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Not league related but. This is the greatest thing in Mario Kart I have ever done. Thank you Nintendo for the ability to save replays so easily.

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With fur-covered joy-cons. I'm in!

Fair enough. Likewise, there will be people, like my other half, who have zero interest in a mainline Pokemon game but are really excited to play this. Regarding the potential dumbing down of the mainline games, I actually think the opposite will happen. I played Sun & Moon last year and it was clear that, much like with X and Y, the developers were already really holding the players hand at every opportunity. Exploration in S&M was pretty much non-existent and the opening 3-5 hours just constantly interrupted you to stop the player getting lost. Pokemon has always been accessible to children but with the 3DS games you can tell they literally had to go a bit overboard in game design. Nintendo games in general were like this in the Wii/Wii U era. Things are different now. With the failure of the Wii U, I think it's clear that Nintendo want to give their developers a lot more freedom with it comes to game design. Look at the complexity of ARMS, Splatoon or the sheer difficulty of BOTW. Heck, even Mario Tennis looks to have a tonne of gameplay depth, a far cry from the Wii U game where rallies went on for ages as the developers didn't want casual players to get beaten easily. I know Pokemon isn't made in house at Nintendo, but I definitely expect Pokemon to go the same way. 'Let's Go' is the perfect game to fit the 'Gotta Catch Em All' mantra whilst focusing on more casual players. The next gen games can focus on creating great adventures, safe in the knowledge that a more casual experience exists.

The Q&A session has been translated and officially released.

Set Smeagol up a treat

I suspect things like this:

I know that this isn't directly related, but this is the most active Pokemon related thread we currently have... https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-space-world-1997-demo-for-pokemon-gold-has-leaked-online.45913/ The Spaceworld 1997 demo of Pokemon G/S has just leaked!!! TONS of differences and changes! Including a scrapped evolution of Pinsir and Ditto! (Of all Pokemon!) It's wild!

I'll be sure to tell my brother his birthday is the unofficial Eevee special day. I'm sure he'll be delighted. Yes, this is what we wanted to know. The technical details

Fear my banana coin hoard!!! (bear in mind that this is all pre-coin devaluation!)

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Martinist, your score after GP1 will be 21, it's lower than your current average (29.5), do you want me to still count it? S.C.G, your score after GP2 will be 15. I get the feeling you still want to keep it though.

Don’t think you need to keep ZL held down the entire time, just when selecting a player.

If you hold ZL and then press the corresponding button, you can see the match from that person's point of view. As long you keep holding ZL, the camera will stay behind them. I'll happily host it. I love N-E splat-ups.

Too tired, need bed. Maybe next week or whenever.

Cheers for the games. Same time next week? First time trying the spectator mode tonight, very cool. Shows just how amazing Splatoon 2’s engine is.

Just got a level 56 Nidoran out of the silver pot!

I'm going to have to drop out here. Fun games

Sure, go ahead. I'll rotate a spectator if there's 9 people, so it's cool.

I'll join if there's room.

Alright, see you in about half an hour.

Comm Error, GP 2, Race 2... I think... I lose track, Neo Bowser City anyway.

Communication error GP1 race 4

It was obviously meant to be! At least I don't need to pick Baby Park now.

Part 3 & Knuckles

Can you cancel it by pressing 'B'? There’s an Everstone switch on each Pokémon (located in the screen where you attach stones) I have it set to ON for my Pikachu so he’s still Pika! Pika! i.e. cute but weak. Anyway, after a bit of team optimisation/leveling I’ve managed to scrape through to area 7, last boss battle I just did was super close! Literally down to my last Pokémon with like 1 HP remaining. Have also unlocked the silver cooking pot.

In it to win it! Well, in it to hopefully not come in last in all 3 GPs is more accurate.

