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I'm glad I'm not the only one baffled by Swanna's exclusion.
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Live Free posted:drat b how many Pokemon are obtainable in that game Well I got 'er hooked up to my bank with a complete national up to Gen V, so I guess 721 baby oh yeah.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:34
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I don't understand the hate for James Turner. Everything he's designed has been gold and that includes the silly sentient ice cream creature. Vullaby using a skull as a diaper and Mandibuzz using the mandible of another skull as an apron is goddamn inspired. Golurk is a perfect Ancient Giant Robo ghost. Everyone loves the spooky haunted tree and he blessed us with the immaculate perfection that is Buzzwole. I won't hear a word against him.  Also he has my dream job and I may be jealous.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:37
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Dr. Red Ranger posted:I don't understand the hate for James Turner. Everything he's designed has been gold and that includes the silly sentient ice cream creature. Vullaby using a skull as a diaper and Mandibuzz using the mandible of another skull as an apron is goddamn inspired. Golurk is a perfect Ancient Giant Robo ghost. Everyone loves the spooky haunted tree and he blessed us with the perfection that is Buzzwole. I won't hear a word against him. He's the art director for Sword/Shield so he's an easy target for people wanting to lash out at someone.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:38
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He also has a strong twitter presence and is one of the few Game Freak employees that speaks English. So it doesn’t matter that his job has nothing to do with the decisions people dislike, of course.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:41
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Yeah, the art design is the least objectionable thing about Swsh. The technical implementation of the art often leaves something to be desired, but the design is great, on both the mons and the world.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:43
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Everyone loves the monsters themselves, that's part of why people are so torn up over dexit.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:49
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Expect for the ice cone.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:52
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Avalerion posted:Especially the ice cone. I agree. the Vanilluxe family is fantastic.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:53
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I think some people are mad at the art direction SHIFT. It’s definitely a tad less old school anime than early Sugimori and has a more western feel. I like a lot of his designs, personally. Mandibuzz kicks rear end.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:56
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Zuzie posted:I agree. the Vanilluxe family is fantastic. A Vanillish, half a cup of milk, a pump or two of syrup, and two minutes in the blender and you've got yourself a fantastic frappe.
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Nov 13, 2019 14:59
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Zuzie posted:I'm glad I'm not the only one baffled by Swanna's exclusion. Well you can't have trainers owning swans in Galah, see, because her maj owns them all.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:05
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extra row of teeth posted:I think some people are mad at the art direction SHIFT. It’s definitely a tad less old school anime than early Sugimori and has a more western feel. Given the last three generations have been western settings (NYC, France, Hawaii), that may have been influencing that.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:05
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Nov 13, 2019 15:07
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IGN 9.3 Saying its best game in entire series
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Nov 13, 2019 15:07
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https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/pokemon-sword-and-shield-review-the-cliffs-of-snov/1900-6417363/ In collecting, battling, and exploring, Sword and Shield cut out the bloat and focus on what makes these pillars of the Pokemon games so captivating in the first place. You're not held back by overly complicated back-end systems or hoops to jump through; from the outset, you can start wandering the Galar region, seeing its new Pokemon, and trying out its new battle strategies with very little in your way. This leaves you free to enjoy what Pokemon is all about, and that makes for an incredibly strong showing for the series' proper debut on Switch. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-11-13-pokemon-sword-and-shield-review-a-shadow-of-a-former-great What is intended as a great, Breath of the Wild step forward quickly turns to two giant leaps back, and with these games that sad irony is everywhere. Pokémon Sword and Shield project a sense of scale and ambition far beyond any previous ones in the series, but to take it back to those gargantuan new Dynamax forms, the size is merely a shadow. A shallow projection, in place of the real thing. https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/11/13/pokemon-sword-and-shield-review Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield are closer to my dream Pokemon RPGs than anything that’s come before. I’d still like better cutscenes, companion Pokemon, the complete Pokedex, and a more visually interesting Wild Area, but nitpicks are just not very effective when everything else was such a complete joy to play. The way they respect my time is wonderful, and the removal of monotony from random encounters and other odds and ends distills it down to only the pure and charming fun of capturing, training, and battling wonderful creatures. And hey, if I’m missing any tedious repetition, I can always get back into breeding.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:08
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Best starters of any generation. Shame about how Grookey turned out, but the other 2 are gold.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:09
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I told yall it's the best one in the series
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Nov 13, 2019 15:10
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:IGN 9.3 methinks someone used pay day 
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Nov 13, 2019 15:11
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Mr Ice Cream Glove posted:IGN 9.3 I'm excited. The only Twitter/Reddit meltdown that's better than "game everyone is hype for gets bad reviews" is "game everyone is mad about gets good reviews". Anyways, I'm excited for the new Pokemon. Some of the changes look dumb but they also look like stuff I won't actually care about while I'm actively playing the game.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:11
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Looks like everyone that matters is giving it high praise, apart from Eurogamer.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:15
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I've played and liked the last couple gens and might talk myself into getting this one this weekend but good God is the stuff on twitter making me glad I don't interact with the series' fanbase (no offense to y'all).
