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Donkey Kong '94 is lowkey both the best Mario game and the best Donkey Kong game

PikachuMaxwell posted...

For each Generation, the two "Let's Go"s:

Gold/Silver: Snubbull and Marill
Ruby/Sapphire: Ralts and...Skitty?
Diamond/Pearl: Riolu and Shinx
Black/White: Zorua and Axew
X/Y: Pancham and...can't think of anyone.
Sun/Moon: Rockruff and...again, can't think of anyone.

I could see them do Snubbull and Marill but I think Teddiursa and Phanpy would be best for Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh are spot-on

Unova would be Minccino and Zorua, Kalos would be Goomy and Espurr, Alola would be Rockruff and Poipole

electricbugs2 posted...

No. It was announced when Pokemon Go first dropped and became R/B/Y all over again.

It just took forever because it took a full two years for Detective Pikachu to be translated to English, which is a rare thing these days, it's usually months, not years.

the US got the game the same day as Japan, what we didn't get was the paid demo that was only the first few hours of the actual game that came out two years earlier

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Sorry you guys hate stuff that gives other people joy. It's unfortunate and Ill pray for you.

you can like it all you want, that's perfectly fine, I just know I don't like it

because taking simple and cartoony designs and giving them realistic detailing is always awful and this goes beyond that into that "hyper-realistic" territory that doesn't actually look like anything real in any way

Trainers can be rematched and catching Pokemon also gives you experience

pegusus123456 posted...

Tappor posted...

trainers, and catching the overworld Pokemon gives you EXP

How do you catch overworld Pokemon if there are no random encounters?

you can see them in the overworld and when you run into them instead of getting into a battle it's like a light gun game with Poke Balls

TommyG663513 posted...

I've only played Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon on 3DS and the controls felt fine. I really enjoyed that game a whole lot. How exactly is the game ruined for you based on the controls? Are the controls different from the previous 3DS game?

if you don't have a Circle Pad Pro or a New 3DS you have to use the gyroscope to rotate Luigi which sounds extremely cumbersome and I can't even think of how it's supposed to work, they would've been better off putting a digital stick on the touch screen, and I can't see the C-Stick nub on the New 3DS working that well either

besides that it looks like it controls exactly the same as the GameCube version

originally they wanted the game to have a glassesless 3D effect back when using a special GameCube accessory, but it was dropped because the accessory would've cost more than the system itself if they actually mass-produced it and sold it in stores

with the 3DS on its way out this was pretty much their last chance to get the game in 3D like they originally wanted

Kalavinka posted...

Like the translation...the dialogue feels so stiff, and even in my initial playthrough I was like "nobody talks that way!" (HGSS had this problem too, but it was especially obvious in Gen. 5)

The stories in Pokemon are just fluff, but people don't complain enough about the English scripts in HGSS and Gen V. It's when The Pokemon Company International took over localization duty for the games from Nintendo, and their scripts in those first three games were all exceedingly stiff. The only reason the script in HGSS isn't as bad as BW or B2W2 is that a lot of it is just ripped from Nintendo's DPPt or GSC localizations, supposedly even when the localized GSC script was heavily trimmed down due to space restrictions or the Japanese version of HGSS rewrote the line. But man, when there's something they couldn't just take from DPPt or GSC and edit a bit, it's really heinous. The woman behind the desk in Cliff Edge Gate is one example that sticks in my mind.

The English scripts in the 3DS games are still pretty stiff too, but it's not nearly as bad as those three.

I don't see the problem with that. Only thing you need to make it work is Red and Blue had their adventure earlier, Team Rocket never got in Red's way. Solves literally everything.

As for this being Masuda's last game as director that doesn't give me any good vibes because it's gonna be nothing but Ohmori's mild ride from here on out.

YookaLaylee posted...

The next big thing will be beating the game using only your starter. You cant keep any other Pokmon in your party. Or is this already a thing?

