@NatiaAdamo I think they'd have to prove that a game that plays nothing like Pokemon or any Pokemon Spin-Off is cutting into their sales. It's not as simple as it is with ROMs & hacks. Even if they did, it'd be a horrible look attacking another monster game and show not only that they have a monopoly on anything with monsters, but show that they WANT a monopoly on it too.
Any Shooter, but only while Doom was relevant: OMG it's a Doom clone!
An Entire Genre literally named, designed after, & lifting ideas directly from Metroid: OMG that's so cool and original, can't have enough of 'em!
Any game with any kind of ally or friendly monsters for the past 28 years: OMG it's a shameless Pokemon clone! Ignore the fact it plays nothing like Pokemon!
GameFreak would really benefit from some new talent - the ideas for things like new Pokemon & stories are still good, but the skill of the actual dev team is... less than desirable, especially for the #1 IP on the planet. More people with more up-to-par coding skill & better understanding of other games would have less of a burden on GameFreak for the Pokemon crunch & give the original devs more time for new projects.
Is this a case of an entire series being on YT via the Official Channel and this being a nothing burger? I know a lot of shows that have left services that are up in their entirety on YT like every Power Rangers Season and it's more important to make people aware of where it is rather than where it was.
The only people I hear using such a stereotype for gamers, or similar ones for anime fans, comic fans, or fans of any old series/idea/etc., are from a Venn Diagram of people who are Twitter addicts, Reddit addicts, and or journalists, most of which don't even consume the media they're arguing about with the people they're insulting.
I've been waiting for the Xbox release actually - don't travel as much and the Achievements would be nice. Absolutely LOVED the first game though, so I'm excited for when it does release Early 2024.
Can this one stay and the Halloween one come back? Just the fact they have different tracks that play help so much with your sanity than the single one that loops real fast.
It's a bit of a Pandora's Box when deciding what is and isn't Indie, and it's why I almost always use 'Indie or small team/dev' instead of one or the other. Great example is Devolver Digital - they Publish and fund a lot of games, but a lot of those teams doing all the work are fairly small. Does that funding diminish the efforts of the teams dedicated to seeing their vision come true?
"Experience cooperative gameplay for the first time ever in a South Park game with up to three friends or ally bots - unleashing powerful, coordinated attacks on your foes."
This is factually wrong. I'm sure at least 2 of the N64 games had Splitscreen, but Tenorman's Revenge & Let's Go Tower Defense Play on 360 had co-op long before this. Tragic that Microsoft never made them backwards compatible or did ports, as they're gonna be lost forever for most once the digital stores close next year.
Like CoD and Assassin's Creed, regardless of the series quality, Pokemon is now too big to fail. The games can be terrible and broken, the anime boring and unwatchable, the TCG unbalanced and expensive - and people will still eat it up just because it's Pokemon.
But in a bittersweet way, I'm almost glad. I'm trying and playing more games than I was when Pokemon was at its peak, and the RPGs are so refreshing in comparison. Ironically really excited to see what the next Digimon game is that's having a smooth development from what Bandai's said - the Cyber Sleuth games, while they could be a bit grindy, were exactly what I wanted from Pokemon. Would 100% both again if the RPG To Do List wasn't already way too big and still growing!
I don't trust TPC in any capacity to give them the remakes they deserve. I'd rather just hope they add GameCube to the Expansion Pak of NSO and eventually Colosseum & XD.
@Gavintendo Not even confirmed yet and people like you are already being toxic. Is that really necessary? Is this the mentality you want to paint for the Nintendo install base for Third-Parties & indies??
Very weird Alien Hominid gets a sequel, but when asked about a new Castle Crashers they said something along the lines of: 'we did all that they could do with the first game'. Wonder if this does well alongside the return to form of Beat 'Em Ups if they'd be willing to reconsider.
@XenoShaun Spongebob was paid, FF7 & Tomb Raider are free. The game also has gotten a few missions from free updates, and has a DLC Roadmap for both paid and free content.
I know I'm in the minority, but I hated ORAS, and only liking the introduction of Megas & the Fairy-Type in XY make Gen 6 my least favorite by a landslide. Even back then I thought, 'well maybe I just have rose-tinted glasses for RSE'. Nope - went back, played Emerald, and had a blast. There were still instances against some Gym Leaders, the E4, & Wallace where I needed to think or use items. I haven't needed to use Items since the start of Gen 6. And I can't help but double-down on this opinion since the only main series games I've truly enjoyed since Gen 5 were Let's GO & Legends: Arceus.
