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Here's how I would do it:
- Export each frame as an image with a transparent background, and if it still has one for some reason use this site https://www.remove.bg/
- Upload those images to this site https://ezgif.com/maker and fix the settings to match whatever you want

You can, either works fine. If it's sent here it just helps me filter out the stolen tracks and I can easily delete a bunch of them in one go, so it's mainly for convenience.

Hi everyone

Recently we've noticed an increase in stolen courses, however there is currently no report system for it. Until one is made, I have decided to create this topic so that users can report any stolen images. Help us to take action quicker by reporting anything you see here.

Sorry about the wait; 5 days isn't great but it's also not the longest wait tbh. Truth is we are also super backlogged with currently 115 pending challenges, and this is after I validated about 60ish in the last 2 days. Most of the validators are either inactive or are busy with irl things such as exams which is why there are so many pending challenges.

Not only that but validating challenges does take quite a while too, with all the playtesting that has to go on before a single challenge is validated, let alone 100+...

Btw cancelling and resubmitting generally doesn't make the wait time any faster. Also there is a difference between moderators and validators too.

Since there's a post describing each entry I thought I might as well add some of my thoughts too.

Xenoblade 1:

Definitely the simplest one in the series since the original came out on the Wii. The combat is probably the weakest although still quite engaging (although spike damage sucks), having visions to change the outcome of a fight is really cool. I would say this has the best story (although not my favourite) with several plot twists and overall good characters, and the cutscenes here don't drag on at all unlike some parts of the later games. The soundtrack is also really good. I don't think there was too much to do post-game unless you really want to do the 400 repetitive side quests, which is why I think this is the weakest entry. The game is still an easy 9/10.

The exploration is also pretty good, and I'm surprised they were this large for a Wii game, even if a lot of it was empty walking because they didn't put enough landmarks.

Xenoblade X:

Haven't played this so I can't say but I heard it's got the worst story but best exploration. I-need-a-bigger-gun/10.

Xenoblade 2:

This is the polarising one, it's either people's favourite entry or least favourite entry. Admittedly the game starts off quite slowly (mainly first half of Chapter 2) both story and gameplay wise, there is quite a bit of fanservice, some characters are far from halal, the tutorials are infamous for being bad, and if you don't like gacha then you may not enjoy the blades system. But looking past all that and you have a story that's almost as good as the first one, with the plot being a little weaker but more focused on the relationship of the main characters which I was fine with. For that reason, the ending of this game is my favourite ending across any story ever told (the gap between the first and second stories are paper thin). Some of the characters in this are pretty memorable too.

The soundtrack in the game is easily the best in the series, even the people who don't like this game won't deny this fact (if you think Counterattack is good then lemme tell you there are much better soundtracks than that imo). The battle system is really complicated at first but is also the best one just because it's the most fun, although it's super easy to break. The reason I have such a high playtime on this is because trying to defeat enemies in as little time as possible is just awesome. The exploration in this isn't as large as the first one in terms of size but it had better quality exploration. This is my favourite XC and it's not even close.

Xenoblade 3:

Objectively the best game as a game, but super hot take here I didn't enjoy this as much as I should've. For starters, the story is the weakest one for me just because literally nothing happens until halfway through the game. I was dreading the story because all they'd ever do is walk and talk for 6 hours of cutscenes until you get to late Chapter 4, followed by more yap until late Chapter 5/early Chapter 6 (which is probably the strongest moment of the whole series I won't lie), followed by even more yap until the end. A lot of the dialogue is someone repeating the same word another person just said, and you see the same flashback like 13 times. The characters may have been well written but none of that matters to me if they're super boring. Something all the good parts had in common was that they contained a single character, and the story would've sucked worse without him. The villains are also awful compared to the rest of the trilogy, and the final fight is just slowly hitting a face for 30 minutes with unskippable dialogue. I get that it's meant to be dark and depressing compared to the other stories but it's just nowhere near as enjoyable, especially when they already did a phenomenal job. The ending is also kinda whatever except for when the final song plays.

Now once you do beat the really slow main game there actually is quite a bit to do and this is why the game is good. There are a lot of meaningful side quests which will keep you occupied for a long time. Getting "heroes" is also pretty interesting and some of them are great to have even if you aren't able to actually play as them.

Some other flaws is that the exploration isn't as good as I expected. Out of the trilogy this has the largest maps but it got super repetitive in some parts because it was just rock on either side the whole time, or it was super linear like in the Urayan mountains (they did NOT do the original justice). 2 of the 4 big regions kinda suck to explore, and Millick Meadows is shit compared to its equivalents Bionis' Leg and Gormott (to rub salt in the wound certain Lv 81 and Lv 90 Gorillas are not the same here). The soundtrack is good but I never got to appreciate it because every time you open the menu the song stops, and every time you skip-travel the song restarts, and also every time you skip travel you change the time so you'll basically never hear a night version of the area themes. These lowered my enjoyment quite a bit, I just wanted to listen to Erythia Sea in game without any disruptions. Also I'm well aware Lanz wants something a bit meatier by now.

