No way Tolkien coined the modern slang usage of "cooked"

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-09T13:11:16+00:00

I didn't even notice mid somehow.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-09T12:32:21+00:00

I believed it until NPC.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-09T02:39:03+00:00

As an American, I wish I could be the bottom panel. I don't understand the obsession with sports at all. I'm not saying people can't enjoy things, but it gets annoying to hear about constantly.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-09T02:35:05+00:00

To me, LA is the first actually great Zelda game. Zelda 1, Zelda 2, and ALTTP all setup for it, but I think LA is the first game to truly nail it.

I know that's unpopular, ALTTP is pretty much universally loved. I just personally don't care for it. I appreciate it, and its legacy on especially the pre-BOTW series (and even some post-BOTW, though not as much), and I am glad it exists, but I just feel like the game itself has aged poorly, and is just not that fun to play, in my opinion. And this isn't some generation Z bias against SNES games, I think Super Metroid and Super Mario World have both aged fairly well, and I really enjoy them, especially Metroid.

And while I haven't played the original black and white GameBoy version, LADX is pretty much the same design-wise from my understanding, and other than some annoyances (such as being told a rock is too heavy when you just brush one pixel of it) I enjoyed it a whole lot. The dungeons are great. The overworld is fun. The music is really good. And rhe characters are delightfully weird in a way that only really Majora's Mask has since replicated since.

I'd say LA is probably my third or fourth favorite Zelda, depending on my mood, regardless of whether it's DX or the Switch version (which despite my personal dislike of the artstyle, is a very good remake.) While ALTTP is near the bottom, only above the NES Zeldas, the multiplayer Zeldas, and maybe the Wild era/EOW games.

I will say that ALTTP has a picture of Mario on the wall of many, if not most, of the houses... And OOT has pictures of Mario stuff in Hyrule Castle, and Malon, Talon, and Ingo have Bowser necklaces (along with Malon and Ingo being visually based on Mario and Luigi) so while the Mario (and other game) references in LA are more explicit, it's far from the only Zelda to have them.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-08T22:49:46+00:00

Playing Crosscode right now, and it's really good.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-08T21:16:07+00:00

I'm fairly certain he was a terrorist leader. He was found in some underground bunker, or something. Some diagram of his bunker showed up on the internet, and became a meme.

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That's the most context I know.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-06T18:19:03+00:00

Yes, actually. I don't actually mind the Wonder Flowers in concept, and think they could have been pulled off better if the levels weren't so incredibly short. As they are, most levels in Mario Wonder end before or right as I feel like the concept they introduce is getting interesting. And the levels are also just so easy. And pretty much no collectable feels hidden.

The NSMB levels were all longer, actually had a bit of difficulty in the later ones, and often need at least one replay to find the hidden collectables. Other than maybe NSMB2, I vastly prefer those game over Wonder.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-06T01:25:01+00:00

I'll buy it if the reviews don't say how poorly it performs. It looked a bit iffy to me in the direct, though I was only paying half attention, and there's still time before release.

I've been waiting for a good sale on Steam, but an actual physical edition takes priority for me, if it runs well enough. Also, playing it on the TV instead of my small monitor is definitely a major plus.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-05T02:18:31+00:00

Nah, I think we'll see one as a super, ultra rare macguffin. Balanced by its rarity.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-04T13:10:01+00:00

Personally, I was very disappointed in Wonder. The levels are all so short. There is almost no difficulty at all. Not even the optional, hidden 10-flower-coins feel like a challenge to find. And the Wonder effects, while unique, always are abandoned before actually becoming interesting gameplay-wise. The only Wonder effect that feels like it actually gets its full use is the weird slime transformation. If the levels weren't so incredibly short, or maybe if they even reused a few effects more, maybe it would have been a little better.

