@GetShulked at least they finally revealed here the real reason why the cut was made, to force us to buy Pokémon Home service, in addition to buying the game for 60$ instead of 40$ make
@KAI_MIDORIKAWA that’s different, you didn’t have access to the Pokémon at lunch but they were coded into the game, this time they aren’t even coded in the game, and will never will be added
@JR150 the “dexters” as you call us don’t need to respond to this trend as it has nothing to do with the dex, all of us agree to the fact that Pokémon is an amazing franchise, that is the exact reason why we are angry that we see some of the best aspects of the game destroyed
Pokémon is an amazing series, but this is the first time I am not exited at all to a new generation, when I saw the game for the first time, I was over the roof, the wild area looked amazing, the dynamax looked cool, and the new Pokémon looked great, but then I started to see what it all cost, the dex, the mega, the Z.... and so many other features.... when the leaks came and flooded the internet and I learnt how bad the dexit really is and it felt like a punch in the face from game freak, worse than the “battle frontier Project a Has began” in ORAS
if I pay 60$ for the first ever Pokémon Game on a home console, I want the full experience of Pokémon, not half of it like it seems that we will get.... this is the priciest main line Pokémon game ever, so it should be the biggest and best one!
Great hardware and software sales for Nintendo Luigi’s mansion sales considered good for the series opening? Although it is probably strong on the Eshop it seems lower than I expected....
@Jack_Goetz yes, grasshopper belongs to gungho, but it looks like they tried to separate from them a while back It seems less likely now but for a while it really looked like they try to leave gungho in order to move to Nintendo
A company can come back from such a thing, and the story actually pushed some fans to buy copies of their games that they didn’t own yet to try and save the company, I am sure it wasn’t nearly enough but it might have help them slightly
If they worked on this game as well, they will get part of the money from sales (if they have percentage contract, if not it is different situation)
I still hope that Nintendo will just pick them up, 4 million dollars in debt means Nintendo can buy the debt for less than 4 million and actually acquiring the whole studio for another few millions (if not lees), that is basically getting a good studio for free
Nintendo should imo just pick them and Grasshopper manufacturers up and few others Small/medium sized talented studios with good IPs
@Daldra I know it might sound crazy, but this thing very well might be at 18 million or more by the next report
It sold about a million since last report and we are heading towards the holiday season with Pokémon and Luigi’s mansion and the switch lite to push sales (along other things)
Many will pick up smash as a second game for their new switch
Anyway, so now Smash Ultimate took the crown as the best selling fighting game of all time
@Gwynbleidd what’s there to understand? Nintendo have some of the most known IPs in the world, a theme park is a great way to earn money on those IPs, teaming up with Universal promises the rides will be great as well
I wonder if DF checked it with or without the day one update because it is a wuite big one 3GB!) so the difference should be big in terms of performance as it has 0 content in it so only bug fixes and performance upgrade
@electrolite77 yep And in the holidays it will sell 10 times better, probably outsell the OG weekly thanks to Pokémon version that will move millions of units especially with the Luigi’s mansion boost, both are great sellers that focus On hand held
@dux they actually claimed that the post game will be big and wishful thinking.... maybe it will be as hard as gen 4 or 1 and 2 and even harder (or at least not as easy as gen 6 and 7....)
