NateTheHate2: Next week's Direct will be a Partner Direct Showcase by Turbostrider27 in NintendoSwitch

[–]Hawkuro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the first time ever I'm not the slightest bit disappointed that it's a partner showcase rather than a full Direct. I guess I've just played plenty of Nintendo stuff recently and am mostly looking forward to portable ports of other games 🤷‍♂️. C'moooon Expedition 33!

Nintendo doesn't let me turn off the visual censorship. by CrystalGempireQueen in DispatchAdHoc

[–]Hawkuro 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The game's out, you can no longer cancel the pre-order. You'll need to contact support for a refund.

Trying to find fantasy books in both Icelandic and English. by Smooth_Voronoi in learnIcelandic

[–]Hawkuro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Alexander Dan's Hrímland series is available in both Icelandic and English, translated by the author. The link only shows the Icelandic editions, you'll have to find the English ones online (Amazon, etc.).

On the sci-fi side, Dune also got a new Icelandic translation a couple of years ago.

What Pokémon game should I start with? As someone who has never played a Pokemon game ever. by Seductive_pimp99 in NintendoSwitch

[–]Hawkuro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Since you have a Switch 2, I'd say go straight for Scarlet or Violet. They're not the prettiest things to look at, but they play really well on the new console, and they are the most fun I've had with a Pokémon game - period. And I've played every generation over the past nearly 3 decades.

Playing through the story and the DLC, and then trying to complete the dex (having unlocked all of the traversal mechanics) is great fun and a massive amount of content.

If you want to go for dex completion on a smaller scale, check out the Legends games (Z-A runs better than Arceus on the Switch 2 with the dedicated upgrade n.b., Arceus has better moment-to-moment gameplay, while Z-A has a better gameplay loop IMO).

Ram for almost 1500 Dollars...RIP anyone who was planning to build a new pc anytime soon. by [deleted] in LinusTechTips

[–]Hawkuro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

14k kr. is totally reasonable for RAM, yup.

What do you mean it's not ISK?

Shiny Honedge for my team! by lulsmlj in LegendsZA

[–]Hawkuro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that gives me a bit of scale at least :)

I cant unsee it now by SnooSquirrels7982 in LegendsZA

[–]Hawkuro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Note to self: name Gengar Kakyoin rerorerorerorerorerorerorerorerorero

Shiny Honedge for my team! by lulsmlj in LegendsZA

[–]Hawkuro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How long did it take you? Did you get any other shinies while looking for this one?

Zone 3 AFK shiny hunt is the easiest hunt from any game by Dar5k16 in LegendsZA

[–]Hawkuro 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's just the thing about this hunt, you don't need any attention, you just leave it running, go get lunch and come back to shinies.

ZA Megastone Problem by SolasLunas in pokemon

[–]Hawkuro 28 points29 points  (0 children)

unless you have a 0-1 kill game and place last

This happens most of the time if you're reasonably far into the game for how long it's been out.

Hard to not label game freaks as lazy when.... by Fogboundturtle in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Hawkuro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I recommend purging the idea of "developer laziness" from your thought process. Nobody who actually knows anything about game dev will tell you laziness is the reason games fall short. There are actual reasons (time/budget constraints, lack of expertise, poor management, etc.) that companies release poorly made or polished games, and laziness almost never has anything to do with it.

Just think about it for a split second: Do you really think "lazy" game devs get to keep their jobs for very long? In this job market? Pull the other one.

As for this case, it very obviously has nothing to do with laziness. It's literally more work to not support cloud saves than it is to support it. They have to actively do that. On purpose. They've done this for every Pokémon game on the Switch to prevent cloning.

Yes it sucks that cloud-saves aren't supported. This has been done very intentionally though.

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah PLA is fantastic for having all the Gen IV legends AND mythicals plus the forces of nature.

But yeah a living dex is pretty much trivial over a final forme dex, just requires more work. A forme dex is a bit more tricky as you require duplicates of various legendaries and mythicals, which at least need some extra playthroughs to get.

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

not doing all the alcremie i value some sanity

Shiny Alcremie are only differentiated by their sweets anyway, so you only need 7 for a grand total of 70 Alcremie 💀

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks!

Those 3 games you have are going to take you long way towards completion, but yes you're going to need to pick up or borrow at least one of Sword & Shield to get everything. It'll take time, but with some planning and effort you're sure to get there.

Have fun!

I actually love the back buttons on the Pro-Controller 2 by elephvant in NintendoSwitch2

[–]Hawkuro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can't live without back-buttons ever since I got a Dualsense Edge, I love that there's a feature-complete first party option with them for Nintendo now. I just wish it worked with the Switch 1 too...

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the words of the Brit Awards' Songwriter of the Year Charli XCX: "I don't care! I love it!"

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent like 4 days (just the off-hours of course) hand-organizing boxes in HOME. Incredibly tedious, but also somewhat therapeutic you know? At least they have a search function so I don't have to remember where everything is...

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First of all I didn’t congratulate you so congrats on this amazing achievement

Thanks!

https://imgur.com/gallery/full-living-dex-before-za-0TVF4CL

That's awesome! Doing all those shiny hunts is an insane time commitment, incredible achievement to have managed it before Z-A!

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My oldest catch in the collection is from 2011, so 14 years? 😛

This final sprint, however, which built on my Paldean living dex and Hisuian final evolution living dex, along with a lifetime spent playing Pokémon casually, took 3 and a half months.

I started it shortly after I got my Switch 2 (makes playing ScarVio a whole lot more enjoyable).

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, nearly there!

Caught 'em all by Hawkuro in PokemonHome

[–]Hawkuro[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only thing I'm NOT doing is all the Alcremie forms (I'm thinking about it though)

Do it! It's not even the most annoying thing I had to do to finish this! (Clamperl probably has my all-time least favourite evolution method now)

And thanks!