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@Stafki_GTN @getonthestiix Eh, Nexon is also making great work with UE5 for their port of an existing 20 year old MMO to it. youtu.be/zwqNii2IOmQ

@getonthestiix Only Nintendo could do it... That's not even me being a bootlicker, nobody except gears for breakfast and Nintendo know how to use unreal engine except for games that look too realistic.

HOLDUP, UNREAL ENGINE 5 CAN MAKE BRIGHTLY COLORED GAMES THAT ARE WELL OPTIMIZED?!

@HangmanSwingset @Verliswolf The real question here is whether Pokémon Works wants to copy Showdown's replay system, storing a visual set of instructions rather than just inputs.

@HangmanSwingset @Verliswolf Video files are significantly larger than replays. Like, obscenely larger. Although a converter like the one Smash Ultimate has would be nice.

2013: Battle Replays on the potato that is the 3DS 2026: Battle Replays too hard :(

@Verliswolf @HangmanSwingset Considering Unite replays also break on balance updates... Very likely a similar system, just with a lot more inputs. Granted most people won't find this out as Unite auto deletes replays after an hour.

@HangmanSwingset @Zero320171 I'll take 720p. A smartphone or switch should be able to handle 50 compressed proprietary video format replays. I wonder what UNITE datamine says the file size of the native Battle Pass videos the game stores

@HangmanSwingset @Verliswolf Replays just stored the RNG seed, team info, and inputs made. NOT the outcome of each turn—that is recreated in real time from the information stored with the replay. Changing the game balance will cause the replay to play out differently.

@Zero320171 @Verliswolf What does that have to do with anything? The legacy recording system you had back in BW was designed around slower internet hardware and bandwidth. It’s still viable, but we literally have the technology to render it down to a usable format if you choose to keep the files.

@HangmanSwingset @Verliswolf Did Black & White get patches that changed game balance? Its literally spelled out why in that quote why it's "so hard today".

@Verliswolf lol Black and White had battle replays on the original DS. No idea how it’s so hard today.

@ProphecyEXE05 @Pokemon_Champs The Membership does not include the battle pass.

@Pokemon_Champs why are you all charging the people who paid the 60 again for the battle pass when they suppose to already have access to it then not only are you all double charging the pass sucks bad please address this

[Maintenance Complete] Maintenance is now complete! Thank you for your patience. The following items have been addressed: 🔹Dark Lariat and Sacred Sword not activating correctly. 🔹Visual issues regarding battles/network. Let's get back to battling in #PokemonChampions!

@ishuagra02 @CtrlCMDr @Pirat_Nation $90 game:

@CtrlCMDr @Pirat_Nation all $80 games: - totk s2 edition - mario bros wonder s2 edition - mario party jamboree s2 edition - kirby and forgotten land s2 edition

Nintendo’s stock dropped 12% after the Switch 2 price increase to $499 in the US from the expected $449.99. The change starts in September 2026 for Western markets due to higher memory and component costs plus tariffs and exchange rates. The company also cut its sales forecast to 16.5 million units next year, down from nearly 20 million, but President Shuntaro Furukawa said the Switch 2 is selling faster than the original console

@Vaulty_22 @GendoWasRight @nib95_ It does have an intended progression route (build armor, travel to Nether, travel to The End, kill Ender Dragon) and an event that triggers a credits roll (take portal that appears after killing Ender Dragon). Whether players actually follow this route is another story.

@GendoWasRight @nib95_ A few games on here do have definable goals, they just depend person to person. Mimecraft is a game based on a loop of definable goals, the only thing is they're self defined

This clip inadvertently highlights why games as more of a strictly interactive story telling medium can be still be compelling. Compare this clip to the running scene in Ferris Bueller it's an homage to, which has him going through a few gardens with constant cuts and edits. This Mixtape scene has her going through countless homes, a construction site, birthday party, into constant on coming traffic, over rooftops, through a school, football pitch, bus yard, factory etc, all in a single tracking shot, something that would be near impossible to film in a real life movie. It's audiovisually fun and extravagant, whether there's much interactivity or not. And it's possible in a game with all the beautiful art, assets, lighting, set pieces and atmosphere that comes with it. And while Christina was doing nothing but hating on the lack of interactivity while ignoring the art and its audiovisual impact, I was admiring it. Obviously if you're hate playing a game for not being what it isn't, you're not going to enjoy it. A bit like playing Gran Turismo and constantly whining there's no plot and deep story. Different games are trying to be different things, and games that are interactive stories or moving graphic novels, clearly still have their draw and audiences. It's also inept that tourists and sheep who haven't played the game, or others condemning it for what it isn't even trying to be, are attempting to suggest the adoration for it from critics or gamers is all some sort of paid for conspiracy, when it's sitting at a 94% on Steam and 97% on PSN, based on purchase confirmed user ratings (meaning from people confirmed as having bought/played it). For context, those purchase confirmed user averages are notably higher than its 85 Metacritic average. So ironically buyers are enjoying it MORE than critics. #Mixtape

@MonoRedGirl @nidohime @victryena The transfer in is one-way. Once they touch home, they can't return to FRLG. As opposed to LGPE behavior where they can't return to LGPE only after touching another game and not just existing in Home.

