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Shane Gill
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Shane Gill
@_ShaneGill_
YouTuber, Creator of @DidYouKnowGamin + Member of @NormalBoots. I stream on @Twitch sometimes & I make art.
Sheffield, UK
Joined June 2009
- Been seeing a bunch of people arguing about wether the Wii is retro or not. The SNES (SFC) came out in 1990, over 15 years before the Wii's release. The Wii came out over 15 years ago in 2006. It's 2022. The Wii's retro.
- Everyone bitching about the Links Awakening art style are the same people who'd be bitching about Wind Waker's art style 18 years ago.
- so sprite flickering on NES isnt a native feature & has to be coded into games. The NES can only render 8 spritetiles per scanline & if more sprites appear they wont render but all their behaviour still applies. To avoid invisible foes attacking players coders made a system where
- Emote on left was approved immediately. Emote on right was rejected 4 times for "sexual content". @Twitch what do you have against Waluigi???
- Current Switch software sales vs software sales for the best selling console of all time.
- Is there a better 2D Mario platformer than Super Mario World? No. The answer is no.
- Remember how huge a sensation the first generation of Pokemon was? Well Mario Kart 8 will outsell Gen 1 in the next year.
- Following Jirard's example, I've also donated $5000 to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and I encourage those that can to donate: nami.org
