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Status Updates posted by Sean
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The blooper surfing mission kicks you out of the entire level if you fail to get the par time. It's actually better to kill Mario to immediately restart than it is to finish the race. WHY.
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So this one doesn't catch you out later - the terrible awful river-riding/red-coin collecting secret course in Delfino Plaza that takes three minutes of boat riding with a Yoshi to get to has a pipe at the end of it, unlike every other secret course in the game. You'd think it's there to return you to the start of the secret course due to how brutally hard it is and how you only get one shot at it.
This is not the case, the pipe sends you back to Delfino Plaza to repeat the entire process of getting into the secret course again in full. The only way to retry the secret course IS to kill Mario. So yeah, don't touch the pipe (and take a decent stock of lives just in case).
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Bizarre question but like... do shines have any purpose whatsoever in Sunshine? I'm looking up the requirements for beating the game and they don't appear to be tied to how many you actually collect unless I'm missing something here.
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The problem with the games structure is that you have to do 6 episodes in order for shadow Mario to appear in episode 7 so it’s all mandatory. It’s not like 64 where you had the freedom to do whatever you wanted in order to meet a certain requirement of stars.
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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I don't think the amount of shines you collect really matters. What matters is if you've beaten seven stages in each level I believe. So there is a minimum amount technically, but it's correlated to the levels. So if you beat six missions in each stage, not doing the seventh, and get the other shines from secrets and blue coins that add up to the total of only doing the seven missions in each level, it won't unlock. You have to do the seven stages in each level to get to the ending.
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Yeah the requirement is just beat mission 7 on each stage. On my first Playthrough I didn't unlock the level until 70-80 shines but on latest playthriugh i got it in the 40s lol.
Very polarizing. Not sure why they stuck to such an arbitrary number of shines besides tradition
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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The blue coins are to buy shine sprites from the tanooki store. This game was rushed as hell and my theory is that those blue coins were a substitute for the scrapped levels they had planned for the game but they needed to sell GameCube copies
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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It's probably because of Super Mario 64 having 120 stars, and they didn't want to fall short of that in the sequel. It was a rushed game, and figured having blue coins everywhere would be easier than creating entirely new levels or missions in their development time. It's certainly not fun though collecting them, and there's no real reason to fully complete it outside of if you really love Sunshine or like a new picture at the end of the credits.
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The more shines you collect, the brighter the island gets.
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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You get a reward for collecting them all.
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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Yeah the only thing it would TECHNICALLY affect is how quickly you open up all seven courses. A player who is struggling to complete the mandatory missions in the earlier courses could collect more shines elsewhere in order to open up the later courses just to have more choice on what mandatory shines to tackle first if they're sick of trying the earlier ones over and over.
And even with the above, there's another cheeky mandatory roadblock in that you need to clear Pinna Park Episode 4 to open Sirena Beach and Pianta Village. If you're struggling enough with earlier courses you're certainly gonna struggle with Pinna Park Episode 3 (the pirate ship red coins one) so all of what I said is of incredibly limited and specific value.
So yeah, in short, Mario Sunshine is full of horrendous design choices that fly in the face of what made Super Mario 64 so beloved and deserving of a sequel, yes.
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UUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHHH
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@Blue Blood I've never really played through all of Sunshine before. Kept starting and restarting throughout the years but this is my first serious attempt at beating it.
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Mario talk made me track down a copy of Galaxy 2 since I only had it digitally
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This is why Capcom will always be a bad company
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Miles coming to PS4, meaning I can actually play it
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Does anybody else think that pulp-free orange juice is super gross
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pulp-free gang rise up
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A Match in Oil Ocean Zone reacted to this
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I can't stand juice with bits in.
No we don't say pulp in the UK
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A Match in Oil Ocean Zone and Sean reacted to this
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Played some Sonic GT. It's definitely pretty neat, but I don't think I like it very much.
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I love that it's a fully playable 3D Sonic game with a pure focus on momentum-retaining gameplay, fluid controls, and expansive level design I can just mess around in
I don't like how basically every single action I preform feels like it lacks any form of scope whatsoever. The amount of speed and air you can achieve from the game without putting in barely any effort is ridiculous, and if you're not using your momentum to eclipse actual challenges or achieve tangible progression in front of you, constantly flying at 100mph, then where's the catharsis? I love the alternate routes that I can find through the levels just for the carefree nature of it, but what drive is there behind a rail above a path when I'd be going that fast and far in the first place?
It's not like it's completely devoid of interesting design like the blue springs either, it's just waaaay too eager to show off the speed you can achieve, without understanding the challenge and mastery behind that in the past was just as much the point as the speed itself.
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SAGE games I've played so far: Advance 4, Galactic, SRB1 remake, Mario Flashback, Mega Man Perfect Blue. All pretty good and worth checking out.
