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[Dukefire]

It's still very interesting that WayForward decided to make their Shantae game for DS a brand new installment rather than it being a port of the true sequel that was originally planned for GBA.

It was scrapped, so I guess Matt decided to continue the story without the GBA game.
Still....

Original Artist: TCD on twitter

 

[TMNTSSB4]

hot damn these DBS spoilers are insane

 

[KillerCage]

me rn playing splatoon with friends be like:
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Speaking of Splatoon...

Drums, Guitar, or Keyboard?

 

[Noipoi]

Speaking of Splatoon...

Drums, Guitar, or Keyboard?

That set up sounds…

Spoiler: familiar…

 

[Alphine Agnitio]

Speaking of Splatoon...

Drums, Guitar, or Keyboard?

I'm not 100% but most of my friends seem to be going either guitar or keyboard

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Who do you guys think are the "official" starters for each Pokemon generation? Like, the ones you feel the Pokemon Company is generally drawn to most and put the most focus on

Here's my thoughts:

Kanto: Charmander (I mean...)
Johto: Chikorita (Out of all the Johto starters I feel this one gets the Pokemon Company focus most. It's the only one of Ash's Johto starters to evolve in the anime at the time - his Cyndaquil didn't evolve for AGES and Totodile was stuck as a Totodile. There was also a Mystery Dungeon special where it was part of the central team. also bias)
Hoenn: Treecko (I feel this one is pretty obvious too, I mean it was Ash's ONLY Hoenn starter and it evolved fully. Plus, there was a Grovyle in one of the Mystery Dungeon games who was very important to the plot.)
Sinnoh: Piplup (It's an odd one, but it feels the most exposed of the three, even though Ash didn't have one in the anime. Dawn's Piplup is a HUGE deal and in general Piplup is closely tied with gen IV.)
Unova: Tepig??? (Ash had one and it evolved while Snivy and Oshawott didn't? Idek, this is the hardest one by far aside from the gens I'm not familiar with enough. All the Unova starters feel equally-focused.)
Kalos: Froakie (I mean...)
Alola: Litten (You know the drill, Ash had one, it fully evolved, helped Ash win the league along the way...oh yeah, it's also in Smash, kind of a big deal)

I'm not familiar enough with the media surrounding Gens VIII and IX to figure them out, but I feel Meowscarada is the leading favorite for Gen IX. It'll get in Smash. Just watch.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I ****ing hate this Shantae 3D model so much

 

[Noipoi]

Pokemon master, comin' through.

Johto: Chikorita (Out of all the Johto starters I feel this one gets the Pokemon Company focus most. It's the only one of Ash's Johto starters to evolve in the anime at the time - his Cyndaquil didn't evolve for AGES and Totodile was stuck as a Totodile. There was also a Mystery Dungeon special where it was part of the central team. also bias)

Your love for Chikorita has blinded you. The answer is the Cyndaquil line, Typhlosion to be specific. Though honestly the gen 2 starters as a whole ae decidedly in the background most of the time.

Unova: Tepig??? (Ash had one and it evolved while Snivy and Oshawott didn't? Idek, this is the hardest one by far aside from the gens I'm not familiar with enough. All the Unova starters feel equally-focused.)

The Oshawott line has become the defacto starter for Unova.

Alola: Litten (You know the drill, Ash had one, it fully evolved, helped Ash win the league along the way...oh yeah, it's also in Smash, kind of a big deal)

Alola is strange because Rowlet itself is the most popular overall, but of the third stages Decidueye and Incineroar are constantly battling for the spotlight. Poor Primarina...

I'm not familiar enough with the media surrounding Gens VIII and IX to figure them out, but I feel Meowscarada is the leading favorite for Gen IX. It'll get in Smash. Just watch.

Scorbunny line takes it for gen 8. Sprigatito line takes it for gen 9.

 

[Zinith]

Where's Bass?

 

[Noipoi]

Where's Bass?

In Mega Man 7

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Pokemon master, comin' through.

Your love for Chikorita has blinded you. The answer is the Cyndaquil line, Typhlosion to be specific. Though honestly the gen 2 starters as a whole ae decidedly in the background most of the time.

The Oshawott line has become the defacto starter for Unova.

Alola is strange because Rowlet itself is the most popular overall, but of the third stages Decidueye and Incineroar are constantly battling for the spotlight. Poor Primarina...

Scorbunny line takes it for gen 8. Sprigatito line takes it for gen 9.

