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


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The animations look pretty solid and full of life. As much as Iā€™ll miss certain mannerisms and actions from Charged, I think they style and effort put into the presentation is anything but lacking. Feels even tv show quality, especially with the facial animations

So far my biggest complaint is the lackluster roster size, not just like missing Daisy but thereā€™s not even enough characters for three unique teams at launch. Yes I know theyā€™re adding in more post launch but even the rosters of the last two sports games that did this practice felt more like a complete base. I honestly wouldnā€™t have minded seeing this game come out a bit later if it meant more characters in base.
 
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The animations look pretty solid and full of life. As much as Iā€™ll miss certain mannerisms and actions from Charged, I think they style and effort put into the presentation is anything but lacking. Feels even tv show quality, especially with the facial animations

So far my biggest complaint is the lackluster roster size, not just like missing Daisy but thereā€™s not even enough characters for three unique teams at launch. Yes I know theyā€™re adding in more post launch but even the rosters of the last two sports games that did this practice felt more like a complete base. I honestly wouldnā€™t have minded seeing this game come out a bit later if it meant more characters in base.
It's just the unfortunate state of where games are at in the industry right now: There's the pressure from fans and suits alike to get things out NOW NOW NOW that these concessions have to be made to reach deadlines. It's messed up, but hey, at least Nintendo is offering the updates for free, most other companies would charge extra for 'em on top with season passes or FOMO stuff.

Video games are in a patch culture now. Biggest reason why you can't really judge anything at launch anymore, it could look totally different 6+ months from then. :drshrug:
 
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New One Piece chapter just dropped

Hopefully now the "Raid's gonna fail" crowd will finally shut up
One Piece: Kaido will go down and people will still say "NAH BRO HE TOPPEST TOP TIER RAID'S GONNA FAIL LUFFY AIN'T NOTHIN' ON MAH BOI KAIDO THIS POWER SCALING WACK".

These kinds of Kaido fans are annoying lol
 
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This is gonna be a good week for me, that's for sure. This and next as my brother and sister had come into town and tomorrow were gonna be celebrating my dad's birthday. Next week then gonna rewatch the original Top Gun before seeing Maverick the following day. Me, my brother, dad, uncle and maybe cousin. My sister is only staying for a few days apparently.
 

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I've come to the realization that along with the akhlut and dragon. The qilin is another of my favorite mythological creatures.

What I love about them is basically being China's chimera, blend of dragon, horse, deer and ox as well as their benevolent nature.
 

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I've come to the realization that along with the akhlut and dragon. The qilin is another of my favorite mythological creatures.

What I love about them is basically being China's chimera, blend of dragon, horse, deer and ox as well as their benevolent nature.
Ancient Chinese people see a giraffe
"Holy **** it's a dragon."
 

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Ancient Chinese people see a giraffe
"Holy **** it's a dragon."
That I definitely knew.

When Zheng He (Basically Chinese Christopher Columbus) brought a giraffe back from North western Africa, the giraffe was apparently believed to be a qilin.

Which also gave me the idea in the concept of Cryptozoologicon if the qilin was a real animal, it'd probably be part of the giraffidae family, perhaps more related to the okapi as a species native to China and any other borders sharing the country.
 
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I've come to the realization that along with the akhlut and dragon. The qilin is another of my favorite mythological creatures.

What I love about them is basically being China's chimera, blend of dragon, horse, deer and ox as well as their benevolent nature.
I mean, blending different animals to get a new creature is something a lot of cultures have, it's not even unique to qilin in Chinese folklore.

Even dragons alone were occasionally said to have elements from nine animals.
 

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I mean, blending different animals to get a new creature is something a lot of cultures have, it's not even unique to qilin in Chinese folklore.

Even dragons alone were occasionally said to have elements from nine animals.
Notably the akhlut as I mentioned though its just two animals. An orca-wolf spirit from Inuit mythology. Said to take on the form of an orca in the sea but otherwise wolf on land, though some legends says a hybrid of the two.

Such a perfect blend though. Orcas are called wolves of the sea for a reason after all. :D
 

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One Piece: Kaido will go down and people will still say "NAH BRO HE TOPPEST TOP TIER RAID'S GONNA FAIL LUFFY AIN'T NOTHIN' ON MAH BOI KAIDO THIS POWER SCALING WACK".

These kinds of Kaido fans are annoying lol
(Read at your own risk) my mans already down
With all due respect, it took Luffy literally dying and being revived as a literal god to beat him. I don't understand how people saw Gear 5 and thought he wasn't gonna win this fight. Narrative framing is important and also not very hard to understand
 
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Aside from Daisy, I guess Diddy and Pauline would be cool to see in the new Strikers game. I imagine more jobber types like Hammer Bros will be in at some point too.
 

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Where's Geno tho?
1. Go to the title screen, do the Konami Code,
2. Collect all 4 armor pieces, 8 heart tanks, 4 sub-tanks, go to Armored Armadillo's Stage, get 10 goals,
3. Win 3 matches with a perfect ending with a super shot.
4. Collect 7 Chaos Emeralds, collect 7 Super Emeralds,
5. Get the R,U,S,H chips.
6. Win a match without Blocking.
7. Win another match with only low kick to beat Reptile.
8. Save the Baby Metroid.
9. Get 25 Crystals.
10. Defeat Fulgore
11. Get the Golden Chocobo.

Then you beat Geno in a match you have to get EXACTLY 7 Goals or you have to start all over.
 
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