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What I should have said is that you could play the game normally and use Story Mode to skip whatever you get stuck on, since you can turn it on or off whenever you want. Unlike Layton, AA is mostly based on your ability to put together information and notice contradictions, so it usually isn’t very difficult if you’re observant. (My only experience with Professor Layton is the Ace Attorney crossover, but I don’t recall any of the puzzles being particularly difficult. Also it has a few Xenoblade VAs which is cool.)

Conveniently, the upcoming Great Ace Attorney Collection has a "Story Mode" that essentially makes the game play itself, so now you have no excuse not to get it. Capcom games go on sale every week anyway, so it's not like you had much of an excuse to begin with.

So today I just spent an unreasonable amount of time trying to find out if Xenoblade 2's "coffee with milk" was different in the Japanese version. There are apparently no English videos with Japanese subtitles, so I had to look up a Japanese playthrough on Niconico. The answer is that it's basically the same, though the specific wording is "café au lait" instead (or "kafeore"/カフェオレ in Japanese). Café au lait is specifically coffee with hot milk, so you can make use of this useless information as you see fit.

Edelgard unveils her latest plan to defeat Rhea.

While the modern Doom games were the first things that came to mind upon reading the title, since the character you play as is presented as a GOD OF VENGEANCE that is the BANE OF DEMONS EVERYWHERE and RIPS AND TEARS through every enemy he faces, they aren't quite examples as the demons can easily kill you if you aren't careful. Basically, Doom is a power fantasy you have to work for. On the other hand, Doom Eternal has unlockable cheat codes that can be used when replaying levels, so you can more easily RIP AND TEAR through demons while looking for collectibles you missed the first time. I wouldn't want to be a GOD OF VENGEANCE in every game though, because at some point I start feeling bad for the hapless enemies I'm fighting. However, unlimited power can be enjoyable as a reward for doing something challenging; as another Doom Eternal example, there's a powerful weapon you can get after completing six optional challenges that can be used for the rest of the game. It isn't an instant-win weapon since ammo for it is uncommon, but it is useful for dealing with powerful enemies.

Even disregarding the idea of whether or not Mickey is eligible to show up (which he isn't), I wonder how worthwhile it would be to negotiate with Disney to feature one of the most famous characters ever... as a PNG (or some other non-playable role) and nothing else. You might as well not even bother at that point. But on the topic, I remembered that the Chronicle exists and that licensed Game & Watch games were mentioned there. Mickey, Popeye, and Snoopy confirmed?

Not that I really expect Sora to get in, but... Kingdom Hearts has more than enough original content to be properly represented without Disney content. You can say that you can't properly represent Persona without Shin Megami Tensei content, yet here we are. Sakurai wouldn't want any Disney characters in the game whatsoever. Castlevania's Dracula is a video game character inspired by Bram Stoker's Dracula. Mickey Mouse is Mickey Mouse. Non-video game characters being ineligible is the only rule he's consistently stuck to. Disney can't "force" Sakurai to include Mickey and co. If they tried, Sakurai would say no and and Sora wouldn't be included. And do you really think Disney would force another company to use their mascots? They barely let Sora interact with the plot of Frozen. Nintendo wouldn't force Sakurai to include Mickey and co. either. Aside from picking the FP characters/series they seem to be generally hands-off in letting Sakurai choose content. Nintendo picked Byleth, they don't care if people complain about their choices.

Regardless of whether you wanted to see it or not, here's sexy Waluigi. It's nice to have confirmation as to who the most attractive Nintendo male is (sorry Alvis, you're second place now).

Add Rei... wait, no Evangelion? Weird. In that case, I pick Angela instead.

Though may the Architect have mercy on you if your store has self check out. When will customers figure out how it works?

I just want Shion to get acknowledgement dangit, Project X Zone had T-elos be KOS-MOS's partner for crying out loud. T-elos being in Xenoblade 2 over Shion is forgivable though, as Shion has a character based on her in KOS-MOS's quest and she wouldn't make sense as a Blade anyway. While I am somewhat annoyed that T-elos being evil KOS-MOS is enough to make her the only other XS character that appears in crossovers, Project X Zone 2 has her and Metal Face flirting with each other so at least something good came out of it.

As someone who has played PXZ2, this dialogue seems par the course for Xiaomu. Shion appearing in a crossover? It’s a miracle! I guess T-elos hasn’t established herself as “the only other Xenosaga character allowed to appear in crossovers” yet. Are you sure you aren’t actually playing Xenoblade Chronicles X?

MGS1 was released on the PS1, but it also has a GameCube remake that changes some things (and by that, I mean it adds ridiculously over the top action). 2 and 3 were released on the PS2, 4 was released on the PS3, and 5 was released on a bunch of things. Peace Walker, which is considered a main game despite not being numbered, was released on the PSP. There are also Metal Gear 1 and 2 (which are different from Metal Gear Solid 1 and 2) that were originally released on the MSX2. Honestly the plot is so complicated that I'd be surprised if you spoiled everything before playing it. Ah, so the End of Evangelion all over again.

Today I learned that "I'm a Believer" wasn't made by Smash Mouth for Shrek, and that it was actually first recorded by The Monkees in 1966. My whole life has been a lie. And sad news, today is the last day Godzilla vs. Kong is available on HBO Max (for now, it'll probably be added back eventually). Maybe I'll rewatch it again later. Lastly, now that The Great Ace Attorney collection is being localized, I have more motivation to continue my Ace Attorney series playthough. Having recently finished the second case of Dual Destinies, I'm now doing the orca-defending DLC case before moving on to case 3. Previously I played the DLC case after finishing the game, but I'm doing this order now because it takes place between cases 2 and 3 chronologically. The chronological case order in DD is rather strange, it goes 2 -> DLC -> 3 -> first half of 4 -> 1 -> second half of 4 -> 5. At least the next game's case order is straightforward.

