First Trailer for Pokémon the Movie 20: I Choose You Revealed

The Oha Suta trailer showed Ash meeting Pikachu for the first time and working to bond with it, while Ho-oh flew overhead. Not too much yet, but the movie will definitely look back at the beginning of the series.

I’ve created a slimmed-down version of what was aired which you can watch below:

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999 thoughts on “First Trailer for Pokémon the Movie 20: I Choose You Revealed”

    • Honestly I wouldn’t be against that. Given Pokemon suffers from the editorial mandate that Ash can’t grow up, kind of like Dragon Ball almost had with Goku, a reboot would be nice.

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      • Well in the pilot episode, Ho-Oh flies by and thats it but in this trailer it drops a Rainbow Wing for Ash. Its not that big, but it is a additional detail which could have bigger meaning

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      • he cant grow up because because must always be the star of the show…and growing up means that they will have to replace him at some point…its actually not that bad at all.

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        • Not really. Characters can grow up and still be the focus of the show. Heck if they always wanted to keep the main character a kid, they could have ash become more of a mentor(like he was to may) to the new protagonist and eventually even age him enough enough that his child would become the new protagonist. Ash can always be part of the show, seeing him eventually reach his dreams, and then take a supporting role when that’s done. Its happened before, and people have enjoyed it enough.

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  1. Well that’s interesting. Cool to see the animation style is more like an updated version of the original rather than completely different kind. Should be interesting to see. I wonder how they’ll tell the story tho. Obviously they’ll have to add in new content in order to make it more attractive.

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  2. Looks like a ‘What if’ story. It would be nice if it was good, but I don’t let myself get my hopes up for anything anymore.

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  3. There’s a pretty popular theory in Japan about a parallel universe in which Ash also exists, but he’s more like Red in this world and not the walking L he is in the current anime.

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  4. Personally, not interested. I could just watch the first episode again. I know one thing. This movie better include Misty. I want brock but he doesnt appear until later.
    (Also when Ash drags pikachu he is supposed to be wearing pink rubber gloves)

    @armaggedon16:disqus
    @the_pinsir
    Perform your battles!!! If you do not, I will just decides who moves on my own!

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  5. I love how the animation is still somewhat true to the original Pokemon series, like when you look at Ash, it looks so similar to his original design.

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  6. So, Breath of the Wild is officially shipping and will arrive here on Friday. The Switch hasn’t shipped yet, but following past trends it will probably happen late tonight or early tomorrow morning. I don’t really care about the accessories right now: if I just get those two things, I will have the pure Nintendo experience I’m hoping for. Amazon has a bunch of those Breath of the Wild amiibo for pre-order but I’m not going to get those yet. I just want the game.

    In completely unrelated news, I decided today that I’ve just about completed my “challenge” of growing out my hair for one whole year, so I think I might get it cut short again this weekend. It really has been a fascinating experience to see how people’s reactions and expectations about me have changed (sometimes for the worse) for simply not doing this one thing, although nothing significant really changed at all. I consider it the greatest psychological experiment of my life thus far.

    Anyway, this isn’t my personal blog. Things are going to start fresh in more ways than one.

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        • I understand u had a bunch of amazon gift cards! but when something big liek that is gonna be hard to find its better to pre order from two different places. also i think walmart still has the SE up

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          • Yeah it does, but it’s too late now. I’ll just get one of those premium Switch cases when they come back in stock, that’s all I really cared about.

    • That’s good, hope you enjoy BOTW and the Switch.

      As for me, I’m not planning on getting it immediately, and I can wait to get my hands on the console, along with BOTW. I do think I’ll get it around the time SMO comes out, though.

