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by Toon Scottoon
February 8th, 2024, 2:26 am
Forum: Volume 13
Topic: 615: Pikmin 2
Replies: 4
Views: 3704

Re: 615: Pikmin 2

Pikmin 2 leverages the polarity between whimsy and the grotesque with such violence and intention that on numerous occasions I found myself staring at the screen open mouthed and wide-eyed awash sometimes with contentment and often with horror. The Pikmin themselves are adorable, particularly the th...
by Toon Scottoon
December 31st, 2023, 9:10 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Games Completed 2023
Replies: 399
Views: 2219269

Re: Games Completed 2023

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - Complete Kid Kit Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Never get good Shovel Knight - Dynamite Ditch Digger Cocoon - In and Out Fire Emblem Engage - Pepsi Haired Hero Tears of the Kingdom - Under My Hyrule Mario Wonder - Seeded with creativity Ico - Yorda Man Now Donkey Kong Country Tro...
by Toon Scottoon
April 15th, 2023, 9:49 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Luigi's Mansion 2)
Replies: 8
Views: 10383

Re: 567: Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Luigi's Mansion 2)

I find it easy to be critical of the Luigi's Mansion sequel. The graphics on the New 2DS/3DS family were rarely great, and with such large, rubber-faced character models this game looks all kinds of jaggy in places. The character variety is mostly non-existent, and some of the boss encounters, parti...
by Toon Scottoon
February 25th, 2023, 1:59 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Death's Door
Replies: 15
Views: 5622

Re: 573: Death's Door

Death's Door I have played through Death's Door twice. The first time was on Xbox One in early August of 2021. As a fan of most top down games with Zelda DNA, I watched the trailer, read the reviews, and gave myself over to my FOMO even though I knew I didn't have a lot of non-portable gaming time i...
by Toon Scottoon
February 23rd, 2023, 4:10 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Replies: 13
Views: 44308

Re: 590: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Having finished the remake of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga on 3DS this winter, I was more than pleased with the experience. I'd always been a paper man when it came to my plumber led RPG's, but the diet Zelda traversal puzzles, the top notch Mario music, and the simple to understand combat system ...
by Toon Scottoon
January 5th, 2023, 4:03 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga
Replies: 13
Views: 44308

Re: 590: Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga

Perhaps I missed it on the reveal show, is this just the original or is it the 3DS remake also?
by Toon Scottoon
December 30th, 2022, 4:23 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Games Completed 2022
Replies: 405
Views: 209136

Re: Games Completed 2022

Elden Ring - Gravitas the Grafted Pyre - Reading and Riting What Remains of Edith Finch - Bird Slaughter Simulator Marvel Snap - With great power… Bloodborne - Bloody Viscous Violence Live Alive - Genre After Genre Cuphead the Delicious Last Course - Dishy Action Achievement Gato Roboto- This Game P...
by Toon Scottoon
December 14th, 2022, 3:08 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Final Fantasy Tactics / The War of the Lions
Replies: 8
Views: 10950

Re: 576: Final Fantasy Tactics / The War of the Lions

"What a bunch of idiots!" That was my initial thought when I marshaled my rookie fighting force for the battle at Magic City Gariland in War of the Lions on PS Vita 18 months ago. Who could blame me? Half my party didn't know how to throw a rock and the other half didn't know how to consum...
by Toon Scottoon
August 17th, 2022, 8:50 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Sine Mora
Replies: 5
Views: 3615

Re: Sine Mora

Hi Cane and Rinse crew, Finally had the chance to listen to this show, and I wanted to clarify my point on the inclusion of the phrase "arch-conservative" in writing about this game. I didn't mean to say that the game had a conservative bent, I just felt compelled to bring up Miller's poli...
by Toon Scottoon
August 13th, 2022, 2:09 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Cuphead
Replies: 13
Views: 7171

