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Which was your favorite new Pokémon revealed from the Scarlet and Violet trailer?


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drag0nscythe

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I would literally hate all of that. I want unique gaming not every console being the same thing. Besides, not everyone is gonna be able to get that 4K/8K/9001K setup and needs to have super detailed graphics for their games when it won’t be needed for every single thing...especially not Smash when there’s bigger priorities

it was amazing to watch, especially when Spidey shows up and entire theater rooms break the **** down then break even further during the Avengers Assemble

it is a godly conclusion to the first story of the MCU (Infinity Saga), and is just too attaching in a good way

ending with half the universe ****ing dying with the full knowledge of multiple movies following it...and even without it Infinity War is not an ending you would want for such a massive movie franchise. Endgame was the perfect ending for the beginnings of the MCU, and helps with making tons of stories for the future
No. writing that needs a reset button to get out of cheap drama is not good writing. And Infinity war was a good ending given I do not care about the MCU moving forward. I did not watch the newest spider man, I skipped captain marvel and the MCU is basically over for me as a franchise. The fact that they needed time traveling to fix the problem the writers created was more then enough reason to stop watching.
 

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No. writing that needs a reset button to get out of cheap drama is not good writing. And Infinity war was a good ending given I do not care about the MCU moving forward. I did not watch the newest spider man, I skipped captain marvel and the MCU is basically over for me as a franchise. The fact that they needed time traveling to fix the problem the writers created was more then enough reason to stop watching.
I feel like this take is going to anger so many die hard fanboys.
 

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I feel like this take is going to anger so many die hard fanboys.
Is what it is what it is.
I see reset buttons as cheap drama. They can increase the stakes without having to "resurrect" people. It cheapens the actual concept of death and when something like that is introduced into any property. When death is not longer an issue, then there is no more tension. Oh no. someone was murdered. Lets do some time travel and fix the issue. There are no stakes.

Either do something and commit to it, or write it better without the cop-out.
 

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Is what it is what it is.
I see reset buttons as cheap drama. They can increase the stakes without having to "resurrect" people. It cheapens the actual concept of death and when something like that is introduced into any property. When death is not longer an issue, then there is no more tension. Oh no. someone was murdered. Lets do some time travel and fix the issue. There are no stakes.

Either do something and commit to it, or write it better without the cop-out.
Something tells me must despise the Cell Saga In Dragon Ball.
 

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Something tells me must despise the Cell Saga In Dragon Ball.
Dragon ball had the concept of resurrection built in at the beginning with the dragon balls. The Buu saga is what I have issue with. The mellow drama of Vegeta blowing up and people crying.. like really. dragon balls. And then Goku...well being Goku. Series should have ended at cell. Now for the time travel part. They did a multi verse theory type of thing and it was ok. but it mostly fell by the wayside. Yes. Trunks time traveled. but it was such a small note in the overall saga, it was forgettable half the time. Also did not really fell like we were overwriting anything given its presentation. But we did get to see the future timeline. we did see Trunks timeline and it still existed after the shenanigans.

In the MCU. No concept of resurrection or time travel all the way up til the end. And then once they could time travel. Oh no. We only can make specific jumps due to resources. but you now can time travel. Go get the guy and make more. Why send people to times that can be compromised. etc.
So. not a fan. But if we want to really get into it, I hated most of the second half of naruto because they brought in ressurection. Lets kill someone to bring him back a few books later. we get the shock and dont have to commit.
 
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My dad... might be dying. If I’m quieter here, that’s why.

also I once again cannot search for my own posts on this forum. It says no results found.
My condolences, hopefully your dad pulls through....
 
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Dragon ball had the concept of resurrection built in at the beginning with the dragon balls. The Buu saga is what I have issue with. The mellow drama of Vegeta blowing up and people crying.. like really. dragon balls. And then Goku...well being Goku. Series should have ended at cell. Now for the time travel part. They did a multi verse theory type of thing and it was ok. but it mostly fell by the wayside. Yes. Trunks time traveled. but it was such a small note in the overall saga, it was forgettable half the time. Also did not really fell like we were overwriting anything given its presentation. But we did get to see the future timeline. we did see Trunks timeline and it still existed after the shenanigans.