@Baker1000 you are right at core, but 18 gyms, although very hype make no sense in term of playability
The maximum lvl in Pokémon is 100 18 gyms+ 1 or 2 league challenge means means we will have 19 or 20 big challenges which means we need to have a gym every about 5 lvl
I think the extra 10 gyms should be Battle Frontier style and be a challenge with set lvl and special challenge and if you complete all ten you can unlock another facility which will be the “minor League” witch will another huge facility with a special challenge
This is sad to hear, they have some talent and successes over the years and the their M&L bowser inside story remake was a solid game that didn’t succeed probably duo to the decline of the 3ds sales
They are an average size studio with a lot of support for Nintendo and their debt is quite small in big cooperation numbers Nintendo should buy their debt (which usually cost much less than the debt itself) and add them to their studios, considering Sony and Microsoft are gearing up for next generation, Nintendo should probably do some of their own picking and this can be a cheap way to buy a talented studio that will easily earn its investment back
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Re: There Are "No Plans" To Bring The Full Pokédex To Pokémon Sword And Shield, And Future Games Will Follow Suit
@GetShulked at least they finally revealed here the real reason why the cut was made, to force us to buy Pokémon Home service, in addition to buying the game for 60$ instead of 40$ make
Re: There Are "No Plans" To Bring The Full Pokédex To Pokémon Sword And Shield, And Future Games Will Follow Suit
@KAI_MIDORIKAWA that’s different, you didn’t have access to the Pokémon at lunch but they were coded into the game, this time they aren’t even coded in the game, and will never will be added
Re: Social Media Bands Together To Show Pokémon Studio Game Freak Some Love
@JR150 the “dexters” as you call us don’t need to respond to this trend as it has nothing to do with the dex, all of us agree to the fact that Pokémon is an amazing franchise, that is the exact reason why we are angry that we see some of the best aspects of the game destroyed
Re: Social Media Bands Together To Show Pokémon Studio Game Freak Some Love
Pokémon is an amazing series, but this is the first time I am not exited at all to a new generation, when I saw the game for the first time, I was over the roof, the wild area looked amazing, the dynamax looked cool, and the new Pokémon looked great, but then I started to see what it all cost, the dex, the mega, the Z.... and so many other features.... when the leaks came and flooded the internet and I learnt how bad the dexit really is and it felt like a punch in the face from game freak, worse than the “battle frontier Project a Has began” in ORAS
if I pay 60$ for the first ever Pokémon Game on a home console, I want the full experience of Pokémon, not half of it like it seems that we will get.... this is the priciest main line Pokémon game ever, so it should be the biggest and best one!
Re: Japanese Charts: Luigi's Mansion 3 Sells 150,000 Copies But Can't Beat Persona 5 Royal
@Toy_Link oh ok
So it might be comparable to dark moon when adding the eshop for both
Re: Japanese Charts: Luigi's Mansion 3 Sells 150,000 Copies But Can't Beat Persona 5 Royal
@gamer89 no, I am asking how good of an opening this is compared to LG 1 and 2 openings
Re: Japanese Charts: Luigi's Mansion 3 Sells 150,000 Copies But Can't Beat Persona 5 Royal
@gamer89 LM series
Re: Japanese Charts: Luigi's Mansion 3 Sells 150,000 Copies But Can't Beat Persona 5 Royal
Great hardware and software sales for Nintendo
Luigi’s mansion sales considered good for the series opening? Although it is probably strong on the Eshop it seems lower than I expected....
Re: Nintendo's New Tokyo Store Is Looking Great, Here's A New Range Of Super Mario Merch
Let stock rise
Re: It Looks Like AlphaDream's Last Project Was Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games
@Jack_Goetz yes, grasshopper belongs to gungho, but it looks like they tried to separate from them a while back
It seems less likely now but for a while it really looked like they try to leave gungho in order to move to Nintendo
Re: It Looks Like AlphaDream's Last Project Was Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games
Remember that they just filled bankruptcy
A company can come back from such a thing, and the story actually pushed some fans to buy copies of their games that they didn’t own yet to try and save the company, I am sure it wasn’t nearly enough but it might have help them slightly
If they worked on this game as well, they will get part of the money from sales (if they have percentage contract, if not it is different situation)
I still hope that Nintendo will just pick them up, 4 million dollars in debt means Nintendo can buy the debt for less than 4 million and actually acquiring the whole studio for another few millions (if not lees), that is basically getting a good studio for free
Nintendo should imo just pick them and Grasshopper manufacturers up and few others Small/medium sized talented studios with good IPs
Re: Guide: Pokémon GO 'A Colossal Discovery' - How To Purchase A Premium Ticket And Regigigas Quest Walkthrough
@AndyRogan they said their are going to be regigigas raids at some point
Re: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Becomes The Best-Selling Entry In The Series
@Daldra I know it might sound crazy, but this thing very well might be at 18 million or more by the next report
It sold about a million since last report and we are heading towards the holiday season with Pokémon and Luigi’s mansion and the switch lite to push sales (along other things)
Many will pick up smash as a second game for their new switch
Anyway, so now Smash Ultimate took the crown as the best selling fighting game of all time
Re: Scalpers Strike As Demand For Pokémon Center London Merchandise Skyrockets
Why do they close it? It obviously creating tone of money
Re: Here Are The Top Ten Best-Selling Nintendo Switch Games As Of September 2019
@gamer89 how astral chain didn’t break the million?!
