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ThatWhiteGuy posted:I’m not sure about the games specifically, but Pokemon as an IP is literally the highest grossing media franchise in history. I thought that was Fist of the North Star
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Pokemon third versions absolutely exist for money but those sorts of enhanced rereleases used to be incredibly common and they seem to have stopped with the shift to DLC.
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Jun 6, 2021 14:28
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I understand how those Mario 64 likers felt when a wave of people were complaining about the controls on the release of 3D All-Stars when I read all of these Sunshine haters failing at what I thought were mundane challenges
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Jun 6, 2021 14:35
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I would pay 79.99 for a wide screen version of the original pokemon Red and blue.
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Jun 6, 2021 14:38
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Bleck posted:yeah yeah business and stuff [my giant brain expands as i ascendn above the plebs] they sell a double pack for no reoasn. the third vers was a kindness to the gamers. the gym variations are to encourage social interaction.
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Jun 6, 2021 14:52
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The best part of Sword and Shield is that I'm irl friends with That Guy who hated them off the rip with Dexit but still pre-ordered both games for his collection
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Jun 6, 2021 14:56
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The mega man battle network version differences seemed so perfunctory. And then the sequel series made it so there’s three versions of each game? gently caress off lol
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Jun 6, 2021 15:01
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Butterfly Valley posted:I understand how those Mario 64 likers felt when a wave of people were complaining about the controls on the release of 3D All-Stars when I read all of these Sunshine haters failing at what I thought were mundane challenges My 3D Mario experience has been 3D World, Odyssey, 64, and now Sunshine. 3D and Odyssey have exceptionally perfect controls, especially Odyssey. In those games I don’t feel any challenge is hard because of the controls. All of the challenge in 64 and now Sunshine is because my brain and/or hands cannot make sense of the controls. I know what I can do, and I know how it should work, but mastery of them eludes me. It’s very frustrating because I should enjoy these two games more than I do, but the controls stand firmly between me and maximum fun. So I will eternally resent and bitch about them.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:01
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Len posted:The best part of Sword and Shield is that I'm irl friends with That Guy who hated them off the rip with Dexit but still pre-ordered both games for his collection thats sucha good type of guy to be lmao
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Jun 6, 2021 15:09
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Defenistrator posted:I would pay 79.99 for a wide screen version of the original pokemon Red and blue. here you go 
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Libluini posted:Am I the only one who liked Monster Rancher? Monster Rancher was a cool concept but the game felt like it was designed by people who hated Pokemon, Digimon, Tamagochi, and whatever else existed at that point. Finally trained up a monster? Well better make a little progress before it dies on you due to being at the ancient age of 3-4 years old and you have to start over but maybe you made some progress and can actually use one of the actual good monsters that keep getting rank-locked. MR was a neat concept and I liked it but it's not surprising that the series died off (though I guess there's a mobile game now?). Cartoon Man posted:Or it’s because the Pokémon franchise as a whole is number 3 or 4 on the all time video game franchise sales chart behind Mario and Call of Duty probably. Pokemon is the highest grossing IP in the world and by a considerable amount. You could combine CoD and Mario and they'd still only be a bit more than half of Pokemon's total revenue. People don't realize just how ridiculously massive Pokemon is (again, due mainly to merchandise).
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Jun 6, 2021 15:15
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Stux posted:thats sucha good type of guy to be lmao He brings joy to my heart One of his investment strategies is buy limited edition nerd poo poo and then resell it when he overdrafts his accounts
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Jun 6, 2021 15:16
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Evil Fluffy posted:Monster Rancher was a cool concept but the game felt like it was designed by people who hated Pokemon, Digimon, Tamagochi, and whatever else existed at that point. Finally trained up a monster? Well better make a little progress before it dies on you due to being at the ancient age of 3-4 years old and you have to start over but maybe you made some progress and can actually use one of the actual good monsters that keep getting rank-locked. MR was a neat concept and I liked it but it's not surprising that the series died off (though I guess there's a mobile game now?). MR got a Switch port like last year
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Jun 6, 2021 15:16
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Monster Rancher 1 and 2 are on Switch and mobile exclusively in Japan. They have a neat CD catalogue feature to get around the whole CD swapping gimmick.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:18
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Yeah, I remember hoping for a TL of either 1 or 2 but logically, I knew the series wasn't getting another chance over here. Licensing issues be damned, the series has just never really figured out how to make itself approachable. Hence the chaos of the last few years of the series with the games making major changes like in 4 and EVO. The last game we actually got, DS 2, was pretty bad too. Overall, I think the most fun I actually had with the series was MRA2. It was a good mix of Monster Rancher complexity with the harsher edges rubbed off. Even then, there were plenty of weird mechanics that felt pretty bad to deal with without a guide.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:23
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Wildtortilla posted:My 3D Mario experience has been 3D World, Odyssey, 64, and now Sunshine. 3D and Odyssey have exceptionally perfect controls, especially Odyssey. In those games I don’t feel any challenge is hard because of the controls. That’s going to happen when you play the newest/more refined games first, that’s not a problem exclusive to 3D Mario games. If you had played 64 and Sunshine first there’s a reasonably good chance you wouldn’t have as many issues with the controls.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:45
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ThatWhiteGuy posted:That’s going to happen when you play the newest/more refined games first, that’s not a problem exclusive to 3D Mario games. If you had played 64 and Sunshine first there’s a reasonably good chance you wouldn’t have as many issues with the controls. Eh I played Mario 64 a lot back in the day, like got 120 stars multiple times, and I still had problems adapting to it in the 3D All Stars collection.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:52
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I don't care about Dexit but I thought Sword and Shield were pretty bad honestly. The monster design and music were great but I didn't like the region, the characters, the 5 minutes of plot, or the wild area and raid mechanics, or even the gigantamax stuff.
