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Nintendo, why do you have such a hatred for online play with friends? Is it because you think your audience is still 100% kids who can run down to their friend's house after school to play? Like in the 90s?

That world doesn't exist anymore, Nintendo. Kids have after school activities and more homework than ever. Online is becoming the most convenient way for them to play with others. Not to mention us modern adults that work and may not be able to see our friends that often due to conflicting schedules and tight time allowances. Playing games online might be one of the few ways we are able to interact regularly. Seriously, Nintendo... get with it.

One of my weirdest annoyances is that they keep putting Atari 2600 games on emulator consoles without any kind of stick. For some reason, they just never feel right to me while playing.

@Sshingatok I only play my Switch now, but omg do I miss StreetPass. It was fun to collect puzzle pieces and see who ended up in your plaza... especially at cons. I really wish there was a way for them to put StreetPass on the Switch.

@N64-ROX Seems legit.

@fagocito This. Nintendo is more likely to take chances and expand the world. If Game Freak really is so bored with Pokemon that they'll let it suffer (not gonna lie: S&S ain't looking so hot with what we've seen so far), then they should give it up.

@theabstractart Same, brah. Forced hetero in life-sim games is really dull. It's like... I can either choose to be female and try to pretend that the most feminine male romance option is actually a girl, or I can choose to be a male which is just... meh.

I saw it for a second time this past weekend, and weirdly enough? It was better on second viewing. It seemed more cohesive for some reason, and I have no idea why. I might go see it again!

Ristar and Primal Rage plz.

We already miss you, Nintendo Dad. Come back.

No alligators involved? I am disappointed in you, Florida Man.

Seriously, though... lots of people are idiots and do bad stuff while wearing their work uniform. Worked with a guy who sold drugs while wearing his PetSmart uniform... in the parking lot of the PetSmart we worked at. Cops busted him at work the next day in front of everyone. It was reeeeally awkward being the receptionist on duty after all that happened.

@Jeronan I realize that ~90min is considered the butter zone for most kid's movies, but I think that needs to be reconsidered. I know so many people whose kids are obsessed with the Marvel movies, and most of those are 2hr+. If it's good and engrossing, they'll glue themselves to it.

Actually, I have to wonder... so many movies now seem to have trouble being fully coherent with shorter run times. Yet I don't remember that being as much of an issue when I was a kid in the 80s/90s. I wonder what happened?

@sanderev We're all travelers of time and space. We're just currently trapped by speed and direction limitations.

@AxeltheBuizel .... I would totally play that. Little Pikachu buddy in my phone that I can talk to? Yes please.

My biggest complaint with the movie is that it probably needed slightly more runtime. The pacing was all wrong. The intro to the city and the main human characters felt incredibly rushed, and Lucy's intro actually makes her seem kinda insane?

The villian's plot at the end was also pretty dumb, although I will admit it was unique. I just would have more preferred something that would have struck an emotional chord. It was more of a, "uh... okay? That's cool, I guess" kind of twist.

Everything else was great, though. The style was very Pokemon, right down to how the characters dressed and the location designs. To me, it actually felt like a mainline Pokemon game more than a spin off.

@ShinyUmbreon Hey, "Mario, but with CATS!" worked for Super Mario 3D World, so why not the whole company? Not to mention that cats are ruthless, which is important if you want to make it in corporate culture.

Quick, give me a couple billion dollars and I'll buy Nintendo so that no one else can. This is 100% legit.

Pikarobics needs to be a thing now. It might actually motivate me to legit exercise. Maybe.

You just know that the AP reviewer is a 50 something who was pissed that they made him sit through a "kid's movie" that he didn't understand because the only Pokemon thing he knows of is Pokemon Go.

@RainbowGazelle There is an extra cynical side of me that is wondering if it really was on purpose. People have been upset by the design since it first leaked. There is no way the studio wasn't aware of the rejection at that point.

Lemme put on my tin foil hat real quick: what if the trailer is not actually the final/real design? What if they put it out PURELY to get people freaking out? Because whoo boy, the internet blew up about it. Free advertising everywhere.

These look ugly as sin to me. No joke, they look like knock off Pokemon phone cases you can get on eBay for, like, $3.