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Stop using Jason voice clips in your fangames
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I mean if there's one thing I'll take Jason over, it's fan voice acting
I had voices switched off in Sonic GT within like, 10 seconds
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Indigo Rush and Kuzu reacted to this
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Sonic should be voiced by Ryan Reynolds
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@Tracker_TD Oh man, the Sonic and Shadow voices...
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I suppose 64 is still 4:3 because Peach's dress would have been too hard to animate in widescreen.
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Guess I'm preordering a Mario game??? why is the digital version limited too
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Fanboys are easy to dunk on, and it's good catharsis for the times I was a fanboy was rooting for another company they had a bone to pick with, so I'mma bring em up right now even though their actions in the grand scheme of things are the same as the average consumer who doesn't give any of this a second thought
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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Every anime character must smoke weed
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People who think of anime as apolitical shouldn't be watching anime considering its roots can be traced to Tezuka whose modus operandi was to publish hundreds of series that were brimming with blatant political messages
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The Promised Neverland is INCREDIBLY political, hell even MHA dabbles in it so I think it's less anime being less political and people just being stupid
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Jingilator reacted to this
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I definitely don't think they should be watching those anime either but did you forget that a large percentage of modern anime tropes and content are designed specifically for dudes to get their rocks off/fantasize about
Not only that but with how surface level the material touches on it, they can pick and choose whichever characters they actually identify with and root for in the process, which is how you get people cheering on Mineta or Sanji without batting an eye when the main character or side story reaches an emotional peak that's supposed to resonate with the audience. Since they both get the same time of day, if not moreso the former for those character moments being wAcKy, to them the point of the show doesn't even have to be the conflict theming; just the caricature moments they enjoy
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Because it inherently backs up tropes, behavior, and fantasies those people view to be correct in their "apolitical" *cough* worldview? That caters to them and specifically them compared to an audience moreso concerned with commentary on real world injustices? As much as anime creators love to stick a half-baked political commentary into their action anime as a fight against the system, the actual tropes and character worldviews they willingly continue to contribute to throughout their genre and overall medium does far more to fall in line with the desires of that crowd than it does in calling for actual social justice.
The "point" of anime is not those purpose-of-conflict themes to them. And for them, anime has always been on their side in terms of actual politics thru fanservice. They didn't come from nowhere and it definitely isn't a mystery why so many of them are attracted to it in the first place
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I find it weird that you seem to be blaming creators first and foremost over idiots who can't process the messages that a show is trying to convey. The industry has a pandering problem but this doesn't have anything to do with whether or not anime is political.
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Supah Berry reacted to this
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I wasn't really focusing on them tbf, moreso citing the phenomenon that leads these stories more often than not, but why not? Why do I have to stop the buck at the idiots who don't dive deeper into the themes when the creators often aren't much better or different themselves, when they are the ones legitimizing regressive character tropes and the politics tied to them through entertainment? I'm not calling for anyone's heads specifically here but I do think the buck should at least touch base with the people with the most influence purveying these ideas, whether the series has a hint of good intentions or not.
And as long as the creation and culture of the media is juggling the two politically opposed concepts in one hand, trying to have it's cake and eat it too, it has everything to do with the audience it amasses and the things they come to expect from the genre. Like how is One Piece supposed to be a series that is so clearly against oppression and progressive ideals when it has scenes, storylines, and an entire character dedicated to the prevailing "trap" humor, of all things?
(I do think Oda is on the side that does tend to fight against inequality more often than not, and at least believe in what he's backing up the conflict at least; he has given some positive trans representations in the series after all, which is more than others can say. But he has a long way to go before he actually has the full picture laid out for him imo)
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Like with any medium there's pop anime that may touch on topical themes for the sake of being topical while still carrying many problematic tropes and then there's stuff that goes deeper into social politics. In either case though, both are touching on politics in some way, which is what the status is about(whether Anime is political or not, not how good at being political it is. That's a case by case thing, but you'll find that the biggest series will disappoint in this regard no matter where you are or what medium you decide to look into.)
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Why do I have to stop the buck at the idiots who don't dive deeper into the themes when the creators often aren't much better or different themselves, when they are the ones legitimizing regressive character tropes and the politics tied to them through entertainment?
Because you're also refusing to recognize that something can be political, and even political and be making a positive point about something, and even be political and be making a positive point about something and have that be the main point of the media; and all the while still have elements people consider problematic, especially when the problematic things are in regards to a completely different topic. Your first attempt at a rebuttal was exactly trying to claim that people who are idiots not seeing anything beyond some fanservice thing that appeals to them overrides anything else in an anime and makes them correct for saying why they feel that way. Your argument basically boils down to "Well, there's anime tiddy in this anime. That makes it so the outspoken 'keep politics out of my X' people can act like some sort of laughable alt-right version of tumblr, pretending that there's nothing else to the show beyond that; and they'd be right for feeling that way."
