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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« on: February 04, 2026, 03:33:50 AM »

I am up. Or down? This will not count as one of today’s three posts.

Too bad. It's been quoted now so it counts!

I'd love to see the forums more active. I'm in.

If only there were some role you could take on that could give you some authority (like a manager) to try and foster more community engagement.

Don't mind me. I've just been posting walls of text no one reads for years.

Ok. I'll just move on to the next post then. 

That's really what separates the forums from something like Discord. I love our Discord, but there's no real place there for the kind of depth you can get with a long forum post. And I only don't read them when they're Khush's posts.

Yeppers. Plus, it can be hard to continue a conversation if you missed it earlier. Or if you want to return to an earlier conversation while this can allow you to revisit thoughts from days, weeks, months or years ago.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will Nintendo release in 2026?

« on: February 03, 2026, 09:37:00 PM »

Is this really a question? Everyone knows you can't improve on perfection so there's never been a need for a Khushrenada 2.

Not so fast.

I like that you didn't even use one of your existing dupes, you actually went to the trouble of making a new one just for this joke.

Hmmm. Should I accept the unwarranted praise or not? Well, it is Insanolord so I guess not. I have nothing to do with Khushrenada 2. Once again, people assume I have all these dupe accounts when I'm totally blameless in the matter. I haven't turned the Duplicator on in years.



I am curious to see how Khushrenada 2 will justify its existence beyond this one comment though.

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TalkBack / Re: Game Boy Nintendo Classics Library Adds Balloon Fight Sequel, Game Freak Developed Puzzle Game

« on: February 03, 2026, 09:29:31 PM »

I only played through Balloon Kid once and that was through the 3DS Virtual Console edition. It was around 7 years ago. I ended up liking it quite a bit. One of the better Game Boy games I had played and found it to be a challenging kind of platformer. May have to give this another spin now that's the rewind feature to help speed things along.

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General Gaming / Re: Community Event: Forum February 2026

« on: February 03, 2026, 09:22:56 PM »

I've meant to try this event again the past couple years but would remember much later in February from being busy or just wondering if it would have any impact like last time at this point. But this year, I remembered early enough and decided to take the plunge and see what happens.

What I didn't realize until just now is that the first (and up to this point, only) time this event happened, it was also as the Winter Olympics were happening. And by doing this four years later, those darn Olympics are happening again. I tied into that event a little bit at the time so it can easily tie into this event again now.

I thought by doing this as a Community Event with other users taking the plunge to commit to make 3 posts a day that we can cheer each other on and support the other users doing this. (Which would mean making a post. This event is just so easy!) Last time this event happened, it was with three weeks left in February so I created a way to achieve a certain medal level for posting based on that amount of time. Which means in three weeks, if a user were to make 1 post per day then that means a participant in this event can be a Bronze Medal Forum User at 21 posts for the month, likewise a Silver Medal Forum User would have to hit 42 posts for the month for an average of 2 posts per day and a Gold Medal Forum User would achieve 63 posts for the month and meet the 3 posts per day goal.

With this event starting early than three weeks left in the month, will the posts needed to achieve a medal level change? No. It was hard enough for users to reach medal levels back then so I won't make it tougher now even if it means the average might be a bit below the rate needed per day to still acquire these medals.

What if a user posts more than 3 posts in a day? Great! You’re getting ahead of the game and those can all count to your grand total. What if a user doesn’t post anything for a couple days? No problem. There’s no disqualifications and maybe they can make up those days later on and still reach the 63 post goal. Can a user post more than 3 a day or a total of 63 posts? Of course. Don’t hold back from posting if you’ve got more you want to discuss. This isn’t a limit but just a simple minimum. Heck, if you think you can suddenly post 400 messages during the month then go for first place in this event. Just don’t be spamming. What if I just post 10 messages this month? You’re still a winner. Because no matter how much is posted, all users win by seeing an uptick in posting for the month of February.

Who’s in?

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General Gaming / Community Event: Forum February 2026

« on: February 03, 2026, 09:09:11 PM »

Let's see now. Where did I leave that thread? Oh, there it is...



It's been 4 years already?! My how time goes by when one isn't paying attention.

