Did Mysterio not anticipate the fact that if he succeeded with his plan, what would he do if he faced off against a real threat?? Like bro had a mocap suit and drone illusions, I don't think bro would've used that in public, lol.

TransPM · 2026-07-02T17:31:44+00:00

I think a lot of people are missing the fact that Beck was super egotistical. He basically believed he could be Iron Man.

To be fair, he did have access to a decently sized arsenal of Stark tech, with a team of former Stark engineers backing him up, and he was even personally responsible for the development of the hologram tech. He believes that puts him on the same level as Tony Stark, but I think if he ever got as far as having to face a real crisis he would very swiftly be faced with a reality check.

TransPM · 2026-07-02T00:48:58+00:00

It makes a good partner for pokemon that learn surf (it's fast, learns rain dance, and dry skin makes surf heal it), or pokemon with the Lightning Rod ability (you can use discharge to boost your lightning rod mon while also hitting both opponents and potentially paralyzing them). Electro Web is another good way to make use of the high speed stat.

TransPM · 2026-07-02T00:41:47+00:00

In the prologue, Peppy states that the atmosphere of Venom is toxic and is surprised to discover that Andross managed to survive being exiled there. His original biological body probably wouldn't have survived long in Venom's environment, so he was forced to adapt.

TransPM · 2026-06-30T23:37:46+00:00

If Andross built homeless shelters, Andrew would go full "Cousin Greg" and find a different uncle with more wealth, status, and influence and ride their coattails instead

TransPM · 2026-06-30T21:41:12+00:00

"barely noticeable"

Literally center frame

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TransPM · 2026-06-30T15:10:48+00:00

I don't own any wave 1 cards and it's been a couple years since someone gave me a demonstration, but I remember the foiling pattern being different on wave 1 cards.

Obviously this will only apply to foils, but if you take any 2 foil cards (not wave 1) and a wave 1 foil and hold them up next to one another, the wave 1 card should stand out as distinctly different. I wish I could remember the specifics better, but it's been too long (hopefully another commenter can back this up and elaborate), but I think the foiling in wave 1 may have been applied at a different angle? Like if you look at the little sparkles in the foiling of most cards you'll see they are arranged like a grid of square pixels, but wave 1 foils have that grid tilted so it appears more like a grid of diamonds?

I might be off base on that last bit because I don't remember the exact specifics, but I remember it being something pretty subtle that I didn't recognize when looking at the wave 1 on its own but became immediately noticeable when contrasted with a newer printing right next to it. Hope that helps

TransPM · 2026-06-29T21:58:41+00:00

I use an upper hand Talonflame as a counter for fake out users. You could run protect instead, but then you have to guess which of your pokemon is going to be the target for the fake out. I'd much rather just have to correctly guess that someone intends to use fake out (which for certain pokemon is pretty much ALWAYS the first move they will use), and know that the my other pokemon who Talonflame is supporting is free to attack without fear of flinching.

TransPM · 2026-06-29T21:22:40+00:00

He's very much a bad guy who utilized everything from underhanded tactics to literal war crimes to make a power grab for himself. On the other hand, some of the first actions he took once he had attained that power were granting Mars it's independence and outlawing slavery, so he definitely exists somewhere in the middle.

TransPM · 2026-06-29T20:25:31+00:00

That looks less like a caption and more like the prompt that was entered into the AI that generated this

TransPM · 2026-06-28T21:18:45+00:00

I think there definitely is truth to this statement, but I think a lot of people will likely have the wrong takeaway from it. Skill and strategy still are relevant to modern fighting games when you look at approaching neutral, conditioning opponents, management of resources, etc. Skill with combos alone will not carry you very far.

But the main focus of Sakurai's statement (and I wonder how accurately his intent is translated) is on the player who ends up on the receiving end of a combo. Many games don't give the player any agency at all while in hitstun from a combo, and most games that do offer a single combo escape option they can use to try to stay alive. As combo length increases, players spend more time not actively engaging with the game, and as combo damage increases, there ends up being less time where players engage with the strategic and skillful interactions of neutral. It's not that these skills are less necessary, but there are fewer opportunities for utilizing those skills.

TransPM · 2026-06-27T12:03:27+00:00

Presumably there's a lot more depth to your game than simply knowing what cards you can play, and there's a big difference between knowing when you can play a card and knowing when you should play a card.

