I guess I should make one of those "media" (mostly video games) threads for this year. Didn't continue my 2024 one when I switched sites but I'll do one now.
I guess I should make one of those "media" (mostly video games) threads for this year. Didn't continue my 2024 one when I switched sites but I'll do one now.
Honestly the difference between Mario fanservice and Donkey Kong fanservice is kinda insane to me. Like, Mario fanservice is really just acknowledging songs from previous games. Maybe a nod to a spinoff here, or some of the outfits in Odyssey, but usually they cap out at Mario 1 sprites.
December 30, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Honestly the difference between Mario fanservice and Donkey Kong fanservice is kinda insane to me. Like, Mario fanservice is really just acknowledging songs from previous games. Maybe a nod to a spinoff here, or some of the outfits in Odyssey, but usually they cap out at Mario 1 sprites.
Realizing that I think a lot of the reason Mario Odyssey falls a bit flat for me while I really like Bananza, a very similar game, is that despite Odyssey having absolutely massive levels there's very few points where there are any enemies placed around outside of sub areas
December 30, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Realizing that I think a lot of the reason Mario Odyssey falls a bit flat for me while I really like Bananza, a very similar game, is that despite Odyssey having absolutely massive levels there's very few points where there are any enemies placed around outside of sub areas
If there's any stupid big video that I'd ever want to make it's definitely one going in depth to the F-Zero series and the arcade origins of the Famicom Grand Prix series because I think it's really interesting that Nintendo's trend of copying homework led to some of my favourite games
December 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
If there's any stupid big video that I'd ever want to make it's definitely one going in depth to the F-Zero series and the arcade origins of the Famicom Grand Prix series because I think it's really interesting that Nintendo's trend of copying homework led to some of my favourite games
Kirby's fight with Nightmare blew up a part of the moon so it's a cartoon crescent just actually, but I always forget because A) all it's appearances before the final boss are the same crescent shape and B) Triple Deluxe's final boss in front of the moon forgets this
December 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Kirby's fight with Nightmare blew up a part of the moon so it's a cartoon crescent just actually, but I always forget because A) all it's appearances before the final boss are the same crescent shape and B) Triple Deluxe's final boss in front of the moon forgets this
Every once in a while I remember the early screenshots of Half Genie Hero where Shantae was an extremely pale white girl for some reason and wake up in a cold sweat
December 29, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Every once in a while I remember the early screenshots of Half Genie Hero where Shantae was an extremely pale white girl for some reason and wake up in a cold sweat
Thinking about the hypothetical, incredibly small chance that Dribble & Spitz get announced for Mario Kart World and BD Joe gets announced for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds in the same month
December 28, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thinking about the hypothetical, incredibly small chance that Dribble & Spitz get announced for Mario Kart World and BD Joe gets announced for Sonic Racing CrossWorlds in the same month
I think anyone who likes how CrossWorlds feels but thinks the items are too much should play a Sega Rally game cause I really can't stress enough how similar they feel (especially if you use technical drift)
December 28, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I think anyone who likes how CrossWorlds feels but thinks the items are too much should play a Sega Rally game cause I really can't stress enough how similar they feel (especially if you use technical drift)
The director for Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds (Ken Kobayakawa) mentions in a new Famitsu article that not only do they plan to continue supporting the game through 2026, but the team is also preparing more surprises than what was planned at the game’s launch!
They added like 400 new types of Pikmin things to Nintendo Today cause it's all I've been seeing for the past week despite not even selecting it as a series I'm interested in, meanwhile WarioWare only has one thing and it's a fart button.
December 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
They added like 400 new types of Pikmin things to Nintendo Today cause it's all I've been seeing for the past week despite not even selecting it as a series I'm interested in, meanwhile WarioWare only has one thing and it's a fart button.
I always think it's funny when people bring up failed technologies and mention 3D displays and I'm like... man I still think they're cool. I'm hoping Nintendo puts Zero Racers on Virtual Boy NSO so I can have a new 3DS game in 2026.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I always think it's funny when people bring up failed technologies and mention 3D displays and I'm like... man I still think they're cool. I'm hoping Nintendo puts Zero Racers on Virtual Boy NSO so I can have a new 3DS game in 2026.
It's crazy how much genAI being used sours my opinion on games, was playing a sequel to a game I liked and noticed some posters looked a little fucky despite there not being a label on the Steam store page and instantly got a sour taste in my mouth
December 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
It's crazy how much genAI being used sours my opinion on games, was playing a sequel to a game I liked and noticed some posters looked a little fucky despite there not being a label on the Steam store page and instantly got a sour taste in my mouth
Seeing someone call gay Sidon fanart "niche" while it's been nearly 2 months since Age of Imprisonment and I've seen not a single soul draw anyone from that game but Raphica and a single image of Ardi
December 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Seeing someone call gay Sidon fanart "niche" while it's been nearly 2 months since Age of Imprisonment and I've seen not a single soul draw anyone from that game but Raphica and a single image of Ardi
Thinking about how the entire chat of the Shadow the Hedgehog E3 Proto stream being like "hmmm, this sounds like Naganuma" whenever a completely unchopped vocal sample showed up in a scratch track, despite the final game having a song that sounds way more like Naganuma's style
Need a Sonic game with this energy of vocal sampling again
December 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Thinking about how the entire chat of the Shadow the Hedgehog E3 Proto stream being like "hmmm, this sounds like Naganuma" whenever a completely unchopped vocal sample showed up in a scratch track, despite the final game having a song that sounds way more like Naganuma's style