Mandalore

I don't think I've ever relied on the DS4s battery before, I always keep it plugged in. As for the coloured face buttons, I find them very useful. Despite having a PS4 for about 5 years now, I never remember the button layout. Always having to check when QTEs pop up in Yakuza games!

Are the odds different for 5* Gigantimax raids? I've had a lot of them with 5 perfect IVs. I remember having a 6IV Ditto on X/Y from a friend, how much would it cost me in bank/home subscription fees to get that over to Sword?

Made a start following @Glen-i's guide the other day. Had a few runs through the end game with a maxed out gigantimax meowth. Now I'm trying to get a decent ditto. After finding two purple 5* raids, I've got two dittos with 4 perfect IVs. How likely is it to get one with 5 perfects?

I'm surprised that is the final box art, looks more like a placeholder. Will subsequent episodes be DLC rather than separate releases?

It'd be nice to get a Mario 64 remaster which includes all the DS content, apart from the janky controls. And an updated Mario Bros. with 4 player online included with the Nintendo Online subscription please!

I was on annual leave this week. Got an email off my employer on Wednesday afternoon saying they were shutting down and I had until 4pm to accept furloughed status. Luckily I was keeping an eye on my emails.

Xenoblade looking a lot more polished than when the remaster was first revealed. I left it a bit late to try the original, might have to give this one a go. The Episode 1 Racer announcement is very vague. Is it a remake or just a remaster? The Nintendolife article flips between the two terms confusing it even more. Although I'm not a huge fan of ARMS, great to see another 1st party title getting the Smash treatment.

The potential of the SSD is what really interests me. If the next Horizon, Uncharted etc are being built from the ground up for PS5, it'll be exciting to see how much of a step up they are from PS4 games. I think this is where Sony can excel compared to Microsoft. If Microsoft really wants all their games to be supported on the current Xbox One (stuff like Halo Infinite is confirmed for One and Series X?), it'll limit the potential of the Series X to just resolution, frame rate and loading time improvements.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-24-microsoft-confirms-xbox-series-x-has-12-teraflops-gpu Smart Delivery sounds great, I wonder if Sony will copy.

From a distance, that flow chart looks like it could be a map out of a Pokémon game.

Is the subscription service in anticipation of other countries banning loot boxes, or would it have happened anyway?

Liverpool 19 points clear now they've caught up with that delayed match. Even if Klopp was incapacitated and they hired Kevin Keegan for the remainder of the season, don't think they'd lose the league now.

I increased my interest in football when I got my first job, to give me a topic to help socialise with work colleagues. Kinda baffled reading that article. None of my conversations have ever descended to laddish sleaze. Suggesting one leads to the other is quite insulting.

Have PS5/Scarlett versions been announced? It's coming out so close to those console launches, I'd be tempted to save it as a launch title.

Am I doing something wrong, or is PayPal the only way to buy stuff on ShopTo now?