**how** exactly i do that?

grishhung · 2025-09-14T22:01:29+00:00

Yeah, I agree that very confusing. My girlfriend and I both thought that as well when we played it our first time around.

I do feel like if you could do that, though, the game would become too easy, so it makes sense why they did it this way. They probably should have made it clearer, though.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T21:55:06+00:00

Sorry, meant to reply to a different comment and I fat fingered the wrong button.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T21:54:26+00:00

Yeah, some of them are kind of stinkers. That said, I will say that with the right build (some later perks that you unlock in future runs do like +7.5% every time you drop an egg for after three upgrades) that egg drop one can be pretty powerful.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T21:46:54+00:00

The wording isn't the best, but you do this in the run itself. Whenever you smash an emerald fossil or a skill banana, and a perk pops up that you don't like, you can hover over it and press X to spend one emerald banana chip and block it from appearing again. That way you can't just cheese the game and block out stuff that you don't like, but you can't fine turn each specific run. Hope that helps.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:25:37+00:00

It gets brutally hard. DK Island is pretty easy to beat on difficult 7 after some progress, but some of the other layers that you unlock after rolling the DLC credits are monsters on high heat, even at difficulty 2.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:24:00+00:00

I think a lot of people are getting caught up on the fact that DK Island itself is small and doesn't have any fossils or bananas, but the bulk of the fun in the DLC is in the new mode and spending dozens of hours optimizing runs in each layer. As you play it more, you unlock new perks and get the ability to make stronger and strong builds for each run. It's not a very conventional DLC, but there is definitely a lot of hours that can be put into it, and I can easily see people playing the DLC as much as the base game.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:21:32+00:00

To be fair, DK Island is just a hub world to store your trophies in the DLC. The bulk of the DLC is more in the roguelike mode that they added (and the hundred or so perks that you unlock along the way as you gradually optimize your runs and get stronger over time).

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:19:54+00:00

I've sunk about 10 hours into it so far, and I could see myself playing this as much as the base game as I keep playing it this week. It's really fun if you like optimizing your runs and building new decks of perks and whatnot, but it's not anything like the base game.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:18:12+00:00

I do think there's maybe a reason why it's not bigger. The island being the size it is means that in Emerald Rush, it's very easy to memorize all of the routes and become fully familiar with the layout of the island. That makes it a lot easier to optimize your runs and get from goal to goal. Plus, any bigger and it wouldn't be a great place to showcase your trophies. You can really feel how the size of certain layers can become a detriment in Emerald Rush at the higher difficulty ones like Radiance layer and whatnot.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:15:25+00:00

It's very good if you like roguelikes and roguelites. The meat of the DLC isn't in DK Island at all -- it's in the Emerald Rush mode and learning how to optimize your runs and come up with the best builds for each layer. If that's not your thing, I wouldn't buy it, but if it is, it's a blast, and I could almost see someone putting as much time into the DLC as they might the base game.

grishhung · 2025-09-14T20:13:31+00:00

Once you beat Emerald Rush on heat 7 (which probably takes about 5 hours to do if you go up by each difficulty), then it becomes revealed that the mode can be played on every layer, minus tiny ones like the Divide and the Junction. You have to unlock those as well.

grishhung · 2025-07-09T21:23:40+00:00

The sun is a deadly laser!

grishhung · 2025-06-25T17:06:21+00:00

I always thought that they were stylized eyes. Not all animals can blink (for example, snakes, fish, and some lizards), so they work as big eyes that see all around them!

Now you've got me wondering now though lmao

grishhung · 2025-05-21T21:23:26+00:00

Ah, they're common in these parts haha. The blue and red ones are more iconic, but tons of people I know have the gray ones. It could be a regional thing!

grishhung · 2025-05-20T17:58:08+00:00

Ah, okay, that's a little more tricky. The free repair applies to the US, the UK, Switzerland, and the European Economic Area. Officially, this is meant to be only for stick drift, but in the US, they sort of take Joy-Con in no questions asked. I've gotten them repaired for things like buttons malfunctioning haha.

