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[Dr. Metal X]

Dr. Metal X just read your post and I hope that I haven't said anything which you may have took badly.

The only reason I brought up the fact Xenoblade 2 had many character artists for each character was because I found It to be an interesting topic and It seemed quite curious that there would be so many different artists working on a single game (while still keeping their main artstyles).

You aren't "on the list" to say the least.

And yes, this is a good point too. All the reason why they did is because Monoltih was understaffed (alot of them were working on BOTW at the time) and needed to get other artist to do the rare blades design.

However, beside some details like "this blade is a fire blade", they gave card blanche to the artist and they could do whatever they wanted so long it followed 1 detail or two. (and lots of peoples decided to go for Female Blades, tho not all of them)

The XB2 artwork show that alot of blades design were quite different on their first try, some looked better, other looked worse, but in all, it was a interesting experimentation (and they could go away with it since Blades work very differently from humans). I say experimentation tho, because Monolith have said their future entry would have 1 main character design artist instead of a bunch of other, with XB1 presumably the start of that "focused" design.

So you know, Monolith probably took notes of peoples feedback for XB2 and are trying to improve in response like any good company should, but it still was a interesting test to do I say.

 

[Mamboo07]

Reminder there was a prehistoric crocodile that looks like a whale:

(This is the Stomatosuchus)

 

[Z25]

Oh ****, we got new Pokemon leaks (possibly)
So uh... apparently we're getting Sinnoh remakes AND a new Let's Go game.

This is a roller coaster

If this is true then we should have low expectations basically, two games that quickly can NOT be good for the quality of the two.

Spoiler

The Fans: "I hope they take their time with these games and don't rush a half assed title so we can get the best experience possible"

TPC/GF: "What? You want Sinnoh remakes AND new Let's Go this year?"

The Fans:

Your all forgetting something very important. There’s two teams at Gamefreak and they now work within Nintendo’s walls, meaning they probably allocated more workers from Nintendo to them because they know the extra push will print money.

The A team does main line games and helps with remakes.

B team does remakes mostly or add ins. Specifically they just did both DLCs. But they mainly get put on remake duty.

This means A team has beeen working on something the pat year or so alongside anyone else. Probably DP remakes. The B team would likely put on the second games duty as that’s their expertise to.

Also you all forget the last Pokémon direct literally had:

Spoiler

Lets go with nothing but plushes of gen two Pokémon around it. I would bet that let’s go johto has been long in development.

My biggest concern regarding Pokémon week is the possibility of TPC not announcing anything and rather spend the week with the celebrity collabs.

I personally could keep on living, but I would be sad for all my friends Who are Pokémon fans and expected anything.

We you don’t have to worry about that.
Pokémon always follows patterns of a presentation on the day of Pokémon day. With new games and whatever mercy they find important to show. That will surely happen here.

 

[Zachmac]

I just want to say the issue a lot of people have with Xenoblade 2 designs isn't just "fanservice bad". That's just the easiest surface level critism to point fingers at. It's how rediculous some of the costumes look. There's a reason people are always complaining about Rex's design as well even though he's not exactly running around shirtless or anything.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

ok so

first seconds or so of the AoT opening theme reminds me of the first bit of the Air Man song from Mega Man...I now know which song it was reminding me of

 

[JDCabrera]

Lamperouge Aetheri starting today I am going to do something every Metroid fan probably has to go through at least once in their lifes:

I'm gonna watch the movie trilogy which heavily inspired the games.

 

[PLATINUM7]

Lamperouge Aetheri starting today I am going to do something every Metroid fan probably has to go through at least once in their lifes:

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I'm gonna watch the movie trilogy which heavily inspired the games.

The original Alien series is 4 films.

 

[Lamperouge]

I guess ****ting on XC2's character design is going to be the norm around here now.

 

[JDCabrera]

The original Alien series is 4 films.

Really?

I thought It was Alien, Aliens and Alien 3.

 

[PLATINUM7]

Really?

I thought It was Alien, Aliens and Alien 3.

There's also Alien Resurrection.