It seemed to be selling so well
Re: Pokémon Center London Goes From Bad To Worse, Products Could Sell Out Before Closure
And they want to close it in few weeks? What gives? Just leave it open!
Re: We're Not Trying To Be The Next Disney, Says Nintendo President
@Gwynbleidd what’s there to understand?
Nintendo have some of the most known IPs in the world, a theme park is a great way to earn money on those IPs, teaming up with Universal promises the rides will be great as well
Re: Video: Let's Take A Tour Of London's Pop Up Pokémon Center, Shall We?
Good to see it is selling so good
Re: Uncensored Version Of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Becomes Best-Selling Wii U Game On Amazon Japan
@Daldra for real or is that a joke? (At this point I wouldn’t be to surprise if that is true....)
Re: Uncensored Version Of Tokyo Mirage Sessions #FE Becomes Best-Selling Wii U Game On Amazon Japan
Nintendo is back to censoring stuff? I thought we are over that already....
Re: Ring Fit Adventure Version 1.1.0 Adds New Online Features
@RandomNerds what digital edition? It is a game that is based on equipment you have to buy to play
Re: Pokémon Center London Closes Entry Queue 9 Hours Early Due To Ridiculously High Demand
@Raylax with this line? Definitely a good timing or neutral timing, can’t be bad....
Re: The Switch Has Now Sold More Than 15 Million Units In North America
@gloom in 3 months the switch will pass the Xbox one, give or take
Re: Rumour: Nvidia's New Tegra X1+ Chip Could Make Switch Performance "Up To 25% Faster"
It will make the switch almost as strong as a base PS4
I want bigger upgrade pls
Re: Nintendo Reveals Last Month's Top 30 Best-Selling Switch eShop Games (North America)
Astral Chain out of the top 10?
SSBU is unstoppable lol
Re: Review: Little Town Hero - A Quirky, Small-Scale RPG For The Time-Poor Player
As I thought, not good enough score for this game not to be buried at this time of the year
Re: Video: Digital Foundry Delivers Its Verdict On The Witcher 3 On Switch
I wonder if DF checked it with or without the day one update because it is a wuite big one 3GB!) so the difference should be big in terms of performance as it has 0 content in it so only bug fixes and performance upgrade
Re: UK Charts: FIFA 20 Scores Third Week At Number One As Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Races Into Third
@m8e3point1415 oh
This game should die soon....
Re: UK Charts: FIFA 20 Scores Third Week At Number One As Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Races Into Third
@AG_Awesome combined
Re: UK Charts: FIFA 20 Scores Third Week At Number One As Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Races Into Third
@Silly_G 1-2% of the total physical sales
Re: UK Charts: FIFA 20 Scores Third Week At Number One As Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Races Into Third
Anthem on the top 20?!
I am disappointed with humanity
Re: And Just Like That, Fortnite Is No More
@gamefreak77 the Wii U sold 13 million, not less than a million
Re: CD Projekt Red "Probably" Won't Port Cyberpunk 2077 To Nintendo Switch
I will get it on pc probably (or maybe ps4 pro) but a Switch release sounds awesome, sadly it won’t happen.... maybe on the rumored Switch pro?