Not sure how much of an event it could be but let's see what might happen. It feels like there's a sentiment of people wishing the forums could be a bit more active or wanting to post here a bit more but wondering if it would be worth it without much response. So, perhaps, for just one short month, we can have a brief spark of activity for awhile.

If you have forgotten about Forum February, here's all that it is about. For the month of February, the goal for participants is to make 3 posts on the forum per day. (Mafia Game and Safe Words Game related posts don't count. ) Posts can be as big or small as you want. Even if the post is just a response that "I enjoyed playing (insert game title)" to someone else's comment. That counts. That's a valid post. It doesn't have to be a Khushrenada Special (aka ten paragraph wall of text). Because even a simple post like that may be the spark for someone else to decide to post something and carry on a discussion or trigger some point they'd like to share.

Chances are that new posting will trigger some other comments from users not involved in the event. Who knows how much activity we could spark for a few weeks? Was there a topic you've had on your mind for awhile but just never got around to creating? Here's your chance. Was there a topic you've always meant to respond to but never got around to it? It's time has arrived! Got a lame joke for the Funhouse you thought was too stupid? Post it now under the cover of helping participate in this event. 

Maybe there's a game you finally got around to playing and then checked the review for it on NWR and would like to respond but it's been months or years since it was put up. Go ahead and make a post for it. I know there's been an "unwritten rule" about bumping Talkback threads. For the month of February, the restriction will be lifted. Truthfully, I'm pretty sure that commenting on a review or some other feature that could be years old would still make that writer of the piece glad to see someone cared about their effort and they got some more feedback on it. And I think that is worth allowing some bumping in Talkback.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: What will Nintendo release in 2026?

« on: February 02, 2026, 04:42:54 PM »

If Khushrenada is so great, then why is there no Khushrenada 2?

Is this really a question? Everyone knows you can't improve on perfection so there's never been a need for a Khushrenada 2.

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NWR Feedback / Re: Connection Problems

« on: January 20, 2026, 01:34:43 AM »

Ugh. This connection error is popping up a bunch of times for me tonight.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« on: January 20, 2026, 01:33:52 AM »

Huh. I don't even know what that game is.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« on: January 20, 2026, 01:30:56 AM »

As for the trip down memory lane, it seems when I finally jumped into the Nintendo Switch ecosystem was Nov. 13, 2018. Even though the Switch is about to hit its 9 year(!!!) anniversary in about a month and a half, it's just a bit over 7 years for me with the system.

I'm also seeing a bit more genres listed in those past years that weren't mentioned in gaming style this year which are: Adventure, Fighting, Racing, and Character driven. It's a shame. There's almost a top 25 list of most played games near the end of the review. But the grid only allows for 24 spots and they took up 4 for the game with the most playtime. But now I'm glad for the reference since I swapped out my original Switch for another one and that ruined the internal list of games with the most playtime because of it.

Anyways my current list of the top 21 games I've played the longest of on Switch.

XCX:DE - 285 hours (we'll crack that 300 mark this year. Just you wait and see!)
XC:DE - 213 hours
SNES Online App - 198 hours
Tetris 99 - 135 hours
Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 127 hours
Lumines Remastered - 114 hours
Hollow Knight - 102 hours
The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles - 97 hours
Super Mario Odyssey - 87 hours
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 87 hours (This is false. Early when I first got the Switch, I lent it to a family member so that they could play this game since I was mainly playing it on Wii U and so this is their time spent on the game.)
Nintendo 64 Online - 82 hours
Wheel of Fortune - 77 hours
Metroid Dread - 54 hours
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 47 hours (This is also going to go up as I'm just starting to play the DLC courses after finally getting another copy of this game. I gave my first copy to my brother just a couple months before they announced all the DLC to come.)
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 47 hours
Kirby and the Forgotten Land - 36 hours
Super Mario Party - 35 hours
Yooka-Laylee - 30 hours
Murder by Numbers - 23 hours (Surprised this made the list)
Jeopardy! - 23 hours
BoxBoy! + BoxGirl! - 22 hours

A little surprised that the GBA Online app didn't make this list yet but maybe if it was expanded to a full 25. Earlier this year, I had been playing the SNES Online app and A Link to the Past in it just before XCX:DE launched but I guess it wasn't enough to show up on any of my stats for top games or month by month breakdowns. That is actually the first time I've played the SNES version. I'd only played the GBA version of it before and only once making it the second time I've played that game. When bringing up games I played this year, it just felt like that deserved a mention as it one that stuck in my mind when thinking about games. There's also Pokemon TCG Pocket but that's just become a part of daily life for me at this point.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Nintendo Switch 2025 Year in Review (now with December!)

