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@thesilverbrick The way it was written made it sound like it was exclusive to the US but in Europe, you got stuff with that exclusive item. lol. "In the US, it's exclusive to Amazon" would've been better.

Uh... "the dual pack is exclusive to Amazon in the US" "In Europe the dual pack comes with" so is it exclusive or not?

@rjejr Lol, I'm wondering the same thing, honestly. Why don't they make a new TCG using NFC cards and AR? (for the record, they did also use the NFC figurine idea in Pokemon Rumble U but that kinda fell flat)

@Jamotello Or you could just... I don't know... Use the figure itself?

@rjejr But... Pokemon technically did NFC cards first with the GBA card reader. It just wasn't NFC per-se, not in the current sense but it performed basically the same role. You swiped/scanned a special Pokemon card that contained a special metallic strip to use that card in the third Trading Card Game.

This style looks identical to the one used in Yo-kai Watch but slightly rougher. I don't like Yo-kai Watch. At all. I also know how I would feel if this was a anime series I cared more about like, say, Digimon (Oh wait, Fusion. Ugh.) so in other words, I completely understand the outrage.

@PorllM If SEGA did it, I can guarantee it would be Sonic and the results would NOT be pretty.

@Bass_X0 I... know. That's not even what I said... I said you shouldn't complain about a game you paid nothing for because you shouldn't feel like you're owed anything. You paid nothing for what's actually a decent game compared to other free to play games yet people are still moaning. About what? You can't expect something that's free to be as good as something that you pay £30 or more for, that's just ridiculous. If you want a better game that's similar, pay £30 (or less, as it probably is by now) for Super Pokemon Rumble instead.

That guy in the shop, Jackson Galaxy (from My Cat From Hell)?!

Have they employed a 3-year-old to design the Pokemon now? Seriously, the only ones so far this gen that don't look like a little kid designed them are the legendaries...

I just wish the Pokemon Amiibo had a use outside of Smash Bros. Seriously, they don't even unlock skins in anything else! (by this I mean the figures, not the dark Mewtwo card which only works in Pokken).

@Detective_TeeJay Remember when we thought the idea of toys to life would never take off

@alasdair91 Oh no, I know, I live in the UK too. The games still sell like mad when the prices drop though, I mean, we managed to sell the original games PS3 starter pack, complete in box, for £15 in the charity shop I work in a matter of weeks ago and, well, why would anyone in their right mind still charge between £13 and £15 for it anyway if it didn't sell anymore? They'd just send it back to the manufacturer or throw it in the bin.

@alasdair91 And every other game in existence (but for less, of course).

So uh, someone mind telling me what relevance Minecraft has? Because Little Big Planet, Spore, MMOs and RPGs have been doing this for far longer than Minecraft...

Please tell me I'm not the only one that finds Sonic and Knuckles swearing in English hilarious! I mean, aside from Tails, Cream and maybe Charmy (but he hangs out with Vector so...), they're the last ones I'd expect!

@Randomname19 Off-topic but that Ixis Naugus... render? painting? Is amazing!

On-topic, this looks really good! Colour me interested.

@Marakuto Then why not a shiny Zygarde?

But.. why? It's already readily available in-game relatively easily... It's part of the post-game stuff...

What an awful way to go... My condolences to the family, especially his poor daughter.. No one should have to witness such a terrible thing...

So... we're not gonna talk about how a guy responsible for the Pokemon logos died? Ok. Controller's more important, I guess...

@Danrenfroe2016 Good-looking Android game.

I was really interested in this, especially since it features a werewolf (we seriously need more good games that do that). Until I saw reviews that pretty much all said it's crap. I mean, being a firm believer of not just following what reviewers say like sheep, I'd still give it a try if it was really cheap or there was a demo or something but those reviews did severely diminish my interest.

Oddworld isn't already dark and twisted? People getting ground into food and drink, people committing suicide on screen and the main character getting pulverised both through normal play and a bad ending aren't dark and twisted?

@1SDAN Then why go to the effort to make an account just to make such a post? I'd get it if it was a joke but you didn't make that obvious if it was the case, it just looked like a complete troll post.

@rjejr It's not that either. It's 3D but it plays on a 2D plane with the ability to move into and out from the foreground and background and circle the opponent using this movement within a 3D plane. It's not open in any sense of the word. Not like, say, Castlevania Judgement or Power Stone.

@1SDAN Was this response really necessary? Knuckles was nice enough to correct Volmun without being rude about it...

@rjejr SoulCalibur? Open world? I'd love to know which SoulCalibur you're referring to (and please, don't tell me it's Legends).

@sinalefa Hah, fair enough.

@sinalefa Because Uncharted 4 is the only game allowed to be released on that particular day, amiright?

@rjejr Jak and Daxter? You're going to be very disappointed...

I just hope this brings the 3D platformer genre back in a big way! It's definitely my all-time favourite genre and one of the ones I always find myself going back to time and time again with such classics as the Spyro trilogy, Crash trilogy, Ty 1 and 2 and Rayman 2 and 3.

