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Can we get a final boss who isn’t King Boo pls. He’s like an even blander bowser

Absolutely gorgeous game. Brimming with personality

Hah, one of their ads on twitter literally already spoiled who one of the big antagonists was.

I can kind of understand this revelation though. A lot of people were hesitant with this installment because of the similar designs and all the new focus on the school, micromanaging, etc and that it wouldn't be what was custom for the series. This definitely helped quell many people's concerns with that.

Monster Hunter Stories 2! Do it Capcom!!

Mmmmm, yess, everything is dark souls

Come on a Gamefreak!! Make me as excited as when XY were announced. Show us what you can do with the new hardware

:v why don’t you put some of that money into Gamefreak so they can actually expand pokemon

@Nanaki if it helps the game offers auto teaching and seemingly the ability to skip days (perhaps even longer) so you can limit the sim features if you want.

@BlackenedHalo Perhaps for 3ds games, but even then I personally disagree. The models especially looked terrible imo. Echoes was the least notable in that case, and I’d argue largely due to that game not having cutscenes with the game’s models in them and instead filling them with the beautiful art done by Hidari.

@Itzdmo I partially disagree tbh. Splatoon use to have rather large updates to the weapons and gear in the game frequently. Adding in a lot of elements and has shifted constantly in meta since the start. Right now the game is ending in updates so the patches are generally just small fine tunings.

Very nice changes. You can definitely tell what they were pushing for and addressing in this patch. Dualies and Inkjet especially have fallen out of usage largely due to the dominance of midline/backline weapons and the Brella class as a while shutting many weapons down. Inkjet also just loses out terribly in long range metas and the other specials shut it down fairly well.

The Splash wall buff is both for generally utility and also a further nerf to Brellas, since it’s a great counter to Tenta especially. Which also unsurprisingly got nerfed because it’s a bit too unstoppable. Overall this patch just screams encouraging more counters to Brellas and buffing struggling classes.

The Splatoon devs are honestly really good at balancing their game over time. Sometimes they may take longer in some cases (which is for the better) but they always address the main issues and balance for both the meta and casual side.

@gcunit hard agree there. Graphically speaking, it’s probably the worst out of all the big Nintendo games coming soon. If it wasn’t for how good and complex the new systems and mechanics seem to be in this game and that Fire Emblem games have basically never been visually impressive (quite ugly most of the time actually) I’d honestly be super disappointed.

Another trading system on top of Pokémon Bank is a tad annoying. Hopefully we won’t have to pay for it as well, but atleast they’re finally setting a system down

Poor Ubisoft. Every single time. Around E3 they always get their games leaking

Rules are rules, but Uniqlo comes off a bit stupid after all this as well. They should’ve background checked this stuff also. Not only did it make themselves come off as negligent, as they are the competition holders, but it possibly just ruined anyone’s chance of winning the contest at all. What a waste

@Kalmaro I’d say that’s largely due to poor and/or uninteresting writing. Your friends in Gen 6 for example were basically characterless for the most part, except slightly Shauna and your Rival, and even then they had no real drive. Hau from Gen 7 was better in USUM, since they made him more driven near the end but was a very slow boil. I think a lot of the issue comes from how boring some of them are and how they really lack any competitive drive.

It’s like you said, they’re so passive. Kind of my issue largely with Cheren from Gen 5 in BW. Blue from Gen 1 was just a jerk but tbh I found him to be boring all the same, he’s just a lazy archetype put there to be a rival. Similar to the friends from Gen 6.

@Kalmaro I’d also like for Gamefreak to improve with their writing but I do question a few of your points. Jerk rivals for example are not inherently better than friendly or silly rivals, I’d argue. They can be just as lazy or poorly written, and it’s really the execution that matters most. Like Barry was a friendly yet good rival and Bianca was as well. Silver was a great example of a an antagonistic rival and developed well as the story went along.

@MegaVel91 Yeah, hard agree on the Ghetsis point. He basically ruined the attempt a lot of what I felt was building up with N.

Strange that they’d be prioritizing their new project more over Pokémon (Gen 8).

I’d imagine a large factor into this possible burnout for them is Pokémon’s release schedule. Gamefreak isn’t that big of a company, and while Pokémon is incredibly popular, a yearly release schedule must be awfully demanding. Meaning that they’re constantly focusing on one project after another, after another and another. Probably serves to explain why they don’t change as much in between gens, that and Gamefreak isn’t the best when it comes to actual modernization and optimization.

