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@Crono1973 I already cover that in post #171. I expect them (publishers, owners market team, etc.) to do stuff like that because it is their job to sell products for legal tender. That is why we go to people that is not involved with the business in the hopes of making a more informed buying decision.

There goes my hopes of expecting a song from The World Ends With You or any Spirits like Neku.

@Crono1973 You do realize I'm referring to the customers and people writing "reviews" right?

@Crono1973 I do. I am not saying that they shouldn't. I just prefer to be more constructive and knowledgeable in a product that they own, which in this case a good amount don't.

Same applies for reviews that are blindly positive. I don't want somebody to tell me how great a product is and they never even played it.

@Crono1973 I expect them to do stuff like that, as with every business selling good and service. Be it games, movies, appliances, food, etc, you know the motive is money.

It's just questionable when it comes to people that is not involved directly in the business, like us gamers. Well as far as I know.

So increasing your Catch Combo also increase the odds of rare spawns? That explains why I never get a combo above 13 since I always find something like a Chansey or Kangaskhan to break it.
I get distracted easily

Kind of ironic that before the game comes out Friday, people were saying how "professional reviewers" and fans are shills and drones. Now certain people are forming a army (free I assume) reviewing the game they don't like and never played.

I like opinions from all sides and informative reviews to educate on the game (hopefully non bias) but actions like this give fans and gamers a bad stereotype. It's less about the game itself and more about the personal agendas/power to send out.

Kind of weird I always thought that Nintendo would be the one to opt out of E3 one day.

Just hosting a Nintendo Direct with Nintendo Treehouse and having game demos set up at Best Buy stores during the week for the rest of the people not at E3.

@KingMike I stand corrected. I knew my memory would be off on something. Thinking back I did remember the Battle Tower, so it make sense.

Still beats how they did mystical Pokemons in the old days (aka 2000s). I remembered Celebi being exclusive only in Japan with a cable to connect to your phone in gold & silver and Jirachi being part of a pre-order Pokemon Colosseum bonus disc for Ruby and Sapphire. Although you could use the disc multiple times for different games so not exactly the same (also a gamecube and gba-gc cable). Also NY Pokemon Center.

I do wonder if each Mew is different or the same since mines have a sassy nature.

I’m still a bit bitter on how both my friend and I Go-tcha died after a few months, so I’m wary of Datel and Go-tcha Ranger.

I still use my Pokémon GO Plus but I’ll probably give it to my mom when I sync the Poké Ball Plus.

It’s nice that are listening to feedbacks and improving the game (especially bow and lance users). Even nicer they have generous compensations each time.

My only unlikely wish is that they don’t have wyrmprints in the same summoning pool as adventures and dragons, or the very least not have a 5* wyrmprint break your summoning chain.

I'm just glad they just have one evolution item to evolve all those Pokemon instead of unique ones like the past gens. It was either "have it but don't need it" or "need it but don't have it".
Also takes up bag space.

Its been a long while since I played online in Arms; most of the time I just play offline to warm up (cold season) and get some exercise or if I have friends over.

Would be nice to get most of those character badges I missed out on in the past

Would I give to have that Pokemon Chess set or any Pokemon Chess set.

It's weird I never seen the cuteness appeal of Snubbull until that model. Now I want to hug one.

It caught me off guard at first (thought it was a joke/parody) but it's growing on me. It made me think a lot about Pokemon existing in real life with detail traits that we’re used to seeing on our animals like furs, scales, feathers, etc.

Now I'm wondering have ghost and bug type will look since real life versions tend to be creepy and scary. What I find cute/harmless in games and anime would be pure nightmare fuel in real life, like any real bug over 2 feet

Hard pass. I don’t do well with horror games/movies and jump scares are at the top of the list. Old chicken right here.

I do know people that would enjoy playing this. Especially the ones who would buy it just to watch me play (evil friends).

@MysticGengar Thanks. You are spot on with the game, stuck with it for 6 years.

If it wasn’t for the discount from Best Buy Gamers Club Unlocked (bundle), I would have likely skipped on buying it.

The part that bugs me is the A button is clicking down the analog and the B button is the top. I can see myself having some accidental confirmations. It should of been the opposite. Then again, maybe I’m over thinking it.

I’m kind of excited to play this; especially with my non-gamer friends that likes the series. Hope there is more to do post game then what have been announced.