No they're not, because they're idiots. They are the same stupid fucks who lament the good old days of sports; when the only thing that happened during events was non-political things like the national anthem being sung, a group prayer at the beginning, the Air Force flying jets over the stadium and people thanking God when they won the big game. They're the same stupid fucks who play every Call of Duty game and revel in shooting people in "bad" countries as a virtual extension of the US military, then go nuclear on YouTube comment sections when a AAA game is announced with a gay main character because it's forcing a "wokeness." It's not the fault of the creator if people like a thing they made while also being too stupid to recognize that there's stuff in it beyond the tits on the lead girl; and the assholes who react with revulsion to even the most benign political stance they don't like as if the entire concept is at odds with the medium they are talking about are absolutely worthy of the derision on display. It makes me think you were using this status to argue a poorly thought out devil's advocate point without even understanding what it was about.
Furthermore, MAH VIDEOGAMES idiots latching on to an anime because it's got a hot chick in it and completely ignoring anything beyond that she's hot and in the show and people get in fistfights all the time doesn't mean that the show is apolitical. It doesn't mean that the political and/or social commentary is surface level. It doesn't mean the creator was wrong for trying to make it political when there's some other thing in it that people don't like. It absolutely doesn't invalidate any point trying to be made by the political and social commentary either. It should be blatant that it doesn't, for that matter, because the comic book industry has has had political allegories and subtexts and social commentary and in-universe morality debates so explicit that they are the entire point of certain series' storylines for decades even though the comic book industry has characters who dress up like streetwalkers; but here we are.
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And you don't seem to understand that (popular[though again that's just proving my point]) anime actually encourages politics that those in the alt right identify with, specifically because they're problematic?
It's not apolitical. It's all political. Apolitical is just what they want to call it, as "without politics" has a cleaner, purer sound to them that can be associated with "only wanting to escape the real world". Apolitical is only a term when someone is 100% comfortable with the politics surrounding them at any time, so if you pick out those common threads of worldview that shines a light into the culture's politics - you find the threads that those people identify with.
I don't know why you're acting like I'm the person acting with some random form of agenda to go to bat for alt right folks when you are the one typing out a paragraph that's trying to separate the prevailing portrayal of sexual and identity tropes in the medium as "problematic", but not problematic enough to actually be tied to politics, and definitely not problematic to be more of an issue than a small blurb we can stand to ignore, as the real, entirely separate politick about social justice are obviously the main attraction! Nevermind that one is designed to appeal to the average viewer from episode to episode while the other is a mere background reason for the world conflict as a whole. Nevermind that one is half baked in it's execution because a creator thought that the civil rights movements were interesting while the other, as the creators themselves claim, are their actual self-inserts into the story entirely. And nevermind that the two are, again, diametrically opposed to each other politically despite "being separate" in terms of topics, lending one or the other to feel as hollow as the
To be fair, this status from the start was moreso arguing in favor of more niche, but artistically driven works that go the entire mile and portray social issues without any holes barred - I'm not saying those works don't do that. And I'm not saying that anime isn't a valid form of expression for them, or that people have any sort of right expecting them to be "apolitical" in the first place. The problem is that "Anime" as a popular phenomenon has pretty massive issues that it needs to deal with, that do actually cater to and fit in with this audience and it's specific worldviews, (lgbt-phobias related comedy - lgbt-phobias and joke culture, misogynistic characterization and fantasies - misogyny and inceldom, whitewashing - anyone on the spectrum of deciding to defend racism this one time to full on white nationalists, and then of course lolis) and the mindset of "where did they get the idea that this is all made for them; idiots" is entirely the wrong mindset to be approaching it with, and almost feels like it's willingly missing the forest for the trees with all that is popular anime culture. It doesn't matter what it used to be for all intents and purposes, if it is what it is today.
But by all means, keep looking into the sky as you wonder where all the raindrops keep coming from
And if you can't make the distinction between how anime pulls off sexualization and identity compared to comic books... I don't have the time for that deep a dive, but they're just so different I don't even see how you can compare the two outside of "Oh wow sex appeal(!) sold one medium just fine without inhibiting and working against it's themes, why are you acting like big titty anime girl delegitimizes anime when it clearly doesn't for comic books?"
Which, in all honesty, sounds like a pretty devils-advocate-y position to have wrt the "problematic" sides of anime culture, bare minimum
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New hobby: Searching in total, excruciating vain for English dubs of anime that are nowhere to be found on the internet
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My newest hobby is looking for 90s anime that never got fansubbed and I will never be able to watch
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i said for YOU to do it, not me
lazy ass
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