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I tried playing it recently having never played it as a kid and it's pretty janky, imo. It seems like a budget PC release of the era. Pokemon Puzzle Challenge for the Game Boy Color on the other hand, is awesome.

If you pay taxes, you pay for your government's enforcement of copyright law. Every time a large company sues for copyright infringement, taxpayer money goes towards defending this. That is fine and good for a period of time in order to promote innovation and for the original author to be fairly compensated but this arrangement should not go on forever.
The public used to be compensated for this--the original works would become public domain--but mega corporations in the US such as Disney have lobbied Congress to extend the time for copyright protection to outrageously long terms. What used to be a mutually beneficial arrangement now benefits only the copyright holder (who increasingly is one of only a handful of companies that purchase just about every notable IP).
Here is a brief excerpt from the following article that shows where copyright started in the US. The article goes on to show where it stands today: https://www.arl.org/copyright-timeline/

1787: US Constitution

According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the US Constitution, “the Congress shall have power . . . to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”

1790: Copyright Act of 1790

The First Congress implemented the copyright provision of the US Constitution in 1790. The Copyright Act of 1790, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by Securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books to the Authors and Proprietors of Such Copies, was modeled on the Statute of Anne (1710). It granted American authors the right to print, re-print, or publish their work for a period of 14 years and to renew for another fourteen. The law was meant to provide an incentive to authors, artists, and scientists to create original works by providing creators with a monopoly. At the same time, the monopoly was limited in order to stimulate creativity and the advancement of “science and the useful arts” through wide public access to works in the “public domain.” Major revisions to the act were implemented in 1831, 1870, 1909, and 1976.

I'm pretty sure no one is against Tencent for being ethnically Chinese. The opposition to Tencent is because they are more or less an arm of the Chinese Communist Party.

The problem isn't that the art style is "Chibi". It's that it's done so poorly and lazily.

Great review. I wish Pokemon fans would sit out the bad or meh games so we could get better stuff.

@VoidofLight Congrats, man!

I'm so excited to try some of these other titles. I've been having a blast with Circle of the Moon so I know I'll love the others.

Great for the 20 people that don't have a Switch already but I'm not sure why anyone with a working unit would buy this thing. They really can't (or at least shouldn't) continue much longer without a massive upgrade to the Switch in terms of performance. Some of their first-party games chug and that is unacceptable.

@Chibi Sure, they have every right to do what they want. I'm not proposing any kind of law that would force them to re-release games. On the other hand we have no duty to wait for them or abstain from playing classic titles either. We will have those experiences and they can be a part of it and profit from it or not.

People need to understand that their "principled" anti-piracy position is not a virtue. These corporations refuse to sell you their old games and our laws regarding the public domain (in the U.S.) are a twisted joke. What was originally a 28 year time-span where the state would protect your copyright has ballooned to nearly 100 years. Every tax-payer is paying to protect these corporate interests due to lobbying on their behalf.

For me it's the PlayStation 1. Then it's GameCube.

@Kienda That's certainly a hot-take. I love the way the US SNES looks.

I have a very hard time believing that the rumors of a more powerful Switch were entirely fabricated. To me it seems more likely that plans changed when Nintendo was unable to source enough parts to produce a "Pro" model in the quantity that it would have desired and rather than angering fans like Sony has with the PS5, decided to delay or (please God, no) cancel the "pro" model and settle for a more conservative approach for now.

I don't care about 4K at all. I do care that Nintendo first-party games run like crap on the current Switch. There's no reason that Link's Awakening should have frame dips. None. As awesome as Age of Calamity seems to be, I had to stop playing about an hour in because of the awful performance. "Graphics" may not matter but performance absolutely does. The Switch is due for a performance upgrade and it should be obvious to anyone that has played anything other than a Nintendo console.

@Screen I would not be surprised if there is some sort of E3 reveal but the event isn't as big as it was in years past so I think it is just as likely that they reveal it separately.
I encourage everyone to take some time and read up on rumors of the past. Here are a couple articles speculating about the upcoming Wii (codenamed Nintendo Revolution).

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/rumor-control-nintendo-revolution-rumor-explosion/1100-6128178/
https://games.slashdot.org/story/05/01/24/1729251/nintendo-revolution-rumours-emerge

@Screen I'm not sure how many cycles you've been through before but I've seen my fair share of them. Nintendo always denies the rumors, the rumors always reach some sort of fever pitch (as they are now), and then a new device is revealed by Nintendo, largely confirming the prior rumors. Details here and there may have been wrong but the broad strokes tend to hold true.

@Bunkerneath I unironically would welcome SNES news. Proper sequel to Super Mario World? Hell yeah.

What a sweet kid with the right priorities.

"Nintendo Accused Of Allowing "Pirated Software On The eShop" By GBA Emulator Developer"
Nothing clickbaity about the title. It's completely factual. The dev of mGBA is has called out Nintendo for allowing a game that allegedly infringes on his copyright to stay up on the eShop.
People will decry piracy in all its forms without even a bit of nuance but it is much worse for a corporation to steal the work of an individual without even giving credit as required in the license.

Wow, that really sucks for them. It's a real long shot but many have had great success by open-sourcing their code, accepting contributions and bug fixes, and making great software as a result. I'm sure this would make the game very popular for a very long time. Of course they would still have the copyright on the characters, scenarios, etc.

@TheKillerTofu The violence started prior to and ended when the guy pulled his gun out in self-defense.

@TheKillerTofu You sound like someone that doesn't have a clue about what they're talking about. It's very sad that the man was attacked, especially over something that is so trivial and should be bringing joy to people, especially kids. I'm glad he was able to defend himself, too. As others above have pointed out, in other countries he may not have been able to do so easily.

I thought that interface looked familiar. I checked and yep, it looks exactly like the one for the old iPhone/iPod Touch:
http://iphone.tgbus.com/zt/images/cn/iphone/features/images/main_calculator20080609.jpg

I miss those days when I could just pretend my iPod Touch was some fancy calculator in class. Smartphones were far from widespread and all my friends were so fascinated. My favorite thing to show off was the album art and how you could scroll through it when you turned the iPod on its side. That and playing Pokemon on a GBA emulator.

I might cry if no one attempts to do anything with Basilisk.