Been inching near the end of Metroid Prime. I was away at Atlanta which reduced my playtime but got some time in this evening.

robio said:

I've tried playing through FF2 a couple times, and I just can't do it. I think it was actually the first fan translated game I ever played, and about halfway through. I just tapped out. A few years ago I tried again with the GBA Dawn of Souls version. I made it closer to the end that time, but I still had to give up.


I've looked at the pixel remaster a few times, but I just don't think it's ever going to happen.

It’s so much easier to play in the Pixel Remaster thanks to the modifiers you can use in it like a gold multiplier and getting various stat boosts after battles. Kind of just mindlessly hacking through it right now for the most part. Toggling random battles off when backtracking or just want to explore is a great feature. It has a nice pixel look to it and nice music. Story is quite dull so far though.

This weekend I played Civilization 6, Warcraft 1 and a little SimCity 3000.

Ravenprose said:

I only have Shantae Half Genie Hero on Wii U. It's a high quality and fun game. It plays a bit like Wonderboy and Metroid.  I want to play more of it, but I can't go back to the U-pad anymore. I need to double dip and get it on Switch too.

That's one I wanted.

I own all the Mighty Switch force games. I find Wayforward and Shinen never really bring their game prices down enough.

And Nintendo, standard 33% discount.

gamingeek said:

After reading a wiki I realised the only Metal slug games I played was the OG and Metal Slug X.

Metal Slug 2 is doing some incredibly crowd pleasing stuff.

There's a level where you enter a Tomb and fight mummies. You've got round bellied enemies that rip apart and explode. You go into a sewer and Resident Evil style monsters drop from the ceiling.

There's this gatling gun mini boss who falls into the water and a giant Orca rises up and eats him.

There's an epic Hong Kong and New York level. The games art is amazing, I can't even think of a modern pixel art game on the same level. Your character literally flings away weapons when you run out of ammo.

I can see myself buying all of these games.

It's such a shame that the slowdown tars the experience.

I have the Metal Slug collection for Wii. I believe it had every game in the series. It's a cool collection with one flaw: No Wii Pro controller support.

Ravenprose said:

I have the Metal Slug collection for Wii. I believe it had every game in the series. It's a cool collection with one flaw: No Wii Pro controller support.