
Oh man, Super Mario Strikers on the GameCube was the BEST! Knocking people into the electric fences never got old. And the mechanics were really good too, better than the Wii sequel, in my opinion.
Oh man, Super Mario Strikers on the GameCube was the BEST! Knocking people into the electric fences never got old. And the mechanics were really good too, better than the Wii sequel, in my opinion.
I still haven't finished the first Modern Warfare Remaster campaign yet, despite having super nostagia for it. I'll play this one, probably, sometime. Cool to have it.
In my experience with Fall Guys, when I get knocked out the buttons to quit back to the title screen don't work half the time and I have to either watch the remaining rounds or close the game and launch it again. Busy server issue, maybe, but still very annoying.
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls! Welcome to the latest Daftman Direct, where we'll be bringing you all the latest awesome mods for your favorite games! First up we have something for a true classic, something that definitely should have shipped with that game. My dear friends, I give you The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time—Milk Mod Economy! Hang up the sword and shield of the hero and take up the stool and bucket of the dairy farmer! Link finds himself in charge of Lon Lon Ranch and so saving the world will have to wait. Take part in the awesome milking mini game, churn butter, craft cheese and other dairy delights, and then take your wares to market to sell. Enjoy realism like never before seen in this series with new activities ripped straight from today's headlines, like abusing power and position for your own personal gain and lying in people's faces to further your own agenda! Is the land of Hyrule going to hell without the legendary hero to save them? At least they can get ice cream now...if they've got the rupees to pay, that is!
But why should Link get all the fun? Introducing Super Mario Odyssey: Milk Mod Superstar! "But wait, daftman!" I can hear you listeners now. "Are there any cows to milk in Odyssey?" Who needs cows when you have goombas?? That's right! Thanks to the power of modding, our squat little frenemies are now walking milk jugs ripe for exploitation! What's more, you can now breed goombas, boosting vague stats and chasing the elusive albino goomba, which gives the sweetest of all cremes. Worried about Bowser? Sell to his minions and topple his empire with the power of motherflipping capitalism. Peach won't turn you down when your own fortune dwarves hers.
Rather stick with actual animals? Introducing Animal Crossing: New Horizons—Milk Mod Revenge! Upgrade your house, collect stuff, and milk your neighbors! Cows and goats, sure, but it's open dairy season on everyone else. Koalas, rhinos, penguins, you name it. But why stop there? Expand your business and put the squeeze on Tom Nook. Milk that racoon dry!
More into human milk-makers? Then this next one is for you! Introducing Mario Tennis Aces: Harem Anime Adventures! Pick either of the Mario bros and go after Peach, Daisy, Pauline, or Rosalina...or all of them at once! Play tennis but also enjoy awkward social situations and unskippable bathhouse sequences. Find true love...or just get lucky! But beware of Bowsette. She's always willing but never comes free. Fulfill certain conditions to unlock hard mode and try to woo the ladies as Wario. Good luck!
If that last one didn't satisfy your lust for awkward social encounters, then let me introduce Luigi's Mansion 3: Waluigi's Love Mansion! Invite the Mushroom Kingdom's eligible ladies to your love mansion, put them in dangerous situations, and save them to win their hearts. Be sure to keep your charm level up to avoid any nasty face slaps, but who could say no to the Mushroom Kingdom's most available bachelor? Voyeur mode coming soon!
That's all I have for you today. Keep it awkward, folks! Daftman, signing off.
Cage Match:
Despite being fairly old myself, I am not sure who Mr. Do! is, and so I'm voting for Dig Dug.
The thing that held this game back for me was that I played it on the Xbox 360...and that D-pad was terrible! I did make it all the way through the game but I quickly gave up on the challenge rooms. I got the sequel on PS+ one time, I think, but never did get around to playing it. At least the PS3 has a much better D-pad.
Mario Kart 64 was my first one too! Yeah, I generally find it pretty hard to go back to any not 3D racing game.
I'm not too surprised at that Metacritic score. Almost all of those reviews would be from when the game first came out and it was certainly an impressive game back then! But I don't think it has aged very well.
I loved seeing the characters swap spots on the fly in Double Dash. That was a very fun game. Plus it gave us the immortal line, "Hi, I'm Daisy!"
Stage Select: How have I been spending all this extra pandemic time? Well, you see, I have four small kids, so being stuck at home doesn't actually give me any extra time to do things. Those people joking on social media about finishing Netflix? Screw those people! It took me, like, three months to get through Neon Genesis Evangelion. All that is not to say that I haven't been doing anything. It just hasn't been any more than usual. Recently I did knock a couple backlogged Wii U games: Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, which is a great game, and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash. I'm not sure I've ever seen a game more lacking in meaningful content as Ultra Smash. The underlying mechanics are sound. There's just almost nothing to do. But at least I get to feel good about myself for finishing it.
Cage Match: I'm going to go with Battlefront 2 2005 because...old things are better?
Here's a stage select idea for you: What is your favorite series that was wholly contained in a single generation? (I wouldn't count portable entries against a series. Resistance, for instance, had a PSP game and a Vita game but I'd still say it counts since the main three games were all on PS3 and there never was a PS4 Resistance game.)
It sure was something at the time but yeah, no reason to really go back to it at this point, especially since its best tracks are likely to show up in the newer games anyway.
While a lot of genres struggled with the move to 3D, I think racing games by and large benefitted right away, Mario Kart included. I can appreciate that mode 7 style but it's not my favorite (though I'll play them before Mario Kart Wii!).