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[Deleted member]

Me: "Gumshoos is somewhat disappointing with only a good Atk stat despite its great abilities"
Smogon: *shows me this*

Spoiler

Gumshoos @ Red Card
Ability: Stakeout
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def
Adamant / Brave Nature
- Yawn
- Return
- Payback
- Earthquake / U-Turn

Me: "Holy **** pal"

But yeah, Gumshoos's only problem is its awful bulk but it has all the tools to use Stakeout effectivelly:
-Yawn makes your opponent choose between disabling a Pokemon for 1-3 turns or switching out and eating a 2x STAB Return
-Pursuit can also be useful if the opponent has a Ghost Pokemon, making it so that you damage the switching out Pokemon instead of a would-be-immune-to-Return Mon
-Payback doubles power on switches(because it counts as acting) and also thanks to Stakeout
-Stakeout U-Turn allows it to deal a lot of damage on a predicted switch and gain momentum for the team
-Pursuit+Stakeout is basically a mindgame that puts pressure on your opponent and traps their Pokemon
-Red Card is the icing in the cake, making sure it deals a boosted hit at least once

 

[praline]

I'll build the time machine if you help

And then go on time adventures, right?

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

http://gonintendo.com/stories/268657-sakurai-working-on-a-new-project

Sakurai is working on a brand new project.

Prepare yoselves.

So... Smash 4 Switch amirite?

Oh and VGA nominees got announced:

Spoiler

GOTY

DOOM
INSIDE
Overwatch
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
Titanfall 2

BEST STUDIO/GAME DIRECTION

Blizzard
DICE
id Software
Naughty Dog
Respawn


BEST NARRATIVE

Firewatch
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
INSIDE
Mafia III
Oxenfree


BEST ART DIRECTION

Abzu
Firewatch
INSIDE
Overwatch
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End


BEST MUSIC/SOUND DESIGN

Battlefield 1
Doom
Inside
Rez Infinite
Thumper


BEST PERFORMANCE

Alex Hernandez as Lincoln Clay, Mafia III
Cissy Jones as Delilah, Firewatch
Emily Rose as Elena, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Nolan North as Nathan Drake, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Rich Summer as Henry, Firewatch
Troy Baker as Sam Drake, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End


GAMES FOR IMPACT AWARD

1979 Revolution
Block’hood
Orwell
Sea Hero Quest
That Dragon, Cancer


BEST INDEPENDENT GAME

Firewatch
Hyper Light Drifter
Inside
Stardew Valley
The Witness


BEST MOBILE/HANDHELD GAME

Clash Royale
Fire Emblem Fates
Monster Hunter Generations
Pokemon Go
Severed


BEST VR GAME

Batman: Arkham VR
EVE Valkyrie
Job Simulator
Rez Infinite
Thumper


BEST ACTION GAME

Battlefield 1
Doom
Gears of War 4
Overwatch
Titanfall 2


BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME

Dishonored 2
Hitman
Hyper Light Drifter
Ratchet & Clank
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End


BEST ROLE-PLAYING GAME

Dark Souls 3
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt -- Blood and Wine
World of Warcraft: Legion
Xenoblade Chronicles X


BEST FIGHTING GAME

Killer Instinct Season 3
King of Fighters XIV
Pokken Tournament
Street Fighter V


BEST FAMILY GAME

Dragon Quest Builders
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Pokemon Go
Ratchet & Clank
Skylanders: Imaginators


BEST STRATEGY GAME

Civilization VI
Fire Emblem Fates
The Banner Saga 2
Total War: Warhammer
XCOM 2


BEST SPORTS/RACING GAME

FIFA 17
Forza Horizon 3
MLB The Show 16
NBA 2K17
Pro Evolution Soccer 2017


BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME

Battlefield 1
Gears of War 4
Overcooked
Overwatch
Rainbow Six Siege
Titanfall 2


FAN'S CHOICE


BEST ESPORTS PLAYER - Presented by HP OMEN

Faker [Lee Sang-hyeok] SK Telecom T1, League of Legends
Coldzera [Marcelo David] SK Gaming, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Byun–Hyun Woo Starcraft 2
Infiltration [Lee Seon-woo] Team Razer, Street Fighter V
Hungrybox [Juan Debiedma] Team Liquid, Super Smash Bros.


