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Let’s Play Paper Mario – Part 11

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So…I just discovered what I think is the worst part of Paper Mario. This quest to get the magical seeds is clearly an attempt to pad out length of the game, but doesn’t really offer much in the way of entertainment value along the way. A rare blemish on a game that’s been fantastic otherwise! But thank you to everyone that dropped by to chat, help me out, and follow the channel!

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Opening Hour of Golf Story

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Did I give up on this indie darling too soon? I give Golf Story on the Nintendo Switch another shot during this live stream!

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Tetris 99 – A Few Matches and a Few Wins

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Short set of Tetris 99 matches just before leaving for the Easter weekend! Squeeze in a few wins, as well as discuss my recent purchase of a PlayStation Classic!

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How Mortal Kombat’s Dial-a-Combo System Impacts the Initial Learning Curve

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Starting with Mortal Kombat 3, the franchise has used a dial-a-combo system for multi-hitting strikes. Quickly dial in the predetermined sequence of moves into your controller and watch your character rattle off each move in succession. Can’t speak to how the games between Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and Mortal Kombat 9 handled it, but all of the modern games in the series use the dial-a-combo system as its foundation.

While this is a dramatic departure from most fighting games, where combos are usually created through links and cancels, the benefits of this system are clear. For one, players don’t have to worry about spending weeks in the lab trying to get the feel for that one-frame link that allows you to connect a standing medium punch from a standing light punch. The system is loose enough so that as long as you hit the buttons in quick succession, the combo will complete itself. Two, it allows characters to perform more unique moves without having to add extra buttons to your controller.

Even within such a rigid system, there’s a lot of room for creativity. Between the modern Mortal Kombat and Injustice games, I can easily spend hours in training mode, stringing together combos that seemingly juggle forever. As fun as it can be, the dial-a-combo system is not without weakness.

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Join Me for Part 11 of Our Paper Mario Let’s Play Tonight at 8:00pm EST

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We cut it really close, but we escaped Mt. Lavalava! No where idea where this Paper Mario adventure goes from here, but I’m excited to find out! Let’s find out together at 8pm EST!

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Mortal Kombat 11 on Nintendo Switch and the Choice Between Performance vs. Convenience

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Mortal Kombat 11 is out now on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. I bought the PS4 version, but not without giving the Nintendo Switch version serious consideration. While the graphical degradation is clear when you view them side-by-side, it looks like the Switch holds up where it matters most. Both games appear to play equally well, and I think trading graphical fidelity for portability in this case is a reasonable exchange.

This is not a new phenomenon for the Nintendo Switch. While we would all love to see more third parties jump on the Switch bandwagon, we’ve already seen a number of titles complete the journey successfully, such as Rocket League, the NBA 2K series, Doom, Paladins, Skyrim, Warframe, and more. It’s just still a surprise to me to see that we’re in a world where portable gaming is much closer to its console counterparts than ever before.

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A Look Back at Wrestlemania 2000 on the Nintendo 64

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During AKI’s legendary run of producing some of the best wrestling games ever made, they made two for the WWF: WWF Wrestlemania 2000 and WWF No Mercy. The latter is widely recognized by many – including me – as the single greatest wrestling video game of all-time. The former is…the precursor everyone forgot about in the shadow of the greatest wrestling video game of all time. Quite frankly, I have largely blocked out the existence of Wrestlemania 2000 from my mind until the opportunity arose to stream it on the eve of Wrestlemania 35. Playing the game again served as a great reminder for what makes it enjoyable to this day, but also why it faded into obscurity.

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20XX – Mega Man Roguelike on the Nintendo Switch Live Stream

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Indie sleeper hit on the Switch? I think so! 20XX is a really cool twist on the Mega Man formula worth trying! On this stream, I make one run each with Nina and Ace, the X and Zero of the game!

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20XX Review

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20XX by Batterystaple Games isn’t afraid to show where its inspiration came from. From the design of its main characters, to the feel of the game’s controls, right down to aping one of the most iconic intro screens in gaming, this is an unapologetic riff on the Mega Man franchise, particularly the X series of games. However, some fundamental changes to the core formula flip the standard bot-battling formula on its head.

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Let’s Play Paper Mario – Part 10

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Things are heating up in this segment of our Paper Mario Let’s Play! Mario gets to the volcano and realizes he probably should have packed more useful stuff in his inventory…

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My Super Mario Shirt from Uniqlo

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