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Jun 6, 2021 15:59
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are you even a real Pokefan if you didn't read Nintendo Power articles on Japan's Pocket Monster phenomenon, planned your team before the cartoon landed stateside, hassled the clerk at KB Toys about Red/Blue's release date, and took your gray brick with you to the mall so you could play in the back of the suburban on the drive home? anyways I stopped caring about halfway through Gold/Silver
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Jun 6, 2021 16:12
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bees x1000 posted:are you even a real Pokefan if you didn't read Nintendo Power articles on Japan's Pocket Monster phenomenon, planned your team before the cartoon landed stateside, hassled the clerk at KB Toys about Red/Blue's release date, and took your gray brick with you to the mall so you could play in the back of the suburban on the drive home? The Pokemon Power mini issues NP did leading up to Pokemon was great for building hype. The Pokemon launch in America owned. I went to a place in Dallas where they had a Pokemon car with the game playable early. They also gave out free toys.
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Jun 6, 2021 16:18
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I bet this person has strong feelings about gramgrams precious moments figures
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Jun 6, 2021 16:19
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Not even in proper RGB order. Atrocious.
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Jun 6, 2021 16:33
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John Wick of Dogs posted:I don't care about Dexit but I thought Sword and Shield were pretty bad honestly. The monster design and music were great but I didn't like the region, the characters, the 5 minutes of plot, or the wild area and raid mechanics, or even the gigantamax stuff. agreed i hated all that fun stuff thatt owned. wish the game was bad instead 
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Jun 6, 2021 16:37
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Walla posted:Not even in proper RGB order. Atrocious. i bet they also think they've been playing pokemon games longer than they've been stateside because that's super common
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Jun 6, 2021 16:39
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Luigi Thirty posted:Hmm, I’ve almost finished all the Arland Atelier games. Do I go on to Dusk or Mysterious? Dusk unless you desperately want to play a game without time limits.
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Jun 6, 2021 16:55
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So quick Picross S question. I'm working my way through S2 right now and is there any benefit to acing the puzzles? I keep moving too fast so half the puzzles end up with autocorrect on them. Do I miss anything for that or is it all bragging rights?
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Jun 6, 2021 16:57
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It's just a bragging rights thing (although imho the only way to play Picross is No Assist). You get a little medal icon on each puzzle and the save file if you do them all, but afaik there's no hidden content behind it.
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Jun 6, 2021 17:00
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No Assist is best, I just never bothered to turn it off. I was just worried about missing clip pieces.
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Jun 6, 2021 17:09
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Len posted:I bet this person has strong feelings about gramgrams precious moments figures Uhm... that looks kinda like a cool display to me....
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Jun 6, 2021 17:21
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Len posted:I bet this person has strong feelings about gramgrams precious moments figures i would display this on my wall if i hadn't sold all my gameboy games to gamestop for like $20 back when i was 15
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Jun 6, 2021 17:29
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How do you all feel about Precious Moments figurines?
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Jun 6, 2021 17:41
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Let he who is without amiibo cast the first stone.
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Jun 6, 2021 17:47
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Len posted:How do you all feel about Precious Moments figurines? I think they're all hideous, big-eyed freaks. Now let me show you my Funko Pop collection...
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Jun 6, 2021 17:48
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Len posted:I bet this person has strong feelings about gramgrams precious moments figures Why is the rating symbol different on red and blue?
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Jun 6, 2021 17:54
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Pokémon green never came to the US. I’m questioning the veracity of this framed display
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Jun 6, 2021 17:57
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Are there any good creepy games on the Nintendo Switch? I feel Halloweeny.
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Jun 6, 2021 17:58
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Spacebump posted:Why is the rating symbol different on red and blue? ESRB logo was redesigned between 1999 and 2000 so different printing runs I imagine
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Jun 6, 2021 18:00
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Not sure where this hatred of Precious Moments came from. They're not my thing but my sister in law used to buy them for my kid for his birthday. It's no worse than collecting Pops or Amiibo or anything else.
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Jun 6, 2021 18:01
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Walla posted:Not sure where this hatred of Precious Moments came from. They're not my thing but my sister in law used to buy them for my kid for his birthday. It's no worse than collecting Pops or Amiibo or anything else. It's a joke because nerds tend to think their gaudy relics of an old time but then think their Pop collection is cool and unique
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Tender Bender posted:Reminder that Umurangi Generation is out on Switch today, I can't recommend this game enough! It's so cool, smart, and unique. A photography game with strong mecha anime and jet set radio vibes, with a great soundtrack and the sharpest politics of any game I've ever played. So I picked Umurangi Generation up on Switch yesterday, and it's a totally fine port, but I have mixed impressions. It's a good way to play the game imo but I'd rather play it on PC if you have the option. Pros:
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So yeah. In summary, as a port it does a lot right, but the resolution hit is a bummer. It's hardly game ruining by any means, and seems par for the course for Switch ports at this point in its life. But it's something to be aware of. Gonna play some more!
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