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spoonshiro

@spoonshiro.com

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Old man gamer, lover of retro games (especially RPGs), computer geek, writer, retired streamer. Guy who's reviewed over 500 RPGs and always hunting for more awesome ones. https://www.spoonshiro.com https://www.rpgreats.com

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · Sep 9

September promo post

I've reviewed over 500 RPGs on RPGreats and nerd about retro games of all sorts.

A few favs:

* PC games on Linux
* Mario, Zelda, Metroid
* Fallout
* Dragon Quest
* Final Fantasy
* Classic Phantasy Star
* Ultima
* XCOM
* Baldur's Gate
* Undertale/Deltarune
* Mother/Earthbound

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 7h

Okay I just noticed this on my box for Simtower

I know for a fact that's not true you sillies

That's like Bethesda taking credit for making 1993 Doom!

A sticker on the box reading "From the makers of Simcity!"

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 8h

"You're not allowed to have an opinion on a thing until you've played/read/watched all of it!"

Sergeant Hartman tells you to disappear, scumbag

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 9h

Guy's just trying to buy his way into heaven after a life of hate and greed. Fuck him

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Viva Slithereverie 🐍🌸 @vivareverie.bsky.social · 9h

A PSA: If you own a PSP, check on its battery! Mine was dangerously swollen and I wouldn't've noticed if it weren't for the fact that it was SO swollen it forced the battery cover off on its own. Crisis Averted!

Swollen PSP battery from the side, the bottom is notably not flat against the table

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 9h

Manipulators gonna manipulate

Cuz it's all they know how to do

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 11h

give me a prize for how peaceful i am or i'm going to fucking destroy you

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 14h

The Guardian- The US president may impose tariffs, demand higher NATO contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says, if on Friday he is not awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. www.theguardian.com/world/202...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 16h

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 12h

It's a game I still played through twice, but it's a little hard to go back to it now after playing Tears of the Kingdom, which has leagues more to offer in just about every respect. Still, I got my $60 worth out of Breath of the Wild.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 12h

The fact that most of your weapons and items are temporary, one-use things, and a lot of the cooler callback armor pieces can't be upgraded also limits the feeling of reward you get from completing quests; it's hard to get excited for a new weapon or piece of gear when it's so limited in use.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 12h

It definitely feels a bit shallow after a while though, especially after playing its sequel. The world is pretty to look at but there isn't a ton of depth to its world - few secret caves, hidden treasures, etc. - and the combat gets a bit flat after a while.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 12h

Breath of the Wild was Nintendo's first attempt at a sprawling open world game, and they definitely put a creative spin on it. It's a little bit of Skyrim, a little Zelda and a touch of Ultima Underworld style immersion and puzzle design, and it's surprisingly fun once you adapt to it.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 13h

If you do find all the hidden memories you get an extra scene where Zelda acknowledges she can no longer hear "the voice inside the Sword", and she and Link depart together to rebuild Hyrule.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 13h

Then you get the ending, which varies depending on whether you gathered all of Link's old memories from various spots around the overworld. Either way, you see the spirits of the Guardians and the King move on, no longer bound to the world by their struggle against Calamity Ganon.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 13h

After that you get taken outside and he becomes Dark Beast Ganon, a towering warthog-monster. Zelda also gives you the Bow of Light, so that's your cue to dodge his beams, and shoot the glowing spots that Zelda exposes. When he opens his big eye ride an updraft and plink him one to end the fight.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 13h

The second phase is mostly the same but he puts up a barrier that you can only penetrate with a deflected beam (or Urbosa's Fury), or that he drops for a brief moment during an attack. Urbosa's is the easiest way to get around it but if you don't have that well, make do.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 13h

Calamity Ganon has multiple phases, with his first borrowing attacks from all the incarnations you fought in the Divine Beasts, as well as firing beams at you like the Guardians. Nothing you haven't handled before, and if you've gotten good at deflecting the beams it's pretty easy to stun him.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 13h

The Game Breaker

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 15h

Nothing pisses off chuds more than being told they're not worth your time

Throws all their unearned self importance back in their face in the simplest way possible

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

Curiously it also requires fuel, though it's not particularly picky about what you toss in - raw meat, monster horns, bokoblin guts, metal ore etc. will all replenish its reserves.

I guess the ancient Hylians invented nuclear fusion.

Doc Brown fuels up the DeLorean by tossing garbage into a fusion reactor

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

First you have to survive four new trial shrines with a weapon that instantly kills anything, but also leaves you with only 1 HP as long as you have it. Then track down four pillars, then do a whole new Sacred Beast dungeon and boss fight. Then you get the Master Cycle Zero.

Zelda Bot W Master Cycle Zelda Breath Of The Wild GIF

Alt: Zelda Bot W Master Cycle Zelda Breath Of The Wild GIF

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

The other DLC lets you unlock the Master Cycle Zero - a literal motorcycle in a Zelda game. Awesome.

It's not a freebie like most RPG DLCs though - you have to do a whole ten-hour quest to do it that has multiple steps.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

Unlike every other melee weapon in the game you also can't throw it, but using the button combo to do so will launch a sword-beam instead if you're at full health.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

"Malice" means enemies infused with Calamity Ganon's power (ie Guardians), as well as Calamity Ganon himself.

You can also take on the trial dungeon in the DLC to unlock its full power, maxing its damage out at 60 at all times and greatly improving its durability.

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spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

It breaks like any other weapon when you land enough hits with it, though it is fairly durable and will regenerate itself after about 10 minutes.

It also does 30 damage per hit, which is good but not amazing. It doubles to 60 (and becomes indestructible) in the presence of Malice, though.

spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 16h

And then you have to draw it from its pedestal. You must have at least 13 hearts to survive the process, so you'll have to do a good number of shrines or just bolster your health with Hearty meals or other benefits.

Whoever pulleth this sword (and doesn't die) shall become King of Hyrule