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I'd love to have some counter arguments for the sake of the debate; but honestly I don't think it's possible to disagree too much with your post. It's very easy for folks like me and others to jump up and say about how they're doing down PUBG but at the same time they're also doing lots, as you say, to sustain Fortnite in comparison. The model is intriguing given its fundamental F2P nature as it could be argued they might not make money - but they're currently one of the biggest games in the world so it's clearly working out to some extent. Always easy to turn arguments dichotomous, especially when they're particularly not. I think you've excellent highlighted exactly why it shouldn't neccessarily be done for Fortnite/Epic, either.

Honestly, and I think the whole gaming community would agree with me when it comes to this observation: Bluehole are coming immensely jealous of the success that Fortnite has had. As a business, I can understand why they’re upset to see something so similar to their product performing so well. However, they almost seem to think that they’re entitled to the mindshare that Fortnite has had in addition to PUBG’s, just because they share the same genre, and they’re doing nothing to spin that narrative by going around declaring the game as being a rip-off of their product and suing Epic. PUBG was something of an overnight success, but it hasn’t been sustained because of how unprepared and poorly managed Bluehole has been since then. By contrast, Epic was extremely lucky to have been positioned as well as they were to jump in on a red hot craze in Battle Royale, but their organisation and management has seen that sustained, and maybe even pushed further. I’ll definitely be keeping an eye on this as it evolves, and it’ll be very interesting to see how things pan out.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Deluxe Edition from Zavvi for £100 Complete series plus all movies and a giant ass art book.

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Yeah, that’s a good point. I suppose another reason for them to leave Solo in May is because they know that it wouldn’t perform anywhere as well as Mary Poppins Returns will this Christmas. I’m genuinely not sure what to think going into IX’s principal photography this summer, because I do feel like Abrams has a point to prove with the film. This is closing out the trilogy, so hopefully his biggest weakness - his “mystery box” philosophy of storytelling - doesn’t come to the fore as it dead with TFA. I feel like IX has to take some risks, because, although I understand from a storyteller’s point of view that Rey having a simple flat arc makes room for Kylo’s comparatively much more complex one, I still don’t understand the motivations driving these characters to do what they do, whereas that was crystal clear in the original trilogy, and even in the prequel trilogy. Ben was sent off with Luke by his mother, wasn’t told about his grandfather’s true history as Darth Vader, and Luke acted in a regretful manner to help push him further away, but I don’t see how any of this drives him to want to rule the galaxy. Was Ben already showing evidence of his coming fall in training? Was he a violent, selfish and uncontrollable child? Because supplementary materials seem to paint him as happy as a child, and potentially frustrated under Luke’s guidance, but I feel like the film’s writers have so far been asking How did Ben fall? instead of Why did Ben fall? Probably doesn’t help any of the characters that there wasn’t a significant time gap between VII and VIII, because they haven’t had time to breathe and move in the wrong direction before they find their way. I’ve gone off on a bit of a tangent in what is probably the wrong thread, but yeah: I just don’t see where they’re going to go with IX, whereas I knew exactly where they were going with III and VI. I’ll definitely be sure to check out Solo in cinemas, then. If anything, I suppose it’s just nice to see it on a bigger screen My problem with Rogue One’s first two acts is that they feel stitched together by a lot of fan service, which is great the first time around, but only has diminishing returns upon repeat viewings. The first ten or fifteen minutes are definitely the most confusing with all of the jumping around, and I really wasn’t a fan of the use of location cards, and the title card looked abysmal - like it was made in iMovie! I don’t think it really helps, in my case at least, that I find the final act to be leaps and bounds more cohesive and narratively engaging than the prior two, and I feel like I’m just waiting around for seventy or eighty minutes before things really get exciting. I expected substantial blowback going into The Last Jedi, because of the way that social media, hot takes and clickbait titles have dominated the film industry as of late, and also because Empire was relatively poorly received by critics back in its day, too. I went in expecting a film which would take multiple viewings to get my head around and thoroughly enjoy, and so I was very surprised when I came out of my first viewing incredibly on the fence about what I’d just seen. I literally would have given it a 5/10 if somebody asked me then and there for a score /10. I loved Rian’s way of storytelling before seeing the film, and I loved Looper (I feel like he’s be suitable for a live-action Akira adaption given his current CV), so I knew that I’d come around eventually, but it was certainly exhausting. If it wasn’t for those moments of stunning silence around halfway into the film, I think my views would have been leaning in the negative side of things after that first viewing. I’m glad that it (subjectively) gets better with each viewing, and that the film’s nuances and small winks come through the more that you watch it. It’s certainly up there with my favourite Star Wars media, and I can’t wait to see what Rian does with his trilogy. Yeah, I know what you meant

