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alienboyva

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  1. I hope everyone had a very Happy Holidays / Merry Christmas and got to spend it with family and friends. ^_^ Did anyone get or give anything this year that's worth sharing? Not to make this a thread to show-off, but I think it's always fun seeing what everyone got or gave during the holidays. I guess I'll start... First for something I gave... I got my little bro a Loki shirt (can't go wrong with a Marvel tee) and I got my mom a movie she had really been wanting, but couldn't find in stores (luckily I got it before she decided to check online. Also, I kind of wanted to get her something different since I usually just get her some kind of jewelry). Now for something I got... Just some Nintendo related stuff. Reminds me of this bag I got in 2020...
  2. This turned 25 on Monday (man, I feel old )... 🔗https://www.instagram.com/dreamworks/p/C1AV1AXJ5ws/ THIS MOVIE!!! Definitely DreamWorks best animated film (They most likely will never top it). It's absolutely fantastic, especially the music. Speaking of that... I remember one year for Xmas my aunt got me this collectors book thing that came the soundtrack on CD and some other stuff (might have been movie tickets, though for some reason I don't recall seeing it in theaters, but think I might have). Anyway, I'm just gonna leave this here... These two are pretty great on their own, but put them together and WOW! 🤯
  3. If anyone wants to do a Xmas theme this week, with Xmas being a week away from today, race as Red or Green characters and choose Merry Mountain if it shows up. If not we can always do a quick race on it in a friend room after the tourney.
  4. 🔗https://year-in-review.nintendo.com/en-us/ It's that time of the year again where we look back at all the fun we had with our Nintendo Switch systems over the past year. What will your Nintendo Switch Year in Review be like? Post yours below! Here's mine... *Click to Enlarge* *NOTE: LoZ: ToK would have been listed here, though while I do have it, I've still yet to play it. Also, this reminded me I still need to get Metroid Prime: Remastered.
  5. Truly the end of an era. I guess with everyone hopping on the Direct bandwagon and doing their own presentations throughout the year they didn't feel it was worth spending the $ to go to E3 any more. I'm going to miss E3... It was something to always look forward to and it was the one time of the year where you knew could expect a ton of new gaming announcements. Kid's today just won't get how a big of deal and how exciting this was, especially before the days of social media and live streaming. Yeah... I bet Keighley is loving this news. 🙃
  6. I think Hulu is worth it for the TV shows and anime, especially for new eps of current TV show seasons being added the next day after they air. Though, not all shows have current seasons/next day new eps and some shows were taken off, some now only have 1-2 seasons, or some just have a random selection of seasons do to these companies getting the own streaming services (Ex: Discovery+/Max and Paramount+) As for the anime, they have a good amount of popular ones, with subs and quite a bit of dubs (it's always best to give people the option for subbed or dubbed, though if available, dubs can be hard to get do to licensing), but not as much as Crunchyroll (mostly subs, but has been getting more dubs). So, if you're a huge anime fan I'd recommend getting CR (To bad it no longer has a free with ads option, thanks to it now being owned by Sony and them merging their Funimation app library with it. ). Hulu also has a good selection of movies. Though, some will only be up for a limited time do to licensing and what not. They recently brought back the Matrix Trilogy, which got removed when HBO Max (now Max) became a thing. BTW, all seasons of The X-Files are on Hulu (now also on Disney+ if you have the Disney+/Hulu bundle).
  7. I'll be watching the Game Awards, though I'll be listening to it while racing battling. I'm Hoping Loz: ToK wins GotY along with LoZ: BotW.