 

[JDCabrera]

There's also Alien Resurrection.

Oh, I guess I will watch that one too then.

 

[Lamperouge]

Alright, this is gold.

Damn that commission is a banger tho pic.twitter.com/zpbebLg2Lk

— Play Xenoblade🎺🦦 (@KlumeScribbles) February 23, 2021

 

[Final Smash Gamer]

Somewhat late to the party, but with Next Level Games being first-party developer for Nintendo, I have the feeling their first task will be to give a hand to Retro Studios to speed up Prime 4's development.

They already have experience with the Prime series after all.

 

[BlondeLombax]

Somewhat late to the party, but with Next Level Games being first-party developer for Nintendo, I have the feeling their first task will be to give a hand to Retro Studios to speed up Prime 4's development.

They already have experience with the Prime series after all.

Beware; bringing up their involvement with Prime may prove to bring up bad memories within hardcore Metroid fans (of which I am not a part of, since I've only played Fusion and Samus Returns, both very good games, BTW).

 

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My biggest concern regarding Pokémon week is the possibility of TPC not announcing anything and rather spend the week with the celebrity collabs.

I personally could keep on living, but I would be sad for all my friends Who are Pokémon fans and expected anything.

I'd be surprised if that was the case. That said I'm keeping my expectations low, and also because I really want Game Freak to take their time for once. The last true "year off" they had was 2015 and I want to see that last for the following reasons:

More time to polish the next game
More time to work on non-Pokemon titles
I want to see how the Pokemon Journeys anime plays out. I like the formula breaking.
Don't make the Pokemon Adventures manga time crunch again. SwSh is looking to be a really good saga. Shield/Shirudomiria is hilarious and meme-worthy.
More returning spin offs like Snap.
Getting the remaining Pokemon back into the game.

Honestly my biggest hope would be having the remaining Pokemon get back into the game so I can look at the Living Dex challenge. My biggest hype moment would be them announcing something that would help pop the TCG bubble.

 

[BlondeLombax]

I'd be surprised if that was the case. That said I'm keeping my expectations low, and also because I really want Game Freak to take their time for once. The last true "year off" they had was 2015

Frankly, I'm feeling that they may call off the supposed Sinnoh remakes (assuming they exist at all) in order to focus on Gen 9. It's not looking likely, but honestly, methinks a few extra years of time dedicated to a single generation's worth of games would be better for the games, even if it would result in yet another legion of furious fans.

 

[JDCabrera]

Came back from taking a walk to relax and such.

Took this picture of a black cat sitting in the middle of a lot of tall grass.

 

[Ben Holt]

Came back from taking a walk to relax and such.

Took this picture of a black cat sitting in the middle of a lot of tall grass.
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My cat's black, and he escaped outside today (he's safely back home)!

 

[crazybenjamin]

Somewhat late to the party, but with Next Level Games being first-party developer for Nintendo, I have the feeling their first task will be to give a hand to Retro Studios to speed up Prime 4's development.

They already have experience with the Prime series after all.

Interesting theory, I never really considered it before

 

[Zachmac]

Had some pretty fun matches against a Zelda player as Mewtwo earlier and it just occurred to me how similar the characters are. They're both glass canons with powerful, multi-purpose projectiles and strong bait an punish games. They also like to Nair at eachother.

Zelda has some advantages here like having a better reflector and being able to land some lightning kicks more easily but it's still a nice treat to run into online Zeldas who are actually good and don't just flowchart. Lots of people would still hate fighting good Zeldas online anyway, especially if they don't know how to deal with the bad ones but I play a little Zelda and know the counter play so I'm biased.

Came back from taking a walk to relax and such.

Took this picture of a black cat sitting in the middle of a lot of tall grass.
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That's not a cat.

That's a wild Purrloin.

 

[DerpingPikachu]

Good morning
i'm hecking tired lol

 

[dezeray112]

So it sounds like some of the Big Hero 6 are going to be heading in to the Marvel Cinematic Universe if the rumours are true.

 

[Bakugan2556]

he want belly rub

 

[Mamboo07]

Time does sure flies...