Disney finally deciding to market the film a mere two or three months before release probably didn't help either. I know they like to wait till the previous film is on Bluray before hyping the next one but still. I think it's the reason we're seeing Solo in May, so as to give Episode IX a year and a half to breathe. Speaking of, if you thought Solo feels safe (it is), I think IX will be even more so given Abrams+TLJ reaction. You should definitely see Solo at the cinema though, it's a good film. The scene on the Falcon is great fun and had me on the edge of my seat. I actually quite liked the opening two acts of Rogue One, though jumping to about 4 different planets in the opening ten minutes was a bit convoluted. Once they're on Yavin though I think it gets a lot better, characters-apart. Glad to finally see some love for Last Jedi. As a massive Star Wars fan it's really depressing reading the hate and contempt it's getting from most people. It's a lot to take in and I do think there was a bit too much going on (by the time we got to Crait I was exhausted), but I genuinely think it's a great film. The Luke thing is sad but like I said, Johnson can thank Abrams for that. It had about 20 seconds in space between Death Star Starkiller Base attack runs lol. I meant that and the battle on Takodana

Wooooo, XCOM. Looking forward to giving that a go as I've heard a lot of good things. I gave Trackmania Turbo a go yesterday and thought that it was a blast. Slooooowly working my way through the collection.

TFA didn’t have a space battle but I agree, Rogue One’s space battle was superbly directed, as was the entire third act of that film. It’s a shame it’s built on such rocky foundations, at least for me, when it comes to the first two acts I love to rewatch Star Wars films, but I think it’s one of those which is difficult to return to again and again because I find it to be so lopsided. As for Solo: haven’t watched it. I’m seeing mixed-to-positive reactions here, but as a massive Star Wars fan, I wouldn’t feel any urge to rush out and see this film, but especially given the timing of it (during exam season). If this were Episode IX or something like Rogue One, I’d probably have seen it a few times by now, but I’m genuinely in no rush, and it might be the first time that I just wait for the blu-ray. @Agent Gibbs, I think that’s why it’s crashed and burned at the box office, on top of being surrounded on all sides by films of excellent quality, many of which are from under the same Mouse-owned roof. I don’t think that the casual audience is burned out on Star Wars if all that they watch are the films, but I do feel like I’m personally getting there. The Last Jedi was exhausting for me as a fan, but I ended up loving it; then Rebels ended a few months ago in superb fashion, and both of these pieces of storytelling had a plethora of characters that I have been invested in for years. The lack of emotional investment that I have in the Solo cast as a whole going into the film isn’t their fault, but I do hope that Disney and Lucasfilm learn a valuable lesson from this: in a world with the MCU, simply applying the Star Wars branding won’t cut it. A prequel depicting Han Solo’s rise isn’t compelling because the only people that I’m invested in here going in are Han, Lando, and Chewie, and I know that they all survive. Rogue One was easy to become invested in because the event that it depicted was one we were already invested in due to the original film’s setup. Both of these spin-off films have also had massive problems behind-the-scenes, which makes me worry about Lucasfilm not trusting their directors and writers. I just hope that they learn. The Last Jedi was proof that they’re willing to take (seemingly) enormous risks to shake up the foundation of the franchise, but that’s put to bed instantly when we then go back and get told the story of Han Solo, which, by comparison, is such a safe move. I’m getting a lot of mixed signals from Lucasfilm is all I can say without having seen the film, but I’m not at all surprised that it’s performing so badly. I’ll probably try to see it if it’s still showing after my exams are finished, but if not...

