Forcing the internet to listen to everything that no one in my real life wants to hear me go on about. Video games and Techy stuff. Stay a while.. And listen. :)
I played so much PvZ Garden Warfare when it came out and I am super excited that PvZ GW2 is almost here! To make it even more exciting, it comes out on my Birthday. I'll probably pick this up for Xbox One even though I really want it on PC. The lack of Splitscreen Co-op once again deters me from buying a game on PC. I have 2 nephews who will LOVE playing this with me. Oh well. Just need to shell out 60$ on another controller and Xbox live.. WHY!!?!! Or do I just buy an additional copy for PC and not buy Live? Decisions Decisions.
- Pokken Tournament - 6-2-16
I've always been TERRIBLE at fighting games. Nothing makes me angrier than getting my butt handed to me in .3 seconds. Hulk angry. I can somehow get by in SSB with Kirby, but still am TERRIBLE at it. I recently started practicing combos and moves in Street Fighter 4, so a new fighting game with Pokemon, has me pretty excited to better my skills. I may break this game in half, or I may finally find a fighting game me and my husband can play together!
-Twilight Princess HD- 3-2-16
I absolutely LOVE TP. Of course I'm excited for a remake that comes with an awesome Midna amiibo!
-StarFox Zero- 4-22-16
Been waiting for this game for a long time now. I know they wanted to make it perfect and had a lot of negative responses to the first look, but I trust Nintendo will make this game great!
-Battleborn- 5-3-16
Gearbox make great games. I love a good multiplayer game and I hope this ends up as cool as it seems. I also look forward to playing this with my hubby and our friends. It's nice to have a game all of your friends seem interested in!
-No Man's Sky- June??
This game is something else. I'm not one to really care for games that are all about exploration, but this one has me interested. It's art is beautiful and I can't wait to explore space and discover new species and planets before everyone else!
-The Legend of Zelda- ??
Maybe this will come out this year! COME ON NINTENDO!!
I've been really bummed out about my launch day purchase of a WiiU. Prior to MarioKart, I rarely played it. I mean both Mario U and Mario 3d World and Donkey Kong were all great, but an almost 2 year old console should have WAY more playability than that. I feel they are starting to finally get in the swing of things. And it isn't only Nintendo who is struggling with content, but Nintendo has had more time to get things going and haven't. I was actually a bit worried going in to E3, but they surprised me.. And you know what was my favorite thing that they surprised me with? I'll give you a hint, it wasn't an actual "big" Nintendo title.. It was SPLATOON. A 4v4 paint splattering, cartoony, shootem style, fun fest. So say Mario Sunshine, Nickelodeon's Slime, Rocket Power, Portal 2 and Subway Surfers all mixed worlds and made a game slightly influenced by TF2. If you don't know what Splatoon is, watch this trailer!
I'm hoping to see a lot of cool maps and game modes for this game. I hope it has a lot of content to keep it fresh but so far I'm really loving what I've seen. Sadly we have a while before it comes out. It has a vague 2015 release date.. Sigh..
I was a big fan of the creativity that the ZombiU, 2 player, brought to a "shooter" game. Yes, it lacked in a lot, but overall it was a new feel that gave me a ton of ideas as to what Nintendo COULD do. The WiiU has so much potential to bring a new style of play to gaming and I think E3 really started to show they are still not giving up on that idea. They even use it in Splatoon..