Iirc the devs of this game are super nice people. I recall them releasing their game for free on a separate site after they apparently made a fair enough profit on the game.

My Floridian fellows at it again. First it was throwing alligators through drive throughs, now this. Never change Florida

Can I sue Gamefreak for this. Invasion of my brains privacy

Sonic looked absolutely disgusting. I’m glad they’re changing him.

@Aoisenshi Not trying to say anything tbh, i don't consider nerds an insult. It's more an observation than anything else. nothing of value.

I’m sure some nerds will find this upsetting

Nice awakening reference in the artwork

It looks hideous

Hmmm, see y'all in five years when the game actually comes out.

Sadly this is the last map for Salmon run. For a feature that was one of the main new things for Splat2n, it's a shame they didn't do more with it.

@mikegamer I know. Wasn't angry about it, just pointing it out.

Sakurai had to nerf Bayonetta just to give Kirby the spotlight.

How to train your dragon would make a great Monster Hunter Stories/Pokemon type game. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

i love how this site basically becomes a plaza for dad jokes the moment nintendo releases a stability update <3

give me a monster hunter stories 2 you cowards!

It also has that ugly wire tail. Maybe I’m just being boring and grumpy.

It’s alright looking. The eye nut thing is probably my least favorite part about it and its prevo. It always just looks like someone smacked it on top of puddy

Wooohh. Obama, please. A bit more gentle next time pls.

If the main character of this movie shows even the tiniest discomfort, then they already have more 'depth' than basically any previous mainline MH character.

@Ernest_The_Crab They really don't have to reference any of the monster hunter games. It wasn't until 4 and World where they started somewhat connecting the games, and the games usually take place in unspecific periods of time in relation to each other.

They could really write about just about anything and it would be fine as long as it's not absurdly dumb.

I mean you really can't go wrong with Monster Hunter in terms of story, considering there is barely any in the main games. It really can just be 'beat monster face in' and still be entirely accurate to the franchise.

@BigKing I think it was a problem tbh. As once a team settled down in several of the maps, it was basically impossible to get back in. Splatoon 2 is a more varied game in terms of weapon balance. As you can run a greater amount of weapons and do reasonably well.

You’re definitely right about the ranking system in Spla2n though. It’s really not well done. Splatoon 1’s system was tough as nails, because it really wasn’t forgiving. The newer system is the polar opposite. It basically gives you a lot of freebies and in general means you can cruise If to the higher ranks by getting carried by better players.

How long until people start petitioning for her to be added into Smash. They’ll probably say she “has character” and “that Nintendo hasn’t given her own game yet” as to why she actually has no character beyond being a meme.

@BigKing Flounder Heights is really cool in terms of visual design. The whole apartment theme is unique. The problem with it and a lot vertical maps like Moray Towers that revolve around distinct higher platforms is that they tend to be fairly unbalanced due to how big a difference a height advantage means in Splatoon. They favor weapons like Chargers, Sloshers and Rollers, and makes them an absolute pain in a more competitive aspect.

Dynamo absolutely dominated Flounder, Chargers were undisputed in Moray. I guess a newer example is Shellendorf which has a unique upper layer on top. Which makes it a nightmare to deal against longer range weapons, especially heavies and such.

They probably plan on redesigning older maps for future updates. Like how they recently did for Starfish Mainstage. Data miners found data pointing to this in the game for Pirahna Pit and 1 other map (who I forget).

@BigKing Arguably for the better tbh. A lot of Splatoon 1 stages were designed around gimmicks for each stage, which ,while cool, also made them unbalanced/frustrating. The only two stages that had gimmicks that functioned well in Splatoon 1 were Resort and Museum, imo.

"It was in an ancient text I once read"

I mostly just don’t like how it has a ditto. Body. Makes it less unique on first glance.

If this was a ‘leak’, it’s still not as bad as when Gamefreak left data for all the remaining Alolan Pokémon in their own demo. You got your work cut out for you Niantic, if you wanna catch up to Gamefreak in that regard.

@KingMike I mean in terms of them actually having a side story or event tied to them. In D/P you could get Darkrai for example and that had a small story to it. Recently though, it’s just been get code, and download Pokémon. It’s boring imo.

I hope they’d stop with process of just giving mythical Pokémon out through codes and actually start integrating into the games again. It kills any wow factor tbh.

Looks like a worse Monster Hunter Stories in terms of art style. Game freak being behind it gives me little confidence.

Put a ten-second clip of Prime 4 and Pikmin 4 (for Octane) and everything will be forgiven.