BEST ESPORTS TEAM

SK Telecom T1
Game: League of Legends

Wings Gaming
Game: DOTA2

SK Gaming

ROX Tigers
Game: League of Legends

Cloud 9


BEST ESPORTS GAME

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
DOTA2
League of Legends
Overwatch
Street Fighter V


TRENDING GAMER - Presented by Intel

AngryJoeShow
Boogie2988
Danny O’Dwyer
JackSepticEye
Lirik


BEST FAN CREATION

Project AM2R
Pokemon Uranium
Brutal Doom 64
Enderal: The Shards of Order


MOST ANTICIPATED GAME

God of War
Horizon: Zero Dawn
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Red Dead Redemption 2
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

The fan creation segment should be interesting to say the least, especially considering it's a public vote.

Betting on Infiltration or Hbox winning, but considering how big the scenes for the other player's games are, I'm not so sure... SFV ain't winning best Esports game, that's for sure lol.

Also hoping that KOF XIV will win its category.

 

[Lord Dio]

I'm leaning a lot more towards just buying some eshop gift cards and using them to download Moon...I'll get a physical copy later.
Also due to thesis work I probably won't get out to get those gift cards until...early next week? whenever my thanksgiving break starts. I think I'm willing to wait.
Also I'll likely be going to my first Melee tournament on friday...my library's first as well.

 

[Tree Gelbman]

Sakurai is revealed to be making Bayonetta 3. Kamiya backed away after too many Smashtards.

 

[Arcanir]

Well we need a major Metroid first of all...games don't make profits if there's nothing to sell...

I'm really hoping that the tease they had in Federation Force does lead to a new main game. Granted, it didn't sell well, but it does seem like some of the developers do care about the franchise in their own way and do want to do something with it, but if that is the case, they do need to find a way to revitalize interest in the franchise and somehow deal with the alienation that has happened with it.

 

[praline]

Man I have like garbage circulation my feet and hands are always ice cold.

 

[Aurane]

Sakurai is revealed to be making Bayonetta 3.

I'm sensing a pattern here.

 

[Knight Dude]

I have a gut feeling that Xenoblade X is going to lose that award.

I'd hope that it'd go to DS3, but it'll probably go to Witcher.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Omg Im screaming, In Yuri on Ice Victor and Yuuri ligit kissed
They kissed
Im gonna cry

One of my OTPs finally became real

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

I'm sensing a pattern here.

Jeanne and Rodin confined as new fighters?

 

[Coricus]

I think the main thing to keep in mind with Sakurai is that he gripes a lot about sequelization. It's why he quit HAL, it's why he always insists he's not going to make a sequel of any games people like. . .that said, if something has quite a few sequels it won't necessarily stop him either, as he prioritizes gameplay over characters much in the same way Nintendo in general does at their best. However, his attitude shows that he likes to do new things, so unless he's (kind of rightfully in the case of Smash, considering what some fans suggest) worried about a game getting botched in other hands, he'll probably look for a new concept to create instead of making a sequel to one of the ones he's already handled. Whether that concept is a new IP or an old one there's no way of telling, but an IP likely won't be picked JUST because it's old, he'll have to have thought of a concept that just happens to work best with it instead.

 

[Deleted member]

Sakurai is revealed to be making Bayonetta 3. Kamiya backed away after too many Smashtards.

>Bayo 3 content is added in Smash 5.
>Sakurai is accused of "Bayo bias".

 

[Chrono.]

Also hoping that KOF XIV will win its category.

Same here brother.

I have a feeling KI Season 3 will win.

I doubt SFV will win tho after all it's... Issues.