I probably should've mentioned Legends Arceus, which had Cynda, Osha and Row as its starters. I wasn't sure how much it counted, given how it's likely every Legends game will have different starters. But those three being the first does help them stand out more.

But ofc I'm gonna continue being wilfully ignorant and dying on the Chikorita ship regardless /lh

 

[Shroob]

I ****ing hate this Shantae 3D model so much

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Isn't that the uhhh


The one used in 'those' kind of videos?

 

[Wario Bros.]

Isn't that the uhhh


The one used in 'those' kind of videos?

Yes, but many have also been using this for not 'those' purposes too.

 

[TheMightyP]

Isn't that the uhhh


The one used in 'those' kind of videos?

Pretty sure it is.

Not that I know or anything, just heard it from a friend.

 

[Noipoi]

Isn't that the uhhh


The one used in 'those' kind of videos?

Uh oh

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Isn't that the uhhh


The one used in 'those' kind of videos?

Pornography text

 

[cashregister9]

Beat Resident Evil for the first time

 

[TheMightyP]

Drop this conversation now

 

[SnakeFighter64]

I just remembered that Donkey Kong Country Returns was ported to the NVIDIA Shield in China by Nintendo. That device is based off of Android software. So is the switch. There’s an HD version of that game that would be relatively easy to bring to the switch due to the similar hardware and software architecture. They gotta do it.

 

[Wario Bros.]

I just remembered that I still haven't completed the Blueberry Dex.

 

[Aurane]

I ****ing hate this Shantae 3D model so much

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Did it make you sin again?

Frankly I think it can be fixed. Just needs better attention to detail. Her pants look like rubber and the metal bits dont look like... metal. Maybe some more cartoonish changes to fit with her official design. I do hate her eyes, they need to be completely redone.

Ironically when I compared her to other designs, her boobs seem to be smaller for, likely, a more realistic body shape.

All this being said, I don't even like Shantae. So I'm not really on anyone's side here, except for the guys who know what this model was made for. I've seen the videos. They're mid at best. I give it three limp bananas out of 7.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Let's argue: which starters are the best (or just your favorite idc) and which are the cutest?

While Chikorita and Sobble are my overall favorites, I'm going to die on the hill of Gen 6's lineup being the best overall. As for cutest I'm sticking with Treecko cuz I'm a sucker for lil lizard bois.

 

[Aurane]

Let's argue: which starters are the best (or just your favorite idc) and which are the cutest?
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While Chikorita and Sobble are my overall favorites, I'm going to die on the hill of Gen 6's lineup being the best overall. As for cutest I'm sticking with Treecko cuz I'm a sucker for lil lizard bois.

Starting with both Umbreon and Espeon was definitely a fresh breath of change, but I gotta say Eevee in XD. Eevee as a starter means your playthrough can have a multitude of different teams with the same starter.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

Good evening.

Have some Deltarune.

 

[osby]

Let's argue: which starters are the best (or just your favorite idc) and which are the cutest?
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While Chikorita and Sobble are my overall favorites, I'm going to die on the hill of Gen 6's lineup being the best overall. As for cutest I'm sticking with Treecko cuz I'm a sucker for lil lizard bois.

Psyduck is the best everything: best starter, best Water type, best Pokemon.

Torchic is also fine I guess. Best overall selection is still either Gen 3 or Gen 6.

 

[Hex D. Jess]

Let's argue: which starters are the best (or just your favorite idc) and which are the cutest?
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While Chikorita and Sobble are my overall favorites, I'm going to die on the hill of Gen 6's lineup being the best overall. As for cutest I'm sticking with Treecko cuz I'm a sucker for lil lizard bois.

Gen 3 has the best starter trio overall imo. You can't really go wrong with any of them

For the cutest I have to say Rowlet, it's shaped like a friend

 

[Noipoi]

Let's argue: which starters are the best (or just your favorite idc) and which are the cutest?
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While Chikorita and Sobble are my overall favorites, I'm going to die on the hill of Gen 6's lineup being the best overall. As for cutest I'm sticking with Treecko cuz I'm a sucker for lil lizard bois.

Gen 3 and 4 probably have the best trios. Just solid designs all around.

Gen 6 has the best theming, though the designs (barring Greninja) are pretty weak.

I actually really love the Gen 7 trio too, though I know they’re divisive. They’re all just so wacky and expressive and I love them for it.

Gen 8 has to be the weakest overall, through all stages of evolution. The first stages are cute but their silhouettes are all so samey, big round heads on little bodies with some sort of two-pronged head ornament on top. Rillaboom and Cinderace are decent enough but nothing outstanding, and we all know how I feel about Inteleon. Which is a shame because Sobble’s adorable.

