It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Some of you may recognize that as a quote from Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities (1859), but I could think of nothing more apt to describe 2016. For the Pokémon community it was certainly a standout year and perhaps the best we could have hoped for in honor of the series’ 20th anniversary. The rest of the world fared much worse however, and it is hard to overlook the political changes that have no doubt touched many fans across the world.
Pokémon Go
Many doubted that a mobile Pokémon experience, featuring augmented reality no less, could capture the feel of the series and deliver something worth playing—myself included—but the end result was something that would make 2016 the year Pokémon made its comeback.
While not the most avid player myself, there was something definitely surreal about seeing the creatures pop up around me and also made exercise a little more fun. The same ‘Gotta Catch ’em All’ philosophy from the handheld games carried over to the real world and the game was hard to put down if you saw a rare Pokémon lurking nearby.
Hopefully it will find continued success in the next year and keep Pokémon firmly in the spotlight. Can’t hurt to grow the fandom, right?
Pokémon Sun & Moon
Phew. Now we know what it must feel like for a mother to wait 9 months just to see what her baby is going to look like. We were teased mercilessly by PR with new screenshots and trailers, just to know that there were still months away from having the game in our hands.
And how did it do once it was in our hands? Pretty damn well I’d say. Perhaps the thing I enjoyed the most was that Alola feels like the first region to be alive. The Pokémon introduced weren’t too bad either, with Ultra Beasts providing an interesting new angle.
What wasn’t the best? Z-moves. Not a fan, sorry. Especially painful after Mega Evolutions were shelved after just one generation. If I were to run for president, I’d definitely base my campaign on “A Mega Evolution for All”.
PokéJungle
This year was a good one for the site. Another good year; most new generation years are. We hit 20,000 Twitter followers in February of this year and now we end at 32,000. I thank each and every one of you that puts up with me.
I’ll also take a moment to be perfectly honest: running this website is not always easy. In many ways this year was one of my most stressful. I greatly admire people like Serebii, because they can effortlessly (or at least give the appearance of effortlessness) update their site and continue to document every nook and cranny of each Pokémon game that has been released.
I can’t, it is not my specialty. My talents lie in getting people excited for what’s next; what’s here is already dead and gone. Some of you may have noticed that the site posts decreased dramatically in the next month and I suppose I will be honest about why. For some reason I always have spikes in my depression after new games are released. I think it has to do with the emotional investment I put into news coverage pre-launch and then the emptiness of post launch.
Hope to be running again in full speed for 2017. Love you all. PJ.
Y’all don’t leave this place can’t die yet I have no plans this New Years
Neither do I, so might as well go to sleep
I gotta move furniture tomorrow so I need sleep
did you see my little animation I didn’t get attention for it and I’m really proud of it
I didn’t see it, I only heard you talk about it.
http://imgur.com/9ZOmxKe
^^
sfw titties though
Great animation! Much better than all of mine lol
I must say, I’m a little confused as to what’s actually happening though. O_o
So am I honestly.
Ohhhhkay then. xD
Well like I was having trouble coming up with something to actually animate so I was just like “ah screw it I’m drawing titties”
Was she trying to inflate her bewbs?
I suppose ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Don’t lie
I never denied it ( ͡- ʖ ͡-)
Fine, hmmmmmmmm nah I don’t think you’re ready for “that” kinda animations
what kind of animations, Earthen? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Well there’s this guy on Deviantart I’m friends with and he does a lot of animations (mostly fetish but what can ya do) but he’s a total nerd, I tried to invite him to the jungle but politely declined
ok. well I’m not going to become a porn artist Earthen so don’t you worry
I never said porn, and ya never know when erotic lightning strikes your creativity…gland….but whatever I don’t wanna sound like more of a creep than I usually do
“creativity gland” I’m dying
And I don’t post everything I draw 😉
I have to go to bed, I work in 7 hours.
No plans for me either. But I’m glad it’s that way. New year’s eve sucks, it’s new year’s day that’s the real party. xD
Sorry, i need bed, bed needs me
Me+bed=Happines
That’s usually the case for me but I slept in until noon today. xD
I’ve been sleeping until Noon all break 0.0
Usually it’s like 10 or 11 for me. Latest I’ve slept all break was 12:30.
