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I wasn't interested in this at first, but after seeing more of the game I thought the multiplayer looked like a lot of fun.

@Toads-Friend Haha wow, she is still going? I am gonna have a look, sounds hilarious.

Games like this should be forbidden from being published.

@Anti-Matter Game over screens aren't allowed for the molly coddled generation. Everyone gets a prize.

Why can't we have all three :'(

Wow. So since third gen we have been able to seamlessly move pokemon throughout each subsequent generation. But they are now going to ruin everything before the Switch at some unspecified point? What a load of trash. Shame on Nintendo!

In the age of webshops and digital downloads it really is anti-consumer to not include backwards compatibility. There should be an emulator and if you paid for it, then you can just run it in the new console via the emulator using a digital download. Then sure, charge for a patch to upgrade it to the new hardware.

As a software engineer, one has to wonder how a regression bug cropped up in the final battle due to patch changes targeting the dlc. Is their code base a bowl of spaghetti?

@Mauzuri Why should the raids be dumbed down for everyone else because some people can't solo them? They are already easy. You can solo almost everything.

E.A. Sports, it's in the game. It's much better than Fifa anyway, a corrupt and sexist organisation.

I live in Amsterdam and this is depressing. I want to go there and see the exhibit and get a card and buy some merch, but I do not want to see this vultures engaging in their wanton scavenging. I bet they do not even turn up to see the exhibition. I will be so upset if I go and everything is gone...

It looks like it has enough gameplay for a 15 Euro game.

@BolkaRover I'm educated enough to know that Rare hasn't released a good game that wasn't a port since 2001. Even some of their ports were terrible too, like Conkers Bad Fur Day Reloaded. Now they make shovelware and gimmick games for Microsoft's game pass because nobody would buy them otherwise. It's sad to see.

Maybe Everwild will be good, but it looks like another generic clone game for game pass. So I'm not holding my breath.

@FirstEmperor Yeah you raise a good point r.e. Xbox. It's time for them to depart from the console industry because it's a pointless distraction. Their games belong on other consoles. Microsoft should focus on games and sell off the IPs they are unable to make good games with, or simply don't use.

Xbox should just stick to software, give up on the console market and put everything they have on Nintendo. It's their natural home.

I love the trend for picking up old games and giving them something new. For why leave something good like that to rot?

@Cia I hope you're right, but they were discussing a hostile takeover there. The one saving grace is that I think agencies regulating market competition would prohibit it.

After what Microsoft has done to Rare they need to stay the hell away from Nintendo. It'd become junk if team Xbox got their hands on it.

I'm so hyped for this. I already preordered the physical edition because it's JP, but I was disappointed the two sega (JP) games were not included. So it was more than a pleasant surprise to see this announcement. Thanks to the folks at LRG!

@MattmanForever They are releasing it digitally on November 22nd if you can't get the physical edition!

@RupeeClock If you've got noobs in your team you can attack their Pokemon to end it quicker.

@Takoda I enjoy them. It's fun preparing to do the 7-stars with friends, chatting in group about the strategy and such and then one-shotting it.

Be like the old Gods and write your programs in an assembly language.

Hype. I was going to buy a Gamecube to play this. I'll still buy the Gamecube for some other classics, like SAB2 and Rogue Squadron but I'll save myself for the Switch version.

How is it that I buy Scarlet AND Violet and Nintendo bends me over and whispers into my ear "so you'll be happy to buy the dlc 2x as well". What a greedy company.

@ganonms Kids have different standards, they aren't bothered about the performance like an adult might be. They're just there for the Pokemon. The sales are a testament to that fact. I play N64 a lot and almost every game has huge lag, but I never noticed it as a kid. I also don't care now, the games are fun.

@ganonms Just because adults choose to play it, it does not mean it's aimed at them. The target audience is children, and their parents who pay for it. Two groups who, for the most part, couldn't care less how well it runs. The fact it is not patched proves they don't care what some thirty-something nit-pickers are saying about the framerates: it's not their intended audience.

@ganonms It's a game for children, they don't really care about optimising it. Ten year old Kevin won't even notice the difference.

Do we actually need to use something like unity anyway? I can just as easily code a game in Visual Studio as I can in Unity.

@Mauzuri I loved Ren and Stimpy as a kid. No moral bs jam packed into every story. Just some creepy drawings of people like prisoner Kowalski. That's all I wanted, something weird and wonderful. Not a lecture.

These are the best Pokemon games to date, and I say that as someone who has played every single generation at release. I'm hyped for the DLC, I want that little mask man. But the second DLC looks like the real treat, as the safari zone styled land looks awesome.

I'll buy the next gen day one, but there's always a fear with Nintendo that they will release a dud and quickly drop it for something new.

How are the battles going to work? I have a box of level 100 max IV and EV trained goliaths. Game Freak isn't going to throw a load of level 75's with forgiving AI at me, are they?

The footage looks as laggy as Scarlet // Violet. Even the N64 models were better too. Go play Pokemon Stadium 2 and look at how much more detailed the mons were then compared to now. The textures might be lower resolution but there is more varied tone and shadowing, and the animations are a lot better. Rhydon's horn spins, for example. Pokemon needs to focus on making the games good and not stuffing it with an unrealistic amount of creatures to maintain.

I'm such a Nintendo fanman, so the more the better in my view. I will shovel money into it.

I was playing Pokemon stadium 2 last night and it was noticeable how much better the Pokemon and their associated animations look than in modern games. Sure, the textures and such are dated but there is much more detail and tone in them than the present models. Perhaps it would be better to just have a smaller limit on how many pokemon you can get in each generation so that time could be better spent on other aspects of the game.

Oh boy, thanks for the shovel ware Nintendo. You sure are generous.

@johnvboy I will complain when he's not the new voice actor for Mario. How can Nintendo dog my boy Charles for a Pratt and then not use him in the new games!?

If they make it Chris Pratt nobody can complain when he voices the next movie again.

I'm not overly bothered by the frame rate personally, I still play N64.

Very cute. Might have to get one for the sofa.

Why are people always trying to spoil things? Patience is a virtue.

@Solid_Stannis Diddy Kong Racing and Star Wars Episode 1 pod racer for the win.

@electrolite77 I would really love conkers bad fur day on it personally. Perhaps some (good) wrestling games too.

@HalBailman I don't know. It's the cost of a meal at a restaurant, and that's gone in an hour. I collect physical copies of (good) N64 games but it's still nice to have them on the Switch online expansion.

@HalBailman It's 50 quid a year or something. Absolute change.

The thing that really makes Nintendo competitive is their IPs. Sure, they are also at the forefront of (physical) innovation in the industry too. But that quickly gets copied, yet few can successfully come close to generating such beloved IPs.

It's a really addictive game, and would be fun for some couch coop. I might have to get it on Switch too

@NinjaNicky It's not so bad if you don't play it on a 4k 65' TV. It's still better than some of the old games too, which had huge lag inside battles (especially double battles).