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@TCF Maybe the reason is because, you know, patenting mechanics, a thing central to game design, seems incredibly weird and against good ethics in business.

It's like patenting a storyline from a book, or patenting a method of cooking food that literally anyone can do with practice. Or patenting a painting technique.

These are not things that are useful to patent in any form or fashion.

@Einherjar To whom was it directed?

@nessisonett wasn't that two years ago in 2020?

@Einherjar I don't think that's it so much. I think it's more that it's nice to hear an actor want to know as much as they can about a character you love so they can portray them well.

You don't hear many stories like this during production and you love to see it.

@Munchlax Maybe that's the strategy they're going for right now. Letting the game surprise you hopefully in a good way

I am honestly upset that Paper Mario got reduced to being a game about actual papercrafts instead of leaning into what made the original trilogy great.

I loved Voltorb for it's simple design and I am glad that was retained. I love him.

@HamatoYoshi source or be branded a liar.

@Grumblevolcano If it isn't, that will be a shock, for sure.

@Shadowmoon522 You had me until you decided to be a smarmy arse with that gif. Now I'm just going to ignore you.

@Shadowmoon522 Except, no? You don't make sense.
FRLG/HGSS/ORAS/BDSP are remakes. Plat is a special version like Yellow and Emerald. B2W2 is a sequel. USUM is like Yellow and Emerald as well. The expansions of SwSh are just that. Legends is none of these.

Legends Arceus is a new game that is a prequel designed like a GF-made spinoff. And unless GF or TPC say otherwise, a spinoff it'll remain.

@Axecon A few problems with your assessment:

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was developed by Spike Chunsoft.
Pokemon Conquest was developed by Koei Tecmo.
Pokemon Colosseum/XD were developed by Genius Sorority.

Comparing Legends Arceus to the first two really isn't a fair comparison, and even with Colosseum/XD, it was basically a semi-mishmash of the mainline and Stadium games.

Legends Arceus despite being a spin-off is a glimpse of the direction that the series could be heading going forward, if GF decides to stick to it. A lot of new ideas for the series are being field, even if other games have done same or similar systems or even better.

That's part of what has me excited for it: I want to see if this will lead to new frontiers for the series.

@somebread Maybe because it's entirely ridiculous and their handwringing over it isn't founded in anything other than an apparent, complete inability to understand the idea that people have been making fangame projects under the names of their fave series for years and do it because that is what they want. And instead act like it's some brain-teaser when the solution is Plain Jane as hell.

@Tsuchinoko cause they don't have to and they would prefer this. Passion projects don't require or need a profit motive. It's not that hard to figure out and peeps like you act like it's some great mystery of the universe.

@Dragonite89 LolNo. I'm not even taking you seriously at this point. You're being such a try hard and continuously claiming I'm doing the things you are, and it's pathetic. Also the third time you've claimed I'm super pissy. Sounds like you're to convince yourself more than anyone else. XD

I truly pity you. Keep dreaming man.

@Dragonite89 Projecting yet again. I don't even need to one up you. You make it easy.

Also getting called super pissy by you is hilarious. Cause its truth only exist in your wild fantasies.

@Dragonite89 Yea, you don't care. You don't care enough to actually make decent points. You don't care enough to not use ad hominem, and so many other problems.

Super pissy? You're projecting. You're so repetitive and off kilter that it would be funny if you weren't so repetitive and boring.

You're like a mad dog, barking at people and thinking you're hot stuff. It's pathetic.

@SwissCheese The answer is the money is reinvested into other parts if the franchise. GF only gets a fraction of what the games see in sales.

@Dragonite89 I haven't bought BDSP, nor did I buy SwSh... But you sir, are being utterly whacked.

You don't read. You ignore the point. You continuously argue in bad faith. You continue to use ad hominem attacks.... And more.

Literally what is wrong with you?

You're spitting fire literally fir not outright agreeing with you and basically telling you "you don't speak for me". You're acting in an utterly childish manner and giving disproportionate responses to people's criticisms of you.

My advice? Grow up.

@Astral-Grain Oh buck off and let her have her fun!

@Berserker7 Political Correctness obviously isn't a trend and didn't appear just recently. You're blowing smoke up your own backside.

@Zyph You lucky duckling.

@Berserker7 They don't want more censorship cause they are already smart enough to know the kinds of things millennials have been railing against are not cool. So more censorship is pointless.

But political correctness will never die. There will always be politically and socially unacceptable things to say that people will get rammed over, often for good reason.

@CurtisABXY That I can certain vouch for. SMT in general focuses more on morality, law vs chaos, man vs gods, and similar themes in general. SMT main series in general deals with humans dealing with the machinations of gods and demons upon their world and struggling against them or embracing them.

@CurtisABXY All I will say is prepare for something that is going to be an entirely different flavor from what you're used to.

@Spiderland The fact you misrepresented what I actually said is even more pathetic.

@RCGamer Ys in general is a good series.

@BloodNinja Considering all the crap going on with ActBlizz right now, and their shady actions?

This can't be anything good.

@SmaggTheSmug Earthbound spirits

@DTFaux officials lean into her how?

@YourLocalChonker where my replies were directed got mixed up. The bottom one was supposed to be yours. The top one was at Mobiusman

@martynstuff sign me the hell up gor St.Bernard Arc.

