Weird assortment of games in New Business leads to weird assortment of stories and questions in Listener Mail!
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/rfn/38008/episode-389-best-practices
This episode is notable for an odd assortment of New Business games and an overall rowdy tone, due in part to Skype problems that made it hard for us to coordinate a friendly conversation. So... enjoy?!? James is first with his long-awaited thoughts on Super Mario 3D World, and he even mixes in a little Shovel Knight post-mortem. Guillaume tries Xenoblade for the third time, and it seems to be clicking this time. Jonny gushes about Resogun, the PS4 arcade shoot-em-up that just got new updates and DLC. Although he's considered our resident FPS expert, Jon has never really tried the Battlefield series, and what better place to start than the newest entry that is still dogged by bugs and balance issues? Wrapping up, we swing back to James for his bewildered description of Electroplankton: Rec Rec from DSiWare. Bonus: Hear his absolutely horrifying audio creation during the break!
Listener Mail is always a treat for us, because we love hearing from fans and engaging in whatever topics you want to hear. The gracious contributions this week include Transformers (and other enjoyable-but-"bad" games), the best GamePad titles for families, the unshakable curse of GameCube controllers, and the pleasures/hazards of listening to podcasts... in the shower? No matter where and how you listen to RFN, we'd love to hear from you! Join the email caucus today.
Funny Xenoblade Chronicles reared it's head in this week's podcast; a lot of people are playing it again thanks to the efforts of Chuggaaconroy's Let's play. he gave out something like 40 copies of the game and is urging folks to play it... did Chuggaa Have any influence in Gui's choice to pick it up? Also, Dunban and Reyn are pretty great. the AI is pretty bad at playing Sharla, so sometimes I just roll with Riki/Dunban/Reyn and I have enough survivability going on to deal with a vast majority of encounters. I'll play as Sharla if I'm pulling something a little out of my league, but I am always the type of person that when I'm provided with a way to increase the EXP or drop rate of things that I always try to work that into my party/Build so I can have 3 pages of swords as quick as possible! :D
It's nice to know that James Jones recieved Giygas for the DSiWare for his loyalty to Nintendo.
I legitimatley want Johnny Metts to make a walkthrough of Fester's Quest and then still tell the people on this Podcast that it is something he still likes. I do like campy and bad games. I still come back to a couple of crap-tastic games like Way of the Samurai for PS2 or Battle Hunter on PSX. one of my favorite games for GBA was the outright broken and terribly simple Yugioh: The Eternal Duelist's soul because it is the PERFECT game to play on the toilet. more perfect then even Tetris, I'd argue. also, Spleunker. That's the game that invented the term 'kusoge', and yet I think it's SO addictive with how quickly it will murder you. I've seriously never played a game where you get game over in the first 15 seconds of it being in your NES before.
At this rate we will have Radio Free Nintendo: The Bathroom Experience.
We are not bashing, only disagreeing on certain points. Well, James is bashing but he does that to everything.
This conversation, quite frankly, wasn't about competitive Smash. I appreciate your perspective on the matter, which is valid and additive to the discussion, but our focus on other aspects of the issue was an intentional choice rather than an oversight. If we'd actually gone into the details of tournament play, I'm sure the wired/wireless issue would have come up. However, for us on the show and the vast majority of Smash players, the need for wires is actually a detriment. That's why many people looked at the GC adapter and wondered if it would support WaveBirds, and if Nintendo might even reproduce the WaveBird on this occasion. (I'm not really convinced that the "we lost the mold" story is factual but admittedly haven't done much research into it.)
Yes, the wired format of the GameCube controller might give it advantages over the Pro, for certain players. However, that is not a unique feature to the GC controller. If Nintendo actually cared about providing the best possible controller for Smash Bros, they would fix things like the Z button and C-stick and D-pad. The fact that they are releasing an old controller, which already has some minor issues with the single game supporting it on this platform, indicates that they are mainly just trying to please a set of people who are accustomed to a certain thing despite its limitations. That's why I used the word pandering. It feels good to be pandered to, so you should enjoy it. Just don't get pissed when we call a spade a spade.
Hey ResettisCousin, when you broadcast thousands of hours of your own thoughts, some small percentage is going to be misunderstood no matter what. The rest, I will own up to my own limitations and try to communicate better. I'm an amateur and can always improve.Source: episode 5.