If anything the start of the 3D games' debatable quality is bittersweet for me. I feel almost nothing but contempt for current Pokemon now, but it driving me away has also gotten me to try other RPGs and different genres that I would've never touched before. At least they can't take away the old games, as much as they go out of their way to make them unavailable... gonna be like losing a pet when my Colosseum disc gives out. Had that sucker since I was 5 - my first game ever.
So this is why the original-original was delisted on Xbox. Had nothing to do with a bunch of games leaving the 360 store at the same time. Veeeery cool off them.
As long as it doesn't close in a few year like Mario 35 or Pac-Man 99 I'm down. They should honestly be making more of these just to give NSO more value.
Transformers is untapped potential for a Beat 'Em Up between the moves you could do like in Devastation due to transformation, vast Stage choices you could have from the show and movie's locales, & enemy and Stage Hazard varieties you'd get from the enemies both having Bot & vehicle forms. And with how many iconic characters there are and how many characters there are in general, they could have great boss fights and squeeze in a mid-boss in each Stage. The potential is ridiculous in the right hands.
Think The Simpsons, X-Men/Marvel, & Spider-Man (there's as many old games for the Wall Crawler as the rest of Marvel) could just get Cowabunga Collection equivalents and that would satiate most people.
Was so disappointed to find out this was just Survival Mode & the 2 characters - from the gameplay they showed I thought there'd be a Sub-Story Mode w/ 5-8 Stages & another option for a shorter Arcade Mode run. I guess that's why it doesn't add Achievements or Trophies on other Platforms - it really is minimalistic for 8 bucks.
They seem adamant on not changing the 2 map rotation & having every PVP Mode that's not Turf War behind Ranked so... I kinda got my fill of Splatoon as a whole after 1 & 2.
@old-dad Wouldn't put money on it considering it's Outright Games. They Publish... very, VEEEERY basic, entry level games. And even then meh is on the higher side if you're lucky.
Oh, comes out the same day as the next free DLC for PowerWash Sim. Which is... actually a good thing, 'cuz I'm broke and that gives me a bit more time to collect pennies lol
Still waiting for Metroid: Samus Returns and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn to come to an HD console, that they should've been made for in the first place instead of an old handheld on the way out.
Imagine defending Rockstar for this as a customer when they removed it from the PS3 store, removed it from the PS4/5 streaming service for PS3 games, & stopped discounting the backwards compatible 360 version to push this incomplete port.
I don't mind the design idea, but something like this would only look good if it was large in game, and very awkward if not. And let's be real, it's gonna be like 2 feet max taller than a 10yo. Would honestly look a lot better if the neck was half the size, at an angle, but still stretched out and retracted for animations in-game, say to attack with Crunch or upward like it is to summon/attract lightning.
Trading Card Game is a great addition. Stadium 2 like the first game is only good for the mini games and playing against friends with the bad Rentals w/o a way to connect to the main games. Hope they add Pinball, Pinball R&S, & Red Rescue Team if the main games won't happen.
@Axecon You have no idea how true this is. Was disgruntled with SwSh and tried things like Octopath Traveler & Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and they felt so amazing in comparison to main games since Gen 5.
There's a reality out there where to finish off the trilogy, Kohga gets serious and takes up the trope of trying to bring back Ganondorf/Ganon, using his and the Yiga Clan's (surprising) understanding of ancient technology. And most importantly they make Sooga canon, the actual only flaw of TOTK.
I got to try Pikmin 3 when Nintendo gave away a second game with MK8 on Wii U, and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't quite something I'd go out of my way to play again. Like a lot of Nintendo games though, if they had reasonable sales like other systems, I'd probably buy it just to have it. But the term 'Nintendo Tax' exists for a reason sadly.
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Re: Pokémon Fans Set Their Sights On Palworld's "Rip-Off" Monster Designs
@NatiaAdamo I think they'd have to prove that a game that plays nothing like Pokemon or any Pokemon Spin-Off is cutting into their sales. It's not as simple as it is with ROMs & hacks. Even if they did, it'd be a horrible look attacking another monster game and show not only that they have a monopoly on anything with monsters, but show that they WANT a monopoly on it too.
Re: Random: The 'Pokémon-With-Guns' Game On Steam Is Yet More Homework Copying
Any Shooter, but only while Doom was relevant: OMG it's a Doom clone!
An Entire Genre literally named, designed after, & lifting ideas directly from Metroid: OMG that's so cool and original, can't have enough of 'em!
Any game with any kind of ally or friendly monsters for the past 28 years: OMG it's a shameless Pokemon clone! Ignore the fact it plays nothing like Pokemon!
