IP laws are such an extremely underemphasized problem
Pokémon is literally dogfighting with turn based combat and passive exploration and trading mechanics. People call Call of Duty greedy, copy paste slop yet Nintendo can sell you TWO copies of the same game because X copy has different Pokemon from Y copy despite the copies being identical.
These things are not mutually exclusive. They can both be greedy and washed up.
More likely would’ve just become a niche hobby like board gaming (closest comparison), origami, birdwatching, etc. rather than being something that would (essentially) completely die out (like pogs, pteridomania, or haruspicy).
Patents are also an issue
everyone has their preferences but what surprises me is that games like world of warcraft or overwatch have communities full of people who pretty much don't actually play other games. even league of legends, brimstone nigger hell as it may be, is full of people who are playing it because they're bored with other games
to be fair, i think nintendo never intended for people to buy multiple editions of the same generation.
I didn't hate Ashley at all. I just liked Kaidan better.
This is the unpopular opinons thread.
Meh, Kaidan isn't that interesting for me. Raphael Sbarge voices another guy who has a chip on his shoulder about his past. Thankfully, he's not a paranoid twat this time, so he's not as annoying as Carth Onasi. I still think Scorch (RC-1262) is his best role, though. I would've LOVED to have Scorch on Shepard's team. Be the funny guy who likes to blow stuff up and crack jokes. He'd have been the heart and soul of Shepard's team.
Thank god for the rewind option on the GBA collection, that's all I'm saying.
They're almost too different to compare but I have to award the W to the arcade version because it isn't as bloated and overlong.
That's the dark side of strict classical liberalism: it allows no philosophical basis for banning Pokémon.
According to Steam Replay, the median Steam user played four games in 2025. If you are even peripherally aware that non-AAA exist, you are a turbo-autist weirdo.
I mean, become an uber-1337-coder, get hired by GameFreak and push your innovative idea that 5 year old children will die for and make it happen. Innovation is stagnating almost purely from nostalgia. You want a monster collecting game that actually plays fun - create 100s of new monsters and make your game. Palworld literally and only got big N seething because designs were very, very more than inspired by Pokes, and it was made practically next door and in Japan. If Pal was made literally anywhere else in the world none of this stink would've happened.
But it WAS invention and innovation, and no one wants to work for free or have someone else profiteer from their mental gymnastics. Game devs just need to go back to the old days of innovation and think of new, cool ways to add UI elements or mechanics. My post about Mafia games using overlaid traffic signs at road intersections to point you to where you need to go is a very fresh and nice way to adapt from the overhead arrow just floating there awkwardly.
The 3-point belt, not belts in general. And bags are honestly a way better modern safety bloat feature than the belts. Rick Allen lost his damn arm because of a belt... Belts only help total retards who tend to rear end others possibly not get flung forward, but literally any other hit will do you more damage and you or a half of you will fly out.
It will sell 0 copies because every streamer will be playing GTA VI and gaming social media from Facebook to /v/ will only talk about GTA VI for a month straight. Just a total eclipse.
