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I don't think he's obsessed with changing things for the sake of it at all. If anything he's been too scared to change ever since the ridiculous backlash at Wind Waker. Zelda's since then have felt very samey. I can see his point about the GameCube tech demo, looked a bit generic and forgettable, especially by today's standards. What we actually got in the end was glorious and timeless by comparison. I think he knows what he's doing but I would like them to start taking risks again which have been more or less absent since WW.

Yep Miyamoto and co are ignorant, what do they know.

I see where they're coming from, this doesn't seem the kind of game for online multiplayer, and we all know Nintendo are more about having multiplayer fun around a sofa. Fair enough I say.

Great read!

Anyone else slightly concerned they're showing WAAAAAYYY too much of the game? Suppose they need to build the hype but still.

He lost all credibility when he started replacing titles with asterisks and going into OTT unrealistic detail about the changes to Mario 64

This made me LOL

Am I missing something with megas, what's stopping you from using them for every battle? It's a temporary evolution but why didn't they just make it permanent since it has unlimited use? Also, does anyone use normal type Mons, seems a bit of a waste as they've no real benefit or am I again missing something?

That'd be great thanks so much! I've added your 3DS code, let me know when you'll be playing/online?

Anyone else have Honedge (Steel/ghost: the one that looks like a sword)? Was thinking about trying to find one for my 6

Why not do the decent, honest thing like put a reserve price if you don't want it to get for less than a certain amount?

So as not to piss off retailers and get allocated even less shelf space than they already get.

Do people settle on their final 6 quite early in the game and work on building them up for the rest of the game or do most experiment until quite late in the game? I'm close to the third gym and wondering if I should start committing on my 6.

That 'silly gold sheen' has been going on for 25+ years, and it'll stand out on the shelves far more than the muted green one. Agree they could have made the reversible cover a bit more interesting though.

Too late to raise the screen resolution sadly. Any updated model would probably be minor upgrades like a better camera, thinner body, better battery life etc. But can't see it happen for at least a year since they just brought out the 2DS.

Why not just release SNES 2 games on Wii U and 3DS? Best of both worlds

61 on Metacritic, think I'll pass. Trailers and playing the game at Eurogamer did nothing for me. Agree with this, the original post could have been phrased better I think.

Pretty good bundle. Is the game box art likely to be that European one with 6 languages on the back and that obnoxiously large white rating box on the front?

But what is there to be great at? Delivering a game? I'd be amazed if those chests sold for £5 on eBay, I'd say closer to £20 is more likely, at least at first.

I thought I was finally getting my head around what the series had to offer, then I find out there's something called shiny Pokemon, d'oh. Fair enough I didn't consider how difficult it was to be taken down, makes sense.

Why spend money on eBay when you can get it free with GAME? I know it's the done thing to hate GAME but are they really that bad? I've ordered half a dozen games in the past year from them and all arrived in time.

Having looked at the chart that lists what each Pokemon type is good against, Dragon types don't seem all that useful to me?

So what six types of Pokemon do you guys normally go for as your main bunch? Think I'll end up having Fire, Water, Grass, Rock, Fighting and normal (love Pidgeotto)

Another great clip from Gamexplain analysing the new screenshots and some extra things from the trailer: I could have done without the potential spoiler in the last 20 seconds or so though with regards to stamps.

Legend @Guy thank you for the Charmander, sorry if what I sent over was a bit crap, I'm not even at the second gym yet. And thanks for the bit extra you sent over, much appreciated!