And Another New Game! ＼(o￣▽￣o)／

And of course, this one!

I wanted to buy the JP version, but for some reason, the JP version costs 100$ while the localized version costs 60$. I really would prefer reading the JP text over the English one, but when there is a whopping 40$ difference... I can't ignore that. And there is at least Japanese audio.

I mean, if there was no JP idea, I definitely would have been forced to buy the JP version, so thank gosh. I still have to deal with the localized names and skills and stuff though, but sure, I'll take that and keep my 40$. Also, the steelbook thing is kinda cool.

New Game! ╭( ・ㅂ・)و̑

A bit late to make this post, but got Mario Party Superstars a couple days after it was released!

Mario Party isn't exactly one of those games that I care about the language, so I just bought it from the nearest store. Although it automatically changes its in-game language if you use a JP account, so pretty much the same anyways.

I haven't actually bought Mario Party since like, 6 or 7, since they kept on adding weird gimmicks like character specific dices and riding in a car together, but this one does not do any of that, and FINALLY, it has online random matches. No more do you need to find friends or family that want to play video games with you!

From my experience so far, as long as all players can play to the end without anyone's connection dropping (because fighting against stupid AI is boring) and everyone uses stamps in good manner, it is really fun. 15 turns is surprisingly long, around an hour or a bit more average, but still great as long as everyone is having fun.

Also, it's Mario Party, so I'm not gonna bother writing a review. Good ol' Mario Party. What I said at the top is pretty much what I want to say.

Hopefully they will have a few free updates that add new maps?

Obligatory I'm Alive Post

Since it has been a while

Haven't really bought any new games, so didn't really have anything to say. So far am looking at two games.

One is Megami Tensei V, definitely gonna buy this. However, the JP version costs a whopping 100$ for some reason, so for once, I actually may buy the localized version (and play in JP voice of course). Too bad you can't just change the language for the text too, I think.

The other one is Mario Party Superstars, since you can play online. If you can play with randoms, then I think it can actually be pretty fun to play once in a while, like Mario Kart and such. And this is the normal Mario Party too, not the ones that added weird gimmicks to the gameplay like character-specific dices and riding a car together and all that crap.

Rune Factory 5: Story Complete + Review

Okay, I've finished the main story now. Post-game includes one dungeon and you just being a farmer like usual, but I'm pretty sure the usual stuff are just that, so I don't think I really need to do that to write my thoughts on the game. 

New Game! But... Noticeable Problems... (Rune Factory 5)

So of course, yeah. I've played 3 and 4, and I liked them. Galge + Farming. Nice.

However, I'm 2 hours into the game and it has a couple of major problems, that I hope they address really quickly.

The big problem here is that I think they made the game 3D, but didn't really have the technology to do so well. The game stutters, a lot. Going into a house and then leaving always causes the game to stutter a moment in order to load the map.

And I don't know if the stuttering is the cause, but during conversations, the text appears slightly quicker than the character portrait. And this happens in every conversation, so it isn't exactly ignorable.

I don't think the base system has any problems, but at least fix the stuttering. I don't know if the conversation character portrait problem is on purpose or not, but the stuttering definitely isn't intentional.

Also the OP is like Jojo or Bleach. Weird.

Smash Ultimate - Pyra in Smash, Wooh!

 Since I'm here writing stuff, I'm gonna go ahead and say this, one month+ too late.

You know, it honestly surprises me. Monolith Soft is great at making games, and helps Nintendo with stuff like Zelda. Yet Nintendo is here going, "Dude Sakurai, please advertise Fire Emblem!". Intelligent Systems can't even make their own games now. Yet Nintendo goes out of its way to help Intelligent Systems stay afloat. Just buy away the IP and disband that lump of junk.

Finally, Monolith Soft got some justice. I would have been fine with Rex, using Pyra and Mythra, but I'm even better with just solo Pyra and Mythra. The only problem is that in JP, Pyra calls Mythra "Hikari", but in the game, she goes "Hikari-chan". So yeah, Sakurai, please fix this.

This is my Pyra/Mythra Global Smash Power, BTW. The image is one month old and Global Smash Power naturally grows as time passes, so mine's is probably more now though. Great characters, fun to play.

Monster Hunter Rise: Thoughts and Impressions

Sorry about not posting for so long. I originally planned to buy Bravely Default 2, and that would have got me to write something about it, but I ended up kinda going "Meh" towards it, and ended up not buying it.  Pyra came out for Smash and that was awesome and literally the only Smash DLC I've ever bought and I got busy playing that. And then Monster Hunter came out.

Still planning to get Rune Factory 5. Not sure about Pokemon Snap. And that's all for now, really. Huh, kinda lonely. Where is Megami Tensei 5?! Etrian Odyssey?! You give us these teasers and no follow-up.

Also hopefully, as I am still playing Monster Hunter, I will finish the last two routes of Nukitashi before the localized version comes out, so I can say a few words. Yeah, this is an R18 visual novel game, so most people reading this probably doesn't care about that type of stuff.

While Monster Hunter isn't one of those games that has an "end", I have now played over 150 hours (actually 166, it seems), so I definitely think I can say something about it.

Also, I don't really think there are any spoilers. Not that I think Monster Hunter stories really have a story that could be ruined with spoilers, outside of maybe spinoff games.

Update (January 2021)

 Since I haven't made any posts recently, just wanted to give a quick update.

I haven't really bought any new games yet. I've been mostly playing Langrisser Reincarnation, replaying Monster Hunter 4G, and also started Nukitashi (Eroge). I've already beaten the first two and haven't finished Nukitashi, so I haven't really been able to say anything in a post. 

I plan to buy Bravely Default 2, Rune Factory 5, and of course Monster Hunter Rise, but nothing interested me in December or January.

You also got Sephiroth in Smash Bros, but I've never cared about Final Fantasy, so whatever, you know. Still waiting for Xenoblade 2's character, but for some reason, although Nintendo is willing to baby Intelligent Systems, who can't even make their own games anymore, they aren't willing to give any favor to the company that literally helps them make all kinds of games like Zelda. *shrug*