tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78034828059251362512024-03-17T12:30:38.912-04:00KoopaTVKoopaTV lived a truth & levity approach to the videogame industry for ten years.<br>Unfortunately, the Internet's best website is no longer producing new content.<br>
Please enjoy our historical content archive regardless.Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comBlogger2710125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-10483166078232239542023-07-03T23:54:00.006-04:002023-07-13T15:35:54.187-04:00KoopaTV's June 2023 Review Newsletter — The FINAL Newsletter<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - You'll want to read this entire newsletter if you care even a little about KoopaTV!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> don't want to write this newsletter, since <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/05/ten-years-completed-of-koopatv-but-this.html" target="_blank" title="See KoopaTV's end-of-content notice">I know what it represents</a> (and you should click that link if you don't understand why it's the last newsletter), and it's not something I like.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">For more information on that, read to the end of this newsletter.</span><br><br>
<h2 id="game" title=".html#game">Don't miss KoopaTV's new videogame, <i>Fire Withdraw</i>!</h2><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">You might not have expected KoopaTV to publish a videogame on the Sunday before this newsletter was to go out. But it happened! It's a very rare and fortunate event. ...And you ought to go play <i>Fire Withdraw</i>, too, instead of just marveling at its existence. You can <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/07/play-fire-withdraw-videogame-koopatv.html" target="_blank">play <i>Fire Withdraw</i> directly from KoopaTV for free</a>, even. (Play it on a PC.)</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzplZmjPP5d6lpNrXopr4AUS2HWpLjWW90eGZGjZYf1I4_EOyf1BZM2bgHmXuzp_IdbOgDLucvM89Wgj2ZisXe9x3cwFHOoyBrY5wlsgPnhS1q30tOlXfmjG07A7Q7DsLOJLGBqX_g6KQvEnJQG9HvAtHYqC8BHN4pcHj5fgn2RzwEjLxJuys_fRBcYZHy/s960/fire-withdraw-title-with-promo.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Fire Withdraw promotion title screen Koopa Troopa fireball barrage Super Mario Brothers" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzplZmjPP5d6lpNrXopr4AUS2HWpLjWW90eGZGjZYf1I4_EOyf1BZM2bgHmXuzp_IdbOgDLucvM89Wgj2ZisXe9x3cwFHOoyBrY5wlsgPnhS1q30tOlXfmjG07A7Q7DsLOJLGBqX_g6KQvEnJQG9HvAtHYqC8BHN4pcHj5fgn2RzwEjLxJuys_fRBcYZHy/w640-h480/fire-withdraw-title-with-promo.png" title="Fire Withdraw: The one-button game where a Koopa Troopa defends against a fireball barrage from the Super Mario Brothers!" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The answer to the second question should be “Yes” if you focus hard enough.<br>But you gotta prove it!<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">Hm, I'm just now reminding myself that I (or multiple people) need to go update the TV Tropes pages for both our <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/KoopaTV" target="_blank">videogames</a> and our <a href="https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Website/KoopaTV" target="_blank">website</a> as a whole.</span><br>
<h2 id="top5" title=".html#top5">Top Five Recommended Experiences of June 2023</h2>
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<span style="font-size: small;">June 2023 was pretty much the only month of KoopaTV's ten-year history where I had a plan for what to publish on every day of the month. However, FakE3 events kept popping up that needed a Reaction Log, so that bumped off content that will now just never exist. ...So it's hard to pick just five articles from a month that had a lot of high-intent works, several of which I've wanted to write for YEARS. Here's my attempt (that ends up omitting all of those Reaction Logs) in chronological order:</span><br>
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<li><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/sinnoh-remasters-addressed-original-issues.html" target="_blank">Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Resolved Many of Diamond & Pearl's Release-Era Issues</a> — This article exists on the theory that the issues identified near when a game is initially released are more authentic problems than those that crop up several years later, which are prone to outside influences and unrelated biases. Based on that, Ludwig compared the noted negatives of <i>Pokémon Diamond</i> and <i>Pokémon Pearl</i> a decade and a half ago with what <i>Pokémon Brilliant Diamond</i> and <i>Pokémon Shining Pearl</i> did, to try to mend the latter's poor fan reputations.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/mushroom-kingdom-gold-coin-hyperinflation.html" target="_blank">The Mushroom Kingdom Hyperinflation and its Problem for the Koopa Clan</a> — The monetary mismanagement caused by Princess Peach of the Mushroom Kingdom causes great damage to the Koopa Kingdom, and that's why Koopa Kingdom's interventions are justified.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/pokemon-stadium-kids-club-minigame-tier.html" target="_blank">Pokémon Stadium Kids Club Minigame Tier List</a> — There are nine minigames in <i>Pokémon Stadium</i>—which are the worst and which are the best? And why?</li>
<li><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/mario-subcon-dream-from-baby-memory.html" target="_blank">Mario's Subcon Dream Comes From Childhood Memories</a> — There is a very close tie between Mario dreaming about Subcon compared to his memories as a baby, which this article explores.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/left-handedness-deserves-more-recognition.html" target="_blank">Left-Handedness Deserves More Recognition</a> — The left-handed witch, Witch Princess, discusses her difficulties operating in a world and gaming ecosystem designed for right-handed people.</li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hm, that's overwhelmingly biased towards the last week of June. In times like that, I'll say that every KoopaTV article is worth reading and checking out. And you ought to do just that. Especially since there won't be any <i>new</i> articles coming out—so you'll be able to much more easily catch up than ever before! Now... let's move on to the user-generated parts (and afterwards, a big list of KoopaTV prize winners, and concluding thoughts you'll want to see):</span>
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</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/07/koopatvs-june-2023-review-newsletter.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-60412201879033050912023-07-02T21:06:00.025-04:002023-08-01T00:10:31.530-04:00Play Fire Withdraw: A Free Videogame By KoopaTV!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - The next generation of one-button gameplay, with a very important moral lesson.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">C</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">heck below (under the page break, so it doesn't try to load every time someone sees the home page) for a new videogame you can play right from KoopaTV. ...On a PC with a keyboard. This is <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank" title="KoopaTV's list of videogames.">KoopaTV's first new videogame since 2017</a>! And this is my first completed project developed using Scratch 3.0. It's also KoopaTV's first and only videogame that's based on the <i>Super Mario</i> IP. (Which we don't own. Go beat the Story Mode for the credits.)</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">As of July 9, 2023, you can now play the game with just a mouse, but it's not implemented in an optimal way or reflected in-game <i>yet</i>. This patch also made Level 5 marginally easier.<br><br>