Re: 533: Cuphead

I mentioned on the Obra Dinn show that the reason I played that game was because I told one of the high school students I teach that I'd rolled credits on Cuphead. I mention this now for the same reason I mentioned rolling credits on Cuphead to that student back then, which is because… I rolled cred...
by Toon Scottoon
July 2nd, 2022, 6:14 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Metroid Prime
Replies: 18
Views: 10731

Re: 539: Metroid Prime

Playing the remastered Metroid Prime on Wii U in 2022, I absolutely respect the artistry and craft that went into making this game nearly twenty years ago, but I think the most interesting thing about this version of the title is that Nintendo decided to force players to use the motion controls to p...
by Toon Scottoon
May 28th, 2022, 7:20 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Sine Mora
Replies: 5
Views: 3615

Re: 526: Sine Mora

I bought Sine Mora on Switch this January explicitly to play along with the Cane and Rinse crew knowing I had very little Shmup experience and that Leon had described the game in the season preview as having what sounded like a pretty bonkers story. Bonkers is an understatement. The vibe of Sine Mor...
by Toon Scottoon
April 16th, 2022, 7:23 am
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Hitman III
Replies: 10
Views: 6342

Re: 519: Hitman III

This is the first Hitman game I've ever played. I'd heard the effusive praise for the series on this show and in other gaming outlets, and heard talk of the gallows humor on display during Agent 47's earlier murderous campagains, but without having ever pulled the trigger on a previous title, I just...
by Toon Scottoon
March 30th, 2022, 5:48 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe
Replies: 10
Views: 5139

Re: 516: Mario Kart 8 / Deluxe

Not since Tetris was packaged with the Gameboy can I think of a time where a game has been so blissfully wedded to a piece of hardware the way that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is partnered with the Nintendo Switch. Sure there were times where Mario Kart and other hardware devices seemed like the appropriate...
by Toon Scottoon
March 24th, 2022, 9:07 pm
Forum: Play Together
Topic: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Replies: 489
Views: 374586

Re: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

I'd still really love to take part in one of these. I would have done the last one, but the change of date meant I was on a bus with 50 high school students I teach touring university campuses here in California. They clowned me out on the new courses the way I'm sure you all will, but I'm hopeful t...
by Toon Scottoon
February 19th, 2022, 9:01 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: The Wonderful 101
Replies: 6
Views: 3907

Re: 515: The Wonderful 101

The Wonderful 101 takes ideas and mechanics from fifty years of gaming and pop culture, throws them into the Wonderful Mixer and spits out a smoothie of a game garnished with high quality music and art direction polished to a Platinum shine, and expects fans to suck it up through a straw. I certainl...
by Toon Scottoon
January 24th, 2022, 4:53 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Hollow Knight
Replies: 17
Views: 7219

Re: 505: Hollow Knight

The first time I played through this game on Switch I didn't know exactly how good what I had in my hands was. I'd never played Symphony of the Night, Super Metroid, or any of the other myriad of games that they inspired. Still I was hooked on this title, and blew through a very basic playthrough in...
by Toon Scottoon
January 16th, 2022, 9:52 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Pyre
Replies: 7
Views: 3972

Re: 524: Pyre

If you like sports and sports culture, then the story and gameplay of Pyre are likely going to feel as familiar as the squeak of new sneakers on a parquet floor. Like Mighty Ducks coach Gordon Bombay or The Longest Yard's Paul Crewe, you are found guilty of a crime, and as a result find yourself rou...
by Toon Scottoon
January 5th, 2022, 2:51 pm
Forum: Videogame Discussion
Topic: Punch-Out!! series
Replies: 6
Views: 3432

Re: Our next podcast recording (9.1.22) - 551: Punch-Out!! series

A lot has changed since I played Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! 30 years ago. Obviously the game no longer features an ear chomping convicted rapist and pigeon enthusiast's name in its title or final stage, and the blatantly racist stereotypes parading around the virtual rings in this game are not as easy...