Your Most Recent Videogame Purchase(s)

I ordered Pokémon White Version on eBay and picked up Pokémon White Version 2 at a retro games shop during a recent trip.

This means I now have access to every core series region’s main story (though technically speaking I’m missing titles from the third and fourth generations, meaning no Orre Region and Sevii Islands for now).

@KokorOtaku How’s the remake compared with the original?

@KeAfan7 Ooh, good purchase! You’re in for a treat.

@KokorOtaku Nice!

I used my Christmas EB Games gift cards to put toward replacing my previous Nintendo Switch console, which made it possible to redeem the Nintendo eShop Cards I got from @BurstDashV8 for my birthday last year on some neat New Year Sale discounts!

Here’s the full haul:

• Nintendo Switch Lite (Coral - Isabelle Aloha Edition)
  
• Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection
  
• Etrian Odyssey Origins Collection
  

That last one is practically a steal right now. Normally, the individual EO remasters are AU$59.95 each, while the regular price of the collection as a bundle is AU$119.95; in other words, you’re pretty much paying full price for two games, and getting the third for free (well, 5c).

The current eShop sale includes the whole collection for AU$71.97 (40% off), which is $12.02 more than just one of the remasters, so it’s pretty much EOI for $60, EOII for 12 bucks, and EOIII for honky Fronkin’ free!

@KeAfan7 No, just mine, sadly…

Wow, I haven’t updated in a while, have I…?

Anyway, here are the eShop goodies I’ve obtained since last time (it’s possible I’m blanking on one or two, given I didn’t sleep at all last night, only managing a couple of hours or so around dawn-ish):

- Torchlight II (tried the demo and kinda enjoyed it)
- Torchlight III (I prefer the second one a tiny bit more)
- Saints’ Row: The Third (eShop sale + Gold Pts. = k thx)
- Saints’ Row IV (eShop sale + bundled with 3rd = k thx)
- Digimon World: Next Order (been meaning to play it)
- Palia (wholesome AF eShop recommendation)

The best bit? Between my current eShop funds and the Gold Points earned from buying these smaller name titles, I still technically have a little over $12.00 to put toward one or two extra indie titles.

@KokorOtaku I tried the demo, but wasn’t quite hooked. How do the other plays hold up in terms of variety and entertainment factor?

ON-TOPIC: Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe

@KeAfan7 I have thoughts on this list, but it’s gonna take a while to write (and I’m posting this on my phone at the local “mahl”… that’s Americanese for “shopping centre,” right?), so for now I’ll do a very brief tl;dr summary… let’s say… the first seven words and the last five words, with three or so words somewhere near the middle:

Whoa Neggy, that’s a motherlode of quality-

[…]

-artichokes. Furthermore, Gerry’s-

[…]

-and Jelly Seanwiches go brrr…”

@KeAfan7 Squika ate it. Sorry…

Squika: Well how was I s’posed to know it wasn’t for eating?!

Squilma: Most people don’t dine on text-based computer files, Squeirdo…

Octanner: I’m still not sure how it’s even biologically possible in the first place…

Squilma: Aren’t you an Octechie, though?

Octanner: Hey, just ‘cos I have ambiguously defined extrasensory machine powers, doesn’t mean I fully understand the inner workings of the technology involved… 🫤

Squika: Oh, well it’s quite simple really. Y’see, back when Lee an’ I swapped bodies-

Squilma: STOP DERAILING THE THREAD, MORON!

Inklein: Hahaha… “thread”… that’s a good one, Wilma!

@KokorOtaku Ah, I see…