Raylax

Raylax

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Re: Pokkén Fighters and Pokkén Tournament Trademarks Emerge in Europe

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Safest bet is probably a Pokémon X Tekken crossover, assuming the teased shot of HD Blaziken & Lucario is related. Second safest is a new game in the Stadium line, although I don't know why they'd change the name to "Pokkén" for that.

Or maybe the screenshot and trademark are entirely unrelated and there's two things headed our way.

Speculation ftw.

Re: Play: Mario Kart 7 with Nintendo Life

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Well, I'm done for tonight. Had some great races, it was a lot of fun! Got to love Mario Kart, and these tourneys are awesome. Thanks for arranging them again, folks. I may have lost this time, but I'll returň͍̗̥̬͓̬͎̚̕͡! I'll be back some d̨̦͔̮͊ͤ̏͆͜ͅà͙̠͕̞̰̻͕ͨͬ́͝ͅy better than ev̵̸̰̭̋̚ͅe ̸̾ͣr̵̰̺͚̬͛ͧ͐̎̽͑́̓! The racetrack w̾ͧ͐͆̀҉̴̨̯̜̮̹i̙̻͍̓̈́͑̈́̂ͦͮ́͢ͅl̑͐͑ͧ̐͏̖͕͖̲̭͢l̵̒͒̈ͣͦ̉ͧͣ͏̟̩̻̭̫͍̰̀ ̴͕̬͕͎̘̻̺̲ͣͮ́ͮͩb̧̛̫̘̘̤̰̜̬͋̓̆̃̾̏̋͘e̘͆ͥ̈͌̎ͥ ̛͙͑̀͑́͝mͯ̌ͥ̋͐ͭͭ̔҉̵͓͎̞͔̟̙̪̹͞i̙̖̣͔̯̋̎̊͝͡͝n̡̦̜̱̬̯̞̅eͪͮ͛҉̰͉͘ I swear it! Those who face me will ş͙̮ͣ̍̈ͣ̏ͪ̕ụ̖̘̱͙̭̤̍̓ͧ̉ͥ͛͆̋͌f͔̼͇̠̳̙͎ͥͤ̀̅͡f̨̻̞̫̩̠͓̲͇̪́̑̎̈e̅̽҉̞̦͈͖r̵̺͉̟̭̩̺ͥͨ̑̅̃̄ͅ ̜͖̲̱ͦ̓͊̽̃̀̚͡f̵͎̭̫͈̬̠ͣ̌ͬ̚͘ĕ̬͙͔͚͈̾͒͒̀̿̍ͮ͝ͅa̸͔̖͖̼̪̪̬͓͛̌͆ͦ́͢r̷̰͉̣̬̫̺̈́ͫ̓ͭ̊̈́̿͞ and defeat THE TRUE VICTOR W̴͕͚̪̲̦͚̬͖ͨ͊Ì̑̈҉̨̠̲L̨͇͓̲̦̰̐ͨ͘L̖̩͚̰̜͚̪ͩͤͨ̅̑̆̕ ̥̲̩̟̩̱̹͓͗͛͒̚͝ͅR̢̯͚̳̰ͫ̊͛ͫͧ͢Îͤ͆͑͑̍ͧ̊̀͏̖̱S͒͌̾͏̞̺͔͚͖͙͓͇É̍͌͗̃̌̚҉̠͍̺̱͢ B͖̳ͤ̔̓͆̏͛̽̚Ë́̆̈͊̾ͩ͑҉͎̜̜W̡̤͖͚͇̣̹͍̖̉ͣ̍ͥ̀̎̐̍A̐͛̈̚͏̵̷̦̗̦͙Ŕ̢̝̪͓̗͉̰ͩ̽ͦ̂̊̈Ė̷̹̞͇̼̝͍̘̆̍ͣ

Re: Weirdness: The Makers Of TV Show Resurrection Clearly Want Nintendo On Smartphones

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@Damo Nope. Pretty certain everyone left-handed (including myself :3) is entirely more comfortable and familiar with the d-pad being on the left, given that's been the set-up of 99% of all controllers ever manufactured for any console :3

I suspect it's possibly even a slight advantage handling the bit of the pad with the most possible/precise inputs with my most dextrous hand :3

Re: Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Soundtrack Now Available On iTunes

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@uel The HeartGold / SoulSilver soundtracks likely come with the 8-bit tracks as the games themselves came with the 8-bit songs - an obtainable key item hidden in the game would let you change the games' music to the original tracks, including a couple of new 8-bit versions of areas that weren't in the original GSC - whereas FireRed / LeafGreen didn't have this functionality.

Re: Guide: How To Become The Ultimate Monster Breeder In Pokémon X & Y

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@Prof_Clayton

Also, I'm just curious, does the shiny charm temporarily give you multiple shiny IDs, or does it limit the Shiny IDs of wild pokemon and eggs to a smaller number to increase the rate?

I believe that when it generate the PID of your Pokémon, having the shiny charm will make the game generate a new PID a few extra times if it isn't shiny. For eg:
Generate PID -> Not shiny (will stop here if no shiny modifiers)
Regenerate PID -> Not shiny (has Shiny Charm, so attempts again)
Regenerate PID -> Shiny (bing! Shiny! Stop regenerating ID)

Basically, the shiny chance modifiers increase the number of times the game will regenerate the PID. (n.b. I don't know how many times each modifier will attempt to regen)

Re: Weirdness: Try Not To Squirm As This Doomed Miiverse Romance Turns Sour

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i met this cute guy called @Philip_J_Reed on this nintndo site and we talked like 4eva about games. we liked lots of the same game but he like megamen but i don't butt hats ok bc i thouht wen we moved in 2getha he cud play it wen i was making him cookies ^o^ but he doesnt respond 2 my calls any more i thought wat we has wuz speshul

Re: Two Tribes Development Studio Shuts Down and New, Smaller Company is Formed

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Unfortunate news.

I have to say though, it always makes me wince when a games or software company announces that they're building their next product "from the ground up." It sounds great in concept: old bugs annihilated! Absolute control over the codebase! No external dependancies! Shiny new shiny newness! And certainly, if you're a hobbyist, building something from scratch is great. And huge fun.

Not so when you're a company though, and you have bills to pay. Building something "from ground up" is, frankly, a bit of a death sentence. All that time and money spent rebuilding a shiny new graphics handler is time and money not spent making a game. And when making games is your bread and butter, you need to spend almost all your resources making games.

The only time you should build something from ground up is when it gives you a competitive edge. If it's critical to ensure that your product stands out against a competing product, then go for it. Anything else at all, you need to either build on your previous work or use a third-party engine.

Even Nintendo does this, and Nintendo is in the position where it really could build everything from ground-up if it really felt like it. But instead, Super Mario 3D World runs off an improved New Super Mario Bros Wii graphical engine, and Zelda ALBW runs off a further improved version of that. Smash Bros Brawl - one of Nintendo's most ambitious projects to date - doesn't even do its own physics. It uses the Havoc engine, because building a physics engine is expensive, time-consuming, and the benefits would be slim. And then Kid Icarus Uprising runs off a modified Brawl engine, because again it's unnecessary to do it all from scratch.

I imagine this was the cause of death for Two Tribes - the cost of a ground-up build far outweighed the benefits. Hopefully the new company won't make the same mistakes and instead dedicate their attention to making some awesome games :3