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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 29, 2022 17:31:14 GMT -5
I think Nintendo can be pretty shitty and stuck in the past, and are extremely anti-consumer, but they're nowhere near as bad as some other companies even with the accusations against them in their own right. And honestly Nintendo exists on such an island that even their more terrible practices like their extreme love for artificial scarcity don't really tend to trickle to other publishers the way a lot of other shitty behaviors do.
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Post by Spiderf 4 on Jul 29, 2022 20:12:43 GMT -5
Don't forget EA. Nintendo isn't nearly as bad as those other 3 companies. They're not even as money-grubby as EA or Ubisoft. Very "weird" is what I like to describe them as, with how they've marketed some things and how they tend to pull a lot of plugs early with their great ideas before they can reach their potential (like the e-reader, the NES classics on DS, the entirety of the Wii U, the high price for the N64 on the Switch service, etc.) It's puzzling how often they misstep with their own products to the point where even their biggest fans feel the need to blast them for such.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jul 29, 2022 21:47:31 GMT -5
as I've always said Nintendo is VERY Japanese in A LOT of their practices.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Jul 30, 2022 0:21:23 GMT -5
Turns out the datamine of the track platforms for the Mario Kart 8 DLC was right on the money for these first two cups, including the original one. If that continues to hold true we likely aren't getting a Rainbow Road cup, because all of them have at least one Tour track in them, and there'll be six more new tracks.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 1, 2022 1:24:24 GMT -5
Really enjoying Xenoblade 3 so far. Combat system definitely feels the best it has and things are a lot better explained than they were in 2, though I do think the game can be pretty obnoxious with how often it'll force you to do certain things or take a specific route or pause everything to make you equip a specific item or skill before you're allowed to proceed. Where I'm at in chapter 3 (seemingly pretty late into the chapter, though with this game's pacing it's kind of hard to tell) it feels like it's eased off on that but it was definitely an early game problem.
Do think the cast is less interesting than 2's though. The narrative is definitely more focused but I feel like I could barely tell you anything about the central crew thus far compared to how much more dynamic the 2 cast is.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Aug 1, 2022 8:05:32 GMT -5
Pokemon Presents on Wednesday at 6amPT
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Post by chrom on Aug 1, 2022 9:39:57 GMT -5
More details on Scarlet and Violet no doubt
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 1, 2022 16:40:04 GMT -5
Does feel like pretty convenient timing that we're doing this directly before an episode of the anime about a main character potentially evolving her Eevee. Been very overdue for more Eeveelutions for a long time so hopefully something comes of that.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 3, 2022 8:02:59 GMT -5
This Chris Brown guy (unfortunate name but I went to school with someone named that) sounds like he has a gun to his head.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 3, 2022 8:04:27 GMT -5
This Chris Brown guy (unfortunate name but I went to school with someone named that) sounds like he has a gun to his head. He's an executive. There are literally two that don't sound like that.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 3, 2022 8:05:47 GMT -5
Someone was sucked into a warmhole into "ultraspace"? The f***'s going on in Pokemon Go?!
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 3, 2022 8:09:30 GMT -5
I know Mewtwo Returns is also the name of an anime special but real missed opportunity not labelling that Mewtwo Strikes Back.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 3, 2022 8:10:47 GMT -5
During this flood of Pokemon freeware games I'll never bother checking out, I'm reminded of when they randomly did that Minecraft ripoff.
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 3, 2022 8:11:23 GMT -5
Well, they just casually confirmed one thing from the leaks by showing brown Woopers.
Edit: And there's the type-changing mechanic.
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Post by Feargus McReddit on Aug 3, 2022 8:14:50 GMT -5
Sorry, don't care, a Pokecycle is objectively cool.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Aug 3, 2022 8:15:19 GMT -5
I can't believe Butch Hartman predicted Scarlet and Violet
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 3, 2022 8:16:10 GMT -5
I forget if the leak that called the other things from this was the one that said the gym levels weren't flexible leaving the, "Fight them in any order," thing essentially entirely pointless.
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Post by chrom on Aug 3, 2022 8:23:02 GMT -5
So the Tera transformation can cause Pokemon to change types
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Post by Lizuka #BLM on Aug 3, 2022 8:25:14 GMT -5
Am getting pretty tired of the weird wacky battle mechanics each generation. Mega Evolutions were cool and this looks significantly less obnoxious than Dynamaxing but the whole thing does just carry with it this feel of, "Why bother getting invested in this new mechanic, it's going to be gone from the next game anyway."
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Post by chrom on Aug 3, 2022 8:26:56 GMT -5
You get The Legendaries early in this game it seems like
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