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@MarioBrickLayer It has a standard release. The red cover art with an additional poster is exclusive to iam8bit. Pretty similar to how they handled the PS5 release before

Like most Chinese accessories a lot of brands use this grip controller just in different colors... and honestly it's pretty good. The motors are insane also lol. If anything the outside triggers are the main weak spot out of them.

Looks like NL (it’s score at least) is the outlier once again… with the early reviews that is

NL sure loves to throw shade at Platinum don't they? They have a PlayStation sister website, why is this on here?

Ah yes, since Nintendo pretty much prints money pirates should be able to pirate off of their games and get off on a mere slap on the wrist after they get caught and get sentenced. Is that right? Lol gtfoh. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes… which in this case is a mega fine and prison time

@Damo with all due respect, you put more effort into this comment than the actual article you published, which was tagged as "News." But since a small part of the direct had this much engagement, I guess you could say mission accomplished.

You just always know if an “article” was written by NL’s worst writers… and this site has two of them lol

@MajorTom true... but you know what "competitors" lack? Pokemon lol. I don't even think Pokemon should be lined up with RPGs/JRPgs, it feels like they're totally different games. It's been 25 years, if Pokemon games are so bad, how come we haven't seen anything remotely resembling an actual alternative?

Boo freaking hoo to pretty much the majority of this comment section lol

@Bizzyb Wasn't SMT V announced earlier than Bayo 3 and we didn't see any of it until it was pretty much ready to go? For Bayo 3, it seems like Nintendo themselves are the ones holding off on revealing anything from the initial announcement to the trailer we got last year

What another trash, clickbait article from NL lol. Did you even know WHY he left Platinum? And he supposedly worked on Bayonetta 3 as an assistant for 8 months and yet you lead of with “It’s been discovered” like you just found some crucial information about the game’s development. Give it a rest and like I said before on another of your trash clickbait article, it’s okay to have a slow news day.

@Dr_Lugae should Pokemon be graphically strong, especially now? Sure thing. I just find it funny that this remains a topic and they make it seem like Pokemon games can do nothing right.

Since they like talking about Pokemon's graphics and technical capabilities and all that stuff... should they police the original games too? Those are far worse even for their time.

I go back to this: when did Pokemon ever become a graphically-strong franchise to have these kind of expectations? What's the basis for all of this? Should Game Freak utilize the Pokemon Company's literal piles of money to create a more aesthetically-pleasing game? Hell yeah they should.

But in the 25-year history of Pokemon, we should at least come to the realization about how we treat our expectations to this franchise. Does that absolve Game Freak for supposedly bad graphics? No, not at all. But if you're expecting to see something that it's clearly not, that's on you and you're just nitpicking for the heck of it. Just go play something else

I thought "fair use" was okay though? Lmao

@KingMike well duh. IP owners also have every right to copyright their stuff lol, and yet each time those who use Nintendo's stuff are the poor helpless victims like they didn't see it coming? They always know what they're getting into, you're pretty dense if you believe otherwise

@iLikeUrAttitude I'd like to see "Dragon" argue fair use then, so I can play his/her Pokemon FPS game

@iLikeUrAttitude yeah, and Nintendo can copyright the hell out of it too, they have every right to do so

@iLikeUrAttitude or you know... make your own ***** and stop using other people's stuff without permission. What a concept

@Royalblues and we'll take the word of a currently non-player like you because?

@moodycat you have it backwards lol. This could be the best Pokemon game ever and they'll find a way to hate because either a Pokemon didn't move quite right or a tree didn't cast a shadow

@Muddy_4_Ever hating Pokemon games just for the heck of it is the cool thing to do on the internet that's why lol

@noobish_hat what makes non-Japanese reviews any more trustworthy? Lol

They removed my comment lmao. Still doesn't change the fact this article was a trash effort. I clicked hoping to see how Nintendo "makes sure" their cartridges are quality and literally got nothing of the sort. No verification if the machines on the tweet, which was not even embedded to the article by the way, were actually legit. And how do they quality control them, exactly?

@SpaceboyScreams you realize the actual video games are not the main reason they're the biggest media franchise right?

And while I get that they should at least evolve, pun fully intended, nine 10-year-olds will pick up the new game that "sucks" for the one 25-year-old and would think it's the best game ever, especially if it's their introduction to the whole gaming franchise. To be honest, the faster we realize these games are no longer made for us, the sooner we'll be at peace lol.

I have Legends Arceus pre-ordered since like August, and Game Freak will have to do an amazingly terrible job at it for me not to at least enjoy it. It certainly won't be the end of my world if a kid's game's trees don't have shadows in the overworld.

@DomGC exactly. I feel like people expect too much from Pokemon games... which I don't get. It's been 25 years, if they didn't "grow up" then, they won't now lmao. They clearly know who they want to target (kids) and are sticking to it, for better or for worse.

Clearly, whiny people are still drawn to Pokemon one way or another. I find it hard to believe no other title or developer found a way to do a Pokemon-style game with supposedly better graphics in the last 25 years. If they do, go play that then.

Seriously, when did Pokemon ever become the pioneer in graphics and turn-based RPG combat? I feel like a lot of people just bash anything related to Pokemon because it's the cool thing to do on the internet lol

Looks like NL is trying to get hits from the Pokemon Haters gym lol

@Expa0 I'd genuinely like to know what Pokemon game you played, especially the older ones, where you never had to grind for levels. Having the option to turn exp share on and off is the most ideal for sure, but that's also the case for simply just having different difficulty options in Pokemon, which has never happened ever.

In terms of Exp Share, I'd rather have that quality of life improvement, and adjust my party accordingly, than ever have the need to wander into tall grass battling one wild Pokemon after another.

You do all realize level grinding, especially on the slow as fck Diamond and Pearl, is the worst right? Take off your nostalgia goggles and appreciate an actual quality of life improvement. Otherwise, y'all are just hating just for the heck of it.

Where are the privileged haters now?? Everyone acted like Platinum had it easy. So-called fans were just waiting for it, while Kamiya and his crew were actually working.

@anoyonmus Yeah I just meant a title from a bigger and/or well known franchise. This year (and the last) have been relatively thin tbh. I guess I'm hoping for something similar like Hyrule Warriors AOC-type announcement, though Dread might have already been that one. My main wish, aside from Bayo 3, is for the Persona series to come since SMT is inevitable already

Hell yeah, we're probably gonna get some 2022 stuff announced/updated, but I'm hoping we get a few titles revealed that are coming in 2-3 months. I hope Dread (and Pokemon) isn't the only first big party release we're getting.

Stupid articles like this are really just part of the problem

You clowns got your attention now good, now make your own game. Take all the inspiration all you want, just don't use stuff ya don't actually own

Man they knew what they were getting into right from the start. They should have taken that same energy and created their own game, inspired by Metroid and not use someone else's IP and act all sad and down when the owner comes back to protect their own stuff, which is the actual right thing to do. There's tons of Metroid-inspired games out there that have officially released, which for sure just started out as "for fun" projects. You can't use the likeness of Samus without permission and act like you were victimized when you get caught.

Wow most of this comment section is terrible lol. Y'all are privileged brats and hypocrites.