As of July 31, 2023, the in-game instructions and user interface reflect mouse use, including level selection and a new KoopaTV instructional dialogue in Level 1 (and Level 1 is marginally easier to make sure you don't die while listening to the instructions). This should also make the game playable on a mobile device. I strongly believe that the most optimal way to play the game is still using a keyboard key, though.</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs93sPRK0a2eEJ4HkV0usr1vEAQxHIefqG44Z7cn4TPjW341dBO_uZHJ2JtX7lhQpeG052aXn9QRRplZ78SkFQ6hCDDdDr-LoNQUPrFN9XDhh1BGR6HFvj3x_V6Hf-FuwJrotkHHCddRtpQep8tzvF14dVVrNtwBxBk6Ya_G0oJbFHLda4qy_El5dFY5U/s2560/fire-withdraw-mobile-mouse-buttons-level-select-screenshot.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Fire Withdraw level select buttons story mode click tap touchscreen mouse Scratch 3.0 mobile" border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDs93sPRK0a2eEJ4HkV0usr1vEAQxHIefqG44Z7cn4TPjW341dBO_uZHJ2JtX7lhQpeG052aXn9QRRplZ78SkFQ6hCDDdDr-LoNQUPrFN9XDhh1BGR6HFvj3x_V6Hf-FuwJrotkHHCddRtpQep8tzvF14dVVrNtwBxBk6Ya_G0oJbFHLda4qy_El5dFY5U/w400-h225/fire-withdraw-mobile-mouse-buttons-level-select-screenshot.jpg" title="Fire Withdraw Level Select buttons" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fire Withdraw</i> is KoopaTV's first and last-ever videogame that you <i>could</i> play on a mobile device!<br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Fire Withdraw</i> is a single-player game that evolves the <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/12/potential-one-button-balan-wonderworld.html" target="_blank">one-button gameplay</a> inspired by the <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/01/egg-catcher-sub-games-return-kirby-rtdl-deluxe.html" target="_blank">Egg Catcher minigame</a> from <i>Kirby's Adventure</i> (and <i>Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe</i>) and further developed by the <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/pokemon-stadium-kids-club-minigame-tier.html#rock-harden" target="_blank">Rock Harden minigame</a> from <i>Pokémon Stadium</i>. I have a full explanation of everything below the page break (plus the embedded game itself, playable right from your web browser), so go: ↓↓↓↓↓
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</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/07/play-fire-withdraw-videogame-koopatv.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-42213433886144713822023-06-30T23:45:00.007-04:002023-07-01T00:12:53.813-04:00Buy the Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective Remaster!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a>><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Play the free demo if you feel nervous about the idea!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">oday, several notable videogame titles released on the market. I have no problem with them (<a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/everybody-1-2-switch-for-nobody.html" target="_blank">except for probably <i>Everybody 1-2-Switch</i></a>), but I will have a problem with YOU if you do not strongly consider purchasing the HD remaster of <i>Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective</i>, available on all modern gaming platforms at the moment. I'm saying this as someone who still has the DS cartridge (but also considers its 2011 release to be <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2020/03/gamefaqs-game-of-decade-2010s-bracket.html" target="_blank">a top 10 game released in the 2010s</a>.) Here is the launch trailer particular to <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/ghost-trick-phantom-detective-switch/" target="_blank">the <b>Nintendo</b> Switch</a>.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The trailer might make it seem like any typical murder mystery adventure game (featuring time travel), but unlike, say, <i>Ace Attorney</i>, <i>Ghost Trick</i> (written by Shu Takumi, who wrote several <i>Ace Attorney</i> titles) is significantly more interactive. You're not just pushing A to scroll through text and occasionally making menu-based selections (by no means do I personally have an issue with that level of interactivity, but I know some people I've tried pitching <i>Ace Attorney</i> to <i>do</i> have that problem); your spirit is constantly moving around, and you must move around strategically. The puzzles get multi-layered and quite involved as the game progresses, though you can try again as often as you'd like.</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7koPq8iv2mDT_FyFHA3dZodfF4qL2d3WyG9qJyY7X3Hc92h10RgFlKCcw-1jGI6weLq0tbU49ITsHpOUCX-mLTOJidgcwQFciJumCZMwlWjab1TffK4K_yW1a3BHVdybC3b5acW2CIn8GXSJwATVuOtqjKkrQ46gTqn67Nsy_5EncXknHvpAl671OGQc/s1280/Ghost-Trick-Ghost-World-Ghost-posess-Trick-action.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Ghost Trick Phantom Detective remastered Nintendo Switch Ghost World possess an object Sissel" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF7koPq8iv2mDT_FyFHA3dZodfF4qL2d3WyG9qJyY7X3Hc92h10RgFlKCcw-1jGI6weLq0tbU49ITsHpOUCX-mLTOJidgcwQFciJumCZMwlWjab1TffK4K_yW1a3BHVdybC3b5acW2CIn8GXSJwATVuOtqjKkrQ46gTqn67Nsy_5EncXknHvpAl671OGQc/w640-h361/Ghost-Trick-Ghost-World-Ghost-posess-Trick-action.jpg" title="So I enter the Ghost World with "Ghost," possess an object, and then perform a "Trick" with it, eh?" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Non-living or non-formerly living objects are all across detailed environments, and moving from possessing one to another within your range is how you move.<br>
...And some objects let you perform an action, too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/buy-ghost-trick-phantom-detective.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-65833215189045398302023-06-29T23:59:00.006-04:002023-06-30T22:10:02.486-04:00Ike (from Fire Emblem) is Not Gay<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - The accusations against him are playground bully logic. Instead...</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">or several years, <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2015/02/ike-and-abe-thatd-never-happen.html#comments" target="_blank">KoopaTV's comments section has been assailed by weirdos</a> who insist that Ike from <i>Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance</i> and <i>Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn</i> is gay. Or maybe it's the same guy.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately, it's not just that one guy who has been spreading this claims about Ike. There is a whole part of the <i>Fire Emblem</i> fanbase that has mistaken beliefs about romantic and/or sexual relationships, including many people that are themselves gay. It's very strange to see to see, but a big part of it is that <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2016/06/gay-captain-america-slippery-slope.html" target="_blank">there is a movement (that doesn't care about the truth) that wants to redefine any and every character as gay, in their image</a>. (Some <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/05/activision-blizzard-king-diversity-space-tool.html" target="_blank">game developers are also interested in doing this to their own characters, or as the basis for making new characters</a>.) They even want to say <i>I'm</i> gay. And to that, I say, don't say gay!<br><br>
...Seriously, don't. It's not a very precise term. (And it's only in my article headline because that's the terminology people keep using, not because it's good terminology.) Instead, take a look at this 2x2 matrix I've developed. It's... not a very original thought, but it's a concept a lot of people don't understand, including laypeople:</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vCALYdWB3SrFmGaM-AffiVEn6cAE_Q2tsvzwSJYMlVbb_TiVvw9h8VoaQ8iyPreISmIVIavG5DCnj1YacOtApv7MHAU_a4k52E0EcOTkayhhZgjf3-3MKhiZSeaEH44TET9BWs8saHni5aYztUo9bYTnFG2E4IiGudXOlU0R9ItLVBDY0wZ2nvOTVAer/s712/sexual-romantic-attraction-2x2-matrix.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="2x2 matrix table chart asexual aromantic homosexual homoromantic heterosexual heteroromantic bisexual biromantic same opposite sex" border="0" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="712" height="615" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-vCALYdWB3SrFmGaM-AffiVEn6cAE_Q2tsvzwSJYMlVbb_TiVvw9h8VoaQ8iyPreISmIVIavG5DCnj1YacOtApv7MHAU_a4k52E0EcOTkayhhZgjf3-3MKhiZSeaEH44TET9BWs8saHni5aYztUo9bYTnFG2E4IiGudXOlU0R9ItLVBDY0wZ2nvOTVAer/w640-h615/sexual-romantic-attraction-2x2-matrix.jpg" title="2x2 Matrix based on Split Attraction Model: Sexually and Romantically Attracted to Same or Opposite Sex" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This 2x2 matrix represents classifications on romantic and sexual attractions, based on attraction/no attraction to the same or opposite sex. (For more information, research “split attraction model.”)<br>
The sexual identity movement tries to overcomplicate this with ideas of >2 genders and words with complex prefixes to feel unique and quirky, but this chart is the basic and enduring truth.<br>(There... may be one possible addition or complication to this that may explain common attractions in <i>Fire Emblem</i>, however.)<br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">This chart may raise even more questions, so before I go to talking about Ike's life specifically, I'll answer some of those questions.</span><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/ike-from-fire-emblem-is-not-gay.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-19939373503012710072023-06-28T23:28:00.005-04:002023-06-28T23:39:32.770-04:00Left-Handedness Deserves More Recognition<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yr9_s85_27A/W5VP-GFLGRI/AAAAAAAAOdM/FUp-PuDswOMiA6VOddwedWgHVBdNalYHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Witch-Princess-avatar.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Yr9_s85_27A/W5VP-GFLGRI/AAAAAAAAOdM/FUp-PuDswOMiA6VOddwedWgHVBdNalYHQCLcBGAs/s1600/Witch-Princess-avatar.png"></a> <b>By WITCH PRINCESS - It's hard to operate in the world with your preferred hand when almost everything wasn't designed for you to do so.</b><br><br>
