I see what was trying to be said. I also agree that it would be better if Sony mentioned these things earlier rather than later.

Yeah, and that's with stuff we didn't eve know we wanted. I'm excited to see how these console iterate over the next few years.

I wouldn't go so far as to say that Microsoft had played it strait initially either. I wouldn't be surprised if a string of articles pop up later in November detailing some of the nitty gritty quality of life things that the Xbox One can and cannot do.

I think the early part of this gen is going to be marked by fan-feedback causing iterations in hardware and software.

o.0? If perfect obtainable Pokemon didn't matter, then why does hacking Pokemon matter in the first place? Seems like a double turn.

No, it's not backwards to assume that the natural state of competition involves everyone having perfect Pokemon, once you reach that point, the math becomes less about which trainer won the lottery and more about the composition of other Pokemon on the team, and moves that Pokemon has learned.

Time =/= effort, not all time spent is spent equally.

Ish? Like, the hacker can't make a Pokemon more powerful than yours, they're not leaving you in the dust, but just shortening the amount of time it takes to reach the same power level. If you sit there and take the time to raise a perfect team of Pokemon, the only difference you and the hacker will have will be…

Hacking within a certain bounds was always considered fine. Usually, if a Pokeman was a legal aquisition within the game, that's when things usually slipped through. It did make for some interesting situations though.

For example: It's impossible for a non-shiny Entei to know Flare Blitz, since Flare Blitz was a move…

You're correct, it's "just" data, I'm not actually breeding granparent with grandchild to create a "more perfect" offspring. That's all just hyper-real simulacra or what-have-you.

Here's what the change means: with five of the parent Pokémon's collective 12 IVs being passed down to the baby Pokémon, only one stat is left entirely to chance. If both parents have a few perfect IVs on them—and Pokémon with a few perfect IVs are now much easier to get, thanks to a new endgame area called the Friend…

Cheating in the context of competition doesn't work like that. Even if hacking is "cheating" in the abstract sense of gaining a time advantage, if the hacked Pokemon are allowable in a competitive environment, then it's within the rules, and thus "legal."

Well, his argument on Magic carp is still in-line with how most people view the Pokemon. It's hard as hell to level until 15, then can sort of handle himself kinda until 20, when he goes super saiyan. Stat increases are a fine thing to analys when looking at the first and/or second stage of a Pokemon's evolution,…

His analysis on squirtle being a "better" initial investment kinda glosses over how
Wartotle's massive stat boost doesn't leave it ahead of either Ivysaur or Charmeleon, but on par, with the same 405 stat total. In fact, the reason Wartotle get his average 91% increase stems from Squirtle only having 2/3 of the number…

I feel like there was too much Call of Duty in the Eminem music video. I did find it super funny that when this song debuted, they heavily edited out the non-choral lyrics, which are just about him declaring that his wild success was the inevitable side product of his need to survive.

This article could've have been improved by delving deeper into the differences between both Ash and Red from a literary standpoint. Convey their themes while differing in tone, or other structures. I haven't had a chance to see Pokemon Origins yet, so may be they're completely different stories, with their own themes…

This is pretty cool, and I look forward to seeing how this turns out in the end.

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