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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Fire Emblem if - we change one more mainstay of the series it might as well be..

« on: June 01, 2015, 05:34:33 PM »

I hate that waifu/husbando ****.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Group Therapy

« on: June 01, 2015, 04:27:30 PM »

It let him get his rage out. *nods*

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Group Therapy

« on: June 01, 2015, 01:40:39 AM »

...and for reasons that were never quite explained I have an unhealthy obsession with torturing Pete Rose.

Are you WWE's Kane?

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Project Treasure* MEGA THREAD

« on: June 01, 2015, 01:39:11 AM »

Well, it is an F2P game after all. Shouldn't look jaw-dropping in beauty.

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Reader Reviews / Whoa Dave!

« on: May 31, 2015, 11:17:36 PM »

A game packed with more "whoa" than a younger Joey Lawrence.

(Check out the review with pictures (WOW!) here.)

As a kid and young teen, I was blessed with being able to enjoy the arcade scene during its height in popularity in the States. Whether it was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles four player beat-em-up or a fighter like Mortal Kombat, plenty of coins and allowances were lost to arcade machines. Nowadays, a lot of the arcade-like experiences come from indie developers in the West, such as Choice Provisions' Whoa Dave! If you're in the market for some old school arcade gameplay goodness, then Whoa Dave! is an ample title from the Nintendo eShop to go "bonkers" over. (Get it? Because bonkers is one of the difficulties you can unlock in the game!)

Whoa Dave! nails the old school and arcade aesthetic right with bright and simple retro graphics. However, it doesn't just look the part of an old school arcade game, it plays the part as well, even down to simple pick-up-and-play action. Without knowing anything about Whoa Dave going in, I quickly understood what I needed to do soon after I started a gameplay session. An amazing feat all to its lonesome, but it also shows how simple to grasp the gameplay of Whoa Dave! really is.

The game has you choosing from one of two modes, Deluxe or Classic. Both offer the same gameplay style with Deluxe granting you access to more characters to choose from. Each contain a different leaderboard (which is unfortunately local only) to try to get the best scores on.

Whoa Dave! tasks you with running left and right, and jumping on platforms, grabbing eggs that will eventually crack open and reveal an enemy if enough time is allotted and exploding skulls which wipe out enemies and eggs alike. Every destroyed egg or defeated enemy drops a coin. The goal of Whoa Dave is to nab as many coins as possible in a gameplay session before all of your lives run out. To help out are occasional Whoa Blocks (a la Super Mario Bros. 2's POW Blocks), which serve the purpose of obliterating every enemy on the screen if thrown onto solid ground. Every enemy leaves a coin, so it becomes mondo richness time.

As your coin total grows in a gameplay session, the difficulty steadily ramps up, introducing flying eyeball enemies and UFOs which can destroy platforms. More enemy eggs and less exploding skulls begin spawning. Additionally, the bottom floor will slowly catch fire, turning the once safe floor into a pool of lava, making enemies that fall into it catch fire and race across the gameplay area.

It can become quite challenging for a different reason, though. Many times eggs and other throw-able objects appear directly next to one another, and it can be rather arduous to pick up the object you want. This can make you lose lives in some very cheap and frustrating ways.

There are three different level choices to select from at the beginning of a gameplay session. My favorite has portals on either side of the top platforms, where throwing an object through one makes it appear from the other. It makes for some zany action. In addition to playing for high coin totals on the leaderboards (again, local only, sadly), there are several achievements to try to complete, such as reaching specific point totals, defeating a certain enemy a certain way, and so forth.

If you're not a fan of arcade-styled games where it's not so much about making progress to unlock content or further the gameplay experience and more about setting high scores, you won't find Whoa Dave! as an arcade offering any different from older efforts in the genre. For everyone else, Whoa Dave! gives plenty of arcade awesomeness with few drawbacks (e.g. no online leaderboards and some annoying moments where the action gets a bit too crazy to follow).

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Group Therapy

« on: May 31, 2015, 05:37:04 PM »

That's all the expertise I need, so you're good!

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TalkBack / Re: New Side-Scrolling Chibi Robo Coming to 3DS in Japan

« on: May 31, 2015, 05:36:28 PM »

I need to re-pick-up the first Chibi Robo. I have the DS one, and that's another one I haven't played yet. 2D platformer, though? Right up my alley!

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!

« on: May 31, 2015, 05:34:52 PM »

Feel free to add my NNID if we aren't friends already. So hard to tell who's a friend and who isn't online when Mii names are being used online and not NNID names! :O

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!

