Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

@Eel Oh yeah. I forgot about that detail.

And yeah, I am sure some people will surprise/wonder trade some community day shinys away.

I just had a great idea! If PoGo integration comes before Christmas, then I will send some out Christmas eve, hoping some kids get them.

That'd be a nice thing to do. Might do it as well.

So I just found out something bizarre about Sega in the late 90s. The last Sega Saturn game released in North America was in November of 1998. The Sega Dreamcast came out in September of 1999.

Did Sega literally just do nothing in North America for 10 months? And yes this includes 3rd party games, not a single video game was released for the final 10 months on the Saturn, before the Dreamcast, in North America. I even looked into the Game Gear and Genesis even to see if they maybe kept on like the NES did after SNES was already out. Genesis got 1 game in 1998, so I'm guessing, not so much.

They abandoned Saturn really quickly

They had a 3D Sonic game in development unrelated to Xtreme for it but it got quickly cancelled and concepts from it were directly implemented into Sonic Adventure. It was actually going to be an RPG game

One of the remaining assets from the RPG game was actually Sonic's 3D character model they ended up using for the Sonic World hub in Sonic Jam

Yeah, but its still bizarre. There were at least a handful of games released on a disc for Wii U in its last 10 months before Switch, let alone any downloadable games. Saturn literally put out nothing, from no one at all. Like you kinda need to still have games, if only to keep your brand's name out there in some form until a real success happens.

But to be fair, this is the same company that thought releasing the Saturn with no warning would be smart business in the first place.

@kkslider5552000 All it took to instantly decimate the Saturn was a Sony PR guy walking onto a stage, saying $299 and walking off lmao

I mean, I bet if Sega didn't ruin the launch in the US it would have sold better. A lot of retailers refused to carry it when it was announced it was selling early, so while $299 didn't help, I'm sure it would have sold better if Sega wasn't Sega

I can't believe Razer is selling official car ears for their headsets. We truly live in a society.

Another week down. Thank goodness. Internet rounds now, then a nice shower, some manga, and some Untitled Goose Game.

@Heavyarms55 Ah, that's right. I forgot about the Shiny Charm! I've heard of the Masuda Method, but never have used it.

@Eel Good idea on those Wonder Trades. That's better than just transferring my extra Cday shinies in PoGo.

I used to mess around with the Emerald cloning glitch and trade away my copies until it went horribly wrong. I lost a Lv. 70 Groudon to it.

@TheFrenchiestFry I've been dying to ask...Are you REALLY the Frenchiest?

@Tyranexx Yeah I've always enjoyed animation too. As I've previously mentioned, as a kid I watched a lot of Disney movies, as well as stuff like Cartoon Network shows. I've watched quite a bit of anime, too. The most recent anime that I have watched were My Hero Academia and Black Clover - I was on vacation last year and one of my cousins introduced me to MHA, and we watched most of the first season throughout. I've seen the first four seasons so far and I've enjoyed what I've seen.

And yeah, you're totally right - animation isn't exclusively for children. South Park pretty much proves it. XD

Cat ears, right? I'd have to say some of the headsets with those do look really good, though! Not going to bother buying any myself

Ah cool, I finally received my code for Colors! Live on the switch.

Got started with the "quest" game mode. Since that seems like a nice way to get started. Though it's limited to one thing a day.

The first prompt for the quest is drawing the mcguffin the quest is for.

This is the part where I remember I can't actually draw.

I just found the original Game boy and SNES player’s guides at half price books!!! I’m so happy😁

@Blooper987 Oh that's awesome - like around last year or so I found the Super Game Boy player's guide at my retro game store. I remember reading it as a kid - believe it or not, that's when I first heard about Game Boy games. lol

I forgot there was a Colors! game on the Switch TBH. I've never played the series, but I've heard it's decent overall.

@MarioLover92 I also like anime, though I haven't watched much of it recently. I need to watch the MHA anime fully; I've only seen a few clips online. I am gradually working my way through the manga series. I'm on volume 9 (guessing this is in an earlier season) and have just gotten to the League of Villains Vanguard Action Squad's attack on the training camp. I also picked up a collection of the first three volumes of Fullmetal Alchemist.

As for Black Clover, I've heard of it but admittedly don't know much about it.

Well it was just a DLC weekend for me. The Pokemon DLC was a lot of fun. I really like the new dungeon shiny hunting mechanism. The new legendary mons are quite cool too. I've already built a new team for VGC's new format on November 1st.

Also, I've been replying Xenoblade Chronicles 2. When I first played it, most of the DLC wasn't out yet so it's like a mix of new and revisited content for me. I just did the Poppibuster quest, which was freaking cool. Poppibuster has got to be a Hulkbuster reference. And if it's not, that's my headcanon. The English voice even sounds like Jarvis!

@Tyranexx I don't know how I missed your reply, sorry about that. Masuda method is the most straightforward method to hunt shinys and the one constant method that has remained in the series since its introduction in gen 3.

But the DLC that just dropped gave us a new method that's really cool. People have been having a lot of success with it. You get really good 1 in 25 odds, but you can't hunt a specific mon aside from the legendary at the end.

Ugh. Between the weather and work, today was one of the Mondayist Mondays that ever Monday'd. Busy, wet, and dreary. I'm mentally shot. The only plus side is that this year's A Spooky Message research in PoGo decided to toss me a shiny Spiritomb.

@Heavyarms55 No prob, figured you were busy with RL. Heaven forbid that we have lives off the internet.

Looks like you've been having a lot of fun with the Crown Tundra DLC! I noticed you've been putting some hours into Shield (and XC2). I still don't have a copy of Sw/Sh, but I do plan to get the DLC. I may be in the minority, but I'm glad those Sw/Sh base game + DLC packs are coming out; I like having everything in one place if possible.

1/25 Shiny odds on the legendary at the end, huh? Have you had any luck?

I am watching Crown for Christmas on hallmark channel 🤪🤪🤪. Let the shaming begin! This movie is a good one, but anyone else in the US knows Hallmark Channel movies are all creepily similar looking

@Tyranexx each individual Pokemon has a one in 100 chance of being shiny, given how you can catch four Pokemon in each adventure, in the end there's a one in 25 chance that one of them will be shiny.

Of course that's with the shiny charm. Without it, it's one in 300 per mon.

@WoomyNNYes
i could have sworn i just responded back to something he said to me...