To the last part: lies.

My first thought from the city intro was, “Look, it’a Mario Adventure 2: Battle.”

“Those still hanging out for it on Wii U, it’ll be out on the same day on Nintendo’s older system as well.”

I don’t see how anyone could be surprised that they killed these off.

Drowzee is most likely a tapir.

“Still”?

Paper Jam is the absolute worst of the Mario & Luigi series.

Regarding the first scene you mention, it (a) is misleading since it implies a dark turn in her character that never happens and (b) the moment only works in the trailer because of the voiceover.

I don’t think it’s so much a matter of cheapening the official release as much as it is about not muddling the concept of what’s canon.

You mean those amiibo that are now stuck to retail store shelves due to an overcompensation in production that was a reaction to the initial scarcity?

This is a dumbass argument because it ignores the very fact that, while the game does not require players to pay anything, it’s entire reason for being is to sell people on making micro transactions.

Bar-none best use though:

“Be selective about what Pokémon you capture”

I don’t disagree with anything you’ve said, but I do want to add something to it.

On the contrary: online trading just expands the options. Interaction still becomes necessary.

Conflict of whose interest?

I believe you’re misinterpreting.

Literally first thing I did at that line was google.

It’s a terrible attempt to hand-wave since a loss of vocabulary doesn’t remove the option of hand waving (at the armoire).

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