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Nov 13, 2019 15:17
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Wendell posted:Looks like everyone that matters is giving it high praise, apart from Eurogamer. I was expecting Eurogamer to give out a recommended at least but it was a fair but very damning review, it was enough to make me reconsider my own pre-order and cancel it.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:19
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Hammerite posted:Best starters of any generation. Shame about how Grookey turned out, but the other 2 are gold. excuse me you leave giant fuckin hippie drum monkey out of this because he rules
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Nov 13, 2019 15:22
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Wendell posted:Looks like everyone that matters is giving it high praise, apart from Eurogamer. Yea pretty much, Eurogamer's review was good despite me disagreeing with a lot of it so at least the one (so far) kinda bucking the grain review is a fairly well written one and not just "#GAMEFREAK LIED DEXIT KILLED MY FAMILY" poo poo like you'd see on reddit. I think the big divide is gonna be that a lot of fans expected some radical leap forward due to the platform shift, and I also wish they were bolder with this gen, but...GF never really promised anything like 'it's gonna be BotW, but with pokemans!'
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Nov 13, 2019 15:24
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Wendell posted:Looks like everyone that matters is giving it high praise, apart from Eurogamer. The national dex folk (now apparently the GameFreakLied folk?) is saying GameFreak paid them off so I'm pretty sure the game is actually bad Hammerite posted:Best starters of any generation. Shame about how Grookey turned out, but the other 2 are gold. I like all the base forms, but none of their final evos do it for me. I might just have a team without a starter for the first time because so many of the other Pokemon this gen are just leagues better than the starters
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Nov 13, 2019 15:28
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sexpig by night posted:I think the big divide is gonna be that a lot of fans expected some radical leap forward due to the platform shift, and I also wish they were bolder with this gen, but...GF never really promised anything like 'it's gonna be BotW, but with pokemans!' They literally promised that "The game after Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee are going to be more like a traditional Pokemon game", and they delivered on it. Kind of.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:29
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Judge Tesla posted:I was expecting Eurogamer to give out a recommended at least but it was a fair but very damning review, it was enough to make me reconsider my own pre-order and cancel it. Yeah, holy poo poo Eurogamer was not impressed.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:30
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I'm glad reviews are generally positive. Might remind people that a game can still be perfectly playable even if it isn't perfect and doesn't appease their every demand.Macaluso posted:The national dex folk (now apparently the GameFreakLied folk?) is saying GameFreak paid them off so I'm pretty sure the game is actually bad  Some people are impossible to satisfy and tantrum out the hardest
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Nov 13, 2019 15:31
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sexpig by night posted:Yea pretty much, Eurogamer's review was good despite me disagreeing with a lot of it so at least the one (so far) kinda bucking the grain review is a fairly well written one and not just "#GAMEFREAK LIED DEXIT KILLED MY FAMILY" poo poo like you'd see on reddit. Eurogamers review is pretty much what I expected. Correctly points the flaws and shallowness but concludes that it’s Pokemon on the Switch and for many that’s all this needs to be.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:31
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Though it seems that Eurogamer only did the easy Max Raid Battles.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:33
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Zuzie posted:They literally promised that "The game after Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee are going to be more like a traditional Pokemon game", and they delivered on it. Kind of. Yea I mean I DO wish they did more, I'd love if they shifted from this yearly mainline release thing because I do feel it's hurting the game and all, but yea they said 'yep this is gonna be a normal pokemon game after so many of you had meltdowns about Let's Go, don't worry' and now...It's a normal pokemon game?
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Nov 13, 2019 15:33
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Goddamn this is like the last bastion on the internet that isn’t venomously negative about the games. At least it’s made avoiding spoilers a little easier 
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Nov 13, 2019 15:35
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Hot take: pokemon gens are the new star trek movie rule  At least the first releases in a given one.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:35
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This is who wrote Gamespot’s 9/10 review: https://twitter.com/inkydojikko/status/1193997295886299136
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Nov 13, 2019 15:36
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She's right
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Nov 13, 2019 15:38
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Wait they took out companion pokemon??? This is the final straw, I'm gonna hold off on preordering for an EXTRA HOUR
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Nov 13, 2019 15:38
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Communist Thoughts posted:Wait they took out companion pokemon??? Buddy you can’t even ride the pokemon anymore.
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Nov 13, 2019 15:40
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:This is who wrote Gamespot’s 9/10 review: shes right
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Buddy you can’t even ride the pokemon anymore. this is probably the worst thing about the game
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