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@Damo Early copies get released all the time, according to articles you guys post. I'm sure the same thing occurred, here. I'm also sure that some of the reviews are trolling. However, most of the negative reviews I've read are issuing some pretty solid complaints about the game, and series as a whole.

@antdickens You're welcome to disagree.

@Chunkboi79 I'm looking into it, definitely! Thanks for the recommendation!

@Barbara001 Please learn to read the comment before replying back.

@progx The Call of Duty dig is way out of style, you might need to update your firmware

@Mr_Pepperami It's okay to be stupid, and have someone cure it. It's not okay to be stupid and stay stupid. Go read the site. Even the ones that have a zero still took the time to write something intelligent. Wow, so much denial. Amazing.

@Chunkboi79 Don't tempt me!

@Barbara001 If Game Freak were a charity, your comment would make (a little) sense. But, they are a multi-million dollar corporation. They WANT your money, why shouldn't they WORK for it? If the overall quality of the product is bad, why should people remain silent about it?

Game Freak needs to pick up the pace if they want those dollars. Right now they are just resting on their laurels, because people will mindlessly purchase the game with the Pokemon label.

@Blizzia Just another reason that Game Freak doesn't have to put any effort into their next game. I have no tears for people like you, who mindlessly buy Pokemon games no matter what.

@Mr_Pepperami Again, you are proving to me that you haven't even looked at the website. Most of the reviews are rated 3-6. Go read the reviews and inform yourself, instead of lapping up the misinformation in the article.

@cmlobue What has NL done to gain any trust from it's userbase? The fact that their website is so inconsistent (as you just pointed out) should really hit it home what their motives really are.

I'm not buying another Pokemon game until Game Freak gets off their lazy butts and moves the series forward, instead of rehashing the same garbage for every entry.

@Blizzia This is why Game Freak doesn't try. Because fans like you keep lapping up their hot garbage.

@Mr_Pepperami Sounds like you haven't read any of the Metacritic reviews. They are genuine complaints about a company that has gotten lazy.

@Alienfreaks04 Makes you wonder if people got the game early or something.

Are you people even reading Metacritic? The negative reviews are extremely well written. Ethics in games journalism? NOT ON NINTENDO LIFE.

Game Freak keeps doing the same garbage, year in and year out. They aren't trying, because they know people will go DRRRR POKEMON and buy it while drooling. They literally have no incentive to do anything different, because the fans just mindlessly buy the next game no matter what GF makes.

OF COURSE a couple of "games journalists" reviewed a huge franchise favorably. That will never change. That doesn't mean that people who are upset with Game Freak suddenly have no say. Liberal bias in the media, truly. Go to hell, Nintendo Life.

@Damo The reviews I'm reading on Metacritic have some obvious ones that are trolling, but the majority of the negative reviews are well written and sound intelligently formed.

That being said, your website gets more disgusting each passing week.

You think that your review of Pokemon is set in stone, and that because it had a positive tone that nobody can speak badly about the game. The way you handled criticism of Astral Chain is also questionable.

This has me convinced that you are actively trying to push sales of video games instead of informing the public.

Just because one of your staff members praised Pokemon SS doesn't make that word law. Other people will review the game and give their take, as well.

Game Freak hasn't moved the series forward in what, 20 entries? But it's the first Switch entry, so we can only lick Nintendo's boots...

This game is just as lazy as Nintendo Life's reporting.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/psa-pokemon-sword-shield-eshop-version-glitch-might-wipe-your-switchs-sd-card-up-not-actually-a-game-related-problem.153239/

Meh. Sounds like a vapid movie soundtrack.

@mallowhprain02 Why is it a sign of maturity to play Pokemon?

Also, why not just skip buying the game? That's a sign of maturity, also.

@Noid I had no idea they were replacing Columbus day. That's a great idea.

@Rayquaza2510 Yep! Some people have the inability to see their own shortcomings, and have a fine time of pointing out everyone else's.

@patbacknitro18 That's a lot of assumptions on your part, but you do you.

@Kalmaro Exactly. NL is acting like “but we reviewed it and it’s fine so what’s the big deal??” Really makes them look stupid. And honestly, GF doesn’t listen to it’s fans, and now when the fans are trying to get their attention, people make fun of them. It could be a joke, it could be a serious petition. But what I do know is that GF needs to shake up Pokémon in a big way.

@astrofan1993 There is rampant gun crime in America, but a petition against Pokémon is what pushed you over the edge, really??

@sarethums I would pay good money to watch a congressional hearing about Pokémon. That would be quality entertainment.

The article headline sounds like it was written by a middle schooler, and makes you sound just as stupid as the petition.

On top of that, it’s not like Pokémon is top-notch anymore! They keep churning out the same game with different faces. Can we get SOMETHING a little different? Or are the fans so rabid that they aren’t able to handle any variation, so it locks GF into making the same garbage, year in and year out?

