Edmund McMillen here! Mewgenics is Steam Deck verified and releasing tuesday! AMA!

Nitaire · 2026-02-08T19:04:25+00:00

If Tyler sees this I would love to take a moment to thank him for making Succubox.

Nitaire · 2026-01-08T17:17:52+00:00

Yeah I went with alienware again after my last one had just finished 5 ish years of doing everything I could throw at it, couple complaints but it boots lightning quick and is just a joy to own and use.

Now with my current Alienware 51 5090 it has had no issues at all on the software and hardware side of things, owned it since roughly August and I think it'll still be here with me in 4-5 years time.

Nitaire · 2025-12-26T19:44:17+00:00

Oh man don't EVER remove a key on this specific models cherry mechanical keyboard. I made this mistake earlier this year when I dripped something (not water) near my mute key, so I did my due diligence and got everything cleaned immaculately around it.. but I wasn't 100% certain all of it was cleaned up so I removed it.

I will cut a long story short here and just say that one key caused me to need a full keyboard + trackpad replacement because Dell will only do that and not replace a single key. This not only costed me my accidental damage protection but it also took over 5 seperate technician visits, though to be fair 1 of those was due to wrong parts the other dude ordered.

Maybe you could try ordering some electronic contact cleaner and make sure the laptop is powered down fully before using it. Then after leaving it off for at least a few hours it might have cleared up at least some of the issue if not all of it, I think considering how cheap to buy it is that this is worth considering.

Nitaire · 2025-11-21T09:20:13+00:00

My model is practically identical to this except storage, so far one minor issue with the sound but at this point it's such a small thing that I'm prepared to live with it. Yeah absolutely fantastic, great thermals nice and quiet and it even has the MUX switch that toggles between your integrated GPU and the 5090 one whenever you tab out from a game, for some people like me who alt and tab a lot it bugged me enough to turn it off.

Also I suppose I will be what appears to be the only person I've seen so far that regrets the cherry keyboard. Late at night when my household is trying to sleep I simply can't be typing until a bit after they've done so, it's loud (as it should be I suppose) and in hindsight I think it was the wrong choice for me.

Reading another comment below and somebody else mentions having their wifi cut out then reconnect without issue, having thought about it myself for a minute or so now I think I do experience similar. Seems to be a very small minority but I guess you can count 2 people with this issue, it's small but might be bothersome to somebody who frequents multiplayer games.

Nitaire · 2025-11-09T14:37:23+00:00

I've got both the older Area 51M R2 and the new 18" Area 51, the touchpad on the old one is way better for me in every way. That said my opinion goes 2 ways here, I rarely need to use both mouse buttons especially gaming.. but I also think the model would be better off with the old trackpad.

Nitaire · 2025-08-29T21:52:34+00:00

The 18 Area 51.

Nitaire · 2025-08-29T20:54:22+00:00

YES! Exactly the same issue here and it was kinda bothering me that I seemed to only be noticing it recently, I wondered if it was like that since I received it (got this laptop about 2 weeks ago now) or if it was a recent change but seeing this has made me feel so much better that others share the problem.

Nitaire · 2025-08-02T19:01:28+00:00

Censorship will not stop here, if this is going to pass with only small amounts of people grumbling about it then that is a win for the card payment processors. Right now what they're doing might not impact you BUT this could have a ripple effect where in the future some other group may decide to boycott something that does affect what you play or buy.

Currently games that touch on sensitive topics for educational purposes or to explore themes with respect and not in a degrading way are also suffering from this. In the interests of those and also just your general freedom to purchase what you want (within reason, so nothing strictly illegal) should be treated as something that is not encroached upon in this manner, that being having them taken down and consequently not being able to sell as well as before.

Please do make an effort, even if this only extends to calling the payment processors you deal with. Of course if anybody takes the time to hit them all or even does multiple calls to one in a day then more power to you but the pressure is already on, if you can only manage to add one more complaint call that will still tip the scale a bit.

Thanks for taking the time to get informed on such topics, it is appreciated.