But what really made me not enjoy the game the most was the combat. It felt way too reliant on chain attacks and they'd always go on forever, whilst pretty much making you feel like you're not even in the combat anymore. Each chain attack could last up to 5 minutes if you do a proper one, and it just becomes annoying seeing the same 10-30 second animations after every turn. I also prefer You Will Know Our Names or Kaleidoscopic Core over the chain attack music. It's supposed to be the most polished out of them all, and does use themes from the first two games well, but that's not really true. You can defeat the Lv 200 superboss in 10 seconds on hard mode (so it's even more broken than 2), but getting that OP just has a horrible grind far worse than upgrading Poppi in XC2.

I know I said a lot of crap about this game but it's still a solid 9/10 and my 2nd favourite in the trilogy ( 2 > 3 > 1 ).

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Haven't played the DLCs for any game yet but they seem really good.

If I had to sum the good stuff up:
XC1: Best story + Dunban is over there
XCX: Best exploration
XC2: Best soundtrack and combat
XC3: Best side quests + best photo

Yea it does seem quite expensive at first but the game lasts a very long time, and for a switch game maybe the best value for money. I spent 60 hours on main story alone for Xenoblade 1, and I've got 80 total atm. For 2 and 3 I have 272 and 110 hours respectively, no DLC yet either (2's playtime is definitely overkill but I just had that much fun with it).

The games will probably last you months, but you can probably use Dolphin if you wanna try 1 (will not play as well as the switch version tho).

I don't think there is a pack of all 3.

Yes, you absolutely should. The Xenoblade trilogy is my favourite game series by a long shot (I haven't seen X yet).

I assume you're talking about Xenoblade 1, which you would probably want to use the switch for. I heard they fixed up a lot of issues from the previous versions that make the game better to play, and obviously the graphics are improved which is pretty important for a game that builds a lot of atmosphere in its worlds (also Fiora and a future party member don't look like bricks so there's that). The story is easily the best one across any video game I've seen so far, but I'm not gonna spoil it because you can only experience these kind of things once.

You can also play the trilogy in any order, and it won't matter too much, and X is kind of its own thing so that can be played at any time. At most playing 3 without playing 1 and 2 will just mean there's a few references you won't get but nothing that's missing from the plot. If you do decide to play 1 first and you really enjoy it which you should, the other 2 are even better imo.

Try playing the actual good complete mode tracks 🙏. You'll be surprised with some of the things people can create and the effort that goes into tracks that aren't stolen or internet images.

Gamba was originally part of some animation I made for a school task back in October 2019. The animation involved a group of gambas smuggling red coins around Bob-omb Battlefield, but of course they had to be stupid in doing so, and hence why the design makes them look dumb. You can probably tell already but it took me about a minute to create. I unfortunately lost access to this (real :gamba: moment).

I can't fully remember what the first appearance in the community was, but it is likely that it was the Gamba battle course I made as a joke back on 26/08/2020, and people seemed to like it. The emoji was later added to the MKPC Discord server on 23/11/2020.

On the 24/03/2021, the GambaPOG variant was introduced, which used the same gamba shape and similar eyes, with another budget-cut open mouth being added instead. The emoji is only on Discord and hasn't been added to the site (yet).

Gamba has also been widely used as a decor on tracks including many RHGP tracks, and has many variations including Hard Hat Gamba, Sunglasso Gamba and Ruinas Gamba Roca Picuda to name a few.

I don't remember the rest of the Gamba lore but maybe somebody else does.

It got released in 8dx like 3-4 days before it was released in Tour, but it was datamined for Tour well before that. It's a Tour track along with every other Nitro in the BCP that didn't have a prefix.


Anyway, MKWorld is actually really good from what I've seen since I haven't played it. The nitros are either the best or 2nd best in the series and the retros are surprisingly decent too given what some of the picks were. Whether it's worth the price is still debatable and I don't think I'll be getting the NS2 anytime soon, but if a friend does I'll be looking forward to playing it.

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Hello everyone

The TBC results are finally here! Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest, you will all receive points based on your score. It may take some time before it's visible. To view the results, click on the spoiler below.



Special thanks to Ahmad, Fways and Mudky for being part of the jury and rating the tracks. Hopefully we have even more participants in the future

Have a good day

Closing submissions now, results should be coming soon. Thank you to all who participated, and good luck!

If you have any questions just DM me.

3 days to go

Given that most people want one, I'll extend the deadline by a week, the due date is now the 28th of Jan. Hopefully this gives people enough time without rushing, and for those who've already finished to polish off their tracks or even create another submission.

Bit under a week to go, hopefully progress is going well for those planning to submit. Remember you get rewards even for participation

The reason why QM isn't allowed, and hasn't been in every other previous official TBC, is that pretty much everything is done for you. A contest is supposed to test your ability to design and create a track, which isn't shown at all in QM. You'd probably end up with a 0 in every category if QM were to be used (eg you can't get above 0 for collisions or visual if you haven't actually programmed or drawn anything respectively), and since it pretty much has no chance against CM tracks it was just removed altogether.

Hopefully you figure out the problems to your track, the help section in the editor is pretty useful so definitely check that out.

Less than 10 days to go, hopefully we get a bit more submissions. Good luck to all

Remakes are NOT allowed (unless it's a remake of your own creation). The reason for this is because the 'layout' and to an extent 'variety' criteria are basically done for you already.