Either way, stupid headline, stupid story. Can you guys at NL try a little more professionalism, at least? Making fun of a group of people on your website says more about you than the people who are upset with Pokémon SS.

@RazumikhinPG Not gonna lie, Game Freak hasn’t pushed the game to the quality it deserves, yet. Obviously, writing to the President and Congress is pretty drastic (I don’t like where GF is going with this so I’m not buying it) but I think GF needs some kind of wake up call from the fans to actually make something of quality. Right now it’s just 20 games that all play exactly the same, just with different names and faces. It’s like they don’t even try, and are just using the same cookie cutter formula.

@Rayquaza2510 Ah, part of living in a country and being proud of it is learning to take the bad with the good. I’m honestly extremely happy where I live, and am very proud to live there. I’ve got a great career because of where I live and a very good life. Even though I’m around SOME negative people doesn’t mean that it’s the end of the world for the country I live in.

@patbacknitro18 That makes zero sense. Why would people who are petitioning against a game still buy the game? I boycotted EA a decade ago. Guess how many EA games I own? Zero. I know you’re trying to be all edgy or something but really? Big lol

@sword_9mm Exactly. BOTW is HUGELY overrated for a huge, empty world.

@miitomobenji If we are judging the review and not the game...sounds like that logic might be wasted on you!

@Anti-Matter Whats wrong with lust?

@PickledKong64 lol you're basing that off of how people react to Mai? Okay then.

@Unit_DTH I don't think I need to know half of what you wrote, but thanks.

@Ashunera84 If you can disprove the lie, go ahead. However, you are yet to fill anyone in on any credible source other than a link to an iffy article and "my friend is a dev so I must know what I'm talking about." Yeah sure, my friend is the President of Insomniac Games, but I still don't claim to know his job better than him, and I certainly don't use that as leverage in conversations with others.

@Yorumi I couldn’t agree more. Only reason I visit is to stay on top of releases. The reviews are the pits and need an overhaul.

@Yorumi I felt like the review was overly positive to attempt to balance the negativity this game has been getting. NL reviews really need some work. I walked away from the review feeling like he was trying to scold people, and I didn’t leave the review feeling like I learned a lot about the game. Honestly, I’m convinced that most of these guys are afraid to speak the truth about the games they review, lest Nintendo takes action against them like Bethesda did with Kotaku.

@Ashunera84 Sorry, what anger? I’m not buying the game so I don’t even have a dog in the race. But I do enjoy pointing out people that blindly defend this BS.

@ShinyUmbreon Sure, but from what I’ve read this isn’t the case.

@ShinEon Exactly. Couldn’t agree more with you.

@ShinyUmbreon People only hate things because they are new? What?

@NIN10DOXD I thought I was the only one that noticed that. The reviews read like a solid 6-7, but eh it’s Pokémon here’s an 8-9.

@AstralSoul13 Or, people who are frustrated that big companies aren’t listening to them. These things aren’t as black and white as everyone makes them out to be.

@arekdougy What? That saying means that whenever the person dies, they are to be buried in a shallow grave, as in a grave that is easily dug up. It’s meant as a very disrespectful jab, not an outright death threat. It literally means that you don’t respect the person, even after death.

This review felt positive for the sake of balancing negative opinions, rather than giving a really in-depth piece about the game.

@Unit_DTH Interesting that people can have different opinions about the same topic. Your internet shrieking isn’t changing the world, either. Please step off your too high horse.

@Ashunera84 Marketing materials will always lead people to believe that the devs are the good guys. Sorry but I’m leaning towards the laziness/rushed aspect. We all know they are gonna make another Pokémon game after this. Why didn’t they put in the extra year to make SS really stellar, a game to remember?

Oh, because all these drooling Pokémon fans don’t care about quality, otherwise they would stop buying the garbage that Game Freak churns out, year after year.

@Prof_Yoshtonics Uhhhh, maybe all the mouth breathers will buy it but I’m not interested. If it had the full Pokédex then screw it, I’d bite. But as it is? Heck no.

@Bolt_Strike Sure, I understand what conditioning is. I'm not debating that. I just think that the way you are portraying it (something being done to us by the movie industry) is a bit tin-foil-hat.

Nobody is forcing anyone to see any of these things, so there's always a choice involved by the person watching. If anyone is conditioning anything, it's the person who makes the choice to watch these things. It really makes sense, if you think about it on an individual basis.

Case-in-point: While I do like the improved portrayal of Sonic, I wouldn't be caught dead in that theater. Not my cup of tea. Doesn't matter how "conditioned," one may be to pretty graphics. You could say that I conditioned myself to abhor movies. Same same. In the end, this isn't China or something, where we are being conditioned to believe things by our government. We always have our freedom of will to choose what we like and what we do not like.