Finally, maybe the rumors of Godzooky being added to the MonsterVerse were true. Even if 'Son of Kong' isn't the final title, we at least know now that Kong will get another movie (likely about Hollow Earth). News of another Godzilla movie will likely take longer because Legendary has to negotiate with Toho, though I don't think Toho would be uncooperative about it. If we do get another Godzilla movie, the other monsters picked should be included based on how they can fit into the plot, as all of Godzilla's most famous costars have been included already.

As another thing I forgot to mention, I appreciate that the games have a British dub. I like my usual anime voice actors but it's always nice to get some variety plus, it gives the opportunity to hear some Xenoblade voice actors again. If the writers make a reference to Phoenix and Ryunosuke's relationship in the next game, they can have Phoenix say he recently learned that he had a Japanese ancestor who was a lawyer and Maya/Trucy/Athena/whoever can joke that bluffing must run in the family. SoJ had a similar reference to the Investigations games when Phoenix says he heard that Edgeworth presented his badge a lot during his investigations. Though Phoenix mentioned Sherlock Holmes in the first game, so is Holmes a fictionalized version of Herlock Sholmes in the AA universe?

I got Doom: New Horizons last week because I wanted something new to play on vacation and... I also rode a camel the other day, fun times.

Nice, I've been wanting a new AA game for some time now and now we get two. This should also mean that we'll get the next main game announced this year. Herlock Sholmes hype. It shouldn't be too weird. Phoenix's backstory is never discussed in detail anyway and him having a Japanese ancestor doesn't mean he needs to know anything about Japanese culture. If they do acknowledge it, they could just say that one of Ryunosuke's descendants moved to America at some point.

The Dark Side used by the Sith is a corruption of the Force, and it's continued existence is a bad thing. Like a disease, the Dark Side will taint the Force until it is destroyed, which is why Anakin destroying the Sith until Episode IX is good because now the Force is no longer blighted. Or at least that's how it used to work, because now light and darkness of the Force must coexist now or something. That game was Legends canon, so it currently isn't canon to the modern Star Wars universe.

Speaking of Godzilla variants, I hope we get a completely new monster whenever the next Japanese Godzilla movie releases. It's nice seeing familiar faces but the last "real" new monster introduced in a Japanese movie was Monster X, who was introduced 17 years ago. The MonsterVerse introduced the MUTOs and the rest of the Titans, but I'm not sure if Toho owns them so I won't count them. If we're lucky, the next Japanese movie will have a new monster, but it will underperform so the following film with have Mothra and/or King Ghidorah instead. It happened twice already so chances are it'll happen again. Technically we already have Plant Godzilla and Alien Crystal Godzilla, but those are different enough to be considered separate characters. There was also supposed to be a movie where Godzilla fought Ghost Godzilla, but Ghost Godzilla was replaced with a new monster. They're more likely to reuse other popular monsters like Mothra and King Ghidorah than make new Godzilla variants.

Titanosaurus has only been waiting 46 years to appear onscreen again, he can wait longer. It looks pretty cool though, I'm interested in seeing what other Godzilla types there are. And now Minilla can make his long awaited return. Relevant

Speaking of Nomura, last night I dreamed that Jin from Xenoblade 2 got into Smash as another Marth Echo Fighter. He did have a unique Final Smash though. I think Malos and Waluigi were in his announcement trailer too. The majority of book authors have an agent or editor of some kind to make recommendations, which Kingdom Hearts presumably lacked if we're to take "Nomura wrote everything himself" at face value. But in my opinion, KH's writing didn't get too outlandish until Nomura got obsessed with his Keyblade War mobile games. Yes, even DDD was fine, the time travel was mainly a way to bring back dead villains so it wasn't too big of an issue. KHIII feels like it was more concerned with setting up the next story arc (the aforementioned mobile games) than finishing the current one, and it needed DLC to fix obvious problems with the plot.

True, I appreciate that Legendary MG is essentially a fusion of the three previous live-action MGs. I also like Ready Player One's Mechagodzilla even if I was expecting it to use a previous design (incidentally both American Mechagodzillas had the same designer, Jared Krichevsky). Though it's pretty weird that the first American movie to have Godzilla's theme song didn't have Godzilla in it. It would be like giving Mothra's song to Battra or something. *insert something about "Why did the Iron Giant fight Mechagodzilla, the whole point of his movie is that he isn't a weapon" here*

Reminds me of what Adam Wingard said in regard to designing that guy in GvK: “The Transformers, they just looked like metal. They looked like a plane crash. So I thought, that's the thing I wanted to avoid. They were too complex. There are too many moving parts, and I couldn't latch on to anything. Nothing felt iconic with that Transformers design.” That guy ended up being inspired by the simplicity of classic Transformers instead. To be fair, FFVII might as well be a new series for how much content it had before Sephiroth. Judging a character for just using a sword is dumb; if a character can only use a sword and has no other unique abilities (like Chrom) then sure, but that doesn't apply to the majority of potential sword users. Sorry, Team Ninja said there are no plans for Ryu Hayabusa at the moment, so you'll have to wait until next game for a better ninja.

I see where you're coming from with the tournament bracket. Apparently one of the prequel comics explains that Godzilla had the other Titans return to hibernation after I think Rodan and the other Titans were left out to avoid drawing attention away from the title characters and their fight. But apparently they considered including the unused Mothra scene from KotM or a different Mothra scene, which was probably left out or similar reasons and because they didn't know if there would be more MonsterVerse movies. Dr. Chen was also supposed to reappear in GvK but was absent from the final version, so her missing scenes were probably related to Mothra since she's the MV version of the Shobijin.