Man, I love stuff like this. And damn, that buff Noctowl looks ready to take names and eat bugs.

In better Pokemon related news... https://www.resetera.com/threads/the-space-world-1997-demo-for-pokemon-gold-has-leaked-online.45913/ The Spaceworld 1997 demo of Pokemon G/S has just leaked!!! TONS of differences and changes! Including a scrapped evolution of Pinsir and Ditto! (Of all Pokemon!) It's wild! Too cool for school

I think you've got about 5-6 chapters left but a couple close to the end are quite long. It will be interesting to see what ending you get. I've been mopping up the trophies and the ending I got yesterday was completely different to the one I originally seen. The collectibles are a bit of a nightmare in this. There are a few where you have to replay large portions of the game in row in order to change what is featured in the magazine. As much as I love Cage's games, I wish there was a skip or fast forward feature for scenes you have already seen.

No. Just play on Normal. Anything above normal is an exercise in fatiguing yourself on the game. I mean if you really want to persevere go ahead but it may tarnish your view of what is an outstanding game. Alternatively just change the difficulty after the prologue. I believe that is possible, and you won’t get booted to the title. But you will continually get killed in about 2 hits which is easy to do. You can spec to be more resilient but it takes time. Don’t play on very hard. Even fully spewing yourself to be a tank the best you can manage is about 1.5 hits until death. There are no trophies or achievements related to difficulty.

I love all four Disney films, but preference wise for me it's Force Awakens > The Last Jedi > Solo > Rogue One Force Awakens is just a fun adventure, even if it's completely derivative. Plot is pretty simple and the movie is all the better for it. The Last Jedi is a really smart, multi layered film, even if the Luke thing is crazy divisive. A bit cluttered but the Rey/Kylo chemistry is a joy to watch Solo was a lot of fun but at the same time, very forgettable in the grand scheme of things. A really good time though, and a great cast. Rogue One I enjoyed it a lot but the characters are, with one or two exceptions, terrible. It's also a bit grim and missing a lot of the usual charm. I know, war story etc. still. I feel really sorry for Rian Johnson, he had one hand tied behind his back thanks to Abrams exiling Luke on an island. I would have thought they'd sort the trilogy storyline early on instead of relying on various directors to come up with their own individual stories.

While I still enjoy Mega Man games, I have to agree that Astro Boy on the GBA is a fantastic title and one that I'm glad I purchased back in the day. You're quite fond of it too, aren't you @Dcubed? It seems you can still get a boxed copy of it for a reasonable price but it does seem to be becoming rarer than it was, another Treasure classic well worth owning anyway.

Less than 2 weeks to go! *Total Recall lady* “Two weeeeeks!” Hopefully there aren’t anymore substantial leaks, at least on the Nintendo side of things. I’m not too fussed about seeing 3rd party, Xbox or PS stuff before e3 as I rarely watch those conferences live and the surprises don’t have the same kind of impact for me anyway. As for posting leaks on here, it would be nice to restrict it all to a “spoiler” thread, but at the end of the day unless it’s something that was also backed up by moderation it’s basically impossible. Unfortunately, it seems like the only way to keep the entirety of e3 a surprise these days is to completely avoid the internet until the moment the event starts.