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    • Me i went to Best Buy in person and had the utmost help, this very nice lady got her entire crew looking up my order number and even had a entire spreadsheet with my name being on there (you gotta appreciate when customer service actually has a functioning brain), so all i really gotta do is PAINSTAKINGLY GET THROUGH TOMORROW AND CAMP OUT THERE STARTING AT TEN, and hopefully soon my Amazon stuff gets shipped, so far none of my accessories other than my Charge Grip is accounted for, i really hope my Gamestop order for a Guardian Amiibo doesn’t take too long

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    • That’s awesome! Glad you won’t have the switch to use as a paperweight on Friday.

      I’m just hoping that I can pick up my switch at BB and make it to GS before it closes during the midnight release.

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          • Emboar is going to have Heat Crash or Blast Burn, Flamethrower, Wild Charge/Head Smash, and Hammer Arm, while Galvantula will have Signal Beam, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, and Electro Ball. Somewhat limited in moves they can learn at the moment, but I’ve gone through this E4 in the past and they’re pretty easy for the most part.

  7. Ugh, these last few days are dragging by. Everytime I settle down to do something to pass time I just can’t focus, my life currently revolves around the switch. I remeber this same feeling with SM, FE Fates, and Smash 4. It’s a side effect of hype, I guess.

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  8. So I am still super excited about BoTW but I got Horizon Zero Dawn today and its one of the best games I have ever played in my entire life. If you love a good story this one is for you. I hope BoTW rivals it in terms of story

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    • I can’t wait to play that over summer, since I won’t have time in spring and it’s not high on my priority list of games. I’m looking forward to it though, it looks pretty awesome from what I’ve seen.

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  9. Man if only i had this 6IV Ditto sooner i could’ve actually make a team for the Kalos v Alola competition. I dont think i’ll be prepared in time now -.-

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  10. Some Breath of the Wild Reviews
    IGN 10/10
    Game Informer 10/10
    Polygon 10/10
    Giant Bomb 5/5
    Gamespot 10/10
    The game is barely even getting a 9.5 and below!

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  11. Y’all act so surprised that BotW is getting all these positive reviews, dont be. Nintendo revamped the formula and made it an open world game. Those who’ve played recent open worlds like The Witcher 3, Fallout 4 and Final Fantasy XV knew BotW wouldn’t fall behind, its because open world gaming is the new standard. Horizon: Zero Dawn is another example, a game thats been worked at for over 6 years.

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  12. I don’t get why this is being made. The first episode is great on it’s own why does the beginning of the show need a whole movie? Not even the whole first season, just the beginning?

    I don’t get it

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    • This is the 20 anniversary of Pokemon!!! So instead of celebrating every generation of the franchise, we’re just celebrating this one in particular!!!

      TL;DR: nostalgia

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    • Because fucking Kanto
      Who likes Johto? That place had Stantler
      Who likes Hoenn? Water
      Who likes Sinnoh? Stupid Lickilicky, makes the whole game trash
      Who likes Unova?! THE DESIGNS ARE BAD GF IS RUNNIN OUT OF DESIGNS NO
      Who likes Kalos? …..I’m actually asking this one seriously, who the hell likes Kalos
      Who likes Alola? I’d much rather have Voltorb than Dhelmise

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    • Remember Pokémon Origins? They showed Red’s story as in the games but in the end, added new content with the appearance of Mega-Zard X to promote XY (and Mega Evolution). This movie is looking to be the same. They showed pretty much the entire first episode in this trailer alone and already showed a difference in the story with the Ho-oh part. To me, it’s obvious it will feature an alternate story to promote something else. My bet is it’s something to do with Necrozma (as indicated by the next 2 japanese TCG sets, which come out 1 month before the movie and feature Ho-oh and Necrozma). Either way, there’s definitely more to this than what they’re showing.

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  13. my last and fleeting concern is linking my Nintendo ID, it’s been notorious for not recognizing my password

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  14. Ok. Tomorrow starts the month long battle to stay spoiler free.
    If I can just until April 14th then it’s all going to be ok. So I’m goona fill the time with other games so I spend less time in the wild lands of the internet where spoilers are goona be everywhere.

