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[Noipoi]

White was my first Pokémon game, and the first video game I ever loved.

It’s probably why I’m so insanely loyal to the Pokémon series.

 

[Idon]

I have to say Zekrom is definitely my favorite box legendary.

It just looks so menacing and sturdy.

 

[Metal Shop X]

Platinum was the first Pokemon game I ever owned, played and finished, I played a bit of Blue before, but that game belonged to my sister (yeah, we had a Gameboy before).

Suffice to say this game hold a special place in my heart, and anyone who say it's a bad game can go on the moon and GET DESTROYED BY MY SUPER LASER-

*see a mod*

....hhuuuuuh, nothing, never mind.

 

[Knight Dude]

I have to say Zekrom is definitely my favorite box legendary.

It just looks so menacing and sturdy.

Zekrom's that dude. Truly worthy of being Pokemon's Red Eye Black Dragon.

 

[BlueMonk]

I'm honestly really surprised by how many people prioritize catching pokemon in their playthroughs, I barely end up with more than a box full

 

[Metal Shop X]

In all cases, time for me to go to sleep, so good night to you all, folks!

 

[Deleted member]

Lol saw this and thought of @Zinith

Say it with me crew.

WE.
NEED.
WILL.
SMITH.
YOSHI.

 

[PeridotGX]

The "78 day" theory better be true, because I just spent half an hour making a meme that will only work if it's true.

 

[Deleted member]

Walking to your mom's room at 3 AM and you step on a LEGO brick.

Spoiler: Dank

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Just saw Toy Story 4.

It was two movies haphazardly stitched together.

And some of my fellow counselors cried. I have no idea why.

from what I heard, Toy Story 4 is actually reall damn touching

 

[Deleted member]

from what I heard, Toy Story 4 is actually reall damn touching

It is. Not the best, imo, but I throughly enjoyed it.

 

[Dyllybirdy]

Walking to your mom's room at 3 AM and you step on a LEGO brick.

Spoiler: Dank

That is...

Unpleasant.

 

[Deleted member]

That is...

Unpleasant.

I mean, if you want I can describe the pain in an uncomfortable amount of detail.

 

[Gentlepanda]

only reason i'm willing to put stock in the 78 day theory is that, if followed, it takes us right up to late feburary--the specified end of the pass.

i doubt very much that the team is following such a rigid release schedule, though if they want to get all the characters out on time without any dual releases, i do think it offers a reasonable suggestion (if nothing else) of the most sensible days/weeks of release towards meeting that aim

 

[Gyrom8]

The "78 day" theory better be true, because I just spent half an hour making a meme that will only work if it's true.

Well at least you won't have spent hours pouring time and energy into pro-Grinch memes

...


... It's been over half a year and I still can't get over the fact that the ****ing Grinch was briefly of central relevance to Smash speculation

 

[Z25]

The "78 day" theory better be true, because I just spent half an hour making a meme that will only work if it's true.

See I thought originally the 4th of July being a big summer holiday would be a good release date for hero, but given hero’s eastern popularity, Verde Coeden Scalesworth bought good points up that he would release later this month when it be better for japan. Which makes a lot of sense.

We will know soon enough though. I’d be happy if hero was announced to drop tomorrow today though

 

[Deleted member]

My first Pokemon game was White 2, but I wish I played Black 2, because honestly I love a good hard challenge. I don't like things that are too easy.

I have to say Zekrom is definitely my favorite box legendary.

It just looks so menacing and sturdy.

Reminder that Dunsparce can learn Earthquake, but Zekrom can't.

 

[Cosmic77]

Say it with me crew.

WE.
NEED.
WILL.
SMITH.
YOSHI.

Nah, they wouldn't make Will Smith look like Yoshi. All they'd do is make him green.

...Have I said something like this before?

from what I heard, Toy Story 4 is actually reall damn touching

It's touching, but they kind of rushed the ending. Some characters who you'd expect to have an emotional moment because they've been in the series since the very beginning are just like, "Hey, we forgot we had a purpose, so we'll just smile and stand in the background so Bo Peep and the new characters get the tearjerker moments."

 

[Deleted member]

Just unlocked Tawna in Nitro Fueled!

Also wish to see many people asking more stuff on my AMA, I enjoy telling or answering to someone since it actually helps me fight anxiety.

The AMA feels therapeutic.

 

[Iridium]

The "78 day" theory better be true, because I just spent half an hour making a meme that will only work if it's true.

Honestly, I still doubt it. I can really only see it being a bit later in July.

Maybe it's because I find it hard to believe Nintendo would make such a linear schedule like that for releases.

 

[Noipoi]

I'm honestly really surprised by how many people prioritize catching pokemon in their playthroughs, I barely end up with more than a box full

I’ve completed the Pokédex in every gen 7 game. And I’ll do the same for Galar.

Because I like giving all of them stupid names :V

 

[Deleted member]

Nah, they wouldn't make Will Smith look like Yoshi. All they'd do is make him green.

...Have I said something like this before?



It's touching, but they kind of rushed the ending. Some characters who you'd expect to have an emotional moment because they've been in the series since the very beginning are just like, "Hey, we forgot we had a purpose, so we'll just smile and stand in the background so Bo Peep and the new characters get the tearjerker moments."

Spoiler: Toy Story 4

That’s one of it’s issues. The side characters that were fun in the original trilogy are just... There.

 

[Deleted member]

So, let’s say that 78 theory is true...

When would Hero release if that’s the case?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

White was my first Pokémon game, and the first video game I ever loved.

