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[caligo404]

Tamagotchi Paradise!

These things have no right to be $40. Did I still buy it? Yes. Do I regret it? ...No. I go through phases with this thing. Sometimes I do *not* want to start another Tama because my other one died from neglect (somehow, this iteration is surprisingly lenient) but the baby stage is SO ANNOYING. I get it, that's classic Tamagotchi, whatever. But I have to set aside an hour out of my day to just kind of stare at it or I'll get the little squiggles and get locked out of a certain evolution path right out of the gate! I'm not a super hardcore Tamagotchi person. But I bought it to try and replace at least a little bit of the empty scrolling I do in a day. It works well for that if you can be consistent about it, but sometimes that thing just feels like homework. Even when it's an adult and easier to care for, It's always in the back of my mind. Which might just be a me thing but this is my review so... Anyway, I don't really regret buying it. It's surprisingly fulfilling raising your Tama up to the adult stage and doesn't take all too terribly long. Also none of the stages are ugly so that's always a plus. Typically they evolve once a day and that's slow enough to feel like I'm really getting that slower progression but fast enough to make me want to actually keep taking care of it. If you're like me and never had a Tamagotchi before, maybe consider getting a cheaper reproduction first, but if you really want all the bells and whistles of modern Tamagotchi Paradise has you covered pretty well

[caligo404]

Tomodachi Life Living the Dream was worth the hype

Its finally out! I've been playing it so much I completely forgot to post about it! Anyways, time to unpack my thoughts about it. I'll start with the negatives because there's honestly not many so I can get to glazing this game like my life depends on it!!! This is the one everyone's saying but the concert hall. And I say this as someone who literally never used it, but why would you remove censorship in exchange for mii sharing and then not include the concert hall!? My other big thing is that there's no heterochromia and no color wheel for eyes and hair. Why do we have a color wheel for face paint but not the rest of the Mii maker? And that was really it for my negatives. Somehow I'm holding out hope that Nintendo will release an update/switch 2 edition/DLC to fix my two big gripes. And shockingly, I really don't have an issue with the 70 Miis. The Mii maker being so in depth now lets me sink hours into creating a single Mii (for better or for worse lol) so I've really been taking my time filling up my island. The positives! This game really knocked it out of the park building off that original gameplay loop. What they did on the 3DS was golden, perfect. The only issue I felt was that eventually I literally saw every scenario that could've possibly played out multiple times over. Which made me bored. This game feels like the sims game I always wanted. Your characters are genuinely autonomous and do actually interesting things. here you're not micro managing them, you're just sitting back and watching them, occasionally helping them. I love that they can go outside now, they could go out before yes but they couldn't just free roam. You couldn't pick up someone else and physically have them meet. The nice thing about what control you do have over the Miis though is that you can push them to do certain things but you can't force it. You can't hit the flirt button 20x and suddenly they're married. The Miis have to "decide" if they're going to be friends with someone and fall in love. And it doesn't always work! You don't control everything but you're also not helpless. I love that they leaned into customization in this game but it doesn't feel like that's all there is. This game really feels like a complete experience. You can spend hours curating the environment where the Miis hangout and then they actually hangout there and use that stuff! Its not an empty dollhouse, it feels like the dollhouse is alive. I almost feel like it was a good decision to limit Mii sharing because half the fun is making them yourself. Because everyone has to make their own there isn't one definitive Mii version of any one character or person. Everyone has a chance to take their own spin on it and I love that! This game just feels so alive and like the natural step up from the 3DS game. This game was 100% worth the wait. I remember when I was like 8, desperately wishing there'd be another game. Waiting literal years with baited breath at every single nintendo direct hoping it would be announced, and THEN waiting a year to come out afterwards! I really hope this game is a smash hit and if you're on the fence about buying it, just do it. You'll love it

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[caligo404]

I love my PS Vita

Now that its finally Spring Break I've had time to actually get into it and I feel like everything is just flooding back to me. As a kid we had the Playstation Now subscription which had a lot of the vita games on it. It came out when I was tiny so I had no idea it ws even a console until way later. As a kid I absolutely LOVED gravity rush but I remember getting stuck on a level and dropping it shortly before we stopped paying for PSN. I remember absolutely nothing about that game and replaying it now I feel like I'm unlocking memories lol I bought my vita at this last PRGE for only like $100. It came with a clear shell case and a hard case, absolute steal. I also picked up a ton of games for it, I managed to find everything for it that I wanted honestly. I'm super happy that I specifically managed to pick up a physical copy of Gravity rush. Yeah I could just play the remaster on my PS5, which is probably what I played as a kid, but there's something about it on the Vita. I'm constantly in awe of how such a small device can run such a stunning game! I also absolutely LOVE the danganronpa series (for better and worse.) and Ultra Despair Girls is the only game I never ended up playing but I'm super excited to check it out. Its next in my queue for after I beat Gravity Rush! I'm kind of tempted to go on the hunt for a psp as well to expand my collection. I really want one of the cool colors, I always end up being cheap and buying plain black for everything but that mint or pink vita is calling meeee!!! Unfortunately the card slot on my DS is beginning to shit out, it takes like 10 tries to read whatever cart I put in so maybe I'll get a cooler color for that one too. Anyway I kind of went off on a tangent but that tends to happen when I really like something! I'm so psyched to finally play through the vita's library and I feel so cool that I have a whole collection of physical games for it <3

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[caligo404]

Slay the Princess wasn't a fav.

