RoboFist's Revenge

Last year was bad on my end, and this year isn't shaping up to be great for anyone. I've seen people arguing in favor of replacing doomscrolling with positive hobbies, so I'm once again chronicling the games I beat this year in this thread. Longer reviews for games will be in the alt text.

Sometimes people will criticize a new entry in a long running series for not being as memorable as the older entries, and I'm always like Is that a fault of the new one? Or is it because you've played the old game a dozen times, discussed it, rewatched clips, etc, for 30 years?

Cursed & Ravenous #metroidvania #belmontscurse #metroidravenous

This bit will be my hyperfixation for the next 24 hours. Is this a flashback? A nightmare? That's definitely Mawkin armor, but the dude in the center can't be Raven Beak. Does Samus bump into a whole new group of Chozo? That'd be insane. I can't wait. I'm so happy, you guys.

METROID RAVENOUS

Yeah, the reactions on social medias are as expected. I do not listen to kids complaining about the artistic direction in a Zelda game. You couldn't appreciate the greatness of WW when it came out.

I'm not alone!

lmfaoooooo www.businessinsider.com/claude-users...

Shiny Pokemon are downright magical. Finding one IMMEDIATELY makes that species one of my new favorites for all time. Never cared for Crobat until I caught a Shiny Zubat. Same with Flygon until I caught a Shiny Trapinch. Nearly 30 YEARS of playing and I can now add ✨️Starmie✨️ to that list.

if I ever taught film criticism lesson one would be “you being smarter than the movie is not interesting to anyone”

Fuck off. If anything is "millennial", it's those cool transparent colors our iMacs, Gameboys, and Tamagotchis came in. No fucking millennial likes the house flipper grey. Call it a millennial paint job when I can see through the exterior of a car because it's Glacier Purple like my GBA.

bro they laid off the Doom 2016 developers. that's like if you laid off the studio that made arguably one of the best first-person shooters of all time, like Doom 2016

I don't play Pokemon Champions and I'm not following the meta, but as a day one fanatic of this solar powered Jesus Lizard who has thought it's been overlooked for over a decade, it warms my heart to see it get sudden love/recognition.

Kingdom Hearts is my Sonic the Hedgehog. Every time I think I've outgrown the dumb plot and cringey characters, something happens like Sora getting into Smash or KINGDOM HEARTS 4 CASUALLY REVEALED IN A RANDOM NINTENDO DIRECT and I'm suddenly 12 years old again and this is the most important thing.

Welcome to the bloodline. 🥀

X launched in Japan 34 years ago today, with wireframe 3D that pushed the Game Boy to its limits. We had no official dev kit so we reverse-engineered the hardware, even rigging up a camera pointed at a dismantled #GameBoy to see the screen comfortably! 🌙 #retrogaming

His design has definitely grown on me in the past few days. That being said, I will forever be convinced that Toriyama designed him with the TONE of "Flames of Fate" in mind. We'll see if said design fits with the more old-school world and whimsy of "Beyond Dreams". Not bad though.

It's a shame they needed to start from scratch. Also a shame that the new subtitle is substantially worse than The Flames of Fate. And that the new Hero design is...that. But everything about the world and updated gameplay looks SPECTACULAR.

Oh, that was it...

The prophecy has been fulfilled.

Scott Burns voiced Bowser in his famous voiced appearance in Super Mario Sunshine. For an interview, he voice acted the intro to the final boss battle from Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story, providing a glimpse into a world where he had remained Bowser's voice.

Banjo & Kazooie fans: First time?

Even after Eternal and TDA, 2016's overall vibe and design aesthetic is what my mind pictures as the quintessential Modern Doom. Honestly might be a Top 10 game for me. If not, DEFINITELY Top 15.

After 15 YEARS of following this project, I finally made it downtown to see The Robocop Statue. It's VERY silly. Some say problematic. But "corporate-owned cop overcoming his soulless militarized programing to break free from the system and save his city" is actually PERFECT for modern Detroit.

"The Switch is so old," you all said. "I need better graphics," you demanded. "Wah wah," you cried. And now, you sit here before Slippy Toad, the slippiest he's ever been, slippier than a fucking banana peel under a kart wheel, all thanks to the raw power of the Nintendo Switch 2—and you reject him?

NOBODY did it like Norm. His Tetris video especially is one of the most defining examples of video game history being shared with as much weight and gravitas any other historical event. Not even the MOVIE could tell that story without an unserious wink at the audience. We owe this guy a lot.

Sorry to get radical but I don’t think it’s my job or yours to embrace, accept, understand - and certainly not to use - the thing being sold to us as AI. I don’t like any part of it, so I won’t. I’m missing out? Good, that’s what I want. You’re worried about me missing out? That’s fuckin weird, man.

By the way, making my claim now: This is Trevor. This is Trevor Belmont's CURSE. That's why he can use the Cross. And I bet that gold rope around his left arm is the Morning Star. This is why someone as strong and faithful as Trevor allows his child to go fight demons in his stead.

By the way, making my claim now: This is Trevor. This is Trevor Belmont's CURSE. That's why he can use the Cross. And I bet that gold rope around his left arm is the Morning Star. This is why someone as strong and faithful as Trevor allows his child to go fight demons in his stead.

I HAD A LAPSE OF FAITH AND I FEEL FOOLISH, BUT PRAISE BE! 🧛‍♂️🦇🍖🎸 It looks so clean. I love the speed and fluidity, giving me big Lost Crown vibes. And that art style?? Man... Just reveal the protag's name to be Sonia and Castlevania has its own Dread-style comeback.

My three favorite video game franchises of all time are celebrating their 40th(!!!) anniversaries this year. SE has already teased a big celebratory extravaganza for Dragon Quest. Nintendo MIGHT tease us with something Metroid-related, but probably nothing big. And then there's Castlevania.

My three favorite video game franchises of all time are celebrating their 40th(!!!) anniversaries this year. SE has already teased a big celebratory extravaganza for Dragon Quest. Nintendo MIGHT tease us with something Metroid-related, but probably nothing big. And then there's Castlevania.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of some of my favorite franchises, including Ganbare Goemon... ...and Konami refuses to give us the only celebration that IP will even get. Damn shame. Would've LOVED to see Seikushi Dynamites Arawaru localized.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! MYSTERIOUS MURASAME CASTLE NSO ICONS! Nintendo of America wants YOU to play this game! If you'll excuse me, I'm going to spend the rest of my night hypothesizing what this could mean for the future of the IP...