« on: January 20, 2026, 12:42:57 AM »

Welp, the review was mostly what I expected. I thought I had more hours in Mario Wonder and less hours in XCX but they were the main two games I knew I had spent time playing this year on the Switch.

The 30 total games is a lie as always. Some of those games were Game Trials that I launched to just get the platinum points. A few were games I'd bought off the eShop but I don't remember actually launching them yet so I'm surprised they showed up on the list.

My top genre was “Action,” which is incredibly vague as a descriptor, but okay.

Based on your games, your top genre should be RPG right? I am curious what the possible game types are.

Based on this part of the breakdown, I feel like these may be all the game types they are using unless someone else has more in their circle chart.



With XCX:DE having 285 out of my 343 hours on Switch and Action coming up as my top gaming style over RPG, I think it's pretty clear Nintendo is counting XCX:DE as an Action RPG and giving both of those tags equal measure.

As for the month-to-month most-played listings:

January - Tetris 99 (2 hours)
February - Tetris 99 (2 hours)
March - XCX:DE (31 hours)
April - XCX:DE (65 hours)
May - XCX:DE (88 hours)
June - XCX:DE (49 hours)
July - XCX:DE (39 hours)
August - XCX:DE (17 hours)
September - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (6 hours)
October - Super Mario Bros. Wonder (9 hours)
November Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2 hours)
December - Tetris 99 (1 hour)

Not that exciting or varied. The sad thing is, I'm still not done XCX:DE. I was at part 2 of Chapter 13 and have meant to finish it as that was part of the reason I was willing to buy it at launch and jump back into that game. I had thought of doing it during Backlaugust and announced it as my intention only to get frustrated at my inability to defeat either Telethia or Pharsis despite having to Ares 90s, an Ares 70 and level 60 Skell with some Ultrafauna weapons and gems attached. Having spent all those tickets and still getting defeated sapped my momentum just near the end like that. Although if I could develop some skill at Overdrive better than maybe that could help but Pharsis has a pool under it so it seems like it has to be taken out via skells.

But now that I'm done Wonder and a couple other games and have had this break from the game, I'm getting a bit more inclined to jumping back into and seeing if I can finally wrap it all up and defeat those last 11 Tyrants I had left on my list and finishing that Final Chapter along with a handful of missions to finally put that game to bed.

Puzzle would also have been a bigger contender if the 3DS was included in this. Last third of the year was spent playing Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy and I put in over 100 hours in that game solving all the content and DLC it had to offer. The in-game hour count in the Professor's Trunk maxed at 99 hours and doesn't seem to be able to go up to or past 100. First time I touched my 3DS in over a year at least. Sadly, I think that had an effect on the thumb nub as it felt odd at first and like it was dried out from not getting regular skin oils on it after years of steady play. In fact, it ended up crumbling and breaking a bit all along the outer circle of it with now just the inner circle left that still covers the moving metal or plastic piece under it. Kind of sad that has happened to it. Could use a new one. Didn't expect the used 3DS market to get more expensive than when the systems were being sold brand new. DS systems are still pretty cheap but the pandemic seems to have had an effect on 3DS availability. Even though Switch pretty much ended that system when it launched, it feels like Nintendo could release a batch of 3DS systems and sell out of them just for people that might want to replace their aging systems.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« on: January 15, 2026, 03:38:10 AM »

As for what I'm playing, January is becoming what should have been my Backlaugust. Wrapping up some games this month already. Just completed Super Mario Bros. Wonder by beating the Final Final test and getting the last badge. Once again, I have completed every game in the Mario platformer series both 2D and 3D. Now the Mario sports series.... that's a different story. However, doing that kind of got me amped up last night and probably stayed up a couple hours later than I should have. Also now feel less enthused about jumping into a couple of the other games I was thinking of going back to wrap up like XCX:DE. So, it's high and low feelings combined! Woo.

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General Gaming / Re: What are you playing?

« on: January 15, 2026, 03:24:31 AM »

What games do you recommend for a beginer who has never played anything? 

