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Background: 4/10. The background looks like a blurred-out garden, which isn't exactly a bad thing, but it's not exactly going to win any awards for being interesting. It's just... there. Like elevator music, but for your eyes. I'm giving it a 4.

Props to ToastyRoast for inventing the phrase “elevator music for your eyes”.

#dandori

Somebody needs to make a music streaming service specially made for music with multiple layers, such as the Rain World threat tracks.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zJLMPMAlD0M

Me, turning off the Switch without manually disconnecting my headphones:

Icelandic Waters #1: “There are at least two pieces of official Nintendo animated media in which a relatively large creature gets kicked in the eye by a smaller one. Can you name the other one?”

Icelandic Waters #2: *speaking to my hypothetical dad* “This seems like the perfect game for you to try and 100%. The best part is that you'd never need to run in circles or consult a guide, because you have your own personal bloodhound to- AAAAAAA NONONONONO NOT THAT ONE-”

Icelandic Waters: “ZEPPELIN!”

Icelandic Water Dragon: “I forsee some very inventive lightbulb-changing . . . wait, I forget what it was. Was it changing a lightbulb or reinventing the wheel? Whatever I used to describe the the four-Saint lift system.“

I was right to compare this title to Minecraft Legends, as there are plenty of mechanics that can be compared to it. I did manage to reach the end of the demo, albeit reluctantly. If I go at it again, I'll make backups through the third slot, so as to make sure I don't accidentally brick it again. I suffered a separate blunder when attempting to transport the Dandori trainer castaway. For starters, I didn't realize that my Pikmin were waiting for me outside the area, and stepped off the raised platform intending to retrieve more from the Onion. Realizing my mistake too late, I tossed Yellow Pikmin onto the island to retrieve the castaway, but they couldn't get them down. I forgot that I could use the Rewind Time feature to fix all this. Instead, I visited several sub-areas in search of enough Ice Pikmin to freeze the moat. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that they had to stay planted in order to keep the water frozen…

My two highlights both have to do with Oatchi. First, after rescuing Russel, you'll have enough pup drive to train him in Command Lv. 2, which lets you call Oatchi from any distance, or send him back to the base. Additionally, it lets you open your map and autopilot towards any accessible location. Second, using Y + Down, you can choose to control Oatchi directly, letting you do just about anything you can otherwise do. The NPCs at the Shepherd's camp also give unique dialogue if you speak to them while controlling Oatchi.

FACT: In 1993, the United States considered cryptosystems with keys larger than 40 bits as “munitions”, and required a license to be “exported”.

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_investigation )

Out of curiosity, is it common knowledge that soft, tough materials become hard and brittle when supercooled? Nintendo has used it as a minor, non-tutorialized mechanic in some of their newer games, and I'm not entirely convinced that it should be treated as such.

I found a new runic language where I least expected one, and the data that I've harvested was very easy to infer by hand. This one is a layman's job to decode, even a sleepy one! However, no matter the drive, I'll have to sleep now. Goodnight!

P.S.: The observer and copper bulb aren’t part of the circuit; it’s part of the experiment that I was doing with it.

TRUE STORY: One day at the beach, I had brought a snorkeling mask. Seeing a wave of above average size, I decided to try avoiding it by ducking under it. I don't know how the fluid dynamics of waves works, but it ended about as well as installing a screen door on a submarine . . . or hiding from a tidal wave in an in-ground pool.

Me, looking for a way to discretely play a Switch-exclusive game with seemingly no physical version:

Icelandic Water Dragon: *opens journal to write about a particularly unpleasant dream from last night*

Icelandic Waters: “I put Jack in the box. He escaped.”

I have achieved the first ending of The Watcher, and I must say, nothing could have possibly prepared me for it. The whole campaign makes a habit of subverting expectations, and I did 6338 2668437 374363 along the way! The ending cements the core message of Rain World, that you are just a little creature . . . but it puts those words in a different light.

I didn’t get a post-ending score tally, but I hit the ending at 23h:45m, with 10 reinforced arcane karma.