Animal Crossing Direct reaction:

@mbun said in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch):

There's a new ad for Animal Crossing New Horizons on Youtube you can randomly get now. It shows off some stuff not known yet like stores on your island itself, the return of item customization, and a nifty new clothing menu, but as there's currently no official Youtube listing for the ad itself, and the Direct is tomorrow morning anyways, I'm sure yall will see this stuff soon enough.

Edit: Someone found the listing, and I linked it.

That link doesn't work anymore, but here's a copy:

Youtube Video

@dmcmaster said in That's News!:

Burnout Paradise with Splitscreen?
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/02/dangerous_driving_2_brings_split-screen_open_world_exploration_to_switch_this_year

A bit clickbaity to say it that way. It's a spiritual successor to Burnout Paradise with splitscreen.

@dmcmaster said in That's News!:

I think a new DDR was announced?
Youtube Video

Nope.

"POLICY BREAK" and "FLOOR INFECTION" are events where songs from one music game can be unlocked in another. In this case, between the current version of DDR (A20) and the current version of SOUND VOLTEX (VIVID WAVE).

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

A big complaint I've heard about it is that it has too much going on. It certainly has a lot of different locations and situations, but I never felt overwhelmed. Most of it was quite well explained in simple language, and the action was easy to follow. Most shots only focus on one or two things, and the colour palette makes things easy to identify. Compare it to Revenge of the Sith, which is just swimming in unnecessary detail and movement, and is oversaturated to boot.

The story doesn't have a lot of heart, and there's a fair amount of flimsy dialogue (especially the emperor's). There's also a few cheap callbacks, but they're not as in-your-face as the ones in The Force Awakens.

The actors do a reasonable job, though, and the visual design (sets in particular) is stunning. J.J. Abrams is a hollow director, but an eye catching one.

What I feel anchors it is the soundtrack, and not merely the nostalgia of the classic themes. Every scene is heightened by the music.

If I had to ask for one improvement, it would be a gripping spaceship battle. I saw ships flying around, but I rarely felt like they were doing anything awesome or important. Rogue One was way better in this department.

It's between this and The Phantom Menace for most rewatchable non-original trilogy Star Wars film.* RoS is less cringey, but TPM has more memorable content.

3 1/2 out of 5.

*I haven't seen Solo, but the trailer footage I've seen didn't fill me with promise.

Podcast #180:

Saw this on Twitter, don't think it's been in the thread:

@axel I barely played any new games last year. I've been in backlog mode since I finshed BotW's DLC last June.

One more bangin' Eurobeat track:

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EDIT - also:

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