I recommend playing all the NES games you can then. With the NES, the videogame industry was still in its infancy so a lot of games are quite simple and controllers didn't have the amount of buttons that they do now. Since the games are simple they are quite easy so you should have a great time playing them, Mr. Spambot. A few good choices to start would be Metroid, Zelda II, and Ninja Gaiden. Happy gaming.

Just perusing this thread and had a nice chuckle. Profound perspective here.

Appreciate the comment.

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TalkBack / Re: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Added To GameCube Nintendo Classics Library

« on: January 09, 2026, 12:56:56 AM »

That explains why the OST was suddenly added to Nintendo Music today. I wondered if it was a sign that the game was going to be added to the Switch 2 library but I guess it was first and the soundtrack second.

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I'M BACK / Re: Khushrenada's Fantasy Critic - Now with less blackjack and hookers!

« on: January 08, 2026, 12:26:51 AM »

I am. But that only brings the number to 4. I guess I'll wait until this Sunday and if we are under the 6 player threshold then I don't think it will move forward.

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I'M BACK / Khushrenada's Fantasy Critic - Now with less blackjack and hookers!

« on: January 04, 2026, 08:09:32 PM »

Oooh, that's a good logo. 


Recently, aka today, I was discussing my vision of what I think could be a fun way to play the Fantasy Critic game compared to how it is currently played.

The biggest change is that, rather than one big draft at the start of the game and then players making bids on games as the year moves along to fill their roster, in this game it would sort of be like a draft every month to bid on the games being released that month with the opportunity to still submit some later bids for games being released that month. Instead of choosing games for ones roster right away in January that may not release until June or October, players would have to wait for that month to come along and then compete with the others for such titles.

There's also some other tweaks in regards to bidding, trading and dropping/changing games on one's roster but I'll post those finer details in a little while since the priority right now is to see who'd be interested in playing this version and getting started on the January bids right away since are already into the month of it and they really should have been done at the end of December.

So, first of all, who's interested in playing? 10 players will be the limit but it would probably be best to see at least 6 or more.

Players so far:

Evan_B
Order.RSS
SplatoonJosh
M.K. Ultra

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« on: December 05, 2025, 01:40:20 AM »

Hi Khush! Long time no see, though that’s more on my side. I can’t believe how the pandemic sort of rewired my brain in regards to game discourse, and how I have had to deprogram it in lieu of some personal observations I found concerning in that regard. I’m back here to talk about games because I think forums are kind of nice, actually, so we’ll see if I can contribute to this place in a more positive way.

I don't know if it's a long time or not. I'll see you post in the NWR Discord on the occasions I check in on it. Don't do that nearly as much as I used to in the past few years. But I've never had any issues with your postings and contributions here (or there) so always glad to see some new comments from you.

Well, it's finally here. After 8 years, Metroid Prime 4 has arrived. And yet, thanks to some recent spending from the Black Friday deals, I'm actually staying pretty low on the hype meter and don't feel too compelled to immediately get this. Not getting much information or reminders of the game by not following much game news these days has helped as I remain pretty blind about the game. Still, there have been a couple moments in the past week where I suddenly wondered if I should just get a copy for the OG Switch and have it but I do think I'll keep holding off for now on the prospect of getting it for Switch 2 unless I hear that it's a pretty negligible difference between the two. 

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: 2025 NWR Forum Awards

« on: November 24, 2025, 11:53:34 PM »

I am once again nominating myself to win all forum awards.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Metroid Prime 4: Beyond [Insert thinly veiled Back to the Future reference here]

« on: November 24, 2025, 11:52:53 PM »

Sort of skimming through the above posts since I'm not looking for more information and thus possible spoilers as well as some of the argument (or is it discussion?) didn't really interest me all that much.

I continue to be less surrounded by game discussion these days. Don't keep up with Discord like I used to and these forums are pretty slow now. Don't use any social media like Twitter, BlueSky, Tumblr, and others. Don't follow any YouTube talking heads or channels. No more Nintendo Power to keep up the hype on upcoming games. As such, there are times I keep forgetting that Prime 4 is actually soon to release. Which is wild since it was a game I was waiting on for years after its announcement at the 2017 E3.