Re: Random: The 'Pokémon-With-Guns' Game On Steam Is Yet More Homework Copying
Anything with monsters in your Party or Team is actually a Pokemon clone, including SMT which came before Pokemon. Ignore literally everything else.
Re: Pokémon Developer Game Freak Trademarks 'PAND LAND'
GameFreak would really benefit from some new talent - the ideas for things like new Pokemon & stories are still good, but the skill of the actual dev team is... less than desirable, especially for the #1 IP on the planet. More people with more up-to-par coding skill & better understanding of other games would have less of a burden on GameFreak for the Pokemon crunch & give the original devs more time for new projects.
Re: Talking Point: What Will The 'Switch 2' Actually Be Called?
Don't care what it's called as long as it's backwards compatible.
Re: Pokémon TV App Is Being Discontinued Later This Year
Is this a case of an entire series being on YT via the Official Channel and this being a nothing burger? I know a lot of shows that have left services that are up in their entirety on YT like every Power Rangers Season and it's more important to make people aware of where it is rather than where it was.
Re: Soapbox: "Go Outside, Get Some Fresh Air" - Why Won't Outmoded Gamer Stereotypes Die?
The only people I hear using such a stereotype for gamers, or similar ones for anime fans, comic fans, or fans of any old series/idea/etc., are from a Venn Diagram of people who are Twitter addicts, Reddit addicts, and or journalists, most of which don't even consume the media they're arguing about with the people they're insulting.
Re: Soapbox: It Feels Like Everyone Forgot The Best Switch RPG Of The Year
I've been waiting for the Xbox release actually - don't travel as much and the Achievements would be nice. Absolutely LOVED the first game though, so I'm excited for when it does release Early 2024.
Re: Suika Game Gets A Special Christmas-Themed Update, Here's A Look
Can this one stay and the Halloween one come back? Just the fact they have different tracks that play help so much with your sanity than the single one that loops real fast.
Re: Poll: Rate Your Favourite Switch Games Of The Year 2023
Sadly I had to skip most of the Switch games this year. That Nintendo tax is a bit too much with my income level.
Re: Is Dave The Diver An Indie Game? The Game Awards' Host Weighs In
It's a bit of a Pandora's Box when deciding what is and isn't Indie, and it's why I almost always use 'Indie or small team/dev' instead of one or the other. Great example is Devolver Digital - they Publish and fund a lot of games, but a lot of those teams doing all the work are fairly small. Does that funding diminish the efforts of the teams dedicated to seeing their vision come true?
Re: New 'South Park: Snow Day!' Gameplay Trailer Is All About Co-Op, Combat And Cartman
"Experience cooperative gameplay for the first time ever in a South Park game with up to three friends or ally bots - unleashing powerful, coordinated attacks on your foes."
This is factually wrong. I'm sure at least 2 of the N64 games had Splitscreen, but Tenorman's Revenge & Let's Go Tower Defense Play on 360 had co-op long before this. Tragic that Microsoft never made them backwards compatible or did ports, as they're gonna be lost forever for most once the digital stores close next year.
Re: Pokémon's COO Wants To Keep Franchise Going For "Hundreds Of Years"
Like CoD and Assassin's Creed, regardless of the series quality, Pokemon is now too big to fail. The games can be terrible and broken, the anime boring and unwatchable, the TCG unbalanced and expensive - and people will still eat it up just because it's Pokemon.
But in a bittersweet way, I'm almost glad. I'm trying and playing more games than I was when Pokemon was at its peak, and the RPGs are so refreshing in comparison. Ironically really excited to see what the next Digimon game is that's having a smooth development from what Bandai's said - the Cyber Sleuth games, while they could be a bit grindy, were exactly what I wanted from Pokemon. Would 100% both again if the RPG To Do List wasn't already way too big and still growing!
Re: Soapbox: 20 Years On, It's About Time These Pokémon Games Got Switch Remasters
I don't trust TPC in any capacity to give them the remakes they deserve. I'd rather just hope they add GameCube to the Expansion Pak of NSO and eventually Colosseum & XD.
Re: Braid: Anniversary Edition Out Next Year, But There's No Mention Of A Switch Release
@Gavintendo Not even confirmed yet and people like you are already being toxic. Is that really necessary? Is this the mentality you want to paint for the Nintendo install base for Third-Parties & indies??
Re: Talking Point: If 'Switch 2' Is Backwards Compatible, What Will You Do With Your Switch?
Keep the original Switch to add another thing to keep charged in case the power goes out like my other past handhelds.
