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This makes me appreciate Nintendo's work on SSHD, and accept it's price a little bit more lol

I hope Nintendo acquires more IP, but slowly and considerately. Nintendo is, at heart, a very capitalist, money hungry company, but their games show more polish, quality, personality, and charm than a lot of the rest of the industry. Acquiring companies is certainly good for them and the companies they acquire with Retro being able to make the prime series in a way that normal Nintendo probably would have never done, but still showing the same level of quality and polish, and Next Level having amazing animation to bring to the table for existing and new IP. This all is great, and I hope Nintendo can grab some companies (especially passionate indie devs like Team Cherry, Yacht club, etc), however I worry that if they start buying companies often, things will end up like Microsoft. Microsoft infamously buys a bunch of companies, then they lose their charm, lose their creativity, slow down their production, fall to the wayside, and other such things. I mean, lets be honest, Retro hasn't made a new game in YEARS (yes, I know MP4 is coming) and although I think Nintendo has handled that company better than some of Microsofts, it's definitely a risk to buy other companies

@chardrich I would say rare would be possible a few years ago but a) Microsoft and Nintendo are in a relationship right now where I don't think it would happen, and B) Sea of Thieves is doing pretty good for Microsoft

@Clyde_Radcliffe Believe me, I think toad would be a good addition, but generally toads are a very "background" or npc type of character, and there really aren't any characters like that in smash besides piranha plant, who is a joke character and also happens to have more interesting moves potential

I would love a daft punk inspired duo. It would be the first male announcer/idol characters, and I feel like it would be a neat contrast to the theme of the new game

@RupeeClock oh I know, just the premise makes it sound like a neat thing to have idling

@KiryuJ impossible, but cool to think about. and yeah, learning about undisturbed tribes is crazy. Apparently on certain islands, military operations from WWII and drifting objects in the ocean may have started the spark that pushes the islanders out of the Stone Age because they've discovered metal from the outside world

Looks very cool! Aztec and Mesoamerican mythology in general doesn't get enough attention. I will say though, dealing with certain themes must be really difficult just like with any other mythology. For example, Zeus is a total creep in actual mythology, yet he's always just some big goofy powerful guy in media. In this case, huitzilopochtli is a particularly difficult god to deal with, because he was the patron god of Tenochtitlan. On one hand, not mentioning him would feel wrong for a game that draws from Aztec Mythology, but on the other, you can't really ignore the millions of people that met bloody, disgusting, torturous deaths in sacrifices to him. I suppose the best way to feature him would be as some sort of villain, possibly portrayed as oppressive.

@RupeeClock I feel like this would work best on pc because you could just leave it to idle in the background, almost like a really interactive wallpaper

they forgot to take the game with them

Debating between immediately replacing mine with the lite or waiting it out for a pro and hoping it doesn't start a house fire until then

@VoidofLight yeah, scalpers ruin everything

@Anti-Matter -_-

dude.

@VoidofLight good point although they had the same issue when the first switch released, and they had it before the lite was announced too. In general, parts have been sparse for Nintendo these days. I could be wrong but I've heard that apple in particular tends to have a strong foot in the parts industry in terms of contacts and suppliers prioritizing them, so companies like Nintendo struggle to get parts when apple buys them first

@Bomberman64 it is infuriating knowing how many games NSO could feature but doesn't. gb, gbc, gba, n64, and gc all should have switch online support by now, or at least the handhelds.

Off topic but for Pokemon's anniversary, now would be a great time to release gameboy and gameboy color games

Dang I've wanted to get a switch mini to replace my 2017 model switch for a while now as it has been overheating and acting clunky, and I just got a job so I was planning on getting a coral pink switch lite when I get my next paycheck, but now I don't know if I'd rather have this or the pink. In addition, the switch pro feels near so if I get a lite I'll probably end up buying a pro too

@Judgedean Lol not making this comment for a political reason, but I feel like "c'mon people" is a pretty common saying

Wishlist (not expecting all but I think two or three will happen):
*Metroid Prime 4
*BOTW 2
*Odyssey Sequel
*Splatoon 3
*Legends Arceus small update, info or small trailer
*New IP introduced or neglected IP revived

Considering this is Niantic there will probably be some location based features but I do wonder what the overall "loop" would be for this

Still feel like it would be a huge miss to not do Zelda and Metroid later down the line, but Donkey Kong is really cool too

Hmm, I would agree BOTW is the most RPG like overall with all the customization, numbers, and such, but may I remind you Zelda two has a full fledged stat and exp system

@nocdaes money laundering obviously

Very cool. I do love the idea of a switch pro but at the same time the price could potentially scare people away in addition to the fact that they still haven't fixed joy con drift

