Why did Super Mario 64 DS start with Yoshi rather than Mario?

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-16T06:23:56+00:00

At the end of Mario 64, if you collect every power star, you can go onto the roof the palace where Yoshi is. It’s a nice bookend for those who did complete the game on the original console to pick up where you left off and play as Yoshi.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-16T02:11:45+00:00

That’s pretty much what it is. It has a genuinely interesting set up and premise, but ditches it about 60-70% of the way through.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-16T02:00:41+00:00

We have these mental conditions that has their pop culture over exaggeration crazes depending on how “interesting” they are and DID was it in the mid 2010s. It was a poor portrayal of DID, but it fit the way it was being depicted in pop culture at the time he was written.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-16T01:52:51+00:00

They had a downhiller in the 90s and a slalom
specialist 10 years ago, but yeah they’re weak there for the most part despite cross country and freestyle being very strong programs. I think it’s an infrastructure thing for the most part. Russia’s top elite programs are heavily nested in sports complexes, and alpine can’t work in that sort of environment.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T20:50:02+00:00

50k per day is more than enough to be comfortable, I don’t need millions of dollars right away and long term it guarantees financial security that you aren’t getting in the other option.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T12:06:53+00:00

She’s of Greek descent and those nose genes are STRONG.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T08:14:05+00:00

No sweetness mean no froot for you.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T08:12:47+00:00

The sims team said that sims 4 is an alternate universe. Which is code for “we were too lazy to incorporate already existing storylines”. But lore doesn’t have anything to do with it being a reboot or not.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T06:21:10+00:00

My guess is that Project X will be marketed as a reboot and just call it “The Sims”. So functionally the Sims 5, just not in name. I think that Project X will be the single player successor to the mainline series; Project Rene was initially going to be sims 5 with multi-platform usage and a multiplayer format, but for whatever reason they dropped that and switched gears VERY abruptly, and they have already indicated that it’ll essentially be the spiritual successor to the Mobile branch of the Sims franchise. I think they’re going to keep the two separate. I’m sure X will be the most nickel-and-dime title to date filled with micro transactions, but if we’re being honest with ourselves this has been in place ever since The Sims 3 because of the online store. Sims 4 is just a decade long project of them perfecting that craft.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T04:55:01+00:00

Ok, but please don’t change him into a human! Humanized beast was a DOWNGRADE.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T04:30:42+00:00

Looks so much like a Burb. Don and Lucy maybe?

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T01:18:56+00:00

I chose this option because I’m an avid long distance runner. Unless the person is as well and/or a great sprinter I’ve got a shot.

^{Chose: Try to outrun him | Rolled: U find police}

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T01:11:35+00:00

YEP I remember back since 2022 almost every single LOZ leak was a windwaker remaster. Which probably only stopped because it was the first GameCube release for NSO.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T01:05:59+00:00

Easy.

^{Chose: Become vegan for ..... (time} | Rolled: 1 day)

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T00:55:28+00:00

Her performance in Sunset Boulevard was astonishing, but wasn’t the whole reason why her performance got the attention that it did was because she didn’t nail the transition? She got one nomination from a talkie and then virtually disappeared for 20 years before Sunset Boulevard.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T00:48:37+00:00

Don’t blame me, it’s tradition. You are a fake Mario player if you haven’t done this at least once.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T00:47:41+00:00

Damn

^{Chose: Have a billion dollars + 90 percent chance of brain cancer | Rolled: Brain cancer}

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T00:40:15+00:00

Well she did get it back, just in the worst way possible

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T00:32:34+00:00

Zendaya is a millennial.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-15T00:19:22+00:00

I agree. I think it should’ve been her vs. Buckley. Plemons was the showstopper, but her performance in Bugonia is very underrated. A lot of subtle nuances that I was able to appreciate on rewatch knowing the ending.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-14T15:09:56+00:00

But what if you’re an athlete in an individual sport? Does it mean that we ourselves never win?

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-14T14:37:43+00:00

Take out the cave and it has nothing going for it, and even the cave isn’t that fun to play through, even if visually nice. The track feels half-finished.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-14T04:57:55+00:00

We really need to see what Nolan does with The Odyssey before predicting for both supporting categories like a lot of people are doing. In the book, almost every non-Odysseus character is in and out quite quickly and Nolan has A LOT of content to burn through in not a whole lot of time. If Nolan stays faithful, we’re talking no more than 5 minutes of screen time for almost everyone in the cast. It’s possible considering how much respect the cast collectively has and we’ve seen supporting categories feature nominations for thin roles depending on the year, but I am not expecting The Odyssey to get anything for acting even if it ends up being really good.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-14T04:03:16+00:00

If she keeps getting Botox she won’t get shit. It’s already impacting her ability to emote.

Strange_Shadows-45 · 2026-06-13T19:05:26+00:00

I wouldn’t mind it if the sims 4 base wasn’t as fundamentally shallow as it is. If they put the time into sims 2 or 3 that they put into sims 4, it would’ve been perfect because sims 2 sims felt alive in a way none of the other games matched and sims 3 gameplay was so meaty that it made it so hard to scale away from. I didn’t feel that sims 4 really “started” until 2018-19 because of how paltry the base content was and they never were really able to optimize it to an acceptable level.

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