This will also probably be the first game I can play with my 60 year old mom since duck hunt in the 90s. The only game I ever got her to play since is Pokemon Go, but her knowledge/interest is limited to catch, send to “candy man”, and spin the ball (Pokestops). I know she wouldn’t be into this as a traditional gamer and she wouldn’t progress to the “core” games, but at least it something.

I’m cool with that feature. I’m getting the bundle at Best Buy with the Gamers Club so that’s $20 off right there (not counting rewards discount).

Would also like it if the Pokeball plus can catch Pokémon on its own but I guess they need Oranguru or Passimian for that.

If it have to be a retail store, I'm glad it's Gamestop; at least they are specialized to know about stuff like this. Some can automatically tell and will give you 2 no problem.

I missed the event last month at Target because the 2 staffs working the station had zero idea about the event and got none after explaining and waiting 20+ minutes. The month before I had to explain it to the old security guard at Best Buy who "had" the code and will only give one (good thing I had my gf with me).

I do prefer Mystery Gift but I understand keeping a relationship with physical retail store in this digital online era.

Still use my LAN adapter from the Wii era for the dock in my room and use wireless for the dock in the living room and obviously handheld. Good internet so no problems 90% of the time wireless.

I just see this as a PSA for the people who have questionable internet. Would be nice if he also recommended the internet speed as well but that might be taken the wrong way too.

Somehow I knew that was the case. Since day one the game was shown off as a one handed, motion control, minimal button (confirm & cancel) type game. No place for a two-handed, 12 button controller here; not counting handheld mode for obvious reasons.

Although they could use the spare buttons as shortcuts and the shoulder and trigger buttons to have the 4 attacks assigned to each one, just an idea.

Damn, seems like I have to cut myself off from all social media to avoid spoilers until 7pm when I’m home. It’s going to be a long day.

I would also watch the Treehouse live although I give it my divided attention (i.e. playing on my phone) at times whereas Directs gets my full undivided attention.

Seeing as in my area every 1-2 blocks have a church or two (especially as a PokeStop), I can imagine it will be a holy ground.
This would have made stuff like sunday school interesting and fun as a kid.

I thought it would have a form change version like several other mystics, but this is just as good. Change up the norm like Manaphy being the first to have its own egg and breed.

The part that left the biggest impression on me is that this is the first Pokémon that is made up of two or more Pokémon that needs them gathered together (kind of) to evolve, if the candy part is the only way. Diglett, Magnemite, Beldum, and Slowpoke come to mind with the pseudo-ish evolving.

I was actually planning to buy this at the time, but then Paladin happened and scratched that non-inkling team shooter itch.

Maybe they should do a half off sale like the Mexican eShop at release. I’ll help bring it back to the spotlight and get the ones that are on the fence due to pricing.

I'll get The World Ends with You. Granted it would have been better if Square Enix priced it for $39.99, but like Sushi Striker I'll swallow my stubbornness and spit out the extra $10

Plus I kind of owe my money to Square in a way since the method I played the original on my DS is something I’m not proud to admit (Roms).

I feel like a dingus, I was just about to pre-order them at Best Buy (w/ Gamer Club discount) only to realize I already pre-ordered it in June along with Pokemon Lets Go Eevee bundle, such a long time ago.

When you take a break from online sites to get away from Bowsette and stuff like this until it blows over, and come back slap down in the middle of it.

Well at least if this does decide to become official in the future, Nintendo could say we had the idea first and here's proof.

Well at least he doesn't sound surprised about it. He must have got a 7-Day warning before the 30-day suspension.
Some people would play the victim card in this type of situation and blame the game, glad he didn't take that road.

@Trajan Really (checks Google)? I stand corrected. Didn't even know those things existed, much less called that.
The more you learn

Well at least the many Pidgey and Ratata in Go will would make for better candies here.

Funny that I was watching this video last week that have the same 5 plus 5 more.

I can imagine Nintendo taking to optical media like swallowing bitter medicine, then ejecting it. From mini discs to more traditional disc format, then back to cartridges.

A glass half full approach would be Sony didn't copy, they were "inspired". You know to ease the other side

27 years later and I'm now learning of this?! Well in all fairness an 3 year old wouldn't think to read instructions on how to shoot a toy gun, or remember if his older brother had an instruction book in the first place.

@GKO900 I think I see where the confusion is, the part where I mention that was as a little tongue in cheek for general standards, as in they will bring a turtle shell to a gunfight. In the sense that they will do some stuff that won't make sense to be different. Like when the other 2 compete with more powerful systems, they made Wii and Wii U. Kind of weird when the standards back then was next gen top graphics. That was my fault I should have left that part out or have a

It's true that friend code is still there, but it's not per game anymore and there are other ways to add a person as a friend besides that. Be it friends that you make/already have on your social media, Wii U, 3DS, Nintendo games on your smart device, or people that you just played with online. Hopefully they include NNID down the road.

