We can all point fingers and say the guy should stop being so lazy, but maybe instead people could stop being so self-righteous, hypocritical, and judgmental hmm?
You hardly know anything about this guy, and regardless of how he chooses to make money, the guy was planning a charity stream. You may have a "real job" but what have you done for charity?
Anyway, I had actually hoped to see them announce Z already, just to get it over with. The idea of a new gen is exciting but I feel like it's too soon though. I happen to like the logos a lot, but the names don't exactly roll off the tongue.
Hope this comes to the west, it looks great! Glad that this looks a bit more like Pokemon but I'm not crazy about the dual versions. Still I've been getting hooked on P&D recently so I can't wait to play.
Hey at least NoA is actually trying to make this a Fire Emblem game, instead of Waifu Simulator.
Anyway, NL ought to just put up a big ol' poll whenever this type of thing comes up. You either vote that you like the changes or you don't like them. And everyone would feel a lot better than whining about this or that vs. somebody else on the Internet.
@mjc0961 Yeah, I understand the logic, but there's just no way Sega would even touch any of their other franchises, nonetheless for Sonic's anniversary of all times. Seems like a silly request if you ask me.
That being said unfortunately it's telling when people don't even want a Sonic game for Sonic's own anniversary. lol
YES! Garchomp is one my all-time favorite Pokemon so I'm very excited for this. Mewtwo is also good but expected, and I'm glad they picked Braixen as I prefer it to Delphox.
@ASonic3582 Well if that's the case I personally think that's a lame reason to make them. That to me just seems too easy, to give you an advantage no matter your starter. And in any case, that's a problem with most generations — they really should have the first Gym be a type that has no strengths or weaknesses to any of the starters in the first place.
Plus, those monkeys just look boring to me... I don't think I would mind so much if they made each one more different than the other, or maybe even made them different animals. I mean, imagine if every Gen 1 starter looked just like Charizard, only one was blue and another was green. I don't mind the trash or Ice cream mons, I think a lot of Gen 5 Pokemon just had lazy designs.
Probably my least favorite gen. The designs weren't as bad as people made them out to be, however I think they just tried to hard to make them similar to Gen 1 Pokes.
And for the record, I actually like the Vanillite family a lot, I don't what people's problems with an ice cream Pokemon are. I think the real worst offenders from the gen are the monkeys, who were only created for the triple battle gimmick, Gothitelle, Terrakion, Cobalion, the kami trio, Samurott, Accelgor, etc... Just a lot of garbled, bland designs imo. It does have my favorites though, like Braviary, Joltik, Zekrom, Chandelier, etc.
Designs aren't my biggest complaint though, as just looking back on this gen I can't remember having a lot of fun with it or anything that I really enjoyed. It was an exciting game at the time, we had new animations and triple/rotation battles, but something about B/W just felt bland, almost as if it didn't live up to the expectations for me personally.
Sorry people, pretty sure there's nothing you can do to improve capture rate. Notice how people in this thread have said different button combinations...
@QuietTheWords Yes! Of course! how couldn't I have realized, that humankind will not move on as a species because a 13-year-old video game character's bikini was removed! Crime, war, famine... these things are unimportant, the real problem with humanity is video game censorship!!
The voice actor is absolutely right, however it would be nice if we could stop with these clickbait articles that fuel arguments and put this silly rally against "censorship" to rest already.
Funny that people think the key to Sega's success is to make a good Sonic game, but forget that he isn't as popular in Japan than in the West and doesn't sell as much there.
All I can say as another person with no experience with the Mystery Dungeon series but wants to try this game, it wasn't a very good idea to write the review from a newbie's perspective. How do I know that the complaints listed are usually there throughout the series? Is this the best PMD game to try first or is it the worst? Sorry but this review doesn't make any sense.
@Yorumi I think it is different. The later things you mentioned, "typical American, German, Russian" are all national. They have their own culture, but it's still, to a degree, something people can choose to identify with, unlike race. I'm not totally informed on this, but yes there are different tribes and cultures, but I think the whole point of where the dissatisfaction comes from the native communities, is that it seems the majority of people only know about native culture to be these stereotypes. The feathered headress, for example among others, is what all of those cultures have been reduced to. And so, people put on a headress for a costume and call themselves "Indians". I think all that's wanted is respect and understanding of what's being worn, as it's usually horribly misinformed and devolved to a caricature.
