Pikachu Batteries Recalled for Unintended Sparks

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Turns out batteries are best left to bunnies, not mice (Energizer joke). Two varieties of mobile smartphone back-up batteries are being recalled in Japan, one featuring Pikachu and the other a generic Pokéball image. Buyers reported that the units became uncomfortably hot and some even saw smoke.

If you came into possession of one of these, please see the page linked above for refund instructions or contact the seller! For the rest of us, let this be a lesson that Pikachu’s power cannot be harnessed so easily by human technology!

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  5. My day went really well. I got Horizon: Zero Dawn and I believe there is a Switch Pro Controller in the mail. I also got a brownie in a cup. I couldn’t ask for anything more on my birthday. I also find it incredible that my birthday is on “Mar10 Day” of all days, being a huge Nintendo fan and all. I don’t really believe in coincidences.

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  7. I haven’t gotten very far story wise in Zelda, been exploring a ton really xD Finding so many Korok’s. But I just learned how to kill a guardian for the first time, without attacking them at all omg.

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    • It deserves it but I can’t help but feel there’s some lost potential.

      It’s absolutely amazing but there are still many flaws, but I can get past them because of how fun the game is.

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      • Only flaws I see so far:
        – There isn’t many unique tracks, even though they’re good when there are
        – the world is too small

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        • I got a few.
          -Enemy variety.
          -Frame rate.
          -Weapon durability is a fine concept but it is not executed well.
          -Story is not for everyone. I enjoyed it but the way it works may disappoint some.
          -Dungeons are small and fairly easy. I did not mind this but a lot of people were disappointed.
          -That final boss tho

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          • don’t tell me about the final boss, I’ve been able to avoid heavy spoilers so far.

            And yeah forgot frame rate. Even though it doesn’t really hinder my play like it might to some people, it’s definitely an issue

          • Just wait for death mountain. It straight up froze there for me, as ironic as that sounds.

          • The game doesn’t allow it to drop below 20 fps iirc, so it just freezes the game till it can run above that.

  13. So um. When do you guys think we might get an announcement of a new main series game? I’m interested to see when we get more gen 7 games coming!

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    • Also, BoTW is a crazy game. I’ve only played a couple Zelda games but this one is hands down the best experience I’ve had

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      • Oh yeah, this is a phenomenal game. Hoping they continue this momentum over the year, I need Xenoblade 2 to be awesome.

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        • I want to see as much third party games released as possible tho… Like, I know the nintendo games are gonna be good, but the more third party games the more sales by non-nintendo fans which I think will make or break this console.

          But frik, I love this Zelda game.

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          • Yeah, but if I’m being honest I don’t see all the AAA third party titles coming to switch. Maybe some, but not all multiplats. It’s Nintendo, let’s be honest.

          • oh it might have been. But either way, games LIKE the last guardian which are a bit more family friendly I think would attract more people. But either way I’m amazed by Nintendo’s initial success and the more games that are released the better it will get 😀

          • Yep, hopefully they can keep up this momentum. E3 2017 is very crucial, it’ll be interesting to see whether people jump on the switch bandwagon or the “nintendoom” bandwagon.

    • Honestly probably not till May, that’s the sweet spot for me. June is too late since they would never announce at E3 and April seems too early.

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    • Not as confusing as the final fantasy or kingdom hearts series
      xenoblade is childs play compared to those

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      • Well you see I was introduced to this from Chuggaconroy’s Xenoblade Chronicals Let’s Play so that’s all I know. Then I got X and played up to the part blue tits is introduced and realized the story was shitty and kept from from the fun part which was exploring the world

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        • Omg seriously, just ignore the story if you hate it. The exploration is just too fun to pass up, if you aren’t playing because of the story, just ignore it. Consider it a sandbox game, idk, just don’t let the sucky story get in the way of the world

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          • But there is so much I can’t do. Like there was a whole sectioned blocked off for me because there were these level 80 assholes blocking the way and so many places I needed a Skell to access and I just don’t care enough to go through all that

          • And that’s another issue. As soon as you get the shells the exploration gets a ton less fun because you can just fly over everything and drop exactly where you need.

        • Oddly hearing a character be called “blue tits” makes me smile more then it really should. But yeah, X’s story was bad and can’t be forgiven.

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          • No but like, I’m all for sexy video game characters but she’s like the general isn’t she? Shouldn’t she be in protective armor like, she’s pretty important. At least someone like Widowmaker makes sense because she is sort of a seductress type character and she is a Sniper so she needs mobility but it’s just lazy

          • Yeah, I know what you saying. I mean it really depends on how its justified to make it work. Like Camilla in Fates. She’s a bit under dressed, but at least its clear she’s wearing armor, and in universe it does make sense for her to show off some of her features. But yeah, X did it bad.

          • I want X2 just to give us a proper ending. It’s like they had a cool idea for a premise and didn’t know how to end it.

            And also I feel like “blue tits” could apply to multiple characters in the game lol

      • This is correct, though to add 2 does has chronicles in its title. X seem’s to be their Sci-Fi spinoff, where chronicles will be the main series for now.

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          • That would be really strange given X means Cross, not ten, and you would have to explain how they eventually end up on earth, but that would be a great troll move, right up there with the Millennium Falcon troll in Berserk.

          • So are we supposed to say “Xenoblade Chronicles Eks” or “Xenoblade Chronicles Cross”?

            I mean the protag’s canon name is cross but I always thought that was just a slight nod to the title.

          • Really I don’t know how you should say it at this point. Merely that in Japanese X does mean cross, hence why you see thing like the x-naughts in Thousand year door, or why you tend to see series cross overs represented by the names having a X between them.

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