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SMALF (COMMS OPEN) @smalf.bsky.social · Sep 8

Had to spend the money I had on repairs so I'll be taking one or two of these to recover a bit, reposts are greatly appreciated
#commissions #commissionsopen

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tucker

@tuckeryart.bsky.social

November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM

SMALF (COMMS OPEN)

@smalf.bsky.social

Can I really call myself a "creative" when I struggle being creative. I know oftentimes one tends to be our own worst critic but I sincerely don't think I can come up with any compelling ideas. at least nothing that I could realistically see people care about

November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM

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Oh my god dude that's Aishe during the quest to release Sir Mervyn. She doesn't show up until like a dozen hours after this point in the original, they're restructuring the story progression THAT much

Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 2d

On New Gameplay Today, we've got an exclusive look at Dragon Quest VII Reimagined! We show off how this new remake of this classic Dragon Quest adventure changes things up while retaining its charm.

youtu.be/hT5yaxleOXA

November 13, 2025 at 5:53 PM

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC

@crtpixel.bsky.social

SUPER MARIO BROS. DELUXE
NINTENDO EAD 1999
(Captured on Game Boy Color)

November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM

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splendidland🌱

@splendid.land

F-ZERO GX is one of the greatest games because it has 40 playable characters that aside from around 5 or 6 of them nobody has ever really thought that much about, and gives all of them voice acted interviews and their own theme song and short film. this game Loves guys like "Octo Man" and "Billy"

November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM

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DOKI DOKI CRT PANIC

@crtpixel.bsky.social

SUPER MARIO GALAXY
NINTENDO EAD 2007
NINTENDO Wii

Toad and Toadette enjoying the geomagnetic storm together

November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM

SMALF (COMMS OPEN)

@smalf.bsky.social

WOAH??? Is this gonna be separate or are they gonna replace the Hubble scenario with this??? Holy fuck

November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM

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VGArtAndTidbits

@vgartandtidbits.bsky.social

Torneko's Great Adventure - two-page Super Famicom ad (1993).

November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM

SMALF (COMMS OPEN)

@smalf.bsky.social

YouTube occasionally throwing you a recent video under 1k views continues to be one of the best features they've added in a while

Castlevania 3 - Mad Forest - Funky Guitar Cover

YouTube video by Schneider

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November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM

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🖌️ ✨💙Mintt💙 ✨🖌️🆖

@mutant-girl-mintt.bsky.social

[ #art, #digitalart, #dragonquest ]

Yeah i married the bossy diva

November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM

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Supper Mario Broth

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Super Mario World has an extremely eclectic art style whereby many enemies are drawn in completely different ways. Development files reveal Mario went through many stylistic changes; it is possible that all the enemies were made to fit Mario, but at different points in time.

November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM

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@smalf.bsky.social

I think what bothers me the most about HD2D games is how talkative they are. A game that looks like that having every single line of dialogue voice acted just feels wrong to me, I don't know

November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM

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YESSSSSSSSSSS

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 3d

another look at Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, out Feb 5

November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM

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DoiDuh

@doiduh.bsky.social

part of an art trade

November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM

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かとら

@katoraman.bsky.social

今迄描いた中で一番お気に入りの春日野さくらさんを再掲するのすw

#格ゲーキャラ描こうぜ
#streetfighter

November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM

SMALF (COMMS OPEN)

@smalf.bsky.social

Ramblings motivated by seeing people bemoan the word "streamlined", very scattered thoughts, I'm not great at vocalizing my thoughts so my bad if some of it is worded weird lol

So I had only played the 3DS version of the game before, I decided to replay it through the original PS1 release to see how it compared to the 3DS remake and as a refresher for the upcoming one, most of all I wanted to see how the first few hours of it were originally, I knew the puzzles inside the Shrine of Mysteries were cut to introduce battles earlier and that was always a sore point when comparing the two, and I can see why, it's a very well-designed dungeon with a focus on puzzles that isn't common with the series, what I thought was weird though was how short it was.
Of the roughly 2-3 hours spent before the first battle screen the dungeon only took me about 30-45 minutes, the rest was spent going back and forth making sure I spoke to the right NPCs in the right order to get the damn thing open and all the shards to go to the first island, and I think this experience is emblematic of what makes Dragon Quest VII such an almost aggravatingly lengthy game: even though its linear, more isolated chapter format is great and allows for each of the individual vignettes to stand out more on their own it; because of how each island in the first half of the game exists in a vacuum and how little there generally is to their setpieces and locations it makes most of the progression within them unfold by going from point A to point B, then back to point A before going to point C to talk to one NPC so another in point A gives you a different dialogue that finally gives you the damn shard for the next island, the amount of backtracking you do in this game is comical almost.

