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I hate hate hate Epic so ***** much. They're rotting this industry from the inside out.

It was bad enough when they unceremoniously shut down the online component of the game (which i think required very little maintenance, it was just record and ghost sharing and some asynchronous challenge races) without any announcement to relegate Aquiris to fortnite cosmetic development duty.

Aquiris was a studio that made actual passion projects, and was celebrated in its home country of Brazil. This development is crass and infuriating.

Ew. Can we please not

@Zaruboggan fair enough

@Zaruboggan i guarantee you horii knows more English than you do Japanese

@Zaruboggan are you an expert in Japanese?

Glad they won't be restricted by having to develop for the lowest common denominator. Wish i had the cash for a switch 2 though lol. Guess i got the time to save

Ah yes, the great western tradition of taking Japanese character designs and making them inexplicably, subtly, but undeniably just a little bit worse

@topher6490 lol

@garfreek I've got the same question

@BrokenCiv i don't think they're presenting a decades-old massively failed console with the intent of impressing anybody

@daftmagician 🤣thank you so much for this

Graphics were janky. Soundtrack is on point though. So this is good merch

Training amiibo racers is cool though. I actually love training my amiibo Smash fighters. It's just funny to have my Olimar amiibo sitting on my shelf with a terrible aura, as my roommates and i all know, HE is truly the dominant force in the apartment. And only gets stronger every time we try to beat him

Are these RE merch or is it just a product placement tie in?

In any case, Hamilton is a legit brand so you likely will be getting an actually nice fancy watch. Not that I could afford to drop money on it lol. And the "limited edition" markup I'm certain is pumping things up unnecessarily. But these will be good watches.

@Locopath nobody deserves that money while millions starve.

I remember being skeptical of Bowser because he seemed like such a suit. But, far as i could tell, he turned out to be fine.

@JimNorman So i was about to apply and then i realized the deadline was probably in Britain's timezone, and now I'm on a plane without wifi and might not make it in..... Plus I'm in the US..... I recorded a nice video and everything, feel pretty solid about it, I hope I land in time to get this in, and that I'm even eligible 😭

The results of this poll are heartwarming

@breach187 it takes about 15 minutes of playing in multi-player to get those stones. You don't even have to do well, just play a few battles. And one season's stone becomes available at an even easier milestone the following season.

I'm imagining the heart wrenching anticipation of the printing out of that page.

I'm sure they knew the game was approved before getting that document but in my headcanon the smiley face was when they realized it was all good and champagne was popped

@KayFiOS I work with disabled people for a living and definitely understand that this is a major negative, but I don't think it necessarily reflects poorly on TPC. When it comes to a place for the public to use and enjoy, everything possible should be done to make it as accessible to all. But a lot of experiences involving nature and heavy physical activity are inherently impossible to be made accessible to people with serious mobility needs. It's a major bummer, but I don't think it's anybody's fault.

It's the irises. That's the problem.

@Broch83 that option would be to simply not vote and certainly not comment

Typical animal crossing free update w

We're just talking physical sales, right? That metric is less and less meaningful these days

@Erigen that's just not something that would work with dragon quest's battle system, narrative, and balance

@Dyna-Z and absolutely has not played a single second of the game

@Crecca dude. You haven't played the game.

@Crecca you may have seen enough to make a decision about whether you want to buy it, and that's fair, but the opinion of a game held by someone who has never played it will always be of extremely limited value to discussion of the game's quality/deserved rating.

@Keegsy yeah, i also originally (and kinda still) didnt like the lumiose-only concept, but the game is so satisfying and addictive.

@Crecca so this is a good example of a comment by someone who hasn't even played the game

Other folks have and still dislike it, that's fine, but play the game before deciding to crucify the devs

@Ghosti if you genuinely think it's among the bottom percentage of all games you've ever played (of course i don't know what your ranking scale is but most people i think wouldn't rate a game they've bought 5/10 very often), that's fine, it seems like you've played enough to form your opinion about it

@DollyrotsFan1 yeah. Holding the most profitable franchise in the world to a higher standard is a good thing, but completely ignoring the positives about it isn't helpful

Anybody who gave this a 1 (or really anything lower than a 6) is just trying to make a point, and also probably hasn't even played it.

Yall, think about the true scale of what a terrible game can be, and understand this isnt that even though the graphics are a bit janky and there's no voice acting.

The NA one is one of the most memorable covers I've ever seen, since i first saw it wayyyy back in the day. There are games that i truly adore whose covers i remember far less distinctly than this one. And i never even knew what kind of game it was, even remotely, until a few months ago. I just knew it was rated M and had a pretty lady's face on it.

So, there's that

Ah yes, the good old American approach of looking at the original Japanese box art, thinking to oneself, "We can do better. What if we just made this so, so much uglier?" and then executing

Ironically the Japanese art looks like it was going for an American cartoon style, and imo succeeds. The European version is arguably even worse than the American one bc it literally just takes the Japanese art, cuts it down, and puts it on a box with incredibly clumsy placement of logos and stuff. At least the American one is original.

Any amiibo functionality beyond just providing in game items is nice. These actually have a use

That kind of defeats a large purpose of the game for me. I was hoping a game solely focused on battling would be able to feature every pokemon.

@boxyguy it's kind of hilarious tbh. But yeah super annoying

Options to turn off the music while keeping the sound effects on would be great too

The octagonal gates help a lot with some games that require precision, like Monkey Ball

@The_Nintend_Pedant i can't believe how many likes their comment got. It's wild the extent to which gamers don't understand the nature of being a professional creative.

Imagine a world in which this much effort was put into pokemon's visuals

It does make a bigger difference than i expected but performance updates sadly do not fix lazy art direction and animation.

"Edge Master"

Hehe

@calbeau replacing the voice actor, as long as the new one is compensated fairly, would be absolutely ok. Especially considering JEJ is deceased. There's nuance to how much credit is due to an actor who originates a character, but the point is people getting compensated fairly for their work.

@Edu23XWiiU ok, so i see the issue is you don't understand the issues with union members (or their representatives) acting in their own interests against the interests of other, largely less fortunate union members. You don't understand what a union is at all. You should probably educate yourself on this matter before continuing

@Edu23XWiiU lol what?

@thedicemaster it should simply not have been done.

Not everything is obliged to exist

@Edu23XWiiU if you understand how unions work, then you will understand how this actually makes the JEJ estate accepting this situation wrong ethically. First of all, it is very likely neither JEJ nor his estate fully understood the terms by which Llama, Epic, and Disney are using as permission to do this chaotic thing with his likeness, especially considering again there may be some shady liberties and deception being taken with the signed agreements. (The unethicalness in this regard would lie in the hands of Disney, Llama, Epic, et. al and not necessarily the JEJ estate.)

Secondly, if you are a member of a union, you must abide by the policies and principles of the union. That's the whole point, acting together and collectively to ensure the well being of the careers of everyone in the union. This is why scabs are detested. If JEJ's estate is willing to knowingly take money for something that the union stands against (and, standing against this kind of AI use is something we voted for and passed with a massive majority), then they are essentially acting as scabs on JEJ's behalf and undermining the solidarity, agency, and protections that the union provides its members, who are in an industry rife with exploitation of all sorts. Allowing this stuff to be done with JEJ's voice can set a precedent that opens the door for all sorts of stuff to be done with the likenesses of all actors, union or otherwise, hired for anything made by people with unsavory AI intentions.

I appreciate the concern but I don't need your pity, I need you to understand the nature of unions, and just generally why any time you hear actual artists standing against a specific use of AI, you should take them very seriously.

@axelhander wow you really checkmated me there