HIGH Battles are a highly strategic take on a creature collection battle system.
LOW Tracking and backtracking through long linear corridors.
WTF I wonder if Temtem had to get permission from Pokemon to use all their ideas?
Tag: Pokemon
Pokemon Sword and Shield Review
Not Quite The Very Best, Like No One Ever Was
HIGH The new art style and emphasis on the Gym Challenges.
LOW How often the it says “Let the adults take care of things”
WTF Opal being a spiteful old hag.
Pokémon: Let’s Go Eevee Review
The Worst Like No One Ever Was
HIGH The presentation is remarkably improved over previous Pokémon titles.
LOW It practically plays itself.
WTF The player can travel by clinging onto Snorlax’s body fat.
Video: Ninten-blow (Possibly NSFW)
Adult Swim takes the innocent act of a child trying to make his NES cart work and makes it dirty… and funny.
Caution: Crude content
Video: Paralyzed Pokemon returns (NSFW)
And you thought the worst that could happen to a Pokémon in a fight was that it might "faint." No sir, in fact there are repercussions that could come back to haunt you.
Caution: Crude language
Video: Ohio State University pays tribute to video games at half-time show
I'm not much into the college marching bands, I don't watch college football and no matter how amazing some say Drumline was, it has never occurred to me that I need to watch a marching band actually do anything.
This is a different matter entirely.
The Ohio State University pays tribute to beloved classic video games (and Halo) during the half-time show at the Ohio State University vs Nebraska game. Games honored at the show were Tetris, Pokémon, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, Halo, The Legend of Zelda and Pac-Man. Try not to jump out of your seat and cheer when Epona makes an appearance.
GameCritics.com Podcast Episode 77: What We’re Playing, Is Sniper Elite V2 too Violent?
In this episode we have a good old fashioned "What have you been playing?" Discussion. We then have a debate sparked by an email over Sniper Elite V2 and round it all out with some thumbs! With Chi Kong Lui, Brad Gallaway, Mike Bracken, Richard Naik and Dylan "I have no witty nicknames" Collins.
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Cosplay: Pokemon’s Jessie and James (Team Rocket)
Since their first appearance in Pokémon, Jessie and James (and Meowth) held the distinction for being some of the more unique adversaries you could come across in a video game world. Funny, annoying and empathetic, they were as big a part of the franchise as Ash Ketchum and crew. Given all that, it isn't surprising that someone like Malro-Doll would attempt Team Rocket cosplay.
Game Art: Presidential Election Meets Pokemon McCain Vs Hillary & Obama
Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire – Second Opinion
In his review of Pokémon: Sapphire/Ruby, Chi talks about the lethargy Pokémon trainers eventually experience. The game's problem, he writes, "is that at the end of the rainbow it expects players to stay in Oz rather than go home." He's right.
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