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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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y-saizen.bsky.social
#SDガンダム
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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cis05.bsky.social
4人旅だー！(DQ2)
November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
smalf.bsky.social
Got her at the Gates of Dawn with the way I Pipe 'er
November 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
smalf.bsky.social
Picross really been doing a lot to help me keep my shit together. Thank you Picross
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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y-saizen.bsky.social
#SDガンダム
April 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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cherryscampers.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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smalf.bsky.social
In urgent need of funds at the moment so as a reminder, I've got these open. Any help is greatly appreciated, reposts included
smalf.bsky.social 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
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
smalf.bsky.social
In urgent need of funds at the moment so as a reminder, I've got these open. Any help is greatly appreciated, reposts included
smalf.bsky.social 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
November 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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crtpixel.bsky.social
CITY CONNECTION
NIHON MICOM KAIHATSU 1985
FAMICOM
Clarice the green haired wonder driver
February 6, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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tuckeryart.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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
smalf.bsky.social
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
gameinformer.com Game Informer @gameinformer.com · 4d
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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crtpixel.bsky.social
SUPER MARIO BROS. DELUXE
NINTENDO EAD 1999
(Captured on Game Boy Color)
Mario & The Beanstalk
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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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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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.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.bsky.social
Torneko's Great Adventure - two-page Super Famicom ad (1993).
November 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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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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mariobrothblog.bsky.social
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
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
smalf.bsky.social
YESSSSSSSSSSS
wario64.bsky.social Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 5d
another look at Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, out Feb 5
November 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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doiduh.bsky.social
part of an art trade
November 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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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.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