In the MCU. No concept of resurrection or time travel all the way up til the end. And then once they could time travel. Oh no. We only can make specific jumps due to resources. but you now can time travel. Go get the guy and make more. Why send people to times that can be compromised. etc.
So. not a fan. But if we want to really get into it, I hated most of the second half of naruto because they brought in ressurection. Lets kill someone to bring him back a few books later. we get the shock and dont have to commit.
Time travel had already been introduced.

Must I remind of "Dormamu, I've come to bargain."

But really the existence of the time stone in general makes time travel a viable option.
 

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Rie Sonomura Rie Sonomura I hope your dad pulls through. Good luck. :)

...The Cell Saga is fun, but a real mess. Though at least it does go with the "different futures" bit instead of trying to make it a pure happy ending. Since that's a major theory on how trying to manipulate time works. Frankly, Dragon Ball Super made it a lot more weird during its own future arc. Cell Saga, imo, handled it a lot better. And it was strange in the first place.

That said, Perfect Cell is still my favorite DBZ character. About a week ago, I picked up a set of drink glasses with him and Vegeta, via their POP! designs. Maybe I can find Frieza's someday for my complete list of my favorites. He's probably grouped with Goku though.
 

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.....Piccolo Jr Arc is still the coolest arc in all of DB, but that's just my silly little opinion....
 

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The price we pay for Nintendo systems to not be ridiculously expensive. Imagine if the Switch was as powerful as other current gen consoles (without bursting into flames) and how much they'd cost, especially considering Nintendo doesn't sell their consoles at a loss.
Which is why they should just make games for the Xbox. Heck. Make it mutual. Xbox puts a bunch of their titles (360 and older, MAYBE some EARLY gen 8 stuff) for the portability and to sell to another market, and Nintendo starts making Super HD ports of some of their better games like Odyssey and Smash for the graphically inclined. In both cases, not everything. Just a few of the stand out ones.
I would literally hate all of that. I want unique gaming not every console being the same thing. Besides, not everyone is gonna be able to get that 4K/8K/9001K setup and needs to have super detailed graphics for their games when it won’t be needed for every single thing...especially not Smash when there’s bigger priorities

it was amazing to watch, especially when Spidey shows up and entire theater rooms break the **** down then break even further during the Avengers Assemble

it is a godly conclusion to the first story of the MCU (Infinity Saga), and is just too attaching in a good way

ending with half the universe ****ing dying with the full knowledge of multiple movies following it...and even without it Infinity War is not an ending you would want for such a massive movie franchise. Endgame was the perfect ending for the beginnings of the MCU, and helps with making tons of stories for the future
Unique gaming? You mean motion controls and game pads? Like... almost nobody likes Joy-Con motion controls. Except for like in Mario Party. Like, when we used to play Mario Kart Wii, my parents insisted on using motion controls and the wheel. On to Mario kart 8 Deluxe and after the first few races they were asking to turn them off. The portability is nice, and I love it. But I can’t deny that because of the hardware I still prefer only playing sprite based games on the thing. I actually think Smash Ultimate looks king of ugly. I mean, look at DK. Flat drawn on fur and very obviously segmented limbs. Like a PS1 game but with too much depth to be charming.

And as for that stuff about the MCU..... ooooooh boy do I just not agree.
Hard agree. I don't really give a damn if a game is 4k 160 fps RTX with all of this fancy stuff, if anything, I prefer it when games take a more interesting approach and don't just hop on the max graphics bandwagon.

One of the reasons I love Nintendo games is simply because, out of pretty much every other big company, there games have this very vibrant feel and when compared to the generic hyper-realistic games of every era, makes them stand out a lot.
You don’t have to be hyper realistic to look nice. Some games on switch actually look really good. But especially with Smash, it just looks bad. Especially the few times you zoom in like in victory screens and you can physically see the seams. It’s not even about being in 4K or whatever. I just hate the polygonal look. Just like... fix the models. Make em look better when you zoom in
 

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Time travel had already been introduced.

Must I remind of "Dormamu, I've come to bargain."

But really the existence of the time stone in general makes time travel a viable option.
The time stone was basically considered a god item in the series. It allowed for time travel, but the instances we had seen were mainly reversing specific instances. Not full blown going into the past and erasing major plot points to fix bad writing. It was also supposed to be the only thing that could deal with the flow of time.

I look at Naruto as my main gripe. We had
Kakashi and many of the ninjas get killed by the Akatsuki. Giant battle. Many shocking moments happening over and over. End of chapter. "I bring everyone back. good luck"
What was the point. It cheapens death and ruins any tension from then on. Someone died. Lets just bring them back. nah. no thank you.