 

[Pink Yoshi]

Something that's always bothered me is how that in the Gen II canon, it's pretty much canon that Silver picked/stole Totodile as his starter. It's so ****ing lame that the meanest rival (pre-development anyway) picks the mean awful crocodile while the main hero picks the cute mousey.

This is part of why I almost always pick either Chiko or Toto (as well as the fact that I just don't really vibe with Cyndaquil overall...outside of Mystery Dungeon Explorers, where it's peak. I also dig Hisuian Typhlosion). In my current Soul Silver run, I picked Totodile so as to represent my Mystery Dungeon OC Cleo (you don't wanna know how long it took for me to soft-reset to get a female), and I think Chikorita fits his arc well, how he grows from a nasty berating trainer to a genuinely better person who learns to treat his Pokemon better and use them better too after Lance whoops him.

Cyndaquil works well too cuz Typhlosion gives me a very Silver-y energy. Idk, just the vibe.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Cyndaquil works well too cuz Typhlosion gives me a very Silver-y energy. Idk, just the vibe.

I kinda see it tbh, the closed eyes for Cyndaquil makes it come across as very timid and scared to me, Quilava as more alert and Silver's development to be friendly to his pokemon has Typhlosion able to stand proud, quite literally

 

[Hex D. Jess]

As someone who usually chooses Totodile it's kinda funny to me how the edgy, mean rival who complains his Pokémon being useless ends up with a Meganium. Talk about a mismatch

 

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Pokemon Shiny Hunting reminder. Today is the Kyogre Raid Day in Pokemon Go, so Shiny rates will be around ~1/10 (Shiny Legendarys in Go have guaranteed captures).

Remote Raids have been temporarily boosted to 20 for today, so even if you don't play the game much, you can still join randoms online.

 

[Wario Bros.]

So...

Do you think that this is the week we will get the final wave of spirits in Smash Ultimate?

 

[Dukefire]

Yes, but many have also been using this for not 'those' purposes too.

Yeah, but that one seems to be the most used in the gmod and sfm community.
As a certain internet safety said. "If you are a female character. NEVER. EVER. GOOGLE YOUR OWN NAME! For your own sake, just don't." The internet always have people that crosses boundaries some if not most dare to do for art and/or videos.
Here is a fan work comic to take the mind off of THAT topic.

Spoiler: Image is big and long.

Artist: thegreatgba
If too blurry, Click here

 

[Noipoi]

Bean man

 

[Megadoomer]

One Piece chapter 1110 got its official release today.

Spoiler

It's so insane to me that, going into this arc, I figured it would be a light exposition-heavy arc before the more intense final arcs. The Straw Hats find about the Seraphim (clones of the Warlords with genetic traits from other species), have a token fight against Cipher Pol 0 (a government agency that they've already fought before)...

...and then a Buster Call was declared on the island, and an Admiral (one of the most powerful members of the Marines) showed up.

And he brought one of the Five Elder Stars with him. The group is so mysterious that they were introduced roughly 900 chapters ago and, despite being the leaders of the World Government supposedly, they didn't even have their names revealed until very, very recently.

That alone would make this arc much more of an uphill struggle than I expected, but then, Vegapunk (a sympathetic scientist who turned to the World Government for funding) set up a global announcement to reveal some kind of dark secret that the World Government really does not want to get out, to the point where they would murder every single person on an island, burn the island to the ground, and paint its inhabitants as crazed murderers because a handful of scholars were studying that period of history.

This leads to a double page spread that it feels like Oda has wanted to do for a long time:

(using a fan translation since I can't copy/paste double page spreads from the official scans as one full image)

There's no reaction shots from other characters, no dialogue - just the Five Elder Stars/Planets, fully transformed (previously, they'd only ever transformed once, with their forms being hidden in shadow) and out for blood in a desperate attempt to stop something that they've kept secret for 800 years from being revealed. These characters have been around for over twenty years real-time and have been one of the biggest mysteries of One Piece (it's unclear what's going on with them - flashbacks to 40 years before the events of the series have them looking identical to how they look now). I figured that they'd be politicians, running the government but leaving the fighting to the Marines, before this arc (and the recent Sabo flashback that showed their shadowed transformations), so this shot is incredible for me.

It's hard for me to put into perspective how insane this is if you're not familiar with One Piece, but it's kind of like the "Avengers Assemble" scene in Avengers Endgame, except the tone is reversed because it's the top villains of the series who are all showing up because they desperately want to stop Vegapunk, with Luffy (the main protagonist) standing in their way. (Luffy's the little guy in the foreground) It would be like if, midway through a Legend of Zelda game, all of the bosses attacked you at once.

