Kitrace
Kitrace
Kitrace

That is a genuinely weird thing to be bummed about.

How much of a spoiler is “ Old Pokemon Got New Evolution “ — a thing that’s been a thing since Generation II?

Genuine question: Even leaving aside that all I say is that there IS an evolution, not what it is, do you consider Nintendo/Game Freak to have spoiled the game when they announced Farigiraf a few weeks back?

It’s hilarious that all of this chaos, so far, has all come down to ‘far right idiots were upset at the existence of blue checkmarks despite most of their own heroes *also* having blue checks’ and Elon going ‘sure, yeah, fuck it - there can’t possibly be a good reason this system existed.’

We haven’t even started

buT hE iS sElF mAdE gEnIuS sPaCe CaR tUbE sOcIaL mEdIa EnGiNeEr!

A video game journalism and review website. Exactly the people responsible for holding game companies to standards. Bad comment, Straw Man.

You’re walking the goalposts back a good deal there. To my stranger-in-the-rain eye, what you’re writing reads like typical techbro absolutism - either we accept everything and choose not to be offended by any of it, or we’re thought nazis, crushing other people with our relentless misguided drive for social justice.

Whatever you do, don’t point to Australia’s treatment of indigenous people.  Which might not be as bad as America’s but it’s still real real bad.

Something I noticed a while back: Australians like talking a lot of shit about how humble they are. It’s funny.

Sweetie, hate to tell you, but Japan as a country actually has black people in it, and is also one of the most openly racist societies in the developed world.  If you don't think that racism is morally repugnant no matter WHO is doing it, the problem is YOU.  Furthermore, this article is specifically criticising the

“You’re not allowed to have opinions about video games if they’re Japanese” is one hell of a take.

So. Normally I would agree with you, but this is an incredibly early sidequest that has no bearing on the actual plot of the game

So youre saying its ok to have “different ideas about diversity and inclusion” that are no diversity or inclusion?

This is a game whose script was written in English first and is specifically targeting the global market. Not some niche Japanese game that was lucky to get translated to English. Beyond that, YoshiP in his statements talked about being accurate to medieval Europe as a reason for the lack of diversity, except medieval

Honestly, a pretty diseased and toxic mindset you have going on here. That criticism is either a power to police and FORCE people to do things or it is not that (which is... weak, I guess?). That’s not how critical response works at all and you are the one putting off deeply weird vibes by suggesting this.

Who are we? We’re the people that buy and play the games. We’re not forcing anything on “Japan” a country of many millions of ppl most of whom don’t give a shit about JRPG’s.

We’re telling the ppl who want us to buy their shit how to get it done. 

Ah, I see Video Games have finally entered the Middle Ages, where all these developers in their 40s and 50s are now making games about haunted men regretting the decisions they made in their 20s and 30s....

He slithered his way out of various tubes attached to colonization beneficiaries.

“Timmy, I know I haven’t been a very good father to you. I’ve made mistakes, but it’s time for me to take responsibility... so I’m going to murder you with this rusty axe. Five minute head start!”

Sigh... once again the incompetence of the people in charge coming to bite those least responsible for it Its so evil, you spend so much money and basically waste it down the drain on stupid gimmicks, and then when it comes to face the consequences, the easiest way to save money is to kick a lot of your employees in