Now of course I'm not trying to speak for natives, that's up to them to decide if the game was being disrespectful. I'm sure SE had good intentions, but I think simply naming it Axe Warrior or something instead of Tomahawk, would have been much better. Besides, it's just a localization, and a rumor at that, not something to fuss about — but if it's true switching to a cowboy was definitely not a much better choice.
@XCWarrior I almost can't tell if you're being serious or not. I mean do people here not understand the differences between racial stereotypes (like American natives) and cultural stereotypes (cowboys, gamers, emo, as in your examples)? Do you realize the difference between things you choose to identify with and things you were born as, such as race? But wait lemme guess, you "don't see color".
I've taking a liking to the Splatling guns recently, and this seems like my kind of weapon, though it would be perfect to me if it had a suction bomb instead.
Very nice, love that shader effect. Can't wait to play this game but I hope we can see something else besides character designs (good as they are though)
I'm curious if I'm the only one who was really impressed with the 3D effect from the demo? — rarely do they get 2D animation to pop out so well in 3D.
Anyways, this was an enjoyable game, however I'm not sure I could see myself putting a whole lot of time into it as I would Omega Ruby. Maybe one day I could pick it up though, or maybe we'll get the sequel that could be even better?
It's been a while since we've had a Direct so I'm pretty excited for this — however I'm not gonna get my hopes up for any big surprises. It'll just be nice to watch.
This Gen was probably the height of my Pokémon obsession as a kid. I'm pretty sure I started with Gen 1 at a young age but I spent the most time with Gold — so long in fact that I didn't even realize new Pokémon games were out! I remember playing Pokémon Channel and being in awe at 'mon like Blaziken and Latios that I had never seen before. Eventually I got all three games, as well as FireRed, and played them a whole lot. I played a lot of spinoffs like Coliseum and Gale of Darkness too, good memories there — they don't seem to make spinoffs the way they used to. Also at the time I was really into the anime and movies, watching new episodes almost everyday, though once the D/P anime aired I lost interest in the show.
Anyways, lots of love for the 3rd Gen! This one is a favorite for nostalgia, though in those terms Gen 1 probably beats it and Gen 4 comes soon after 3. Lot of my favorite 'mon in there too, like Duskull, Sceptile, Deoxys and more. Omega Ruby is also one of my favorite Pokemon games now, I love what they did with those but I guess not everyone agrees.
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Re: Popular Super Mario Maker Speedrunner and Streamer Has All His Levels Deleted by Nintendo
We can all point fingers and say the guy should stop being so lazy, but maybe instead people could stop being so self-righteous, hypocritical, and judgmental hmm?
You hardly know anything about this guy, and regardless of how he chooses to make money, the guy was planning a charity stream. You may have a "real job" but what have you done for charity?
Re: Video: Early Pokémon Go Footage Shows Off AR Pocket Monster Catching
@XCWarrior Never thought I'd see the day where someone on NL actually hopes that Nintendo adds a pay-to-win feature on a mobile game.
Re: Video: Splatoon Head Honcho Tsubasa Sakaguchi Joins In With an amiibo Impersonation
It's gotta be Captain Falcon though his arms aren't quite right.
Re: Niantic Cancels Pokémon GO Presentation At Game Developers Conference
Pokémon GOne?
Re: Trademarks And Logos For The Next Pokémon Game Surface Online Ahead Of Tomorrow's Nintendo Direct
Damn the internet leaking everything!!!
Anyway, I had actually hoped to see them announce Z already, just to get it over with. The idea of a new gen is exciting but I feel like it's too soon though. I happen to like the logos a lot, but the names don't exactly roll off the tongue.
Re: Puzzle & Dragons X Hitting Japan This July In Two Versions
Hope this comes to the west, it looks great! Glad that this looks a bit more like Pokemon but I'm not crazy about the dual versions. Still I've been getting hooked on P&D recently so I can't wait to play.
