-Juice-

@Friendly Well it’s a joke name, sir.

Japanese work places tend to look psychologically sad in atmosphere. I would probably go crazy if put in such a minimalist environment everyday.

@SpaceboyScreams You are dehumanizing a person based on their social status. A person should be treated with respect regardless of material gain or loss. This is why I have such a bone to pick with conflict theory and how it has shaped the post-modern world. This “us vs them” materialism only ends one way, the French Revolution. The oppressed become the new oppressors and the cycle continues.

Do not treat others as if their plights or grievances are not legitimate based on status.

@Aneira I loved World. It really streamlined things and made the series better.

@RasandeRose No it doesn’t. The lack of antialiasing and jaggies is very noticeable compared to the other current gen and next gen consoles. It’s hard to play a game that visually looks rough.

How about you fix the drift issues before making special joycon variants.

No. One should be disciplined and committed to finishing what they start unless there is a truly detrimental roadblock keeping one from doing so. I will not support the slothfulness of today’s “self-care” culture.

Civil unions don’t matter in video games.

I like that the art style stays faithful and tries to recreate the sprite feel in 3D. A lot better than I had expected.

They’ve literally just been doing a countdown. Yes Sinnoh remakes are likely, but this is just fishing for hints where there aren’t any.

The Bravely Default series is more Final Fantasy than every Final Fantasy after FFX. It's a shame that Final Fantasy will never deliver the amazing JRPG turn-based goodness it used to, but it is wonderful to see Bravely Default continue to grow as a series! It would be funny, though unlikely, if it began to overshadow Final Fantasy in success. Then maybe we could start getting some classic styled Final Fantasy games and real time 3D ones could become a spin-off series like it probably should have been.

@WallyWest I know it isn’t DLC. I’m venting my frustration at all of the compound problems and practices that I’m seeing with the franchise 🙂

I want this in the Switch, and not the original.

Would’ve been more cool if it actually sung. :/

Why is extra content in Pokemon games nowadays so barebones and lifeless? We used to get new areas with little side stories surrounding legendary Pokémon like Darkrai, Deoxys, spikey-eared pichu and Celebi, Victini, and Meloetta. Now we literally have to pay for that in DLC, along with the post-game.

I really wish Pokémon had never changed from sprites to models. Not because I like sprites more than models, but because they actually put time into them, and they even animated them in BW. A 2D game has better idle animations than a 3D game. Think about that for a second. Something happened in that transition that made Gamefreak and TPC stop putting life into their worlds.

Ah, so this is where the Sword and Shield budget went.

This is shady. There is no reason why these issues cannot be resolved, and I doubt it's a hardware issue.

Me reading this article title and the article while limping my way through Doom Eternal’s Nightmare Mode:

🙄

@nessisonett Capitalism is the least evil system. Perfect? No, but still the least evil.

Why pick obscure names with little relevance rather than events and items that actually matter?

@Munchlax The Master Collection leak was based on an older, more credible leak in the summer. That leak seems to be likely, especially since Game Freak has moved its place of operation. Nintendo seems to really want to do these limited time collections, and I’m sure they’re using their part-ownership of TPC to leverage their vision on the backs of Game Freak, especially after the SWSH controversy. It also makes sense to have a collection of some of the 3DS games, as they’re easier to upscale and appealing to consumers.

Can’t have everyone finding out that this isn’t the prequel it’s being marketed as, right? 🙄

@Ralizah I’m pretty sure they said so in an interview, but don’t take my word for it. Putting that aside, the Zelda team has been heavily involved in a direction control kind of way, unlike with previous warrior titles. The very intention of this game is meant to flesh out the backstory, which I know was said in the interview. It’s why the Zelda team approached the Warriors team in the first place.

This is likely the type of game that has multiple endings, so I wouldn’t worry too much about the time traveling robot being there. That also just makes sense given how advanced Shiekah tech can be, and adds a whole new level of tragic failure to the fallen hero story route. All of this technology, even a robot that could time travel to warn them, and they still lost.

I also think that having the time traveling robot there makes how they were able to know so much about a culture that ancient make more sense.

@Andymad Later on there will be a lot more going on with enemy units, and you’ll have to carefully react to reinforcements or other battlefield changes. The running speed is so that you can manage these things when they start happening.

