No, the current stat system is what's destroying the competitive element of the game. The competition is team-building and battle strategy skills. Not who can cheat or spend the most time breeding. Implementing the changes I mentioned would allow anyone to participate in competitive battles on even-ground without the…

I'm considering starting a thread somewhere asking people for help writing a letter to GameFreak. I want to request that in the next generation, they consider removing all these random elements, or make it possible to change them after the fact.

It's too bad the ice type still sucks. Ice and poison were the two "shit" types in the past, and they've been giving poison a lot of love to boost it (toxic spikes, now fairy type), but still left ice as shitty as ever. Hail is the worst weather of them all and only helps ice types and that's it. And even though they…

One simple thing you can do is change the battle mode from "shift" to "set." On shift, you get a free switch every time you KO an opponent's Pokemon, meaning you can get your counter to whatever they're sending out next onto the field with no risk. On set, if you want to switch to a counter, they'll have to take a hit…

Hey Patricia, since you mention several times in this (and previous) articles that the game can be too easy, here's one tip you might want to add: switch the battle mode from "shift" to "set." Shift if the default, and every time you knock out an opponent trainer's Pokemon, it tells you what they're about to send out…

I got both too, although I'll never trade with myself in X/Y because right now I only have 1 3DS and if I ever get a second I don't want to lose all my wireless settings in one of the games by switching to a different system ID.

I got both versions, where's my poll option!?

Is it weird that I felt a pang of sadness went the screen went dead. I think it's a sign that I'm too emotionally invested in my own 3DS.

For those who don't know, the guy in the panda suit is actually one of the owners of this little business that produces music videos for random teenage girls. I can't remember the name of it (simple google search if you're interested), but basically they've done a whole bunch of these. "Friday" actually wasn't even…

Wow, and to think I was hoping I'd have this to tide me over until we get Lightning Returns. I'll be lucky to have it for more than a month O_o

Ugh, with every new version of Skylanders I become less and less interested. I'm glad this wasn't around when I was a kid, my parents would've hated it and I would've hated myself once I grew up. Pokemon cards were bad enough.

David Cage is taking the wrong cues from Hollywood when it comes to writing. As much as I loved the ideas and gameplay in Heavy Rain, I could never look past the terrible storyline. Sounds like Beyond has the exact same problem.

I think the idea is that they want it to be simple enough for kids to play without getting stuck. You can get as creative as you want in completing missions, even making them way more complicated than you need to. It's more about the player's imagination than the developers'.

I bought it just because I've always wanted a Scribblenauts game (never played any of them before). It's hilariously fun, but I can certainly see the disappointment. Doesn't seem worth it as a full-priced entry if you already have Super Scribblenauts. I'm enjoying it at least. I have more fun just creating ridiculous…

They're giving you 30 days free. If that's not enough time to transfer Pokemon from older generations, well, don't know what you to tell you. Frankly, $5 a year is negligible and I'm more than happy to pay that for everything we'll get with the service. At least they don't have paid DLC in Pokemon.

Oh man this looks like such an awesome cross-promotion! I really need to get back into FFXIV so that I can actually participate in these events (I'm recognizing some high-level environments). I kinda quit playing and got into other games, so my character still hasn't hit lv40!

Please please PLEASE submit this letter to Fox News and other mainstream media outlets. Anyone looking at this site is probably already informed. The people who need to read this are probably using other news outlets.

It posted twice because of a glitch and I couldn't figure out a way to delete it on my phone. Damn people are rude online, I forget that sometimes.

Who said I was a Sony fanboy? I prefer the Playstation system, always have. And I've never been interested in the Xbox or Microsoft's methods, never have. I'm fine with first-party exclusives. That makes sense. But when console makers strike deals with publishers/developers to make a 3rd party exclusive, it only…

I'm looking forward to playing this on PS4 when it's eventually ported over after the exclusivity deal with Microsoft expires, as I'm sure most of the Xbone exclusives will.