It's also kind of a good thing as it's allowed me to stay pretty unspoiled about the game. Nintendo's been doing this Metroid Monday thing on the Switch news app which I've been dismissing as I don't need more information about the game. I was sold when it was just announce with the text image of Metroid Prime 4. Still, maybe it is that lack of knowledge which has made me keep forgetting about it. Aside from the last Nintendo Direct which showed more of the game and the Vi-Ol-A mobile, I haven't heard much about this game until recently with some talk about a Myles character that I see is brought up and complaining about him telling Samus what to do or where to go or something. To which I just roll my eyes. Feels like the past 25 years of a Metroid game releasing has always been a negative overreaction to something about it and how it will "ruin" Metroid and then the game turns out to be good or great after all. Even Federation Force was a good game and great fun if you could get a crew together. It took me awhile to finally get around to Other M (I think it was 2019 or so that I finally played it) and liked it way more than I was expecting based on the reaction it had and continues to get. So, I don't give a rip about the opinions and "concern" trolling of people over a bit of footage from a game they haven't even played or know what the complete product is like. At this point, the Metroid series has proven itself by consistently delivering a quality product in my eyes over the last 30 years. It easily gets the benefit of the doubt over some rando on social media I've never heard of whinging about some aspect of the game they don't like. There was a post I had seen somewhere a few months back along the lines of how Switch 2 has created the most desperate Nintendo haters and this just feels like a further part of that desperation.

For myself, my only real question about the game is whether I should get it now or wait a few months as I'll likely get a Switch 2 then. And when I do, should I get the Switch 2 version and make Prime 4 my initial launch game. I guess the less hyped I stay about the game then the easier it may be to wait until that time.

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General Chat / Re: The Major League Baseball Thread: Did SI Swipe The 2025 Sports Almanac?

« on: October 30, 2025, 03:39:23 AM »

Well, the big series has arrived. I'm not sure how much of a battle it will be. Jays are a good team but the Dodgers just seem to be at a higher level of play right now even though they are almost even based on regular season results.

Welp, I was certainly underestimating the Jays but that was more based on how things went with the series versus the Mariners being down 2-0 and then 3-2 and being behind for a large portion of Game 7. Seemed like they were sort of lucky to get through that series while Dodgers cruised through the sweep of the Brewers but Jays have shown themselves to be pretty equal to the Dodgers and maybe it has been the Dodgers who were the underdogs all along in this series.

This series has been a heck of one to see and its wild how much historic stuff has been taking place during this series. I suppose I'll post a bit more later in the day but just wanted to check in and see who else has been taking this in.

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General Chat / Re: The Major League Baseball Thread: Did SI Swipe The 2025 Sports Almanac?

« on: October 24, 2025, 01:01:38 PM »

Well, the big series has arrived. I'm not sure how much of a battle it will be. Jays are a good team but the Dodgers just seem to be at a higher level of play right now even though they are almost even based on regular season results. Just making the World Series again seems like the big win for the Jays this year but it would be something if they could complete this playoff run with a Championship victory. It's wild that they are facing off against the Dodgers almost two years after their whole effort to get Ohtani to sign with the Jays. Will next year be Jays and Mets after they couldn't get Juan Suto to sign with them either?

Still, it's a shame that it had to come at denying the Mariners their first chance at playing a World Series though I think the Mariners would have beaten down pretty quick by the Dodgers if they had made it. Sort of like when Colorado Rockies got to their first World Series only to be swept by the Red Sox.

Too bad about the Brewers. I was reading that the Dodgers/Brewers series could be seen as a referendum on the growing argument for a salary cap in baseball. If a small market and low payroll team like the Brewers can have success then supposedly it shows that a salary cap isn't that necessary. So, I guess congrats to the Brewers on helping aid the cause for a salary cap in baseball. Despite being the best team of the regular season, they were swept by the biggest payroll team. And, sure, its not like they were blown out. A couple games seemed kind of close but looking back on the series, it almost seemed futile for the Brewers.

I hadn't realized this until seeing it mentioned in a sports article but so far there have been no repeat champions since the 21st century began. Dodgers are looking to become the first time to repeat in 25 years. It's surprising too since there have been a few teams to win multiple championships but they just never did it back-to-back. Going back to the 90s you had the Jays winning twice in a row and Yankees closing out the decade winning three in a row. In baseball, if often seems that when a team is good that it can usually win a few championships close together due to the imbalance in roster payrolls. Phillies were the closest so far but they lost in their second World Series in a row to the Yankees. I always think of that series as the one where I wanted both teams to lose.   San Fran Giants also had a weird streak of winning three times in 5 years but doing it every other year. Does that bode well for the Jays? I suppose we'll find out starting tonight.