Re: Japanese Charts: Dragon Quest XI S Fends Off Ghost Recon: Breakpoint To Stay Number One
@electrolite77 yep
And in the holidays it will sell 10 times better, probably outsell the OG weekly thanks to Pokémon version that will move millions of units especially with the Luigi’s mansion boost, both are great sellers that focus On hand held
Re: Shujinkou Is An RPG That Teaches You Japanese, And It's Aiming For A Release On Switch
I like the idea
I want to learn Japanese and Anime isn’t enough to learn so far
Re: Japanese Charts: Dragon Quest XI S Fends Off Ghost Recon: Breakpoint To Stay Number One
@aVagabond it is not half baked, it is a great system for what it is meant to be, hand held system only
Re: Walmart Breaks Street Date For The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
@StevenG aside from the fact some of them are pretty big.... and now all of them can become 10 stories tall.... pretty accurate
Re: Walmart Breaks Street Date For The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition
Is that even legal? How it keep happening?!
Re: Link's Awakening Sold More Than 430,000 Copies Across Europe In Its First Three Days
@Alucard83 why would it open their eyes? People pay and keep on paying, from a business stand point, they are doing great
Re: Link's Awakening Sold More Than 430,000 Copies Across Europe In Its First Three Days
If it is without digital sales it is nuts
If it is with digital sales it is still very good
Re: Gallery: Gorgeous Pokémon Sword And Shield Concept Art Revealed
@dux they actually claimed that the post game will be big
and wishful thinking.... maybe it will be as hard as gen 4 or 1 and 2 and even harder (or at least not as easy as gen 6 and 7....)
Re: Untitled Goose Game Is A Huge Success, Team Says It Can 'Keep Making Games As Long As It Likes'
@Kalmaro it is now on a discount since lunch.... for some reasons....
Re: The Pokémon Company Issues A Statement About The Number Of Gyms In Sword And Shield
@Baker1000 you are right at core, but 18 gyms, although very hype make no sense in term of playability
The maximum lvl in Pokémon is 100
18 gyms+ 1 or 2 league challenge means means we will have 19 or 20 big challenges which means we need to have a gym every about 5 lvl
I think the extra 10 gyms should be Battle Frontier style and be a challenge with set lvl and special challenge and if you complete all ten you can unlock another facility which will be the “minor League” witch will another huge facility with a special challenge
Re: Mario Kart Tour Races Ahead With 90 Million Downloads In Its First Week
Ok good job Nintendo, now use this money to buy and save alpha dream
Re: Mario & Luigi RPG Dev AlphaDream Files For Bankruptcy
@NEStalgia 4.3 million dollars debt is quite small, game development cost much more than that usually
But they didn’t have enough money to do more than a remake apparently....
Nintendo should pick them up
Re: Mario & Luigi RPG Dev AlphaDream Files For Bankruptcy
@neufel 46 people is a standard team size
Re: Mario & Luigi RPG Dev AlphaDream Files For Bankruptcy
This is sad to hear, they have some talent and successes over the years and the their M&L bowser inside story remake was a solid game that didn’t succeed probably duo to the decline of the 3ds sales
They are an average size studio with a lot of support for Nintendo and their debt is quite small in big cooperation numbers
Nintendo should buy their debt (which usually cost much less than the debt itself) and add them to their studios, considering Sony and Microsoft are gearing up for next generation, Nintendo should probably do some of their own picking and this can be a cheap way to buy a talented studio that will easily earn its investment back
Re: Around 1,000 People Worked On The New Pokémon Games For Switch
@Heavyarms55 the heart home glitch that made the whole world dark in gen 4
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Will Have An Autosave Function, But You Can Turn It Off
@Xansies the new information about 18 gyms is finally giving me hype
The are using walking animation the had since XY, and designs, this part was pretty much ported
You can’t treat it as place holder “place holder” unless we will see otherwise
Re: Video: Sega Brings The Hype With This New Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 Trailer
Wow actually look pretty good
I remember having a blast with this on the 3ds