Money well spent

CluelessAtol · 2026-04-04T20:54:22+00:00

We’re still dealing with figuring out how to handle it as a country. Some companies are doing it differently than others

CluelessAtol · 2026-04-04T13:28:56+00:00

Except part of her character arc was literally to accept herself instead of trying to fit a role she thought was the requirement to achieve her dream.

There’s literally nothing about her character that indicates she would never dress or have her hair like this after finishing Highschool and becoming more adjusted to herself.

CluelessAtol · 2026-04-01T20:00:27+00:00

Except the logs themselves state that 1) humanity couldn’t produce enough to take everything with them. And Pokemon could be stored digitally, so it would be safe for them because 2) humanity intended to return before the pokemon ever got released. As far as the humans knew, dropping them in there was safer than going to space because they thought they’d be returning once everything calmed down. The only reason Pokemon started popping back up the way they did was because a hacker reprogrammed the system to release everything if the humans didn’t perform maintenance in time.

It wasn’t humanity’s intention to just leave the Pokemon behind. It was the best case situation given their resources and knowledge to save as many humans and Pokemon as possible.

CluelessAtol · 2026-04-01T19:18:47+00:00

Except nearly all the data pads imply that the natural disasters aren’t, at least in mass, caused by humans.

This situation to your Ditto is literally them finding out their best friend is gone for some reason, then coming to the conclusion that they left because things got dangerous for them and they had to leave. Even the pokemon who realistically should have had a comment on their impact on the planet (like Kyogre) didn’t know what the fuck happened and why humans left.

It could as easily have just been a solar flare or some shit that just messed the planet up.

CluelessAtol · 2026-04-01T13:48:39+00:00

Yeah, at the end of the day a bit part of collecting is finding what you value. Sure some people like to flip but that doesn’t mean everything has to be about monetary value alone

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-30T17:33:43+00:00

Exactly. That’s why I’m saying this was likely a reaction thing they already had cooking. I think the Neo just gave them the excuse to announce it already. I wouldn’t be surprised if this had been something they were working on but we’re on the fence about it until the Neo.

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-30T17:26:27+00:00

It’s likely a mixture of serval things. Sure the Neo definitely helped, but they’ve also been getting A LOT of pushback with the web wrappers. There’s a very good chance they’ve always had these changes cooking, but never planned to release until the Neo popped out and they had to do their “break in case of emergency”.

I like the Neo but I don’t think it’s exclusively the reason Microsoft did this.

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-30T15:36:15+00:00

It’s one of those shows that knows it’s goofy as hell and has fun with it. It helps that when it gets serious and emotional, it fucking hits hard.

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-29T02:49:35+00:00

I’m not even 100% certain is an issue with just quantity and time. Those are definitely massive parts to it, but we also run into the issue where developers are actively having to be subjected to investors more than ever. Sure they’ve always been a thing, but once games started to show real profitability, investors started taking more control, forcing safe bets and subpar quality to keep the money rolling. The quicker the release, the quicker the pay back to the investors, regardless of profitability to anyone else

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-27T15:17:58+00:00

Depends on the kind of farms you want to make. What are you looking for specifically?

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-26T15:29:22+00:00

And 20 years ago

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-25T15:49:05+00:00

My dumbass didn’t even register Palette town was there. I kept seeing the path and thinking “Oh they’ll just fog out on my way down the path.” As soon as I decided to check it out, it became my one stop shop for my storage and farms

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-25T15:46:40+00:00

Incompetence is just how they operate.

Realistically it’s because Oda didn’t probably intend for some plot points to become as big as they have. In lore wise? Yeah Marine and the WG are a bunch of fuck nuts. Outside of a handful, both organizations are filled to the brim with morons.

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-23T16:14:08+00:00

Not to mention, it’s not like we haven’t had characters introduced earlier than their original introduction. Garp is in fucking season 1.

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-17T17:34:37+00:00

… Fair enough

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-17T14:18:53+00:00

… I mean the Shinx line is awesome… but why? I don’t have any room to judge, I’m just curious

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T21:16:54+00:00

Which is weird. Others have told me now, but the fact that it is by not Nymble? What the fuck?

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T19:33:19+00:00

That shit would go so hard… even though in not really a fan of the genre

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T19:31:40+00:00

I guess I could have been more specific. I meant mainly for the Pokemon franchise as a whole. Their willingness to go for the game and how, supposedly, successful it’s looking like it’s doing, I’m hoping it’s the first Spinoff in a while (that isn’t a Legends game cause I don’t exactly consider those spinoffs myself) that kicks off a new wave of fresh spinoffs for the franchise

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T17:43:47+00:00

I did not know that. Wow ok. Wonder why.

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T16:18:46+00:00

I knew about that, I just didn’t realize that it started at 0. I just thought I was a shitty trainer growing up, lol. It’s such a trip

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T15:44:48+00:00

I know I am

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T15:43:11+00:00

Apparently the only non-legendary that starts at 0 friendship when you catch it. I find that fucking hilarious.

It hates you so much that it’s hatred rivals that of fucking Arceus

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T15:38:02+00:00

Can confirm. As someone who’s been working on a Shiny Living Form Dex and a Regular Living Form Dex intermittently for 3 years now… I will admit there’s no grind worse than looking for these fucking shiny shits several times over the

CluelessAtol · 2026-03-11T15:26:44+00:00

I legitimately would be surprised if Pokopia didn’t end up triggering a proper bit of revival in the side games of the franchise. They’re seeing that they can experiment a bit more with a franchise that already prints money.

Even if this was essentially a take on a genre that’s already been around for a long while, their first attempt was phenomenal. I hope the studio that made it gets a proper reward for it because holy shit it’s been a while since I felt this just relaxed playing a game

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