Also, aside from tackling dungeons far too early, I did give more of the side content a play:
Golf is the driving range from 2/Kiwami 2/5 (so no full golf course :( ) and I believe a change has been made to the aiming - before it was all down to aiming left/right and shot strength (and keeping in mind the wind direction). This go round you basically move a cursor on a small overhead map in the corner and then take into account wind direction etc. honestly I quite like the change, I wasn't that much of a fan of the whole degree's/aiming thing of the old version. I forget exactly how Kiwami 2 did it though, so maybe I'm just mistaken on this being a new feature. But either way, its fun.
Batting Cages is same as Kiwami 2, what with the points you win lessening the better bat you use, so while you could walk the challenges with the best bat, the game encourages you to not do that. Its not particularly hard yet and I'd rather get as many points as I can for the Daytona and Border Break CDs.
Darts is the 6/Kiwami 2/Judge Eyes version (so super duper easy) but the good thing is that you can play against your team mates, which instantly makes it more fun (well, fun for me, Saeko seemed pissed off I beat her!). You can buy better darts if you want, but its not exactly all that hard to begin with but having the option is cool.
Dragon Kart is fairly easy (at least at the moment) with the AI really not being a threat. But I really quite like the handling and course design. Encourages that you learn proper positioning and drifting so the time trials end up more fun than actual kart races because aiming for my best time is super fun. Plus the side stories associated with this are just plain silly, so its all good.
Other than that its mainly been me playing the arcade. VF2 is still a technical marvel even after all these years, plays damn good as well. Outrun is pretty much the perfect arcade game for me, clearing the courses is supremely satisfying. The UFO Catcher feels maybe a hair easier to get toys this time, or maybe Yakuza 5 just broke me at certain points with its evil toy/shelf placements... I do like how there's actual reason to get the toys this time beyond a completion list though, the missions you are given ask you to win certain toys which can then be traded for money/items which is nice. Also managed to score me a nice number of bugs for the completion list as well...
Now I'm making a bit of cash, I plan on starting the gambling stuff, there's a few nice looking items I want that I need to win, lets see how my Koi Koi skills are these days...