With Miyamoto working on 3 new titles strictly focusing on Wii Pad play, I was impressed with what he had to show. Always a treat to see Miyamoto! StarFox of course was the only "BIG" title, but Project Guard and that Robot Sumo fighting Game (Sorry the name slips my mind ATM!) both looked like fun games. Project guard more-so, but both show new ways the WiiU COULD be amazing. I understand people want big bad graphically brilliant games, but I do enjoy fun games too. The only problem I have is getting people to play with, and the prices they want to charge for games that aren't really worth 70% of what the big games are worth. I understand they want to make money but come on.. These aren't EVER going to be the money makers. I feel these are basically party games. The things they should all just put together on one disk and sell. Things to challenge your friends with... But what do I know? I happen to enjoy some fun, childish games but I see many people don't. They want the realistic, story driven, intense action games.... and that is definitely understandable, but it's ok to have fun with cartoony Nintendo stuff, too. I won't tell. :) No, but really.... I get it you elitist CoD bros! Nintendo sucks and is for women, noobs and children. :/
I'm done being mean.. Sorry! Must have read too many comments during Treehouse live yesterday.
We're getting a new Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker game during this Holiday Season.. No actual date because I'm sure they will have to postpone it. I like Toad and I'm glad he's getting a Puzzle Platformer for himself. If you Played Mario 3D World you are already familiar with what the game is. It's those little Toad Puzzle levels where you move around a 3d level trying to collect things. It utilizes the wii pad a lot to view the nooks and crannies of the level.. I personally sucked hard core at those. Not sure the game will be worth a full retail price for me, but if it is an eshop cheapo, I may pick it up. Maybe even if they make it a Mario 3d World DLC pack. That'd be cool.
They showed a little more gameplay for the Yoshi's Epic Yarn.. I mean the Yoshi's Woolly World game. Reminds me a lot of Yoshi's latest game for the 3DS. It's as cute as a button though. I NEED that Yoshi knitted plush figure.. NOW PLEASE.. I'd buy this game.
The new Zelda open world game they are working on looks soooooooooooo amazingly good. No release date of course. I'm pretty sure that will take a while. I'd estimate next holiday season but I hope I'm wrong..
Bayonetta 2 finally got an October release date. I must say this game looks beautiful. Graphics are stunning. It also features Peach, Metroid and Zelda skins. Oh and it includes Bayonetta 1 in it. Nice to finally see some good gameplay. Not my type of game, but I know my fiance will love it.
X got the Xenoblade Chronicles X title. I watched it played on Treehouse and thought it was like Monster Hunter. Not impressed with the gameplay they showed, but the trailer for it looks pretty interesting. Still not really my type of game though but I saw a lot of mixed reviews about what people thought.
Hyrule Warriors got an official release date of September 26th! Wasn't expecting that at all.. Also you can play with Midna. My personal favorite Zelda character. It looks really good. I enjoy Dynasty Warriors so I'm guessing I'll enjoy this game too.
Pokemon really got my hopes up for something on the Wii U.. But no.. It was introducing Mega Evs into the Sapphire and Ruby remakes.. Meh.. I want a wii U Pokemon!
Mario Maker..................................... '_____' Not interested. It's something that should be a free download if anything. Modders have been making Mario levels for years. I see this as a quick way to make a few bucks for Nintendo which I'm all for... I guess. They need moneys.
Amiibos.. Yeah.. What a name. This is Nintendo's introduction to NFC. (Disney Infinite, Skylanders) As much as I hate the fact that I'm going to buy every single one of these probably, I seem to think it has a potential to be pretty neat. It learns your play style and stuff.. Not much was revealed, but they will work with Mario Kart, Smash, Mario Party 10 and some other games. I'm looking forward to using them. Best of all they go right on the wii pad. No portal or anything you have to buy.
