Shit, I didn't even think of StreetPass.

Right when I was telling myself "Weird, experimental shit like this is exactly why Nintendo would never make sense as a 3rd party publisher, Iwata announces that you can haggle the price of DLC in a free to play game.

I'm not saying that a RPGs wouldn't work on a console. That's crazy talk.

Why would I want a Pokemon MMO if it doesn't even have as many unique playable Pokemon as the handheld RPGs?

About the mobile thing, I honestly think "average" is being nice. Mobile games are also very limited as far as control input goes. Everyone was real hype about multitouch gaming a few years ago, but it's pretty much a bust. Handhelds have nearly identical controls to home consoles. Well, maybe a few years outdated,…

Bravely Default would not be better on a console, simply because I wouldn't be able to level up my jobs or push the story forward on my train ride to work.

I agree that Game Freak's integration of online features is likely to be better than the MMO we've asked for.

But straight up, there isn't anything about the Pokemon games that would be better served being on a home console, other than nicer graphics (where X/Y are gorgeous,e especially compared to other games) and — theoretically, a better story (which does not need a home console to happen).

:/ Yep.

JoJo, buddy. Get hype.

I agree.

From what I've heard about the other Nintendo-developed games, they're too short.

I agree with Tjelly. All 5 times.

That's an S2. I still have one (in black) and use it to this day!

More importantly — how the hell do gaming enthusiasts still give Sony a pass for proprietary memory cards in 2014, when even Nintendo is using standard SD cards on 3DS.

Smartphones are cool, 3DS is kids' stuff, so why wonder how shit becomes so popular...

Like I totally understand the argument for it setting a bad precedent, but that is not the example you cite.

Ugh... Man that particular case was such a bad one to launch that whole conversation. That dude's advances were just so bizarrely pathetic that it doesn't even seem real. Like, who would actually ever say those things to come on to a girl? It reads like a Louis C.K. bit about depressed self-loathing.

The tumblr rabbithole is a scary place, friend. Years on 4chan did not prepare me for what I encountered there.

It's a shame, because I think there's important conversations that need to be had, but any moderation gets blown out of the window by trolls trolling trolls