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@Haruki_NLI From what I keep hearing online, apparently Gamefreak are planning on removing the Individual Values (IV) from Pokemon. To which some are already calling Z-A and Champions as part of Gen 10's lineup of spinoffs.
My personal guess as to the why is that this is GF's attempt to combat hacked Pokemon after what happened at that tournament, and so that it's easier for people to get into VGC.

I'll believe it when I see it. Though if it turns out to be real, my concern would be Ubisoft's sales expectations. Mario X Rabbids Sparks of Hope sold 3 million copies, 1 million more than the first one and was canned for not reaching higher numbers.

This could be a new Mega form teaser. Considering the pictures it looks like it will be a poison type. Another hint that was posted translated to Sweet Invitation. Only one Pokemon I know fits the bill because of what it’s based on.

It's pretty impressive how this franchise keeps coming back yet
Banjo-Kazooie doesn't see the light of day, and Rayman, Crash, Spyro, and MarioXRabbids have future projects canned because they "fail to meet sales expectations" despite selling millions.

I'm reminded of that "And the next day" scene in SpongeBob.

Considering that Banjo-Kazooie fans had a massive outcry and support for the franchise to return and, the higher ups noticing but at the same time not seeing the appeal for future projects, as well as the cancellation of projects from other studios such as Crash 5 (featuring Spyro). I sadly don't see Microsoft doing anything despite support.

@Shepdawg1 Sadly. Was looking forward to Crash 5 which was going to be a crossover. All because Activision had their expectations too high in thinking 4 would sell as many copies as the Nsane trilogy

Yikes probably a good idea I sent all my shiny legendaries and mythicals to Home. Not going to risk losing that shiny Arceus and Genesect.

@RareFan And then there are projects that sell over a million, but they shelf them because they had too high expectations and didn't make over 10 million, like what happened to Mario+Rabbids.

There are a lot of good platformer games out there but these days they seem to be struggling. I know that Kirkhope is a composer, but in a way, he is right; these games need an audience way above the million mark. There have been some great 3D platform releases like Bakeru and Yooka Laylee, but at the same time, we don't see much traction with them. Then there are the platformers that get abandoned because their companies had their expectations way too high like the unfortunate occurrence with Rayman and Crash. Rayman has barely seen the light of day due to the low sales of the last game and that was a decade ago and Crash 5 and all future projects getting cancelled because 4 didn't sell as much copies as the Nsane Trilogy.

Hopefully, it will get localized soon. Had a blast with Ys Memoire Oath in Felghana.

At this point, I wonder who had the worst mass exodus, Platinum Games or the two times it happened to Falcom?

Still kind of sad we never got that Mysterious Murasame Castle revival game back then when Kamiya wanted to work on either Star Fox or that if given the chance. We got Star Fox Zero.

Kinda sad about the reception it's getting on Western accounts.

@EarthboundBenjy Ys IX was what I was thinking in comparison too. Even not counting the outer grasslands outside of Balduq there were areas like the farm and the entrances to the sewer and dungeons. Maybe in this game, we see places adapted from Paris that couldn't be seen or added in the original X and Y games. Maybe catacombs, stone quarries or mines, lakes, nature parks, cemeteries, maybe something that involves catching while flying. Maybe we get to see how wild Pokemon adapt to the city if that is what they're going with depending on the setting or even timeline of this redevelopment. Even then would be interesting to see what they've come up with for Lumiose.

@SwitchForce @Spider-Kev
I've tried multiple sites with Best Buy not allowing any online pre-orders and Target for some reason only restocking one Sora amiibo a day. I say that because they put a in stock that only lasts like 10 minutes.

I feel like they should have thought that title through considering what usually appears when you type Sonic X Shadow.

I wanted a Dragon Quest character so I was hoping for Erdrick or a slime at the time so I was happy about the inclusion of Hero. I was also happy about Sephiroth being revealed, closest I will ever get to a good Dissidia style fight between Cloud and Sephiroth on current consoles(since Dissidia NT was just plain awful). And was also hyped about the inclusion of Sora.

@PokemonDMG Maybe, the only official word we got is this:

“In the 2018 artbook, "EVs", Motofumi Fujiwara revealed that Eevee was inspired by vague childhood memories of an unknown creature he encountered in the forest.”

Yeah, I was hoping for a revival ever since Kamiya from Platinum Games mentioned wanting a revival, only to get Star Fox Zero instead; that hope decreasing the more years pass by. Though from the looks of it I'm starting to get an impression that there's a lack of confidence in reviving long-dormant IPs outside of virtual console and NS online. And when there is such as Advance Wars and Famicom Detective Club, there's a massive lack of promotion, or the game is not releasing somewhere. Although I can guess that lack of popularity or revenue may be factors.

I'm guessing he will take the "hands-off" approach until full retirement. It's the phase when videogame employees no longer take the director or developer position and switch to supervisor, producer, or director. I do hear that's what Miyamoto's been doing these past years but I could be wrong about that.

Although I know this is PR speak at least it is a response, unlike Ubisoft that completely ignored the 25th anniversary.

All I see is a floor reference of the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon

@Severian I believe it was also to avoid getting a CERO Z rating in Japan since that’s what happened to several of Suda games. They have a problem with human on human violence if there’s blood and gore (among other things). Not sure if it’s still happening there but mostly games that are labeled Z by Cero are legally regulated and cannot be sold or displayed on the main floor of stores (they could only be sold in stores that contain a “Z” room which is Adults only).

@NinjaWaddleDee Yeah I figured since one of the developers worked on Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012. Wish someone had told him that a lot of people didn't like that in those games either

If it is something new, hopefully Disney don't self sabotage this one as well.

@Bizzyb I actually agree, they really need to learn to evolve in the case of this type of scenario. The reason why I say it is because again I've seen it very often in entertainment companies and have been resistant to change despite the benefits. These are the type of companies that are way too overprotective of their equipment and on an Extremely Worse scale their character IPs.

@Bizzyb Its probably due to character/ IP handling I've seen it really often in entertainment companies where they would exclusively discuss these things in person, even if the meeting place is on a closed room on the other side of the planet and all key members have to be present in that room.

If Covid-19 were to appear in the Smash Bros development offices (and possibly infect an entire crucial dev. team) all productions would have to cease since each member of the team will have to be sent home or to a medical facility. Videogame companies rely heavily that the development teams work on the same building and that the crucial equipment never leaves the building and in the case of Smash Bros. Sakurai as the game director has to monitor it all.