Last night I realized I have been staying up til 3 AM every day so I decided to stay up all night to just f*ck up my sleep schedule even more so I can reset it until I realized that I had to stay up until 12 again today at 6AM
I’m usually in bed by 11:30, your sleep schedule is too crazy for me.
Yeah so am I but this break just made me decide that sleep is for those with productive lives
IDK if this has already been done, but what was your GOTY? If it’s sun and moon, then what got runner-up? For me it was FE: Fates. It kept me entertained through may, which is pretty tough to do for a non-pokemon game.
I haven’t really played many games that came out this year.
Hyper Light Drifter I guess
It wasn’t a huge year for games tbh.
I’ve just been catching up on old stuff, most of the games that came out this year I wasn’t interested in or couldn’t get as they came out on other consoles.
That’s fair. Pokemon pretty much saved this year for me, if it weren’t for that, then I’d be completely lost.
Pokemon Moon was great, I’m just taking a break from it right now so I don’t feel burned out later.
FE Gates, havent played many games this year
me
http://i.imgur.com/gb6Hmyl.png
God those Ghibli movies……..the feels
I need to watch more. I’ve only seen a few and half of Moving Castle
I watched Kiki’s Delivery Service recently, it was incredible. Spirited Away is great too, of course. If you want a real tearjerker, watch The Wind Rises. Those are my three favorites.
Kiki’s Delivery Service is my personal favorite from what I’ve seen. Spirited Away is one of the best animated films ever though
Okay, then watch The Wind Rises next. You may or may not love it, but you will hopefully like it.
My plan
Finish Howl’s Moving Castle -> The Wind Rises -> Grave of the Fire Flies
Nice plan. In case you want a sneak peek of The Wind Rises’ Elder God-tier soundtrack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMC8m1Jrznc
Didja hear about the Red Sea turtle?
I did, looks like it’s been getting good reviews. It also seems to be releasing in a matter of weeks in USA – January 20!
I only saw Spirited away abet I was fairly young and No Face scared the shit out of me,
And I watched Howl’s Moving Castle on the way to Comicon one year (never going back… Always alone)
I started Undertale a few days ago and am at the end of the genocide route.
Almost killed Sans but my cat jumped in front of the screen rip
Ouch that’s harsh. I can’t beat him for the life of me.
I got Undyne in five attempts and almost beat this jerk in two
That’s INSANE. It took me weeks to beat Undyne, and I still haven’t been Sans to date.
Oops used the wrong html ending. lol
The only attack that gave me trouble with Undyne is the ring of spears that spin around a bit before closing in on you.
Once I got the hang of that it was easy.
Its easier with the Sea Tea
I wasted my pie and had to restart when I released my huge mistake.
I didn’t use that.
It’s been like half a year since I’ve played that fight but is that the one where you have to constantly run around the rectangle thing when more spears keep spawning over and over and over?
Kind of? There’s an attack where spawn in a ring and come straight at you and one where they just spin around and close in. The one where they spin around is a pain for me.
I don’t remember which one I’m talking about lol
One of those two gave me a
bad timea tough time.its a sign. You can still reset and do a Pacifist Run ya know.
I’ve done the pacifist and neutral runs already. I’m not replaying the game either so I don’t care if I taint the file.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f82a6f8a3a9a68371bbd4d08adbe1948a70135e25f1d1a2a472de7b1c04ed806.png
???
That was supposed so say that you have a cold dead heart
Nah I just wanted to experience everything this game had to offer even if the genocide route is complete garbage.
Comments like these remind me how much of a genius Toby Fox is
I mean gameplay wise genocide is just trash. Two extra bosses makes it worth it though.
I think that’s why its so genius though. Because like you said you are only doing it to see everything. You are murdering all of the friends you just made just for more content so he gives you a tedious boring experience
Artistically that’s cool but I’m not a big fan. You can still convey a message while creating an enjoyable experience, but that’s just me and I’m a victim of severe Undertale overhype so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Ehhh I think it would be less powerful and kinda ruin the point if Genocide was just as fun
The genocide route already makes me guilty as hell so making it incredibly tedious feels unnecessary.
