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@MathByThePixel And yet people clampored for games to be released stand alone instead of NSO. How the turn tables.

Also, I love they have nothing to announce about future Pokémon NSO titles beyond the ones listed...but they announced Colosseum and XD a year ago.

Having played this game for a decade now, seeing it at 60fps is freaky, and so crisp too.

I'd do an upgrade of Rise.

Wilds? No. The gameplay just wasn't there for me, and I played on a beefy PC and still had issues. Played the main story, saw off the final boss, put it down. That'll do me.

Now Rise? That games FUN.

That's the first time I can think where PS5 and Switch 2 sales of a game aren't in favour of Switch 2, or at least equal

60hz? What is this the PS2 in Europe?

A port of Rondonof Blood and Symphony of the Night.

And for god's sake.

It's been teased for over 20 years.

Can we FINALLY have the Battle of 1999?

Well, it's not a Game Key Card, which is what everyone wanted.

Anyone else want a go on this Monkey Paw?

@Twilite9 Because Prime 4 was primarily developed by Retro Studios and Next Level Games, famously two outsourced studios who are....both owned by Nintendo.

"Maybe it's the hype talking Marge, this game's great! It's got little quirks, romance, and these shops that just won't quit! And they got these pronouns here that ferbvudcdvfvdfhvds SIXTY DOLLARS? Get outta here"

It was a good showcase of a nice cosy game, and it looked neat.

Not my kind of game, but I'm glad it exists for those who like these more chill experiences.

popcorn

Who the hell is Hugh Morris?

We do this song and dance every year.

"Upcoming year looks light what's Nintendo doing!!!""

And then we get a Direct in February.

Then it's "But what about Holiday 2026/2027"

@Lord Half a million physical sales in one country.

@MK73DS TPC do let Pokémon get outsourced.

All the spinoffs by Bandai Namco, Spike Chunsoft, Genius Sonority, Koei Tecmo....they just don't sell anywhere near as well. A couple million at best, if that.

And the one time they DID outsource a main RPF, everyone hated it apparently.

So yeah, can't win.

@Divide_and_Wander They raised it from 15m to 19m actually.

@Shade_Koopa Switch 2 uses Nvidia G-Sync in handheld mode. Not updated for Docked yet though.

amiibo have always had this issue. They are never essential to the game, like other Toys to Life products were, but thats the problem.

Either their are a necessity, and people hated the idea of that, or they do basically nothing of note, which people also hate.

@Druidsbrook The hardest part of the game is to not be overlevelled but hy the Pokémon League you're still under levelled because the game faithfully uses D/P's levels. So in the span of one water route and Victory Road you're expected to go from a Level 50 opponent to Level 66.

And they made the choice to be less faithful by giving certain trainers better EVs and IVs and held items. Even before rematches.

It's a really weird difficulty compared to the original.

Mom, Dad! It's the next chapter of Persona!

That's right! The next chapter of Persona 5!

Persona 5 4Ker Edition. Persona 5 Constitutional Royalty. Persona 5 The Board game. Persona 5 10 Year Anniversary Edition

I could swear I've seen that exact Pokémon thumbnail before. Probably not the first time adef did that run at AGDQ.

Or as I call it, Avant Garde Dragon Quest.

Ah yes, close the ones making you money. Bold strategy Cotton.

@Pat_trick Sony managed to revoke the complete physical copy of Concord easily enough.

A celebration for the 50th anniversary, released in time for the 80th

@Truegamer79 You buy from outside America. You're just too dense to know it.

Next you'll be telling me kids shouldn't learn Arabic numerals in schools.

@Zeebor15 They were rumoured to be, by Eurogamer, based on....I don't recall.

I think they may also have been pegged by Eurogamer to be doing Ridge Racer that never actually existed.

Probably some other things too. But I wouldn't put much faith in Eurogamers reporting on Switch game development, given they ran with Pokémon Stars for months even when it was obvious it wasn't happening.

What a random article....hey check this out from a game 14 years ago.

Also never had to reread a headline quite as fast as I did....that was scary.