And Finally what EVERYONE was anticipating.... SUPER SMASH BROS! YAY! Another game I love but absolutely suck at. The 3DS version was postponed to October 3rd I believe. WE WANT GAMES NOW! Hopefully this won't delay the WiiU version a lot too. I'm rather upset with the graphics on the 3DS but honestly what can you expect? Some shots of it look good but some look absolutely awful. I am pumped about the Smash Run mode in the 3DS version though. A loot crawl through a maze to build up your character stronger than the other 3, and then a final brawl. That seems really cool. Wish they'd add it to the WiiU version. I'll probably get both though. And if you watched the Smash Tourney, you got to see some actual footage of the Wii U version. Some new items they added were the Mario Kart shells and a bullet bill. They both look really sweet and I think I may just head on out to Best Buy tonight to try them out. Pretty proud that my Smash Character made runner up.. Now I don't feel so bad when I pick the fluffy pink ball of cuteness. It's the only character I can almost win with! They also added the mii as a playable. You can customize their moves too. Choose between a fighter, a swordsman, and a gun dude. Looks pretty powerful. Also I was quite impressed with Wii Fit Trainers moves. Also Lady Paluntena and Pac Man have been announced. Waka Waka Waka. Game and Watch was teased.
Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything important. They will be showing more game plays throughout tomorrow on Twitch so maybe they will show some new stuff. Good Job Nintendo! Now PLEASE just give us the games NOW.. Even if it's only Smash!
I really don't get AS excited for E3 anymore as I once did, due to the fact that he last few years have been a little underwhelming, but since next gen consoles are just getting warmed up, a lot of exciting things are happening. I haven't bought an Xbox One or a PS4 yet, due to the fact that I'm not interested in enough games to justify spending the money. I can't even promise that after E3 I will, but I saw a few things that are tempting me from Microsoft's Presentation. Like...
Halo- Freaking Halo. Why am I such a Halo Fangirl? I have no clue. I guess your first always stays with you. I mean I loved it so much back in the day that I named my puppy Halo. It's the only shooter I can say I'm ok at. And that feel.. That feel of adrenaline pumping through my body as I pull the trigger and attempt to kill someone in online battle.. (No worries.. That feel is strictly related to video games. I actually HATE guns IRL. I'm not against them.. Just not for me.) That feel when I'm not dead last at the end.. Anyways back to Newness.. The Halo Master Chief Collection. Um, yes please! Halo 1 Anniversary, Halo 2 Anniversary, Halo 3 and Halo 4 all in 1080p with dedicated servers on 1 disk.. AND a mini series leading into the story for Halo 5 Guardians. I'm about to drop the money for an Xbox One right now. That's pretty impressive.
Sunset Overdrive- I remember seeing Sunset Overdrive last year at E3 and thinking it looked pretty awesome. They went a little more in depth with it this year and it still looks awesome, but I'm not sure it will be. I have such mixed feelings about it. It seems like it may just be another "meh" game. I think I mainly was in love with the area. I LOVE amusement parks in games. It just feels as if it's missing something and I can't quite put my finger on what it is. I'd be excited to try a demo maybe. I just don't want to commit to buying it just yet.
Fable Legends- I played Fable 1 and 2. I've always been a fan of the series. I tried playing Fable Anniversary but on launch day it was pretty glitchy, I thought. Never really went back to see if they updated it or anything, but maybe I will after seeing the new Fable trailer. It got me pumped for the series again. Co-op Fable? That's awesome. I really enjoy a game I can play with my Fiance. It'd be really cool if it were a local co-op, but I won't hold my breathe. If not, I'll pray for a PC release eventually. I also like that they are allowing one person to be the bad guy. It seems a lot of games are steering this way lately. Reminds me of the Super Dungeon Explorer board game. Haha. I also saw Mario Party 10 will be doing this as well. It's fun to screw over your friends!
Evolve- Now I'm really excited for this. Multi-Class, multiplayer, monster hunting sci-fi shooter game. It looks awesome. Reminds me of a Borderlands, Monster Hunter mash up but way different in it's own style. Oh and you can also be the Monster..
ScaleBound- I'm pretty geeky so of course a dragon killing catches my eye. There isn't much revealed in the trailer, but from what they do show, it looks pretty sick. Something to watch for, for sure.
I can't even begin to tell you how big of a Mario Kart fan I am. I was deprived of the fun until Double Dash, but since then I have more than made up for my lack of pre Gamecube Mario Kart time. Friday Mario Kart 8 arrived on the wii u and I guess I will review it since I have to be at work NOT able to play it. Separation anxiety anyone?
