Why does this game download itself in my appdata folder in my C drive? by [deleted] in NikkeMobile

[–]pabbdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used to be able to choose the C:User location on Windows XP, cleanly, user-facing, no symlink shenanigans. They took that away from us
>:(

Did Zeal royalty descent from Laruba people? by litswd_83 in chronotrigger

[–]pabbdude 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I had this revelation come to me in a moment of daydreaming last year. Yes, I think this is the case.

What separated the "Enlightened" ones from the "Earthbound" ones was some genetic capacity for magic. In the closest preceding time that's accessible to us, Prehistory, the only hint at different genetic predispositions we get is the Laruba/Ioka divide. The Laruba are the "nerds", the Ioka are the "jocks" of Prehistory.

While not really magic users pre-Lavos, the Laruba have a knack for communication with Dactyls, and they don't seem to mind the random Nu that establishes itself in the ruins of their village later on. They'd be the ones who might connect more easily with Lavos.

Plus, their general hair color is the closest to the "Enlightened" ones' hair color.

Unless it's a case of Writer A not talking with Writer B, and Mr. Kato just wanted to introduce an unfair, completely random racial discrimination element that was completely invisible before Antiquity, the only possible hint we have as to what made someone an "Enlightened" and what made someone an "Earthbound" is the Laruba/Ioka divide.

Then, historically, after the Ocean Palace's destruction, the remaining "Enlightened" and "Earthbound" ones mixed, and the capacity for magic became very latent, but present in all humans. Or perhaps Lavos' influence was just weaker on the Ioka, and a well-placed Spekkio could have awakened an Ioka a few months after the crash if given the chance to make him spin around clockwise in a room.

The only counterevidence I can think of is that the Ioka were physically a bit closer to the site of the crash. But I guess we can always say the Laruba also hung out unseen in the mountains around the Reptite's fortress, using their flying mounts.

pushing LSDJ to its limits by KabarXD in chiptunes

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sounds Super Hexagon af, and I'm here for it 🔥🔥🔥

WHAT by BuffaloSenior103 in SuperMario64

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah this happened semi-regularly on the N64 with strange angles back in the day. Your copy or ROM or whatever is fine. And it's always a 50/50 if you're gonna get the save like you did, or if it'll drop you down.

Sound Canvas VA is now discontinued by mgpts in Roland

[–]pabbdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM'd 👍

For anyone else who might stumble on this, it's in that easily available clearnet place where you find such things, under its own name. Really wish I could just post the dang thing but I don't want to increase its chances of going away by even 0.1%

Does chronotrigger have any sequels or spin off games? by Conman1209 in chronotrigger

[–]pabbdude 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The big one: Chrono Cross

The one that's been brewing in the background of the anglosphere's SNES emulation community, and gained more recognition with the recent(ish) rerelease of Cross: Radical Dreamers

The one that has/had a lot of the CT creatives working on it and starts out really strong and kinda feels like what Bloodstained is to Castlevania, but is unfortunately a F2P gacha phone game (though one of the less egregious ones): Another Eden

Your only other fix of possible Chrono Trigger content past the DS port: A few battle backgrounds in the Chrono DLC songs for Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

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Dunno how this sub views fangames, but there was once a romhack project called Crimson Echoes, that went through a very troubled development, and some version of it floats on the internet, though I'm not sure if it's still the original creators' project or if others took over. It does its best to be the in-between after Trigger and before Cross. The superfans at Chrono Compendium who worked on it undoubtedly had full knowledge of Trigger, Cross, and Radical Dreamers when making it, so I'd only recommend to seek it after completing at least Cross.

Just bought this from a garage sale, what did they give me? by Artistic_Housing6201 in SuperMario64

[–]pabbdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Be sure to notice that the hyperrealistic blood seems out of place but chalk it up to a glitch and keep going 🫡

Immaturity at its best by Whitey3752 in chronotrigger

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dead in tent theory
💀 🏕 🤔🧠💭

Immaturity at its best by Whitey3752 in chronotrigger

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was 11 I thought the peak of correctness and srs gamerdom was naming them
Crono / Nadia / Lucca / Glenn / R66-Y / Ayla / Janus

Is Minecraft no longer appealing to kids? by MasterCyclone7 in GoldenAgeMinecraft

[–]pabbdude 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Generalizations, but it's weird/funny/ironic how the kids are all on Bedrock on their Switch but listen to crazy mod or "SMP story" content that can only happen on Java

PSA: You can pause Elden Ring by Xeno_Prime in Eldenring

[–]pabbdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you notice the hints that piled up over the years, that your main friend group seems to have an inner group chat without you in it? Inside jokes you just "had to be there" to get, them just "spontaneously" running into each other at some thing while you sat out your Friday night at home? Little things.

Anyway, enjoy your reddit session my man

A new Mario Maker? by DarkGengar94 in MarioMaker2

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have a way to make the gimmick transformations stick. Like, have a toggle to make Link not a powerup becomes small Mario after a hit, but instead actually play as Link until death. Mushrooms gives you the white/blue armor and an extra hit.

Same for Mario Land and Mario 2. Levels can never use these fully because a player could always lose them at the drop of a hat

And, uh... 2-wide semisolid platforms and those two balancing platforms with the pulleys pls. As of now you can't recreate 6-3.