    I’m finishing Twilight Princess by next week, then I’m finally finishing Banjo Kazooie with Zelda 1 hopefully finishing it off

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  15. I’m extremely concerned now…my Switch hasn’t shipped yet, but it still says “Shipping soon” and hasn’t been delayed from its March 3 delivery. I think it might be getting delayed, folks.

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  16. Grack, work starts in fifteen minutes
    Today will be the most longest most agonizing day in my life,

    And work is slow these days leaving me bored and tired, granted they never check up on me and I could basically half ass my work if I please but I don’t

    Also my house is messy and my parents want me to clean it, but anything to have a full uninterrupted Switch Experience

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  17. Poor Alola won’t get a Movie for some time.
    Kinda hope this film has something original though, and not just a word for word retelling.
    You know, like the Remake Games.

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  18. Normally I would’ve ditched work and bolted to the Store but I know they won’t legally sell it to me without it being March 3rd

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  19. 3 more hours of my shift and that give me 6 hours to not only clean up but to get my snacks ready and to get energized

    And 11 moar hours until the Switch

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  20. *Rant alert*
    Goddammit, fuck the battle tree! Seriously, I see people doing 100, 200, even 1000 consecutive battles and I can’t get past the 30th battle. Fuck! I’m using QR Teams cause my mons aren’t trained accordingly to use there. I’m using the online calculators and trainer catalogue so I don’t get caught by surprise. It doesn’t matter. A fuckin’ crit. That stupid Anabel bitch critted me and I lost just like that. I wonder if I am that bad of a player or just really really unlucky.

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    • I haven’t had a problem with the singles, and I’m terrible at singles, I blast through the battles no problem until I get bored or tired and quit, but doubles, which is my strong suit online, I cant get past like 5 battles before I get killed

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  21. Whelp everything seems to be a go. My checking account was charged and my order for both the Switch and Zelda have updated to being prepared. Roll on tomorrow!!!

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  22. Honestly the more I play Horizon Zero Dawn the more obsessed with it I am, its now clear that it is my current favourite game of all time! I don’t know if BoTW can top this but it will be extremely close nonetheless

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      • ohhh I want to, but trust me, Horizon is a master piece, zelda owns my heart, but until I play it and get blown away into a cosmic oblivion I have to say, Horizon is the best game I have played in this year, and last

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  23. @starstorm295: disqus

    How would you like to do something for me?
    How would you like to make the two protagonists for my games? 😀

    When you respond I’ll give more intel

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  24. A half hour left, God they have been busting my ass the very moment I walked in,
    But it’s all worth it since when I get home, clean the house, walk my pug then take a disco nap and soon very soon I will be unboxing the Switch and will pool all my time into Breath of the Wild

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      • That’s actually kind of a neat concept how each death in a video game is sort of erased from the canon of the story as in, when Mega Man dies, he doesnt actually die, it is sorta like it goes back and the story goes “wait no that didnt happen” and you succeed and the story goes on. It’s a concept that could be fun to explore in some way and blah blah blah blah I need to do more game design than talking about game design jeez

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  25. They didn’t ship my Pro Controller yet, which has left me a bit worried that I’ll receive it in the coming days. There’s still a chance they’ll ship it at 1 am tonight and then it still gets to my door tomorrow or maybe they ship tomorrow so I have it by saturday then. But I’m worried that they didn’t get enough stock and I’ll have to wait weeks for it. Would suck since I really need it for Zelda.