Man, 3 years ago.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

So today I learned you didn't have to pay to create Discord Servers.

Someone could have told me that years ago.

If I were ever to create a server, it'd probably just be for emotes.

 

[Bakugan2556]

If I were ever to create a server, it'd probably just be for emotes.

The only server I ever seriously made was for our school(the rest are just places for testing/alt storage), and even then it’s practically dead now. The overlap between people that use discord and that also go to our school is pretty slim, especially when about 1/4 don’t have phones and we haven’t found a new way to get into the app store on our computers after the simple trick of signing into your personal account got patched.


One of our teachers tried making one himself right before covid hit but it turned into a meme fest and he quickly realized that wasn’t the smartest idea

 

[Aetheri]

Oh, I guess I will watch that one too then.

Don't worry Alien fans forget about that film sometimes as well.

Truth be told the first two films are absolute classics, amoung my favourite movies of all time. The other two....well they exist. That said, enjoy them. Even the bad ones have their moments.

Another movie series that helped influence Metroid that I also suggest is The Thing. There's two films.

 

[JDCabrera]

Don't worry Alien fans forget about that film sometimes as well.

Truth be told the first two films are absolute classics, amoung my favourite movies of all time. The other two....well they exist. That said, enjoy them. Even the bad ones have their moments.

Another movie series that helped influence Metroid that I also suggest is The Thing. There's two films.

Heard great things about The Thing too. Specifically about the original black & white version and the remake of It which released some decades ago.

Will have to check those out too then.

 

[TheMightyP]

Pokemon leak stuff:
So appaerently that whole two game rumor meant nothing, and the insider only liked it because he found the prospect of a new Let's Go interesting.

I hate journalists amd these "leakers"

 

[Pokelego999]

Pokemon leak stuff:
So appaerently that whole two game rumor meant nothing, and the insider only liked it because he found the prospect of a new Let's Go interesting.

I hate journalists amd these "leakers"

Well ok then.

 

[Aurane]

Pokemon leak stuff:
So appaerently that whole two game rumor meant nothing, and the insider only liked it because he found the prospect of a new Let's Go interesting.

I hate journalists amd these "leakers"

Thank ****ing God.

 

[Bakugan2556]

aw yeah it’s all coming together

 

[KingBooGengar57]

Most Final Fantasy games have rough translations in their first North American releases. IV, V, and VII all fit the bill.

 

[Wademan94]

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he want belly rub

Please let me give him belly rubs!!

 

[Pokelego999]

Pokemon Leaker Drops a Not-So-Subtle Tease About Next Game (comicbook.com)
On the topic of leaks....

It translates to
"They won't have to hold out until Pokémon Day on February 27 for the big news they've been waiting for.

See you next week."


Slightly older leak, but interesting stating it's coming from a source who has been right in the past.

 

[TheMightyP]

Pokemon Leaker Drops a Not-So-Subtle Tease About Next Game (comicbook.com)
On the topic of leaks....

It translates to
"They won't have to hold out until Pokémon Day on February 27 for the big news they've been waiting for.

See you next week."


Slightly older leak, but interesting stating it's coming from a source who has been right in the past.

While I'm not saying you're wrong, nor is that oeak wrong, just onow Centro peddled the idea of two Pokemon games, so like usual, take all leaks with a grain of salt.

Granted, that one is probably real

 

[Pokelego999]

While I'm not saying you're wrong, nor is that oeak wrong, just onow Centro peddled the idea of two Pokemon games, so like usual, take all leaks with a grain of salt.

Granted, that one is probably real

I see... good to know for reference.

 

[TheIrepan8]

Please let me give him belly rubs!!

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The fact that my phone crashed on a pic of squidward creeped me the hell out.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

All stockpiled. Got mostly everything, a few things I'll grab as well in the early morning again but it'll be at a closer store.

After months too gonna finally get myself a haircut before lockdown occurs again.

 

[Pokelego999]

Me looking at the Social Thread with no one having spoke in an hour: Gee, it sure is boring around here... - YouTube

Edit: Someone posted at the exact same time I said that. Lmao.