Games for June 2018: XCOM 2 (PS4) Trials Fusion (PS4) Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier (PS3) Zombie Driver HD Complete Edition (PS3) Squares (PS Vita) Atomic Ninjas (PS Vita) Nice. In every recent sale I've been tempted to buy XCOM 2 but held off. Thank God Already have Trials Fusion, might give this a whirl again if my mates enjoy it Edit: Suck it @Hero-of-Time. I'm faster than you

@Dcubed, I think you're on to something with that "cancelled 20th anniversary game" I can definitely see the signs. I will give this game credit for ditching the washed out colour palette of the 3DS games. It does look much nicer in that regard. No, don't even try that "It will have zero impact on the next game" rubbish. Because that's flat out insulting. People tried to tell me the same thing when I aired my greivances about Pokémon GO. Trying to claim that because it's just a spin-off not made by Game Freak, it won't change what they do with their games. And now here we are, a mainline game with heavy GO emphasis, I feel like an idiot for eventually believing what people told me about GO. Well, not this time. If this game sells amazingly well (and with the double whammy of Switch's success and lowest common denominator pandering, I'm 95% sure it will), I'm petrified to think of how dumbed down future games will become. Probably not next year's game, too late to change that massively. But the game after that. What then? I'm a massive Pokémon fan, I dedicate months to playing the games. And I'm not just gonna ignore this worrying turn the series is at risk of taking. I like the random encounters. I like the incredible depth the series has. I like that there's over 800 of the buggers to discover. That you never have to worry about the underlying mechanics if you just want to play through the game. That no matter how much Pokémon from the 90's are shoved down your throat, you always have the option of just going with the ones you like. So don't go trying to dismiss my opinion with "It's fine if it's not for you" and humourous comics. Because that's just aggravating. I love Pokémon games way too much to just be fine with this.

Haha.. I enjoyed it still being there too It's such a good game to have on Switch just for a quick blast to see how far you can get every so often

I most certainly have been. The moment I fired the game up, I had one objective in mind. Complete the game in vertical table-top mode using the Pro controller, on Free Play but ensuring that I at the very least beat all of the bosses within the time limits on this first try. I achieved this, so I'm more than happy. I have beaten the game with limited lives before over the years, so I feel fine just running through the game like this, especially just to see how it performs, I can confirm that the framerate is steady and only dips during the end of the bosses when the bosses explode upon their defeat; just how it should be. Then I tried with three lives, no continues and I only made it to the second stage though this was just to try out the joy-cons, which have the best use of HD Rumble yet... they rumble and make a siren noise in time with the Warning! sign which comes just before the bosses appear. Best version of Ikaruga I have played and I haven't even tried it out on my vertical display yet, with the various other control methods which will range from the Wavebird to the Hori Real Arcade Pro.V Hayabusa arcade stick for what will hopefully be the ultimate Ikaruga gameplay experience.

NOTE: @S.C.G disconnected on the last race here. Given his track record, I'm gonna assume he wants to keep his average, despite him getting a lower score than average. NOTE: Boy, that was a mess. Wrong track choices, not to mention @Clownferret doing a vanishing act after the first race. Because of this, I had to recalculate the scores a tad. So while the points aren't completely accurate, the placings are. @viceview51 is this weeks "Player who made no bloody difference" Feel free to big it up, no-one will notice. This week, I broke the "20 GP wins" milestone, as well as the "10 2nd Places" one. Meanwhile, @RedShell got past the "10 3rd Places" checkpoint. That makes him the first to get all 3 of those milestones. Classy. I also want to tell @Vileplume2000 that we're coming to the end of the first half of the League. Seeing as his attendance is exactly 50%, he'll need to take part in 3 of the 5 upcoming nights for his score to officially count. Everyone else above 50% attendance should be fine for this half (Remember that there'll be a table that combines both halves, so it's still best to keep that attendance up) Anyway, it's the end of the month. You know what that means... Next League Night: 31st May 8pm Room 1: @BowserBasher is host @Glen-i @BowserBasher @viceview51 Sign up Now!

Give them their due, they do tend to ensure their consoles stick around for a while after they've been replaced. Hell, they supported the vita for years and that was dead the day after it arrived 😋