Glen-i

Sometimes, just sometimes, the stars align and for the briefest of moments, I become the counter savant I always wish I was! Naturally, I came last in that match because I was dumb.

The artwork has improved leaps and bounds in comparison to the first bunch of sets, it is legit amazing and I can spend ages just looking at the artwork. Pokémon Art Academy actually leans into this, as well as the typical "How to draw" lessons you'd expect from it, you can also learn about the guidelines artists follow when drawing a Pokémon illustration for the TCG, some fascinating stuff there.

Pretty much, all the cutscene budget went on to the FMV's, and it's really obvious.

I mean, that's because it kinda is? Similar battle systems, but with some Fire Emblem flavourings. It for sure has a lower budget in comparison. And almost any game's production values will look low compared to the likes of Persona 5. Might as well just post that "Nuclear Bomb VS Baby" meme. EDIT: Although, I bet Persona doesn't hit you with random musical numbers with choreography in the middle of a fight! The animations are a lot more fun there. EDIT EDIT: Wait, second dungeon, the one with the dresses you move through, right? That means you never even got to the point where you get ad-libs, character swapping, or duo arts yet? Oh man, you've only scratched the surface of the battle system!

Remind me, have you played Tokyo Mirage Sessions yet? I'd say it's about 30 hours long, and I find it way better then Persona (Although that's mostly because it doesn't focus nearly on much on the in-betweeny social bits)

Man, my Mum used to watch that all the time. And I was always there. Being bored, and not knowing a damn thing about what the hell they were talking about. Would've appreciated that just so I could be the knowledgable one for once. I know full well how insane the prices of certain cards can be these days, but it's still surreal to think that they've gotten to the point that they can appear on some antique auction TV show, and my first reaction is "Yeah, that makes sense".

Stock matches tonight from 8pm.

Yeah, I probably should've mentioned that if you're sticking with another person and you run out of lives, you're better off just eating the Game Over and letting the other person call you and warp you there. That way you get three lives again, and the other person only has to use up battery. Still, decent progress, found one of the health upgrades and got most of the big switches as well! Not sure how @BowserBasher managed to get an outer edge one without first getting the inner one, but just means that he got two at once.

Nah, it's fine. Like I said, we haven't played it in a while. I fancy totally not accidentally killing @BowserBasher by accident. Just be aware, that the game is quite ambitious with it's multiplayer. So it can lag at times. It's not too bad, but it's a thing.

Interesting choice. It's been a while since we played that. You looking to start a fresh file or what?

Probably, and it would be the smart move. This lawsuit hasn't just materialised on a whim. There's a very good chance Nintendo have a leg to stand on. It's amusing, people on Era were speculating that Sony might step in to back up Pocket Pair. Mate, if anything I was certain they'd wanna distance themselves ASAP.

Ugh, why even bother? I guarantee some higher-up loser vetoed it because it's too "kiddy" for America!

It's not an RPG, onus is on them.

With this not being an RPG, I have no interest in the actual game itself. But I have never wanted a collector's edition more than right now!

Before anyone gets excited about that. It's being revived as a web3 game with NFT's. Nice to see someone getting use out of that monkey's paw.

There's a demo available for this now. Which is great for me, so I can see if it's still far too difficult to be enjoyable!

It's one of those moments where for once, it was completely and totally my own fault, and that makes it feel a million times more devastating!

We've got a spare spot going for NSO shenanigans tonight at 8:30pm. If you want to play a specific GBA/N64 game, go ahead and say so.

Fixed that for you.

Yeahhhh. I don't think anyone is surprised by that. You'd think this would make people think twice about trying to chase that long unobtainable Fortnite money, but...

Acceleration! It's a lifesaver! A lot of really exciting, close races tonight.

@Ike Perfectly symmetrical Horning is never the answer!

Player's Choice tonight at 8pm.

OK, first of all... Cheered me right up this morning. Thinking about the blatant artistic theft here still makes me feel sick. Although, I have been sick recently, so that probably isn't helping. Secondly... It might be both, for how vague it is. Here's an excellent post detailing some facts about it. Nintendo deffo think they have a case here. Will be interesting to see what the play is.

Yeah, very much going for the Rareware brand of humour there. Didn't quite pull it off as well. Now Banjo-Tooie? That's a masterpiece of getting crap past the radar!