Re: Poll: Vote for Your Favourite Main Series Pokémon Games - 20th Anniversary Edition
I picked Omega Ruby, HeartGold, and LeafGreen, but it's very hard to choose as I love em all about equally except B/W.
Re: Bayonetta Could've Been in Project X Zone 2
She would have been a perfect fit for PXZ, hopefully if a PXZ3 happens someday she'll be included... And more Nintendo characters!
Re: Splatoon Action Figures Will Be Inking Their Way To A Toy Store Near You Soon
Awesome! I could use more Splatoon merch. And hopefully if they make more Metroid figures there will be a Ridley as well!
Re: Man-Made Pokémon Magiana is Revealed, to Star in Upcoming Movie
I like it, though it could be better. At least it's cute, so I hope it's Steel/Fairy as it would be indestructible.
Re: Mega Man Is Blasting His Way To Nintendo Badge Arcade
YES!!! I am unbelievably happy about this, Ive had a great need for Mega Man badges for a while now...
I already have over 400 badges but I would gladly pay a few bucks to snag some these.
Re: Hands On: Searching for Clues in Detective Pikachu: Birth of a New Duo
Surprisingly I'm pretty excited for this... As long as it's worth the money, and the English dubs won't be too bad, I'll definitely have to get this.
Re: Pokémon's Ash And Gary Are Getting The Nendoroid Treatment
Wow, these Jack and John figures look awesome!
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Has Plans to Localise Mother 3 This Year
Re: Random: Check Out This Kingdom Hearts Inspired Engagement Ring
And by the time you're done paying it off, Kingdom Hearts III still won't be out!
Re: Fire Emblem Fates Removes 'Petting' Feature in Western Localisation
Hey at least NoA is actually trying to make this a Fire Emblem game, instead of Waifu Simulator.
Anyway, NL ought to just put up a big ol' poll whenever this type of thing comes up. You either vote that you like the changes or you don't like them. And everyone would feel a lot better than whining about this or that vs. somebody else on the Internet.
Re: Review: Slice It! (3DS eShop)
I don't know, looks a little choppy.
Re: Sega Has Some "Interesting" Sonic News For Us Next Month
@mjc0961 Yeah, I understand the logic, but there's just no way Sega would even touch any of their other franchises, nonetheless for Sonic's anniversary of all times. Seems like a silly request if you ask me.
That being said unfortunately it's telling when people don't even want a Sonic game for Sonic's own anniversary. lol
Re: Sega Has Some "Interesting" Sonic News For Us Next Month
Why are people requesting Sega makes non-Sonic games for a Sonic anniversary?
Re: Chandelure Will Be the Next Pokkén Tournament Fighter
Nice to see some unorthodox picks like this, can't wait to see how it fights.
Re: Natsume Is Selling Vintage Factory Sealed Stock Via Its eBay Store
Can't believe they're trying to run rare downloads outta business!!!
Re: Garchomp, Braixen and Mewtwo Will Join the Fight in Pokkén Tournament
YES! Garchomp is one my all-time favorite Pokemon so I'm very excited for this. Mewtwo is also good but expected, and I'm glad they picked Braixen as I prefer it to Delphox.
Re: Review: AVOIDER (Wii U eShop)
I think based on NL's scoring policy a 4 is much more fitting as it mentions the game suffers from repetition
Re: Feature: A Pokémon Retrospective: Generation 5 - 2010 to 2013
@ASonic3582 Well if that's the case I personally think that's a lame reason to make them. That to me just seems too easy, to give you an advantage no matter your starter. And in any case, that's a problem with most generations — they really should have the first Gym be a type that has no strengths or weaknesses to any of the starters in the first place.
Plus, those monkeys just look boring to me... I don't think I would mind so much if they made each one more different than the other, or maybe even made them different animals. I mean, imagine if every Gen 1 starter looked just like Charizard, only one was blue and another was green. I don't mind the trash or Ice cream mons, I think a lot of Gen 5 Pokemon just had lazy designs.
Sorry, rant over.