This arc has turned into some end-of-series levels of chaos and escalation, which has me wondering how crazy the finale of the series is going to get if this is just a preview.

Also, I've started Chainsaw Man. Denji's a heavily flawed character (kind of endearing, but it's hard to look past the sheer amount of flaws at times), and Makima's clearly taking advantage of that (chapter 12 has her being more than a little creepy in that regard), but it's enjoyable so far. I think I prefer the slice-of-life/downtime material.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

One Piece chapter 1110 got its official release today.

Spoiler

It's so insane to me that, going into this arc, I figured it would be a light exposition-heavy arc before the more intense final arcs. The Straw Hats find about the Seraphim (clones of the Warlords with genetic traits from other species), have a token fight against Cipher Pol 0 (a government agency that they've already fought before)...

...and then a Buster Call was declared on the island, and an Admiral (one of the most powerful members of the Marines) showed up.

And he brought one of the Five Elder Stars with him. The group is so mysterious that they were introduced roughly 900 chapters ago and, despite being the leaders of the World Government supposedly, they didn't even have their names revealed until very, very recently.

That alone would make this arc much more of an uphill struggle than I expected, but then, Vegapunk (a sympathetic scientist who turned to the World Government for funding) set up a global announcement to reveal some kind of dark secret that the World Government really does not want to get out, to the point where they would murder every single person on an island, burn the island to the ground, and paint its inhabitants as crazed murderers because a handful of scholars were studying that period of history.

This leads to a double page spread that it feels like Oda has wanted to do for a long time:

(using a fan translation since I can't copy/paste double page spreads from the official scans as one full image)

There's no reaction shots from other characters, no dialogue - just the Five Elder Stars/Planets, fully transformed (previously, they'd only ever transformed once, with their forms being hidden in shadow) and out for blood in a desperate attempt to stop something that they've kept secret for 800 years from being revealed. These characters have been around for over twenty years real-time and have been one of the biggest mysteries of One Piece (it's unclear what's going on with them - flashbacks to 40 years before the events of the series have them looking identical to how they look now). I figured that they'd be politicians, running the government but leaving the fighting to the Marines, before this arc (and the recent Sabo flashback that showed their shadowed transformations), so this shot is incredible for me.

It's hard for me to put into perspective how insane this is if you're not familiar with One Piece, but it's kind of like the "Avengers Assemble" scene in Avengers Endgame, except the tone is reversed because it's the top villains of the series who are all showing up because they desperately want to stop Vegapunk, with Luffy (the main protagonist) standing in their way. (Luffy's the little guy in the foreground) It would be like if, midway through a Legend of Zelda game, all of the bosses attacked you at once.

This arc has turned into some end-of-series levels of chaos and escalation, which has me wondering how crazy the finale of the series is going to get if this is just a preview.

Also, I've started Chainsaw Man. Denji's a heavily flawed character (kind of endearing, but it's hard to look past the sheer amount of flaws at times), and Makima's clearly taking advantage of that (chapter 12 has her being more than a little creepy in that regard), but it's enjoyable so far. I think I prefer the slice-of-life/downtime material.

I don't quite get what you mean with hard to look past his flaws cause they're all part of what makes the writing so good imo as Denji and his massive flaws make for a very fascinating character unlike most pervert characters, especially as Denji isn't a creep. Glad you're enjoying it, the downtime in CSM is simply fantastic

 

[Noipoi]

Every girl I’ve been into recently has turned out to be a lesbian.

Once is an occurrence, twice is a coincidence, three times…what the hell is going on??

 

[Megadoomer]

I don't quite get what you mean with hard to look past his flaws cause they're all part of what makes the writing so good imo as Denji and his massive flaws make for a very fascinating character unlike most pervert characters, especially as Denji isn't a creep. Glad you're enjoying it, the downtime in CSM is simply fantastic

It's hard for me to describe, since I'm only about twelve chapters in, but it seems like any reasonably attractive woman could manipulate him to do anything (even betray the organization that he works for) and he'd do it without question if she promised anything lewd. Maybe he has a stronger moral compass than I realize, though.

 

[StormC]

So...

Do you think that this is the week we will get the final wave of spirits in Smash Ultimate?

Possibly. Maybe they’re related to Peach Showtime.

 

[Noipoi]

So...

Do you think that this is the week we will get the final wave of spirits in Smash Ultimate?

Yesn’t