It’s probably why I’m so insanely loyal to the Pokémon series.

my first one was Hoenn and I hate that place so much

 

[Gentlepanda]

So, let’s say that 78 theory is true...

When would Hero release if that’s the case?

presumably the 5th, with a 4.0.0 overview dropping tonight as with 3.0.0/joker's video

 

[Noipoi]

So, let’s say that 78 theory is true...

When would Hero release if that’s the case?

Tomorrow

So get ready for his video to shadow drop tonight

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

So, let’s say that 78 theory is true...

When would Hero release if that’s the case?

Some are saying tomorrow

they better be right

 

[Gentlepanda]

anyway if 78 theory doesn't happen i'll do myself a down b and hope the RNG gods have given me kamikazee

 

[Wyoming]

July 19th is the hill I will die on for Hero's release. Bite me date theory!

Sincerely yours,

gut feeling theory

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

See I thought originally the 4th of July being a big summer holiday would be a good release date for hero, but given hero’s eastern popularity, Verde Coeden Scalesworth bought good points up that he would release later this month when it be better for japan. Which makes a lot of sense.

We will know soon enough though. I’d be happy if hero was announced to drop tomorrow today though

...I brought that up? I thought that might've been StormC or someone else. I literally don't remember making that argument.

It's a reasonable one, that said.

 

[MasterOfKnees]

I think another thing to discuss while talking about Pokemon is that we all tend to look back at our favorite gens with rose-tinted glasses.

I love Black and White, but I do think it's kind of funny that we're all praising those games while complaining that Sword/Shield probably won't have post-game content or break the formula much. Not to say that Sword/Shield's criticisms are unfounded.

In fact, once you got past all the whining and genwunning about the designs, a big criticism with Black/White back in the day was that they were still formulaic. It fixed the climax problem of previous games by combining the story climax with the Champion Battle, but it still followed the "collect 8 gym badges then go fight the champion" structure that's been around since Gen 1. Post game content was really lacking to. You had the Black City / White Forest I guess, but that was a far cry from the Battle Frontier.

It just kind of seems strange to me that we're treating those games like groundbreaking masterpieces these days. That's certainly not how people saw them at the time of their release.

I always thought B/W got an unfair reception, so I was actually looking forward to when it became its turn on the nostalgia praise train, but now that it's come it's just too much. If I discard my heavy nostalgia for R/B/Y, then I'd say B/W are my favorite games in the series, and it's been that practically since it came out (took a second playthrough for it to oust HG/SS), but that doesn't mean that I want Sw/Sh to be similar to them, B/W were exactly what Pokémon needed at the time imo, but I don't necessarily think the series needs the same things now that it did 9 years ago.

As an example, something I'd love in Sw/Sh is non-linearity once you reach a certain point in the story, kinda like in G/S/C where once you beat Ecruteak's gym you can challenge any of the next three gyms in any order you'd like, although I'd like it to be a bit more expansive than that. Obviously that wasn't the case with B/W at all, they're easily the most linear games in the series, so much so that you literally travel straight forward for the entire story except for that short detour back into the ruins with Alder, and then it's back to the one way track. I also think B/W did the heavy storytelling formular about as well as a Pokémon game probably can, so I'd rather Sw/Sh aims to give the player a feeling of being on their own adventure, I think that's what the series needs now.

It's been a bit of a bizarre experience suddenly being on the other side of the B/W arguments, for years I used to defend the games, even if I acknowledged their faults, but now I find myself putting more and more emphasis on those faults in a futile attempt to strike some sort of balance when discussing them. They are not masterpiece games, I don't think any individual Pokémon game is, the strength of the series lies in its overall concept and the simple yet appealing core mechanics, after that it's the games' nuances that determine their quality in comparison to each other, at least that's how I see it.

I don't think nostalgia is this big bad thing a lot of people make it out to be, it can be a fantastic thing if embraced, but when it comes to discussions I do like it when people can at least be aware of their own, otherwise it becomes difficult for the discussion to be sensible. I get why it's like this with Pokémon though, it's something so deeply ingrained in people's childhoods, and new younger fans are constantly joining the community, so I don't think there's any helping it.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

from what I heard, Toy Story 4 is actually reall damn touching

I just don't get it. Maybe it would be if I actually liked the other movies. But it just didn't do anything for me. It's also lowkey really creepy.

 

[Deleted member]

Waiting for the actual new social and established ruleset, 2019 colorized

This is so true.

 

[Z25]

...I brought that up? I thought that might've been StormC or someone else. I literally don't remember making that argument.

It's a reasonable one, that said.

My mistake I confused you too because there were so many frequent mods here now, I meant Venus of the Desert Bloom since they wrote the article on it

 

[Deleted member]

I have a meme prepared if it doesn’t happen tonight.

 

[Iridium]

Seriously, mid July or bust. I try not to take theories to heart.

July 19th is the hill I will die on for Hero's release. Bite me date theory!

Sincerely yours,

gut feeling theory

I agree. It seems to me like a later release would be more fitting for eastern audiences in addition to elsewhere. Tomorrow just feels weird.

 

[Noipoi]

If Banjo drops September 20th I’m gonna have to juggle learning my new main with playing Link’s Awakening

 

[Rie Sonomura]

No You on the poll? Come on, I need my fourth wall break fix

 

[Deleted member]

Hero and Banjo come out but it turns out all those trailers were fake and they're just alts of Joker. They had a really limited budget for the dlc.

 

[Deleted member]

Hero and Banjo come out but it turns out all those trailers were fake and they're just alts of Joker. They had a really limited budget for the dlc.

We wouldn’t have seen it coming if it wasn’t for you,