Now as big of a fan as I am I will start off saying this game does not get a 10 out of 10 from me. Sigh.. and it's not (mostly) for gameplay reasons, but for stupid things that were left out of the interface. Let's go ahead and get the flaws out of the way so I can fangirl over it's awesomeness.. I give it a 7.5 out of 10.
Number one thing that bugs me which is the main reason it gets a 7.5. There is no on screen map! (Unless I'm just an idiot and can't find the options which also seem to fail to exist in Grand Prix anyways) There is a tiny map on the wii pad display but I can honestly tell you I didn't even notice what was on it until after my first race.. Who actually looks down at the gamepad during the race? Or who even uses the gamepad? It's a GIANT horn. That's it. Maybe there is/should be a way to turn off the gamepad display and display ranking/items people have/a map.. on the big screen like previous versions? Like in Donkey Kong too.. You can turn off the pad display to save battery life.. This is the only racing game in existence without a map! I guess they really want to make getting inked impossible, yet it doesn't seem to phase the computer drivers as much as it used to. I don't know.. It's a big deal for me.
Another kind of annoying thing is when you complete a race the automatic selection is view highlights. Not next race. I usually have no interest in watching my highlight reel.. Unless it was something awesome. Like my first mushroom acceleration to avoid a blue shell. But sadly that didn't make the highlight reel?? I just think NEXT RACE should be the default first thing.
A minor thing.. There are no times after you complete the race. I like to see how much faster or slower I was than my opponents. Unless it's also on the gamepad, which I don't think it is.. But anyways I happen to use a pro controller. Much easier. And is it fair one person has the opportunity to look at a map while everyone else who doesn't have a gamepad doesn't? I mean not that you're actually going to look at it. Or are they trying to promote the gamepad? Can you even buy standalone ones yet? (No..) Would you want to? (Probably Not..)
Small issues that just bug me..
They definitely nerfed take off boosts. I just feel like it's a lot slower of a take off than previous games, but on a side note for this, the fire boosting out of your car looks awesome. Very detailed. I didn't take off anything for this, it's more of just a personal thing here.
The piranha plant powerup is pretty useless. For me anyways. It seems to boost you but somehow doesn't. And usually I can never get close enough to anyone to use it and it just seems to screw my rhythm up.
And lastly they give you a lot of kart customizations (Karts, Wheels, and Parachutes) to unlock, many of which have the exact same stats. And I feel there weren't enough characters to unlock. Especially since there is no King Boo! :( Take the million "baby" characters out and put more classic players in. I'm honestly tired of "baby" everything.
And now for the good. Typical Mario Kart awesomeness. Mario Kart is the best ever. It cheats you so hard but you just can't stop. Gotta get those stars.. Gotta 3 star every cup..
Mario Kart in HD is the best thing ever! I can't even begin to describe how crisp and awesome it looks. The 16 new levels are all really cool. My favorite has to be Mount Wario. It's a segment race down a ski slope. I also like the Cloudtop cruise level a lot. 150cc races still screw you over in every way possible! I did finally manage to star all the cups to unlock mirror mode though.
The Karts are all very interesting and unique looking. My favorite is the carousel Kart. It seems to be a pretty solid Kart too which I'm pumped for because I LOVE carnival stuff. I also like the cool parachute options. And tires are tires.. I go with the button ones more than anything. The trike seems to be my second favorite car just because it handles drifts like no ones business. (I'm a heavy drifter)
So cool customizations, and cool new levels (Both Rainbow roads are too easy though!) The game runs very smooth except a small amount of lag in the menus when switching characters.. Not sure what is up with that. I haven't tried online mode yet. Was too focused on unlocking everything for our Mario Kart party this weekend.