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    • Ok mostly the big thing is because the region is pretty cold give them kind of heavier clothing (kind of like Platinum did to Dawn and Lucas) and cause its based on Germany make them pale skinned (hair and eye color can be anything) and thats mostly it the rest is to your imagination

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  26. I wish my stupid brother showed a little interest with Zelda still, he used to be all over then as a kid and now he’s on pol 24/7 and never likes anything because his hyper criticism

    I told him that it was getting perfect reviews all around and he replies that Nintendo buy their votes and have Yakuza connections (Such an Ass)

    Sometimes i wonder why i try so hard with him, he’s a douche nowadays but at least you guys love the series to pieces

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      • I know and i should, still i can’t help but feel lonely that nobody in my household wants to hang out and do it with me

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          • Im like this. I cant stand wwhen my siblings or parents interupt me when I’m enjoying a new game. HOWEVER, if its a friend they can interrupt me

        • I’m the opposite, i dont want people distracting me and shit when i’m playing a new game. I need the silent solitude

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          • EXACTLY

            My brother always wants to nag me and stuff, I know he really just wants to play with me but it’s annoying nonetheless.

    • All you need is us in that aspect. Trust me when a siblings shares something you like it can be VERY annoying

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      • it can but at least they show an interest, its been years since my brothers actually hung out with me in the traditional sense
        and the loneliness builds up sometimes……

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        • Yea I guess thats true. It can be an amazing feeling to share hobbies with someone my two sisters and brother (and me) are getting BOTW, and excitement is flowing throughout the house

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          • yep…. and when i say hanging out i mean actually interacting with me not having their face buried in their phones….

            I’d kill if my brothers would like to play BOTW

            …wait a second you’re getting BOTW? surely this is a lie you’d never play a Zelda game

  27. @BigGuyI:disqus Good news, I think you’ll like that certain character
    Not spoiling anything, I’m reffering to personality

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      • Eh by that logic you’re correct but there’s never been a Goron before who’s explicitely stated he’s attracted to men

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      • my theories are that they reproduce asexually or that they are actually truly genderless but have always adopted a patriarchal society and euphemisms or lastly Female Gorons do exist but do not live long

        (i was gonna say something that the birthing process is fatal but that would be disproved due to other gorons existing

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          • it is only stated he has a father which raises a question that Gorons must have some way of reproduction but we don’t know the equation

            one theory is that since only Goron Chiefs have children they are only allowed to mate/give birth and other gorons are born some other way

          • Yeah there are female Gorons in MM, but Termina is a parallel world and this is not the case with BotW Hyrule as far as i can tell

  28. Saw Logan today, such a good movie and end for Hugh Jackmans’ portrayal of Wolverine and Patrick Stewarts Wheels’.

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      • it truly is, we are entering the new console generation with a bang and its giving players so much ore freedom and a lot less hand holding and scaling levels

        this time we are going to be forever weak and enemies will be stronger and stronger, we no longer get spoonfed directions and equipment that keep us comfortably alive,

        No more hearts to refill your health bar? Tough luck! if you want those hearts back go climb a tree and eat a fucking apple

        I will revel in the montage of ass kickery we will trial and error through that will mold our path stronger and wiser

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  29. Seriously I can’t contain my hype right now (as if most of you can, though).

    I’m seriously excited not just for BotW, but for how amazing this year is shaping up to be for gaming in general. There are so many hyped games coming this year, not just for Nintendo but for all platforms (except Xbox. if there is, I haven’t heard of any :P). Coming off of one of the worst years in gaming (except for a few gems) this has me really really excited for this year.

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  30. Ash should catch water pkmn in this gen right?………-Wimpod will be a good option and give the story line more actions…..but if Guzma have a Golisopod that wouldn’t be logical.

    -It’s too difficult to imagine Wishiwashi in Ash team ……………..

    -Araquanid !!! Hmmmmmmm………….I didn’t know.

    – wat If Ash Greninja back !!!!.

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    • Wimpod I can see

      Wishiwashi probably not only cause of school form

      Dewpider maybe

      I wouldn’t mind this

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    • Could get Popplio eventually. Ash-Greninja won’t happen except for maybe a brief Charizard-like come-back. Wimpod works and could do well for the comedic vibe the series seems to have in Alola. Maybe when it evolves it gains a rivalry with Guzmas’ Golisopod that it might have been scared of as a Wimpod. James has Mareanie so that ain’t happening. Dewpider is possible. Whilst I deem it unlikely he could get Bruxish. I know it won’t happen but I’d like Pyukumuku just so it gets loads of screen-time.

