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Joe Merrick, the webmaster of Serebii, has this to say on Twitter about the save corruption glitch.
"Right so obviously people are wondering about the save data glitch, and rightfully so.
TPC are aware. That I can guarantee as last week I messaged them myself about it. It's very, VERY, rare. We do not know the cause. It's not GO, or buying the DLC.
I, and many others including friends who are far more skilled than I at this sort of thing, have been trying everything to replicate it to no avail. With us being unable to, I imagine Nintendo and GF would also be working to narrow it down.
Patience is needed.
So often with a new patch or a new game, we get reports about something causing save corruption. We had it with SV, SWSH, Smash and so many other games and they went away or were explained away by things (SD cards etc.).
We just need to be patient and hopefully an answer comes."

@Eagly Yes, but in this case, it feels dubious. This feels like hearsay with no proof whatsoever. None of the articles about this bothered to gather any sources beyond Reddit.

I don't know, something about this seems suspicious. The issue doesn't seem to be that widespread, and it's possible that the affected cases could be hacked games/saves or the game being run on an emulator or other non-Nintendo hardware, something that the Reddit thread neglects to ask. If that's the case, every outlet reporting on this supposed bug, including NintendoLife, should prepare to issue an apology and a retraction.

I wonder if anybody has done a review that's just the "Calculator" bit from The Amazing World of Gumball episode "The Uploads".

Sucks that Congress and Senate are doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to curtail scalpers. The Better Online Ticket Sales Act seriously needs to be expanded to include other high-demand items like Pokemon cards.

Jeez, I was very much expecting this to happen.
To anyone who wants to buy Super Mario 3D All-Stars physically, I strongly urge you to check your local retailers first for any leftover stock. My local Walmart still had several copies left when I went there yesterday, and they're selling them for $50.

Metacritic should start requiring that users upload a valid proof of purchase before they can leave reviews for video games.

It depends on the media for me. If it's a cartridge-based system, I'm okay with loose cartridges. For disc-based systems, however, I insist on having the box because discs get scratched easily if they're loose.

We honestly need more nature documentary-style stuff with Pokemon's PR. If there's any franchise to do that with, it's this one.

(I just want them to do this for Generation IX when they reveal new Pokemon for it)

I feel like this is not going to do enough to curtail the problem of review-bombing. Metacritic should take it a step further and require that users upload a valid proof of purchase (i.e. store receipt, e-mail from Amazon or Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft's digital storefronts) before they can leave a user review.
And if they upload a fraudulent proof of purchase, then the user could be permanently banned and ALL of their reviews could be deleted.

My one question is... with a June Direct becoming less and less likely, HOW are they going to be announced?

This debate reminds me of the Simpsons episode "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge", where Marge defends the statue as a work of art while members of the organization she founded have objected to it.

"I told you she was soft on full-frontal nudity!"

Steven Universe: Save the Light
OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes

So, I've found that it looks like the Pokemon encountered as part of this event are guaranteed to have their hidden abilities. I've found G-Darumaka with Inner Focus, Indeedee with Psychic Surge, Mandibuzz with Weak Armor, Braviary with Defiant, Passimian with Defiant, and Sirfetch'd with Scrappy.

Personally, I am glad some of these gender differences didn't make the cut. I recall 10-year-old me jumping back at stuff like Wobbuffet having lipstick on and Pikachu having a heart-shaped tail. Imagine how I would've felt if I noticed one-horned Charizard or short-eared Plusle!

So, I'm guessing Nintendo's going with a quarterly release schedule?

Calling it right now: the next set of games will go up in March.

To those of you who are saying this is an act of trolling/parody... may I introduce you to something called Poe's Law?

@Xansies Seconded.

I wouldn't have put Charmander in there if Bulbasaur and Squirtle made it in. Even then, I'd still be a little surprised - starter Pokemon don't normally recur, especially not if it's only one of them.

Pokemon I'm surprised got cut: Zubat, Psyduck, Tentacool, Magnemite, Houndour, Petilil.

Pokemon I'm surprised made the cut: Charmander, Hitmonlee & Hitmonchan, Type: Null.

I am expecting Overwatch for Switch to be announced during the Q4 Nintendo Direct.

I have had issues with an original model 3DS and a Wii U Gamepad. The issue was that the touch screen would register input without me touching it. I think the issue was dirt, grime and fleas (yes, I'm a pet owner) getting lodged inside of the screen.

Weirdly enough, I have not yet experienced Joy-Con drift. Not sure if mine were a fluke or if the build quality is a little higher.

Only time I've ever had to send in a Joy-Con to be repaired so far was when I was having connection issues with my right one. They were able to look at it for free because I mentioned I didn't have money, even though I said REPEATEDLY that I would be willing to pay for the repair when I have the money.

I kinda feel like a new entry isn't in the cards; this listing is most likely for a rerelease of the existing entries in the series.

Every time it's leak season, I always think back to this image - https://pics.me.me/leaks-i-think-its-legit-uguys-minute-leak-festi-red-4435940.png

Yeah, VR is DEFINITELY not going to be tournament-legal.

I remember Vinesauce streaming this game as part of a feature called "Twitch n Itch". Might check it out.

My expectations for the press conference:
*Pokemon Bank for Switch?

My expectations for the Direct:
*Normal-type woodland critter and basic Normal/Flying-type reveal
*Whether or not Gyms will appear this generation
*Galar forms?

I'm not that big of a fan of Metacritic... I am more interested in seeing how many critics have had something positive/negative to say about a film rather than assigning some arbitrary number between 1-100 based on keywords in a review. Even then, I generally prefer to see movies myself and draw my own conclusions.

Honestly, I'm a little disappointed, but I think that this is for the best. Either we could get a terrible game, or we could get something really great. I'm glad Nintendo decided to turn to Retro Studios to bring the game to their quality standards.

Hopefully, we'll get a Switch port of an existing Metroid game (Prime Trilogy?) to tide us over until Prime 4 releases.

I think it's more of a matter of optimizing the game to run on the Switch's weaker specs. They've gotta figure out how to get the game to run on a system with half as much RAM as the PS4 and Xbox One.