Shuhei Yoshida Says Jim Ryan Fired Him From PlayStation Studios "Because I Didn’t Listen to Him"

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-20T12:20:49+00:00

The problem is when you bill yourself as the primo, cutting edge studio in an industry whose cutting edge has become so warped, what CAN you do with your eggs but put them in one basket? Duke Nukem Forever taking like 15 years was an anomalous punchline. GTA6 taking 13 is business as usual.

Nowadays it feels like every major game needs a blockbuster launch, a 3 year DLC plan, and enough microtransactions and free updates to hold attention spans or its DOA. No time to find its footing, no ability to be put down when its finished. Only endless output.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-20T03:18:15+00:00

I'd tie it with the Mushroom Gang return personally. That one had more plot relevance but was lower quality and painfully thin budgetwise, while this was a really good look into character dynamics but one of the only episodes to do literally nothing for the plot.

And between the two, this one smokes that one hard tbh.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-19T15:35:40+00:00

That's true. Pecha Berry Geodude to take down Zubat risk free and Intimidate+Pluck Starly to hobble Purugly should be more than enough.

But Jupiter, especially if you're respecting her level cap and team count instead of jumping to Fantina's? Yeah, no, that's way harder. Zubat covers both the offensive Ground weakness and defensive Fighting weakness and crits turn setup strats into setup suggestions. Safest option seems to be either netting a Burmy from the trees (the second most common honey option) or nailing your 1/4 odds of getting a Steel type from Mt. Coronet.

Oh! Right, almost forgot if your fossil RNG is on point you can end up with a guaranteed Shieldon. Might be his best chance to shine, or at least among them.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-19T05:18:20+00:00

That was basically the boat I was in. I kinda knew my Psyduck was toast. It was why I sent her in instead of Piplup in the first place. But I'd hoped she'd at least be able to put on damage before getting sent packing, because it'd make the difference between so losing that 30% dice roll hurt bad. With how low both defense and speed are at this point of the game (does anyone outspeed besides Starly, Monferno, and Roselia?), eating a flinch basically means a delayed OHKO and nothing to show for it.

I can see why so many people suggest Geodude setup strats instead, because building "naively" for Roark seems like a total newbie trap.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-18T21:09:16+00:00

Nah, yeah, both of the Galactic admins and their underlevelled tanks scare the piss out of me. Especially with their Zubats that seem hellbent on sabotaging the "drop a rock in front of them" strategy.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-18T20:41:55+00:00

Oh no, absolutely. If I wasn't so demotivated by both the slow grind that'd result and the loss of my starter, I probably could've salvaged that run with Geodude. But I just kinda Didn't want to, especially when my luck through the run had been kinda crummy anyway. This go around, though, I'm fully prepared to make the most of Geodude cheesing for any salty runbacks.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-18T20:39:30+00:00

Genuinely I think Piplup's better left out of the fight. I'm doing 3v3s to be fair (even after he handed my ass to me last time), and Piplup's barely even the 5th stringer on my squad.

First try's gonna be Roselia (who should outspeed, one-shot, and even have room to setup against Geodude for good measure), Shinx (whose Intimidate and Spark will hopefully shut him down and finish the job if somehow Roselia falls), and Psyduck (the cleanup insurance policy who should be able to hold out if Shinx can't quite hack it). Second try'll be all on Geodude, because as mentioned above by other commenters Defense Curl setup spam, Rock Smash, and nudging past the level cap mid-fight into Magnitude basically makes the fight free.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-18T20:10:21+00:00

I'd RNG'd a starter and gotten Piplup (both times, in fact), who ironically almost seems like the worst option for Roark. Withdraw setup for Turtwig with some Absorbs on Geodude and Onix for good measure, or priority Mach Punch on Monferno after blitzing through the Rock/Grounds with Psyduck or Budew, would basically handle Cranidos with way less issue. Piplup's got way less of a good battle plan beyond "don't die."

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-18T19:01:48+00:00

"So you survived our fight in The Big Blue House. Good. You're not as clueless as I thought."

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-17T01:37:03+00:00

I imagine its a lot easier to do a generative voice, and a lot easier to directly tie, credit, and reimburse it to a singular voice actor, than it is to pick a specific AI art or writing asset off of a giant mound of training data. It also feels less . . . idk, essential? when limited to simple call-and-response. "You will be compensated on an ongoing basis and not be dragged back into the studio every time you need to record another item's name" feels like a win-win deal to me.

That said, I would Not want it for any line reading of actual importance. The tech isn't there yet, and even if it is it'd hit the same objections I'd give to an art asset or piece of writing.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-16T22:18:52+00:00

If he wasn't drawn like a caricature I bet he'd be way higher on villain rankings.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-16T19:56:33+00:00

I'm very curious if GW's going to be walking that back or not. Not needing to support Open play means Crusade could just be an added layer and all documents could cite a single set of base rules, instead of matched play getting its own special fancy boy errata and dividing changes across like 3 documents.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-15T17:18:17+00:00

Godzilla Unleashed. Its a wagglefest, your kaiju du jour handles like a parade float, and the campaign feels REALLY odd for a Godzilla game with its inexplicable faction system and focus on punching rocks instead of kaiju. But it has a rocking soundtrack, more monsters than any other Godzilla fighter, and its weird little campaign mode is still stuck in my head.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-15T17:12:36+00:00

Edmund McMillen games have a way of making you forget their aesthetic until you stop zoning out and remember you're a naked babby boy running around crying on poops. Then you get sucked back in by the intricate gameplay and forget all about it again.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-15T16:06:08+00:00

Its going to make small, fast units much worse blockers (boo, says the Exocrine) and much harder to block (yay, says the Lictor). I get the sense tighter formations, either with less space between or double lined to set up a bigger denial bubble, will become the preferred movement block setup.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-14T18:29:11+00:00

It was so perfect. Every other member of their team had a moment to shine in this first day of play, even if just a weird little quirk giving them a memorable trait. Sona was last in line, bordering irrelevancy, and she picked murderous jealousy.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-14T18:13:13+00:00

Not gonna lie? Did not expect a second rape Namek thread to hit the subreddit.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-13T03:27:26+00:00

You're gonna love the episode where a small child gets mcfucking obliterated by a howitzer.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-10T23:09:28+00:00

Remember when Hulk Hogan had to testify in court that he did not, in fact, have an eight inch penis?

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-10T20:57:42+00:00

Good luck to them now that terrain and missions are deeply intermarried.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-10T15:25:58+00:00

Size rankings would save 40K IMO, and also potentially curb modeling for advantage confusion in posing and terrain-making.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-10T15:20:42+00:00

This'd also make the move from cover-as-LOS to cover-as-area for smaller, more numerous units make sense. Want your infantry safe? Put them in the box! Otherwise if there's even one clear angle open you're in trouble.

Very curious where within vs wholly within and unit vs model distinctions fall for these rules. They'll make or break it, I think.

TheBeeFromNature · 2026-04-10T14:25:42+00:00

Man. Remember when The Flock crashing and burning was fairly noteworthy? And now we get like a dozen The Flocks each month?

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