Game Informer hits the problem right on the head. The idea that you should make EXP Share mandatory but then not put an ounce of effort into balancing the game around the EXP Share being mandatory is flat-out garbage game design any way you slice it.

But we’ve already been able to run Starfox 1 and 2 at twice the speed with the SFX2 chip for years now.

Tis is the thing that gets me. 8 year olds in gen 1 got to move rocks around victory road and remember that ghosts aren’t actually super effective against psychic despite what the game told you. Gen2 newbies had to go through ice mazes and keeping track of 8? HMs. Gen3 folks had braille puzzles.

I’m okay with these games being made primarily for kids. What frustrates me is that these games are made with the assumption that kids today are morons who are bad at video games.

I believe it all boils down to the ‘general lack of substantial improvement’ that the Pokemon franchise deals with. That a lot of the time, it goes for the bare minimum in effort and improvement, yet is still capable of selling based upon the brand power it holds.

Yeah, articles like this have a place on Kotaku, just not as *reviews*. 

I mean, the meme became a thing because of official works, so...

I think the answer is that you have to have both: characters that hook people, and mechanics that make the game fun, competitive, and relatively balanced.

Let’s be real; we’re not the audience for this.

Yeah....I have been paying attention to this since it was first rumored that Game Boy games would be part of the deal. After looking at the information on my Switch Lite last night (around 10PM EST, when it first appeared), all I can say is....nope.

Retropie is *perfectly* legal, per existing US Supreme Court precedent.  As is legally backing up games you own.  And getting (m0st) games legally isn’t that hard, given the internet is a thing.

Yeah, the whole thing seems a bit silly. You can’t just rename an established character and pretend like everyone will forget the old name. Instead of altering existing content, Blizzard should just make sure to avoid using developer names in future games.

My guess is they’re redoing some of the visuals from fan feedback. no massive overhaul just adjusting some of the settings to get it to better look like the original.

Hello! Aquaculture focused veterinarian here. Tilapia can actually be adapted for salt water, they can even breed in it. I’ve seen it done in a Caribbean fish farm.

There were alot of black jokes. ALOT. And as a black dude, they were funny as hell. The audience laughed and it was mostly black. That’s ok? I’m ok with it. (Hmm... Maybe it’s because the police, medical professionals, mental health professionals, teachers and many other service professions are right. btw most service…

What this article doesn’t mention is that tipping is not rarely considered rude and insulting in Japan, although I haven’t heard a good explanation for that yet.

Bulllshit.  Run, Japan, run!  Tipping is one of the stupidest facets of capitalism and needs to die.

No, he declared that he stands with cis gendered women. You declared that he stands with people who want to see your friends dead. This is the example of emotional response that I mentioned. 

Personally, I just think we should stop arguing about a feature that’s been un-togglable for a whole mainline Pokémon game.

So the kids are still saying pwned these days? I guess that makes me feel a little less old!