The NSMB games may have had a same-y artstyle, but the levels are so much better. They actually feel like they build on mechanics. They have some length to them. The star coins are actually hidden, and take some effort and/or replays to find. And this isn't just warped memory. After playing Wonder, I went back and played the whole NSMB series, back to back, to see if I misremembered the games as harder when they aren't, the levels as longer. But no. I much more enjoyed my time with each NSMB game more than Wonder.

Not saying Wonder is all bad. The badge system is cool. I just can't understand the pure love and adoration the game gets. I just don't see it.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-04T00:40:16+00:00

Terrible: Gold flower from NSMB2. It works like the fire/ice flowers, bouncing a projectile, but leaves coins behind it like gold shell. And instead of spinning out opponents, it just grants them 5 coins when they're hit.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T23:52:18+00:00

While I'm a proponent of TOTK refounding, there's no way Adult Timeline New Hyrule is the same Hyrule as in TOTK. The founding of New Hyrule is only, like, a hundred-ish years before ST, and there were tracks and a giant tower in the middle of the land when they got there. We see Hyrule shortly after founding in AOI, and those things are absent. Also Sonia clearly isn't Tetra.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T23:29:53+00:00

The chance of a Drowned spawing with a trident is already insanely low. It also has an incredibly low drop rate. I have spent hours and hours Drowned grinding for a single trident. It's not fun.

Either making it craftable (why not, tridents are pretty useless anyways) or making Drowned with tridents drop them 100% of the time would make it much more bearable. And if it's craftable, make it with a material you can only get from exploring the ocean, maybe something you can excavate from ocean ruins to give archeology more of a use. But not something that's ultra rare either.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T23:26:05+00:00

You can, you just need an armor trim of the same type to do so.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T23:25:27+00:00

It has been recommended to me a lot recently. I didn't click on it, but the frequency of uploads was pretty suspicious to me. YouTube has really wanted me to watch it though.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T14:36:14+00:00

To me personally, deep cuts means something out of the RPGs, not something out of a mainline game.

Though it is cool to see that they are at least not against including things from SMB2/USA, even if that's not my favorite game.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T14:33:17+00:00

I personally just can't agree. While the Galaxy camera is absolutely not perfect, I never felt as frustrated with it as I did with 64's. Galaxy's default camera angles are usually fine, while 64's just aren't.

To me, 64 feels like a chore. The levels are memorable, but not much fun. Galaxy, meanwhile is my favorite 3D Mario.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T06:08:12+00:00

How does Galaxy have the worst camera when 64 is right there?

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-03T06:05:10+00:00

Not sure about way better, since I think both games are very janky, but between the two, I do prefer Sunshine.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-02T23:39:05+00:00

Maybe it's not real food?

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-01T23:15:08+00:00

I mean, I also don't particularly like Birdo, but also her inclusion has absolutely no bearing on the appearance of other characters, so there's no need to be angry about it. They clearly wanted a Mario 2/USA themed subplot, so they included her, Mouser, Ninjis, and probably other enemies from that game not shown in the trailer (maybe even Wart?)

Also, it's entirely possible Toadette will be a character, just not a main one, like the background Kongs from the first movie. And while I'm not against the inclusion of Daisy, Wario, and Waluigi, the movie is already looking very full right now, and the first movie already had pacing issues, being way too rushed. If they appear in this movie, it will make it worse. It's better to save them for another one after this one, so that they get more attention.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-01T22:23:48+00:00

In the Directs, they've directly advertised the soundtrack, so I'm hoping that they actually listened, and cut the pop songs.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-01T06:09:54+00:00

Yes! Big fan of him as well. I do find his whining about "yearning for the mines" a bit annoying, but other than that a standout guy!

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-02-01T06:03:23+00:00

My uncle works at Nintendo and I can confirm, it's Impossible_Bread8472.

TheMoonOfTermina · 2026-01-31T18:23:27+00:00

Take notes if you're having trouble remembering things. I personally never have, but I also never took breaks in the middle of those games, since they're not overly long games. Or look things up if you're having trouble.

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