@SalvorHardin That doesn't ruin it. That's like being upset with the last remaining bastions of humanity in Lord of the Rings or any other series where evil has laid waste to good.

Light always shines amidst a sea of darkness when things seem to be most despaired of. That is the reason for hope. No matter what evil does, it cannot over take good, nor can darkness overtake the light, for darkness is the absence of light and only exists so long as something blocks light from reaching. The destiny of nothingness is always to be filled with something that has being.

@Rhaoulos Sometimes glitches make good games great.

It’s sad that this is probably nothing, but I would love either a re-release on Switch or a faithful remake with all of the content beat for beat. These are the best Pokemon games ever made (besides black and white).

@patbacknitro18 It is immoral and should be illegal, as should all lewd things on the internet. Mortal sins should not be taken lightly.

Stop. With. The. Limited. Releases.

I wouldn’t even be upset if we were getting GOOD third party games in these and not super basic casual titles.

@RareFan No Nintendo, make more remakes! Classics > Something new

@Ajent You are misrepresenting my comments. Correcting someone on their behavior in regards to how they comment is not the same as rooting out their opinion all together.

If our dear friend here had simply left a comment stating his opinion as others do, that would not be morally questionable. The problem is that he is actively being combative towards people who disagree with him. This whole comment section is filled with that.

Would you agree that it is a moral obligation to help people correct behavior? I would think you would, considering that you also called me out on what you perceived to be hypocrisy (despite it being more nuanced than that).

@Ajent Though my comments may sound condescending, they are not intended to be. Would you agree that trying to silence criticism by overwhelming a comment section is morally wrong?

@johnvboy Says the person treating everyone with a differing opinion or with criticisms in a condescending manner. In every Pokemon article, you’re always acting like this. It’s not okay, and you need to stop acting like an attack dog against valid criticism and disappointment.

@johnvboy You obviously have not seen unique and important game franchises end up destroyed by extreme casualization and dollar chasing. Fallout, Pokemon, Paper Mario, Mario Party, etc.

You need to stop being condescending towards people sharing their valid opinions on an open forum. It’s wrong.

@Entrr_username

-> Mech

-> Disappointment

These two are mutually exclusive. Pick one.

The puzzle combat is good and enjoyable, we can wait a bit longer for one with classic JRPG combat, fight me.

@Bl4ckb100d You’re actually missing the mark here. For most Mario games the story is negligible and only exists for the gameplay. In the Paper Mario Series, story was the central focus until Sticker Star happened.

It’s funny though, the PM games with less story are also the ones with an inferior gameplay loop.

Abuse is a human problem. Institutions will always have it, because they cannot control free will, and often cannot possibly know when someone is about to do something vile. For this reason we cannot blame institutions for an individual’s lack of moral discipline or their narcissism. We can only blame them for mishandling these cases, and even then we need to be realistic about how much blame they are actually warranted in terms of culpability.

@ReaperExTenebris It doesn’t take away their free will. They can still choose to do what is wrong, but that does not change that the action is against moral law. You can steal a cookie from your parent’s cookie jar with your own will, but that does not mean consequences will not follow.

No one is forcing people to do anything. The Church asks people to willfully choose good, but if one does not then that’s their choice. The truth is that when you choose the bad over the good, you effectively reject the good. It’s reasonable then to say that though we have free will, we should be guided and pointed towards the good at all times. To love is to will the good of the other.

It’s like you said, free will. All will have to give an account for their actions, and we cannot say that God does not consistently try to dissuade people from choosing sin at every moment of their lives. What we do know is that God himself said that it would be better for abusers to be thrown into the ocean with a millstone around their neck, than for them to commit such awful actions. Actions done against others are physical actions that also hurt God himself. The truth is he wants to give even the worst people a chance to change, as he knows the good that they are capable of. No one is wholly evil, even if they commit themselves to terrible deeds.

@ReaperExTenebris Infertility is not the act of purposefully stopping conception, and thus is not the same. There is even hope that God could heal such bodily defects.

There is just as much evidence in support of self-discipline and abstaining as there is for your perspective. I think chastity even in marriage does more good than you think it does. Closeness in marriage comes first and foremost from love. Sex is not necessary for that, but rather acts to unite it.