Well the thing is, you keep going right? Even though its tedious because you want to see what else there is. Even if it means resetting the happy perfect ending for one where everyone is dead. IDK if you’ve seen the end of the Genocide Route or not but it really ties this point up really well
Yeah but that doesn’t require tedium, I already understand the consequences of killing everyone considering these brutal fights and the tainted save file at the end of it all.
IDK if you were really supposed to get this impression but I felt like at the end of the game you sorta became flowey. Like reseting and stuff and testing multiple outcomes.
Lol that boss needs to chill out a little bit (even though he has a good reason not to)
So since we’ve mentioned things that were looking forward to in 2017, personally I’m looking forward to see Miyazaki to come out of retirement(for the fourth time give or take) since he’s been talking about wanting to work around with 3-D animation. And wouldn’t you know taht after Gibili shut down a new studio make from their Alum that works with taht same art style, but in 3-D animation started up. Hmm…Makes you wonder :3
Oh wow, that would be very interesting. I don’t think it will look too much different than Ni No Kuni.
Yeah the studio’s name is Studio Ponoc. Here’s the trailer for their first movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4vF4LDRrpo&vl=en
Time to end this year probably like I started it. Watching youtube.
Thats how i live my life
Same, that’s why it’s likely that I was watching youtube at the start of 2016. xD
I started this year singing “Stronger Than You” from Steven Universe while my family was at a party across the street
Well alright then. xD
And THAts how I’m goona end it
Well I’m officially going to bed
And tonight’s the night to open (and christen) my new electric blanket
This year sucked so unbelievably hard and I just know the next will be even worse, hopefully Yooka-Laylee is fantastic and inspires a new age of 3D Platformer games
See you Buttmunches next year
Happy New Year!
Aw, brighten up a little, would ya?
Is what I would say, if I didn’t already know earthen.
May the “Stars” align in 2017 🙂
ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHYiyv68q2o
I like how positive you are
I think you guys need to see this video before the end of your year…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04M6NhkIKk
then go here to remember all the ups and downs and downs and downs and downs…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gf2kdn-iqq4
Stupid Brits
Why are there so many horror movies elements in the trailer?
…because its a horror movie
…makes sense
They forgot the Turkish coup d’état
1 hour and 8 minutes unil 2017 for me
https://68.media.tumblr.com/ac53ce90cdaddc1b9edba1970a85990a/tumblr_inline_nh92rlrB201roeqim.gif
7 minutes for me
Well my 2K egg was the f*cking worst egg ever thought it would Pichu or something and it’s… F*cking Magikarp, yet got Tangela as well so…
What would you tell your past self from January 1st 2015?
Do you mean 15 or 16?
Either way, I’d tell myself all of the SM details so I could become a leaker.
Nah, jk. I’d really tell myself that I live until 2017, so I can stop worrying about dying until then.
I could write a whole essay on what I would say honestly
Oh of course, I could as well. But I wouldn’t have that much time, I guess.
This year was so crazy.
Only one hour left…
Please, dont break your phone “on accident”
Don’t send that text on October 8th. You’ll know what I’m talking about.
ominous .o.
Tbh: “You’re going to pass Spanish. Stop stressing so much”
some things
– Hug your friends more you wont see them for long
– Except John he is secretly an ass
– School is goona be fine
– May 23rd is going to change everything
– Don’t stop making games
Shoot I just thought of two by reading yours.
– Keep in touch with your friends after 8th grade more, you won’t know how good they were to you until they’re gone
– Don’t resist going to the school your parents want you to go to; it’s no use.
bonus one I just thought of:
– Take a huge initiative to make more friends in high school sooner. If you wait too long then everyone will sorta have a place except for you
Doing this is sorta making me sad.
I talked to my best friend that doesn’t go to my school anymore during Christmas and it was the best. Friends are so important and nice
Sure go ahead and brag about it, I have maybe two real friends, and we arent even that close. xD
;_;
oh no sorry oops I didn’t mean to brag. Can you not contact your friends at all?
I only stay in touch with one of my “squad” (I’ve never said that lol), but we haven’t talked much recently (he’s one of the two). I’ve heard from him that the group split up at the new school, so maybe going to a different school than the rest of them was for the best.
I’m a real friend though… Right?
Of course! All of you here are.
But what I meant was outside of PJ. I need peeps to keep me entertained in the 9 hours a day I’m at school usually.
