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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • I’ve helped him out with just a couple of things, like a cloud boss battle, but he’s mainly tackling it by himself, which I’m happy with.

    FFIX seems to be regarded as a beter game in some ways, but I think FFVII is more iconic. I think I only ever tried out VI before (not for long, I couldn’t get into it). I’m not sure whether I’ll try out any others after this - I know there’s IX and X at least also on the eshop


  • I’m stepping away from Super Smash Bros because now I’m literally just grinding gold extremely slowly to buy the last ~60 odd spirits I’m missing, which are all just DLC spirits. It’s not fun that way.

    Bought Echoes of Wisdom, but my son’s been playing it and I probably won’t tackle it myself any time soon.

    Instead I bought FFVII since it was on discount and I’d never played it before. I’m slightly disappointed after hearing it being hyped for 20 years - but it’s still enjoyable enough to carry on with.



  • I bought nintendo online so that I could try out the online mode mode in super smash bros, and it’s really discouraging. I thought I was alright at it because I’ve basically completed the game and done the hardest challenges, but on online I’m riduclously outclassed. I think I played like 30 games last night and won only 2. I know it has a ranking system to match you up with similar players - I don’t know if it starts you out pretty high at first or something, because I feel like I’m a level 1 CPU right now.






  • ladel@feddit.uktoMemes@lemmy.mlYou gained pounds
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    Baby’s birthweights still seem to be mainly in pounds, but it’s very difficult to know what it means given that nothing else is typically measured in pounds. Someone will say about their baby “they were 8 pounds” and you’ll say, “oh, very good” and neither of you will think of pounds again.





  • Over the past few weeks:

    • Did the final battle(s) in LoZ OoT. Not actually that easy - for the first part, I thought I was dealing damage, but it was going on literally forever. As a recurring theme for me, I had to read how I was meant to progress.
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    Turns out hitting the energy balls back at him isn’t enough! Got to shoot him and run and hit him. But if you’d already raided the all pots below for magic top-up and hearts, you’re going to run out of magic before you can beat him…

    The final final battle seemed hard, but was easy enough once I turned off z-targeting.

    • Started playing LoZ ALttP, but I just couldn’t really get into it. I loved Link’s Awakening (GB version), but maybe I’m just not in the mood for 2D Zelda right now.
    • I bought Need for Speed Paradise City on sale before. It’s alright for a while, but you often end up doing a race and then immediately driving the same race in reverse, so it’s a bit repetitive. Also the city environment is quite industrial, which is maybe the point, but I usually miss the turns because it’s mostly a grey blur. Unlocked the fastest motorbike. It’s fast.
    • Bought Skyward Sword HD, mainly for my son. Too early to say much about it, but there’s this move where you point your sword at the sky to charge it, and it’s quite difficult to actually hold the joy con in the right position for the game to recognise it. It’s kinda annoying.

    Edit: also did a run through of pokemon blue (emulated, with random battles turned off) because it’s so quick. It’s one of my all-time top games, and I still play it every now just to enjoy it again


  • I wait for a good discount (because they always come eventually) and buy the flagship. I’m too embarassed to give the figure based on the other answers here, though. I’ve just always had bad experiences with the lower end that when looking over a long period, I’ve barely saved, since I’d had to upgrade it more often. I guess I haven’t given the lower end a chance for about 12 years, so things might have changed.



  • I’ll probably finish OoT this weekend. I didn’t play the N64 original, but I had the disc that came with Wind Waker on Gamecube, so I’d played it once before. I find the controls on the Switch really awkward at times, particularly using the right analogue as the c buttons and the desire to use that as a way to move the camera instead. But still an enjoyable play. I had to look up a guide when I was stumped on how to progress sometimes as well.