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  31. Why is it all the advertising for Switch has been the rubbish looking party games? There was a feature on a morning tv show here and it was just a cow milking game that looked boring. They should be fronting it with actual good games like BotW imo.

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    • I completely agree. They did so well with the Superbowl commercial, but now all the TV commercials are just 1-2-switch. It’s one of the mistakes they made with the Wii U, and I’m sad they’re repeating it.

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      • They’re clearly doing it to attract a casual audience, but that only worked with the Wii unfortunately :/

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      • They already sold all the available copies of BotW in Europe, they’re just targeting the market that needs convincing.

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  32. Anyone wanna help me with my Platinum team? I need a final mon and I was thinking either Hipowdon or Porygon-Z. Other suggestions would work too, but I may shoot them down depending on if I’ve used them or if types overlap
    -Empoleon
    -Roserade
    -Rapidash
    -Drifblim
    -Gardevoir

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    • Can you trade with anyone to get Porygon-Z? It generally isn’t that good until now so I’d say Hippowdon or Garchomp.

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      • Well I’m playing a ROM (don’t worry, I own Platinum too) So there are ways to get it to Z. It would probs be Pry-2 for a while though. I think I would mainly use it as an ice type. I guess I could do Mamoswine…Idk

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      • Dafuq would I use Lopunny before it gets a mega. Jolteon I cast to the wayside because the eevee I got was too high leveled to learn thundershock. Luxray I just used in Y. Gliscor I already have a flying type :/

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      • Save files are stored onto the console’s memory but cant be copied to MicroSD cards. Huge mistake by Nintendo, once more people get wiff of this it might decline sales numbers

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        • Why can’t they at least be stored on the cartridges too though? SD cards too for that matter. That’s really infuriating. Can they fix it or is it a hardware thing?

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          • Pretty sure its a deliberate choice by Nintendo because the Switch’s hardware could easily handle it, the Wii U could as well. What their motivation behind this is though, i dont know.

            At this point i’m thinking they might release compatible external devices which would allow you to copy files onto? All to make that extra money i guess

      • It limits your options a lot though. Pretty much forces you to erase existing save files if you want to do new playthroughs for example

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        • Idk if I’m understanding this correctly, but
          a) isn’t that based on the game itself?
          and
          beta) can’t you always just create a new account on the console itself? I heard it caps at 8 but still.

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          • Ehh the article literally says it applies to every software or game. But i guess you could make multiple accounts? But you have to keep in mind that the Switch only has a 32GB memory, which by itself is also a limitation

          • Oh, that’s the real catch then. I guess that means I’ll put all downloads and stuff on a card.

          • Idk if that works because save files on a microSD card will not work with the Switch, says so in the article

  33. So apparently, two Pokemon can hold the same Z crystal? I can’t be the only one who didn’t know about this.

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  34. My Switch STILL hasn’t shipped, but I emailed customer service this morning and from what I could tell, they were still confident that it would be here tomorrow. At the same time, they gave me $15 for free so I’m thinking that they’re trying to soften the blow if it doesn’t make it here on time. It’s really down to the wire.

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    • No if your ready now sorry my phone died and I left it to charge then my mom took forever to get home so if your ready now I’m ready to go for it

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  35. WOO CONFIRMATION EMAIL
    My switch will be available by midnight! 😀

    Now I just have to hope I can make it to GS to get, you know, an actual game before they close.

