This is a case where the movie really did not need to be made but hot damn everyone involved is so far pretty damn awesome

I hear it’s not great compared to games like Emerald and Platinum that IMO had extensive postgames

Nice! Wonder how much and how accurate it is further away from SF haha, could be weird if I recognize where I work and drive and stuff

evil eye from the local moms...

Well plenty of people care about the other generations. The remakes on the GBA are the lowest selling remakes: HGSS sold more and ORAS sold more, and FRLG were outsold by Ruby/Sapphire on the GBA. A RBY remake for the 3DS probably wouldn’t outsell XY or Sun/Moon. Kids that started playing Pokémon recently wouldn’t…

Is it mostly just in San Francisco, or does the game also let you go further South? Like to Stanford and other parts of the South Bay?

I’d say my only real “concern” with the game is the Gen1 nostalgia, especially after XY also already had a lot of Gen1 nostalgia. I’ve played Pokémon since RBY but I’m a fan of every generation, and I don’t see GF giving other generations the same amount of love. Alolan forms is legitimately one of my favorite ideas…

If you read the Eurogamer report that’s exactly what they did: Stars has been in development for a while, but they paused work to help polish Sun and Moon. And, all the Pokémon models in the 3DS game have been a lot higher quality than needed for the 3DS so they already have the ~800 high quality model assets needed.

Random question, but is the Stanford campus actually in game? I saw it mentioned somewhere

I like the Ringer more than most (though mostly because of their podcasts), but I do somewhat agree with what you and others are saying. Maybe I’m just misremembering what Grantland used to post but it definitely does seem like they’re really leaning into creating a bunch “aggressively inessential” content, though…

mmmm....Ex Machina is more “realistic” because it’s just AI, while this has aliens

Banks’ heroism comes from facing an inflection point that tasks her to commit to two daunting tasks in her life. She has to simultaneously hold the knowledge of a great, guaranteed sorrow on the horizon and find joy in the moments leading up to that sorrow.

Honestly...if these movies are going to solely be batshit crazy eye spectacle effects porn, might as well ratchet it up to CRAZY amounts of batshit. I’m digging this

It’s not the reason for the delay, it’s just kind of like a “we’re sorry” gift

Which admittedly is a lot closer than what I thought it would be.

Noooooooooooo! Well, it’s only 2 months so I guess that’s not too bad

I DEFINITELY don’t think this was kids doing this...but I do agree a permanent ban is kinda crazy, especially if it DOES block you from redownloading your previously-purchased games, or if it blocks you from any other online capabilities.

Someone said that they got an early physical copy and were also banned, and I do agree that that’s kind of an issue

All the talk in the movies of “you don’t know my past, I have a lot of red in my ledger,” I dunno what she could’ve done that would’ve been THAT bad that they could show in a Marvel movie...but if she had the history like the Jennings did in The Americans? Yeah, that’s a pretty bad ledger, they have done some AWFUL…

The “What is your purpose on earth” scene was really really good so glad that they recognized why it should’ve been how they approached that problem. I really need to rewatch the movie and see how different it is watching from the beginning knowing the “twist”