@nidohime @victryena FRLG is confirmed to get Home connection. Though, it's like Let's go games.

nintendo literally ported a gba rom onto the switch and made a cool $80 million lmao money printer go brrr

@ShadowsGamingco @Tyrant002model Metal Gear started on a home computer system a year prior to the NES port.

@Tyrant002model PlayStation is not the home of Final Fantasy. It started with Nintendo. Also, Metal Gear started with Nintendo. So did a number of other franchises. Learn a bit about gaming history.

This👇😂😂PlayStation is the home of Final Fantasy ...dont play it anywhere else is a waste of money #PS5

@TheDavidVinc @KirPinkFury The Japan-only variant exists due to the weak Yen and as a scalper deterrent. Both the Japan-only variant ($~320 USD) and the regular multi language variant ($~450) are sold in Japan. Currently quite common for electronics in general to do this over in Japan, especially Sony.

@KirPinkFury Let's not forget that they purposely region locked the Japanese Switch 2 and released it at a super low price for them. Also, to Reggie's point, the NES came with Super Mario and Duck Hunt and the GameBoy came with Tetris

The first comment about how Nintendo of America makes about 50% of Nintendo's revenue and profit must be a concern at the moment for the company and new president. After all, they have admitted how Switch 2 isn't performing as they expected in the NoA territory. (1)

@ThisJitCracks @atrocityTCG This was $30. All tournament legal cards as well, along with a handful of game state trackers.

@atrocityTCG "Our top tournament decks are 33 dollars!" Well Konami just made a box with 2 tournament contender with ACTUAL tops and 1 rogue playable decks for 30 bucks MSRP, and they're all tournament legal actual cards. Instead of Pokemon selling PROXY of their worlds winner at 50 lmaooo

EVERY SINGLE pokemon pro is complaining that the format is ass and there's literally zero player agency and every new mega is extremely dull in card design but there's ALWAYS that annoying voice screaming that the game is cheap LITERALLY NO OTHER REDEEMING QUALITIES

@FreakyAme @vibe_less____ @Vialith__ @DarkWaterBeach There's only 3 possible purchases in the entire game.

@vibe_less____ @Vialith__ @DarkWaterBeach It IS a fact the game is filled with microtransactions for basic things, it IS a fact that the Pokemon roster is small and minimal, and it IS a fact that these lazy bums won't even bother with having all the gimicks in it Day 1. I'm not playing a game that sucks that much.

oh someone was FED UP

@devin_reilly1 @AuroraMaqui The battery only keeps track of time on the GBA Pokémon games, and even then only the Hoenn games even had them.

@AuroraMaqui Just change the save battery?

I just played Pokémon emerald today for 5 hours, went to take a shower and came back to it. My save data vanished. I feel like I'm 11 years old all over again

@Weebvestor @kemikkal876 @Alexis_Vgc The current regulation will stay for Season 2.

@kemikkal876 @Zero320171 @Alexis_Vgc You assume floette will be legal and still not possible to get in champions. Season ends in less than a month

I wanted to run an experiment. I started Champions from scratch again: no HOME, no GO, no Starter Pack, nothing at all. After 50 minutes, I already had a solid team that let me reach Ultra Ball within 2 hours. So how can anyone call this game pay to win?

@kemikkal876 @Alexis_Vgc Why would someone need to "buy 500+ dollars worth of equipment" when they need the device in the first place to even play Champions?

@Alexis_Vgc If you run into a team with mega floette and you got smoked and want to use mega floette you need to buy 500+ dollars worth of equipment and spend at least 20 hours beating the story and post game.

@andy_fritz99 @Dr_Wildy @Alexis_Vgc F2P games generally don't require paid NSO. Champions and Unite do not. The GTS is also part of the phone app for Home, so that doesn't need NSO either.

Yes and no. Correct me if I'm wrong but if you have the ability to play champions then you have to have Nintendo online, and if you have Nintendo online then you have access to the GTS, and if you have access to the GTS you can set up trades I mean it might take a long time or forever, But I was able to get somebody's mega floette in exchange for a shiny that I hunted years ago presumably because they were trying to fill out a shiny dex But it's also not technically pay to win even if you ignore the GTS, it's just pay for convenience. There are plenty of meta teams that don't involve mega floette. But it certainly is convenient for mega floette fans to be able to have access to it

@lfc_123456789 @razorrandy1 @NerdOutMusic Precedence on its appearance in Sun/Moon, it holding a Z-Crystal prevents it from Mega Evolving.

@razorrandy1 @NerdOutMusic No in theory I could do all of them at the same time as long as it’s holding z move stone and has dragon ascent

People are finding the information on Pokemon Champions overwhelming already! Wait till you have to deal with a Dynamaxxed Tera Normal Mega Rayquaza using a Z Move

@kra62738 @ChipRichey A card is only once per turn if it is explicitly written on the card. Supporter cards have a rule box for this. Regular trainer cards do not.

@Zero320171 @ChipRichey Isn't gust of wind also a trianer card which is always once per turn?

Gust of Wind was a card printed 27 years ago and would be better than a card that is a must have in 100% of standard decks right now