Meet the Admin. Team

Merry Christmas for a week or so ago! What's your favourite Christmas level or moment in gaming?
The start of Bayonetta 2.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has seen players battling through hundreds of themed fights in its Spirits mode. If you were a Spirit, how would your battle be represented in Smash?
You know those ones where the enemy gets more powerful when they eat? Like that, but only drinks appear.

Guacamelee 2 suplexed its way onto Switch this month. Which character do you think would make a good cameo appearance as a playable lucha libre wrestler in the series?
Samus. Her armour could translate well to a Lucha outfit, I reckon.

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse hit cinemas last month and showed off Spider-People from parallel worlds. What's your favourite parallel world story in film, TV, literature or gaming?
Life is Strange episode 4.

Drones shut down Gatwick Airport for a day in December. When the machines inevitably take over, how will they go about it?
They already have and nobody noticed, not even the people who thought they were controlling them. They did it through facebook.

2018. Not our best year as a human race, but on a personal level, what was awesome in 2018 for you?
Well, it was easily the best year of my life . . .

Yes yes, alright, you had a chuffing belter and we're all jealous. Bloody Jay, feeding you questions...

Is Samus meant to be Master Chief Mas?

yeah it's the nearest I can get

Drunkalilly wrote:

Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse hit cinemas last month and showed off Spider-People from parallel worlds. What's your favourite parallel world story in film, TV, literature or gaming?
Life is Strange episode 4.

That is a shout and a half. Heart wrenching stuff.

Alright, you lot. It's time for another Meet the Admin Team!

James "Jay" Moyles:

New Super Balladeer Deluxe:

Questions:

@Jay I think Demon's Souls would just get a remaster over a remake if it ever comes

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe continued the trend of quality Wii U ports this month, including the super-hard New Super Luigi U DLC as standard.  Which game would you create a new 'hard mode' for and how?

Now I'm someone that rarely plays hard modes nowadays compared to I did back when I was a kid and playing Halo on every mode was just what you did as that's the only game you had for ages, now a new game is out every day if you want it and can afford it.

That now I just want to experience the story, that something different to the story in a hard mode would get me to play but would have to be more than a slightly different ending like with Res Evil 2.

Suda51's love for alternate outfits came to the fore again in January, as Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes featured a collection of gaming t-shirts.  What's your favourite piece of gaming apparel that you own, or wish you did?

I don't anything, maybe this



Nintendo came out and announced that Metroid Prime 4 is being scrapped and restarted this month.  What one thing do you most want to see in the finished product?

A good game  

Resident Evil 2 impressed many in January with an incredible remake from the ground up of the PS1 classic.  What game would you like to see remade and what changes would you make?

Last year we had Shadow of the Colossus which I'm still not sure if you would call a remake when you look at Res Evil 2 but is way more then a remaster, I'd really like to ICO done in the same way as SotC.

It's no secret that there are a fair few wrasslin' fans on GNamer... the question is though, who would come out on top in a GNamer Royal Rumble?

EofGiz as he can go get training from


Finally, a simple one: what one game are you most looking forward to in 2019?
Death Stranding, I believe

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe continued the trend of quality Wii U ports this month, including the super-hard New Super Luigi U DLC as standard. Which game would you create a new 'hard mode' for and how?
Pokemon. Lots of grinding. Difficult opponents who require complex competitive strategy to defeat. Tough catching. Forced Nuzlocke. No direction, you're just dropped into a tough map and left to it. Then maybe everyone will realise how shit that is and stop asking for it.

Suda51's love for alternate outfits came to the fore again in January, as Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes featured a collection of gaming t-shirts. What's your favourite piece of gaming apparel that you own, or wish you did?
My Splatoon hoodie that I accidentally stole. I bought it along with some kit-kats when I first arrived in Tokyo but then as I was leaving, I realised I'd only been charged for the chocolate. Unfortunately I had no way of explaining that . . .
Alternately, my Goomba hat. Its warm and also incredibly goofy. Its become my signature winter look.

Nintendo came out and announced that Metroid Prime 4 is being scrapped and restarted this month. What one thing do you most want to see in the finished product?
Lonely isolation on a threatening, alien world.
Oh, and some clothes on our friend Samus. Let's leave the "scantily-clad heroine as reward" back in the 80s, eh?