That's one of the the easiest ways to play the first four generations, except Yellow. Pretty much every starter is at least usable fully evolved, and when they're soaking up all the experience you get disgustingly overleveled to the point type matchups don't even matter anymore. It wasn't until Gen V when they added experience scaling and Gen VI when they made it so the EXP Share generated extra experience instead of splitting it that the games actually start to incentivize using more than one good Pokemon.

It's a barebones remake of Yellow meant specifically for people who have never played a mainline Pokemon game before. It features:

- Greater focus on interactions with the starter. It's always by your side on the overworld even if it's not in your active party, will regularly respond to the environment and events, plays a part in the story, can be dressed in various outfits, and you can play with it using the touch screen like the Amie and Refresh features in the 3DS games but apparently to a greater extent.
- Wild Pokemon encounters are no longer battles. Instead, they work similarly to Pokemon GO, where you have to manually throw Poke Balls to catch Pokemon. You aim with either motion controls or the analog stick, and some Pokemon will move erratically to dodge your Poke Balls. If you keep missing, or are just unlucky and they won't stay in the Poke Ball, they might run away. There are items you can use to make catching easier. So basically, it's Safari Zone rules at all times except you have to aim.
- Legendary Pokemon are still battled, and once you KO them you get a chance to throw Poke Balls. It's not known if you just get to keep throwing Poke Balls, if it's guaranteed at that point, or if they'll revive after enough failures.
- Connectivity with Pokemon GO, letting you transfer over Pokemon you've caught in it.
- Local co-op lets a second player take the other Joy-Con and help you catch Wild Pokemon or battle Trainers. A second person throwing Poke Balls can make it easier to hit moving targets, or if both of you throw a Poke Ball at the same time and they both hit, it can raise the catch rate. In Single Battles, you gang up on enemies 2v1, and in Double Battles the second player simply takes control of your second Pokemon.
- Many battle mechanics from later generations are missing. While all the changes made to stats seem to be present like Special becoming Sp. Atk and Sp. Def, or Natures, for actual mechanics it seems like only the Physical/Special move category split from Diamond and Pearl might be back. Hold Items from Gold and Silver and Abilities from Ruby and Sapphire are definitely gone.
- Only the first 151 plus two new Pokemon are in the game. The two new Pokemon need you to play Pokemon GO to obtain them.
- Mega Evolution from Pokemon X and Y, as well as Regional Forms from Pokemon Sun and Moon return. You can get Regional Forms from in-game trades, but if you want more than one, or one with your own nickname, you'll probably need to transfer them from GO. Some people think there may be new Mega Evolutions, due to new trademarks made for certain Pokemon, but I wouldn't bet on it.
- When you release Pokemon into the wild, you get "Candy" items which can be used to raise stats.
- Any of your Pokemon can follow you on the overworld.
- There are some story changes like the main character and rival being explicitly different characters from the ones in the originals. Red and Blue appear as their own characters, as well as the unused female protagonist Green, probably in some short post-game story.
- HMs are gone. Instead you get Key Items that you use with your starter that serve the same purpose.
- The game goes out of its way more to hold the player's hand. For example, to enter Gyms you need to first catch or raise a Pokemon that meets a certain requirement, such as being of a super-effective type or a certain level. You don't have to use those Pokemon once you get in, though.
- There's a special Joy-Con shaped like a Poke Ball made only for this game, so it's like you're really throwing those Poke Balls. You can store a Pokemon inside for a not quite virtual pet-like experience. It can also be used with Pokemon GO to catch Pokemon without having to unlock your phone. It's like $40~$50.
- At the moment, the only way to get Mew is as a bonus for buying that Joy-Con.
- There's online multiplayer, but only with friends.

That's basically everything both appealing and off-putting about the game.

Mime Jr. so it can get a cute evolution

Questionmarktarius posted...

Is it a "different" amiibo for no reason other than having to buy another one?

they both do the same thing so the only reason to get this one is if you like the design more

solosnake posted...

