{"id":1409,"date":"2014-07-23T15:35:39","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T22:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2014-07-23T16:19:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T23:19:45","slug":"more-playing-talking-and-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1409","title":{"rendered":"More Playing, Talking, and Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you&#8217;re tired, it&#8217;s tough to get in front of the microphone. However, I bought one for a reason, so today I did a Let&#8217;s Play &#8212; or Let&#8217;s <em>Re<\/em>play, rather &#8212; for the <em>Zelda II<\/em> section of <em>NES Remix 2:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cGQ_ncuyFqE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A lot of my posts and social media updates lately have revolved around this game, and for good reason: It&#8217;s a lot of fun, and its short bursts of gameplay that focus on achieving the lowest times possible is highly addicting. It&#8217;s hard for me to think of another series &#8212; besides maybe the license tests from the <em>Gran Turismo<\/em> games &#8212; that have made me so obsessively replay stages over and over like this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1410\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?attachment_id=1410#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png?fit=250%2C353\" data-orig-size=\"250,353\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140723_kid_icarus_boxart\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png?fit=212%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png?fit=250%2C353\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1410 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png?resize=212%2C300\" alt=\"20140723_kid_icarus_boxart\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png?resize=212%2C300 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_kid_icarus_boxart.png?w=250 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a>As I mention in the video, I&#8217;m currently working my way through the <em>Kid Icarus<\/em> levels, and for me anyway, this particular title feels like the <em>Ice Climber<\/em> of <em>NES Remix 2<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The controls are slippery and seem almost broken at times. There is a very specific way that you have to do things in order for the controls to work correctly, so I suppose it&#8217;s just a matter of getting used to them.<\/p>\n<p>I hate fighting so much with a game, though, and hopefully it clicks before too long. It&#8217;s highly regarded in the pantheon of classic NES titles, but one that I&#8217;ve never quite been able to get good at.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, sorry for the short update today, but I&#8217;ll have a new entry in my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?page_id=193\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Industry Memoirs<\/strong><\/a> section by the end of the week. It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve written one of those, so I&#8217;m looking forward to diving back in!<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, here are a few more Miiverse sketches that I quickly did last night and this morning while finishing up my <em>Zelda II<\/em> stages:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1412\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?attachment_id=1412#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png?fit=320%2C120\" data-orig-size=\"320,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png?fit=300%2C112\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png?fit=320%2C120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1412 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png?resize=320%2C120\" alt=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2\" width=\"320\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png?w=320 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_2.png?resize=300%2C112 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It doesn&#8217;t look anything like the Master Sword, but without any reference material handy, this is about all I could come up with off the top of my head. I&#8217;ll draw a proper one soon!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1413\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?attachment_id=1413#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png?fit=320%2C120\" data-orig-size=\"320,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png?fit=300%2C112\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png?fit=320%2C120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1413 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png?resize=320%2C120\" alt=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3\" width=\"320\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png?w=320 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_3.png?resize=300%2C112 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For this one, I &#8220;increased&#8221; the resolution of the Link stamp, added some more detail to him, and attempted to make it look like the bolt was cutting through the numbers. I reduced the number of bits flying off of them since it was starting to look surprisingly gruesome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1414\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?attachment_id=1414#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png?fit=320%2C120\" data-orig-size=\"320,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png?fit=300%2C112\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png?fit=320%2C120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1414 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png?resize=320%2C120\" alt=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4\" width=\"320\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png?w=320 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_4.png?resize=300%2C112 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an extreme close-up of the Triforce, or maybe it&#8217;s just a rock monument to the actual Triforce? Whatever the case may be, I made it look aged, with cracks and other rough details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1411\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?attachment_id=1411#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png?fit=320%2C120\" data-orig-size=\"320,120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png?fit=300%2C112\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png?fit=320%2C120\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1411 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png?resize=320%2C120\" alt=\"20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1\" width=\"320\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png?w=320 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/20140723_nes_remix_zelda_2_time_1.png?resize=300%2C112 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, this is another one using stamps with the addition of a sunset, stairs from the alter, and other little bits. Hopefully the time on the sign &#8212; which is from one of the Kirby stamps &#8212; is readable on the small screen when it displays in-game.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grayhairedgamer.com&#038;t=More%20Playing%2C%20Talking%2C%20and%20Drawing&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grayhairedgamer.com&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grayhairedgamer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2F20140723_kid_icarus_boxart-212x300.png&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=More%20Playing%2C%20Talking%2C%20and%20Drawing\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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However, I bought one for a reason, so today I did a Let&#8217;s Play &#8212; or Let&#8217;s Replay, rather &#8212; for the Zelda II section of NES Remix 2: A lot of my posts and social media updates lately have revolved around this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[306,206,314],"tags":[317,316,304,74,256,315],"class_list":["post-1409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artwork-2","category-progress-reports-wii-u","category-videos","tag-commentary","tag-kid-icarus","tag-nes-remix-2","tag-wii-u","tag-youtube","tag-zelda-ii-the-adventure-of-link"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4yrob-mJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1473,"url":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1473","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":0},"title":"Quick Update: NES Remix 2 (Wii U)","author":"Mike","date":"July 29, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I'll be back tomorrow with my regularly scheduled update, but for now, here's a video of my Remix II replays from NES Remix 2: Full disclosure: I had a big mug of coffee before recording this, and humorously, you can tell I'm kinda wired throughout. I'm talking way too fast,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Progress Reports: Wii U&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Progress Reports: Wii U","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?cat=206"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1477,"url":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=1477","url_meta":{"origin":1409,"position":1},"title":"Review: NES Remix 2 (Wii U eShop)","author":"Mike","date":"July 31, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sorry about the lack of a GHG update yesterday. I set out to finish the main portion of this game, and finish it I did. Finally! 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