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TalkBack / Re: The Donkey Kong Family Tree Explained

« on: March 13, 2026, 03:32:36 PM »

I think the fossils are more Easter Eggs than anything to be taken too seriously. There's a fossil of Arcade DK somewhere and Cranky Kong is still alive.

Well, yeah, that's what I was referring to. (I was trying to avoid the spoiler, but oh well) The inclusion creates a sort of contradictory headache in the timeline, since Arcade DK can't be both a long dead litteral fossil and a living character that is only figuratively a "fossil".

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TalkBack / Re: The Donkey Kong Family Tree Explained

« on: March 10, 2026, 02:01:16 PM »

I feel like the inclusion of the fossils in Donkey Kong Bananza throws the DK lineage completely out of whack, particularly those fossils in Bananza's final level (Trying to be vague to avoid spoilers).

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TalkBack / Re: New Color Of Switch Lite Launching May 21

« on: April 14, 2021, 01:40:56 PM »

Green, green.
Ooops, that's not it... I'm still new at this.

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TalkBack / Re: Miitopia Preview Out Now, Full Game Launches In December

« on: November 02, 2016, 09:25:49 PM »

Great Miis, Daan.

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TalkBack / Re: Zelda Wii U Update: Will Be Like Going From Japanese To Western Food

« on: March 11, 2016, 10:43:25 AM »

A line removed from the interview transcript: "One unintended consequence of the game's design is that Link has gained about 30 pounds."

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TalkBack / Re: Rhythm Heaven Megamix Announced

« on: March 03, 2016, 06:59:41 PM »

Yes, it is mostly content from older games, but a significant portion of those are from the GBA Rhythm Tengoku - The first game in the series - which never got a US release. So, for western gamers at least, there is a much better proportion of new vs. old content. Also, most of the games in RT were really fun.

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TalkBack / Re: Mario and Sonic Racing To 3DS March 18

« on: January 11, 2016, 12:48:51 PM »

When I read the headline, I first thought that some sort of Mario Kart and Sonic Drift or Sonic R hybrid game called "Mario and Sonic Racing" had just been announced. I don't think that would be a bad idea, really.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo News Report: A Smashing Reaction

« on: December 16, 2015, 01:33:02 PM »

This is probably what Sakurai's reaction to the US Smash Ballot results was probably like.

1. Goku  -  Sakurai: "Not a game character. Rejected."
2. Simon Belmont  -  Sakurai: "Konami won't return any of my calls..."
3. Shantae  -  Sakurai: "...Who?"
4. Shovel Knight  -  Sakurai: "Okay, now you're just making people up. Haha, nice joke, but no."
5. Bayonetta  -  Sakurai: "Meh. I guess I could write some fun Pitt jokes about her 'huge guns.' Hehehe... Actually, yeah, let's do that!"

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TalkBack / Re: Super Smash Bros Video Recap

« on: December 15, 2015, 07:38:23 PM »

I also wanna add that the end of the video felt like Sakurai saying, "ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED??!"

To me it felt more like he was saying "Finally, I'm free! I'm freeeeeeeee!".

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TalkBack / Re: Newest Smash Brothers DLC Character Announced

« on: November 12, 2015, 08:15:16 PM »

I'm merely making an observation of how odd it is.  This is the oddest SSB guest character by far.  It must be the only character to make their Nintendo system debut in an SSB game!

I think Cloud's first Nintendo appearance was that Kingdom Hearts quasi-CCG brawler hybrid game on the GBA, though I can't think of any others where he even makes so much as a cameo.

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TalkBack / Re: New Green-Clad Character Linkle Coming to Hyrule Warriors Legends

« on: November 12, 2015, 07:15:43 PM »

Nintendo's knack for awful hardware and software names is spreading to their game characters as well, now.

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TalkBack / Re: Newest Smash Brothers DLC Character Announced

« on: November 12, 2015, 06:49:58 PM »

No, there was nothing mentioning him as the Smash Ballot pick. The Direct ended with an announcement saying there would be another Smash-specific direct in December, though, so that would be the likeliest place to announce the ballot choices.

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TalkBack / Re: TGS 2015 - Hyrule Warriors Legends (3DS) Hands-On

« on: September 18, 2015, 06:29:08 PM »

Great info, as always! I think the deal-breaker question everyone is wondering about this game right now, though, is "Does it come bundled with a scarf?"

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TalkBack / Re: Communication in The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Can Be Problematic

« on: June 21, 2015, 12:38:34 PM »

After thinking about this for a while, I can definitely see the counter-argument to having voice or text chat in this game (Although I don't agree that it should cause the removal of the feature entirely). Suppose you were playing through a dungeon in a normal, 1-player Zelda game, and your friend who has already completed that dungeon on his own copy of the game watches you play and shouts out the solutions to all of the puzzles before you have even had a chance to explore the room you just entered. That would be incredibly frustrating, and I don't see any obvious way Nintendo would be able to design around that in Triforce Heroes unless the dungeon levels were randomly generated somehow.

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TalkBack / Re: Communication in The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes Can Be Problematic

« on: June 20, 2015, 10:20:53 PM »

As someone that tried the demo on the show floor, I can attest that my team and I would not have been able to complete the dungeon stage - much less defeat the boss - had we not been able to talk directly with each other. Lack of voice chat in Splatoon may be simply annoying since you can't coordinate attack strategies, but lack of voice chat in this game will actually impede your progress significantly. Communication is crucial here since many of the puzzles required extensive amounts of careful, coordinated team work. It's a shame, because the game was a blast when everyone on my team was communicating and working together. The game will still be fun without voice chat, but expect it to also be an order of magnitude more difficult to play.