Re: Feature: A Pokémon Retrospective: Generation 5 - 2010 to 2013
Probably my least favorite gen. The designs weren't as bad as people made them out to be, however I think they just tried to hard to make them similar to Gen 1 Pokes.
And for the record, I actually like the Vanillite family a lot, I don't what people's problems with an ice cream Pokemon are. I think the real worst offenders from the gen are the monkeys, who were only created for the triple battle gimmick, Gothitelle, Terrakion, Cobalion, the kami trio, Samurott, Accelgor, etc... Just a lot of garbled, bland designs imo. It does have my favorites though, like Braviary, Joltik, Zekrom, Chandelier, etc.
Designs aren't my biggest complaint though, as just looking back on this gen I can't remember having a lot of fun with it or anything that I really enjoyed. It was an exciting game at the time, we had new animations and triple/rotation battles, but something about B/W just felt bland, almost as if it didn't live up to the expectations for me personally.
However, I still haven't played B2/W2!
Re: Let's Debunk Some Of Pokémon's Biggest Myths Ahead Of This Year's Virtual Console Resurrection
Sorry people, pretty sure there's nothing you can do to improve capture rate. Notice how people in this thread have said different button combinations...
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Catch_rate
I once had a friend who thought shouting 'wake up' during a battle would make a Pokemon wake from sleep. That's untrue too.
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Voice Actress Is In Favour Of Lin's Western Costume Change
@QuietTheWords Yes! Of course! how couldn't I have realized, that humankind will not move on as a species because a 13-year-old video game character's bikini was removed! Crime, war, famine... these things are unimportant, the real problem with humanity is video game censorship!!
Give me a break dude
Re: Xenoblade Chronicles X Voice Actress Is In Favour Of Lin's Western Costume Change
The voice actor is absolutely right, however it would be nice if we could stop with these clickbait articles that fuel arguments and put this silly rally against "censorship" to rest already.
Re: Crush 40 Facebook Post, Since Deleted, Points to 25th Anniversary Sonic Game
Just give more Crush 40 songs, that's all I need please and thank you
Re: Poll: What Did You Think of Nintendo's 2015?
2015 was good for the Wii U, not so good for the 3DS. Not sure how I feel about it overall.
Re: Sales for Dementium Remastered Have Been Much Lower Than Expected
Imo RK is a mediocre indie dev and I think as time goes on it becomes easier to see.
Re: Video: Check Out the Super Mario Bros. 3 Port That Never Was
This video makes me uncomfortable.
Re: Nintendo Smartens Up For "Super Moschino" Collection Of Shirts, Sweaters And Accessories
Come on, all I want is to see Nintendo partner up with Gucci!
Re: Sega Slashes Full-Year Net Profit Projection By 90 Percent
Funny that people think the key to Sega's success is to make a good Sonic game, but forget that he isn't as popular in Japan than in the West and doesn't sell as much there.
Re: Parent Trap: Is 3DS Download Play The Perfect Family Feature?
The only time I've ever used Download Play in recent memory was with NES VC games like Super Mario Bros or Ice Climbers
Re: Art: Halo Character Artist Gives Legend Of Zelda's Link A Realistic Makeover
Don't let this guy make a rendition of Mario, please...
Re: Video: New Mighty No. 9 Trailer Aims to Bring Back the Hype
Sorry, I checked off the hype train about a couple years ago.
Re: Review: Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon (3DS)
All I can say as another person with no experience with the Mystery Dungeon series but wants to try this game, it wasn't a very good idea to write the review from a newbie's perspective. How do I know that the complaints listed are usually there throughout the series? Is this the best PMD game to try first or is it the worst? Sorry but this review doesn't make any sense.
Re: Rumour: A Class in Bravely Second is Supposedly Being Censored for the Western Release
@Yorumi I think it is different. The later things you mentioned, "typical American, German, Russian" are all national. They have their own culture, but it's still, to a degree, something people can choose to identify with, unlike race. I'm not totally informed on this, but yes there are different tribes and cultures, but I think the whole point of where the dissatisfaction comes from the native communities, is that it seems the majority of people only know about native culture to be these stereotypes. The feathered headress, for example among others, is what all of those cultures have been reduced to. And so, people put on a headress for a costume and call themselves "Indians". I think all that's wanted is respect and understanding of what's being worn, as it's usually horribly misinformed and devolved to a caricature.
