In the past, I’ve used Fcitix (in Plasma anyway) and found it to work well.

Since I switched distros and moved to Wayland though, I haven’t managed to get it working again.

I get what you mean. Some copy of a Kafka book I had (I think it was the Trial) had this foreword about the tough translation choices they had to make and how some things were just hard to convey with the same sense. It kinda blew my mind reading Dante’s Inferno that they were able to translate poetry and have it make sense and still flow like a poem.

But as someone who enjoys language dabbling, I realize that I’ll only learn a few in my life, and those to a pretty limited level. For works that aren’t originally in that handful of languages, I don’t feel much regret for reading the English. The options are that, or to not engage with the work at all. If something is valuable enough to want to read, then surely it’s valuable enough to experience in some way, even if imperfect?

But then for the languages I do have some interest in learning, I do feel some tiny guilt reading translations. There’s value to me in setting up some book as a goal and hoping to read it as written. Still, I think the re-read, the 2nd time in original language, has its own appeal.

https://lemsha.re/lemmy.world/post/35989910 if the link doesn’t work.

Yeah, it’s hard. I feel like it got a little more comfortable when I stopped trying to stress about memorizing them. But it is probably good to go ahead and do flashcards for 1-10 things and 1-10 days.

Once you get used to a few counters, then learning a new counter is like learning a word. You can kinda feel when rendaku might kick in, or ichi gets shortened, etc.

Even still, it’s just hard. I know I’ve seen a few videos on YouTube or TikTok of people just counting, or doing songs with counting. But unfortunately I don’t have any on hand to link.

Friday Direct is slightly unusual. Also pretty rare to see one that’s a full hour.

Hope this one’s fun! Since their launch direct in April, it feels like they’ve been stalling the drip feed for as long as possible. It’s nice most of the time to get announcements close to release, but at this point I want something bigger to look forward to further down the road.

初めまして！

I’m probably not well versed enough to answer most questions, but I’m glad to see someone asking! Reading through these kinds of discussions is usually educational, but also a good motivator and reminder.

Question for you. I was able to follow most of the post text, but this bit I didn’t understand:

たすけがひつようです。

What are those words? (I know I could just look it up, but it feels more human to have the conversation.)

That’s a tricky construction, I always forget what it is. When it came up in the textbook, I mostly used the shorter form. I could remember なきゃ but not the whole なければいけません thing. The abbreviations are much more casual though, it sounds like. Here’s the Tae Kim page on it.

It’s funny, Sakurai addresses something like that right at the start of this Direct. He mentions that he made the game on request, and was confused that they wanted it. “It’s a frantic racing game with familiar characters, isn’t that just like Mario Kart?” Then he kinda shrugs it off, like “Yeah, guess it is lol.”

Yep! For those that aren’t already aware of it, GMTK has this whole series of videos showing the development process for this game: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLc38fcMFcV_uH3OK4sTa4bf-UXGk2NW2n

I wish my job would force MacOS instead of Windows. 😭

That’s valid and there’s not much filthy about it at all. Digital is convenient and I see why many people are all in on that, even though it’s not for me.

But GKCs are kinda whack from that angle too. Adds clutter IRL, have to switch between cards; basically most of the same disadvantages you see from physical, without some of the upsides.

I think there is another segment though, that just wants access to games as cheap as possible. GKC may, over time, work well in that sense.

Because of composition rules. Fewer characters, much easier to brute force guess.

So when a site tells you ‘Your password must be at least 6 characters long’, and they just want to get past it to get to the content, the number is already on their mind.

https://classic.popcat.click/

Enjoy clicking the cat!

Basically, but there are some differences. It’s more like a physical key to a digital game, rather than a one-time unlock code.

GKC:

• No data on card, requires internet & Nintendo service first use
• Installs to storage, taking up space
• Requires card inserted into system to play
• Box is an artifact to display on store and home shelves
• Freely re-sell or buy used

Full physical:

• All data on card, no internet dependence
• Only requires enough space for a save game
  • (Unless you download patches and updates, but still takes less storage)
• Requires card inserted into system to play
• Box is an artifact to display on store and home shelves
• Freely re-sell or buy used

Full digital:

• Internet & Nintendo service required to purchase.
  • Long term, store front will likely go down much earlier than re-download servers
• Installs to storage, taking up space
• No need to put card in system, play any digital game installed at any time
• Retail presence is limited to codes, either printed on cardboard or code-in-a-box
• No need to store any artifacts, saving valuable space in your home
• Unable to re-sell or buy used.

So, it’s just a slightly different mix of pros and cons. Gotta pick which things you care about.

I feel like the ‘negative response’ to these is probably overstated. I just really doubt your average person, who happily keeps their game console online and patiently downloads an update every time they insert a new game, cares at all.

To be clear, I do not like GKCs myself and will not buy one. But I don’t think folks should get their hopes up.

There are tons of factors here, from loud niches influencing general opinion, to the concrete sales games are/are not getting, to the high cost of storage expansion on Switch 2. So hopefully the winds do change a little over time. But if a 3rd party publisher can’t squeeze out margin per copy on a game, it (mostly) doesn’t matter how many or few copies they sell.

I think all 3 of the DS games were really great, but I especially appreciated the more action-oriented approach in Ecclesia. It’s still very recognizably in the Iga-vania line, but has a little bit of the flavor from the older CV style too.

😃 Fantastic, thank you! Exactly what I’ve been hoping for!

Tuned in for the last few minutes, and pleasantly surprised to see a lot of cool games.

Really odd to drop UFO 50 in a montage, but glad that’s coming.

Personally hoping to see several of these games get physical editions, even if limited.

Nice! I remember this looking promising before, but not having Linux support. Now it seems like 2.0 is properly cross-platform, so I’ll have to give it a spin.

Another extremely useful one to me is https://www.doesitplay.org/

I’m not OK with games requiring a download. And developers don’t always do a good job of making it clear when they do. Or a handful of games might be nearly unplayable in the version that ships on disc/cart. This website makes a point of testing games unpatched and offline.

It’s not a big deal for everyone, but the site is a crucial resource if you care.