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[PLATINUM7]

As long as it was caught in SV your good don’t forget the trade evolutions are higher tier raids as well in SV.

I really do not care for raids.

 

[ZephyrZ]

We chit the XY staff files which have a whole bunch of never before seen concept arts and even a few new pokemon.

And holy **** did they cook with this. How the hell did they fumble the bag? These mega designs are crazy:

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Honestly not crazy about most of these, but that Mewtwo is so much better then the ones we got.

Makes me dislike Mega Mewtwo Y even more.

 

[Z25]

Whole bunch of other beta mons and designs, including a completely off the walls concept for a pokemon I think?? Maybe a human, you’ll see what

Spoiler

They robbed us if beta Breloom
Twice
!

Now for the wildest one:

This is the living embodiment of Pokerus according to the text. Scientists experimented on the virus creating a living version of it.

 

[osby]

Typhlosion fans, your boy is off the hook!
https://x.com/roltas01/status/1846638683371270538?s=46

I don't follow the Pokemon leaks but maybe this will stop people from taking machine translations as irrefutable truth (it won't).

 

[Z25]

Oh yeah just for Noipoi

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Typhlosion fans, your boy is off the hook!
https://x.com/roltas01/status/1846638683371270538?s=46

A user on TV Tropes who can read Japanese disagrees, he says the Machine Translation is near identical to the actual translation.

 

[ZephyrZ]

A user on TV Tropes who can read Japanese disagrees, he says the Machine Translation is near identical to the actual translation.

Even if that's so, I think that person's point was that context and cultural background have to be taken into account when translated things. Even if something is translated accurately word-to-word tone and connotation can be lost, and most English speakers didn't grow up with yokai stories.

Point is that this Typhlosion story isn't worth freaking out over to the extent people have. I know I've jumped in on the jokes a few times myself but honestly I think it's run its course by now.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Even if that's so, I think that person's point was that context and cultural background have to be taken into account when translated things. Even if something is translated accurately word-to-word tone and connotation can be lost, and most English speakers didn't grow up with yokai stories.

Point is that this Typhlosion story isn't worth freaking out over to the extent people have. I know I've jumped in on the jokes a few times myself but honestly I think it's run its course by now.

Yeah a big part of it is probably with how sanitized fairy tales are for our circles of the world. Like, at the end of the classic Cinderella, the ugly stepsisters got their eyes plucked out by crows and ****. It was worth a few laughs but Pokemon fans run **** to the ground real easy.


I liked the one video where someone made the pokemon in these yokai stories do the Sex Offender Shuffle though, that got me good

 

[TheMightyP]

There were people calling for that lady to be fired and she didn't even exist. Pokemon fans are funny

 

[osby]

There were people calling for that lady to be fired and she didn't even exist. Pokemon fans are funny

For making a draft that wasn't meant to go public???

 

[TheMightyP]

For making a draft that wasn't meant to go public???

Yeah

Never said they were smart

 

[Cutie Gwen]

For making a draft that wasn't meant to go public???

I'm not shocked about the people who struggle to read a game for ages 3+ to get that pissy about what I feel is clearly a writing exercise. Like, if you can write a short story using pokemon as folklore stuff, you can probably get to come up with ideas for a pokemon or how to write them, no?

 

[Wario Bros.]

I'm seeing more and more people thinking the NSO playtest could be GameCube related.

If that was the case, it wouldn't be a measly 2.2 GB in size nor would Nintendo omit saying the GameCube controller adapter is recommended before launch.

Streaming such seems unlikely too.

I just checked the complete Kingdom Hearts cloud version collection and it's only 231 MB combined in size, so the playtest possibly being some sort of cloud or streaming service is unlikely.

 

[Noipoi]

Super Nintendo World at Universal Epic Universe opens May 22 2025!

 

[Jondolio]

My main takeaway from making my own animations for my game project is that when I start my own studio, I'm going to need an artist.

That's probably obvious to anyone with even a little bit of common sense and knowledge of how game development works but until a few days ago I was on a high that made me believe I can make a whole ass video game by myself in less than a month and making those animations is a really humbling experience

 

[PeridotGX]

We chit the XY staff files which have a whole bunch of never before seen concept arts and even a few new pokemon.

And holy **** did they cook with this. How the hell did they fumble the bag? These mega designs are crazy:

Spoiler

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Some of these Mega Venusaurs look like they would discard the grass type and be Poision/Dragon or Poison/Ground or something. Which I think would be pretty cool if we get a Mega Venusaur Z or whatever - they pretty much never acknowledge the line being part poison.

 

[Jondolio]

Persona 3 Reload update.

October 4th just happened and I'm not ok

 

[Arcanir]

We chit the XY staff files which have a whole bunch of never before seen concept arts and even a few new pokemon.

And holy **** did they cook with this. How the hell did they fumble the bag? These mega designs are crazy:

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Venusaur's pretty neat, it has a sagely feel to it that I wish was retained. Not really feeling the others.

MegaZard Y is pretty clunky, Blastoise I don't like how the cannons are set up (I do like return of Wartortle's tail and the mustache though), and Mewtwo is fine but I do prefer the more Mew-like final design.

A user on TV Tropes who can read Japanese disagrees, he says the Machine Translation is near identical to the actual translation.

In essence it's probably more accurate to say it's misinterpreted. The story is still similar to what was originally translated, but a lot of the details were misread by many fans such as the age of the woman and the context of the story. Many fans also came to the same conclusion (Lockstin even put up a video touching on many of the same things) and have been arguing that as well.