NO BECAUSE YOU ARE A ROBOT TRYING TO BEFRIEND HUMANS IN ORDER TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD
I thought that was Ultron
Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t talk to my 8th grade friend group anymore. Tried to keep in contact w/one of them, didn’t really work out.
I’m super close to my high school squad though, so I can relate to that. Especially because we only became squad in Junior year, so I was basically a loner for the first two years
I somehow found a bunch of nice people who became friends in high school pretty quick so I think I’m doing ok. I honestly dont know how
All the winning lottery numbers ect.
And to put money on the cubs. xD
Not sure probably
-Dude there’s a new Pokémon game coming and it’s sooooo worth it!
but I’d rather go to September 2013 and tell myself (not gonna use names)
-Alex don’t fall desperately in love with “Blank” it will f*ck you up the rest of your f*cking middle school life!!!!
I haven’t had a crush on someone ever. Part of that may be because I’m pretty caught up in my own stuff right now though
Another one!
– Don’t waste your time on your “love” life until college at least. You’ll have far more important things to be worrying about something that’ll never happen. (I’m being serious it’s a huge waste of time at my age)
Unless you find “the one” like my brother
Yeah, that’s fine and all, but statistically it’s a huge waste of time until you’re older. That goes for me to.
Me as well I like’em but normally they don’t like me so why bother
I like the new name and avatar!
I’m in college and I still have far more important things to be worrying about
Oh, that’s not what I meant. xD
What I meant is that it’d never really amount to anything big enough to be worth my time right now.
Trust me it’s not worth it you fall into a spiral of it and it leads to desperation, depression(yes I had minimal depression back then for a bit),and Psycotic behavior
I had a spike in depression when my crush got a “boyfriend” (too young to be considered real).
Yep my problems too
I got over it soon enough, though.
actually I had a crush on a girl for a bit but that died quickly and we are just friends. IDK. Maybe this year I can find someone nice
I swear don’t go looking for it. I’m trying to help you lol
nah I’m not looking for it. If it happens though thats nice. I have some work on myself to do first though
Well hope you find a good one
If you look at least
-_____-
I feel this finally getting over someone that I’ve liked for 5+ years since middle school
It was hard yet I finally was free of her in March of 2015
I’d say:
Sorry bud, but you got to wait 20 something more months till a new game
Happy New Year EST fam!
I’m stuck for another hour lol
CST fam ye
Little late but Happy New Year!!
Are ya’ll ready to start? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ee28dd21df44424779d14291a676b2f9393be14bbb5041f22ea75ce21f02b1cf.gif
My Body is Ready!
ooh, i like the forest levels
I like the bullet and scratch marks on the 2016 door
Very fitting
Notice the fresh life coming from the 2017 door. It’s gonna be a great year.
>First day of 2017 a terrorist attack happens in 2017
Yeah….great…..
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f9a6ea20e93dc619a55d8e311ba288e5515590bd174fd9f5d7d1a82e8f4f88b4.png
New years Resolution: Get a good pillow so you dont have next pains in your freaking teens
I feel this so much. Except my pains are all medically related. It’s not fun having back, neck, feet, etc. pains as a teen, and people are like “but you’re not old”
this this this
Youtube comment arguments are so fun when you dont give a shit
Watching them or getting into them?
I’m in one right now and this poor guy is just so confused about everything and I love it
I’m intrigued.
About what?
gay sex
>PIV is the only real sex
bye fam
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6e0944bc58558549e8101b8c497c91ff02615547291d76656b26fe31494a4870.gif
V+V ?
Which isn’t on the topic of the video, I’m assuming?
Never change, youtube, never change.
We almost never talk about the topic of the article either XD
Lol nah. Its this homophobic pastor guy in the video who is just funny to me because he goes on these huge angry tantrums like a child and I commented about how much I thought it was funny and this weird comment chain spawned about people acting like typical youtube commenters so I’m just f-ing around with both of them because they are both funny in how angry they are
It’s fun to watch people throw tantrums
It really is. Especially grown adults
Unless it’s someone like in Earthens case of you know an illness (I think that’s how it’s said)
Nothing out of the ordinary then lol
Yeah. Like you just need to not take it seriously and comment sections can be a playground
Ummm… I would like to disengage from this topic Me no like this
Well my bed is calling me. You guy’s and gals have fun and I’ll see ya’ll later.
