7th July 2017, 11:40 PM
What do you mean, the Chaotix controls? There's nothing like the spring system in Lost Worlds, and the Chaotix bonus stages controls are fairly straightforward... move around and jump, that's about it...
But yes, the controls definitely are taking some getting used to, that is true. Making things worse, he manual doesn't explain all of them well, most importantly the difference between A and B. Both buttons jump... but in the air, only A does the real homing attack; B is another attack, a much less useful kick. When I first picked this up I naturally hit B to jump instead of A, so I was getting annoyed fighting one of the early bossfights because it seemed like it was way too hard, and that's because I was hitting the wrong button. You get used to it, but it is a bit odd.
B2G1 at Gamestop a few days ago. Some good stuff here and some not.
Wii U
--
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - $18, complete - I've wanted this one for a while; this was the one game I was sure I'd get in this B2G1 deal, and get it I did.
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD - free, would have been $17, complete - It's been a long time, I'd like to replay this game... and the added Wii U Gamepad screen support, motion aiming, and Hard mode sound like nice additions versus the GC original.
Skylanders Superchargers - free, would have been $3, disc in case only - I have a compatible portal, but I will need to get a car Skylander figure to play this, but that's gotten harder since Gamestops don't carry used Skylanders figs anymore... eh, I'll find one somehow. This is a pretty solid series, but with the decline of toys to life it's getting a bit harder to find the figures, at least for cheap... too bad.
Wii
--
Wii Play Motion - $4.50, complete - The first Wii Play was an okay little minigame collection, but I've never played the much-later followup here.
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 - $9, complete - The last localized game in this pretty fun, simple fighting game series.
3DS
--
Kirby Triple Deluxe - $17, cart in generic case - I have no idea why I didn't get this years ago, with how much I like this franchise... but as expected, this is a great game. It's very much in the vein of Kirby's Return to Dream Land for the Wii of course, except with dual-plane elements inspired by VB Wario Land and such. It's simpe but great stuff.
Style Savvy Trendsetters - free, would have been $9, cart only - Eh, it was the right price and the first one (on DS) was okay for a little while. (I mainly got this, though, because the game I wanted the most, 7th Dragon III, cost $13 more than this, and I decided that I'd spent enough recently and should get something that wouldn't increase the total spent.)
PS3
--
Journey Collector's Edition - $18, complete - I don't know if this will be a great value for the money in terms of time since this is supposed to be quite short, even with Flow and Flower also on the disc (and some minigames), but it's supposed to be great so I got it.
X360
--
Phantasy Star Universe - $6.30, complete - This is pretty much a waste of money I know (since you can only play the first chapter on the game on the 360; on PC you can at least play the first two chapters, with mods and a fanrun server anyway, and chapter 3... may still be permanently inaccessible since it was online only? Not sure about that. But I want this for 360 anyway, it's a great series and it's nice to have a version of at least part (the least good part perhaps, but part) of the game that you can play without being online; the PC version is online-only pretty much, so you need that fan server.
But yes, the controls definitely are taking some getting used to, that is true. Making things worse, he manual doesn't explain all of them well, most importantly the difference between A and B. Both buttons jump... but in the air, only A does the real homing attack; B is another attack, a much less useful kick. When I first picked this up I naturally hit B to jump instead of A, so I was getting annoyed fighting one of the early bossfights because it seemed like it was way too hard, and that's because I was hitting the wrong button. You get used to it, but it is a bit odd.
B2G1 at Gamestop a few days ago. Some good stuff here and some not.
Wii U
--
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - $18, complete - I've wanted this one for a while; this was the one game I was sure I'd get in this B2G1 deal, and get it I did.
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD - free, would have been $17, complete - It's been a long time, I'd like to replay this game... and the added Wii U Gamepad screen support, motion aiming, and Hard mode sound like nice additions versus the GC original.
Skylanders Superchargers - free, would have been $3, disc in case only - I have a compatible portal, but I will need to get a car Skylander figure to play this, but that's gotten harder since Gamestops don't carry used Skylanders figs anymore... eh, I'll find one somehow. This is a pretty solid series, but with the decline of toys to life it's getting a bit harder to find the figures, at least for cheap... too bad.
Wii
--
Wii Play Motion - $4.50, complete - The first Wii Play was an okay little minigame collection, but I've never played the much-later followup here.
Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 - $9, complete - The last localized game in this pretty fun, simple fighting game series.
3DS
--
Kirby Triple Deluxe - $17, cart in generic case - I have no idea why I didn't get this years ago, with how much I like this franchise... but as expected, this is a great game. It's very much in the vein of Kirby's Return to Dream Land for the Wii of course, except with dual-plane elements inspired by VB Wario Land and such. It's simpe but great stuff.
Style Savvy Trendsetters - free, would have been $9, cart only - Eh, it was the right price and the first one (on DS) was okay for a little while. (I mainly got this, though, because the game I wanted the most, 7th Dragon III, cost $13 more than this, and I decided that I'd spent enough recently and should get something that wouldn't increase the total spent.)
PS3
--
Journey Collector's Edition - $18, complete - I don't know if this will be a great value for the money in terms of time since this is supposed to be quite short, even with Flow and Flower also on the disc (and some minigames), but it's supposed to be great so I got it.
X360
--
Phantasy Star Universe - $6.30, complete - This is pretty much a waste of money I know (since you can only play the first chapter on the game on the 360; on PC you can at least play the first two chapters, with mods and a fanrun server anyway, and chapter 3... may still be permanently inaccessible since it was online only? Not sure about that. But I want this for 360 anyway, it's a great series and it's nice to have a version of at least part (the least good part perhaps, but part) of the game that you can play without being online; the PC version is online-only pretty much, so you need that fan server.