The boomerang powerup is useful if you have good aim. I was hit and miss with it. It will take some time getting use to I'm sure. Overall I like it. I also like how you do get some better powerups even in 2nd or first place. It's normally a coin (which are used to unlock Kart customizations), but you do get some better stuff more often than previous titles it seems.
And for the last thing that's what seems to be the main feature Nintendo wants to display.. Highlight reels. It's cool you have the option to upload your awesome moments straight to youtube. I actually had a pretty sweet finish and was able to upload it right from the gamepad. Baby peach was annoying me all race, but I took her out with a fireball right at the finish line and won! It's cool, but I'd rather a better interface than social network focus. Still cool though. A nice way to gloat your awesomeness to friends. Here's my video.
Was a bit surprised to see a new Nintendo Direct this morning. I really wasn't going to watch it because Nintendo has been a bit disappointing lately. I'm pumped for Mario Kart 8 and all, and will buy it regardless of my current opinion on Nintendo. As a matter of fact I have had it pre-ordered for a long time now. Also Kirby and Mario Golf on Friday! Thumbs up for a weekend of gaming!
Anyways Mario Kart is gaining just enough new features to keep it fresh. Here's a list of the new things worth noting..
Powerups:
Super Horn- You'll now be able to block blue shells with the Super horn or spin out all nearby opponents. I can't wait to use it honestly, but I really don't want it to be used on me... Spinning out is too frustrating.
The "Crazy" 8- Similar to the 7 in Mario Kart 7.. You get 8 random items to use.
Piranha Plant- It attaches to the front of your car and snags bananas or other obstacles in your way including other racers.
The boomerang- It's the boomerang suit from the recent Mario games. It gives you 3 chances to boomerang an opponent and knock them out. Pretty useful but once again not something I'm looking forward to being hit with! But that's the game! It's so much fun!
Gameplay:
In anti gravity mode, knocking into players will spin boost you. You can keep spin boosting off of other Karts in anti gravity giving you tons of boosts. It's like infinite drift boosting. Pretty cool!
Players:
Baby Rosalina, 7 of the evil koopalings, and Pink Gold Peach.
There are also a lot of new Karts they show. I really like the Peach "carousel" horse Kart. I'm really into carnival things though.
And now, for my favorite part of the ND... A FREE WII U GAME WITH PURCHASE...... YES FREE.
Well you register your game on Club Nintendo and get a code for a free Digital download of Windwaker, Pikmin 3, Super Mario U, or Wii Party U. About time Nintendo rewards you for all of the suck.
But other than that, it looks as if you can finally play with your friends online! Will make it nice when we have our Mario Kart parties. Also Tournaments seem interesting. And if you can beat certain developer times around the track, they reward you with special stickers to use on Miiverse.. If you actually use it.. Which I don't. I'm just not really in to social features so much when it comes to gaming.
The only thing that bothered me is that they are releasing yet another freaking bundle of awesome that I don't get to have because I have been a devoted fan and buy the first edition of everything and get screwed out of fancy special editions. I just need to stop. Buying the Wii U on launch day was the worst decision I've ever made. Luckily the dust layer is becoming thinner.. Finally getting some content.
I tried to give this game a chance in my LAST POST when everyone else refused... but.. Looks like this game is entirely pay to play..
My 3 dollars has obviously run out. They want more money from me. But No. I will not pay more money for a game that is an endless money pit. I'm better than that and have more self control than some people obviously. Who really spends those ridiculous amounts of money for IAPS?? What happened to one time pay only. Ughh.. IAPS killed mobile gaming.