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">f you couldn’t tell from the title of the article, I am a left-handed witch. That means I pretty much am accustomed to doing (almost) everything with my left hand, from writing to eating to using a physical calculator.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I say almost in parenthesis because there are things such as cars, computers, and even video game console controllers that require me to use my right hand much to my displeasure.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">My dominant hand has always been my left, according to my parents. Fortunately, I had parents who never tried to “retrain” me to use my right hand instead of my left. However, just because they didn’t doesn’t mean I was free of right-handed influence. <a href="https://interestingengineering.com/culture/20-struggles-only-left-handed-people-will-understand">There’s a whole list here dedicated to lefty problems!</a></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The main problem I’m going to share with you though relates to gaming for lefties, specifically, a call to Nintendo and other companies to design ergonomic controllers for us!</span>
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</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/left-handedness-deserves-more-recognition.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Witch Princesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08649400191305363927noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-57070365228453305532023-06-27T23:59:00.014-04:002023-06-28T19:48:14.990-04:00Mario's Subcon Dream Comes From Childhood Memories<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - More specifically, the events of <i>Super Mario Bros. 2</i> was influenced by the events of <i>Yoshi's Island</i> (chronologically).</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">R</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">emember: The events of <i>Super Mario Bros. 2</i> (or <i>Super Mario Advance</i>, the superior way to experience it) were all a dream. They did not actually happen. ...Sorry, I guess that spoiled the game's ending, but I'd like to think everyone knew that already.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That isn't a controversial statement—or shouldn't be, if you understand dreams. However, even though the events of the dream are fictitious, they do represent—even in an indirect way—things that actually happened to the person who was dreaming (Mario). For more information, let's ask an expert in the field. He's known as Pewter. He seems to know what he's talking about:</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ1ectqQ8I9M0Mas8Zxl-tjyJSgCloaAD3anKNftqq_19QDBkONJZvLC9um7lCYvKEV1mAiJNFAElMY_n-jTIFtDhChxQMfIeUUwk2XQVCIs2LRMUm-voHNObQaUujQyKOEaJ93gZDqyHnddR1Bl_dVWqoUWTpp1MZAasDggDOuPX9KqPgDFcIAS_kqKh/s1280/ai-the-somnium-files-dreams-collage-of-memories-and-experiences.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="AI The Somnium Files Pewter explanation of dreams constructed from images experiences memories of dreamer subject" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRQ1ectqQ8I9M0Mas8Zxl-tjyJSgCloaAD3anKNftqq_19QDBkONJZvLC9um7lCYvKEV1mAiJNFAElMY_n-jTIFtDhChxQMfIeUUwk2XQVCIs2LRMUm-voHNObQaUujQyKOEaJ93gZDqyHnddR1Bl_dVWqoUWTpp1MZAasDggDOuPX9KqPgDFcIAS_kqKh/w640-h361/ai-the-somnium-files-dreams-collage-of-memories-and-experiences.jpg" title="Pewter explains how dreams are a collage of many memories" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pewter: Dreams can only be constructed from images and experiences the subject was present for.<br>
Mizuki's Somnium couldn't have contained that figure if she didn't see it in person.<br>
Of course, not everything we see in our dreams looks exactly the same as it did in the real world.<br>
You saw some strange things in Somnium earlier, didn't you, Date?<br>
That event you experienced is obviously not as it happened in reality.<br>
Dreams are a collage of many memories intertwining and blending with each other.<br>
Your skills as a Psyncer allow you to untangle those dreams and solve mysteries no one else can.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">What does the state of Mario's dreamy experience in <i>Super Mario Bros. 2</i> have to say about his past experiences? I believe the memories he's conjured up come from his childhood, or more specifically, his state as a baby or toddler. Now, this can get messy, because <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2019/03/marios-time-machine-daylight-savings.html" target="_blank">Mario has a time machine</a>, and that's how Baby Mario can co-exist with his adult self in the present at times (or sometimes his adult self is in the past). And sometimes he's <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2020/03/mario-mar10-over-10-forms.html" target="_blank">even employed his baby self as a... doctor</a>? So that causes scenarios where Baby Mario's memories involve things he's seen way into the future, and that affects Mario's dreams in the present (or past relative to today, when he actually had the dream told by <i>Super Mario Bros. 2</i>). In other words, because of his baby self time travelling, Mario as of <i>Super Mario Bros. 2</i> is able to dream of things that hadn't happened yet in his life because those were past memories encountered by his baby self in the future.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm3GeUti8UeDKjvD17v2ghnQbwiPaRMbtPde7ddeKvFoTPPab1t6YO4efvTh8F0Ck_8ES4hlIehK7MUYmr9PrQDQhN2_F6GRckGN3u73CiJHN7xcEue0lRzez3r0br2FzFglUv1DBH_ehdO0B_xXvx1gMJzWPPRTv9idJG-Rd5WhFlrEg5AHid-Om2AoN/s1280/ai-the-somnium-files-hiding-something-mario.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="AI The Somnium Files Date hiding something Mario mannekin" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGm3GeUti8UeDKjvD17v2ghnQbwiPaRMbtPde7ddeKvFoTPPab1t6YO4efvTh8F0Ck_8ES4hlIehK7MUYmr9PrQDQhN2_F6GRckGN3u73CiJHN7xcEue0lRzez3r0br2FzFglUv1DBH_ehdO0B_xXvx1gMJzWPPRTv9idJG-Rd5WhFlrEg5AHid-Om2AoN/w640-h361/ai-the-somnium-files-hiding-something-mario.jpg" title="Date: Hey! I know you're hiding something, Mario!" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">With that caveat out of the way, we'll try to understand Mario's subconscious for the rest of this article.</td></tr></tbody></table><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/mario-subcon-dream-from-baby-memory.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-38399538024871745262023-06-26T23:46:00.008-04:002023-07-02T21:29:15.469-04:00Pokémon Stadium Kids Club Minigame Tier List<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Worst-to-best of the nine minigames in <i>Pokémon Stadium</i>!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> few months back right after the first <i>Pokémon Stadium</i> became available on the <b>Nintendo</b> 64 emulator on Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/04/pokemon-stadium-on-nintendo-switch.html" target="_blank">I wrote an article about how Generation 1 mechanics really don't hold up today</a>. I also wrote about how the minigame aspect (the Kids Club) is overrated, because the quality of the minigames themselves are lacking. Today, I'm going to go into more detail about those minigames and how they are designed, rating them in a worst-to-best tier list. My experiences are based on playing the minigames both with three other computer players, as well as with other real people. Also, note that my ratings are based on playing <i>Pokémon Stadium</i> on the Nintendo Switch. I DID play it on the Nintendo 64, but my game design thoughts are significantly more refined now.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TLkLOsjzMY189Shju5EzuD9Bp9lialscOGwxkHcXk2PQu_q5aUm6X6FLLB9X6ycrl780myFKUPDzX3De5oLUt5XdEMl5Jwq7-fB6pGTBamLpRgQrPJjKc5OBxmxZBOErnX3EV5u2fQcS4Eh699zfAM5SQuCjyHVpKClH10nNj2LBeq1s4nSln1nxgyki/s1280/Pokemon-Stadium-unlock-Hyper-COM-difficulty-Kids-Club.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Pokémon Stadium unlocking HYPER difficulty mode computer players Kids Club minigames" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4TLkLOsjzMY189Shju5EzuD9Bp9lialscOGwxkHcXk2PQu_q5aUm6X6FLLB9X6ycrl780myFKUPDzX3De5oLUt5XdEMl5Jwq7-fB6pGTBamLpRgQrPJjKc5OBxmxZBOErnX3EV5u2fQcS4Eh699zfAM5SQuCjyHVpKClH10nNj2LBeq1s4nSln1nxgyki/w640-h361/Pokemon-Stadium-unlock-Hyper-COM-difficulty-Kids-Club.jpg" title="Congratulations! You got five straight "HARD" wins! The COM can now play at a "HYPER" level." width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">If you get five minigame wins in a row in “Who's the best?” mode on HARD difficulty, you'll unlock HYPER difficulty.<br>