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  36. Well I decided I’m goung to finally restart and fully play Silver version what my team will be is
    Feraligatr
    Noctowl
    Arbok
    Bellosom
    Umbreon
    A Hitmon

    So far have
    Totodile lvl.9
    Hoothoot lvl.4

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  37. @alyssa_dunn :disqus
    Since you probably left (I understand I was bad at communication) but I’ll search for all version exclusives so then we can see all the VE’s of are respective games

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  38. OKAY BAD NEWS GUYS
    THE BURD DOES NOT HAVE FALCO’S VOICE
    CANCEL THE PRE-ORDERS
    Nah but for real I love this bird with all my heart

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  39. Honestly I’m gonna be really pissed if the only way to get Epona in BOTW is through the use of Amiibo. Epona deserves way better than to be sidelined as fucking DLC. This is literal horse shit.

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  40. Ok I’m at the Best Buy
    There’s a ton of people (most without Preorders) and it’s cold

    I got exactly an hour and fifty minutes wish me luck

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  41. Welp BOTW has one of THOSE BOSSES
    Like yknow, the boss where a background character yells at you to do something EXTREMELY obvious every five seconds
    Like sonic generations infamous “WATCH OUT ITS A HOMING ATTACK!”

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  42. Alright an hour and five minutes
    It’s cold and time isn’t moving fast enough

    I’m concerned my IPad will be damaged by the cold

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  43. About to leave for the midnight release. This feeling reminds me of when I was hunting amiibo during the great drought of ’15. I know I already have a preorder and such but I’m still nervous (mostly the GS thing still, I’m sure you’re sick of hearing about that by now).

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  44. And now I beat Black. I’ll still do the post-game stuff, so there’s still stuff for me to do.

    BTW, Dennis was hard as shit. His Bouffalant and Hydregion took out all but 1 Pokemon. 0_0

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  45. Well, this is it. The end of a LONG journey that’s been going on since 2014, when people first began voicing their opinion that Nintendo should retire the Wii U and accept its failure. We were then told 2 years ago this month that Nintendo’s new system would be “NX” and have a new gaming concept. After many months of subpar Nintendo releases, an entire year of speculation about when the NX would be revealed, and many MANY rumors, we are here, on the cusp of March 3, 2017. The summation of all of our hopes and dreams for Nintendo for the past quarter of my life begins very soon. We’ve all grown as people while waiting for Nintendo to get back to speed with the potential we all know they have, and this is how it will happen. My Switch hasn’t shipped yet so I’m not yet sure if I’ll be able to play tomorrow, but I hope everyone has the experience they deserve for being unbelievably patient for the past few years. /dramaticspeech

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  46. So I’ve been tracking my switch’s shipping, and its been a little weird. It went to the UPS dispatch center in Ohio, to Buffalo, NY(which you have to go through my home city to reach it, and even then it’s like an hour and a half drive past my home city) and still being promised to be here tomorrow.

    Also in Switch news, know that your saves aren’t actually saved to the micro SD card in the system, but some sort of internal memory built into the switch itself. Meaning that all saves are locked to your individual switch and not your copy of the game and it’ll be awhile before someone finds a way to mod it to allow saves to the SD card.

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  47. Went to GS first to get the game and pro controller, currently waiting in line at BB. They’re moving like 2 people every five minutes, and there’s like 35 people in line. Ugh.

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  48. Pray for me, friends. If I wake up in the morning and my Switch hasn’t shipped, it’s game over for release day. May Arceus shine upon me.

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  49. Nighty night Switch, I think we’re gonna be good friends
    I will play with you every day and keep you safe and healthy

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  50. Got my Switch! Sadly have to wait for Zelda to arrive! And it seems like my Pro Controller got delayed, which sucks a lot.

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  51. Something is seriously wrong, I’ve never had an Amazon delivery “preparing for shipment” for this long. It still says it’s being delivered today as well! I’m at a complete loss now, I have no idea.

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      • It’s happened to me as well in the past, but it would completely contradict what the customer service person said to me.

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      • I did that yesterday and they told me that it was going to ship within a very short amount of time! I just saw a post on Reddit saying that Amazon didn’t update the guy’s status for shipment and guaranteed a release day delivery anyway. That’s the only logical possibility I can think of, otherwise why would they have told me that?

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