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@BrazillianCara see you get it

Good on them. Here's to 25 more years.

Loojs amazing
... I would hate to play a game in this style tho.

Newer releases are bound to bump Lets go and ring fit off the list in the coming months. Legends Arceus' inclusion is nigh-inevitable

I would also like to point out gen 8's cumulative core-series sales (SwSh+BDSP+LA) add up to roughly 50 million sales not counting DLC sales. finally dethroaning gen 1 (RGBY) as the best selling generation ever.

Now the obvious caveat is that gen 8 released three entirely different games while gen 1 only had version differences.

On the other hand SwSh and BDSP alone now account for 38 mil which is still greater than gen 1's 36 mil and even the runaway sucess wich was the HGSS remake wasn't enough to bump the already popular Gen 4 past gen 1's record.

This game is still recieving support, and still bringing in new and returning fans alike. Not to mention it hasn't had a holiday bump yet. I really hope gamefreak continues to support the gane with more DLC, like thebdaybreak expansion as this would help keep momentum going. (Somebody tell me what that empty plot of land in NorthEast jubilife is for please.)

The only thing that could bar it from top ten is if people wait too long and decide to save their money for scarlet and violet insted (in my opinion I think legends will still be the best experience for your money. But it's too soon to say)

Full art blanche is my favorite

Only 5 days late to tge party, NL. Welcome to the hype train.

@MattEriks no, there is a scene where we see the full triforce (equally lit up) on zelda's hand when she saves link so...

Link has a normal face confirmed

Uh... Gigantamax eevee?

Actually the azure flute obtainment method is all new, it was going to be distributed via mystery gift but was canned.

@Tempestryke foxes are vulpines... Only slightly closer to canines than felines.

@Ghostbusterluigi grass were reptiles and anphibians for 5 gens straight...

@Giancarlothomaz in science we have this thing called a falsifiable hypothesis...

@Daniel36 let me refer you to "dragon" master lance...

@Patelo1994 it is but hardcore believers in the theory say they're close enough to count it

One thing I don't see people talking about is that the theory is inconsistant regarding which evolutionary stage it referrs to: litten and charmander aren't dragons or tigers but typlosion isn't a rodent.

Morover, the "extinct" theory and "weapon" theory are hardly analogous. Nearly every genus of animal has an extinct species (and bulbasaur is a frog not a dinosaur) and some of the weapons are pretty niche... I mean sonic warfare? Really?

As lonh longbas it adds the 20 orbso pokemon only obtainable on 3Ds titles, currently, I'm fine

When your birthday lasts all yeat

@GrailUK hmmmm pokemon TCG live did just move into beta... You might be onto something

@Benaffect underated commment

@Grumblevolcano i'm expecting at least one spin-off announccemrnt but who knows

@Bret when your birthday literally lasts all year

Like... I get it... But also they have to expect piracy to skyrocket right?

@Zach777 trchnicslly home is fremium can be used for free with limited acessability... Might drop the $15 to finally update my nat dex though.

Gimmie mushroom gorge or no deal

@Matl not their fault the earth has been almost entirely stripped of nintendium. Scientists are looking into syntheslsizing it in a lab.

@moodycat my main point for why i was a srark defender of gamefreak's hesitance to overhaul the franchise.

I want pokemon to be better but if the magic dies so do I

@brunojenso because if they're already paying the subscription fee any additional content is just a bonus.

@A01 SSB has the same problem

I imagine it will be mostly updates for previously announced titles (2022 already has a major 1st party title for nearly every month) but a reimagined Starfox or F-zero for 2023 would be nice.

I may not be saving time but I'm having more fun... Right?

@Brydontk wisps only appear at dusk and durring the night. That isn't a pop-in issue. it wasn't there

What can I say that hasn't already been said, at this point?

I hope the graphics get better but it isn't a deal-breaker for me and LA is definitely a step in the right direction.

Also please stop comparing it to the PS2... It's apples and oranges.

Do you think Sword and Shield have any chance of topping the list one day?

What kind of question is that? There is no possible way SwSh will maintain the momentum for annother 9 million sales.

That's not to say I think RGB will hold their title much longer. Total sales of generation 8 titles (SwSh, BDSP, and LA) could easily surpass gen 1 (RGBY) and I would not be surprised if in the next 5 years, or less, RGB will get dethroned, if not by Arceus than by gen 9.

@BenAV no game is flawless, HGSS had a terrible level curve amoung other things.

Ultimately the "best" game is entirely subjective but if HGSS came out today i imagine it would not have been recieved as warmly. (And if I had to replay one i would easily choose legends.

@BenAV take off your rose tinted glasses a lot of people agree, legends is asuperior experiance

Not gonna lie, I was questioning whether Legends would push consoles. Most Pokemon fans already have a switch and the rest of gamers don't see any point.

Glad I was wrong

@AstroTheGamosian makes you wonder if scalpers are having trouble actually selling unitsand just have a invintory of unsellable consoles

@Arisen I don't know what official person decided that; but I don't agree with them. if the U was a 8th gen console and the switch came out 4.5 years later... that sounds like a follow-up/new generation to me

Besides, if the Switch lasts 7-10 years as Nintendo hoped, it would exist for the entirety of the 9th generation console cycle.

Either way, I can compare sales between the switch and irish potatoes if I want to.

@MichaelP I hear they're popular amoung sasquatch. I wouldn't know, of course, seeing I've never encountered one (the PS5, I mean)

One thing I like about LA is the depth of the gameplay. Every choice has immediate (and sometimes un predictable) concequences, which gives you the sense of a challenge, while still being forgiving enough if you make a mistake.

@broskiplays so that's why I can use charmander afaind swimmer bradey

@NEStalgia "the very best like no one ever was" is overused imo. I think they wanted to get across this one actually is that.. or close to it. so rehasing a cliche would sound less serious.

@sunny63 what? Whomsaid there weren't more bosses?

@fafonio just a random side note, that you reminded ne about, I remember hearing about one poll that rated SwSh compared to other pokemon titles and it was a perfect bell curve with 8% calling it their least favorite and 8% calling it their most favorite.

I swear, The sheer ratio of arguments that were resolved maturely in this thread (compared to those that weren't) is an actual miricle.

In my opinion terms like "generation" "mainline game" and others are oudated based on how the pokemon fandom uses them... So broad an meaningless yet so specific and exclusive similtaniously

If the adventures of link and BOTW can both be mainline zelda games then I don't see why not.

If GameFreak considers it a mainline title that's good enough for me