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<dt>In-game Description:</dt>
<dd>Aim using the + Control Pad. Pull back and flick the Control Stick to launch EKANS.</dd>
<dd>The one with the highest score wins.</dd>
<dd>Pull the Control Stick back further to toss further.</dd>
<dd>Flick it lightly to toss a short distance.</dd>
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<dd>Ekans (controlled), Diglett (objective), Dugtrio (design of the floor)</dd>
<dt>Time</dt>
<dd>60 seconds. The player with the highest score at the end of that time wins. Ties are possible.</dd>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Ekans’ Hoop Hurl is easily the worst minigame of <i>Pokémon Stadium</i>—and I'd argue among the worst experiences of the entire Nintendo 64 library. It is one of the very few Nintendo 64 experiences that asks you to use both the Control Stick and the Control Pad at the same time. This is terrible for several reasons, including how uncomfortable it is.<br><br>I'd like to show you the in-game description below. Pay particular attention at the photo of how you are supposed to hold the controller. Note that controllers don't look like this anymore: Both the Nintendo Switch Pro Controller and Nintendo GameCube Controller, as examples, have the Control Stick at the top left of the controller and a D-Pad southeast of it. Those controllers also have two prongs for two-handed people, instead of the Nintendo 64's three prongs for three-handed people:</span><br><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/pokemon-stadium-kids-club-minigame-tier.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-62373483788332907302023-06-23T23:59:00.020-04:002023-07-31T22:12:57.661-04:00Ludwig's First-Ever Visit to a Physical Therapist<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - An evaluation appointment. Treatment appointments to come. (Now updated at the bottom of the article.)</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> haven't played <i>Ring Fit Adventure</i> since <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/01/nintendo-europe-new-years-custom-ring-fit-routine.html" target="_blank">the start of 2023</a>. There is something resembling a good reason for this: I've been in pain for the past four months, particularly on my right hip. As opposed to <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2021/12/ring-fit-adventure-fitness-log-week-55.html" target="_blank">persistent pain in my left hip at the end of 2021</a>. You probably have the impression that my body is a mess. You would be right.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Since I haven't been totally following <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2020/07/ring-fit-adventure-quick-play-mode.html" target="_blank">my chiropractor's fitness advice</a> (and my chiropractor helps me feel better but doesn't cure my pain in the long-term), my primary care physician suggested I go to a physical therapist (PT). It takes quite a while to schedule an evaluation appointment with a physical therapist, since I suppose they're in big demand. (My doctor also refused to let me get an MRI or X-ray because he thinks I'm too young to have problems). But today I finally got one! For the first time ever. Lemme tell you what happened.</span><br><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/first-ever-visit-to-physical-therapist.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-54250083054132393482023-06-22T23:59:00.012-04:002023-06-23T13:01:07.567-04:00The Mushroom Kingdom Hyperinflation and its Problem for the Koopa Clan<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - About the devaluation of the gold coin thanks to Princess Peach's monetary mismanagement.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">he gold coins in the Mushroom Kingdom are practically useless. As the reigning monarch of the Mushroom Kingdom, Princess Peach is accountable and responsible for this result that damages the living standards and economy of the Mushroom Kingdom. And as trading partners and users of the same gold coin currency, Koopa Kingdom has a vested interest in wanting the currency to be useful.<br><br>
For almost twenty years now, I've been thinking about the drastic currency fluctuations the gold coin has had, especially in a short period of time. Take a look at this:</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">According to that exchange rate, 115 Mushroom Kingdom gold coins equal 10 Beanbean Kingdom coins, or 11.5 Mushroom coins to 1 Beanbean coin. That's not inherently bad. But what is bad is the exchange rate a mere few weeks later:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;">99,999,999,999,999 Mushroom coins converted to a mere 99 Beanbean coins. (That's 99 trillion, 999 billion, 999 million, 999 thousand, 999 coins.) That's an exchange rate of 1,010,101,010,101 Mushroom coins to 1 Beanbean coin. (That's 1 trillion, 10 billion, 101 million, 10 thousand, 101 coins.) That's a percent change of approximately 8,783,487,044,256.52%. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperinflation#Definition" target="_blank">Many economists seem to like the definition</a> of “hyperinflation” being a 50% change in a month. It's almost unfathomable how much more reasonable a normal hyperinflation would be compared to what the Mushroom Kingdom goes through.</span><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/mushroom-kingdom-gold-coin-hyperinflation.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-57104071434833651092023-06-21T11:45:00.003-04:002023-06-21T14:07:20.763-04:00Nintendo Direct June 21, 2023 Live Reactions!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - There's a lot of emotion involved, at least.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">oday, there was a <b>Nintendo</b> Direct livestream featuring roughly 40 minutes of information focused mainly on Nintendo Switch titles launching this year, including new details on <i>Pikmin 4</i>. Watch it embedded here:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I gave a live-reacted text log (annotated with select screenshots) below. KoopaTV staffer Kamek is also present in the log... in his own way.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">[9:54 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7t5jnpkCkI<br>[9:55 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I NEED TO USE THE BATHROOM AHH<br>[9:59 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Back.<br>[9:59 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Not sure if I did a good job wiping myself but I don't have enough time for that!<br>[9:59 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Some people have already asked me what I expect or want to see in this Nintendo Direct. I expect nothing. I didn't ask for this event to happen.<br>[10:00 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But I am interested in the fact that media people / influencers / whomever have claimed that Nintendo backed out of E3 2023 because they have a weak lineup and have nothing to show.<br>[10:00 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: First thing: Pokémon.<br>[10:01 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Someone also told me there wouldn't be Pokémon at Nintendo Direct because Pokémon has their own event.<br>[10:01 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Obviously mistaken.<br></span></div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/nintendo-direct-june-21-2023-reactions.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-46928012229999206842023-06-20T21:47:00.003-04:002023-07-03T23:17:08.342-04:00The NintendoVS Challenge Cup June 2023 is a Siren's Song<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Alternatively, it's a devil's deal, and it's far from guaranteed.