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Shares Short Film - Close to You

« on: October 15, 2025, 02:16:20 AM »

So.... did they break something on Nintendo Today that they now can't remove this video from it? Surprising to me that it has now stayed on here for a whole week already.

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TalkBack / Re: Pokemon Mobile News: TCG Pocket Expanding Trading Again, Go Details Trainer Level Changes

« on: October 15, 2025, 01:53:03 AM »

"In a post on the Pokemon website today, it was confirmed that several updates to Pokemon TCG Pocket are planned to expand the pool of tradable cards (adding "2 star" and "shiny" cards to the existing tradable rarities), and a "sharing" feature will be added to allow for lower rarity cards to be sent to friends once a day no cost. The "Wonder Pick" will also be enhanced to prioritize missing cards from the collection and show quantities on hand for the pack."

Oh ho! Heck yeah! Glad there are more trading options. Around a week before the new Deluxe Ex Packs released, I had finished getting every diamond and 1 star art cards for all the sets. All Dex and Deck missions were complete. I had also completed all Solo Battle objectives and only had one non-Secret Mission left. The Lake of Rage requiring a Shiny Gyarados. I was opening Lugia packs to see if I might get lucky there and when the Deluxe Ex packs hit, my pack points were at 950 in the Wisdom set. I could do a ten-pack opening and then cash in the points for that Gyarados but I've been unsure of doing that since I'd like to save some ten-pack pulls for the next set and still debating whether I should I try one more on this Deluxe set for the chance at some of the rare cards or not. So far, the two times I've done it were a bust with nothing special beyond a 1 star while I actually got a Shiny Giratina and two-star Mewtwo just from regular pack openings. Meanwhile, I've missed out on the two-star Buzzwole, Palkia, and Lillie in Wonder Picks but I did get the two-star Mew in a Wonder pick.

The only money I've spent has been the regular subscription fee for the extra pack opening a day and the bonus missions that come with it. Have had 6 months worth of that. However, my desire for some of the cards in this Deluxe Ex set has had me feeling like maybe putting some more money in with the gold bars to try opening more since I don't see how one could even complete the Dex Missions this time around for both emblems in time and, while its a gamble, it would add up pack points so I might get a couple of the other wanted cards in this set before they disappear. On the other hand, kind of disappointed at this limited availability for the set and not sure I want to reward that.

But now knowing there could be trades for these rarer cards makes things more interesting in that decision.

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I'M BACK / Re: The Lettuce Cat is so last week. Mock me for being behind the times. is so last week. Mock me for being behind the times. Happy Mask Shop

« on: October 15, 2025, 01:35:56 AM »

LOL. Yeah, sometimes a spambot post is too good to delete. Got to love how AI is still lacking in understanding when it tries to comment on humor. And what's with the questions? Like those are going to spark some real discussion. Some real food for thought there Mr. Julse! Definitely going to have to mull over these upendings of social conventions....

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TalkBack / Re: Nintendo Shares Short Film - Close to You

« on: October 12, 2025, 12:33:33 PM »

The other rumor is that the baby is Rosalina and this is related to the next Mario movie. Personally, the animation style looks just like Illumination to me.

He may be late to the party but he's got some good theories!

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General Chat / Re: The Major League Baseball Thread: Did SI Swipe The 2025 Sports Almanac?

« on: October 03, 2025, 03:10:39 AM »

Even if your team goes out in the first round it creates some hope for next year and gives the season some purpose.  With baseball the season is a waste of time for like at least half of the teams that day one the fans know are NOT going to make it.  The Expos only had one playoff appearance in their entire time in Montreal.  Well no wonder they moved.  Who wants to watch a team that's so irrelevent?

The people of the great state of Texas, that's who!  Our perennial also-rans are well loved in spite of their nearly nonexistent playoff record, thank you very much.

Man, things sure changed in the past 15 years after this post. 7 Championship appearances by both Texas teams with 3 wins (2 for Astros, 1 for Rangers).