I could suspend my disbelief for TF2 because all they called each other was their class names and the story was kinda abstract.

Luke, good on you for putting in a caveat of “relative to the scope and budget”, and not overselling it with “this fan-made short is better than anything Hollywood would ever make” BS.

I don’t know who was the first to call this app a “game”, but doing so really does it a disservice and sets it up for failure. It’s just a Nintendo-branded social networking app. There’s no game here. If it hadn’t been called a game, there’d be nothing to be disappointed about.

She looks like she could be related to Masahiro Sakurai.

I like the way fighting game news sites like eventhubs handle their major tournament outcomes: they post an article that just says “results” so you can click if you want to know.

Pft, Zero better show good sportsmanship, dude has nothing to prove.

I am hard pressed to believe that she was in-costume for any shots without her face, but oh well, this is fun.

I have a fear that by the time you’ve traveled to a hundred different planets, things will begin to look and feel pretty samey.

Agreed.

I totally thought Lyle was holding a shiv. I thought he was going to cut me.

Don’t feel bad. I got into it recently too. And it’s great!

So Pikachu’s voice is the cat-lookin’ thingy. Cool.

But... parries aren’t blocking...

A major first-party Nintendo title delayed?! THIS IS UNHEARD OF

It’s like they’re just absorbing all the ridicule about their titles and saying “YOU THINK YOU KNOW SHIT”

Aww yeahhh

And it’s a New York mob! New Yorkers are extra violent!

I hope I’m not the only person who felt sorry for Mewtwo. LOOK AT THAT GLEEFUL MOB KICKING THE SHIT OUT OF HIM

No coincidence here— the picture came first, then someone thought the outfit was something a gym leader would wear, and then someone else drew the fanart to drive the point home.

Supply drops really seem to be one of Snake’s greatest weapons.