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Oh my god, I'm SO pleased to see someone else talk about this - the exact same thing happened with me as a kid!

I vividly remember playing Ruby for the first time, aged 7, and getting quickly stumped on 'Absorb' and 'Bide', and even 'ergo' when used by one of Prof. Birch's assistants.

In a meta sense, looking up Pokémon name meanings on Bulbapedia directly taught me the words 'etymology' and 'portmanteau'... and 20 years later, when I was teaching a class of 9-year-olds spelling today, they all remarked "etymology is always your favourite bit"! And it wouldn't have been if it weren't for Pokémon!

Christmas 2021, my brand new copy of TWEWY on Switch from Amazon had this exact issue! Made for an interesting Christmas morning...

I was lucky enough, when searching for a New 3DS XL to replace my dying OG 3DS, to stumble upon a Solgaleo and Lunala design that I forgot existed, and for a cheap-ish price! Lapped it up, it's a thing of beauty. Seems they left it off Bulbapedia's list as it had a worldwide release! For shame!

Finally got this game and its DLC for 75% off in the sale a few months ago and absolutely loved it! Way surpassed my expectations as a newbie to tactics games and now I can’t wait for Sparks of Hope!

Thanks for posting the wiki link, guys! I'm an admin on the site and I can't wait to see what September will bring! Loving the steady drips of new info

My 2017 Switch has a slight hairline crack in its glass screen protector (thankfully not the actual screen) and I had to send my Joy-Cons in to Nintendo for drift two years ago, but aside from that, it's been as perfect as the day I got it! Still use it almost every day and haven't needed to upgrade yet! (Though I would like an OLED one, thanks.) What a wonderful little machine.

Simple and effective name! Can't wait to try it out, let's hope it gets some actual promotion closer to release

@frogopus The babe with the power?

@twadebarcelona She was lovely when I briefly met her at a Doctor Who public photoshoot, so...

As if Jenna wasn't already the best!

Yessss! If anything’s gonna convince me to buy Rise, it’s this!

Please don’t suck, please don’t suck… We know the track record of DW games…

Wait, does it close on the 19th or 23rd?

I had this problem too and it seems to have been fixed as of this afternoon, seemingly of its own accord. I’m hoping it stays that way!

My favourite 2D Mario ever! An amazing and innovative singleplayer and a multiplayer that I played with friends for at least 5 years. Never bettered!

“The chances of anything coming to Switch are a million to one,” they said...

Absolutely obsessed over this game when I was 14! Very easy but endlessly fun and surprisingly replayable. It sure did play it safe, but it was a great time even so!

Happy birthday!!! Thanks for always being amazing!

I've finally got a tip on this site! I so badly want these games to be good...

Welcome Jon, you’re officially a lovely person now! Can’t wait to see more of you!

@PhatToad I, err... might have done that, yes. I had no choice! Can’t believe I forgot that some people would pay money for that stuff.

I recently had to get rid of most of my old game boxes and manuals to downsize and now I'm feeling REALLY dumb that I didn't think of this!

Astonishingly good system, released at the perfect point of my life with so many amazing memories! Will continue to play my 2011 console for years to come!

I got this yesterday, had no choice but to pay for my game to arrive on Tuesday. Admittedly, their shippers said “we are not responsible for any local duties, VAT, or taxes”, but still. Glad to have supported the Kickstarter, but this really doesn’t help.

Apparently people said it’s like a Banzai Bill but the size of a normal Bullet Bill? Either way, odd. Love my obscure facts.

An amazing series that deserves all the love it gets! Happy birthday, Splatoon, and here's to another 5.

The GBA version was larger than the DS version back in the day? That's interesting, I wonder why? Incredible games either way, then and now.

From what I'm aware of, the vast majority of the Pokémon seen in this trailer were confirmed anyway, so I think they just played it really smart. Fantastic-looking stuff, anyway.

Three Pyroar? Three Solgaleo? Doesn't really roll off the tongue, does it? Either way, super exciting news, I can't wait!

Not only Luigi has been seen, but some official artwork showed off Cat Toadette, too, so we could be getting more players than we expected...

Even if it didn't have great support and the marketing was pants, I still believe that it had a fantastic set of first-party games. I still love my Wii U, even with my Switch around!

I think I may be one of the only people to ever experience no discomfort of any kind when playing this game. It’s probably in my all-time top ten games, so it’s a shame that Sakurai has no plans, but maybe someone else one day? We can always hope!

Well. Safe to say I'll never be able to unsee that!

Happy 13th, Nintendo Life! Let the grumpy teenage years begin! Nah, in all seriousness, it's fantastic to see the site still going from strength to strength. Long may it last!

I really want to try this... but Europe, though. Please, Nintendo!

I received Xenoblade 2 a week ago and even though I've barely scratched the surface, I'm loving it so far! It's exceeded my expectations too! I'm looking forward to more greatness in the future.

@KingMike The step forwards will be when the big new games come out on Switch late next year, they stated that. Again, this was specifically intended to simplify matters for newcomers, not be a new one for pro battlers. Let’s be honest, it’s hardly a major important deal, really.

Come on, now, is everyone gonna be so negative about this? We've gotta remember that the Gen. I that some people love didn't have Abilities or held items either. Besides, these weren't designed to be competitive battling games. Let's Go isn't going to be used for official events, Ultra Sun/Moon will. So for a casual game intended at a causal audience, this makes perfect sense.

Guys, the Direct is actually today - 29th August, not 29th September! That confused me for a sec!

@Mrtoad Because it's the UK, and sadly, most people over here wouldn't know what a popular video game is if it hit them. Well, ones that aren't Fifa and Call of Duty, at least!

Let’s hope we don’t get any more, Pokémon don’t deserve to look that soulless and terrifying. Poor Pikachu.

@SmaggTheSmug Clearly he’s already got the monopoly on the name ‘Nintoaster’! Either way, this gave me a chuckle.

This is some really good stuff. Already got a couple of new additions to the Dex, and those XP bonuses are going to be super useful!

The skin colouration of the character and the talk of 'infection' perhaps explains why all the enemies we've seen in trailers are that strange green-blue colour... Interesting stuff!

The opposing Octoling had Tenta Missiles, too... Looks like the AI might have been improved as well! Seriously looking forward to this.

While this is important and strange, the David Bowie reference in the tagline just improves the situation quite a lot.

I guess it's highly likely that these three will just be unlockable characters? They've already confirmed that there will be unlockables, and the ones we've seen are all defaults.

I have one Shiny Ivysaur, one Shiny Mareep and two Shiny Flaaffy after the last two Community Days! Happy with that!

Although I do think that this list would do well to be organised in Pokédex order, maybe, to group evolutions together?

OK, can we all not moan about how this isn't on Switch or isn't exactly how you wanted to be, or something? The smaller Japanese version of the game was started in 2013 and released in 2016, of course they're gonna keep it on 3DS for its final release. Maybe work on upscaling it in the future, but give them chance to release it as they intended.

I, for one, am happy to see my beloved 3DS get even more support, but I am very biased towards it! (But I love my Switch too!)

What is up with these Pokémon Go articles recently? They don't seem to be fully answering questions properly, it's slightly strange.