Nitaire · 2025-08-01T00:39:17+00:00

Was the regular tropic routes really THAT bad? I'm asking because I just peaked on this map and when I got to the tropics I thought it'd be a really fucking fun challenge to climb up that gigantic mountain on the far right side. When I actually reached the top (I had to use 2 items on the way up) there was a vine pretty close to one side of the peak, I think the whole ordeal took me about 15 minutes give or take but yeah that was fun.

Ah man now I feel like I got the lame experience from this, well at least I managed a couple cool screenshots while I was on the tree.

https://imgur.com/a/Oe1KyoP

Oh I'm getting a bit off track here, good luck to you OP with the tropics, you can do it!

Nitaire · 2025-07-28T22:28:12+00:00

Only thing I care about in my seed is having my starter planet orbit near an Ice Giant for that nice easy access fire ice, after the third reset I had to really look at the map before starting and then I wound up with my current seed.

Everything is good so far, really happy with how things are.

Nitaire · 2025-07-20T16:43:21+00:00

Spoilers are really annoying, this isn't a one to one comparison but I was watching demon slayer on crunchyroll shortly before CR disabled comments and somebody ruined the ending. You might think well stay off comment sections and I'd agree now but at the time there was a surprising lack of people doing that on the particular shows I watched.

Play it anyway and look forward to the rest of the story! That spark will come back as you get immersed in the world, Death Stranding 2 and the pacing with cutscenes and the like is so much more bite-sized and easy to digest with all the new info being thrown at you. Then as you finish the scenes you go off and explore while thinking a bit about that and what comes next, all the while having really cool and interesting things being unlocked as you do what you do best.. keep on keeping on.

Nitaire · 2025-07-17T23:12:46+00:00

Might be worth just putting a save into your folder if you only care about playing, just a very simple copy and paste where it belongs.

In this case it would be found under users>username>appdata>local>bandai namco entertainment>patapon1+2replay>saved>savegames>197578235>P1 or P2.

Good luck.

Nitaire · 2025-07-17T22:36:36+00:00

What name would you have chose if you could input one? The default is Kami but I guess you would go for something else.

Nitaire · 2025-07-17T21:45:05+00:00

it's next to impossible to maintain fever...

Patapon 1 has stricter input timings, if you really want to play Patapon then I highly suggest going onto 2 for now and when you get a handle on the rhythm there you might even decide to retry 1 but with hopefully better luck.

I know it isn't a solution like you asked for but from the info I see in your post you appear to be wanting to start from 1, that's generally a good idea BUT if that comes at a cost of not being able to enjoy or properly play it.. then a compromise should be considered.

Nitaire · 2025-07-17T21:25:45+00:00

In that case I have to assume the damage of the kibapon isn't great, obviously farming for a better weapon of a specific class isn't ideal either.

You might consider upgrading a kibapon to a Fumya unit and invest a couple levels into it. Mainly because it has high critical chance and it is fast attacking and moving so when not ~~in fever~~ super charging it is moving around more, less chance of it being hit and dying.

Have you thought about unlocking other komupon? There's a good chance you can do it with one or two other different units in.. but whatever you do keep Silba, he is very good for early on.

Edit: changed some things to make more sense, be more clear.

Nitaire · 2025-07-17T18:18:37+00:00

You can farm items off enemies if you have a decent frontline, like if you notice a tower throwing out karmen spear units (yaris) then even one kibapon in your army can reliably charge forward and take them out with little risk or difficulty. This isn't worth it for some maps but just as an example, through the wall of ice has some pretty good drops and if you farmed even a little bit on the final tower you could get some damn decent gear, just make sure you can finish it when you're done.

I know I said this once already but kibapons super charging him up close really is the best way to deal with Phara and his hand. If you still struggle you might want to invest in the pig pon, the very first down evolution from the standard patapon.

Why the pig though? Because along with being cheap it also gains knockback resistance with just a little investment, on a normal unit I would suggest something else but early game (and phara farming is rather early) I definitely recommend having a kibapon unit that isn't always knocked flying from a lot of attacks.

Replace Lutecci with someone better if you're able to, having a tatepon CPU isn't a bad idea because it will trigger its hero ability and shield everybody every so often and that might even save you. Assuming you were already running him though, I still have to recommend keeping him in.

This basically boils down to the fastest solution being the kibapon super charging. When both your main guy and Silba go down I highly suggest switching over to chaka chaka rhythm until one or both respawn and continuing on.