 

[Knight Dude]

Same here brother.

I have a feeling KI Season 3 will win.

I doubt SFV will win tho after all it's... Issues.

KI is a good enough game to warrant it, as is KOF14. While Street Fighter 5 has it's positive points, it's the one game that probably shouldn't win based on it's content. I think it has a chance since it's what people are familiar with.

 

[Tree Gelbman]

>Bayo 3 content is added in Smash 5.
>Sakurai is accused of "Bayo bias".

2 Newcomers for Bayonetta next time. Jeanne is pretty much a straight up Bayonetta clone. The other has 12, 000 different playstyles due to custom moves.

Outrage occurs. You heard it here first.

 

[Wario Bros.]

Same here brother.

I have a feeling KI Season 3 will win.

I doubt SFV will win tho after all it's... Issues.

I'm not sure who will win but I have doubts Killer Instinct S3 will (but as a huge KI fan, I'd love to be wrong).

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

Omg Im screaming, In Yuri on Ice Victor and Yuuri ligit kissed
They kissed
Im gonna cry

One of my OTPs finally became real

Had the feeling it would happen, so I'm more than pleased about this.

Hopefully this won't cause people to drop the show when something similar happened with Shin Sekai Yori. Not like it's a big deal since there's a female dominated audience for Yuri on Ice.

 

[Deleted member]

Heh, my two friends who are also getting SM said they'll be choosing Rowlett and Litten, while I'm picking Popplio, I like this, makes it kinda fitting. Also sort of funny because at least two of us always ended up picking the same starter, with the exception of XY where we all chose Froakie lol

About to go to sleep so only one day will remain when I wake up, where are those MM images when we need them?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Had the feeling it would happen, so I'm more than pleased about this.

Hopefully this won't cause people to drop the show when something similar happened with Shin Sekai Yori. Not like it's a big deal since there's a female dominated audience for Yuri on Ice.

My heart is beating so hard
My skin has cleared
God has visited me
I am happy

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Bayonetta bias or not, I would play the **** out of Rodin. It would be the closest thing to having our first shades wearing mofo in Smash.

Hopefully this won't cause people to drop the show when something similar happened with Shin Sekai Yori. Not like it's a big deal since there's a female dominated audience for Yuri on Ice.

Hell I've watched Shin Sekai Yori to the end since that kiss that everyone was so scared of had a plot relevant reason for existing. So the joke's on them.

Plus I've seen much worse personally.

 

[Coricus]

I'm sensing a pattern here.

>Bayo 3 content is added in Smash 5.
>Sakurai is accused of "Bayo bias".

Sakurai started Smash 4 as soon as he finished his own game.

Sakurai wanted some characters from the time frame when he started development.

Fire Emblem and his own aforementioned just finished game were pretty much the only first party IPs worth a crud with games released in the time frame.

Sakurai held off on adding more of his own characters other than Kirby until Brawl precisely because he was worried about those kinds of accusations.

TL;DR never do flavor of the month, when it's not called out it gets mistaken for something else anyway.

2 Newcomers for Bayonetta next time. Jeanne is pretty much a straight up Bayonetta clone. The other has 12, 000 different playstyles due to custom moves.

Outrage occurs. You heard it here first.

OK, that part. . .may have been bias, but that was more because he couldn't shut off thinking of Smash constantly while he was making Uprising.

The clone thing was just Sakurai making alts and then splitting them off at the last second to save time and pad the roster, though.

 

[Chrono.]

I just found out SEGA are localizing Project DIVA Future Tone.

That's insane, that game has so much text and **** in it that they had to split it into two versions (one with traditional Vocaloid songs and the other focused on SEGA/video game remixes), people thought localization was a pipedream. They're even offering a bundle with both games at $53.

 

[AwesomeAussie27]

Hell I've watched Shin Sekai Yori to the end since that kiss that everyone was so scared of had a plot relevant reason for existing. So the joke's on them.

Plus I've seen much worse personally.