Why is it $30?

Megaman 9 and 10 were only 15$

because retail release

also 3D graphics and voice acting

YukihoHagiwara posted...

Second_Chances posted...
localization is wrong more news at 11
FL81 posted...
do you call jigglypuff purin

"localization is untrustworthy"

"imagine not trusting localization"

getting some conflicting messages here

the combat is a lot more enjoyable than the first and that's the one thing that makes me like it more than the original

worse CPU than a PS2 but better GPU

N3DS has a significantly stronger CPU but no one really takes full advantage of it from what I hear

it will probably be better than the new Pokemon game next year, which with how barebones LGPE looks, is really sad

it's as ho-hum as possible though it has had a few good moments like Mirror Force

Alpha218 posted...

Im just waiting for Coldsteel the Plumbar

ario (Sigmario) already exists

it was always there, you just weren't seeing it

dave_is_slick posted...

FurryPhilosifer posted...

I thought the only contentious part of USUM was the changed story. Or are you saying that literally everything was worse other than this one fight?

By changing the motivations of the main antagonist, some of the scenes don't make any sense whatsoever.

not really, there are some huge fucking plotholes with the URS, but Lusamine is fine

FurryPhilosifer posted...

I thought USUM was the most difficult Pokmon game since at least gen 2. Even then, gen 2 wasn't difficult because of enemy teams using good strategies like the USUM totem battles. It was difficult because there was a big jump in level at the elite four basically requiring grinding.

Gen 2's enemy teams are so bad you shouldn't have any trouble fighting the E4 even underleveled

Thunder_Armor posted...

Did you play Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald on the GBA? Do you want to play it again/are you nostalgic for it?

If no to that, go with USUM. USUM is pretty cutscene/dialogue heavy though, if that's something that would bother you.

if you're nostalgic for RSE as a whole that is probably actually a con for ORAS because literally the only thing retained from Emerald is the Champion fight was shoehorned into the new post-credits story and it'll probably anger you

dave_is_slick posted...

The only thing USUM did better was the Ultra Necrozma fight and battle theme. Everything else was changed for the worse.

the only thing worse in USUM from a gameplay perspective was the championship fight, but the original is still there in the post-game

the stories in both are dogshit, but USUM at least knows what it is while SM tries to do some personal drama but still treats it like it's a save the world plot

ORAS has a better region and multiplayer features

USUM has better battles, and more to do single player (but that isn't saying much)

the reason some people say SM is better than USUM is the story, but the story in both games is dogshit, SM just claims it isn't a save the world plot even though it still acts like one

I don't expect the game to do anything I care about so I feel apathetic to it at the moment

SSJCAT posted...

ive never played on but im having trouble understanding what you do in the game? is it kinda like harvest moon/stardew valley?

the genre of the game is "Communication", and it's supposed to be about communicating with a world full of cute animal people and later other players through multiplayer, but they've never really advanced the character interaction past the first entry and actually regressed in some ways and instead just focus on the virtual dollhouse and chore simulator angles

Banjo2553 posted...

- Issun is pretty annoying at times. Not as bad as Fi from Skyward Sword but he's up there. At least his personality is amusing.

I found Issun far worse than Fi, Issun is constantly actively interrupting things to give his two cents, Fi is just an easily missed and ignored chime most of the time

Doe posted...

