So, how can you tell if an individual instance is a rage-quit? Yes, the performance of the one who quit can be telling, but there's no way to tell on a case-by-case basis if someone quit because they were angry, their internet died, or an emergency suddenly came up. This is why I'm in favor of a system that only…

It’ll cost you $30 and requires Window 10.

That’s an interesting point. I doubt they’ll make any drastic overhauls, but it’s very possible that they change things again. They already made a slight change when XY came out- the EV cap for a particular stat was lowered to 252 from 255, and Pokémon with max EVs in Gen 5 could transfer over with a few points shy of…

Oh, I'm super excited about Sun/Moon. There are just some interesting technical issues involved in being able to import Pokémon from the Virtual Console versions of Red/Blue, and I'm curious to see what decisions they make.

A minor detail worth mentioning: Charizard cannot learn Fly in Red or Blue, but can in Yellow. I assume that this was an oversight in the original games, but there you go.

I have a couple of issues with the starter effectiveness chart. First of all, it doesn’t take your starter’s defenses into account- yes, all three are neutral against Lt. Surge’s electric types, but Squirtle’s line is weak to Electric attacks while Bulbasaur resists them. And secondly, the effectiveness of your…

I wonder if there will be any weird breeding chains or something that are only possible with an RBY transfer. People have already noticed that Machamp gets Fissure, and if they keep the Ability Capsule that means you can definitely get No Guard + Fissure. Other than that, I can’t think of anything that would come from…

Do you have a source for this? I highly doubt trading will be possible, in the sense of a two-way street. But there’s presumably nothing from a technical standpoint that would stop them from making transfers compatible with ORASXY as well as SM- it’s just a question of whether or not they’re using it as an…

Assuming the VC ports still have that particular glitch (and honestly, I could see it going either way), then I would assume that a MissingNo just wouldn’t register as being able to transfer. If they haven’t patched it out, then there’s no way the Bank update for RBY won’t include checks for MissingNo. You can’t leave…

They’ll probably do what they did in Gold & Silver- Pokémon have the same IV for both Special stats, but in the new game they’ll have the species-appropriate base stats. A Pokémon’s actual stats aren’t stored in their individual data, it’s calculated based off a few unique values & whatever that species’ base stats…

Not necessarily. We already know that Bank can filter for compatibility, because you can't put any of the legendaries that know new moves in ORAS in XY. It would be incredibly simple for them to put a lock on transferring RBY Pokémon to the 6th Gen games. And as someone else mentioned in a reply to me, the official…

Can they? The direct didn’t say anything about it, only for transferring to Sun/Moon. It seems like it would be an arbitrary distinction, but I could see them doing it to promote the new games.

So, let’s speculate. They said that you can send RBY Pokémon from Bank to Sun/Moon. Now, the reason given for not allowing transfer from GSC to RSE is a difference in the GB & GBA hardware. While this is likely true, the data structure for Pokémon also changed significantly between the second and third generations. In…

Shh! Stop making people feel old!

It’s pretty much a given that any game with online multiplayer will have server issues around launch. It sucks, but I get it- you don’t want to overspend for servers that are going to be unnecessary after a week.

You know what makes that a bit more bearable? A solid single-player experience.

Surely someone at Capcom…

...even went so far as going to his house with an armed friend to remove any gifts she had given him.

Yeah, this was a good idea that required more effort than what was put in. Most “retro-style” videos & games don’t work for the system or era that they’re aiming for, but this feels like an especially poor showing.

I think, on another level, Bruce needs to be Batman. For his own sake, not the world’s. The knowledge that he could do something to help, and help remove the criminal element off the streets, eats him up inside if he isn’t actively following through with it. So even when there all these reasons to stop, he can’t. It’s…

This reminded me of the website whywasIbanned.com, which was just a collection of forum posts & such of kids, parents, and kids pretending to be parents questioning Xbox Live bans. Turns out the url is for sale, so I guess they got tired of it. Or decided the hosting costs were a waste of cash.

Not nearly as intricate. LBP was deliberately built around letting players experiment with different styles of gameplay, while Mario Maker pretty much only cares about Mario-style 2D platforming. The “logic” in this level seems to be all timing-related shenanigans built around pieces moving & blocks breaking at…