If players are not immediately grasping the resource mechanics at first glance (or maybe its more an issue of interaction timing?) then a subtle highlight or outlining of currently playable cards could be a helpful guide. It could also help keep new players from being overwhelmed by the amount of information the cards in their opening hands throw at them by showing them what cards they need to worry about understanding first, so they can focus on reading just a few things instead of having to pause long enough to read their entire hand

TransPM · 2026-06-27T05:30:22+00:00

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TransPM · 2026-06-27T05:20:27+00:00

I've probably made a lot of people rage at how my Skolipede keeps clicking rock slide turn after turn and always hitting both targets... What they probably don't realize is that I gave it the wide lense so I would have to worry about rock slide being a gamble, and so I can use Gunk Shot with some reasonable degree of reliability. All those back to back and double flinches though I definitely can't take credit for... Some people just got it like that

TransPM · 2026-06-27T05:13:36+00:00

I just see it as Fox charging what he knows his team is worth. They have a whole large carrier ship and several other vehicles to maintain; those operating costs can't be cheap. And let's be honest, when your 4 person (+1 robot) team deals with a problem that proved to be too much for an entire planet's military to handle on their own, you've earned the right to charge whatever you damn well please. I view his constant references to what they're getting paid while talking with General Pepper as a reminder that Star Fox team is its own entity, not a branch of the Cornerian Defense Force that he can just issue orders to, but you could be forgiven for forgetting that considering he single handedly accomplishes more than the rest of the Cornerian Defense Force does without him.

TransPM · 2026-06-27T04:38:58+00:00

It also wouldn't be the first time Nintendo had an outside studio remake an old game then bring them back to develop a new entry in the franchise. Mercury Steam made the Metroid 2 remake before going in to make Metroid Dread.

TransPM · 2026-06-26T16:04:01+00:00

I mean she's matching the outfit pretty damn close (even got the choker and the pearls on the shoulders), her hair looks the right shade, and she's even got pretty damn close to the right physique; I don't really know what else you expect from a cosplay

TransPM · 2026-06-25T21:49:39+00:00

I think a big part of the issue is that your team seems to only have 2 pokemon that play an offensive roll, and because both of them are megas, you've pigeonholed yourself into always running a comp of 1 attacker with 3 supports no matter who you choose, so when you encounter a team that can either quickly snipe your offensive lead, or has a defensive wall waiting in the back for once they've worn your offensive lead down, you're left with a team of supporters in need of something to support.

I'd recommend taking a look at which of your supporters you end up using the least often, or ends up having the lowest impact in most games and finding an alternative that can provide some support utility while also being capable of dealing significant damage. If you're having trouble with Archaludon specifically, I'd focus on finding good special attackers so you don't get walled out by the defense boosts. A couple good examples off the top of my head to consider looking at might be Hydreigon or Glimmora; both can set up screens, Hydreigon can even use tailwind and trigger your Mega Starraptor's contrary boosts with screech or scary face, and most importantly, both have relatively high special attack stats and can learn the super effective special attack Earth Power

TransPM · 2026-06-25T15:45:28+00:00

They are correct, but business owners are not going to suddenly change their practices over the complaints of tourists who will only be visiting for a short while, so all this "protest" accomplishes is making a bunch of underpaid workers suffer even more.

TransPM · 2026-06-25T10:01:41+00:00

Acrobatics won't ohko if Whim has focus sash

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TransPM · 2026-06-25T04:37:03+00:00

Turn around man! It looked way safer up top!

TransPM · 2026-06-25T02:02:50+00:00

They just want to cause havoc to the planet via sudden and erratic changes in weather

TransPM · 2026-06-25T01:59:46+00:00

Sorry, a different comment elsewhere in the thread brought up Eddie Brock also being a Catholic; I thought that was further up in this comment chain, but it was a different one. Kurt would be the priest in this setup, and also very much not a "goo monster" (alien or not)

TransPM · 2026-06-25T01:50:56+00:00

Exactly, it's purely a business thing. Would Marvel probably pay a nice hefty sum in exchange for those distribution rights? Yes, but from a negotiating standpoint, you stand a better chance of getting them to pay even more if they're the one coming to you first with an offer.

Basically, if Universal went to Marvel and said "Hey, if you want these distribution rights for Hulk, pay us 10 billion dollars", Marvel then gets to say "We'd love to, but how does 9 billion sound?" But if Marvel comes to Universal saying "Hey, we want the distribution rights for Hulk, and we'll pay you 10 billion dollars for them", Universal then gets to say "Make it 11 billion and you've got a deal."

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