Warning, controversial opinion inside. Read the article instead of commenting right away, at the risk of whatever I can throw at you ;).
When I’m on the internet reading stuff about Pokémon, nearly the only thing I see are people screaming for Ruby and Sapphire remakes. There have been two remakes before, and it isn’t a far of a stretch that Ruby and Sapphire will see a glorified version for 3DS, too. They where both great games, with the best crafted region the games have ever seen. I can’t hardly wait myself for the games to release. But please Gamefreak, not this year.
Stop this annualisation of the franchise. Five games in the mainline series have been released in the past five years in the US. Annualisation is what is killing COD, it is what made Battlefield 4 such a hot mess and it might make the consumer grow tired of Assassins Creed too. It makes you rush out to release a game that year, just to make a quick buck, instead of wanting to make an actual good game. It makes you run out of ideas quickly. And you try to circumvent that by putting in ideas sparingly. You don’t want to make this one game the best, because you want the next one to sell.
Pokémon Black and White 2 and Pokémon X and Y are perfect examples of this. BW2 was just a recycled BW1 with a worse story. XY showed lots of potential but eventually fell short. Where’s the endgame? What is going on with that frame rate? I can understand you wanted to rush the game to save the 3DS, but the 3DS doesn’t need to be saved anymore.
Just take your time this installment. Try to craft the best game you can. Forget all this moneymaking shenanigans, and listen to Nintendo’s vision about games. “Make the best game you can, and it will sell by itself.” Make people love Pokémon again. I can take two disappointments, even three, but I seriously begin to doubt everything after four and will likely quit after five. And I might not be the only one.
I can wait an extra year to play the remakes. The same goes for XY2 and certainly for XY3. The 3DS’ life may not be that long anymore, but there’s no need to rush out to bring your ‘vision’ to the console if there’s no way you can completely fulfill it.
Pokémon doesn’t deserve to be milked out. Pokémon should maintain the quality of its livelong existence. Video games should be art, not a way of printing boatloads of money.
For those wondering its a hoola hoop.
Looks like Macaroni
i read that as hoopa
Who here believes in Elgyms?
I believe in Espurr
Those are deadly.
Today’s been an interesting day to say the least. *refresh*
Ugh… 4Chan
I faced someone named: “C==…..” you get the idea…..
eviolite team definitely
Next time I’m bringing Zetsumei!
im excited to know who that is O:
Tenshi and Zetsumei are twins 😀 the more aggressive sister!
i think i missed who tenshi was D:
Aegislash
ah! interesting c:<
That elemental lopunny
ziia do you have a buneary with cosmic power?
..it can learn that O_O
bunnies are cosmic XD
so does cats and aliens:3
sorry that was suppose to be a question LOL
http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/beheeyem.3489351/ they said i need a buneary with cosmic power to teach it to an elygem
Has anyone done an Espurr Sweep?
well.. maybe a meowstic one.. close enough? 😀
But Meowstic isn’t as dangerous ._.
I did an aegislash sweep?
But Espurr.
How would it survive that long?
DEF and Sp ATK.
Focus Sash
I don’t see it.
Could work.
Weird things people have swept with (starting with the “I know” ones):
1. Aron
2. Rattata
3. Unown. (Baton Pass)
4. Bibarel. (Moody abuse, I did it too in online singles, it was hilarious. But it took so long to build up stats, I won’t do it again.)
I’ve done the Aron sweep before! It was great!
good game kyudeci!
GG Ziia
Trade Swirlix for Spritzee?
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My Amazon shipment arrives on the day that school begins again…I knew this would happen.
Good luck
At least it keeps my head above water… *sigh*
Got it on new years eve. So much fun but wish it was online. On world 5 already oh and tanooki and fire peach are hawt.
I didn’t expect the game to be overly long, but I didn’t want to miss the chance of playing it.
the aftergame is long…
And painful…
I finished it last night…
What did you order? a new monocle?
Super Mario 3D World and a headset with attached mic. Basically completing my Christmas wish list with the money my grandparents gave me.
Ah. Lucky you xD
The unlucky part is that I have to juggle homework and Track winter training while finding time to play it…It’s going to be one hell of a month.
Speaking of school and homework. I have not starter my break assignments, i have 5 days xD
Me too, I have one History assignment to do and that’s it. I’m waiting until Saturday to worry about it though.
I have two AP english assignments.
I have to read the Great Gatsby and i have a diction assignment so i have to make a little booklet filled with words i like xD
The Great Gatsby was the only book I thoroughly enjoyed in High School.
I just read Of Mice and Men, it was awesome.
They didn’t make us read books like that. Parents would complain if it was too big or had a certain number of pages. -_-
The book is 120 pages long.
Is the font bigger or small than 12-14p?
Probably 14 in retrospect.
Hm… Big words or simple?
People who complain should be able to connect to Lenny.
Lenny was the one with the pet rat, right?
The dead rat? Yup.
I feel Lenny was the smartest between him and George.
Don’t remember the characters well enough, I feel bad for Lenny though cause George backstabbed him.
Curley was going to kill him anyway.
