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3 hours ago, Glen-i said:

Nothing beats Groudon. @RedShell, because it's a cute cover legendary. That big lug is adorable!

It is not a cute legendary :heh: (pretty sure such a thing doesn't exist, unfortunately :grin:) nor does it make for a good box art: 

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These are cute, and (even if I do say so myself ;)) make for a much nicer box art too: :hehe:

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TBH all mainline Pokemon games have utterly rubbish boxart.  They definitely suffer from Metroid Box Art Syndrome.

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8 minutes ago, RedShell said:

It is not a cute legendary :heh: (pretty sure such a thing doesn't exist, unfortunately :grin:)

Celebi, Jirachi, Shaymin?

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5 minutes ago, Dcubed said:

TBH all mainline Pokemon games have utterly rubbish boxart.  They definitely suffer from Metroid Box Art Syndrome.

Surely you can't be saying that no Metroid game has good box art? ;)

I'll agree on the Pokemon box arts but Metroid? I can think of at least two really good boxart examples at least.

Although I think a lot of them have a certain amount of charm.

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3 minutes ago, Vileplume2000 said:

Celebi, Jirachi, Shaymin?

Technically those are Mythical Pokémon, not legendary. :hehe: 

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21 minutes ago, RedShell said:

It is not a cute legendary :heh: (pretty sure such a thing doesn't exist, unfortunately :grin:) nor does it make for a good box art: 

These are pretty cute.

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32 minutes ago, S.C.G said:

Surely you can't be saying that no Metroid game has good box art? ;)

I'll agree on the Pokemon box arts but Metroid? I can think of at least two really good boxart examples at least.

Although I think a lot of them have a certain amount of charm.

Mate, I love Metroid and all, but let's be honest; the series isn't exactly known for its stellar boxart...

 

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Says literally nothing about the game except that you can shoot things.  Gee thanks!

 

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Samus on a generic rocky background.  Exciting.

 

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RIDLEY ISN'T EVEN THE RIGHT SODDING COLOUR!! COME ON!!!

 

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Wow! Stock artwork randomly scattered on a blank background with Samus in front of it.  Says absolutely nothing about what the game is about.

 

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My First Photoshop Job: Complete with standard, out of the box, Outer Glow effect.  Exciting.

 

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Nothing about this box makes any sense.  Where is that explosion even coming from!?

 

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Literally looks like a temporary fan mock up.

 

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LOOK! It's Samus + Samus + Samus!!! Metroid 3! Geddit!? Hilarious.

 

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What the hell happened with Samus' torso!? Also, yet another utterly generic box, with stock art randomly thrown about, that says absolutely nothing about the game!

 

Yeah... I love the Metroid series; but I don't love its box art :laughing:

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*sigh* point taken. :p

Maybe just maybe... Metroid Prime 4 will be the first title in the series to buck the trend? :laughing:

Nah... probably not, just as well to not judge games by their covers I suppose. :peace:

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20 minutes ago, Dcubed said:

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RIDLEY ISN'T EVEN THE RIGHT SODDING COLOUR!! COME ON!!!

:laughing:

Japanese box was pretty rad though, no ketchup Ridley either: :D

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Anyway, we waaaaay off topic now. Sorry about that. :hehe:

So, Pokémon Sword & Shield... they have rubbish box art, don't they? :heh:

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5 hours ago, Dcubed said:

Samus on a generic rocky background.  Exciting.

 

...But that's literally what that game is about! :p Then again, I'm starting to think this would be your ideal Metroid cover.

As for the topic, Kyogre > Groudon.

Also, the legendaries for Sword & Shield don't look that good, and nor do the covers.

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Have to agree with Glen on this one. Groudon is cute, and far better than Kyogre. Cutest Box Legendary award goes to Dialga though. He has a tiny little head on a big body!!!! So cuuuute!!!! 🥰

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7 hours ago, RedShell said:

It is not a cute legendary :heh: (pretty sure such a thing doesn't exist, unfortunately :grin:) nor does it make for a good box art: 

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Counterpoint, Groudon's scared of cliffs.

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I win.

But mainline Pokémon boxart always looks crap. If you want good Pokémon boxart, you go to Mystery Dungeon. Like most things in Pokémon, really.

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We don't talk about Gates to Infinity though.

30 minutes ago, Jonnas said:

As for the topic, Kyogre > Groudon.

My Groudon's 100% win rate against every Kyogre it's fought since Gen 4 begs to differ.

Kyogre's a rubbish whale in a game where best Pokémon whale Wailord was introduced.

Plus, it ruins every holiday you take it on.

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6 minutes ago, Glen-i said:

Counterpoint, Groudon's scared of cliffs.

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I win.

QwQ Aaaa, what a sweetheart! That's genuinely so adorable I'm going to die

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All Pokémon covers, all generations and versions, should all be Pikachu Jigglypuff.

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On 21/06/2019 at 7:49 AM, Sméagol said:

@Ugh first aid Thanks for all the Nessa fanart on my Twitter Timeline! 

;D You're most welcome, and for all the Wooloo fanart!

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So, after the constant harassment of Masuda on Twitter and of the Pokemon Company's Twitter account following the decision not to include every Pokemon in the National Dex, the Pokemon Company has finally responded:

 

 

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They responded with "Yeah, we hear ya, we're not gonna do anything"

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On 24.6.2019 at 11:53 AM, RedShell said:

It is not a cute legendary :heh: (pretty sure such a thing doesn't exist, unfortunately :grin:)

I think Mew is cute as well as Victini.

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6 minutes ago, MindFreak said:

I think Mew is cute as well as Victini.

They're both mythical Pokémon. Not quite the same thing.

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Oh. Well.. After looking at a list, I think that Latios and Latias are closest to being cute.

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5 hours ago, Glen-i said:

They responded with "Yeah, we hear ya, we're not gonna do anything"

Good, fuck the crybabies harrassing them

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3 hours ago, Ronnie said:

Good, fuck the crybabies harrassing them

Look, I don't condone straight up harassment, but there's nothing wrong with letting them know that you're unhappy with something. It's what happened with Mario Maker 2's no playing with friends thing.

And I guarantee it's a minority of people who go too far. Don't lump people like me with them lot.

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If they're that unhappy with the game, they shouldn't buy it. Nothing tells a developer they fucked up a game like bad sales.

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