Quoting: PhiladelphusOne can be aware that games are entirely "not real" and still be put off by what goes on in said game and refuse to participate.

Totally agreed. Just want to be sure that's clear.

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Quoting: kokoko3kThe situation seems so tragically clear to me, that I doubt I have understood where your concerns arise from.

Do you really think they could ever advertise the confinement of sentient life forms and make them fight each other as the primary selling point?

I confess I have never even sniffed at a Pokémon game, and my knowledge about it is limited to fleeting glances of disdain towards the TV series; however, I believe it is fair to assume that the video games reflect such practices.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=pokemon+battles+videos&t=ffab&ia=web

The fact that all this can be effectively (!) masked by the (not assumed!) friendship between the master and the animal, and that this can so effectively quell public conscience, only makes the situation worse in my opinion.

I must admit, you caught me by surprise here - I expected criticism of the games' price-rises, still-extant twin-versioning, the more recent additions of DLC into a series mainly aimed at a youngster-audience, and the poor software optimisation for which they still charge full price! I admire your principles.

Luckily, much as Bomberman doesn't teach siblings to use explosives to resolve their differences, and Dungeons & Dragons doesn't teach folks to take up a sword and go plundering other people's stored property (though it did partly inspire Doom, interestingly!), the vast majority of people know (and teach their kids) that Pokemon is just a fantastical work of fiction, and that this is not how you behave in real-life. Indeed, this includes the people who make the product - they're not promoting this as reality*. All that they're really promoting is merchandise and DLC sales - and sometimes paleontology and recycling.

*I think I'd be a bit worried about a reality where there's sentient rubbish-bags and cave-paintings, and lampshades that absorb and burn human souls for sustenance, in all honesty!

Quoting: kokoko3khttps://c8.alamy.com/comp/AGGDTF/pet-store-with-puppies-for-sale-shinjuku-tokyo-japan-AGGDTF.jpg

Wow, there's a blast from the past - I haven't seen a pet-shop like that in a looooooooooooong time!

Quoting: kokoko3kIf it were humans, one could talk about Stockholm Syndrome :)

Again, luckily, it isn't real.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: JarmerDoes it really need building size mechs?

Doesn't everything need building size mechs?

There's even a Bomberman spin-off series with massive mechs, so yes.

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Can't wait for this one! Billy is best Ranger, so I'll be playing as him.

Quoting: Linux_RocksI'll be getting this on the Switch, but if someone mods Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger into the game over the Power Rangers. I might get it on PC too. lol

I'm honestly wondering if they'll do this officially and have a Zyuranger localisation available for Japan (and hopefully as an Easter Egg for other regions) - it doesn't look like they'd have to change a whole ton (seems to just be the cutscenes and the Juice Bar).

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Quoting: ShabbyXDamn xz attack is making us all paranoid.

Better to be paranoid than complacent, though!

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QuoteI know, I'm a bit of a late bloomer on the recent DOOM games after only finishing DOOM in the last year.

Pff, that's nothing! Until the Steam Deck and its ilk, my FPS motion-sickness issues stopped me from playing any of them! I'm still inching through Doom II right now, with Doom 64, 2016, and Eternal sitting in my library waiting for their turn.

Quoteand a Mecha Dragon to fly around on too.

Not this one, I presume?


Or this one?

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Quoting: DrMcCoy...So, is nobody going to ask what mysterious "legal reasons" these are?

EDIT: Like, seriously, no one here, nor on the GOG forums, is asking for them to elaborate? Everybody is just eating it up, no questions asked? As if "legal reasons" is just a valid carte blanche, instead of barely even an explanation?

I guess that's what I'm going to use next time I'm late for a meeting at work. "Why weren't you at the sprint review and planning today?" - "Legal reasons." - "Okay, move along."

Well, a few of us outright think that these super-mysterious "legal reasons" are just bull, if that counts!

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Quoting: kokoko3kHowever I fail to understand how that is less "harsh".

The fact that it's just based on a pretty innocent childhood hobby, rather than the organised cricket-fighting mentioned in the Wikipedia article is the first thing that springs to mind. The fact it doesn't tend to result in injuries like cockfighting/bullfighting/dogfighting/etc. is another pretty big one, I thought.

Quoting: kokoko3kOriginal intent aside, the final product promotes moral and ethical standards too far from my principles.

I'm genuinely curious to hear more about this, if you'd indulge me, here, please; I've got no love left for Nintendo, I just want to stretch my mind by hearing other views that I suspect I've not heard before.

Reason being, the main thing they claim the brand is focussed on is friendship, teamwork, and other positives (not even mentioning the stealth mathematics and statistics that come into it), and I've not seen anything really suggesting otherwise. It's a fantasy about collecting monsters and stopping bad-guys, after all.

Quoting: kokoko3kI love japanese culture in general, but the way they 'handle' animals, I cannot stand.

I'm afraid I don't know enough about this to comment. But, totally fair!

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Quoting: hardpenguinAlso it is kinda important gaming news in context of cloud saves in general and depending on online platforms to store things for you.

That's very true! I must be honest, I never thought of that - though I do use the "cloud-saves" feature in Steam, the sorts of games I play aren't huge open games that demand large time-investments, so I wouldn't be opposed to re-playing my sorts of titles if I lost the save-data - indeed, that's happened with a few that don't support it, already.

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QuoteWill you be taking part? Sounds like a fun little marketing stunt.

Nuh-uh. I've done my time in competitive and I'm never going back, not no way, not no how, not for any game.

Also, even if I wanted to...

QuoteJoin their Discord to sign up.

... this right here is a complete dealbreaker. I don't touch social-media with a ten-foot pole.

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