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> will start by proclaiming that <b>Nintendo</b> obviously reads KoopaTV. First, I complained about <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/05/nintendo-live-2023-has-worst-possible.html" target="_blank">the methods of entering Nintendo Live FOR SURE (and not by lottery) involved two <i>Splatoon 3</i> competitive tournaments and a <i>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</i> event</a>... to the exclusion of <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</i>. In response, <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/nintendo-live-2023-will-have-smash-bros.html" target="_blank">Nintendo revealed the four tournaments to take place <i>at</i> Nintendo Live</a> (as opposed to <i>enter</i> Nintendo Live). Two of them were for <i>Splatoon 3</i> and <i>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</i>, but the other two were for <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</i>. Though it's still a problem that getting into Nintendo Live is a luck-based mission, and only one day is available. Those <i>Splatoon 3</i> tournaments and the <i>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</i> event are over, after all.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, if you want a <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</i> event to guarantee your entry to Nintendo Live, check out...</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEctX2QF1dY1gxEFEatlwJmlleNz9D_ZLlZIzhxXMjgcnyYUpmfDMXsSghxkLI_eWZBpHak8m0bt9rcmRwtkhU6qMSmmyBTqhGhdK_lzZjLc7Y7s0mdyBPdR8gzpNdG2QSaRWICnZ6hAo_j1byziSc0ikYeUK0g2k_BoX5BzthHRc_rCKM07FDamtQg/s1067/nintendovs-challenge-cup-june-2023-logo.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="NintendoVS Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Challenge Cup June 2023 logo key art banner" border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1067" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLEctX2QF1dY1gxEFEatlwJmlleNz9D_ZLlZIzhxXMjgcnyYUpmfDMXsSghxkLI_eWZBpHak8m0bt9rcmRwtkhU6qMSmmyBTqhGhdK_lzZjLc7Y7s0mdyBPdR8gzpNdG2QSaRWICnZ6hAo_j1byziSc0ikYeUK0g2k_BoX5BzthHRc_rCKM07FDamtQg/w640-h359/nintendovs-challenge-cup-june-2023-logo.jpg" title="Super Smash Bros. Ultimate NintendoVS Challenge Cup June 25: 3 PM–6 PM PT" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really like this key art. It's great for the start of summer.</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">The NintendoVS Challenge Cup June 2023! ...Sounds fancy and cool, right? Well, you're going to want to <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/events/rules/nintendo-vs-challenge-cup-june-2023/" target="_blank">look closely at the ruleset</a>, because it's a very raw deal. Even worse, it's a NintendoVS Challenge Cup. And unlike the Challenge Cup mode in <i>Pokémon Stadium 2</i> (coming to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack this year), this Challenge Cup is a horror. So much that I've been consistently recommending people DO NOT PARTICIPATE. Here's why, <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/04/dont-join-nintendovs-challenge-cup-may.html" target="_blank">once again</a>.</span><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/the-nintendovs-challenge-cup-june-2023.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-9350035808995365612023-06-19T16:22:00.001-04:002023-06-19T16:22:54.572-04:00Gender Equality In Our Forces<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ONFO-KDLjv8/XIM3tZLziEI/AAAAAAAAPJI/WIiGOYrrKdQlK_m5zlmDhIVn0O3nuy5kwCLcBGAs/s1600/ShinyGirafarig-giraffe-avatar.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="65" data-original-width="65" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ONFO-KDLjv8/XIM3tZLziEI/AAAAAAAAPJI/WIiGOYrrKdQlK_m5zlmDhIVn0O3nuy5kwCLcBGAs/s1600/ShinyGirafarig-giraffe-avatar.jpg"></a><b>By SHINYGIRAFARIG - Women can be both Troops and Commanding Officers</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> emailed to <b>WayForward</b> Support on July 24, 2021:</span>
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<b>Please put in female Infantry for Orange Star for Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp</b><br><br>
The US Senate finally voted to have women be required to sign up for the Selective Service System. It would be wonderful if Orange Star, the US's Advance Wars counterpart, shows this new change and have female infantry as well.<br><br>
Thanks so much.<br><br>
An Advance Wars fan.
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<span style="font-size: small;">Aaron from WayForward then replied this:</span><br><br>
<blockquote> Hello,<br><br>
Thanks for writing in! Though I can't make any promises, as we don't have complete control over the project, I've passed your request onto the director of the game. :)<br><br>
Regards,<br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp</i> eventually released. I decided to play the second game first because I wanted to see Lash and Jess as early as possible. During the playthrough of the Orange Star missions I noticed this:</span><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/gender-equality-in-our-forces.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-87153122374651868302023-06-16T19:35:00.001-04:002023-06-16T19:35:23.118-04:00Selected Research From SLEEP 2023<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - We hope you have a good night after reading about these seven studies.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">n honour (or dishonour) of my total lack of sleep due to the recent <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/grasshopper-manufacture-direct-live-reactions.html" target="_blank">reaction log deep into the night with the disappointing <b>Grasshopper Manufacture</b> Direct</a>, let's turn our attention to SLEEP 2023, which was a conference that took place this year during June 3–June 7 in Indianapolis, Indiana. SLEEP is brought to sleep professionals every year by the <b>Associated Professional Sleep Societies</b> (APSS), a collaboration of the <b>American Academy of Sleep Medicine</b> (AASM) and the <b>Sleep Research Society</b>. The names of those should tell you that SLEEP is where professionals in sleep medicine—both researchers and practitioners (and students of those)—come together to share learnings and best practices. Oh, and to network!</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">There are <a href="https://www.sleepmeeting.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/sleep-apss-annual-meeting-abstracts-2023.pdf" target="_blank">hundreds of abstracts involved</a> in the meeting and there were many sessions, including an advocacy session ran by <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/03/save-americans-over-save-daylight.html" target="_blank">our friends in common cause, <b>Save Standard Time</b> and Dr. Karin Johnson</a>. Here is a sampling of seven studies that SLEEP's news section highlighted and my thoughts on them. ...Note that I didn't actually attend the conference.</span><br><br>
<h2 id="teens" title=".html#teens">Teens with irregular sleep patterns have higher risk of school problems</h2><br>
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.sleepmeeting.org/teens-irregular-sleep-patterns-higher-risk-school-problems/" target="_blank">The first study suggests</a> that the keys to a good sleep for teenagers are sleeping for long enough (8–10 hours), at the right time every time, and not being interrupted. When teenagers have a greatly varying sleep schedule or habits, they are much more likely to perform poorly in school, such as being 42% more likely to be suspended or expelled or 29% more likely to receive a D or F as their course grade. Researchers therefore believe that teenagers ought to get a stable sleep schedule in order to perform better in school and be better behaved.</span><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/selected-research-from-sleep-2023.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-84182379119646959252023-06-15T01:52:00.003-04:002023-06-16T19:38:27.084-04:00Grasshopper Manufacture Direct 2023 (and Delay) Live Reactions<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Most of the log is me waiting for the video to get uploaded!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">A</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">fter twenty-five years of existing (and of waiting, it feels like), <b>Grasshopper Manufacture</b>, Goichi Suda (SUDA51)'s game development studio, now has a Direct for the first time for fans and anyone else who cares to tune in! Personally, I've wanted to know what will happen with the company's projects after the tragic news of <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2021/10/chinese-netease-acquires-grasshopper-manufacture.html" target="_blank">Chinese company <b>NetEase Games</b> acquiring Grasshopper back in 2021</a>. Perhaps this Direct will clue us in? They did promise something would happen.</span>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Less than 24 HOURS before our premiere Grasshopper Direct!