@nessisonett no it's a leaf, duh

LOL I remember playing the game and thinking it was perfectly suited for a comic book. I had been checking on the comic's status for about two years but stopped checking after I realized ARMS was beginning to die off. Sure enough, here we are

Is this game worth getting. After rebranding, changing the art style, etc I kinda lost interest. Reviews seem so mixed as well with some saying its great while others seem to call it a personality-less mess of systems

Only exploit I've really taken the time to learn is the one where you rocket off of bokoblin heads while shield surfing in bullet time. Feels great soaring across the map in seconds

@KingMike the amoongus joke would be okay I think since it falls under parody

@Blooper987 We could get a monster or something weird like a Palamute

@thesilverbrick I want there to be hollow knight content so bad but it seems so unlikely with it being an indie that launched close to smash ultimate's release

@nessisonett
a) people love going "fortnite bad"
b) They fought apple in court
c) people hate epic games exclusivity
...lol, basically theres a lot of things for people to remember them for... many not too great depending on how you look at them

@Snatcher Lol Link may not be as well treated in the moment but at least he's getting something. RIP DK and Samus

The ACE stuff is beyond my understanding lol. Like I already barely get half the speed running stuff I see but this is just insane

Ahaha I see what they did there. Those items are useless to me, the non-dlc purchaser. I suppose they can be sold for some more poke dollars to spend on vitamins for EV's tho

Please have a way to get the platinum Lucas clothes lol

@Yorumi Oh yeah definitely. Honestly this game could very likely be a letdown, but it shows progress in GameFreak or at least change, and I'm happy to see that at the least

@andjahiam Yeah, in addition to the capturing, I hope overall behavior of pokemon can reflect monster hunter, where they act uniquely and run around. Imagine tricking two pokemon into fighting each other so you can catch or battle one

@NintendoCopium yeah that's fair. Believe me, I think some people can be overly negative about the games, but people also shouldn't be so crazy about defending something that isn't even great. It shouldn't be the fan's fault for a game developer being lazy and publishing a bad game, so criticism is valid. Personally I fall more to the critical side, although I'll still acknowledge the good in something, like sword and shield were awful but I think the stadiums were an interesting approach to a worn out concept

@Dr_Lugae UH HUH! Even if Legends looks rough, this is the first time In like a decade that gamefreak has shown some growth and advancement. Not getting my hopes up too high, but the change alone is enough to excite me

@NintendoCopium fair. Idk I can't be mad right now. The models you pointed out, the frame rates, etc do look really rough, but the fact that they're finally trying to advance is exciting in itself. Ur right it isn't the greatest but I'm optimistic going forward

@Slinkoy1 Yeah, I get the skepticism and concern with everything like the frame rates and pokemon behavior, but come on. Gamefreak finally outsourced for a game, and the new game is a huge step forward. It looks a bit rough but I'm still fascinated by it. Looks like the first time since X and Y that a game looks like a jump forward. Could be rough but I'm happy to see change

@braincandy101 Yeahhh, really scared seeing it. The game looks like it could be really good, but from a technical standpoint it looks terrible rn. Also, the whole open world looks gorgeous but idk if gamefreak will be able to fill it with enough to be interesting

@NintendoCopium Reusing assets is fairly normal. It's how you use them that makes a difference. Smash Bros has been building on old assets since like melee at this point. Pokemon reusing models is fine as long as they can start animating them and making them more expressive.

This could be shaky, the world looks a little empty, but I do not care! this is progress in the series at last!!! REALLY looking forward to gzamefreak finally making advances

YESSS CINCINNO!!! One of those pokemon I never would've thought of training but so glad I randomly chose to catch and use them

@SuperCharr I like that idea, however what ever they were to use the sprite style of games like emerald but with the oversold visuals of Octopath traveler

@GrandScribe Ngl with HMs gone I do miss them for their exploration and puzzle purposes. They could totally have brought them back in swsh and had them work. You could have them unlearnable. People would say "well then you could get stuck," but with the flying taxi and portable PC, you could easily leave situations where past games would leave you stuck without HMs

Predictions:
*pokemon unite international beta/release info
*some new mobile app that will be mildly fun but also unnecessary and a cash grab
*gen 4 remakes with some kind of catch. will look good but fans will be skeptical or disappointed
*No Pokemon sleep, but some new lifestyle app will be shown
*some sort of slideshow or montage along with merchandise that everyone will enjoy. as always everyone will be so smothered in nostalgia by the slideshow/montage that anything shown will be better due to nostalgia
*something new snap related

@idrawrobots Stark industries gamecube remotes

Holy jeez! Now the BASE PRICE is 20?! That's just great. Scalpers already sold them for 20 so now it's gonna even more ridiculous