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Yoshi’s Crafted World Review

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After creating the masterpiece that is Yoshi’s Island, Nintendo decided to take the Yoshi platforming games in a different direction. Starting with Yoshi’s Story and continuing with Yoshi’s Wooly World, the difficulty of these titles were seemingly toned down to reach a younger or more casual audience. While I don’t think there’s anything fundamentally wrong with that approach, Nintendo’s execution of the concept has left a lot of room for improvement.

Yoshi’s Story is a snooze for level designs that are completely devoid of anything interesting to do. Yoshi’s Wooly World makes some improvements thanks to its charming art style and a solid back half, but the first half of that game also equates accessibility with pedestrian level design. Did Nintendo finally bridge the gap between fun and accessibility with Yoshi’s Crafted World?

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Let’s Play Paper Mario – Part 8

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Out of the woods and into the toy box? Our Paper Mario adventure continues as the chase for a stolen frying pan takes us to the secret layer of the Shy Guys!

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Paper Mario and the Thousand-Year Live Stream

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As part of my streaming initiatives, I’ve been trying some Let’s Plays, where I stream the game in its entirety. We started small with Celeste, which took about two weeks. Right now we’re in the midst of a Paper Mario Let’s Play that feels like it’s been going on forever.

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More Yoshi’s Crafted World

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Though I spend most of this live stream talking about fighsticks, fighting games, and arcade games, I had a blast playing through this stretch of Yoshi’s Crafted World! This game continues to surprise and delight despite my low expectations! Full review coming soon, but for now, sit back and enjoy!

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

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We left off just as Mario had stomped out the supposedly invincible Tubba Blubba. Where are we going in Paper Mario tonight? Actually though, where to now? I have no idea…

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Something I’m Only Noticing Now About the Samurai Shodown Franchise

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Prior to the announcement of Samurai Shodown getting a new entry in the series this year, I started getting reacquainted with the original. My nostalgia for the franchise primarily comes from playing the 3DO version at a computer store demo kiosk. Back then, I didn’t really understand how to play fighting games well.

During my time with the SNES port and more recently, the arcade port to the Switch, I noticed something odd about the game that I didn’t notice before. Unlike almost every fighting game I’ve played that was released after Street Fighter II, Samurai Shodown didn’t seem to have much in the way of combos. For the last little while, I chalked that up to this being the first game in the series, or me not knowing what I was doing.

Most recently, while watching gameplay footage coming out of PAX East of the new game, it appeared that the lack of combos carried over. What’s going on here?

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Yoshi’s Crafted World Live Stream

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[NOTE: This is from Sunday’s live stream and not from last night. That post will be coming later this week. But if you really can’t wait, go watch the VOD @ twitch.tv/inthirdperson!]

Yoshi! Mario’s favourite dinosaur and a I set off on a quest to get the stones in Yoshi’s Crafted World! Though my expectations for this game were admittedly low, I’m really enjoying this one so far! Also, we talk about the Mayflash Magic-NS adapter that will let you use non-Nintendo controllers on the Nintendo Switch, professional wrestling, fatherhood, and our favourite Super Mario and Legend of Zelda games!

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Double Jump is Celebrating the Nintendo Switch with a 6-Hour Live Stream

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Save the date!

To commemorate their personal 2-year anniversary with the Nintendo Switch, Kris and Rachel over at Double Jump are hosting a 6-hour stream on Saturday, April 6th from 9am-3pm EST. Make sure to visit them at twitch.tv/xdoublejump to watch them play some of their favourite Switch games, as well as a number of indies you may have missed! If you need more info, head over to their site for more details.

Kris and Rachel always put on an entertaining stream. I’ll be there to enjoy the show and you should join me! See you there!

#teamkris #teamrachel #nintendoswitchanniversaryhype #nospidersallowed #pleasedontkicktheelgato #dontgetstabbed #shoutouttobrendan

Join Me For More Yoshi’s Crafted World Tonight at 8pm EST

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Yarn Yoshi and I continue our adventure in Yoshi’s Crafted World! So far, I’ve been surprised with how much I’m enjoying this one. Let’s hope the experience continues to be top-notch!

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Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid Review

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For a franchise rooted in hand-to-hand combat, you’d think that the Power Rangers would have a larger foothold in the fighting game space. Save for a bad SNES fighter with the most legendarily overpowered fighting game character of all-time and a mobile game that I think is doing well, they generally steer clear of the genre that probably makes the most sense.

Finally, the world is getting a Power Rangers fighter in the modern era. Published by nWay Games and developed with the help of professional fighting game players Clockw0rk, ShadyK, and Justin Wong, Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid aims to provide the thrills of a Marvel vs. Capcom style fighter at a fraction of the price.

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