September Game Report
Sep. 10th, 2016 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rynlingI downloaded A Link to the Past on my New Nintendo 3DS, and I've been playing one dungeon every night. I've gotten all the way to the end, but I don't feel particularly compelled to fight Ganon. I'm just going to let him be; he's not hurting anyone. It's surprisingly difficult to play A Link to the Past on such a small screen. It's always been my experience that gameplay is much easier on larger screens. I wonder why that is?
Speaking of large screens, I downloaded Super Metroid onto my Wii U. The game isn't as difficult as I remember it being, but I also haven't gotten very far. The Wii U allows the player to create save states on Virtual Console titles, so hopefully I'll be able to cheat in order to compensate for the difficulty level if it ever becomes a problem.
What I really wanted from my extended SNES nostalgia trip was to play is Secret of Mana, so I pirated a ROM. I've been playing the game about fifteen minutes every morning, and it is still a beautiful shining treasure.
I still haven't beaten Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. I feel like I should grind to raise my levels before I face off against the Bowsers, but every battle that gives decent experience takes five minutes to work through, so I haven't been making much progress. I should probably just challenge the Bowsers, enjoy their ridiculous dialog, and move on.
According to my PS4 trophy achievements, I think I'm probably halfway through I Am Setsuna, and not much has changed. It's still all snow all the time. Sometimes there is ice.
Meanwhile, I don't know why I'm still playing Pokémon Go, but I'm currently at Level 24. There have been a lot of public demonstrations in my neighborhood this weekend, and two separate reporters have stuck cameras in my face and asked to talk to me. Because I was standing alongside the sidewalk and futzing with my phone, they apparently thought I was blogging, and I had to tell them that no, I was just playing Pokémon Go. They were not impressed. I keep telling myself that I'll quit the game after I get to the next level, but that hasn't really worked out.
It seems as though I've been playing a lot of games recently, but what can I say? Sometimes I go through periods when I'm absolutely not interested in engaging with the real world.
Speaking of large screens, I downloaded Super Metroid onto my Wii U. The game isn't as difficult as I remember it being, but I also haven't gotten very far. The Wii U allows the player to create save states on Virtual Console titles, so hopefully I'll be able to cheat in order to compensate for the difficulty level if it ever becomes a problem.
What I really wanted from my extended SNES nostalgia trip was to play is Secret of Mana, so I pirated a ROM. I've been playing the game about fifteen minutes every morning, and it is still a beautiful shining treasure.
I still haven't beaten Mario & Luigi Paper Jam. I feel like I should grind to raise my levels before I face off against the Bowsers, but every battle that gives decent experience takes five minutes to work through, so I haven't been making much progress. I should probably just challenge the Bowsers, enjoy their ridiculous dialog, and move on.
According to my PS4 trophy achievements, I think I'm probably halfway through I Am Setsuna, and not much has changed. It's still all snow all the time. Sometimes there is ice.
Meanwhile, I don't know why I'm still playing Pokémon Go, but I'm currently at Level 24. There have been a lot of public demonstrations in my neighborhood this weekend, and two separate reporters have stuck cameras in my face and asked to talk to me. Because I was standing alongside the sidewalk and futzing with my phone, they apparently thought I was blogging, and I had to tell them that no, I was just playing Pokémon Go. They were not impressed. I keep telling myself that I'll quit the game after I get to the next level, but that hasn't really worked out.
It seems as though I've been playing a lot of games recently, but what can I say? Sometimes I go through periods when I'm absolutely not interested in engaging with the real world.