Why's everyone using modern (as far as the in-game timeline is concerned) man-made Pokemon as a comparison? They said 500 years ago, as far as I know, no previous man-made Pokemon was created that long ago... I imagine it being more like some "ancients who are actually aliens" or something like that type of backstory.
Personally, I love it and fail to understand why people hate more recent designs because of them being more detailed? Maybe it's just because I like Digimon which are far more detailed than Pokemon anyway but I see it as a good thing from a design standpoint, makes them appear far more creative and imaginative than literally a different coloured real creature with a few extra things stuck on.

As a side note, is anyone else having a really hard time getting used to the new layout? I keep getting confused as to who people are replying to for some reason.

Happy emerging from a test tube and killing everyone day, Mewtwo!

It doesn't feel much like a Pokemon ad to me, just like a typical sports ad with some CG Pokemon thrown in at the end and slightly subtle placement of the immortal line "Like no one ever was" at one point. It just doesn't have the right vibe for Pokemon.

@cormano I think you were looking for Tomadachi Life. Not sure how you ended up here instead but maybe read the article before commenting? I mean, to my knowledge, the game the article talks about has no marriage system nor is such a thing mentioned here.

@russellohh When I mentioned looks, I meant the overall look not the fact it doesn't fold up. If we're talking about things that don't fold up, I'd be more inclined to compare it to the Gameboy Color or original GBA, actually. I haven't seen a single tablet or modern phone that looks that much like a toy aside from the ones that are aimed at small kids.

I will agree, however, that the XL is the most uncomfortable unless the user has big hands like my friend who owns one does (he has the opposite issue, smaller models cause hand cramps due to his large hands). It's stupidly heavy and far too large and cumbersome.

@Caryslan @russellohh Fair point in both cases. I just personally don't like how the 2DS looks like a kids toy compared to both standard and XL models as well as the fact it can't be folded up to protect the screens or reduce the size.

@Caryslan You can switch it off on all standard models including New 3DS though... I never play it with 3D switched on and I only own a standard original Zelda OoT 3D 3DS and a standard New 3DS...

Gen IV? You're a bit behind there, we're on gen VI as are those 'mon!

@Spin Yeah, it is, I'd highly recommend it to anyone who's a complete beginner with fighting games and is looking to get into Tekken specifically.

@Kaze_Memaryu I also forgot to say, Namco are so incompetent with fighting games, both games are highly acclaimed by both critics and players alike, with, again, a very loyal and strong following containing a very large amount of people. I really don't see how you can claim incompetence when, time and again, their games achieve high scores and are highly praised. They're clearly doing something right otherwise they'd have the same notoriety as, say, the Sonic franchise and SEGA as a whole of late.

Anyway, I feel this controller looks pretty neat and comfortable, depending on the size, albeit with slightly cheap looking plastic. I also feel it could be a pretty nice collectable since it's a replica of the ones on the arcade machines (something some people here seem to have failed to notice), much like how the Power Glove is now despite it being an awful piece of tech.

I'm really hoping to see Klonoa at last, especially since Namco already have a presence this time around. Failing that, I'd like to see Eggman as a playable character, that way Sonic gets a hero and a villain on his second appearance. I also feel Eggman would just be a really interesting character for the devs to play with and he's already shown he's capable in battle since he's almost always a boss character himself. Ok, so he never really wins, but he still presents a decent enough challenge!.

@Kaze_Memaryu First off, fighting games are always far better with the D-pad, any avid fighting game player will tell you that.

Secondly, there's a very large Tekken and slightly smaller SoulCalibur following that begs to differ on your constant belief that Namco are in any way incompetent when it comes to fighting games. As I'm pretty sure I already explained to you before, no fighting game can ever be perfectly balanced, that would defeat the whole point and make the game boring while every character would just be a reskin with a different set of animations. The whole point in fighting games is to learn each characters strengths and weaknesses and overcome them in order to win, remove that and you have a mindless button-masher with no gratification or skill involved. Tekken and Soulcalibur, Namcos two primary fighters, pull this off (almost) perfectly, albeit with a few stupidly cheap characters people hate (I'm looking at you, Maxi, Nightmare, Jinpachi and Azazel, to name a few... T_T) but the many outweighs the few.

@Spin Tekken tag Tournament 2 would actually be your best option if you want to play an easier Tekken to get you started. Just, for the love of God, don't touch the Combot Lab mode. The rest of the game, while still having the large movesets to learn, is designed to be more of a pick up and play type of fighter and is still relatively easy to play without learning any movesets.

@simonthomas6 Well yeah, 'cause that's where they all go, at inflated prices. That's what a scalper is...

@simonthomas6 Yeah, good luck with that... Bloody scalpers... As I already said, the good ones are never in stock online...

@GunplaGamer Ah, well, in fairness, you guys only just got the standard New 3DS whereas we've had it since launch yet we still have the issue I already mentioned... What's worse is the launch selection's not very good either, unless you like Mario and/or really plain, dull patterns... Only good one out of the launch ones is the OR/AS one and I don't even see that in stores anymore, I need to replace mine.

@simonthomas6 America has GAME? o_o