I don't get it obviously! :/
So after level 33 I started struggling. Everything starts costing a bunch of tickets and coins and the building takes like 36 hours now or costs a million tickets/coins. I also noticed now at level 40, my XP doesn't move. It's either broken, maxed out, or you need a lot of xp to level to 41.. Plus you only still get like 400xp per goal which doesn't budge the xp bar... You also have to have a lot of other friends to gift to and hope they gift back to you. Goals start to require you to have friends. Side note.. I have no friends.. That's why I mobile game and cry to the internet. Duh. Anyways my friend code is h2xddx. Please feel free to add me. I'll gift you. I had to sell a few coasters just to get coins. But here's a little hint. Tycoon people love Pizza and Ice Cream. They seem to be my 2 biggest incomes. Also I have a goal that I feel is completed, but no.. It isn't apparently. 3 loops after a steep hill. It says I have 3/4 complete. I have a steep hill, and 3 loops. Why is that only 3/4? I also don't feel like spending more tickets/money on re-constructing it if it's going to be wrong still. Oh plus I'd have to wait another hour for it to be complete. And no changing the clock ahead doesn't speed anything up. As much as I want to play this game, I don't see me playing for long because I refuse to spend more money on a game I already paid for. I guess I'll hang on to the hope that RCT 4 for the PC will be the same old RCT we all love. If not, there is always Theme Park Studio to watch out for.
Need Coins?? ***Sell stuff you have upgraded to give yourself a lot of coins. But I think it makes your park value decrease into the negative billions. Because that makes sense. This game gets better everyday. <--- Sarcasm. Anyways.. I've come across yet another goal that doesn't work too... Build restrooms next to the centrifuge. I upgraded my Centrifuge so I'm currently waiting for just a normal centrifuge to complete.. So many broken elements is making this game really easy to hate on.
It was a pleasant surprise when RCT's Facebook page announced a mobile version of RCT4 would be launching soon. And not even a month later, it arrives! iOS only for now.. Booo. Now the mobile game norm anymore is to have a bunch of expensive in app purchases. RCT4 Mobile is no different. HOWEVER... In 24 levels, I have not had to pay a single cent extra to proceed in the game. I haven't even been close.
COIN TRUCK OF AWESOME!
Food Rush Mini-Game
There is a cool little thing under specials in build called Food Rush. It's a food truck that holds inside a super amazing burger making mini-game which will level you up super quick, giving you lots and lots of coins and tickets in the process. (It becomes less useful the more you level because you need a stupid amount of xp to level!)
EXAMPLE OF GOALS AND THEIR REWARDS
Now how the game works... It's kind of like Simpson's Tapped out. Not nearly as awesome or customizable as the other RCT games, but rest assured, a PC one is due out soon! CHILL OUT PEOPLE! Anyways. You start off with around 45 tickets. Tickets are the things you use to speed up the build times on your attractions and build certain rides with. For instance say I build a swinging chairs ride. It will take about 2 real time hours to complete OR I can pay 2 tickets to get it now. But in spending those 2 tickets and completing any "goals" I am rewarded with more tickets than what I spent a lot of the times. What I'm trying to say is that I get a lot of tickets rewarded to me so I don't see having to buy any through IAPS. At least so far. I'm up to like 86 tickets now and I speed up everything over a 5 minute wait. Yes, I'm very impatient! The most tickets I've run in to having to "pay" for so far has been 8.
DON'T HIT THE RED X TO DELETE A TRACK PIECE!
AND BECAUSE I WANT TO COMPLAIN TODAY.. THE CONS..
The coaster builder is super annoying. In the middle of building the coaster, if you accidentally hit the giant red X instead of the tiny garbage can delete, you cancel out all of your progress of building the coaster. No warning, no nothing. I've done it like 5 times by accident and had to start all over rebuilding. :/ I also can't get my haunted house gift code to work. The one they emailed me for subbing to their emails. It says invalid code. Come on guys! I'm at the point now where I can just buy it.. I also don't like having to "collect" coins from every shop I have. "I ain't got time for that." You also can't change the view.
Overall I like the game as a mobile game. It's no substitute to RCT for the PC for sure. It's worth 3 bucks. I really hope they include more mini game things though. Or ways to make some extra coins and gain a lot of XP.
