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@Dr_Lugae Yeah like there is one Pal that is litterally just Goodra fused with Meganium.

I supported Tem Tem and that actually followed a lot of Pokemon mechanics. So I have no issue with Pokemon clones themselves.

But A LOT of the designs, especially the ones most heavily marketed, look like either direct clones or like fusions ... well made fusions mind you. But some of them are stupidly close.

As for an actual lawsuit ... I don't know as even if they are close they're also not exact so it goes into a grey area.

But really people acting like this is a "threat" to Pokemon are just being stupid. Pokemon is an RPG. This is an open world survival and crafting game with at best some light RPG elements thrown in.

It's not even really the same genera. This isn't "the pokemon game we always wanted" it's an entirely different kind of game.

If you like it that's fine but I do wish people would stop pretending like "the pokemon killer has arrived".

@Jappio 5 had a weak story IMO and 6 is fairly well known as being the low point in the series.

But while we don't know A LOT about D7's story the developers have stated they are trying to return to form after D6's failure.

So at the very least there was a deliberate effort by the devs to avoid the mistakes of 6.

@Drac_Mazoku Yeah I'm still not happy with the switch from the lovely HD 2D sprites to 3D but these do look a lot better than D6 did so I'll tolerate it.

As a whole it looks like a great return to form.

Man I'm just lucky with Xenoblade I guess. I secured Xenoblade Chronicles 3 collector's edition (one of the only collector's editions I"ve ever gotten) and got the Pyra+Mythra amiibo's at normal price.

I actually missed the preorder but managed to lock in an order through gamestop right when they became avalaible through their online store.

@Axecon She's not really diving into her source material though which is the weird part.
She emphathizes arcade games rather than Video Games

While both are games and Mario has some roots in Arcade his series is almost entirely on consoles.

Again this feels too much like a "How do you do, fellow Kid's" moment.

Which ... is fine I guess. Not like I"m offended by it even if it feels like a rather shallow effort to connect with fans. But it does make me roll my eyes a bit.

I'm not going to try to define what is or isn't a gamer ... HOWEVER. This just reaks of a "How do you do, fellow kids?" moment.

Just because you voice act Peach in an animated movie doesn't mean you have to be a gamer to be "hip with the kids". You can just be a normal voice actress playing Peach ... we REALLY do not care as much as she thinks we do.

So while she's allowed to claim to be a gamer if she wants ... I'm honestly embarassed for her and this is really not a good look and comes off as way too out of touch and desperate.

@JessieAouV You know the femanist crowds and their "always beleive women" mantra ... unless the woman crosses them in some way. Then she's a "traitor" and no longer worth believing.

But as far as femanist politics are concerned she's still okay so they'll beleive her no matter what simply because she's female.

But it's because of women like this taking advantage of that mentality that people need to stop that. You start believing a group of people by default without proof and there WILL be people who take advantage of that no matter what group you're talking about.

@Ogbert depending on the team size an exe's paycheck doens't go as far as you'd think. Something like 100k might sound like a lot for example but just 100 employees and taht's only 1k each and many games these days have HUNDREDS of people on them.

I'm not saying they aren't overpayed BTW. But cutting their paychecks would only give emoyees a small bonus unless you gave the lions share of that paycheck to specific employees. Like in this case voice actors.

But raising the price of games by ... lets say 50% would be incrase funds by a lot more than an exec's pay cut. Espeically in the long run as it makes the games themselves more profitable.

@WallyWest IT's a typical back pedal of a liar called out on their *****.

If there was at least room for interpretation then you could MAYBE say she's just clarifying what she meant to say before. But there was very little room for interpretation in her initial claims and her response to the bloomberg post is nothing short of pathetic.

She's litterally just trying to discredit the entire thing as corporations protecting their interests ... while asking people to totally trust her that she's not simply after her own interests.

Just because people tend to doubt corporations these days (and for good reason) doesn't mean some random VA is automatically more reputable. Especially when she contradicts herself constantly.

@roboshort exactly. As much as I would love to say VA's, programmers, and others should be payed more ... the fact is there is a point where is you pay everyone too much you'll NEVER make that money back. So unless someone's just giving you extra money out of generocity you'd be bankrupt in no time.

Of course we could also suck it up and pay more for games. THen paying employees more would be possible. But we all know the average gamer won't accept that so the situation is what it is.

@iLikeUrAttitude I gave it a shot just because I could. I wasn't TOO invested although I did have it on a seperate screen for several hours in an attempt to get through.

It was frustraiting but I was ready to fail.