Now of course I'm not trying to speak for natives, that's up to them to decide if the game was being disrespectful. I'm sure SE had good intentions, but I think simply naming it Axe Warrior or something instead of Tomahawk, would have been much better. Besides, it's just a localization, and a rumor at that, not something to fuss about — but if it's true switching to a cowboy was definitely not a much better choice.
Re: Rumour: A Class in Bravely Second is Supposedly Being Censored for the Western Release
@XCWarrior I almost can't tell if you're being serious or not. I mean do people here not understand the differences between racial stereotypes (like American natives) and cultural stereotypes (cowboys, gamers, emo, as in your examples)? Do you realize the difference between things you choose to identify with and things you were born as, such as race? But wait lemme guess, you "don't see color".
Re: Video: See Splatoon's New Fearsome Hydra Splatling in all its Over-encumbering Glory
I've taking a liking to the Splatling guns recently, and this seems like my kind of weapon, though it would be perfect to me if it had a suction bomb instead.
Re: Project X Zone 2 Will Have Some Pre-Order Bonuses in North America
This should have been in the article, but for those wondering what the theme will look like:
Not that great imo. And I assume the medal accessories are not physical items... The bonuses were way better with the first PXZ.
Re: The Hydra Splatling is the Next Freebie For Splatoon
Cut off one head...
Re: A New Yooka-Laylee Support Character Has Been Revealed
Very nice, love that shader effect. Can't wait to play this game but I hope we can see something else besides character designs (good as they are though)
Re: Rytmik Ultimate Aiming to Find the Beat on the 3DS eShop in December
@cinemaxgames That sounds good to me, but will Rytmik Ultimate also include samples from Rytmik Rock?
@shani I believe that's just a video effect for the music — previous games had something like that.
Re: Review: Yo-Kai Watch (3DS)
I'm curious if I'm the only one who was really impressed with the 3D effect from the demo? — rarely do they get 2D animation to pop out so well in 3D.
Anyways, this was an enjoyable game, however I'm not sure I could see myself putting a whole lot of time into it as I would Omega Ruby. Maybe one day I could pick it up though, or maybe we'll get the sequel that could be even better?
Re: The Next Nintendo Direct is on 12th November
It's been a while since we've had a Direct so I'm pretty excited for this — however I'm not gonna get my hopes up for any big surprises. It'll just be nice to watch.
Re: Video: Learn All About Skells in This Xenoblade Chronicles X Survival Guide
Pretty cool stuff, and good to know since I don't think I'd be lying if I said the Skells are the main reason I want to get this.
Re: Feature: Why We're Still Playing... Pokémon Gold / Silver / Crystal
Pokemon Gold was a huge part of my childhood, and I've actually been playing through it again recently!
Also, good first choice of starter — Totodile is one of my favorite Pokemon and my all time favorite starter.
Re: Feature: A Pokémon Retrospective: Generation 3 - 2002 to 2006
This Gen was probably the height of my Pokémon obsession as a kid. I'm pretty sure I started with Gen 1 at a young age but I spent the most time with Gold — so long in fact that I didn't even realize new Pokémon games were out! I remember playing Pokémon Channel and being in awe at 'mon like Blaziken and Latios that I had never seen before. Eventually I got all three games, as well as FireRed, and played them a whole lot. I played a lot of spinoffs like Coliseum and Gale of Darkness too, good memories there — they don't seem to make spinoffs the way they used to. Also at the time I was really into the anime and movies, watching new episodes almost everyday, though once the D/P anime aired I lost interest in the show.
Anyways, lots of love for the 3rd Gen! This one is a favorite for nostalgia, though in those terms Gen 1 probably beats it and Gen 4 comes soon after 3. Lot of my favorite 'mon in there too, like Duskull, Sceptile, Deoxys and more. Omega Ruby is also one of my favorite Pokemon games now, I love what they did with those but I guess not everyone agrees.