MCU did the same thing. The entire drama at the end of infinity war. Why should I feel sad for any of the characters that they were snapped. We knew they were coming back. maybe the rest of the run boring. what was the point. Yeah, some could argue the journey. but once time travel is introduced, then there is no journey. just bad writing and bad decisions by supposedly smart characters to justify drama.
 

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I've beel looking through old Seribii forums for pre-Gen 4 speculation.

people were pissed with Weavile's English name. I don't get it, I think it's great.
 

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just bad writing and bad decisions by supposedly smart characters to justify drama.
Spoiled in case.

Especially when they kill off current Thanos in the first 15 minutes in the movie.

Bringing Past Thanos in was such a cheap move...I would have liked it if current Thanos began to notice the Avengers and their allies actions in undoing everything he did and taking action again to stop them.

I also wasn't a fan of the time travel either.
 
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I've beel looking through old Seribii forums for pre-Gen 4 speculation.

people were pissed with Weavile's English name. I don't get it, I think it's great.
What did they want it to be?
 

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most of them wanted it to stay as Manyula, it's japanese name. There was also "Snevil", which is... much worse than Weavile.

Also multiple complaints about Mime Jr. They're saying it should've been... Jr. Mime.
How many, "Looks like Digimon" comments are there?
 

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Spoiled in case.

Especially when they kill off current Thanos in the first 15 minutes in the movie.

Bringing Past Thanos in was such a cheap move...I would have liked it if current Thanos began to notice the Avengers and their allies actions in undoing everything he did and taking action again to stop them.

I also wasn't a fan of the time travel either.
Exactly. I mean, I still would not have liked it but
if they had kept time travel out of it and used the entire movie to defeat future thanos, then use the stones. would have sat better then the time travel plot.
 

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most of them wanted it to stay as Manyula, it's japanese name. There was also "Snevil", which is... much worse than Weavile.

Also multiple complaints about Mime Jr. They're saying it should've been... Jr. Mime.
Kind of weird since the pun in both languages is about the same (weasel + evil/vile/demon or other synonym). I feel that may be a case of fans getting used to the Japanese name and just not liking it changing as a result.
 
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Kind of weird since the pun in both languages is about the same (weasel + evil/vile/demon and other synonyms). I feel that may be a case of fans getting used to the Japanese name and just not liking it changing as a result.
That tended to happen a lot. Especially back when Corocoro leaks were a thing.

I miss Pokémon Corocoro leaks
 

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Spoiled in case.

Especially when they kill off current Thanos in the first 15 minutes in the movie.

Bringing Past Thanos in was such a cheap move...I would have liked it if current Thanos began to notice the Avengers and their allies actions in undoing everything he did and taking action again to stop them.

I also wasn't a fan of the time travel either.
I liked the idea of time travel in theory. But once it became just about getting the stones and not.. ya know... undoing thanos’s actions, I began to dislike it.
 

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Rie Sonomura Rie Sonomura I hope your dad pulls through. Good luck. :)

...The Cell Saga is fun, but a real mess. Though at least it does go with the "different futures" bit instead of trying to make it a pure happy ending. Since that's a major theory on how trying to manipulate time works. Frankly, Dragon Ball Super made it a lot more weird during its own future arc. Cell Saga, imo, handled it a lot better. And it was strange in the first place.

That said, Perfect Cell is still my favorite DBZ character. About a week ago, I picked up a set of drink glasses with him and Vegeta, via their POP! designs. Maybe I can find Frieza's someday for my complete list of my favorites. He's probably grouped with Goku though.
The villans in boths Dragon Ball time travel arcs were cool imo, i like Goku Black and his SSR form.
 

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I miss the old style of Pokémon generation speculation.

Gens 3-5 we had a stronger dependence on CoroCoro and had to wait long after Japan got the info before English stuff came (sometimes we didn't get it in English until the game's launch)

Gens 6-8 introduced simultaneous worldwide reveal trailers and that took away a lot of the mystery and fun.
 

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The villans in boths Dragon Ball time travel arcs were cool imo, i like Goku Black and his SSR form.
I more meant how the arc itself went. Felt unnecessarily dark. Cell Saga was a lot lighter, but it also had characters who were willing to turn good and a far less confusing set of villains. The entire backstory for Goku Black was strange.

He's a cool villain, though.
 

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This is a really good fan made trailer
 
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