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@Jeronan

That's wild. I've been the other way. I haven't been able to get through a main entry since ruby/sapphire. I just get bored.

But I've got the shiny charm in arceus, because I just couldn't stay away.

I guess it really is a "to each their own" situation.

@CharlieGirl

@shadowii is right. For example, I can't get enough of rogue likes. Even though the market is saturated with them, I love them and could play the genre extensively, and forever.

I'm certain there are people who feel the same way about metroidvanias.

I'm not buying a side game to a legendary series that they refuse to release the main games for.

If they ever release the mains, then maybe I'll try the sides.

Oh this sounds cool

Thank goodness it's open world

It's too bad ubisoft never got that snow boarding game out on switch. I still feel like the void has never been filled on the system.

@GrailUK
Wasn't Geist made by a non nintendo company?

I know the developer's head said a few years ago that he'd like to revisit the game and/ or series.

This sounds cool. I miss story based rhythm games.
. . .
I want to play elite beat agents, again.
Agents are go!

Went on for ziggurat 2 and river city girls, and discovered that crunchyroll is now available!
What a week for downloads!

Holy snot!!!

We finally get ziggurat 2!

SCHWEEEEEEET

@Astral-Grain
THAT would be fantastic.

Screw archeology school. My college needs Intro to Ladders.

Given that you're supposed to care for your students' well being and that the courses are ridiculous, I keep hoping I can make a community College that's barely holding on, and call it Greendale.

Guess I'll find out at release.

@Specter_of-the_OLED

Timesplitters.. .

Given that 4 and the fan release keep getting put off, this may be the best alternative.

Many will argue with me, and perhaps they're right, but in my personal opinion, the Timesplitter series was the epitome of the FPS. I still find myself comparing modern shooters to it.

@TommyTendo

I was the opposite way. I haven't finished a main game in years. They're too much like all of the other main games.

But PLA in still playing, well over 100 hours in. I'm obsessed with the new style and the freedom of hunting pokemon worth so few rails in place.

Oh man I've been a zorro fan since I was 3.

Which was. . . well. . . no time recently.

Glad to see the character is still going strong after all of these years.

I could use a tip.

I can't get my stealth spray on my quick item menu. Is there any way to move things into the quick item menu?

20-30 hours in, handled a couple of outbreaks, but no shinies. Much to my own amazement, I found piplup in cobalt coastline, though, which feels just as good to me. Who doesn't love that adorable little penguin?

@Henhiro
I absolutely agree with you. This feels like the best pokemon game I've ever played.

@Gwynbleidd

To be fair, the series only ended 3-ish years ago.

@swoose

Thank you. I don't agree with all that you've posted, but I can absolutely understand the perspective on a few (and could definitely support the arguments for some), especially for competitive players.

At minimum, it gives me something to reflect on.
I appreciate your response.
: )

@swoose

I can't say that I've revisited any other than blue/red.

In reality, I've played all of them as single player games. So I do consider most of the battle changes as minor.
I imagine, though, that they could mean more to competitive players.

I'm willing to listen, if you're willing to list what you consider the big changes (outside of sword/shield, which I already consider having changed relatively more).

Instead of fighting with you, I'd like your perspective. I won't argue with your response. I'm legitimately curious.

Edit:

Also, I only vaguely remember mega evolutions. At the time it just seemed like "bigger pokemon. " Clearly they're different from dynamaxing, but what were the fine point differences?

@swoose
I agree with @iLikeUrAttitude. The main game have the same basic gameplay. I stopped buying them because giving pokemon ways of becoming bigger and bigger didn't really seem like growth in the series.

3v3 battles felt like they changed little, as well.

Sure, the competitive aspects have grown slightly more complicated, but the games have felt very samey.

Adding new pokemon and enhancers still makes me feel like I'm playing an old pokemon with a minor change.

Exploration has been mostly the same (sword/shield being the outlier). I haven't wanted to go on a linear path in a pokemon game for years.

If you do that, then the differences in your pokemon and your friend's pokemon is basically down to who is further in the game.

Some of us want changes to something other than minor additions to the battle system, or adding in other competitions (like beauty contests).

In the main games you. . . Choose one of the 3 starter pokemon. Go down a mostly linear path. Get locked into gym competitions in a generally set order. Almost guaranteedly have a counterpart who is a sort of competitor. Stop team somebody from a dastardly plot. Become world champion. Beat the elite 4. Do post game legendaries.