Night!
See ya in 2017
Hey Look no longer a Holiday Kurusu I’m the 2017 Kurusu… Unless Better name comes up
Oh yeah delibird is no longer relevant huh…
I’ll have to think of something.
It kinda is given that its the year of the Rooster/Chicken
It has to be a bird pokemon tho
Oh yeah I’ve sorta got a trend going with rowlet and delibird now. xD
What is your favorite pokemon? Do that. I could draw ya something if you want
I appriciate the offer, but I’m good. I like stealing official art and such. xD
Oh I forgot did you ever get around to making that Porygon for me? It’s no problem if you didn’t just wondering
omg I’m so sorry I totally forgot. Will see if I can do that tomorrow sorry
It’s alright I’m pretty laid back and patient with this stuff so take your time no rush
Togekiss it brings hope and Jubilee to the world so perfect for today
This is actually a pretty solid idea. Hmm, I’ll consider this.
Crap… its almost 7am and i only have slept 2 hours
Get to bed my friend
I cant sleep anymore ;-;
Have you tried counting Flaffy
Does that even work?
It’s possible. Might have something to do with distracting yourself. I know when I can’t fall asleep, I have to “clear” my mind by just abruptly stopping my train of thought and just focusing on my breathing or something.
Interesting… but I dont to sleep anymore so…
Do what I do and look at space
Watch those space livestreams and cry a bit because the universe is is big and beautiful and even though humans treat eachother bad the world we live in is still amazing and we should love every minute of it
I love looking at space cause it looks just so magnificent to know there’s a lot more than us out there
me: writes a paragraph about the beauty of space and our planet while teary eyed
also me: titties lol
I only watch those streams just to try to spot an ovni and watch the chat go crazy
*UFO
I kinda want aliens to visit earth and to be first seen on one of those live streams
Welcome to my world at the moment
New Years resolution:
-Finish Fan-Region
-Hope for a new Pokémon or Yo-kai watch to come out so I can blow off my over sized wallet now (I have over 200 some dollars in it)
New year resolution
8 Megapixels
I’ve saved up a bunch to buy the switch and a few games. I’m just worried about shortages.
– Be more fabulous
– Be more happy
– Make a game
– Learn how to animate
im goona do none of these watch
More fabulous? nonsense your already beautiful!
More Happy? Your already more happy than my lunch table at school
The last two you can do if I can do them too!
?
no stop Kurusu I can’t take compliments you know this thanks aaaaaa
Your welcome
i must thank you in bad memes
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dffe93b0d3a8ef0fb97629ec53417c983b96e16b994bd348a445b4e9da9bd606.png
OMG I DIDN’T NOTICE HITLER WHEN I COPIED THIS FROM GOOGLE
And that was supposed to be the punchline XD
add to the list
-dont be an idiot and actually look at what you are doing.
– meme responsibly
Totally real resolution:
– stop being such a loser
Relatable
Success!
xD
Aww you no loser!
Haha thanks. 🙂
Just fyi, if you’re actually making a game out of your region, it’s a lot of work and probably can’t be done well in a year.
If you’re just doing concepts, then good luck and have fun! 🙂
Well not a computer just more making all the main stuff then maybe making it on a computer
Happy new years CST junglers!!! May 2017 bring you all. . . some good things. idk lol
THIS IS GARNET
BACK TOGETHER
AND WE’RE NEVER GOIN DOWN AT TE HANDS OF THE LIKES OF YOU
BECAUSE IM SO MUCH BETTER
AND EVERY PART OF ME IS SAYIN GO GET HER
I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!!! 😀
http://www.regularcapital.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/TheAnswer.jpg
Omg I need this
2017 is Just a number
😛
a number representing the sun and the earth spinning and stuff
Hey you don’t need to tell me that, I’ve been pushing that all night. xD
And im pushing it even farther
Well, time to stay up all night to reset my sleep schedule and animate some more
Happy New Year y’all!
Goodnight Y’all see ya in the morning me must… ??
Night
Goodnight! Hopefully I’ll have some animations to show off
Also it has been a year since I discovered my favorite comedian ever so since this place is dying down I’ll leave this here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VE6lHJXcnV8