Requiring someone to be celibate is not morally wrong, otherwise it would be a moral travesty that some grow old without every marrying. That said, no one is stopping them from marrying the opposite sex, but that would be less than ideal for them, no? The very fact that we have relationships as the ultimate end goal of life is a problem. It is a lesser love than unconditional love for neighbor and to will their good according towards what natural law says is good.

That is a misrepresentation of the real problem. If celibacy was the cause of scandal, then the Church would not have the same amount of abuse rates as schools and secular institutions. Married men make up the larger number of perpetrators in child abuse cases. This is not a celibacy problem, or even a priest problem. It is a human problem, and an institutional problem.

@ReaperExTenebris That would be a no, because a lot of our philosophy has elements from Aristotle (Natural Law and what-not). Since the purpose of sex is procreation and unity, cutting either of those out of the equation destroys the purpose of the act. Since things are wholly good in their intended state, an action that totally compromises the essence of what a thing or action is compromises the morality of that action.

That said, we also hold celibacy higher than marriage, and we affirm that nothing is wrong with same-sex attraction in and of itself. It is only the sexual acts, which would go against Natural Law philosophy. Those with same-sex attraction would be called to a celibate life just like our Priests, Bishops and religious orders within the Church.

Yikes, but at the same time, something has to happen to call to attention their tone-deaf attitude lately. I still remember past interviews where Masuda specifically said that the mainline games were purposefully being made easy because people in the mobile era don’t want to play long games. He also said no one really plays postgame content, so that isn’t a focus. We’re now at the point where they are charging us $30 to have post game content in a $60 game, when past games had the same amount of content for $40.
I hope they get the message through their thick skulls finally: No more mobile pandering, give us REAL games again.

Yet again proof that The Pokemon Company and Game Freak have sidelined their main series games in order to work on spin-offs. This is also why the main series games play like mobiles games as well. Masuda said as much when commenting on their lack of postgame content a few years back.

I think they really thought this was a “big” announcement. They are out of touch.

@ReaperExTenebris In cases of abuse, the Church would either request separation or might even give an annulment (saying the marriage was not valid to begin with because one or both did not truly have the intention of upholding the values important to marriage). The abuser would be seen as someone infringing on the dignity of the human person, and thus guilty of a grave sin. The victim should be able to reach or to their parish and request support of some kind.

@ReaperExTenebris The sacrifice would be some of your own liberty for love of another. A sacramental marriage cannot be dissolved (because of its nature in emulating the beatific vision), this requires the couple to stay together and actively seek each other. To infringe on that union is a grave act against the spouse, the self, and upon natural law (this is a philosophical term, and not the same as what one would think it to mean).

The beatific vision is ingrained into marriage, as there is the lover, beloved, and shared love. This, in a way, represents the Trinity. Maintaining and fully committing to the marriage also showcases almost every teaching against human selfishness and evil in the beatitudes.

@ReaperExTenebris To answer that, we first have to define what sacred means. To be “sacred/holy” means to be “set apart”. In this sense, marriage in Judaism and Catholicism (Judaism II: Electric Bugaloo) is not meant to be seen or treated like a secular contract. It is, as implied, set apart to represent the beatific vision.

For a simple secular marriage, anything goes, but that’s because it does not intend to fulfill or aspire towards the beatific vision. I would recommend looking up Bishop Robert Barron on YouTube, as he explains the Catholic stance a lot better than I do. I am joyful to have a dialogue with you, and I do concede that a secular marriage hardly has meaning or necessity, but I would say that’s the problem with secular marriage in the first place. The secular world rarely asks sacrifice of anyone, and true marriage is a major sacrifice.

@ReaperExTenebris Marriages outside of the Church are not sacramental. Even in the case of a sacramental marriage, the sacredness of a thing does not take away one’s free will to choose good or evil.

@ReaperExTenebris In your opinion, and that’s all well and good for you. That does not invalidate the claim of others that it is more than that.

@BLD Paper Mario was never good because of its battle system lol. It was always about the story.

@RupeeClock I could see it working as an off-the-cartridge download. Definitely useful for those living in rural areas.