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[snake]

I think Ice Climbers would be pretty fun with a modern remake. Fix the bad controls, add some new stuff, sell it on the eshop for $15 and you have a decent game right there.

[XERO]

Been playing DuckTales: Remastered in between rounds of Tekken Tag 2. That revamped soundtrack is amazing.

[Redmage1987]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Redmage: I love the Paper Mario series, I agree that Thousand-Year Door is great and it's my personal favorite in that series.

Awesome! I still haven't went through Super Paper Mario, but I'll get around to that eventually. I don't even own Sticker Star yet, but I've heard a lot of bad things about that one. Is it as bad as people say?

Originally Posted by snake

The trick to the Ice Climber stages is to run before jumping, it really helps because if you don't, you fall right through the platforms.

I know. I've already Rainbow Starred everything on both games. It's still annoying that you can fall through the platforms at all, though. I'm not sure if I would get an Ice Climber Remake. I don't care much for what I've played of the original. Like you said, though, if they fixed the bad controls, then I might consider giving it a try.

Originally Posted by Peanut

Peanuts Pro-Tip of the Week*: The trick to Ice Climbers is to never play Ice Climbers!

*Pro-Tip of the Week also relevant in regards to these "classic" games ...

• Urban Champion
• Devil World
• Any NES Sports Title
• Adventures of Lolo
• The Entire LJN Catalog
• And more!!

Never went through the original NES game of Ice Climber, I've just played some of the stages on NES Remix. I'm going to eventually go through it, though, since I own it and I plan to beat all the games I own throughout my marathon. I actually just played Adventures of Lolo for the first time about a year ago, I didn't think it was that bad. I never got around to playing the other Adventure of Lolo games, though. I can also think of a couple of LJN games that I enjoy (though I can't think of any on the NES, if you were just talking about that system respectively). As for that list in the link, the only game I actually liked on that list was Renegade, but I grew up with that game. I think it's pretty fun for a short beat 'em up.

Originally Posted by XERO

Been playing DuckTales: Remastered in between rounds of Tekken Tag 2. That revamped soundtrack is amazing.

That's a great game. I got it while it was on sale on the E-Shop awhile back. I actually never owned it as a kid, I always played Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 1 when it came to Disney Games on the NES. I actually still prefer Chip 'n Dale, and I'd love to see that game get remastered as well. The only thing I have left to do on DuckTales: Remastered is unlock everything in the vault. How about you?

[Leo656]

Originally Posted by XERO

Been playing DuckTales: Remastered in between rounds of Tekken Tag 2. That revamped soundtrack is amazing.

I really like that one. I never had the original, had to settle for playing it at a friend's house as a kid. Way too excited when I was able to get the Remastered version on 360, haha.

Redmage: I don't have any handhelds, sorry.

[XERO]

Got that biz-nitch for free too.

[CyberCubed]

Finished replaying Ace Combat 5, which is still the best Ace Combat. Why Namco didn't release an HD collection of Ace Combat 4, 5 and Zero is pretty disappointing. I'm glad I still have a PS3 that plays PS2 games.

I haven't tried the Ace Combat game on 3DS yet though.

[snake]

Paper Mario! I'm about an hour in and the game is amazingly good. I love the battle system, it's waaay better than the Mario RPG games IMO.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Finished replaying Ace Combat 5, which is still the best Ace Combat. Why Namco didn't release an HD collection of Ace Combat 4, 5 and Zero is pretty disappointing. I'm glad I still have a PS3 that plays PS2 games.

I haven't tried the Ace Combat game on 3DS yet though.

I like those games a lot, too, but my favorite is Assault Horizon. It was much faster paced and more exciting.

I'll never forget the boss fight at the end of Zero, however. Really well done.

[Turo602]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Quick question: These bugs etc. about Arkham Origins, are they platform-specific or is it across the board? Because I got it for 360 as a Christmas gift and haven't played it yet. Just curious how to best avoid any of these issues if it can at all be helped. Thanks in advance.

I have it for 360 and I haven't seen people mention which console they were having problems with. But I have since found a solution, just install the game.