Resident Evil 2 impressed many in January with a incredible remake from the ground up of the PS1 classic. What game would you like to see remade and what changes would you make?
Here's one: Metroid Prime . . . Hunters. I like the main trilogy, but I think this early DS title would be awkward and ugly to play now, but with some nice twin-stick controls, some HD graphics and that I think it could be a banger.

It's no secret that there's a fair few wrasslin' fans on GNamer... the question is though, who would come out on top in a GNamer Royal Rumble?
I'd batter the lot of you. Although, actually, I think Muss is like a Tae Kwan Do champ or something? Remembering that, I can't believe he used to let me pick him up and do Wrestling moves on him so much.

Finally, a simple one: what one game are you most looking forward to in 2019?
Pokemon Gen 8 at the moment. I love this stage with a new game in a long-running Nintendo series; we know it's coming but we don't really know anything yet.

Any particular series on your mind Jay?

Drunkalilly wrote:

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe continued the trend of quality Wii U ports this month, including the super-hard New Super Luigi U DLC as standard.  Which game would you create a new 'hard mode' for and how?
Pokemon. Lots of grinding. Difficult opponents who require complex competitive strategy to defeat. Tough catching. Forced Nuzlocke. No direction, you're just dropped into a tough map and left to it. Then maybe everyone will realise how shit that is and stop asking for it.

At least two of those points actually appeal. The others... not so much.

Balladeer wrote:

Any particular series on your mind Jay?

It genuinely wasn't - at least not consciously - but I can see why you'd think that judging by how Souls-centric my responses were.

March crept up on us sooner than expected, but another round of questions and another chance to meet your admin team comes with it!

Your Jumpmaster, JayMoyles:

Fantasy Games Critic Champion Balladeer:

Questions:

Dear Lord he's awful.

Nintendo had another belting Direct in February. What was the best announcement or trailer?

Tetris 99 was a belter and the ol' chestnut of dropping the game there and then made it a classic.

Reggie Fils-Aimé and his forum-breaking face left Nintendo this month, and will be missed. What was your favourite Reggie moment or one-liner?

That exceptional page of "facts" from the GNamer Nintencyclopedia.

Tetris 99 showed us that almost any game can be made into an excellent battle royale this month. What game is next and how will it work?

I actually probably would play the fuck out of a Splatoon Battle Royale.

Final Fantasy IX made its way to Switch last month, bringing the Final Fantasy series back to its original home with Nintendo. What Nontendo exclusive from yesteryear should make its way Switchwards next?

I would love a Metal Gear HD collection - any excuse to replay that series. And as far as I'm aware, MGS4 has never appeared on anything other than PS4.

Apex Legends dropped out of nowhere and proved itself to be a worthy contender in the battle royale genre. What would be your strategy in a GNamer battle royale and where would you place?

I'd fucking have the lot of you. One at a time or all at once, I ain't fussed.
Wait, didn't you do this question pretty recently?

The Oscars had a bit of a bumpy ride this year with controversy around their choice of host in Kevin Hart resulting in a hostless awards ceremony for the first time in decades. Who should have hosted the Oscars instead?
The New Day.

Yep Metal Gear Solid 4 is still exclusive to PS3 (Not PS4, I wish it was) and Twin Snakes remains only on GameCube, along with a few others but those are the big two.

What game's the picture from Mas?

Drunkalilly wrote:

Reggie Fils-Aimé and his forum-breaking face left Nintendo this month, and will be missed.  What was your favourite Reggie moment or one-liner?
That exceptional page of "facts" from the GNamer Nintencyclopedia.

If anybody still has this to hand I'd love to be reminded of some of the 'facts'.

Drunkalilly wrote:

Apex Legends dropped out of nowhere and proved itself to be a worthy contender in the battle royale genre. What would be your strategy in a GNamer battle royale and where would you place?
I'd fucking have the lot of you. One at a time or all at once, I ain't fussed.
Wait, didn't you do this question pretty recently?

We had something similar last month, but that was who would win. Slightly different take (except in your case). Isn't that right Jay?

The picture is from Kojima's Policenauts which is a rather a pain to play in 2019 and in English, plus it's basically a visual novel which would work great on the go.

I'd also like to see Kojima's Snatcher.

Yeah, ps3, you're right. I guess I just thought 4 because the game is 4?

I'd love to see Snatcher and Policenauts on Switch.

Welcome to another month of Meeting the Admin. Team!  We haven't looked at Yoshi this month because it came out right at the end, we hadn't had a chance to get to grips with it, and because we had so many other things to discuss.  Next time!