As for subtext -- I avoid it as much as possible. I'm never intentionally speaking in code or trying to convey hidden messages. Most of my frustration at being misunderstood comes from people reading subtext where there is none. As Jon has often noted, I'm honest to a fault. I will tell you exactly what I think, even if it's not polite to do so. No reason for me to be subtle.
What truly frustrates me is that I've tried very hard to be a firewall against James's outright hatred of tournament-style Smash. I've tried to be open-minded, learn from the many listeners who have written about it, and explore different aspects of it on the show. I attended and gave extensive coverage of the Invitational at E3. In he past few months, RFN has given tournament-style Smash more coverage than any other large gaming podcast maybe ever has. I actually agree with most of what you wrote above and have tried to represent that on the show. Yet the more we discuss the topic, the more we get **** upon. It seems there is no way to win. You don't seem satisfied with anything I do to try giving this interesting subject more exposure on the show. Half the RFN crew requested, just last night, that we never talk about Smash Bros ever again. That's how fucking fed up they are with all this. But I'm not going to censor out the year's biggest release just because a few people get crazy upset whenever it comes up.
I'm fine with him (although I still say Gui needs to step it up a bit) but others aren't so I'm trying to play troubleshooting and failing at it.I would agree with you, but honestly, I've notice Gui being a lot more assertive and taking more discussion time during the listener mail segments, so I think he's getting to a place where his presence is more known.
You'll hear a lot from Jon on 390, talking about a very popular Nintendo game!
Jonny even chimed in with (paraphrase) "the Classic Controller Pro is better in nearly every way", without highlighting the obvious benefits that the GCN controller has over the CCP, or any other controller that Nintendo has made since the Gamecube.
Pile it on, guys!
I'll sign that petition!
Syro-Malabar Catholics of Goa use items?Yes along with many other Catholics in the eastern part of the Church.
GC Controller: I own 4. I used them for Melee. I used them for Brawl. Do I want to use them for Smash U? Of course!
It's just that simple. Anyone who loves smash owns 4 GC controllers... I don't care if the controller is not perfect. I don't care if it's 2014 and we are using a decade old controller. I use a GC controller for smash. All my friends do too.
Nintendo will let me use my 4 GC controllers for Smash U?
THANK YOU.
Clean off the dust, the Smash controllers are about to go round 3!!!!!!
I'll give you some topics.And this is why I love James. XD
- Music
- The progression of color pallets with the increase in console memory
- N64 strategy games released between October 1, 2000 and October 31, 2000
- Japanese culture
- Adventure Games/Visual Novels and the difference between the two
- Software development
- French breads
- 1918 Spring Offensive
- Impact on the Council of Ephesus on future schismatic moments in the dissolution of a "unified" Christian brotherhood
- Socio-economic-military relations between East Asian states and their Western allies/nonallies
- Mario. [/l][/l]
My worry is that companies will actually support this thing outside of Smash 4 and we'll get people playing with GCN controllers and subbing other controllers again.
QuoteI'll give you some topics.And this is why I love James. XD
- Music
- The progression of color pallets with the increase in console memory
- N64 strategy games released between October 1, 2000 and October 31, 2000
- Japanese culture
- Adventure Games/Visual Novels and the difference between the two
- Software development
- French breads
- 1918 Spring Offensive
- Impact on the Council of Ephesus on future schismatic moments in the dissolution of a "unified" Christian brotherhood
- Socio-economic-military relations between East Asian states and their Western allies/nonallies
- Mario. [/l][/l][/l][/l]
QuoteMy worry is that companies will actually support this thing outside of Smash 4 and we'll get people playing with GCN controllers and subbing other controllers again.
Why are you worried about this? This is exactly what I'm hoping for. In my opinion, the Gamecube controller is the best controller Nintendo has ever made, and I would like the option of playing games with it. I loved that I was allowed to play so many Wii games with whatever control option I liked best. If new Wii U games start adding Gamecube controller support, why do you care? Use the Pro controller if you want and I'll use the Gamecube controller. That's the great thing about options, you get to choose what works best for you.[/q]
Because I'm very afraid that my GCN controllers will not last forever. XD I know they're reprinting the one Smash Bros. patterned one, but like... as nice as options are, I feel like all of this muddles the Wii U's identity further than it already is muddled.[/list]
So yes, I asked Jonny last night if we can avoid the topic of Smash at least until the 3DS game is released. If the person who agreed with me wants to out themselves that's their choice, but I was not alone. [/font]
We all have different likes, but I think we can all agree, **** League!