<br><br>I can’t reveal any details but I assure you… something is definitely going to happen.<br><br>Start times:<br>6/14 - 9pm PST<br>6/15 - 12am EST<br>6/15 - 1pm JST<br>6/15 - 4am GMT<br><br>WITNESS IT!🤘<a href="https://t.co/jtQ1OqFudl">https://t.co/jtQ1OqFudl</a> <a href="https://t.co/e87ajEQQi0">pic.twitter.com/e87ajEQQi0</a></p>— Grasshopper Manufacture (@Grasshopper_EN) <a href="https://twitter.com/Grasshopper_EN/status/1668837692715696129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<span style="font-size: small;">You'll notice that the Direct embed is not at the top of this article. That's because it was delayed for well over an hour. You'll have to scroll down past my rants about cursive writing (prompted by the embedded tweet) and Daylight Saving Time to get to the Direct embed, as well as my LIVE REACTION to the video, which was uploaded (significantly later than promised) but not livestreamed.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">[11:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Grasshopper Manufacture isn't doing a livestream, but rather, a video.<br>[11:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Or, I can't find the livestream.<br>[12:00 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Well, YouTube has nothing there.<br>[12:00 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They're not tweeting anything.<br>[12:00 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Guess this reaction log is a dud.<br>[12:01 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://twitter.com/Grasshopper_EN/status/1669193256633237504<br>[12:01 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "We're so sorry everyone, due to some technical difficulties Grasshopper Direct is running a little bit late - but we WILL be starting soon and we'll keep you updated in real time & provide the URL soon so please check back here in a few minutes!🙇♂️🙏"<br>[12:02 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Well, I could either wait for it to start soon or I could go to sleep.<br>[12:03 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: How long will it be technically difficult? I dunno.<br>[12:03 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: I KNEW THIS LOG WAS A DUD.<br>[12:04 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: WHY IS THEIR PICTURE TWEET "Something's gonna happen."<br>[12:04 AM] Ludwig Von Koopa: NOTHIN' IS HAPPENIN'.<br></span></div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/grasshopper-manufacture-direct-live-reactions.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-36591231757471460752023-06-14T21:50:00.005-04:002023-06-14T22:57:08.456-04:00Kuru Kuru Kururin Review<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Could you say this is a Kurureview?</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">S</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">ince <b>Nintendo</b> upgraded Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack to include Game Boy Advance games, you may be wondering what's worth playing! <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/02/live-reactions-feb-2023-nintendo-direct.html?showComment=1675914434435#c1310843267415596162" target="_blank">KoopaTV commenter Captain Stitch had told me</a>:</span>
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<blockquote>“Cool that GBA and GB games are finally coming to switch. You should really play Kuru Kuru Kururin, it is a very fun and very addicting game. Short too, and the music is Absolutly phenomenal. Seriously, play just a bit or listen to the soundtrack you will not regret it. Everyone loves the Cave music, but I'm partial to the Cake Land music myself.”</blockquote>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I decided to do more than just listen to the soundtrack or play a bit... I played and beat the game, while collecting all it has to offer, including Perfect clears of its Adventure mode and Challenge mode levels. Let's get into the review to see what I think.</span><br><br>
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Fast Facts about <i>Kuru Kuru Kururin</i></h2>
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<dt>Name</dt>
<dd><i>Kuru Kuru Kururin</i></dd>
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<dd>Originally Game Boy Advance, but played on Nintendo Switch</dd>
<dt>Developer and Publisher</dt>
<dd><b>Eighting</b> and Nintendo</dd>
<dt>Genre</dt>
<dd>Puzzle</dd>
<dt>Space Required</dt>
<dd>The space for the Game Boy Advance emulator provided by Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack</dd>
<dt><b>ESRB</b> rating</dt>
<dd>It lacks a rating due to a lack of an original American release, but I'm sure if it had one, it'd be E</dd>
<dt>Number of Players</dt>
<dd>One for most of the game's content, but there is an up-to-four-player Versus mode</dd>
<dt>Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price</dt>
<dd>Included in Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack, which KoopaTV pays $80 a year for</dd>
<dt>Demo?</dt>
<dd>Nintendo Switch Online has a seven-day trial, but the Expansion Pack isn't included, so no demo</dd>
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</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/kuru-kuru-kururin-review.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-16194208881373352912023-06-13T20:10:00.001-04:002023-06-13T20:10:04.662-04:00Chatot Parting Shots “Objection!” and Other Ace Attorney Speech Bubbles<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - A collection of speech bubbles.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">here was once a trailer for <i>Pokémon Shining Pearl</i> and <i>Pokémon Brilliant Diamond</i> featuring Chatot using Parting Shot. The description for Parting Shot is, “With a parting threat, the user lowers the target's Attack and Sp. Atk stats. Then it switches with a party Pokémon.” That threat is why Parting Shot is also a sound-based attack. However, I didn't know the move's animation was for Parting Shot, which is a very rare move that not only has poor distribution, but high level-up requirements. (In <i>Pokémon Brilliant Diamond</i> and <i>Pokémon Shining Pearl</i>, Chatot is the <i>only</i> Pokémon that can learn Parting Shot!) Given that the trailer didn't show the effects of the move, only the animation, I thought it was Chatter... but it was not. And so I levelled up Charap (the in-game-traded Chatot) in <i>Pokémon Shining Pearl</i> to level 49 until it learned Parting Shot. Why did I care so much? The move's animation looks like this:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;">What if I put these concepts together? Well, behold:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I've made these for all of the other <i>Ace Attorney</i> series speech bubbles that are in the mainline six <i>Ace Attorney</i> titles, in honour of <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/capcom-showcase-of-june-2023-live.html" target="_blank">yesterday's announced <i>Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy</i></a>. Take that! (That's one of many of these.)</span><br><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/chatot-parting-shot-ace-attorney-speech-bubbles.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-57874974876058458442023-06-12T19:35:00.008-04:002023-07-01T00:00:06.935-04:00CAPCOM Showcase of June 2023 Live Reactions<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - WAY better than I was expecting going into it!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Y</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">ou ought to skip 35 minutes into this. It's also not as long as it seems (only 36 minutes) since the video ends with influencers and not corporate content:</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Regardless of how well you can actually watch along with me, I'm here and I live-reacted to the <b>CAPCOM</b> Showcase of June 12, 2023. Coinciding with this event is a MASSIVE sale across your favourite game platform(s) on CAPCOM games. That includes 58% off (the biggest discount EVER on this) on the <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/ace-attorney-turnabout-collection-switch/" target="_blank"><i>Ace Attorney Turnabout Collection</i></a>, which means only $25 for FIVE <i>Ace Attorney</i> titles across two individual collections. (<i>Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy</i> and <i>The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles</i>.) This deal with these games at this time gets my highest possible recommendation. Consult your favoured digital game shop for more details. The sale ends in less than two weeks, so get going.
