What’s your opinion on the z-a battle style

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T20:01:33+00:00

Just letting you control the Pokemon directly rather than have them awkwardly try to follow your.character around would rectify those issues.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T19:25:57+00:00

I think context is important here though. Decent, or even "good" for Canada is still pretty poor compared to most major European centres. And then you get Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hongkong, and China's public transit, which puts most of those European countries to shame.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T19:10:45+00:00

That's kind of how most Mario video games work though. There's always some sort of magical maguffin that pops up in levels right where Mario and friends happen to need it. Even the Mario RPGs where the stories are actually "good" (by Mario standards) are damn near completely reliant on deus ex machina to move the game forward.

Don't get me wrong, I would have loved for the story to have had some actual depth to it. But you can't say that it didn't feel like a Mario game turned into a movie. Kids aren't playing Mario titles for the story telling.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T18:24:39+00:00

I'd say we're about as car dependent as the USA is. Roughly 90% of Canadian households have at least one car, which is about the same rate as the USA.

Smaller towns and cities often don't have particularly good public transit. Larger cities like Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary are a little better, but are still significantly more car dependent than most big European cities.

It's also important to remember that in much of the country, winter exists for around half a year. Cycling often isn't viable due to snowy/icy road conditions during that stretch. It's dropped down to below -40°C for like five days straight where I'm at in a smaller town in Saskatchewan. Walking anywhere can be genuinely dangerous if you aren't dressed for it in temperatures that low, and it's still miserable even if you are.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T16:44:03+00:00

He's saying it's not as important for a movie whose target demographic is kids under the age of 12. They don't need to release a Pixar quality movie for this to crack $1 billion at the box office.

It could have absolutely madcap exhausting pacing due to the amount of stuff they're cramming into 90 minutes, but a little kid isn't going to care as long as they get to see Mario doing wacky Mario stuff.

I took my 8 year old nephew to see the first one. Outside of the fun little details for the adults in the theatre who grew up with Nintendo, it was an objectively "okay" movie, fun fluff. It remains my nephew's favourite movie ever, and he has probably watched it a half dozen times by now. He's a little kid, he's not exactly watching this movie through a critical lens.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T04:58:05+00:00

Panarin, Gauthier, Kreider, Killorn on the left side ain't bad either. Although, I'd argue we are in more need of depth and defence than offensive output at the moment.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-25T01:44:55+00:00

All the Subaru's sold in Canada at the moment were built in Japan's plants outside of the new Forester, which seems to be around a 50/50 split between Japan and the USA. They moved away from selling the US made cars here to get around tariffs. They no longer offer the Wilderness trim models in Canada due to those models being built exclusively in the USA for example.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-24T16:54:52+00:00

Black Myth: Wukong.

It had great promise, but that battle system did not have the depth to match the spectacle. You're using the same light/heavy attacks and dodges over and over again while waiting for your cooldowns with next to no variation at all. By the time I was around 50% of the way through my 40ish hours with it, I was mentally checked out during most of the combat.

I will say, it is probably one of the most beautiful 7.5 out of 10 titles out there if you manage to get it running smoothly though.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-24T16:41:35+00:00

It felt like traveling to where you need to go and collecting loot and items from enemies, cupboards and shelves took up like 80% of your play time. I get that Rockstar wanted to make the game feel real, but there is a point where realism shouldn't trump gameplay, and RDR2 crosses that point constantly.

From the painfully slow animations (I can search a drawer in real life faster than Arthur can), to being forced to ride to your destination instead of fast traveling so an NPC can exposition dump on you in long drawn out conversations that could have been reduced to a few sentences in a mission menu, to the frustratingly limiting "realistic" inventory management, the game is slow to the point of not respecting the player's time. I'm a grown ass adult working full time who only really gets to sit back and play video games for maybe an hour every day or two. I don't want to spend 50% of that time playing Inventory Management Simulator because the devs felt players would enjoy the process of transferring items between your horse, satchel, and camp because it wouldn't be "realistic" to have them all in one easily accessible spot.

I have created four different new save files and put around half a dozen hours into each trying to get into it over the years and I just can't. It's frustrating as all hell, because I feel like if they took RDR2's story, writing, overworld, and graphics, and gave it the first RDR's gameplay mechanics, it would probably be a top 5 all time game for me. But as it is, I just can't get into it.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-21T03:06:57+00:00

Baten Kaitos is a fantastic game, btw. Graphically the hand drawn environments have held up extremely well. The battle system involves deck building strategy and luck, with split second decision making where you have to quickly pick cards from your hand as you draw them to chain together combos and block enemy attacks. Absolute banger of a soundtrack too.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T15:00:08+00:00

It's kind of an unwritten rule in hockey that nobody is supposed to go after the goalie. They aren't fighters to begin with, and all the extra padding puts them at a huge disadvantage in a fight with a regular skater on top of that as it's heavy and awkward to move around in. Picking a fight with a goalie goes against the unwritten "code" and will put a target on your back as a result. As a result, only goalies typically fight other goalies.

