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lostmario

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About lostmario

  • Rank
    Playing with Power
  • Birthday 01/06/83

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  • Nintendo Systems Owned
    NES, SNES, N64, GC, DS, Wii, 3DS, Wii U
  • Other Systems Owned
    PS, PS2, MS, MD, DC, SS, Xbox360
  • Gender
    Male

Game Info

  • 3DS Friend Code
    1375-7248-0507
  • Nintendo Network ID
    Lostmario
  • Wii Console Number
    5009 2662 7333 3004
  • PSN ID
    Lostmario
  • Xbox Live Username
    lostmario83
  1. Your 2024 Gaming Diary

    Completed Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! today and that is the DKC trilogy done. Graphically, it's the best of the three even though the GBA struggles with some of the water levels, I was struggling at times to see enemies which I didn't with the first two. I thought the music was fantastic, back to the catchy tunes of DKC 1 after the dark tone of DKC2. I was back humming the tunes after my lunch breaks for the rest of the day. Interestingly I discovered while searching for certain tracks on youtube that the GBA soundtrack is completely different to the SNES version which I'm sure everyone on here was already well aware of. I absolutely adore Rockface Rumble, like I couldn't stop smiling and humming along whenever this played. Gameplay, top notch. Level design, felt a bit all over the place at times. Like they used scrapped ideas from 1 & 2. Some of the boss battles were very random. I think DKC 2 is the more complete game but this one runs it close. Oh and I hate Kiddy Kong, that incredibly annoying cry when he dies... hate him. When I've finished Spider-man: Miles Morales, Donkey Kong Country Returns is next up Not sure what my next lunch time GBA game is, maybe the Super Mario Advance series...
  2. N-E Mario Kart 8 DX Get Together

    I had no idea what was going off, I thought we just had to race round collecting coins. It was only near the end of the first battle when someone drove into me nicking my coins did it click. I left after the first bomb battle, wasn't for me so I went back to watching football.
  3. General Movie Thread

    For any Robocop fans out there, Robodoc is up on Amazon Prime. My favourite film so looking forward to watching it.
  4. Metroid Dread

    Yeah, I kept meaning to post about it. I enjoyed it but I did not enjoy fighting the EMMI's at all. I think the game would have been better without them. Some really good challenging boss fights with simple but stunning graphics. Music was top notch as with all Metroid games. I think I rate Samus Returns higher, I don't know if it was having access to the map on the bottom screen that made it a less stop / start game, I dunno. I just enjoyed it more. Interesting to see what they do next, Super Metroid remake?
  5. Your 2024 Gaming Diary

    Finished Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest today. Really enjoyed this, oddly enough I'm kinda glad I accidentally deleted my save after the first 3 worlds as I was very much on the fence whether it was a downgrade on DKC at that point, replaying those 3 worlds again changed my mind on that. Definitely a better game than the original, the level design is perfect and the music while it isn't as catchy as DKC, it feels more atmospheric. With DKC I was humming the tunes for the rest of the day after playing it during my lunch break, with this, nothing but I get why they mixed it up for the sequel. The boss battles are certainly more challenging, I was struggling with the final boss and his "disappearing act" right at the end of the battle. Eventually I got the pattern and that was that. It's crazy that it's taken me 28 years to play this. Next up in my lunch time GBA gaming and to complete the trilogy - Donkey Kong Country 3
  6. Ring Fit Adventure

    It's killing my knees but it's great fun. I've not played it as much as I'd like so far. God of War: Ragnarok took over my game time post Christmas and now Metroid Dread has took over. Seeing this has pushed me to play it tonight.
  7. N-E Mario Kart 8 DX Get Together

    Usually doesn't bother me, no league points on the line like you said so no big deal but that race... I was getting hit by everything. When I start getting angry with the game, that's the time to stop. I was having an ok ish night before that with 2nd place in both GPs.
  8. N-E Mario Kart 8 DX Get Together

    Just had an absolute nightmare in that race, I'd had enough. If I'm not having fun playing, I'm off.
  9. Metroid Dread

    Enjoying it, just got the grapple hook. I hate the EMMI's though, seen way too many game over screens for my liking. I loved Samus Returns on the 3DS and MercurySteam have done another fantastic job with this.
  10. Marvel's Phase 5

    I gave up on it half way through the first episode. Just found it incredibly boring. With it only being 5 episodes, I might have to just get it watched.
  11. General Switch Discussion

    I was enjoying it when I messaged you about it but I found the music disappointing after playing DKC. I got to the third world and somehow deleted my save. Started again and began to really appreciate the music, not as catchy as DKC but really atmospheric. Level design builds on DKC so well, perfect balance in terms of difficulty and being fun to play. Like 2, I've not played 3 before either, I had moved onto PS1 and N64 by then. Looking forward to it. I finished it when I had gamepass. I thought it was great, I enjoyed the randomness of the above mentioned level types. I think it would do quite well on the Switch as a budget release.
  12. General Switch Discussion

    I disagree, I don't see DK64 as the drop off in quality. Perfect Dark, Banjo-Tooie and Conkers BFD all came after and were still peak Rare. Dinosaur Planet if Nintendo had not forced Starfox on them would have been a perfect swansong for the N64 as they would have kept to their original vision for the game. I've played the leaked rom and it just feels different to Star Fox Adventures. I enjoyed Star Fox Adventures by the way. It wasn't just Rare, their most important first party developer that they lost, it's all the valuable IPs that would have been useful during the gamecube years.
  13. General Switch Discussion

    Indeed, I'm currently playing through DKC 2 for the first time and still find it crazy that Nintendo let them go. Had an idea for a thread on the topic but I keep putting off doing it.
  14. Marvel's Phase 5

    Yeah, it was just OK. Quite forgettable with the post credit scenes being the only interesting part of the film. One which I imagine is dead in the water with the way Marvel have pushed everything back apart from Deadpool 3. Brie Larson just seemed to sleepwalk through the film with the other 2 leads carrying the film. Seemed like a completely different character to the one in Captain Marvel and Endgame.
  15. General Switch Discussion

    Screw Banjo. If xbox show up at the direct, give me these. Just hearing those iconic themes on a Nintendo Direct would be huge. and this. It's about time they came home.
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