Isn't that right? Same episode also had a girl x girl kiss and the whole point of the episode was to cope with heterosexual abstinence in a society that heavily forbids it.

So how come they didn't stay for that?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I just found out SEGA are localizing Project DIVA Future Tone.

That's insane, that game has so much text and **** in it that they had to split it into two versions (one with traditional Vocaloid songs and the other focused on SEGA/video game remixes), people thought localization was a pipedream. They're even offering a bundle with both games at $53.

Now how many Kaito songs does it have?

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Isn't that right? Same episode also had a girl x girl kiss and the whole point of the episode was to cope with heterosexual abstinence in a society that heavily forbids it.

So how come they didn't stay for that?

"Because kissing men is gross. **** this anime."

It's their loss. The boy at least hooked up with a girl after his lover's death and escaped the village to live a happy life with her. That anime was a trip, it really makes you want to question societal norms.

 

[Knight Dude]

Well, I'm unsure if someone else posted this, but Virtua Fighter 1 recently had some characters that were mostly unfound until now.

 

[Chrono.]

Well, I'm unsure if someone else posted this, but Virtua Fighter 1 recently had some characters that were mostly unfound until now.

Oh yeah, saw these being posted on Twitter.

Really interesting stuff here.

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Well, I'm unsure if someone else posted this, but Virtua Fighter 1 recently had some characters that were mostly unfound until now.

That's also mysterious as the fact that we've never gotten a new Virtua Fighter in years.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

Well, I'm unsure if someone else posted this, but Virtua Fighter 1 recently had some characters that were mostly unfound until now.

That's so cool! I love the old Virtua Fighter Games. I'm not any good at them but y'know nostalgia and shiz.

 

[Aetheri]

When you debunk your own theory...

also unrevealed Sun and Moon spoilers...

also the potshots at other Youtubers....

 

[Z25]

Interesting, there's some super crazy game rumor we don't about for the switch:

Anyone know what it is?

 

[N3ON]

Those are three different games mate.

Super Mario Galaxy is almost totally linear. 64 is not. To be frank I don't understand why the two get categorized with each other...

Regardless everything we've seen is totally linear and doesn't resemble 64.

You must presume the fanbase quite dense if you think we can't discern the differences between 64 and Galaxy. I'm not even giving my opinion here, I'm just quoting the leaker, and everyone knows what she means. Because obviously she's saying Mario Switch is a game that incorporates commonalities of 64 and Galaxy. She even said which commonalities they were.

Also, "everything we've seen" is what? Five, six seconds? You could easily take one instance of a level in SM64 that looked linear or one instance of a level in Galaxy that looked open-world. You're defining all these games from mere fleeting clips and putting the cart before the horse here, mate.

 

[Champ Gold]

That's also mysterious as the fact that we've never gotten a new Virtua Fighter in years.

We did.

Spoiler

It's called Dead or Alive 5

Well, I'm unsure if someone else posted this, but Virtua Fighter 1 recently had some characters that were mostly unfound until now.

I love hidden stuff in video games. It's why I love betas/alphas

 

[Autumn ♫]

Just saw the new Yuri on Ice. I absolutely loved it.

Spoiler

Me internally

 

[Chrono.]

When you debunk your own theory...

also unrevealed Sun and Moon spoilers...

also the potshots at other Youtubers....

I was gonna watch but then you said spoilers.

But then you said potshots at other Youtubers.

Still not gonna watch.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I didnt need to see this while screaming with my gf on the phone about YoI

Im crying so hard now pff

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I was gonna watch but then you said spoilers.

But then you said potshots at other Youtubers.

Still not gonna watch.

As I said earlier, he made a joke at the expense of Tyranitartube and Verlisify

 

[Baskerville]

>Bayo 3 content is added in Smash 5.
>Sakurai is accused of "Bayo bias".

If it means adding Rodin and Jeanne as playable characters then cool!

 

[praline]

I've literally been staring at a wall for the last 20 minutes.