Re: Mini Review: Alien Hominid Invasion - An Explosive, Superior Sequel
Very weird Alien Hominid gets a sequel, but when asked about a new Castle Crashers they said something along the lines of: 'we did all that they could do with the first game'. Wonder if this does well alongside the return to form of Beat 'Em Ups if they'd be willing to reconsider.
Re: Review: Dave The Diver - One Of The Best Games In A Year Of Greats
This game deserves to be on all Platformers possible.
Re: PowerWash Simulator's Back To The Future DLC Blasts Onto Switch Next Month
@XenoShaun Spongebob was paid, FF7 & Tomb Raider are free. The game also has gotten a few missions from free updates, and has a DLC Roadmap for both paid and free content.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes
I know I'm in the minority, but I hated ORAS, and only liking the introduction of Megas & the Fairy-Type in XY make Gen 6 my least favorite by a landslide. Even back then I thought, 'well maybe I just have rose-tinted glasses for RSE'. Nope - went back, played Emerald, and had a blast. There were still instances against some Gym Leaders, the E4, & Wallace where I needed to think or use items. I haven't needed to use Items since the start of Gen 6. And I can't help but double-down on this opinion since the only main series games I've truly enjoyed since Gen 5 were Let's GO & Legends: Arceus.
If anything the start of the 3D games' debatable quality is bittersweet for me. I feel almost nothing but contempt for current Pokemon now, but it driving me away has also gotten me to try other RPGs and different genres that I would've never touched before. At least they can't take away the old games, as much as they go out of their way to make them unavailable... gonna be like losing a pet when my Colosseum disc gives out. Had that sucker since I was 5 - my first game ever.
Re: Review: Detective Pikachu Returns - Drab-Looking But Fun Forensics For The Fam
@RupeeClock Would make sense considering they said the game was in the works as far back as 2017.
Re: Soapbox: 'Switch 2' Doesn't Really Need Backwards Compatibility
Backwards compatibility would make it a Day One buy for me. If not, the opposite - I can wait and have plenty left on the regular Switch to finish.
Re: Soapbox: What Do You Do When Nintendo Ticks Off Your ENTIRE Most-Wanted List?
Pokemon Colosseum & XD Gale of Darkness remakes, but I can't see a reality where they wouldn't screw them up.
Re: Anime Beat 'Em Up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate Announced For Switch
@JohnnyMind @Lizuka Edited.
Re: Anime Beat 'Em Up Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate Announced For Switch
So this is why the original-original was delisted on Xbox. Had nothing to do with a bunch of games leaving the 360 store at the same time. Veeeery cool off them.
Edit: Clarity I did not have at midnight.
Re: TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Lands A New Physical Edition With DLC Included This November
This DLC isn't worth it unless you really want those 2 extra characters. Hardly worth 8 bucks let alone a new purchase of the game.
Re: F-ZERO 99 Turns The Classic Racer Into A 99-Player Battle Royale, On NSO Today
As long as it doesn't close in a few year like Mario 35 or Pac-Man 99 I'm down. They should honestly be making more of these just to give NSO more value.
Re: Talking Point: Which Classic Cartoons Deserve The Shredder's Revenge Treatment?
Transformers is untapped potential for a Beat 'Em Up between the moves you could do like in Devastation due to transformation, vast Stage choices you could have from the show and movie's locales, & enemy and Stage Hazard varieties you'd get from the enemies both having Bot & vehicle forms. And with how many iconic characters there are and how many characters there are in general, they could have great boss fights and squeeze in a mid-boss in each Stage. The potential is ridiculous in the right hands.
Think The Simpsons, X-Men/Marvel, & Spider-Man (there's as many old games for the Wall Crawler as the rest of Marvel) could just get Cowabunga Collection equivalents and that would satiate most people.
Re: Free Update Is Coming To SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake Next Month
@RobynAlecksys It's an Xbox One & PS4 game on those Platforms - the upgrade is to make them run better for Series consoles & PS5.
Re: Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock - Totally Tubular DLC
Was so disappointed to find out this was just Survival Mode & the 2 characters - from the gameplay they showed I thought there'd be a Sub-Story Mode w/ 5-8 Stages & another option for a shorter Arcade Mode run. I guess that's why it doesn't add Achievements or Trophies on other Platforms - it really is minimalistic for 8 bucks.
Re: Mario Kart Tour Will Receive No New Content After October's 'Battle Tour', Says Nintendo
This game's new content lasted longer than the average Splatoon game as of this point.
Re: Talking Point: What Do You Want From A 'Splatoon 4'?