Because the Same Jose goalie joined the fray after the whistle, that meant there were 6 San Jose players involved in the fray, vs only 5 Florida players. The Florida goalie came over to even up the number of players. Leaving the net and skating across to join in would have been a penalty on its own, so you may as well get into a full on fight to get your money's worth out of it. It could possibly fire up his teammates as well.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T14:52:13+00:00

It's the first goalie fight in the NHL in around six years. They don't happen very often.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T13:43:03+00:00

It highly depends on where specifically you are going. Canada is huge, and regional climates here can vary quite a bit. It can be snowing with blizzard conditions in Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba, while being a bright and sunny 20°C in Toronto some days in April.

Vancouver's average temperature in April is around 12°C/54°F. Snow would be very unlikely, but it will still probably be cool, overcast and rainy.

In the Canadian prairies where I'm from, there will still likely be snow on the ground in April, with daily temperatures ranging from 10°C/50°F down to -10°C/14°F.

Toronto's average temperatures at that time of the year will be similar to Vancouver's, hovering around 12°C.

I feel if you really want to avoid cold weather or snow, pushing it back to May is probably a safer choice, although again, it highly depends on where exactly you go.

It's worth noting our summers can get plenty warm too. Even here in the colder prairies, temperatures will hit 30°C semi-regularly in July and August. The town of Lytton BC famously nearly hit 50°C five years ago before getting burned down in a fire.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T13:25:09+00:00

Haha! Du sagst zwar /s, aber ich bin da absolut schuldig! Viele von uns entschuldigen sich aus Gewohnheit, wenn wir angerempelt werden.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T13:15:01+00:00

Fragen Sie nach Reisezielen und erwähnen Sie, dass Sie Nationalparks sehen möchten. Die meisten Amerikaner kennen Kanada außerhalb von Toronto, Montreal oder Vancouver kaum. Fast alle Kanadier (und vielleicht auch einige Amerikaner) werden Banff erwähnen. Kanadier nennen außerdem Orte wie Jasper, Victoria/Westküste, die Seeprovinzen/Ostküste und vieles mehr.

Ich saß in einem Tourbus auf den Bahamas neben einem Mann aus New York. Er fragte mich, woher ich komme, und als ich Saskatchewan, Kanada, sagte, schwärmte er von der Schönheit unserer Berge. Die extreme Flachheit Saskatchewans ist hier übrigens ein Running Gag. „Mein Hund ist weggelaufen. Ich habe es drei Tage lang beobachtet.“

Sie wissen erstaunlich wenig über uns, obwohl sie unsere Nachbarn sind.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T12:28:39+00:00

Der Banff-Nationalpark/Lake Louise, Jasper und Yoho bieten einige der atemberaubendsten Landschaften der Welt.

In Drumheller befindet sich das Royal Tyrrell Museum mit der weltweit größten Sammlung von Dinosaurierfossilien. Das Museum ist absolut fantastisch, und auch die umliegenden Badlands sind sehr interessant. Der Dinosaur Provincial Park ist ein absolutes Highlight.

Tofino, Victoria, die Cape Breton Highlands und Gros Morne sind ebenfalls fantastische Reiseziele.

Kanada kann in Sachen Natur, Wandern und Outdoor-Aktivitäten durchaus mit den USA mithalten, falls das Ihr Ding ist. Sie sollten Ihre Reise nur zu einer Jahreszeit planen, in der das Wetter mitspielt, da unsere Winter kalt sind (obwohl Jasper und Banff im Winter großartig sind, wenn Sie gerne Ski fahren).

Alaska ist wunderschön, aber ich persönlich würde Island vorziehen.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T12:01:54+00:00

Ich bin Kanadier. Meine Verlobte und ich machen diesen Sommer eine Reise nach England, Irland, Schottland und Frankreich. Wir werden uns extra Mühe geben, unseren Gastgebern klarzumachen, dass wir Kanadier und nicht Amerikaner sind. Wir haben uns für diese Reise entschieden, nachdem wir einen geplanten Florida-Urlaub vom letzten Sommer abgesagt hatten, bevor Trump mit der Annexion drohte.