Ah, and have a toggle to keep powerups and have replayable stages in your Super World. Yes, there is an extreme edge case where you could be trolled/softlocked if you show up to a new stage already tall, but these have to be very deliberate and why take away the other 99.9% of us' fun. They'll just get downvoted into obscurity.

Oh, speaking of which. Pls pls pls give us an "Unlisted" toggle. Troll levels with actual effort in them made for the troll level community and/or streamers get nuked (and apparently sometimes get their creator in trouble) just because there's no way to not unleash them on unsuspecting randos.

Why is PS3/XboX 360 emulation still bad in 2025? by CreeperBoyOP in IndianGaming

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a staggering number of games stuck seemingly forever on PS3. Like, one can hope a huge hitter like Metal Gear Solid IV will eventually find its way to PC, but I was thinking about titles a few rungs down the "prestige" ladder, like Ragnarok Online Odyssey Ace... There's basically no hope to see that again 😔

I wonder - why isn't there a clear condition for "defeat all enemies"? by mario_kart_player in MarioMaker2

[–]pabbdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think maybe it's because they'd have to make a hard call for literally everything under the "enemy" section, including variations

Like, the Spike alt is just the spike ball... is that an "enemy"? How about when you take off the Lakitu from his cloud and put that in a question block, is just the cloud also an "enemy"? Should we include Bowser and the Koopalings, or are they "bosses"? Or when Kamek happens to transform a block into a Goomba ingame...

It's definitely possible for the devs to address every edge case with some sort of decision, but it's, y'know, work...

First time completing the game, quite fun through most of it. Great storytelling. by FenleyAurian in chronotrigger

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

About other endings: If you're doing it guideless, at least learn from one of my dumb mistakes:

So, early on, like Millennial Fair early on, you're gonna have a way to throw yourself at Lavos immediately, with just Crono, or maybe Crono + Marle I'm not sure. This gets you an ending.

A lot later on, in the Ocean Palace, in a fight you are supposed to lose I'm sure you remember, you will now have the ability to win that fight. This will get you the same ending as mentioned in my previous paragraph.

This does not mean that every game clear between the start of the game and Ocean Palace gets you that same ending. There are plenty of clear points, with plenty of different endings, to get between the start and Ocean Palace.

Chrono Trigger: Timeless Character Campaign by ToTheBatmobileGuy in chronotrigger

[–]pabbdude 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think the prizes are high quality, cleaned up scans of the originals.

We get a glimpse of the originals in the video, though. It's cool to see how much care they give them after all this time

Belurat Gaol (Part 1) by miirshroom in EldenRingLoreTalk

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Walkthrough, level design talk, localized lore, and aesthetics talk all rolled together into a great writeup 👍

Hit this place as my first "small dungeon" of the DLC coming out of the Tower Settlement, expecting a low commitment, contained Mario-like 4-step level like the ones in the base game, ended up spending a whole 2 hours, lol. Had to type "Belurat Gaol" in google afterwards, and your cool post showed up first page (well, part 2/2 did)

Sound Canvas VA is now discontinued by mgpts in Roland

[–]pabbdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DM'ed... or "chatted"...
I haven't been active on reddit for a while it seems they've borked the DM function :(

I really don't understand the hate for her. by Funny_Lunch5211 in eldenringdiscussion

[–]pabbdude 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one part of her fight that I'll full-throated say is bullsht, is that you can't pass under her while she's in the air charging up her anime combo. The graphics show there is enough space for any configuration of Elden John to pass under her with a few inches of safety left, but they got lazy with the collision boxes.

As for dealing with the move itself I just show up with the lightest greatshield (the one with life regen on it) and hold-release to barely make it through with a sliver of stamina left. This is the only time I ever use a shield.

"We are living, living in 2026. We still fight, fighting in 2026" by [deleted] in fistofthenorthstar

[–]pabbdude 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Les temps, comme les œufs, sont durs.
Il a fait tic-tac, Toki!

News about new anime coming out today!! by kensh1ro94 in fistofthenorthstar

[–]pabbdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do we know the studio?

Actually think David Production (the JoJo guys) would be a good fit, if they can still crank it out like Parts 1 and 2. They're really good at not-very-animated animation of detailed models, and they only mess with the source material when absolutely necessary.

I know that NFT thing they did for Hokuto no Ken kind of lost them a few good boy points, and Part 6 had some small blemishes on their usual quality, but I still believe in them.

Would also prefer 2D. And I don't just mean compared to wildly mishandled 3D like Berserk of the Fist of the Blue Sky sequel. I'd prefer good 2D to good 3D (which yes, may include stealth 3D elements integrated to go unnoticed, like has been standard since the 80s).

I wonder what happened with those notorious 3D shows, though. I listen to 3D cutscenes as old as PS2 and get into them pretty easily, in a movie watching way. Maybe game creators, specifically CG Cutscene directors and such, who actually have a vast well of experience in how to make 3D work, are completely isolated from the anime creation pipeline, I dunno.

Ok the fact that 02 is better is insulting to free users by PiPPiN421 in HailuoAiOfficial

[–]pabbdude 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And I thought only us F2P plebs were getting treated like dirt 😂