@Clod Oh. I see...

@JRokujuushi @Clod Having heard recently from a avid Metroid fan of a friend I know about the differences between the original and the localization of the story... The Japanese version makes more sense, but I generally agree the story in general isn't great.

The Japanese version has Samus showing she has lost confidence in herself due to the loss of the Baby Metroid, and that the hell run through the Pyrosphere was a self-imposed test to see if she still has the stones for what she is doing, for which Adam berates her for doing something so obviously reckless. It also underscores why she experienced such a severe trauma response to Ridley: she was mentally and emotionally compromised, and she was not prepared for his re-emergence as a clone due to the aforementioned cracks in her proverbial armor.

It doesn't fix everything bad about the story-writing if you follow the Japanese version, but it does make a lot of the stuff in Other M make more sense and feel less ham-fisted overall.

Also from what I was told, the portrayal of Samus between the two versions is very different.

@Arawn93 The reason I give so much benefit of the doubt is exactly because they have nothing to lose. With no threat of termination, and retaliation being unlikely, speaking candidly comes more easily.

Plus, after hearing the stories of places like NetherRealm Studios, ActBlizz, and several others, and even more outside of the game dev space, I'm far less willing to be trusting of companies when stuff hits the fan.

Besides, it's been proven time and again when a company has a toxic corporate culture, unless said culture starts costing something on their profits and bottom line, they will do anything to protect the status quo and avoid change. So I'm so sorry I am not willing to give companies more benefit of the doubt than I could throw any of their executive staff.

@Arawn93 -or some of the ones interviewed were not fired, but left of their own accord, or were fired for trying to speak out against issues.

I love Dread as much as the next Nintendo fan, but you're giving companies in general too much credit.

@Einherjar Probably because now that MercurySteam is in the limelight due to Dread, their stories would be more willingly picked up by journalists, because they love juicy scoops. Opportunistic to be sure, but I can see the reasoning: the bigger the studio's name, the more likely people will be to pay attention.

@Varkster It seems more like you're being dismissive and making assumptions about the people coming out and complaining about this, and making assumptions about them being fired or let go.

In short. You're doing the exact same crap you're touting other people are doing about jumping the gun. So you really have no place to talk there.

Then you go on about some overly exaggerated rhetoric about contributions and signal your virtue of working yourself to the bone as if you're better than those people. Get over yourself you arrogant mook.

@YourLocalChonker You and others repeatedly using the word "objectively" doesn't magically make your opinions into fact. You would prefer something different and similar to the modern games but better. Fine. But just because they aren't what you or some others desire doesn't make them "objectively" anything other than "not what you were hoping for."

@Mobiusman I disagree on the lifeless part, but yeah, they are pretty 2 dimensional on the faces.

@Yorumi I think you need to read some of the other comments around here and the last bit in the article.

In a nutshell: having those credits to your name is a way of telling people what you've worked on and where you've worked. It's basically a way of verification of your work that allows you to be assessed for future opportunities.

@YourLocalChonker Nah. I would say they are a step up. But far better? Not really.

@YourLocalChonker I never stated or implied anything to the contrary. So I have to ask what exactly you are on about.

I played and loved Platinum and loved it's graphics.

@Mobiusman Enough that I can tell you're trying to cast shade.

If you need an example of my work: you're staring at it as you read my comment.

@SeaFishelle No, they aren't, and you've deliberately misrepresented what I said.

Grinding being a traditional part of the JRPG experience is a fact. Stating that is not nostalgia talking. The aforementioned Dragon Quest series earlier in the comments is one such example, and some people preferring the Exp.Share being an optional thing isn't just a matter of nostalgia either.

Exp.Share being on all the time takes something outside of your control, without being given the choice to put it back in your control.

Now if you're going to try to argue it is purely nostalgia in different dressing in a manner that is not disingenuous and a strawman argument, then do so. Just know if you bother to respond with something that falls into either of those things, you will be ignored.

@CharlieGirl It isn't nostalgia glasses, and the very idea that it's the main reason people don't like it being not optional is foolishly dismissive.

There's nothing wrong with giving players the choice to play the game how they want, and grinding as it is, is a traditional part of the JRPG experience. Some people actually like doing it and putting time into leveling their individual Pokemon. What about taking away that choice is a good thing?

@EliteXeos i heard there is a toggle?

@Zuljaras they literally showed it in a recent trailer

@Rayquaza2510 Honestly, the Arceus one seems like something that GF needs to do with the games more going forward. The concept of Pokemon being able to attack you instead of immediately engaging them in battle, or them outright chasing you into a battle adds more player choice.

Also gives more credence to one of the oldest reasons you couldn't leave the starting town early: Pokemon are dangerous wild animals if traveling without one of your own to help defend you.

So frankly, this happening is something that should happen and should stay beyond it. GF is taking a big gamble with that one.

@Bret I would just ignore him at this point. He obviously has a hateboner for the game's look and can't judge it honestly at all.

@Pokester99 There is an art style here, and no, they do not look objectively worse. The visual style of the game itself counts as one. You may personally not like it, but you're not the end all arbitrator of of how it looks.

Granted, it's uninspired, but that doesn't mean an art style doesn't exist. It sounds more like you're reaching hard to dock hard against it.