Jay's Crafted Moyles:

Balla Is You:

Questions:

The eShop was blessed with another gem recently, in the form of Baba Is You. The eponymous Baba transfers ITS SOUL into inanimate objects to move them to 'WIN'. What inanimate object would you become, given the chance?
Princess Peach's frilly undies.

Pokémon Sword and Shield leapt out of the tall grass to officially greet us last month. Let's get straight to the point - which version are you getting and why?
Sword. Anybody who buys Shield is a cop.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice somehow managed to be even tougher than Fromsoft's other games, but mercifully gave players the ability to spring back to life where they fall after a presumably grisly fate. If you had the ability to resurrect yourself after meeting your maker, would you use it?
Yeah, I've been wishing for the power to quickly spring back to life a lot in my evenings lately.

Google Stadia wowed* excited* gamers when it was revealed in March. Which big company would you rather have seen enter the gaming market, and why?
Fentiman's. I want ethically sourced and hand-crafted content, not faceless industrial machines that reduce art to the profitability for the shareholders.

Captain Marvel rocketed onto our cinema screens last month and gave us a look into the 1990s through the Marvel lens. What was your favourite and least favourite thing about the 90s?
Favourite: Digimon.
Least favourite: New Labour and the slow death of the British Post-War Socialist Dream.

The EU made us feel a little kinder towards Brexit in March by passing Article 13, which encourages YouTube to use more automated content detection systems. What content would you remove from YouTube, and the Internet, forever if you could?
Men.

Drunkalilly wrote:

Google Stadia wowed* excited* gamers when it was revealed in March. Which big company would you rather have seen enter the gaming market, and why?
Fentiman's. I want ethically sourced and hand-crafted content, not faceless industrial machines that reduce art to the profitability for the shareholders.

I half-expected you to say 'none of them': pleasantly surprised by this excellent choice.  What sort of games would their first-party titles be, though? Lemonade Chronicles? Tonic Trouble? Pier Colar?

Drunkalilly wrote:

Captain Marvel rocketed onto our cinema screens last month and gave us a look into the 1990s through the Marvel lens. What was your favourite and least favourite thing about the 90s?
Favourite: Digimon.

This is a good take.

Well their stuff is all botanically brewed, so something a little Pikmin-like, I'd imagine.

Balladeer wrote:

Google Stadia wowed* excited* gamers when it was revealed in March. Which big company would you rather have seen enter the gaming market, and why?
Ikea.  You're given the code and the assets, and have to create the games yourself.  

I think I'd actually like that. It'd be like those magazines where you built a robot or a model ship as each issue released.

Drunkalilly wrote:

Pokémon Sword and Shield leapt out of the tall grass to officially greet us last month. Let's get straight to the point - which version are you getting and why?
Sword. Anybody who buys Shield is a cop.

JayMoyles wrote:

Pokémon Sword and Shield leapt out of the tall grass to officially greet us last month. Let's get straight to the point - which version are you getting and why?


Pokémon Shield

It'd basically be a Raspberry Pi, only really plugging the 'minimalist chic' angle.

The eShop was blessed with another gem recently, in the form of Baba Is You. The eponymous Baba transfers ITS SOUL into inanimate objects to move them to 'WIN'. What inanimate object would you become, given the chance?

Kojima's Phone

Pokémon Sword and Shield leapt out of the tall grass to officially greet us last month. Let's get straight to the point - which version are you getting and why?

I normally go for the red looking version which I think is Sword but I can see all the cool kids going for that, so Shield seems more likely but who knows what Pokemon will be on each one.

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice somehow managed to be even tougher than Fromsoft's other games, but mercifully gave players the ability to spring back to life where they fall after a presumably grisly fate. If you had the ability to resurrect yourself after meeting your maker, would you use it?

Nah

Google Stadia wowed* excited* gamers when it was revealed in March. Which big company would you rather have seen enter the gaming market, and why?

Walmart for those sweet sweet share price increases

Captain Marvel rocketed onto our cinema screens last month and gave us a look into the 1990s through the Marvel lens. What was your favourite and least favourite thing about the 90s?

Power Rangers

Waiting for anything to be released

The EU made us feel a little kinder towards Brexit in March by passing Article 13, which encourages YouTube to use more automated content detection systems. What content would you remove from YouTube, and the Internet, forever if you could?

Anything untoward to do with children

Mas with probably the correct answer to the last question. That and streaming atrocities.