Something you'll see brought up a lot by people looking forward to the remake is the fact that the vocation system gets introduced about 40 hours in, and they're right, this is without a doubt the worst aspect of this game and I don't think it's really properly emphasized who bad it is: the character that gets the most amount of spells before reaching that point is Maribel, the last of which comes at level 11, which you're like to reach about 2 or 3 islands prior to Alltrades Abbey. As far as debuffs go (which are more or less the crux to Dragon Quest's combat) you only get Sap, Snooze and Dazzle to lower the defense, put to sleep and reduce the accuracy of enemies respectively; these stop working reliably on bosses at around the time you get them all. What follows after that point is the driest the combat has ever been in this series, where the most reliable strategy to deal with a boss you're stuck on is to grind for money to get better equipment which really, really does not come by cheap, you're likely to go up several levels before you can give your party the best weapons available but it's nowhere near as significant as equipping the Hero with a lance.

I've talked about it before but even though the cut content is unfortunate there's ultimately very little of value being lost as most of it is side content; the casino is likely gone to circumvent the age rating and it's being replaced with the arena, the Grading Association is gone along with El Ciclo's scenario which personally I think is fine, that kind of stat minmaxxing contest has always been unfun in this series and it wasn't an exception in this game, Monster Meadows was a neat concept that ultimately offered nothing of value, Immigrant Town is the biggest loss and even then it's very easy to miss, it's never explicitly clear what NPCs can go.
I originally didn't fully understand the rationale to cutting some of this stuff but seeing how much they're willing to shake up the structure of the game it starts to makes sense with how much would have to be changed for these things to fit in, I think the changes that have been revealed thus far have all been largely justified.

I understand the context in which Dragon Quest VII exists and how unique its structure is compared to other games in the series and how that makes some people apprehensive at the idea of a remake that's willing to shift its foundations to this extent; as annoying as I can find it at times I still hold this game in high regards and it's that reverence that has me optimistic about this remake, I'd like a version of this game I can feasibly replay more often as I do with IV and V, I'd like a version of this game that's more palatable for my friends to try out, all the changes they've mentioned have made sense in my eyes and Horii's involvement is also reassuring, I think this not only has the potential to be great, it's likely to be great, I have yet to see anything that convinces me this isn't in good hands. I know there's a lot of inherent disdain towards remakes, especially at games like this that have something of a cult following, but I earnestly do believe this game could use it.

November 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM

SMALF (COMMS OPEN)

@smalf.bsky.social

Seeing Remake Doomerism over DQVIIR again thanks to that new GameInformer article talking about the length. I've been in bed all afternoon but this is gonna make me get up to say my piece

November 10, 2025 at 11:16 PM

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hid

@hidpict.bsky.social

スターグラディエイターのジューン再掲
絵チャで描いたものにテクスチャを追加しています。

November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM

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Sick Combos

@sickcombos.bsky.social

Terry Bogard pulls down his hat with a fingerless gloved hand, while flexing a beefy arm with hand tucked in his pockets. the sun is settling softly in the corner // Fatal Fury 2 for Neo Geo AES, photography on CRT TV

November 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM

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Sick Combos

@sickcombos.bsky.social

#crt #photography #SNK

declaring victory with the point of a finger, Yuri Sakazaki prepares for battle down by the docks // The King of Fighters 98 for Neo Geo AES, photography on CRT TV

November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM

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slump

@slumpseal.bsky.social

savin the world is tiring work..

October 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM

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G Gundam

Sami/erika @samitron.bsky.social · 8d

November 6, 2025 at 7:49 PM

SMALF (COMMS OPEN)

@smalf.bsky.social

I'm aware their partnership was allegedly pretty rough but I really wish they had Costello singing on the final take of the track, his voice adds so much to it