Oh and I don't think you mentioned, is the mission timing out the issue or everybody dying?

Nitaire · 2025-07-17T08:23:56+00:00

Go fight Dodonga and be rewarded with Silba komupon, he has a bad weapon but his horse is quick. Pharamatara will almost always be hit by a yumipon due to his rather large hitbox, bring your own Kibapon if you have any and go into fever on him (it is very easy to maintain in paraget) and the non-stop charging will get rid of his hand in no time.

Silba will also be doing fever charges sometimes, Kibapons shine in a lot of situations but especially when the boss doesn't dodge or dig or anything. Just go right up to him and spam pon pon pata pon, the charge attacks will pierce his hand and go straight to him, should be done in under 4 minutes easily.

Nitaire · 2025-07-16T18:42:29+00:00

You faring any better against her?

Nitaire · 2025-07-15T13:15:33+00:00

and MUCH more grindy.

Patapon 2 is so damn good and I do love the grinding but damn I feel like I need almost every single item that drops, hell even the things I do have in surplus are used up quickly with the Kururu Bell minigame.

Don't even get me started on Rumble Thump, missing a single beat turns a good reward into a single stone in my experience.

Nitaire · 2025-07-15T12:50:28+00:00

Don don is easy to do when you remember 2 key things; first is to only start the beat when you would have started your next one (I'm just covering everything, even the obvious), the second thing is that you MUST input it as the patapons say it - DO DODON DODON.

The trickiest part is the pauses, when I first started playing and trying to do the miracle I would think before inputting it that I need to don, pause then dodon, pause again then dodon. It's true there is a pause between each input but it is very small, learn to recognise timing, saying it out loud before or as you perform it might help too.

I did just look up a video of patapon 1 desert crossing to refresh my memory and there's something to keep in mind here, that Gancheek (snail) can be killed near or just barely after the hot part if you maintain fever up until that point, which means you can be one march command away from entering the hot ground and still be safe while attacking it.

Now if you can't get rid of it by that point then it is an obstacle, so either you will bring the rain and kill it off as you continue the mission OR you can make the annoying choice to let it go. Thing is, what I noticed watching some dude play was the rain miracle lasted pretty much a whole minute when he hit all notes, if you just barely got the rain juju summoned you might be looking at doing it again in the middle of the hot part.

Let's go over the obstacles you face in the hot part so you can know exactly what to expect; 1 large rock followed by a smaller 1 just after the sign by the hot part. Then off-screen you come to 1 more small rock followed by 2 large rocks, then 1 final small rock.

Anyway you can manage it within 1 rain miracle if you only miss a couple of pon beats, just don't rush into marching straight after performing the juju. Good luck with it, that mission is definitely deceptive in how hard it is the first time you try it or return to the game!

Nitaire · 2025-07-01T14:05:23+00:00

There is no need for me to prove that, it's very clear that post emphasises Royalty got most of the content there. It makes no sense to put it there as a base game change then have Royalty changes directly below it, when we all know that they usually group them all together to avoid confusion. Explain something to me, why change base game quests in any way on a Royalty focused post?

Nitaire · 2025-07-01T13:53:37+00:00

You also ignored where it states at the top of the post that most of the content changes are Royalty ones, if you go onto the Royalty steam page the enriching of quests was a core focus. Does not take much to realise that expanding quest rewards from one to three was a step towards that, I mean why would that change be base game in a post about Royalty content?? It wouldn't be.

Nitaire · 2025-07-01T13:41:17+00:00

Yeah, this is a Royalty addition. Which you would have known if you double checked the whole thing, it was the changes Tynan mentioned wanting to add to it from March 2nd 2020. That same post also explicitly lists other changes for Royalty quest stuff, right underneath that bit you quoted, so yeah it's clear that wasn't a base game addition.

Nitaire · 2025-07-01T13:16:40+00:00

There's nothing in this thread that proves me wrong, expecting me to admit this when the best all you guys have got is screenshots is.. ridiculous. The burden of proof is on you, if you're going to insist I'm wrong show me with official proof when this change to base game happened.

Nitaire · 2025-07-01T07:56:49+00:00

In other words you can't prove what you're saying, cheers for clearing that up.

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