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@PessitheMystic They are more a fan of low budget shovelware.

Announcing a partnership with Niantic whilst they're in the midst of a huge community backlash that they've yet to address is... certainly interesting timing.

@syrupdash Or a brand new 3D Mario platformer, it's been almost 6 years.

They are going to put themselves out of business if they keep pursuing this NFT nonsense, especially now the bubble has burst.

It's funny how the more of Nintendo's history that becomes apparent the more it feels like every console they developed previously led up to the Switch.

After performance patches they need to focus on fixing the mess that is Tera Raids. They are an absolutely tragic, buggy disaster. It's impossible to tell what's happening half the time. You can be waiting to see an attack option only to have the timer be suddenly be the halfway mark with most of the team's Pokemon knocked out. They are not fun in any way, compounded by the fact you have to partake in them if you want to obtain some of the Pokemon not otherwise available in-game e.g. Cinderace, Walking Wake, etc.

@RupeeClock Yes, sorry! I've edited original comment.

@riChchestM I'm not sure you understand how typings work. Fire isn't strong against flying. Electric, Ice or Rock types will be best here.

@Axecon Where has it been said it's a "limited release"? Demand has definitely outstripped supply but I don't think the physical release is limited. Nintendo are also currently producing more stock.

Based on that trailer we can assume we'll be getting more new characters in the future which is great news.

Paradox Pokemon are super cool but I hate hate hate the naming convention of them. Just say they are a past or present version of the Pokemon they actually are.

Probably DLC for Scarlet and Violet but they really need to prioritise performance patches first.

What's been the longest time between mainline Mario entries? Is it the 6 years since Odyssey?

Is this not released March 23rd on all consoles? It's only the PC version released today.

@BLAZINOAH They'd be better off announcing a price cut before a successor.

Actual lol at the below, Gamefreak are so incompetent it's astounding that they can't get a game properly running.

We will address an issue that can cause the game to forcibly close at certain locations. As a result of this fix, there may be a reduction of Pokémon and people displayed in certain towns or in the wild.

Some interesting data from GamesIndustry.biz:

Harry Potter is the 26th biggest video game franchise in the UK, just behind the Forza series but ahead of The Legend of Zelda.

Weird to think Harry Potter is so big from a gaming perspective or how small Zelda is.

@Bunkerneath It's almost like you could just... not click?

How does this compare in the overall rankings to other Pokemon titles?

This looks like it has a lot of potential. Hoping the gameplay is good with no performance issues on Switch.

Nintendo news really is slow at the moment, huh.

@Pillowpants I doubt it's a disgrace to Gamefreak when they've been putting out subpar entries for several years now.

This method sounds incredibly tedious, I'm sure there's more rewarding ways to play the game.

I'd love to replay Breath of the Wild (again) but given what a huge game it is I'm going to save myself for Tears of the Kingdom so I'm not burnt out on the series.

Late Feb?! The first sizable patch coming 3+ months after launch is hilariously late. Classic Gamefreak.

Is this chart physical sales only? Or does it include downloads?

I'll only accept those poor framerates in a Pokemon title.

@Controller-Drift I've played the game to Pokedex completion and had a lot of fun with Violet, but there's no denying it still needs a serious amount of polish. The framerate drops and stutters are embarrassing.

Nintendo and Gamefreak sure are quiet when it comes to patching the game considering their acknowledgement of the issues last month.

@Mana_Knight I recall GCN magazine in the UK used to give away demo discs with certain issues.

€75 for some old ports?! Square Enix poor decision making continues. Surprised they haven't tried to shoehorn in some NFTs.

@ClaudeButler This is a weird take considering God of War is one of the top rated games of the year.

@Ogbert I can't see them bothering at this stage, it's been 6 months since its release.

Yikes at those underwhelming sales for Mario + Rabbids. I really thought after the long-tail of the first game that it was going to be a bigger franchise with Sparks of Hope. Hopefully it sold better digitally.

@Tharsman Yahoo is still big in Japan, has something like a 20% share of the market there.

The game has been out less than 2 weeks so locking one of the first terra raid battles to post-game content is a weird choice.

One of my fave games of all time but that video was a little underwhelming. I thought Sakurai would have shown off a few more concepts or given us a little more behind the scenes footage.

Watch Gamefreak patch this out and leave the rest of the game a janky mess.

@RushDawg Combined it's still only about 45k for a AAA release of a well known, popular IP.

I'm really shocked how poor those sales for Sonic are, I thought he was quite popular in Japan?

@hypercoyote I am indeed.

Pokemon Go fans are never happy, one of the whiniest communities I've ever been a part of.

@GrowingWings What a weird conspiracy theory.

@uptownsoul New PS5 stock probably came in. Switch is nearly 6 years old now so sales are going to slow.

It's not exactly too surprising. They're sitting on so much unused IP in favour of mobile trash. Hopefully the Silent Hill titles renew their faith in the home console market.

That's a nice little patch. I'm about 6 hours in and have only encountered some minor framerate issues.

@LexKitteh Huh? Just send them to pokemon Home. It'll be compatible with Scarlet/Violet in a few weeks.

I'm super confused as to how this is deemed legal, wouldn't Microsoft or Rare still own the copyright? It's effectively just copying their work.

"Which means the game has now sold 3 million copies — that doesn't include physical sales, however."

Think this should say "doesn't include digital sales"?

The pop-up must be severe in this game if the pre-release trailers still feature it (see the 58" mark).