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This game is very good and the movement feels great. It and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk have been my favorite games I've played this year so far.

I just wanted to let you know I really appreciate your old mmo private server screenshots. I didn't grow up with a lot of these games and it's been great seeing them.

Which game has been the most interesting to you so far?

I'll just give an age range for reference: 6-8

Ones I hear about the most:

• Pokemon Black
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (I forget which but I think it's a DS game- not a Pokemon person myself)
• Nintendogs (Golden Retriever edition if it matters)
• Mario Kart DS

Ones his parents have said he likes:

• Sonic Advance 1&2
• Most of the Super Mario Advance series (his mother loves Yoshi's Island and I think that's the one he watched her play sometimes)
• Mario Party (the N64 ones)

Ones he's told me he dislikes:

• Fire Emblem (one of the GBA ones)
• Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town.

I'm waiting until he's a bit older to push for some games (notably the Metroid series) as I think he's still a bit too young to get them. Pokemon seems to be a huge hit (he's getting my switch fairly soon which I'll get him whichever of Sword/Shield and Violet/Scarlet he wants if he's good at school) and he'll have access to my copy of Mario Kart 8 deluxe then too.

One of my "goals" with this (I say this loosely cause I just want the kid happy) was to try to get him an appreciation for older games too so that he just has more options available to him instead of strictly always chasing the newest thing, and I also know his mom has plenty of games that she probably hasn't played since her childhood that she'd probably love to revisit in the context of playing with her kid.

It's insane. I feel like I've never seen it so explicitly and plainly stated that China is this far ahead of the world (and specifically western interests) when it comes to advanced production.

Gave my nephew the Anbernic gameboy-looking handheld with a list of games I suggest he try and getting updates from him about how much he loves (or even disliked) certain games has been great. Based on what his parents tell me (they're aware of my crusade against the kid-slots mobile market) it's kept him away/uninterested in that too. Highly recommend this strategy.

All 100% of those under-29s primary voters in Wisconsin were TikTok users (or secondhand TikTokkers) so they're sadly KHAMAS now

No

I support Hillary Clinton being a part of Biden's re-election campaign so long as it requires her to be around Biden's dogs for an extended period of time.

Definitely Deck or stronger in that case. I'd look into the Ally and the Legion Go as well but they're probably pushing price range.

If you drop specific PS3 titles I can tell you if they're on the more/less intense spectrum to emulate as well. Also probably worth looking up the steam deck vs. steam deck OLED performance for games of interest on RPCS3 as you might be able to squeeze out some savings there if it makes sense.

Additionally because it's probably of immediate interest look into ported decompilation games too. I'm pretty sure I have a resetera (sorry it's just the best aggregate list I've found) thread on them in the emulation megatherad.

What's the latest generation system you want to emulate through? That would inform whether advising to save on something cheaper or not makes sense.

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (3DS-Citra) or Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Switch - Ryujinx LDN build so you can play multiplayer). Generations Ultimate is a switch port of a formerly Japan-only 3DS game (MHGU is the English release) so if you're worried about emulated Switch performance it's one of the easiest to run games on that console.

MH4U is probably the best way to play the fully realized vision of the oldschool formula (mechanically it's "complete" in this game) and MHGU allows you to to either play with MH4U mechanics (Guild style in game) or with various twists (Valor, Adept, Alchemy styles) which radically alter the combat style of each weapon. I played through the game first in Guild style (because I didn't speak Japanese and only had that version at first until the international release) and while the game is completely beatable never using any weapon styles/hunter arts, the post-game content (Deviant monsters) are absolutely designed for you to use those things.

If you had to make me just make a gut call on what to try- I'd say MH4U.

If playing MH4U you might want to use the following cheats in citra for QoL:

[Increase camera rotation speed]

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00BFD2EC 41A00000

00000000 41A00000

[FOV 60]

00C06D98 42700000

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6105729C 00000000

B105729C 00000000

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[Disable 3D]

610572CC 00000000

B10572CC 00000000

00006BA8 011F036E

D2000000 00000000

This is done by launching the game in Citra and then clicking Emulation -> Configure Current Game -> Cheats

If playing MHGU on Ryujinx LDN you may want to use the 120fps-v1.4.0 patch by theboy181

If you need/want further clarifications about anything let me know and I'll be glad to help. Also if you do decide to play one ask questions early and often (I'd also be down to play if you're ever interested). The older games start much slower. They usually give you some busy work quests (collect 10 special mushrooms, kill 10 small monster) before you really start getting into the core gameplay loop that you're used to in Rise. It usually takes about 1.5-2hrs to get to that point.

Also note these games are harder initially due to just different mechanics that you'll get used to. You have limited health potions; no restocking at a base camp- what you bring and what is in the supply box is what you get. Once you unlock the kitchen you have to eat before going on a quest as there's no in-quest kitchen available. To mine/catch bugs you need pickaxes and bug nets in your inventory (which can break). I've had pretty good success in getting new world players (World and Rise) into older games, so if you have further questions really do please ask.

Gonna break it out into a few subsets of people who would prefer World to Rise (not saying these are the only reasons or that I agree with them):

• People who really value graphical fidelity/spectacle
• People who really enjoy the ecosystem cohesion aspect of World (maps being less arena-like and monster-design being slightly more "grounded")
• People who disliked the switch skills in rise
• People who dislike the wirebug's combat changes in Rise relative to the World/Iceborne system
• People who dislike spiribirds and don't want to use mods

I wish that Rise would have leaned into heavy combat changes/options more (like Generations Ultimate did) instead of having them be cooldown-based skills (think valor or adept styles in that game specifically), but I think by the time Sunbreak hit that they'd made interesting enough play-styles for Rise with switch arts allowing you to do some fun things.

Personally I prefer Rise to World (I loathe the clutch claw's tenderizing skill and think it's the single worst combat mechanic in the entire series), but I still heavily, heavily prefer MHFU, MH3U, and MH4U to all new generations game. My specific reasoning is I feel that the combat has moved from prediction-based in the core combat loop to reaction-based (GU adept style not-withstanding in my personal critique).

I imagine most players in the franchise (which is overwhelmingly new fans due to the success of World and to a lesser extent Rise) care about the bullet points listed above as well as have their nostalgic first experience in World leading it to be more popular than Rise on a whole.

Also if you're ever open to playing the older games let me know and I'd be glad to answer any questions you could have (multiplayer is available in MH1, MHG, MH2, MHFU, MH3U, MH4U, and MHGU through emulation).