I mean he still could have tried to protect Lenny. #Bros4Life
Omg I feel like I’m in a book club
The Pokejungle book club.xD
PokeJungle commenters, the jacks of all trades
I should know better, I’ve been here too long.
Lenny?
The one with the mental disability.
Was he in the first book?
He was in “Of Mice and Men”
Oh. I never read that. XD thought we were talking about Vey.
Noo.xD
“120 PAGES?! GEEZUZ MY KID CANT READ THAT MANY PAGES. ARE THERE ATLEAST PICTURES IN IT?!”
-Parent
They complained about Michael Vey…. A sixth grade level book.
That’s sad.
I liked it as well.
“Read” that 2 years ago. Very “fun”.
Alot of people hate it lol
There are two things that Nintendo has to think about.
1. A top honcho of theirs said something like: “A delayed game is eventually great, but a rushed game is bad forever.” Listen. To. Him. X/Y wasn’t bad, but it still wasn’t that great. But AT LEAST I have something to play, and now I can’t go back to playing White 2 without missing my ability to get easy 5IV’s and moving diagonally.
2. And since when did the 3DS need “saving”? It was doing well even before X/Y. No need to rush your big guns to make the 3DS even more of a titan. Well NOW it’s more of a titan, I guess you succeeded. Now stop making Pokemon the next annualized series!
X and Y actually took 4 years to make… It wasn’t rushed… It was just them taking time to make every model special and the 3D. The 3DS isn’t perfect, and the 3D always lowers frames…
True, but XY dropped the 3D mode in overworld and triples and doubles (?) to save frame rate. Which to me, is a great idea! Screw 3D, I don’t use it anyway.
Ok, so it took 4 years to make, but I agree with the article they still shouldn’t release a Pokemon game annually. 🙂
True.. But, I think it was more of an unintentional thing. I mean, BW2’s postgame still has me going. It could last you a while.
The battle would be so slow if 3D worked in doubles, triples and rotations!
It was already slow in triples lol
It’s not that bad.
In a WiFi battle it is…
Who battles in online triples?
I do once of twice lol
As most of the guys in my high school class would say, “I’m boooooaaaarrrrd. Why don’t nobody pay me no attention?”
Wow, I guess you really are in a Southern environment.
IT KILLS ME MAN!
I had to go to a Cowboy-themed Bat Mitzfah party once…I almost died!
That was probably just very stereotypical…
I have no doubt that it was XD
It probably was. Lol! XD
come on shiny spehal appear:(
Aww spheal is so adorable!
my favorite pokemon from hoenn i love him and walrein was great in my BW2 playthrough
I think I’ll go get drunk in a minute.
I’m going to OLIVE GARDEN!
Wine or beer wine or beer…7-up!
My first Finals are coming up in two weeks…GUYS I’M SCARED! D:
Don’t worry babes. I’ll hold your hand the whole way through.
Don’t make this awkward please.
I love you.
I know you do.
I love you too.
You’re the…same person…SCREW IT
What?
Been through it 3 times already. Keep calm, most teachers give study guides, and most questions aren’t in depth because it has to cover a broad portion of the curriculum.
I have to step up my game in these two preceding weeks because I haven’t exactly been acing Honors Geometry…
Dude that was easy If you need help Ima pro
Algebra was so easy for me compared to Geometry…hence me getting into Honors. Now I’m getting a C+ and it sucks.
I get all the A’s in Math: Geometry, Algebra, Pre-Calc
I struggle with math as well. A helpful tip to save you time, focus your studies on the subjects you struggle with, and don’t worry about the other ones.
For me, that would be Geometry because I am in the B+ to A- range in the other classes. This is one of the United States’ hardest high schools as well D:
Then go ahead and do that. Like I said though, relax and you’ll be fine.
I am so relieved that we only have two tests per day and EVERY DAY is a half day, so we can coordinate our studying to fit the following tests. We got a schedule for that as well.
I say don’t study! Like I do! 😛
Good luck! 😀 Keep your cool and study, study! (With a Pokemon break in between haha)
Maybe you should spend time studying instead of commenting/replying on each post every waking hour.
give Pokemon a break, study all day everyday.
Dayum 7 up is gud!
So, EV train Beldum 252 in Attack, 252 HP and 4 in Sp.Def right?
If you want to be a tank yes
If you to and be powerful 252 attack 252 speed 4 sp def
The word is not tank i mean tack hits very well and throw hits very well
Going for tank. Just making sure. Thanks!
Well Tack.xD
😀
So, I have a Modest Togepi with 31 IV’s in speed and 30 in HP. I’m not sure which set I should run. Do you guys have a set for Togekiss that’s really good? What stats should I EV train?
FYI for anyone playing Super Mario 3D World, the second to last level in the mainstory is a PAIN. Make sure you are playing as Peach and have a Tanooki suit lol
which one:O?
It’s in World Bowser I think.. The one were you travel across those moving blocks. It was soooooo annoying.
that was awesome xd but yeah peach is the best one because she is cheap as hell
Hey! I only used her for that! DX
i always use toad and sometimes i use rosalina cause she is more cheap than peach
Toad because he’s the fastest, correct? I play as him the most too XD
yeap, i like velocity it can help you alot:3
It really does X3
Can’t be harder than the Star World level in New Super Mario Bros. Wii with the ice blocks.
