Is Another Eden that game that has Frog from Chrono Trigger as a character? I heard about it with a FFIX crossover, but I can’t split my mobile time between it and Octopath.

I still can’t shake the feeling that this is just a Mega Man Legends type game (I mean as a 3D Mega Man).

This art style looks so amazing. It’s really makes my mind boggle as to how long I’ve been watching the style of anime change. It took me a little bit to realize that the game was mimicking the style as it’s own thing, not some forgotten licensed anime from before most players were born.

I waited to watch all day, carefully avoiding Lemmy and the rest of the internet…

Only to have the most amazing spoiler as the Culdcept Discord community gets news of the first new game in ten years! That and FFVII Rebirth are probably my day one purchases.

https://www.tumblr.com/thelawfulchaotic/807267774110089216?source=share

I wanted to see the original post in my feed, so here’s the link if anyone else wants to reblog.

I feel like downvoting your situation. Sorry you lost progress, but happy you get to play it again!

I think I’ve hit the point in the hype cycle where I’m done watching its trailers. Like the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I know I’m going to see it. I don’t want to repeat anything and feel like I’m rewatching something.

I somehow remembered that FFVII was out yesterday and dropped everything to go to GameStop and buy it. Part way there, my son looked up that it was a game-key card only so we turned around and I bought it on the eShop.

I played through Chapter One, sharing the experience with my wife (her comment: “you’re okay with all this cursing?”). I was really excited by all the “make this game not a chore” options available. Oh, and it’s beautiful.

My highlight this weekend was playing Ace Attorney Investigations. I’m approaching where I dropped the ROM translation from sevenish years ago (maybe more!).

Thinking back, I’ve been playing translations of this game for twenty-five years. I remember when the first Phoenix Wright was rereleased on DS in Japan, it was the first thing I requested from my partner. It was so neat that they were releasing it in Japanese and English so I would have to import it from America to enjoy the series.

Re: Octopath Traveler 0

I don’t know yet. I’m on the final final battle of the mobile game and I definitely want to finish that before I start Zero. But I’m still stuck between my desire for a physical copy and my dislike of key-cards. I’m leaning toward picking it up digitally, but since I’ve waited a month at this point, I’ll probably wait for a sale.

I’ve had a grand gaming time! In the board gaming arena, I bought and played the new edition of Quacks, a bag building push your luck game. I’ve only played my copy of it once and I was so pleased that my youngest beat me in a wire-to-wire victory. Then I got to explain to him what a wire-to-wire victory was.

I played some Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with the shorn of the Abyss expansion. The just released a new faction for this twenty-five year old game! I don’t get much playtime there, though, because the youngest hogs the computer to play Bloons TD6.

I bought Ace Attorney Investigations, continuing the trend of buying games I happily bought and beat in previous console generations. Vacation is about to end, but I’m flying through the first of the two games included in the collection. I think I’m about halfway through.

In Octopath Traveler Champions of the Continent, I’d been eagerly playing a limited time board game mini-game where instead of picking your party and playing, you get random rare temporary recruits. It’s been a blast playing with the third of the game’s characters I never got to experience! I also played a little bit of Octopath II during winter break.

I’m so glad the weekend posts are back! I missed them over the course of late December. I hope y’all have a better 2026 than last year (whether yours was bad or good).

I’m planning on buying “Is This Seat Taken?” For Switch. It’s a cute little puzzle game that my fifth-grader has been asking for. Winter Break from school is a great time for this sort of purchase.

I might also get the Capcom version of Picross.

I wish I could give two upvotes! Filling in the blanks is what I’m missing. Thank you for that description!

I don’t know what I would have wanted from a new game. What I really like is the clever remixes of the old games that show up on my feed from time to time like Mega Man Maker.

Nine and ten were more of the same. But the stages were well-planned and the experience of trying to find the weaknesses without a strategy guide was great.

Maybe what I’d want would be a game that connects the worlds of Mega Man to the world of Mega Man X. But I would only care about the lore, not the game.

I guess what would really excite me would be a clever time travel story line that has you visiting reimagined old stages facing off against all the bots in series history. I’d love new weakness circles that take advantage of these multiple games’ worth of robot masters. I’d like boss chase fights, two bosses at a time fights, multiplayer story mode, a metroidvania-style world…

I realize in my ranting that what I’m looking for isn’t near what they are making. My plan is to be happy for those that are happy.

I almost downvoted the video. I felt like even my nostalgia and love for the series was waning as the announcement dragged on.

If I’d watched it live, I would have noticed the years of original release as the corridor went on and I bet my hype levels would have going in the right direction. But since I knew what it was, all I could do was watch and frown.

I bought nine and ten on day one release for WiiWare, but I’m not sure this is for me anymore (but I am happy for one of my new favorite YouTubers FlamingMercury5; she’s gotta be smiling about this news).

Sorry to be negative today!

DLN-001, that’s Mega Man’s serial number.

DR. Light, robot 1

Protoman is DLN000, and based on the whistle at the end, it’ll be around, too.

Bad news! I don’t remember as much of the game as I thought! But I’m glad we’ve all taken turns enjoying it in these weekly posts.

Good news! The BP is there already! Every character gets BP even if they aren’t in the active party. But I might be thinking of something else. I know XP isn’t for the bench, but I thought everything else was.

I’m sure you’re right. I don’t even need a recap; I’m just wishing. But I’m the type of comic reader who likes a page of text better than a page of fight scene.

It’s role-playing day at the house, but two of the kids can’t make it, so we’ve got board games ready to go:

Things in Rings: I’ve this one mentioned before, I think. It’s like Venn diagram, the board games it’s fun to figure out patterns!

Meeple Circus: stack your little wooden animals and acrobats with time and circus music pressures

Unlock!: these escape room board games are only playable once, but I love to experience them with my wife and then give them away. They come in three adventures per box for a shade under forty bucks. Highly recommended!

On the alone front, I’m still grumpy about Octopath Traveler 0 and the game key situation, but there’s a anniversary event in the mobile game it is based on, so I’m not stressing about it too much.

In a professional note, I am using Kahoot! as the scoring system for an ongoing school game for my civics classes. The students are in their fall season now with six “football” teams playing each other double round robin over the ten weeks of the 2nd quarter of school. Since it’s American football-based, I take the top eleven players from each team to calculate their weekly score and post it for the kids the following day. Since the quarter is winding down, I’m working on the next quarter’s game, based on the March Madness tournaments. Getting 160 kids’ data and scores into 32 teams is a game in itself (on one of my favorite sports: Microsoft Excel).