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Kirby Star Allies Assignment: Narrative

Kirby is a platforming series that focuses on being simple and fun. Story often takes a back seat. Many of the games will have only a simple cutscene at the beginning showing how Kirby got into this mess, no story in the middle, then an exposition dump right before the final boss.

This pattern has its advantages and disadvantages; it allows the player to focus on the gameplay without interruption, and the exposition dump gets the player invested and makes the...

Kirby Super Star Ultra Everything Unlocked Save File

I had trouble finding a 100% save file for this game online, so I'm uploading mine!

Actually, my save file is only at 92% completion, but it should have most of the content unlocked. You can also use the Action Replay cheat code 1205C170 0000ffff to unlock all movies.
Update 1/9/2023: I used the wayback machine to recover Hillsy_'s completed save file. I used cheat codes to get the last few unlocks, and now I have a 100% completed save file for the US version of Kirby Super Star Ultra!

Are you wondering why I was looking for a 100% save file? If you look in the Kirby tag, you'll find out what I was working on...

Update 11/8/2022: Speedrun.com has a 100% save file for the Japanese version: Kirby Ultra Super Deluxe, under the "Resources" tab. This website also has a guide on how to import the save file into Desmume due to the file being in the uncommon .duc format. Here is the same save file converted into the universal .sav format.

Updated Orchid Theme for WiiFlow Lite (and Wii U Icons)

Screenshot of WiiFlow's home menu with the Orchid theme.

WiiFlow is an app that displays Wii and GameCube games in a pretty coverflow view. The app used to have a wide variety of themes to customize its appearance to your liking; but as WiiFlow gained new features that required new UI elements, the themes were not updated.

I put in a little bit of work to update the Orchid theme to support the latest version of WiiFlow. It's still very incomplete; most of the settings menu will not display correctly, but the main menu and frequently used settings are functional. I also changed the "USB" icon to a "Wii" icon. I hope you enjoy using it. The Orchid theme was created by Benjay, Jiiwah, and Roku93 on GBATemp. Refer to the WiiFlow Wiki for instructions on how to install themes.

I also have an Orchid themed Wii U Menu shortcut to WiiFlow. It requires a forwarder channel installed on the vWii to work.

Download and Instructions for Haxchi (Outdated CFW)

I also have images for a shortcut to Wiiflow on the Wii U menu.

On a Haxchi Wii U: install HBL2HBC and WiiU2HBC. You can replace WiiU2HBC's icon with my custom WiiFlow icons after installing. I recommend using Wii U Title Boot Editor. If Wii U Title Boot Editor does not work for you, use the files in the folder "tga-files" and transfer them to the shortcut's meta folder via ftp (be careful when doing this! View the Wii U's tga files to make sure you have the correct title).

Top 5 Games for Game Design Class

I don't spend a lot of time thinking about what makes the games I play good, so I'm a bit nervous about making this list. These aren't neccessarily my top five favorite games of all time; these are just the top five games that I could think of something interesting to say about.

Splatoon 3

I really like the movement in this game. You feel fast when moving in the ink (I notice the game has this dash line effect at the...

Splatoon 3 Deletes Replays After an Update

Photo of a Switch screen displaying the message There are no battle replays that can be replayed.

Fun fact: Just like Smash Ultimate and Smash 4, Splatoon 3 will delete all your replays after an update! And unlike the Smash games, there is no way to save them before they're deleted! Wow!

I set up my tripod and camera above my switch to record my replays and preserve them that way, but this photo is all I have for my efforts. Once an update is available, Splatoon 3 will not let you enter the lobby without updating, after which your replays will be deleted.

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