That said, the twitter post is still good to have as it gives a strong voice and evidence to those arguments and allows for others to get a better understanding of the context behind them.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Persona 3 Reload update.

October 4th just happened and I'm not ok

Yeah, can't believe they made a bigger deal of Nanako's birthday than Dojima did. Glad you're having fun there like the rest of us

 

[Jondolio]

Yeah, can't believe they made a bigger deal of Nanako's birthday than Dojima did. Glad you're having fun there like the rest of us

You joke but Nanako is one of the few characters in gaming who made me tear up in a game and now a certain someone else has joined those ranks on the same day she was born

 

[Dukefire]

Just a heads up. One Piece both Anime and Manga are going into Hiatus. For those that have not caught up with 1100+ chapters and 1000+ episodes (with movies and specials), you now have the chance. Sorry to others that are constantly following new releases each week.

 

[TheMightyP]

You know the Pink Panther theme? You know, it goes Dead App, Dead App, Deadappdeadappdeadapp Deeeeeaaad App

 

[Dukefire]

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You know the Pink Panther theme? You know, it goes Dead App, Dead App, Deadappdeadappdeadapp Deeeeeaaad App

well now.............I only use twitter to look for stuff like news updates on games, but this is ridiculous.

Also, here is the Pink Panther theme since it was brought up.

 

[Jondolio]

Just a heads up. One Piece both Anime and Manga are going into Hiatus. For those that have not caught up with 1100+ chapters and 1000+ episodes (with movies and specials), you now have the chance. Sorry to others that are constantly following new releases each week.

On the one hand, it's objectively a good thing that Oda gets to take breaks between chapters since making manga takes its toll and I do not want anything to happen to him.

On the other hand, and I fully admit I'm being selfish here, man those breaks kill my momentum. It's hard to stay hyperfixated on my favorite thing when the story constantly stops at dramatic points and I forget what happened in the last chapter by the time it returns.

But I will emphasize that it is the epitome of first world problems and Oda's health takes priority, i have other ways to keep myself busy

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Just a heads up. One Piece both Anime and Manga are going into Hiatus. For those that have not caught up with 1100+ chapters and 1000+ episodes (with movies and specials), you now have the chance. Sorry to others that are constantly following new releases each week.

One Piece truly is living up to its title of outlasting human civilization. Lol.

 

[Z25]

Also Gen 5 had a scrapped mythical that was steel electric. For some reason it’s in the beta intro for the game. Some people think it was maybe reworked into Victini but I don’t think so.

X and Y also cut a mythical and were originally planed to have 4. This one is being heavily speculated to be Zeraora for a variety of spoiler reasons related to other leaks. But if you want to see the cut Gen 5 mythical here you go:

Spoiler

 

[Jondolio]

One Piece truly is living up to its title of outlasting human civilization. Lol.

It's not even the longest serialization in Jump's history

 

[cashregister9]

FBC Firebreak looks like it could be a lot of fun

It's essentially Left 4 Dead + SCP which should be a winning combination. Add in the fact that it is related to Control and it could be wild.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Persona 3 Reload update.

October 4th just happened and I'm not ok

welcome to pain

 

[PLATINUM7]

Just a heads up. One Piece both Anime and Manga are going into Hiatus. For those that have not caught up with 1100+ chapters and 1000+ episodes (with movies and specials), you now have the chance. Sorry to others that are constantly following new releases each week.

Isn't the manga just going on a two week break?

That doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

an actual professor email…Persona truly does save lives

 

[Noipoi]

All these Sonic Generations rewrites and Classic Sonic still can't talk.

Bring back Jaleel White goddamnit!

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Isn't the manga just going on a two week break?

That doesn't seem like that big of a deal.

tell that to the One Piece fans online…they’ve gone depressed mode

 

[Jondolio]

welcome to pain

I actually cried

This doesn't happen often

 

[KingofPhantoms]

I have finished Season 1 of Centaurworld.

Spoiler

Horse and Rider's reunion was genuinely one of the most moving things I've seen in an animated show in quite some time. I actually teared up.

Following that up with the sudden appearance of the Nowhere King and his insane introduction, though...Yeah, the two parts of the season finale are peak.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

Ghostbusters is a cool franchise.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I want to believe that Masahiro Sakurai's special finale video will come out by the end of this month.

What I am very iffy about is if it's a game/service announcement or not.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Whole bunch of other beta mons and designs, including a completely off the walls concept for a pokemon I think?? Maybe a human, you’ll see what

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Now for the wildest one:
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This is the living embodiment of Pokerus according to the text. Scientists experimented on the virus creating a living version of it.

Chameleos, is.that ypu?

 

[Noipoi]

Whole bunch of other beta mons and designs, including a completely off the walls concept for a pokemon I think?? Maybe a human, you’ll see what

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Now for the wildest one:
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This is the living embodiment of Pokerus according to the text. Scientists experimented on the virus creating a living version of it.

Peanut Dino
Bone Cassowary

We were robbed

 

[Shroob]

I want to believe that Masahiro Sakurai's special finale video will come out by the end of this month.

What I am very iffy about is if it's a game/service announcement or not.

I dunno.

I feel like if it was a big, big announcement of like, a game or something, Nintendo would be the one to want to release the info first, not the channel of a developer that not everyone's subscribed to.