It's not to say I'm defending Nintendo, more so giving it the benefit of the doubt, same I did with Sony with their network and to improve. With all the things that goes on online (and RL), I find it best to be a bit optimistic.

I brought it even though I don't have time current to play since I didn't want to miss the sale (wouldn't pay $30 for it). Figured I can fit it in my commute after some backlogs.

It's funny because one of my reason in getting this was because of my ever shortening attention span. Lately I get so distracted by side quest and exploring, I don't beat the game and either move on to the next game or restart it because I forgot my progress.

Ex. Got Breath of the Wild since launch and I still haven't fight Calamity Ganon because of the completionist in me wants to do everything else before then.

@GKO900 I though when you mention barebones service, we were referring to the online service compared to Xbox and Playstation online service which is the "standards for online".

I only mention the Wii and friend code part on what is Nintendo view on when it comes to their own "standard" and how they change or improve on it. Even the switch learned from the Wii U and traded/improved on it in it's own way to get way more players. I do think the app for voice chat is weird and wrong.

I'm just remembering the same uproar PSN had when it was first release. I was also thinking it will improve.

@GKO900 Got to start somewhere and in Nintendo's case, they set their own standards which varies depending on how you view it (can't find a definitive rule for that online).
Remember this is the same company that have different Friend Codes for each individual game (ds and wii era) compared to in-game friending and names like now or the Wii overall compared to Xbox 360 and PS3.

I think it would be barebone if they only have online play. Without the cloud storage, free games, and special deals (tbd), there would be a lot more rage since the other 2 offer that in the package to sweeten the deal.

@faint That's pretty much as I see it as at the moment (beta version of their online), room to improve.

A good amount of people bring up the comparison with PSN+ and Xbox Live Gold but don't compare it to the first time it was release but to the current version which like you said is way different when they started, the 1gb cloud storage limit for PSN comes to mind.

I already beat it on pc but I may double dip if Ubisoft have a good sale on it, and you know Ubisoft always have a sale.

I do love my Salmon Run and Splatfest is this weekend.

I'll sign up a few hour (or days) later. I'm curious to know if Paladins would be free to play online. I read the articles, but I want to get the first hand knowledge none the less.

Well you know a game is really popular when it start becoming real life issues that makes the news. Just like Grand Theft Auto Vice City with violence acts and Pokemon go with common sense.

An additional incentive to get the 12 month subscription. The only thing it had for it so far was it being almost the same/cheaper price as five 1 month sub, or almost three 3 month sub.

She is one of my favorite characters to use in Mario kart 8 (deluxe), so I'm ok with the news.

@Spudworthy @jkirchgessner07 Same thing I come to realize after thinking about it for a while. They left out certain info that would also be informative to cherry pick the one part that would knowingly get people in a frenzy, especially for the ones who don’t like the service in the first place. I had to research both Nintendo and Sony’s online service after reading this to get a better picture. Didn’t know that Sony used to limit cloud storage to 1gb or that Nintendo also have auto renewal.

Just seems like one of those articles to get people to comment over 200 (with success)

@Hams96 According to the faqs, yes.
When the time comes, it will take the necessary amount from your Nintendo eShop balance. If you don't have enough funds, then your saved payment method will be used to automatically add the remainder to your balance and purchase the membership.

You can opt out of auto renewal and it will renew based on your most recent subscription; i.e if you purchase a 12 month membership during a 3 month membership, the next automatic renewal will be for a 12 month membership.

I think I'll settle for making a drum set out of regular cardboard and play with the joy-cons. Wouldn't be as expensive, unless they come out with a Labo kit

At this point I’m not going to jump to any conclusion until the 2nd or 3rd part of next year. There have been so many new revelations about what the service can and can’t do before any 1st hand experience, I don’t even believe Nintendo fully.

Even though I feel this cloud save data should be used as a BACKUP (I'm 95% sure the system will only/mainly read your local save) and not as an alternative for local save, I wouldn’t be surprised if they decide to change it to give you a little grace period.

Edit: Now that I think about it, even if they give a grace period, people will have the same issue since they'll likely look at it as milking some extra free months and wait till last minute to renew.

Now that I Really think about this isn't really news, this is just the way subscription based services normally works. Can't believe I fall for the clickbait.