They seem adamant on not changing the 2 map rotation & having every PVP Mode that's not Turf War behind Ranked so... I kinda got my fill of Splatoon as a whole after 1 & 2.
Re: Talking Point: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom DLC - What Would You Have Liked To See?
A free update for Master Mode would be enough if they don't have any actual DLC planned.
Re: Nintendo Expands Switch Online's Game Boy Color, SNES & NES Library With Four More Games
Wild that we got these before Startropics 2.
Re: The Autobots Roll Out On Switch Next Month In Transformers: Earthspark - Expedition
@old-dad Wouldn't put money on it considering it's Outright Games. They Publish... very, VEEEERY basic, entry level games. And even then meh is on the higher side if you're lucky.
Re: The Autobots Roll Out On Switch Next Month In Transformers: Earthspark - Expedition
@GunValkyria The Closed Beta is December this year, gonna be awhile longer before we hear about that.
Re: Random: Animal Crossing Fan Completes His Mission Of Visiting All New Horizons Artwork IRL
But has anyone painted and sculpted the fake art pieces yet?
Re: Paldean Pokémon Will Start Appearing In Pokémon GO Next Week
Do they even have all the Gen 7 Pokemon yet?
Re: TMNT: Shredder's Revenge DLC Lands On Switch This Month With Yet Another New Fighter
Oh, comes out the same day as the next free DLC for PowerWash Sim. Which is... actually a good thing, 'cuz I'm broke and that gives me a bit more time to collect pennies lol
Re: Metroid Dread Developer Has "Two Large Undisclosed Titles" In The Works
Still waiting for Metroid: Samus Returns and Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn to come to an HD console, that they should've been made for in the first place instead of an old handheld on the way out.
Re: Bethesda Celebrates QuakeCon 2023 With Free In-Game Bundle
Are these new or just pre-existing DLC?
Re: Take-Two CEO Defends Red Dead Redemption's $50 Price Tag, Says It's "Commercially Accurate"
Imagine defending Rockstar for this as a customer when they removed it from the PS3 store, removed it from the PS4/5 streaming service for PS3 games, & stopped discounting the backwards compatible 360 version to push this incomplete port.
Re: Poll: What Do You Think Of Raging Bolt In Pokémon Scarlet & Violet?
I don't mind the design idea, but something like this would only look good if it was large in game, and very awkward if not. And let's be real, it's gonna be like 2 feet max taller than a 10yo. Would honestly look a lot better if the neck was half the size, at an angle, but still stretched out and retracted for animations in-game, say to attack with Crunch or upward like it is to summon/attract lightning.
Re: Pokémon Stadium 2 And Pokémon Trading Card Game Available On NSO Today
Trading Card Game is a great addition. Stadium 2 like the first game is only good for the mini games and playing against friends with the bad Rentals w/o a way to connect to the main games. Hope they add Pinball, Pinball R&S, & Red Rescue Team if the main games won't happen.
Re: Soapbox: Pokémon Scarlet & Violet DLC Is A Chance To Win Back Disenchanted Fans
@Axecon You have no idea how true this is. Was disgruntled with SwSh and tried things like Octopath Traveler & Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and they felt so amazing in comparison to main games since Gen 5.
Re: The Next Pokémon Presents Could Be Soon, According To A New Datamine
More spin-offs please. As much as I want a Explorers DX, we really need an actual new PMD game.
Re: EVO 2023 Reveals Full Schedule - Featuring Tournaments, Panels & Surprises
I wonder if anyone at the Skullgirls panel will get asked how it feels censoring their game for EVO only to not make the lineup.
Re: Soapbox: Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Fixed The Yiga Clan, And Now I Want More
There's a reality out there where to finish off the trilogy, Kohga gets serious and takes up the trope of trying to bring back Ganondorf/Ganon, using his and the Yiga Clan's (surprising) understanding of ancient technology. And most importantly they make Sooga canon, the actual only flaw of TOTK.
Not in our reality though. ;-;
Re: The GameCube And Wii Emulator Dolphin Is No Longer Coming To Steam
@Sambuc I live in the middle of nowhere, the nearest retro game place is 3 hours or more away. You gonna pay for gas every time?
Re: Poll: Pikmin 4 Is Out On Switch This Week, Will You Be Getting It?
I got to try Pikmin 3 when Nintendo gave away a second game with MK8 on Wii U, and while I enjoyed it, it wasn't quite something I'd go out of my way to play again. Like a lot of Nintendo games though, if they had reasonable sales like other systems, I'd probably buy it just to have it. But the term 'Nintendo Tax' exists for a reason sadly.