a textbox above for your deductions.

I recently played "7 Days To End With You". It's interesting from a language learning perspective as you break down an unknown language via context

Story is fine,but not the focus. I find myself wishing grammar played a larger role, but at that point we're talking making a conlang. I'd recommend it

Swung by Kino today and picked up a few things.

"Akane Banashi" 16&17
"Owaru Sekai no Shuugaku Ryokou" 2&3 (story finishes digitally)
"Ganbare, Douki-chan" 2&3

WSJ #36-37 & #39 (thanks @spaceshinji.bsky.social)

Missed out on the Akane one for #38, but them's the breaks.

The consolidation of the internet did a number on community discussion.

I do have to commend their efforts in actually fleshing out Zhang Jiao & Dong Zhuo

The combat revamp actually works for me, but it does leave me curious about the future. It feels like if we get a new game with more playable characters, clone weapons are here to stay. That's just speculation though

Beat "Dynasty Warriors Origins"!

I liked it, & it's probably my goty so far, but it's not without some personal qualms. I'm largely positive on it though.

Liu Bei's portrayal with their refusal to state his pretty clear goal in restoring the Han gets to me. No free mode, Hua Tuo "surprise"?, etc

Stay Gold taught me that you can brake check a horse. Crazy stuff.

I think it rarely truly matters, and long-time fans are oblivious to how much even games in long-running series will inform newcomers of prior information that they'd need to know to not feel lost.

I just like playing things in release order out of personal preference.

If I get every fortune, then that'd have to make me the most fortunate.

Have to spread out these rations for sure.

I visited the local Chinese place, and must've been given 20+ fortune cookies.

I now have a stockpile that I don't know what to do with.

Holo has arrived!

We get it a bit late here. That will arrive next week.

Actually picked up some manga for the first time in quite a while. Not sure how much I'll import either in the future given recent developments.

Beat "The Legend of Zelda:The Windwaker" for the first time recently on NSO

Played the demo on that collection disc for GameCube & tried the full title prior, but my save corrupted

Never found sailing time & the triforce quest to be an issue?

Dungeons felt on the weaker side. Solid overall though

That line does signify a real lean towards multiplayer doesn't it? I don't think I'd be able to say the same as a result being almost exclusively single-player.

My plan now is to just sit on Carats until the Halloween vampire Rice Shower comes out, and then just spam them all to hopefully get ☆ ups as well.

It's just me playing the long game.

Bounced off "Uma Musume" before because I usually drop gacha, but it finally stuck.

I'm all about Rice Shower, but I have pretty dismal luck managing her mood.

Re-rolled legacies specifically for her (McQueen/Rudolf/Hayahide) and used the SSR ticket on Rice.

Lucked into max Kitasan Black as F2P.