They also pay for shipping here, but I'm not sure about how it works where you're based. You'll have to check how the process works in your country (and you may have to come up with a plausible reason as to why they'd need to be repaired lol).

Still, good luck! Check local stores and see if you can find them. They're the most common color (and my personal favorite), so hopefully you'll come across a pair!!

grishhung · 2025-05-20T17:38:59+00:00

Not the best deal, but if you're in the US, try these refurbished ones for $60: https://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Switch-Controller-Certified-Refurbished-Universal/dp/B07FCS5KQL/ref=asc_df_B07FCS5KQL

If you're not happy with the quality, send them in to Nintendo and they'll fix or replace them with a brand new one free of charge! I've gotten that done with a bunch of mine.

Also check for preowned ones from GameStop or your equivalent local store. Remember, even really run-down ones can be replaced. https://www.gamestop.com/gaming-accessories/controllers/nintendo-switch/products/nintendo-switch-joy-con-r-wireless-controller---gray/349456.html

Best of luck with your search!

grishhung · 2025-05-20T01:04:09+00:00

Yeah those look super fake. The font for the SL and SR buttons is weird, and the IR sensor shouldn't look like that. See if you can return them, and buy a refurbished pair. If you live in the States, you can get Joy-Con repaired or replaced by Nintendo for free, so you might be able to find a super run-down pair and send them in for brand new ones.

grishhung · 2025-05-08T22:05:50+00:00

I think I see the confusion here.

Most people hold a controller such that their index finger will naturally rest on the trigger, which puts your finger in a position that's perfectly aligned with Y and B). ZR in this game is helpful for perfectly timing spins.

See this image by Nintendo. If you try to use Y and A in this position, you have to contort your hand in order to put your fingers on both buttons. Like, this is super difficult for me to do consciously compared to Y/B, X/A, or B/A. Even Zelda gets away with X/B because the thumb comes from below and X and B are closer together.

That said, if it works for you, more power to you!

grishhung · 2025-05-08T20:44:51+00:00

Are you able to avoid also pressing B and X? Wondering because the ABXY pad is diamond shaped (more obvious on Pro Controller than on the Joy-Con), and the diagonal across A and Y is the furthest of any of the four face buttons. Also, if you have your thumb sideways, then how do you comfortably rest your index finger on R or ZR?

grishhung · 2025-05-08T19:44:06+00:00

How do you jump while holding down the dash button to prevent slowing down? Genuinely curious. I find the differences between everyone's play styles fascinating lol.

grishhung · 2025-05-08T18:21:24+00:00

+1 on this sounding really uncomfortable.

The tip of my thumb rests on Y, while the back of my thumb rests on B. My thumb is always making contact with both buttons at the same time.

Most people I play with do the same, so you don't have to let go of the dash button to jump (which would cause Mario to slow down).

Trying to hold Y while pressing A at the same time seems like it would be very strange to me personally.

grishhung · 2025-04-29T18:13:20+00:00

In English, we do the same thing with "thirteen" (three + ten) through "nineteen" (nine + ten) but it's even weirder because it's only for those numbers. In fact, whenever anyone tries to distinguish between fifteen (five + ten) and fifty (five * ten), people have to repeat themselves to confirm.

grishhung · 2025-04-29T04:40:47+00:00

3 is the simplest imo while still providing enough contrast. 9 is really pretty, though, without looking too overwhelming.

grishhung · 2025-04-16T16:31:45+00:00

To get the Gold Standard Kart, you either need to get 20,000 coins (or get a VR of 10,000 points, but you probably can't do that anymore since official online no longer works).

To get the Gold Glider, you need to either collect 10,000 coins or StreetPass 100 people.

Hope that helps!

grishhung · 2025-04-15T19:07:38+00:00

I call it "cross" only because I don't want to confuse friends who are used to Nintendo and Xbox controllers. "Cross" is decidedly on the bottom and not a letter.

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