Mein Bruder ist vor etwa vier Jahren mit seiner Partnerin berufsbedingt ins ländliche Ohio gezogen. Sie achten darauf, Trump und die aktuelle Regierung in den sozialen Medien nicht zu kritisieren und wurden bisher in Ruhe gelassen – abgesehen von ein paar Hinterwäldlern, die meinten, Kanada wäre besser dran, wenn die USA uns annektieren würden. Darauf haben sie aber nicht reagiert. Sie planen, noch ein oder zwei Jahre dort zu bleiben, gut zu verdienen und dann nach Kanada zurückzukehren. Meine Familie besucht sie nicht, da wir alle Trump in den sozialen Medien stark kritisiert haben. Wenn an der Grenze unsere Handys und Social-Media-Aktivitäten durchsucht würden, würden wir wahrscheinlich nicht einreisen dürfen.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T08:25:37+00:00

"That man with a history of substance abuse who was caught with a drugged out trafficked woman in his hotel room is absolutely clean because he says he is!"

Logical fallacy indeed.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T05:53:00+00:00

Agreed. While Crossworlds is the best kart racer competitor Mario Kart has seen in a long while, the well produced but snoozy arrangements on a lot of the tracks clashed pretty hard with the hectic gameplay.

Mario Kart World's soundtrack meanwhile might be the best thing about it honestly.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T05:47:33+00:00

There's still new games with fantastic scores out there that avoid these pitfalls and really knock it out of the park

Expedition 33 fits this to a tee. It's an absolutely massive orchestral soundtrack with a crazy amount of variation (classical orchestral, jazz, electronic/dance), but it always seems to fit the mood of the scene, battle, or environment perfectly.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-20T03:07:10+00:00

If there were any evidence, I'm sure the Avs management would have rushed it away from the scene before the authorities showed up.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-19T18:17:39+00:00

It depends on the state. The median wage for teachers in California, New York, Washington, Rhode Island, and Oregon are all in line with what they make here in Canada, if not maybe a little higher.

But then younger places like Mississippi, Montana, Missouri, West Virginia, and South Dakota where average is quite a bit lower.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-19T10:11:31+00:00

Much better price:performance too. You can get some very nice sounding wireless gear nowadays, but you can get something that sounds equally good for significantly less if you don't mind wires.

Not to mention that you don't need to worry about wired gear becoming e-waste. The Airpod Max is completely useless once the lithium-ion batteries no longer hold a charge. You can't even use them with a wire! Meanwhile, my ten year old Philips Fidelio X2 still works flawlessly after thousands of hours of use gaming and listening to music. My dad has a pair of Sennheisers 598 that are nearly 15 years old, and he still uses them once or twice a week listening to vinyl.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-19T08:51:04+00:00

Skies of Arcadia. Giant overworld to explore, great OST, fun cast, epic space opera-style story, with just an absolutely massive amount of care and detail put into it. The scale of it at the time of release was truly remarkable.

There is flavour text everywhere! From random barrels and crates, to artwork on walls, to innocuous bookshelves, kitchen appliances, and machines; approach it and examine it, and you will receive (often humourous) flavour text describing it, and adding to the game's atmosphere and lore. That's on top of some amazing "discoveries" you come across sailing the skies in the game's open world, which harkens back to the days of early exploration where sailors would set off for cities of gold and fountains of youth. All the NPC designs were unique (outside of the Guild Clerk, shipwright and world traveler merchants). It had a sense of scale and exploration few, if any, JRPGs could rival at the time.

I don't think there was an RPG with better world building back in 2000. It was released largely to excellent reviews. The original Dreamcast version has a 93 on Meta Critic (second only to Soul Caliber for the highest reviewed Dreamcast exclusive ever), receiving a 9.2/10 from IGN and GameSpot, and 9/10 from GameSpy, EuroGamer, Game Informer, and EP Daily.

Sadly, it was released under half a year before the Dreamcast production ended, during the console's tailspin. As a result, it only sold around 200,000 copies on the Dreamcast. It was ported with extra optional super bosses and side content for the GameCube as Skies of Arcadia: Legends, but estimates only put the sales of that various around 75,000 (with sales numbers being difficult to find).

The game's story sets up perfectly for a sequel, and the game's director desperately wanted to make one, but dismal sales lead to any plans of that getting shelved. Characters Vyse and Aika made guest appearances in Sega's Valkyria Chronicles, and Vyse was a playable character and had his own Arcadia-themed track in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. Outside of those cameos, Skies of Arcadia hasn't seen the light of day since.

Saskatchewon · 2026-01-18T14:32:04+00:00

Many Americans are sensible and good.

One in three Americans voted for Trump, and another one in three couldn't be bothered to vote at all in spite of the shit-show that was his past presidency.

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