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<span style="font-size: small;">[5:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.twitch.tv/capcomusa<br>[5:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRiEUtXKozU<br>[6:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: CAPCOM promises to discuss 36 minutes worth of content, featuring Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Exoprimal, and Dragon's Dogma 2. "And more!"<br>[6:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: One obviously wonders what "And more!" involves. I think there will be a segment on the newly released CAPCOM TOWN. Probably something on Street Fighter 6 since it just came out to big success. And probably something on the Path of the Goddess game they just announced yesterday at the Xbox Games Showcase.<br>[6:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: HERE WE GO<br>[6:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: "Hello, everyone!" Good start.<br>
</span></div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/capcom-showcase-of-june-2023-live.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-58415871642612443592023-06-12T16:25:00.002-04:002023-06-12T20:44:18.137-04:00Ubisoft Forward June 2023 Live Reactions<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - It feels like all of their games are the same and have been for some time.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">hile E3 2023 does not exist and I'm under no obligation to watch this, I'm pretty sure this <b>Ubisoft</b> presentation is what they would've shown <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/02/nintendo-really-not-at-e3-2023.html" target="_blank">if Ubisoft would present at E3 like they promised they would</a>. (As opposed to <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/03/whoops-ubisoft-wont-be-at-e3-2023.html" target="_blank">quitting out of it</a>, which <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/03/oopsie-whoopsie-e3-2023-is-cancelled.html" target="_blank">caused the entire event to collapse</a>.)</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Live reacting to it (rather briskly) is... myself, in the middle of the day. The funny thing about <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/09/e3-2023-for-june-13-16-2023.html" target="_blank">me taking time off for E3 2023 well in advance</a> is that since it's cancelled, all (most) of these individual company sessions aren't actually taking place in the middle or end of this week, but have already happened or are happening now.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrB-VSmWJJI<br>[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Dancing!<br>[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Olympic eSport dancing.<br>[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: But featuring Just Dance.<br>[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Oh, yeah.<br>[1:02 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: They did the Olympic eSports before, but dancing wasn't part of it.<br></span></div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/ubisoft-forward-june-2023-live-reactions.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-67755131729730631012023-06-11T15:29:00.004-04:002023-06-12T20:19:01.472-04:00Xbox Games Showcase 2023 + Starfield Direct Live Reactions<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - A two-for-one special!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">F</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">or some time, <b>Microsoft</b> has been talking about <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/01/e3-2023-allegedly-no-nintendo-microsoft-sony.html" target="_blank">a summer games showcase for the Xbox that would happen even if they didn't come to E3 2023</a>. (And, of course, no one came to E3 2023 because <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/03/oopsie-whoopsie-e3-2023-is-cancelled.html" target="_blank">it doesn't exist</a>.)</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, they're here now.</span><br><br><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;">And we (well, just me) are here too to live react to what happened during that showcase. Added to the end is basically 45 minutes or so of just <i>Starfield</i> content, which I reacted to as well.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">[12:58 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjGFMygYtk<br>This is the link to the so-called "Audio Description" livestream, which I assume is Microsoft's way to say "this will have captions on the screen".<br>[12:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: uhhhhh<br>[12:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THERE IS A PERSON READING, LIKE, ALT TEXT<br>[12:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THAT'S NOT CAPTIONS<br>[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGtYn7DCIYo<br>[1:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: OKAY<br>[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: THE MAIN STREAM HAS A CC BUTTON IN 43 LANGUAGES<br>[1:01 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: So that's the one I want. (But now I'm really curious about the audio description stream experience.)<br></span></div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/xbox-games-showcase-2023-starfield.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-30068972167385858622023-06-09T23:59:00.017-04:002023-06-23T09:42:24.486-04:00Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl Resolved Many of Diamond & Pearl's Release-Era Issues<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Historical revisionism drives dislike, but I'm not a fan of that.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">t has been a trend in several gaming fandom circles (<i>The Legend of Zelda</i>, <i>Sonic the Hedgehog</i>, and <i>Pokémon</i>; the last of those being today's topic) where there is a cycle of love-hate relationships with old games and new games. A game might be disliked at release and then appreciated later... or the other way around. In <i>Pokémon Pearl</i> and <i>Pokémon Diamond</i>'s case when they released on the <b>Nintendo</b> DS in 2006–2007 (back before the world all got games at the same time, Japan got it in 2006), the games were almost universally acclaimed by game critics and normal fans alike. They were proclaimed to be the best mainline <i>Pokémon</i> RPG up to that point, though with some imperfections.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">And then... something happened many years later, and fans were turning on <i>Diamond</i> and <i>Pearl</i>. Even worse, it was as if all of that praise never happened. It's like all of the fans had learned Toxic. But I won't let what they say undo how much I liked Sinnoh at the time, and much moreso than the games that came before it. And having played <i>Pokémon Shining Pearl</i>, it's still my favourite mainline <i>Pokémon</i> game of the generation.
<br><br><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/04/advance-wars-pokemon-sinnoh-remasters.html" target="_blank">I very recently wrote an article</a> comparing the sour fan reception to <i>Shining Pearl</i> plus <i>Brilliant Diamond</i> to the much more glowing fan reception of <i>Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp</i>, despite their similar faithful remaster philosophies. I've went back and did some research using the Wayback Machine on what was actually said, at the time of release and slightly after, about <i>Pokémon Diamond</i> and <i>Pokémon Pearl</i>, and I'm going to share that information with you all and what <i>Brilliant Diamond</i> and <i>Shining Pearl</i> changed or kept the same compared to that feedback.</span><br><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/sinnoh-remasters-addressed-original-issues.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-66152362440104805562023-06-08T21:43:00.002-04:002023-06-08T21:43:51.135-04:00Devolver Direct 2023: The Return of Volvy Reaction<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Volvy!</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">T</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">here were several videogame presentations that happened today, but the only one I'm going to give attention to was <b>Devolver Digital</b>'s often entertaining Devolver Directs. This also marks the first reaction log of June 2023! (But it won't be the last.)</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I didn't get to react to this LIVE as it was airing, and I'm the only staff member around for it. Well, I think that's just fine. Check out my timestamped thoughts.</span><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">[7:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2ztnnc1_AE<br>[7:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Will be watching in 5 minutes.<br>[7:55 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Personally, I think it's good that Volvy is coming back.<br>[7:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: ...<br>[7:56 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Though I wonder if they'll make his legacy worse like they did A Boy And His Blob.<br>[7:57 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: The Simpsons got Rat Boy (niño rata) from Volvy's design but with Bart Simpson elements.<br>[7:59 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: And that's all I have to say before it starts.<br>[8:00 PM] Ludwig Von Koopa: Alright, starting.<br></span></div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/devolver-direct-2023-return-of-volvy.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-1055327436598862042023-06-07T23:59:00.004-04:002023-06-08T00:13:02.565-04:00Splatoon 3's Challenges Mode CAN Be Fun!<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - It depends what the challenge is.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">O</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">ne of the new things introduced in <i>Splatoon 3</i>'s version 4 Sizzle Season 2023, and perhaps the most important thing, are Challenges. I wasn't able to write about Challenges when the new season became live, because they didn't start yet. However, the first Challenge, New Season Challenge, began on June 3. Challenges so far last in three rotations (with a <i>Splatoon</i> rotation being only two hours) total, and the times of these are spaced eight hours apart at inconvenient times. In North America, it means late at night, when you should be getting ready to go to work (or are still asleep), and then during work hours.</span>
