Glen-i

I found Bard Mode (Fixed Beat in Cadence of Hyrule) to be perfect for learning enemy patterns, and then I switched to rhythm mode because my rhythm is impeccable! It does make the game a lot easier though. The challenge from Necrodancer comes from thinking on your feet while moving to the beat. 4 hours sounds about right for Cadence of Hyrule, I imagine Necrodancer is harder, so I'm not surprised. Could someone ask @Hero-of-Time if the game tracks progress for Link/Zelda/Cadence separately? I liked playing through Necrodancer multiple times because the game tracks different characters progress separately. I'm never beating Aria on that. Bloody impossible!

You know what? @Julius puts my point across much clearer than I did. I get that things have to be cut back, especially when you're a development group as small as Game Freak. I normally get annoyed by stuff getting cut in a new Pokémon game, but I can mostly look past it, because the main point of the game was still intact, collecting and battling Pokémon. But with some Pokémon being cut, collecting them all is no longer possible. That's half of the selling point gone. You ever wonder why Ruby and Sapphire were nowhere near as successful as the previous games? Because not being able to transfer Pokémon was probably the main reason. Creatures took great pains to model all 649 (Julius was right about that, but it's worth noting that some Pokémon have multiple forms, like Unown and Kyurem. As well as Pokémon with tweaked models due to gender differences, like Cacturne, so that's definitely near the 800-ish mark) Pokémon, ready for HD consoles, only to trip at the first hurdle due to not enough manpower. Pokémon Company needs to pump some money into Game Freak so they can outsource to a company that can handle something like world design, so they can focus on other stuff. Oh man, I completely forgot about that one-way trip! Seeing as I don't use Bank for the storage and only when I need to transfer stuff, I'm going to have to be careful about which Pokémon I send to Home, lest they be trapped there.

Mobile site really needs those align options... So, it's looking likely that I won't be able to make it to N-E League for the next 7 weeks. So I'll have to ask @BowserBasher to to send the results my way. Remember, if CPU's are turned on, you'll need to send me the results of each of the 12 races.

Why do I even bother?

Nope, that's not gonna fly. They were totally ready for the jump. I'll take a quote from ResetEra. Because it puts it across quite clearly. I watched that Treehouse segment, and not a single one of the older Pokémon had a new animation. They literally did just transfer the files over. They did that for Sun and Moon. They did it for Let's GO. (Apart from Pikachu and Eevee, obviously) It worked because they planned ahead for it! Online tournaments have restricted the Pokémon that can be used to only those in the latest region's Pokédex. So they already had a workaround for any "balance issues"

Then what is the bloody point of making sure that when they created the 3D models for every Pokémon, they were designed in a way that they were ready for HD consoles? A lot of the legwork was done!

The second best thing about Smash Bros. character reveals is the onslaught of fanart that follows.

I would put money on Let's GO! being a reason for this influence. As if I couldn't hate that game anymore. They tried to use the "Battle Balance" reasoning, but that's bull, because since Gen 6, they just restricted the Pokemon you could use in online battles. No, I guarantee this is due to stupid whiners complaining about how there's too many Pokémon. This has gone from a day 1 purchase to me considering skipping it, or at least waiting in the hope that Game Freak see sense and backtrack on this idiotic choice. What's the bloody point of futureproofing the Pokémon models if you're not gonna let people catch them all!? Man, I'm legit angry. EDIT: As expected, the Pokémon Twitter account is getting battered by complaints about this. And for the first time ever, I joined in. It's unacceptable, and this needs to be heard.

If a Pokémon cannot be caught in Sword and Shield. You will NOT be able to transfer them from previous games using Pokémon Home. Devastating news for me... Why does Game Freak seem to hate people who collect Pokemon these days?

That's not what I said. At all.

To be fair, I hate Breath of the Wild, so I'd hate both them for equal reasons!

Welp, I didn't update this for Joker, because no-one predicted him. But this was a whole different affair! Joker predicted by: None of us! Hero predicted by: No-one, wow! Could have sworn someone guessed a Dragon Quest character... Banjo & Kazooie predicted by: @markderoos @Julius @Nicktendo @S.C.G Some true visionaries of our time! And so here are the scores after that miracle. @Fused King -5 points @Ugh first aid -6 points @Julius -10 points @Mandalore -11 points @Glen-i @RedShell -12 points @Nintendo Fan @markderoos -13 points @Jonnas -14 points @Vileplume2000 @S.C.G -15 points @Nicktendo -16 points @Dcubed -17 points @EEVILMURRAY -20 points @GenericAperson @Ashley -21 points @bob -23 points

That's all wrong. There are always at least some restrictions in the dungeon order. Stop lying.

Smash site has updated. There's the Spiral Mountain remix from the trailer. Confirmed to be composed by Grant Kirkhope himself!

That's bull. Only the original Zelda game and BotW is truly open world. You know what I mean. Stop trying to belittle my opinion.

Ok, guys. Here are the characters that showed up in the Direct. Link (Both Versions) Yoshi (Green only) Mario Luigi Peach Toad Bowser King Boo Toadette Donkey Kong Villager (Any version) Bowser Jr Isabelle Inkling (Female Version Only) Daisy Wario Waluigi I think that's everyone.

It all hinges on whether it's open-world. If it is, this can join Pokemon Let's GO in the "First game I skipped in a series I love"

It's gonna be open-world isn't it?

DREAMS COME TRUE!

Digging the building a new town from nothing. Not digging the delay.

Suddenly, Panzer Dragoon!

Oh snap! Today!? And it seems that Seiken Densetsu III is getting a 3D remake?

Still no concrete release date for Luigi's Mansion 3...

Oh, it's 4 different different Dragon Quest heroes! Nice. Like the Menu mechanic a lot!

Righto, less than 10 minutes to go. I've got my Bingo card ready. Wonder if I can beat my 8-square, no bingo from Microsoft.