I had really high expectations for this game. Some people said it was actually life changing for them, and I think those expectations sort of damaged my experience overall. I went into it blind as advised and I like the vibe. The story just... Fell short for me. Maybe I just didn't "get it." but a lot of what really drew me in at first were those little moments in-between with The Long Quiet. I felt like I cared for her a lot more than the actual princess or protagonist and then she ended up being like a pretentious villain. I just didn't really love that ending and it made me a little upset. I guess I was expecting something more character driven, but it was self aware but not quite in the way I thought it would be. I liked some endings more than others for sure, and I really loved the narrator. I cared for him a lot, especially in the end. I thought that whole segment was really cool but the ending just felt... Unsatisfying for me. Which was weird since I usually really love games like this. Typically they really strike a cord with me but this time around something just didn't click for me. I almost felt a sort of disconnect while playing. Its a good game, art is phenomenal but I suppose if you go into a game expecting it to change your life then its got something too big to live up to. Which is unfortunate because I really love when narratives challenge the way I think.

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Mosslax and Peakychu!

[caligo404]

I'm so excited for Tomodachi Living the Dream its actually sickly. I've taken the day off for when it comes out and plan to drive a few hours to the nearest gamestop to buy the physical copy. I'm so hyped, I absolutely cracked out on Tomofachi Life as a kid

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"Something's weird with my copy of Smash Bros..."

[caligo404]

Pokemon Pokopia is an Unexpected Diamond

I LOVE Pokémon Pokopia. I didn't really follow it as closely as I do other games and I wasn't 100% sure I'd like it but oh MAN I'm loving it. I feel like Pokopia checks all my boxes. I get into a flow state while playing so fast. It's incredibly relaxing, no annoying grinding or anything like that but not so relaxing I feel like I'm falling asleep playing it. It's got a good hook, the story is simple but I genuinely want to know what's going on. I actually feel like going out of my way to collect all the little notes for context is fun! In other games I often feel like that's a chore or annoyingly difficult, but here it just increases my immersion. I really like that decorating is a core feature but not the whole thing. It's still a creature collector but you collect creatures essentially by decorating. I'm not super far in either but the fact that you have this giant open area to begin with is really cool. I was initially under the impression that was the space the whole game would take place in but the fact that you expand to go to even BIGGER places with just as many quests, challenges, and Pokémon kind of shocked me. The gameplay loop there is just so rewarding and I'm loving the story's pacing so far. I'm not overwhelmed too badly with how much there is to fix. And speaking of fixing something else I find really nice is that you basically get a template for some things. Like everything is in ruins and your job is to restore it however you'd like but the ruins are almost like a little puzzle. Sure you can axe everything that was there and build a crazy empire or something but I like that as I progress I find more materials to complete areas that were already there and put my own little spin on them. Sometimes I find just a giant blank canvas a little daunting and it makes me not want to engage with it, but having bits and pieces already there for me makes it easier to just put things down and make it nice for the Pokémon. Who quite frankly, are way more in depth than I thought they'd be. Their dialogue may be limited but I really feel like I get to know my Pokémon. All of them have a different way of talking and reacting to things which sets them all apart. In Pokopia there's always something to do and enough options of things to do that I constantly feel engaged rather than bored or frustrated. In my mind right now Pokémon Pokopia really is an unexpected diamond. I really wasn't sure how good this thing could be being a game key card release only (which makes me really sad as a collector but the game itself is amazing.) It's so much better than I ever expected it to be!

[caligo404]

Recently I finished mouthwashing & It's been on my mind every day for weeks now. I adore these kind of psychological horror games so much & it stuck with me so hard. I feel the same way I did after playing Omori, where it just stays on the back burner of my brain eternally & I love it. If you haven't already please please please play it I beg of you it's life changing

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Custom Nintendo Gamecube Consoles made by Neodido

[caligo404]

Excuse me while I continue to gush about Pal World

It's so addictive omg, I've been using my only day off all week to play it!! My favorite pal (that I've seen/caught) is Nox, it's so adorable & an absolute beast. Pokemon could never make their cuties so powerful 😭 like I never really liked survival games that much (mostly just because their style never really caught my eye) but I'm thoroughly addicted now

[caligo404]

So I bought Palworld with low expectations after hearing some of the negativity surrounding it & honestly... Everyone is wrong. It's so fun!! Personally it feels like Pokemon, meets BOTW, meets Rust & it's scratching an itch in my brain I didn't know I had. I really really like it