If you take all of the main line games, a high percentage of the above list will be in each of them. That's the same game. For 26-ish years.

@Screen

I get where you're coming from, but I was always about the collecting and breeding aspects.

This game offers a more "into the world" feel that I've always wanted from a pokemon game.

The original creator has said in interviews that he wanted a game where kids could run out into nature and experience the joys of collecting from fields and streams like he did as a kid.

Competitive pvp monster battling was the side note, not the goal.

@Ninjaguy69

Curiously, what do you consider good games?

Princess Dam: "and that's how it's done. "
Roland: "what the hell did I just see?"

Joking aside, I love the weird ones. This looks both awful and amazing. Probably a must but for me.

I'm pretty sure yoda's not afraid of cheats. . .just seagulls.

@CharlieGirl

I'm grateful you made that pun!

@CharlieGirl

And her sense of humor is such that one can usually tell its one of her articles from the subheaders.

It looks pretty good.
But, while I love the play on words, doesn't having a villain named Voo Doom qualify as racist these days?

(I'm not offended, and don't have the background to know for sure, but I feel like someone's going to be upset about that.)

@KateGray

You're doing great, but you can't please everyone. I enjoyed the post!

Guys, remember that Microsoft's stand with Bethesda was to release on all platforms that were willing to have its gaming service.

I think this is Microsoft continuing to acquire more first party games for its next moves.

I love these kind of games!

I'm in. : D

Huh.

All this time I thought the "c" in Arceus made an "s" sound (like in mice).

It definitely sounds weird to me as a hard "kuh" sound.

Finally. I was so sad when I could no longer use my old one!

The animations look really stiff.

Man, I was already all for this game before snorlax punched a tree, but now that he's done that, how can I not need this right now!?

This looks so much better than the main pokemon games. So EXCITED!

@WoomyNNYes

That's basically what I've read. Keep hoping something definitive comes out.

Thank you.

@nessisonett

Fantastic reference! I appreciate it.

Have any of the brain games ever been proven to work?

I want to believe, but have never seen any definitive studies.

I didn't buy the diamond/ pearl remake, even though I adore piplup.

I preordered this.
I've been wanting pokemon to evolve as the tech does (and try new things).

Wait, what?

Really?

@KateGray

Oh my God! You finally made it through!

Congrats.

Is Captain U a nod to Captain N: the game master?

If so, then I'm actually intrigued.

Altered beast always looked better than it played. I don't know why nostalgia keeps bringing it back.

If any of you feel I'm wrong, I apologize, but I never felt that it had much to offer, except some pretty graphics (for its time).

I never quite trust when a game's release date is April Fool's day. . .

@Medic_Alert

Yeah. You're absolutely right. I actually really liked the originals, but refuse to buy the remakes, as I really want the pokemon series to evolve with modern tech.

Even though I'll be picking up Arceus, voting with my dollars will never make a difference when it comes to pokemon. Nostalgia is just too powerful.

@Milton_Burle

The N/N+/N++ series is extraordinary. It's platforming at its absolute finest.

I'm glad you're enjoying it, too!

It's finally on switch?

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

That is all.

@Venivik @MattmanvsSuperman

I didn't like how clean the graphics of 2 felt. Bloodrayne always felt like a purposely gritty game in a gritty existence. Bloodrayne 2 got really visually. . .clean? It didn't look to me like her games felt too me, if that makes any sense.

Also, because I haven't gotten to quote this in decades, "Hedrox is infinite."

@Beaucine @RudeAnimat0r

That's so weird to me. I thought I remembered Bloodrayne averaging between 7 and 8 on most review sites (I probably would've been looking at reviews for game cube).

That said, I do remember a single review calling most reviewers wrong, and saying that the term "Mature" felt completely inappropriate for such an immature release. I remember this, because they tried to compare the breast physics that occurred with any movement in bloodrayne to the breast physics of their wife, but no matter how much she twisted, jumped around, or bent over, hers just didn't move with the craziness of the games. In the description, she gets exasperated with him, leaves the room, and it's implied he's now in trouble.

Outside of how right THAT review was about the game's maturity level and ridiculous physics, the only negative thing I recall bringing that game down was Uwe Bohl.