Re-Tail was an unnecessary split of the supermarket that does little but take up space and divide your traveling

the problem isn't Re-Tail, it's the shitty main street centralizing everything, the various stores and the like should be strewn throughout the town

also, shocker: most fans do only care about the dollhouse and chore simulator, but you gotta have both, or there's no dopamine flowing as seen with HHD's reception

Alola is by far the worst region, the layout is garbage, what little good there is is ruined by railroading, there are minimal dungeons, the dungeons that are there are tiny and have awful layouts, there are barely any optional areas, and despite leaving the grid all the other regions featured on the DS and 3DS do much more with the 3D environments

Pokemon came first, was marketed better with stronger synergy, had a more appealing setting, had a better balance of monster design types with cute, cool, and weird Pokemon, and the cute Pokemon were not all relegated solely to first stage monsters who are useless in a serious fight in both the games and the show

exploratory platformers

done

Xillia is the clearest cut-off mark for a decline in quality, DotNW is pretty bad, but Vesperia which everyone seems to love came out after it, and Hearts, Graces f (the original Graces was a buggy disaster), and Narikiri Dungeon X were all fine

Xillia was also the last game before they dissolved Namco Tales Studio, fired half the employees, and merged what remained of the two teams into a single one

the SaGa series except for the original SaGa 3/Final Fantasy Legend III on Game Boy

Romancing SaGa 2 came out on pretty much everything last year and I would definitely recommend it, and the newest entry SaGa Scarlet Grace is coming westward next year once more on pretty much everything though it's an oddball in that there are no dungeons

there were also recently The Legend of Legacy and The Alliance Alive on 3DS which had ex-SaGa staff working on them

BLAKUboy posted...

Second_Chances posted...

IV DS is a contender for the best Final Fantasy game

It's not even the best version of IV.

it's the only one that's actually well balanced or has any form of character building, even if the Augment system could be much better than it is, and it expands on the story in an unintrusive way with the ability to view your party member's thoughts on recent developments in the pause menu

I've heard the mobile and PC ports of the DS version adds another sidequest and a bonus dungeon similar to the one on the GBA and PSP and in which case that version is clearly the best, because the bonus dungeon is all the non-DS versions have going for them unless you're allergic to the chibi models

IV DS is a contender for the best Final Fantasy game

when they made Season 6 they weren't sure if they'd be renewed for one last one or not so they made it so it could work as a final season if it had to but they could still do a proper finale if they got Season 7

I think KH2 was the only one with problems and I recall hearing they fixed some of the issues back not too long after it came out but no clue if they fixed all of them

Pokemon Moon takes place twelve hours later than Pokemon Sun

Lost Age is a pretty clean-cut follow up to the original and as said it and the original were intended to be a single game back on the N64, however I don't see Dark Dawn being the big upset everyone else says it was, it maintained the mediocrity of the originals, the only real problems that they didn't also have were the points of no return and the huge unsolved cliffhanger, you could also fault it for gameplay wise not really doing anything new

she had a cute design and is kinda dopey which a lot of people find cute

Lottie is vastly superior, she actually has some moxie

I like the noodles more than at actual Chinese places

clearly every ruler of the Mushroom Kingdom is just a Toad given a magic crown that turns them into a human-like form

Lunar_Savage posted...

Wait. Which game is like the original ps1 game?

(Also, anything like Digimon 3 is awesome)

Next Order is like the original on PS1, all the "Digimon World" games that come out now are in its style with the Tamagotchi mechanics.

The Digimon Story games take more from Digimon World 3.

Cyber Sleuth is good, decent story and characters, excellent atmosphere and it's got a good sense of progression with your Digimon, but if you don't know the tricks to trivialize grinding it might be tedious to get the Digimon you want. Maybe a bit too easy and I hear Hard Mode just inflates stats.

Hacker's Memory is what I'd call an "expansion sequel", Pokemon B2W2 is another example of such a thing. All the maps are reused and there aren't many new Digimon, but there are plenty of new maps too and the story is brand new. Balancing is a bit better. I don't see how the story is worse like some people are saying. You should probably only play this after the original Cyber Sleuth.

Next Order is like the original Digimon World in that it's basically an RPG or adventure game mixed with a virtual pet. Which if you ask me is a great premise, and it worked the last two times, but Next Order felt really sloppy with its story progression.

if this was real someone would've pointed it out a long time ago

thinker: if they didn't delay the direct, would anyone have cared about them being disrespectful