I can somewhat agree that the motion looks better. For me, the literal only good things in the trailer are the spin dash and the resultant secondary vehicle coming out of the first. That part is the only part that actually feels like Sonic.

Also, they definitely should have had Naka in the movie. That should have been one of the first things they thought of. Cameos are quite popular with fans, after all.

Sonic's design and animation looks so bad that people might not even make porn of it.

By this point, I'm like 60% sure they spent all their budget to hire Jim Carrey and license old rap songs, so they didn't have enough money left over for proper costuming. Or non-horrific CG. Priorities, you know?

No, see, stealing organs is where the real money is at. These people are small time amateurs.

To be brutally honest, I think "It's meant for handheld!" = "we're doing standard 3DS quality Pokemon again. We are too scared to innovate." I have loved Pokemon since Gen 1 days, but it gets frustrating when they innovate a little (like Sun and Moon's lack of traditional gyms... Let's Go!'s pokemon in the overworld and having a pokemon out with you that can actually do stuff in the world, etc) and then walk it back. The game actually looks really unimpressive at the moment. I hope that they can change my mind.

I'm soooooo hyped. Only downside is that it comes out on the anniversary of my mom's death, and it's a movie that deals with loss of a parent. Trying to decide if I can mentally handle that. I want to see it on opening, though... ugh!

My fat ass is actually really mad that someone wasted a perfectly delicious crab.

@noswitchbutidc Brah, there are two sorts of things in life I will never refuse: free food and free video game stuff.

No Star Wars Holiday Special table. Distinct lack of Lumpy and old Wookie watching VR porn. 2/10.

@Flowerlark Same. I now only have two hours of free time most days and I'm exhausted during the week, so chill games are perfect. I'm more likely to rage quit really difficult games for the sheer fact that I could be doing something more relaxing (or productive lol) with my time.

It's okay, Dr. Robotnik, everyone goes through a goth stage.

I'm really embarrassed that I'm so impressed by all the moving parts on it. It's like... games? Pfft. It has sliders and buttons n' stuff!

@TheBigK While Iwata was an amazing person in general, I think part of that can be attributed to Japanese work culture. Everyone feels more of a responsibility to the company; especially those at the top. If something gets messed up, they usually own it and think about what is best for the company. In the case of Iwata, he recognized that a cut to his own pay was best for Nintendo as a whole. He realized that they couldn't produce good things if they got rid of their staff and made the others anxious that they might be next.

Huge American companies, though? Nah. It's every man for himself. If a CEO screws something up, they are likely going to try to pin the blame elsewhere and lay off lower workers. They also seem to care less about their product and more about shareholders/investors.

Mario Party boards... online... with friends... with voice chat. That is my dream add on.

(The voice chat is most important, as I want to hear the pain and anguish of my dearest chums. It's part of the Mario Party experience, after all.)

@Pod Welcome to the Switch family, then!

@noswitchbutidc That's fair. Everyone likes different things!

I just don't have a lot of time to Git Gud at gaming anymore, so after a while I'd feel like that smile was mocking all my failures.

@Manah They don't even have to do that. Just go to some homes that aren't inside of a major city. I live in the DC 'burbs, have FIOS, and still experience internet slowdown. Like, unless Google can convince all ISPs to upgrade everyone to fiber and NOT slow things down when people use a lot of bandwidth... I don't see how this is supposed to work.

I would totally get the Pikachu one if it didn't have a face.

Refund. Looooool. Thanks to all deductions they've taken away, I ended up owing $1100. THANKS FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT PAIN, NINTENDO.

@Spidey-Scrub I work with monkeys and can 100% confirm they should not be trusted with a gun. Many caps would be popped into many asses.

Very mixed feelings. I've been playing off and on since Gen 1, but I've always hated random encounters and am rather sad that they appear to be back. They just get tedious when you're trying to find a specific pokemon. Also rather disappointed that my pokemon riding on/following me is gone again. It makes me wonder what else they may remove or downgrade to make it more "available" to new players.

I will say the starters are cute, and the overworld looks fairly nice. I hope they come out with more details soonish.