« on: May 31, 2015, 05:00:30 PM »

Would anyone like to play this evening?

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TalkBack / Re: New Dr. Mario Available Now on 3DS in Japan

« on: May 31, 2015, 04:57:53 PM »

Miiverse has the game listed as "Dr. Mario: Miracle Cure", so an overseas release should be forthcoming.

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TalkBack / Re: Mario And Sonic Qualify For 2016 Rio Olympics On Wii U And 3DS

« on: May 31, 2015, 04:56:37 PM »

I'm pretty hyped for this release. I liked the first Wii U game for its events and unlockable goods. You'd unlock stuff for completing achievement-like goals, such as gear, equipment, costumes, and music. It was really fun to play with my older brother. I hope Sega keeps that unlockable system since it offered plenty of replay value and was addicting on top of that!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Group Therapy

« on: May 31, 2015, 02:18:01 AM »

Are you a licensed therapist, Silenced, or is this a hobby?  :

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!

« on: May 31, 2015, 02:16:57 AM »

Well, I played a bit with Zach and Phil, they are better than I am. Game needs more emotes. Booyah! Really liked the load screen mini game, and the single player is pretty good so far!

It's just that we have more practice with the online mode, as the great rank differences showed. *nods*

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Amazing Deals for 3DS, DS & GBA

« on: May 31, 2015, 02:16:08 AM »

Definitely worth it at double that price, much more full price at $40. I find the game really enjoyable despite possessing a really high difficulty.

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TalkBack / Re: Moon Chronicles (3DS eShop) Season One Review

« on: May 31, 2015, 02:14:58 AM »

I finally played the first episode thanks to the Nindie Humble Bundle. It's like Metroid Prime Jr. to me, and that's nice praise I would say. I agree with you on areas lacking cohesion. I'm using the Circle Pad and the touch screen to move and aim. It's a comfortable control scheme so far. I'm now pondering if I should go ahead and buy the season pass now.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!

« on: May 30, 2015, 09:57:59 PM »

I played with ShyGuy from here, I believe. Played a bunch of matches against people from another forum, and then there was a fun power surge. Oh, well. The battery on the GamePad was almost out.

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TalkBack / Re: Second Opinion: Splatoon (Wii U)

« on: May 30, 2015, 04:11:58 PM »

Yeah, that's the only thing that's sorely lacking to me is bots. The solo mode shows that the humanoid Octolings who behave like online opponents would work well as bots. *nods*

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!

« on: May 30, 2015, 04:10:12 PM »

Does anyone want to play tonight or even right now? I am in the CST (GMT -6) zone of time. I think Disco Stu is a NWR user. I played with him last night. Was fun.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Off-Topic Wise-Ass Comments About Other NWR Forum Threads And Also Other Stuff

« on: May 29, 2015, 09:35:00 PM »

A lot of the gamer population is really ****.

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TalkBack / Re: Six Amiibo in Search of an Author

« on: May 29, 2015, 07:00:53 PM »

Lucina was available on Amazon for ten seconds. Ten seconds. Ten. Seconds.
And then it was sold out.

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: Off-Topic Wise-Ass Comments About Other NWR Forum Threads And Also Other Stuff

« on: May 29, 2015, 03:47:40 PM »

Well, at least nobody's threatened to kill Neal this year.

I'm interested in the details of this... for research purposes, of course.

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Nintendo Gaming / Re: Splatoon!! WELCOME - TO DYE!

« on: May 29, 2015, 02:34:43 PM »

I picked this up along with a Wario and Pac-Man amiibo that were on the store shelves at my local Best Buy. They had the Inkling Boy and Girl as well, but I didn't want to spend too much.

Anyway, really loving this game! Won six matches in a row, then lost one, then won two, then lost my last two. Even when losing and get manhandled the game is a blast. I'm always earning cash, which means even a loss is progress! Plus the solo campaign is a blast! Did the first area of the solo mode, and got all the hidden scrolls so far!

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NWR Forums Discord / Re: I hereby declare a new forum rule!

« on: May 28, 2015, 05:39:50 PM »

I just use asterisks to replace %@$#%# symbols when I have a naughty word to say, ******es!

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TalkBack / Re: Humble Bundle Expands To eShop

« on: May 26, 2015, 05:48:46 PM »

This is incredible value, however it is only for the US. So not only is Nintendo's region locking policies harming their own profits, it has now harmed charities. I would love to give you my money Nintendo but you just don't want it.

...

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TalkBack / Re: Gifts From a Friend: James Plays Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric

« on: May 25, 2015, 08:02:59 PM »

It's okay!