You travel on moving blocks right next to lava and can barely make a mistake.
LOL; i already know i lose but good game regi!
I forgot if your advice went to mega tyranitar or regular U__U screwed up everything for me.
GG Ziia! yeah I noticed that! xD
Is anyone feeling generous enough to trade me a Razor Claw?
I might have one.
Could you check? 🙂
Yep. And nope I don’t have one.
: thanks anyways.
Again wait till Saturday.
Aint nobody got time for that.
It seems nobody else is generous enough to spend 48BP for you so take it or leave it.
I just looked. I have 3 BP.
Can’t wait till pokebank is out so I can get it without going through the stupid battle maison/institute.
… I’ll take it. 🙂 LOL
Do you want a sneazel with icicle crash and ice shard too or will you stick with ice punch?
I’ll stick with the ice punch, thanks!
Going to Olive Garden…because you needed to know.
I love Olive Garden.
I want some pasta. Pretty pweeeez!
That’s what I am getting. MINE!
I like the Eggplant parmesan
Y u so mean!
Its only the #1 most googled thing. . .
Bring me back some breadsticks. Fax em to me.
One time I went with some friends after and all state show choir thing and we had fresh bread sticks we didn’t want to leave. We wrapped them up and stuck them in one of my friends’ purse. We got frozen yogurt afterwards and when she unzipped her purse to pay she was hit with a garlic wave!
LOL That must have been awful but, hey! who can complain when ya got some Olive Garden breadsticks!
My parents also brought me Olive Garden one time and I left the kitchen table to grab a napkin and the GODDAMN CHIHUAHUA HOPPED ON THE TABLE AND STUCK HER FUCKING FACE INTO MY FOOD! ;-;
That’s happened with my dog before when he was around 3 years old. I taunted him with a Peanut butter and Jelly sandwhich. he bit right into it.xD
I could’ve cried. Unless it’s my boyfriend, I don’t want ANYONE OR ANYTHING TOUCHING MY FOOD.
So you honestly don’t care if he takes your food? xD
Not at all. I’ll just take some of his. =3
Bring me some bread sticks.
Last time I went there, I ate so much, I was gonna exlode. Then I went out for ice cream, and died.
It’s on the news.
Yoyoyoyo what up party people!
Haihaihai
Heylo Warrior of the Earth!
I LOVE Bravely Default! The demo is beautiful, this is a RPG worthy of the genre, I can’t wait till it’s out. I’m just curious if it’s eShop exclusive or retail as well.
It’s retail :3
It’s out the 7th on Feb i think.
i love it too because it’s soo much like Final Fantasy 1.
The best thing about it, is that stuff is passed from the demo to the actual game and no spoilers cause this is a separate story.
I honestly was afraid to play through the demo until I found that out.
I was excited then a bit bored cause i didn’t know what i was doing, the enemies were OP and i wasted all my $ on Cura, then i realized you could change classes easily so i could use Fira and Cura 😀 Then it got fun.
I’m currently playing on hard mode… The second boss battle is whooping me hard?
Haven’t gotten that far. I restarted :3
I’m not gonna spoil anything, but brace for a long battle.
I’m going to see the Lego Movie that day so I don’t have time for this.
Play the demo, change yo mind.
Who here would consider thereselves a good battler?
I a natural born warrior!
No offense, but with your single/dual types and all, I’m looking for someone to train me.
Just because I monotype don’t mean I don’t know how to train people!
he is monotype and yet he can beat people with the majority of his pokemon sharing same weakness;)
I don’t know if that was a complement or an insult….
Complement this time I’m sure.
It takes real guts to Monotype and stick with it
Oh yeah. I miss my monotype water team. I think I will recreate it some day!
My next Monotype team I want to make is all Fighting type
I had one for Black but that was when I didn’t understand EVs and IVs so it only did Half well
I understand. I had a Lanturn that some how swept a friend’s steel team with Thunderbolt. Back before we knew about Evs and ivs of course.
complement people could exploit the weakness yet you still beat them
Ohhhh thank you
Don’t underestimate Earthen just because he’s mono.
Thank you
I can never win!
Regi
Yes I’m a good battler.
definitely regi ; 3; -got owned so badly just now-
but i am free to battle c: i dunno if im ‘good’ but still willing to try XD
I think your really good! I’d pick you, but I’m gonna ask regi! If no then can you train me?
sounds like a good plan c:
though by training .. what exactly do you mean? o: like..advice?
i have a good friend that doesnt go here but hes teaching me a lot too. i think hed be a good teacher if you need another option. hes been playing pokemon for years xD
He was just complaining about your wallbreaker! You are much better than you think! 😀
Q.Q waa really? my wall breaker?
thank you ;-;! i guess im just too modest .. -cornerandstaysmodestforever-
I don’t mind training you if you want. Im excellent at team building and strats.
I feel like if I pick someone I’ll insult the others. . .