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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seen arguments it sands down the "edge" of the series, which like, it still shows up in like the lore and stuff. Or loss of "soul" or personality. I mean it's a preference thing at the end of the day.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Nostalgia and vibes, and like the losing animations still have their charm.

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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Mean Fall Of Splatoon

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Chronos @chronospyli.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I have decided to finally release hell upon the world so go watch my video on why vac is so janky youtu.be/WsQOcQ2xUzo?...

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Vacuum is full of Jank

YouTube video by Chronos

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Good alcohol larp when you need to work the next day.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Kinda true but you never know if the second coming of Jimmy Beast stumbles on your page.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sometimes I think about how exp gains should begin to stall at soft level caps unless you break badge checkpoints/beat the champion. But I wonder if that’s like too anti-fun.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I mean when investment into it really started when talks of replacing workers popped up, so I always felt it had been destined to be an anti-human and anti-artisanal tool.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Which is good because two cakes: Smash/Sakurai passion projects and Kirby at the same time.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rest assured, all Kirby games except Air Riders have not had Sakurai work on them since 2003 when he left HAL after Air Ride and will prolly continue that way.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Shower thought level idea: The Callie/Marie splatfest not matching up with the lore the themes are ancient human messages from space received by a fax machine could be explained as a corruption of the word calamari.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Wish I could put Terraria on here, but everything else is just too formative.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I was not strong enough for the triforce quest on GameCube as a wee lad.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Society if the eeveelution line all had like pixelate equivalents. Mmmm, yummy stab quick attack and whatever high-power normal physical attack of the gen on Flareon because Flare Blitz is kinda a death button for it anyways.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I forgor Transcend was a dirt racer because cute gamer comes to mind first. (Please don’t call me larp, I know about the audio spectrogram at least and I’m ping-ponging group 5-6 rn).

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m stupid and half-awake, who are these?

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This got me to learn it was a concession and how the jp subtitle of "Triforce of the Gods" would not fly for puritan American back then.

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Wowie (Comms Open!) @whooiew.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

King Halo's biggest fans #umamusume

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Splatoon 1/2 special retrospectives maybe if they aren’t too far in the past to warrant a video?

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Video Essay Bot @videoessaybot.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Animal Crossing Is My Favourite Sapphic Game

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I love that her race outfit is just a pink touched-up version of the non-G1 gym outfit because bless her heart she only made it to the big leagues in our hearts.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

No Nintendo music drop next week, how does the music dev slander keep getting fed?

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Think being out of town counts as “extenuating circumstances” and being too occupied with fulfilling orders. But also let their imagination fill their mind so they give you the most grace.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Damn, what made you switch into Splatoon?

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Counterpoint: You pull an Armada and get burned out on being so good that you become a mid Mario 64 speedrunner.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Prolly would be better if games could actually enter the public domain relatively quickly so remakes aren’t beholden to shareholders expectations and interpretations could be no more unusual as new takes of Shakespeare plays to both agree/disagree on what directions were taken.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

On one hand, imagine hypernova and robot armor in 3D if they decide that there’s gonna simulations of other locales in the new Kirby game. But also, what if pyribbit in 3d?

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Topher Florence @topherflorence.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

nintendo direct announcer guy orders lunch

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Any goals if you ever do Splatoon comp? I recall friends of mine giving you advice here or there on bsky.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Giving me flash backs to people screaming on the toilet clips. Everyone has their own demons.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Amiibo cards are pretty easy to make. You can also just buy infinitely rewritable tags or an amiibo emulator too. There’s resources out there to find out what works best and how since I don’t really know if you care to have your amiibos be able to store like S3 fits/data or you need them once.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The original game being available is a given btw.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Maybe if copyright law/capitalism wasn’t so draconian right now, I think people would be more chill with remakes as like the new generation playing around with old things like that Romeo + Juliet 1996 movie where they made it a crime drama. But you know, not limited to the original company.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I can see it as a fake out ending or a game over sequence.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Me when I have to cut the moon in half to access the funny Hal Room instead of just holding up on the d-pad.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’m thinking spark/plasma dashes and maybe steal Mario’s power line capture mechanic, some water walking with water. Every ability should have something to do underwater. Air traversal might go crazy with wing and jet. Just think there’s gonna be a lot of reimagining rn.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I’d think like 3-4 new abilities max are my biggest hope, and at minimum I want to see really interesting overhauls if they are still in a “we want to reimagine these golden oldies abilities before we get a handle on making new ones” phase of 3d game design.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Because wow did I spam that speed drink a lot when redoing levels for waddle Dee missions in forgotten land.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Will say I’m glad every ability has expanded move sets for movement because the float and default run speed prior are mostly perfect for combat/puzzle design.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I remember you saying power egg explosion didn’t make sense to you like a month ago. Did it finally click in your build?

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Because I think another thing is that synergies with reducing cooldowns felt as if they’re only for inflated health pools as my load outs here would never have clear answers for say 4-5 extremely mechanical intensive enemies like in Ultrakill because there’s only one here: Strong Arms.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Again, my fixes are often inspired by games like Ultrakill wherein high priority targets like I mentioned exist and sufficiently burn/limit your resources to where the stragglers still pose a threat in the interim of things coming back on cooldown which this game could stand to do more of.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Think scrappers forcing switching to the other side to still be an interesting enough conflict in positioning. But paint salmonids really get hurt by gadgets, especially speed. But surprisingly, maws are effective but lame counters to air builds since they don’t surface until you touch down.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Fixes: Flying salmons with teleports and destructible/tracking projectiles that force shooting on the ground or kiting into walls as well as melee hits to burn movement gadgets. Ways to disable gadgets/perks/form switches. Or even predictive aim with stingers/flyfish via limited movement reading.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Moving around each salmonid still had unique nuances endgame but I do agree you don’t get quite hard punished for making a bad decision at any time like in Salmon Run which leads clean ups to not being as satisfying as they could be.

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sspade.bsky.social @sspade.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Any specifics to call out as not impacting the game state? Because I only felt that the issue with salmonid boss design was they have no real counter to airtime builds or the “auto paint as you move” perks with speed tank and splatellites before the game kinda churns to hp sponges.

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