@Bats1234 It's not so much HP recovery, its that when it changes form its base HP stat goes up. So what was half health for 50% Zygarde is more like two thirds, if not more, for Perfect Zygarde.

@Bats1234 Go below 50% HP, at which point he effectively goes back to over two thirds HP because Perfect Zygarde has an enormous HP stat (Third highest in the series), and then Mega Evolve to give it the highest SPAtk stat in the series with a massive AOE move....with really high defensive stats.

Building it to live an Ice move isnt hard. Building an Ice type to deal that much damage is.

Good luck doing that, they've let Zygarde out.

Welcome to Nihil Light Season.

Brand new Mega Evolution for Diancie?

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Suuuuuure.

@ShadLink But it's not on Switch 2, which is what Phil keeps saying he's supporting.

They keep saying this, it keeps not happening.

Sign a ten year deal for Call of Duty, we're already three years in with nothing.

Hi-Fi Rush has Switch themed assets? Doesn't happen. DOOM? Not even a year later like 2016 was.

HALO remake? Nope.

Hell, not even Minecraft has made it over yet.

The game consistently in the top 10 charts based on physical sales of just the Switch version!

I'll believe it when I see it, and they've been bragging about great hardware and games for years, and that's yet to happen either.

But does it have mouse controls

Ah yes the newly established company Nintendo Pictures, which they established....by buying Dynamo Pictures a few years ago and renaming them.

@VeganH A system doesn't get front loaded with first party games in the first three months.

I don't know why this mentality is so pervasive now

A Switch 1 release would have delayed the game?

This Switch 2 release is already coming out way later.

@SillyG The ultimate irony about publisers like SquareEnix blaming slow load times as a reason for not using game cards, and not the price, is back in the N64 days they all flocked to the far cheaper but far far far slower CDs on the PS1 because of cost and file size, slow loading be damned.

But now? Oh yeah, its not cost, they're now TOO slow.

@Automated_Unit_4937 Then you just opened the Dreamcast Pandora's box of piracy.

Shame the game is 30fps and a blurry mess due to overly aggressive anti aliasing no matter the hardware you play it on.

Get it on PC and turn that stuff off, and at least then the image actually looks like the resolution it actually is.

Also a shame to hear about how grindy it actually is.

And how expensive it actually is, once you add in the DLC to get over half the games roster.

£80? Nah thanks.

Bandai Namco seems to be having a real bad time with Switch 2, between this, Dragon Ball Sparking Zero...odd.

@JohnnyMind It only happened for Pokemon GO, Pokemon Bank (Gen 6/7) and I think maybe Pokemon Lets Go.

Sword and Shield, Scarlet and Violet, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, and Legends Arceus all let you go back and forth between them all. And one of those used completely different stats for the game.

So I dunno what ZA is doing to Pokemon data that's so different. But it's not the first time. It famously happened going to Gen 3.

But odd no demo on PS4 or Xbone, and still not a single image of Switch 2.

@Hapless They've revealed three. The game is out in 7-8 weeks. At one a week there is plenty left under wraps, believe me.

Mad the generation that added Megas is only just now getting them.

Anyway, this is exactly what Megas should be. Pokemon that could use the boost, and instead of slapping spikes all over, take the design to its logical conclusion.

No, the Megas added in Gen 6 were largely not needed, there to sell merch, and were overdesigned.

And in six years when its doing well "Well its still too early to tell compared to xyz"

Nice to see this time they are giving Megas to often forgotten or underwhelming Pokemon.

Instead of fan favourites and stuff that already runs rings around the game like in Gen 6

That's it, the Switch 2 is underpowered, overpriced, should have had a 720p screen for lower rendering times, bigger battery so it's actually portable, used discs so third party games still would require downloads anyway, and make French toast.

This game will end up a disappointment. Its been allowed to hype up so much for so long it cant possibly meet those expectations now.

@Fiergala PS5 settings menu

Storage

Games and Apps

@Fiergala No, all Blu-Ray games have to install. That was the case on PS4 because read speeds were so slow, and the case of PS5 because they need the SSD. A 40GB PS5 all on disc Blu-Ray is getting installed onto your SSD.