  8. For anyone that has the Disney+/Hulu bundle, Hulu is now accessible from within D+ (currently in beta)... While it's nice to have things all in one app, I don't get why we need this...? I know this is still in beta, but as of now it doesn't have all the search features/categories like the Hulu app, anime seems to only have dubs (the Hulu app has both sub and dub, if available), no sports, on add-ons, no live-TV, some shows only on the Hulu app (do to licensing), and most importantly, it doesn't carryover your watch history or watchlist. I feel like if they don't get the latter added, then nobody is going to use Hulu on D+ (I'm not sure if this can be done or not. Did HBO Max do this when they switched to the Max app after the Discover/Warner merger?). Also, I feel like it really should just be like an app within an app, with your watchlist separated into a D+ and a Hulu section. Though, at that point, why not just create a new app with all D+'s and Hulu's content? Hopefully they listen to a A LOT of user feedback on this. EDIT: Apparently, watch history is planned to be synced between both apps by the time of full launch in March 2024 (not sure if this will sync watchlists as well). Also, D+ content is planned to come to the Hulu app at some point. So, it looks like a lot more integration is coming with the full release. 🔗https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/disney-plus-adds-hulu-content-beta-launch-1235823013/ *Click to Enlarge*
  9. I noticed with this most recent update that Niantic has added haptics for when catching PKMN. I’m not sure if I like them or not. However, I do like the haptics in Pikmin Bloom, especially for when planting flowers with the sound off + the screen on. Luckily the haptics are a separate setting from the standard vibration settings and can be turned off. I’ll keep them on for now, as long as it doesn’t drain more battery, like with the native refresh rate setting (iPhone 13 user).
  10. I saw Good Burger 2 and it's not as good as the original. Though, that's not to say it's completely terrible. I'd say it's more of a "good" movie instead of a great movie (Pun intended? ...Yes. Yes, pun intended!). There were parts in the movie that made me laugh like how the original still does, with that classic 90's Nickelodeon humor that's so stupid, yet for some reason is absolutely hilarious (if you know what I mean). I really liked how some familiar faces show up (not celebrates) in the movie... Speaking of that, I think it was a HUGE cop-out of how they had so many celebrates in the movie (If you saw GB2 you know the part I'm talking about). They literally did this just so they could say they had so many celebrates in the movie. While some parts were trying to be a bit like the original movie, I really like how this is more of it's own thing, while still being true to the original (Unlike, that new Marry Poppins movie we got a few years ago, which was basically a play-by-play of the original). I didn't really care for new Good Burger employees and I found it odd how Ed now owns Good Burger, but some high school kid is the manager. Though, lets be honest... Would you really want Ed to be the manager? "Uhh...No?" Exactly! LOL! Overall, I didn't really hate or love this movie. It was just nice to see Kenan and Kel together again. To me the movie felt more like a Nickelodeon TV movie instead of a theatrical Nickelodeon movie and with what they did here, I fell like they got a basis for a Good Burger series they could do on Paramount+, which I think could work pretty well. Though, I'd love to see the GB3 idea Kel jokingly mentioned in a credits blooper scene (GB Part 3: In Space). Just imagine the stupid shit they'd come up with for that concept. Anyway, if your a fan of the original Good Burger movie, the All That GB skits, or someone who grew up on 90's Nickelodeon (like me), I'd definitely recommend giving this movie a watch on P+ and see what you think.
  11. I'm surprised there's isn't a thread for this yet. A new Indie World Showcase is taking place today in a little over an hour...
  12. The thing with MKT it was easy new contend they could add, since a majority of MK8D owners most likely weren't playing MKT. I agree with the graphical shortcomings and no new battle arenas. As for the graphical short comings on some tracks, I blame MKT. Tracks that had yet to return got the HD treatment for MKT (It's basically an HD MK7, if you know what I mean) and when they brought them to MK8D with the BCP, they basically just ported them over and cleaned them up slightly (Ex. 3DS Toad Circuit). As for no new battle arenas, I feel like we should have gotten another row of arenas. I would have loved if they at least added Block Plaza and Funky Stadium form MK Wii.