[Redmage1987]

I finished S-Ranking everything on Sonic Generations. It wasn't as tough as I expected it to be. Now I'm working on completing all the missions. Each mission costs 5 play coins, though, so I can only do about two a day, which kind of sucks. The ones I've completed so far are really easy, though.

I'm now on Special World 5 on Super Mario 3D Land. Things are starting to get a little tougher, but still nothing too challenging. I've got 264 lives, so I don't expect to Game Over anytime soon.

Nothing new to report on Donkey Kong Country, Punch Out!, Ghosts 'n' Goblins, or Pokemon Puzzle League.

Originally Posted by snake

Paper Mario! I'm about an hour in and the game is amazingly good. I love the battle system, it's waaay better than the Mario RPG games IMO.

That's a great game. I played through it for the first time about a year ago, and really enjoyed it. I liked the Koopa Bros. a lot, even though they were really easy to beat. I think my favorite partner from the original would have to go to either Kooper, Bombette, or Watt.

[TonySiegel]

currently running through metroid prime 1 from the recently released metroid prime trilogy... (on the wiiU virtual console of course)

[Netkeeper]

I played Journey for a little while, heavily enjoyed it!

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I played Journey for a little while, heavily enjoyed it!

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[Zulithe]

currently playing:
theatrythm final fantasy curtain call
captain toad

Friday will be a big day for me:

New 3DS XL Majora's Mask Edition
Majora's Mask 3DS (sadly not the Limited Edition!)
Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Limited Edition with pre-order bonus pin :3
sonic and peach amiibo
shulk amiibo (okay technically I'm getting that this morning, but I'll lump it in here)

on pre-order:
Agents of STEAM at gamestop w/ majora's mask pin pre-order bonus
xenoblade chronicles 3ds
xenoblade X Wii U
Puzzles & Dragons Mario Edition

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OlO-7MZZxU ?

[Peanut]

Not gonna speak for him, but I'm almost 100% sure Ninj was joking.

[Netkeeper]

At first I thought so too, then I saw the question mark.

[snake]

Almost finished with Kid Icarus, I got about 2 chapters to go, so hopefully I can get it done tonight.

[Autbot_Benz]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Quick question: These bugs etc. about Arkham Origins, are they platform-specific or is it across the board? Because I got it for 360 as a Christmas gift and haven't played it yet. Just curious how to best avoid any of these issues if it can at all be helped. Thanks in advance.

Still chipping away at L.A. Noire, it's a lot longer than I thought it'd be for some reason. I like it a lot, not sure why I kept putting it off, other than I rarely have my PS3 hooked up. Some of the logic during the interrogations is a little off, like there was at least one time when their face clearly implied they were being dishonest but it turned out I had to select "Truth". And then another time where I got every clue, did every question correctly, every bit of evidence pointed to one guy, but in the end I got screamed at for charging the "Wrong" guy with murder. I read about it, and it turns out the game basically "forces" you to charge the wrong guy to fit the game's storyline, and I didn't like that, as it basically "punishes' you for playing the game correctly. On the whole, though, I like it a lot.

Redmage: I love the Paper Mario series, I agree that Thousand-Year Door is great and it's my personal favorite in that series.

Leo I got Arkham Origins for Christmas too and the only gitches I have had was it sometimes Freezes when playing the game and rebooting it fixes it. Also when I first started the game it would not load up but once I reset the Xbox it worked. Nothing game breaking just freezing.

[tmntpower1988]

Originally Posted by Leo656

I've had all three of those for a while and just been waiting for a "good time" to get started. Such a procrastinator. KOTOR is one of my favorite games of all time so I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun with that series. Plus, I'm years removed from everyone whining about the ending, so I'm sure that will work in my favor as well.

I have all three Mass Effect games too. Haven't finished the first one yet, got to a certain part in the game where a character I like was killed and then I went on the internet to see if there was a way to save him then found out that a way to do it was to do a certain side quest before getting to that part of the game. So I started the game all over again, I've done the side quest and I'm almost to the point where I was before.