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<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVsp_SWB6DiVVgDVD8MmRdMb4do7AG9QLQh-FhE2sWtUeJSJrx5fxO9JvEHvjBA4KZj5vFBqdgekNb_fMs4sbc0ZAAdnOc8vKhd8CkhvIjovyLD27nY2mXc6dvUxB8fuqZjESD9Shpt5U7-5p8KI9wfac9zooawshgW0t8OP0Xx1C_GsM07O2Lt6ZFw/s1280/Splatoon-3-New-Season-Challenge.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="Splatoon 3 New Season Challenge Sizzle 2023 Barnacle & Dime description" border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyVsp_SWB6DiVVgDVD8MmRdMb4do7AG9QLQh-FhE2sWtUeJSJrx5fxO9JvEHvjBA4KZj5vFBqdgekNb_fMs4sbc0ZAAdnOc8vKhd8CkhvIjovyLD27nY2mXc6dvUxB8fuqZjESD9Shpt5U7-5p8KI9wfac9zooawshgW0t8OP0Xx1C_GsM07O2Lt6ZFw/w640-h360/Splatoon-3-New-Season-Challenge.jpg" title="Compete on a perfectly level playing field—everyone will be trying out a new stage together!" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The theme of this challenge is that no one has experience with Barnacle & Dime, so we can all play it for hours on end and HATE IT together!<br>This probably means they'll repeat this Challenge at the start of the next season in three months, huh...</td></tr></tbody></table><br><br>
<span style="font-size: small;">The New Season Challenge was dreadful. The rules are that it's just a normal Turf War, but it's only on the two new-to-<i>Splatoon 3</i> stages: Humpback Pump Track and Barnacle & Dime. Sub-abilities also won't work, meaning only your clothing's Primary abilities are of any use. In other words, it's a bad Turf War rotation that you might avoid, because Barnacle & Dime is a truly bad stage where if you lose the first fight for the middle of the stage, you're pretty much going to be spawn-camped for the rest of the match because your spawn area doesn't have the geography needed to push the invaders out. There are two incentives to play a Challenge instead of play the still-available Turf War or Anarchy ranked modes:</span><br><br>
</div><a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/06/splatoon-3s-challenges-mode-can-be-fun.html#more">Click for the rest of the article! »</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">Visit <a href="http://www.koopatv.org/">KoopaTV.org</a> for full site features, including participation in the KoopaTV Loyalty Rewards Program!</div>Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-64421563409600920352023-06-06T23:59:00.001-04:002023-06-06T23:59:06.250-04:00Does Nintendo Want Us To Know What Everybody 1-2-Switch! Is?<div style="text-align: justify;">
<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - From its reported backstory, it seems like Nobody 1-2-Switch.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">D</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">o you remember <b>Nintendo</b>'s Nintendo Switch launch title <i>1-2-Switch</i>? Not that many people bought it for a casual launch title that was supposed to prove the value of the console and its new control scheme. Even <i>Nintendo Land</i> on the Wii U sold 5.21 million copies versus <i>1-2-Switch</i> (3.63 million at my last count), despite the Switch outselling the Wii U nearly 10:1. (Note: <i>Nintendo Land</i> was bundled with the Wii U for a limited time in limited circumstances, while <i>1-2-Switch</i> was not. <i>1-2-Switch</i> was also $50, while for some time, <i>Nintendo Land</i> MSRP'd at $60 but later $30.)</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">While <i>1-2-Switch</i> didn't sell as much as Nintendo might have wanted, and its critical and fan reception was severely negative, someone at Nintendo apparently thought they oughta make a sequel. And so... <i>Everybody 1-2-Switch</i>. But it was announced in... a tweet. Not even a trailer or anything, and it's a tweet that omits any details on what the game is:</span><br><br>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Everybody12Switch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Everybody12Switch</a> is coming to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NintendoSwitch</a> on 6/30.<br><br>Pre-order now: <a href="https://t.co/Z2OfGsMa1M">https://t.co/Z2OfGsMa1M</a> <a href="https://t.co/5Wm9WLsDpG">pic.twitter.com/5Wm9WLsDpG</a></p>— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1664438932728168450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The nintendo.com page is abysmal. Besides that key art, this is the only photo, which isn't very informative or enticing at all:</span><br>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Unfortunately, it's a terrible way.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">W</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">e saw <b>Nintendo</b> Live 2023 <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/04/nintendo-live-2023-promises-celebration.html" target="_blank">introduced a couple of months ago</a> as a Seattle-based four-day event “featuring videogames to play, a live stage with performances and acts, photo opportunities in the Nintendo-themed environment, and competitive tournaments.” (Note there won't be product announcements.) All of those things are still true. We then learned that <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/05/nintendo-live-2023-has-worst-possible.html" target="_blank">access to Nintendo Live 2023 is based on a lottery system</a>, which is terrible. But not only is it an RNG-based mission to get access, but you'll only get access for one day, and you only have the chance to win one ticket. It's not something you can plan ahead for, at least not cost-efficiently.</span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">But you CAN try to plan around picking which day you can try to win access to, because <a href="https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/register-now-for-a-chance-to-attend-nintendo-live-2023/" target="_blank">Nintendo has revealed</a> that not only is registration open now, but they've said what happens on each day. <i>And</i> most importantly, I was partially too hasty when I previously wrote, “I think if they won't do a tournament for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with Nintendo Live, they are never going to sponsor another Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament ever again. Rest in peace.”<br><br>
Yes, <i>Super Smash Bros. Ultimate</i> will have not one, but TWO events during Nintendo Live: One on September 1 (Friday) and the other on September 3 (Sunday). But both are...uh... non-traditional.</span><br><br>
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<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TEGSBFXl7G8/UXdnYvPX9RI/AAAAAAAAAEg/52QSmkEiWCEXrHfpmMA2AS26YBAhOoxHACPcB/s1600/LudwigbyRawk.png"></a><b>By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - I'm satisfied.</b>
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<b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Q</span></b><span style="font-size: small;">uick recap of my favourite story of 2022–2023: Yuji Naka, who is the <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2021/02/balan-wonderworld-lesson-in-how-not-to-design.html" target="_blank">bad game director</a> behind <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2021/03/yuji-naka-balan-wonderworld-astroturf-cult.html" target="_blank">mega-flop</a> <i>BALAN WONDERWORLD</i> (<a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/04/dont-fall-for-yuji-naka-redemption.html" target="_blank">regrettably published</a> by <b>SQUARE ENIX</b>) and an ex-member of the Sonic Team, <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/11/yuji-naka-arrested-insider-trading.html" target="_blank">was arrested in November for insider trading</a> he did while at SQUARE ENIX based on privileged information that <b>Aiming Inc.</b> would be the developer of <i>Dragon Quest Tact</i>. Then <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2022/12/yuji-naka-arrested-insider-trading-again.html" target="_blank">Yuji Naka was arrested a few weeks later in December</a> because investigators found out he also insider-traded shares of <b>Ateam Inc.</b> based on their development of the upcoming <i>FINAL FANTASY VII: The First Soldier</i>.
<br><br>Basically, those games existing are big deals and big breaks for those developers because they're based on big brands, and if you know who the game's developer is before it's announced, you can buy a bunch of shares pre-announcement while the share price is low, and then sell after the price pops up once their involvement in the highly anticipated games is made known.</span><br><br>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREdG22UpUrK6oAqdrq6YRj-Xm1q1l7vAfr41H5DVuRxGsj3xJKQh9KQlkYqXcgqDY6N8pIjN3AYZEWzv_7DVXk-2IrD-NChOl6bGzUYwHc8Ae07ZiB-kszOegwow1udSZgaTVyb8L4J5JC6sC8bbqpcejWReEj7ZSPW8yaOfJn8lw_HmZUlqWdakUvQ/s1465/BALAN-Wonderworld-GameStop-preowned-prices.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="GameStop pre-owned used BALAN WONDERWORLD prices 2023 PlayStation Xbox Nintendo Switch" border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="1465" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgREdG22UpUrK6oAqdrq6YRj-Xm1q1l7vAfr41H5DVuRxGsj3xJKQh9KQlkYqXcgqDY6N8pIjN3AYZEWzv_7DVXk-2IrD-NChOl6bGzUYwHc8Ae07ZiB-kszOegwow1udSZgaTVyb8L4J5JC6sC8bbqpcejWReEj7ZSPW8yaOfJn8lw_HmZUlqWdakUvQ/w640-h318/BALAN-Wonderworld-GameStop-preowned-prices.jpg" title="BALAN WONDERWORLD for $4.99 to $14.99 at GameStop" width="640"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I actually saw <i>BALAN WONDERWORLD</i> displayed at a GameStop earlier this week for $20 USD.<br>
Digitally, it sells for $40 USD. But I also guess GameStop has a whole bunch of used/pre-owned <i>BALAN WONDERWORLD</i> inventory they want to get rid of for bargain bin prices.<br>
They might as well put those copies in a landfill like it's <i>E.T.</i> all over again.<br>
(By the way, I bought <i>Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe</i> while shopping. See? <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/02/feb-24-kirby-return-dream-land-octopath-traveler-ii.html" target="_blank">I did follow up</a>.)</td></tr></tbody></table>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yuji Naka couldn't cut it as a game director in the modern era, so he tried using his access to confidential SQUARE ENIX information as his way to get ahead in life. He didn't have a real defence for himself, and <a href="https://www.koopatv.org/2023/03/yuji-naka-confesses-insider-trading.html" target="_blank">he already confessed in court</a> to the facts described above. So, where does that leave the judge?</span><br><br>
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