  13. Both Super Mario Bros. Wonder and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom have been nominated for Game of the Year and this year's Game Awards... 🔗https://thegameawards.com/nominees/game-of-the-year Such a great list of nominees this year for GotY (I'm kind of surprised that Starfield didn't make it). As much as I'd love to see a 2D Mario platformer win, I think I'm going to have to go with TotK. How awesome would it be if both BotW and TotK won GotY at the Game Awards?
  14. I can't help but feel this video was put out just to gain/farm views (I get that's the point of YT vids, but his even more so given the subject). MK8D + the BCP was never supposed to be the "Smash Ultimate" of MK. So, it's kind of presumptuous of them to say there's things missing. The BCP was meant to hold fans over until MK9, since we haven't gotten a new main-line MK in almost a decade and it was clear that MK8D was meant to be the Switch's only MK (excluding MK Live and the classic games on NSO). Agreed!
  15. I'm surprised that it's not another animated movie and they're not going with Universal/Illumination (Toon Link/Toon Zelda would have worked well). If they did go animated for the LoZ movie I would have loved to see them work with Studio Ghibli. Sony X Nintendo...Really? OK.. (I know Sony's movie/TV division is sperate form PlayStation, but still)! Hopefully this is will be as good as the SMB movie. I very much welcome this being live-action instead over animated. Now, if we could also get a live-action Metroid movie. NINTENDO PLZ! I would love to see something similar to this for a Metroid movie... The could do without the Iron Man style inside of the suit shots, but keep the looking through the visor shots.
  16. *I forgot to add King Bobomb and Iggy. They're added now. For me it's... One's that got added: ? Block Koopa Clown Car Wiggler Blooper Dolphin Pokey One's that didn't get added: Waluigi King Boo (like how it glows in the dark, like the Boo amiibo) Nabbit Koopalings (mainly Iggy, Larry and Lemmy) 🎥:
  17. POYO! Here's all the Mii outfits from Tour that weren't included.... Bronze Cat Dry Bones Fish Bone Gold Hammer Bro. King Bobomb King Boo Monty Mole Nabbit Pastry Chef Piranha Plant Reindeer Roaring Racer (based off the statues in Singapore Speedway) Rocky Wrench Santa Silver Waluigi Spike Koopalings (Iggy, Larry, Lemmy, Ludwig, Morton, Roy, Wendy) I guess they weren't able add all of these for some reason...? It's too bad the Waluigi outfit (He has an amiibo), the Koopaling outfits (I love the Lemmy one), and the King Boo (There is a Boo amiibo) aren't there. Hopefully they can add these in a future update(s), but I doubt it. FUN FACT: The King Boot outfit glows in the dark, like the Boo amiibo, when in dark places.
  18. There's actually a bit more to this final BCP wave that wasn't featured in the trailer (I assume because it's part of the FREE update...?)... Nice to see the new Mii outfits form MKT are heading over, though how will these be unlocked? ...Because some of these don't have amiibo associated with them. Also, cool to see a music player. EDIT: Looking at the JPN site, only the Daisy outfit will require an amiibo to unlock.
  19. Yeah, the tropes what I was referring to... "This part is trying to be like that part in the original movie and this part is like that part." Though it, doesn't look like it will be completely terrible. There were parts in the trailer that legitimately mad me laugh, like the whole Hong Kong is not a city part. It's just nice to see Kenan and Kel together again (Also, nice to see Josh Server and Lori Beth Denberg are coming back) . Hopefully they do more stuff together in the future. I'd love to see Kel hosting SNL, so he can do some skits with Kenan, like in the All That/Kenan & Kel days. BTW, these guys like don't age! Also, i's it just me or does anyone else love hearing Kenan say *see pic below* again?
  20. Good Burger 2 trailer dropped... I feel like it's trying a little too hard to be like the original. Hopefully it ends up being good (no pun intended), because after all these years, the original still makes me LOL hard.
  21. So, race as Mario/Luigi and Sonic Mii outfit for SMB Wonder and Sonic Superstars?
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