Fusion

^Just got me thinking

So I just beat Persona 5 last week, no joke. Quality game, top tier. This comes out. And now I want to play this again! They added way more new stuff than I would have thought. What would make this perfect is if they offered Royal as DLC so I could carry my NG+ data over and just do my second playthrough with Royal, but I'm doubting that'll happen so I'll either skip the Platinum Trophy for P5 or just play this damn game three times (honestly might). Kasumi seems cool, perused through some of that info and the story changes sound cool and seem pretty intriguing. Got this on my radar for sure.

Let's Go Johto and so on will definitely happen, it's just a matter of when. Curious who they'd choose as the mascots since I'm not sure people would be into Pichu and Marill/Togepi. They may also say fuck it and do Let's Go Gold and Let's Go Silver, or LG Cyndaquil and LG Totodile. I figure it'll either come towards the end of Switch's lifespan or at the start of whatever the next console is like Roxas said. Diamond and Pearl remakes will come after Sword and Shield for Switch. Despite them being my least favorite back in the day, still psyched to explore Sinnoh with everything updated.

I've been playing Persona 5 the past month and I think I may be able to beat it just in time for Joker's release in Smash, unless the release happens this week or something. It's definitely helped me buy into the hype of him coming to Smash now, I can see him being a "Fighter" type with one gun move in his arsenal. That render does look pretty great; I'm also puzzled though how we haven't seen anything. I'm trying to remember how far in advance the Wii U Smash DLC reveals were before their release in the game.

Castelvania is a cool show, didn't know what to expect but I like everything from the voice acting, animation/action, and the whole atmosphere. I'm not too familiar with the video games, but I definitely care more now than I did back in the day, so I'd recommend it to both fans and non-fans. I hope Legend of Zelda and other future VG shows takes a page out of this book for being adapted.

Old or new, haven't played this game in years

My thoughts on the movie:

That's actually hilarious, especially knowing Evangelion released in the 90s

Super Smash Bros Ultimate - I need to fuel my Smash fix that's been going strong since 2002. Pokémon SoulSilver - The Johto games still have the best post-game IMO. Emerald and Y would be close seconds. Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door - It's my favorite game, so I'd want to be able to play it from time to time. I do that now and it's like I never left.

I'm a fan of it too. And I don't really see the big deal with the linear complaint because every Pokémon game is pretty linear. Also, establishing this now: Like HGSS, ORAS, etc, we should totally refer to these as SwSh. swish

Team Skull definitely etched itself in as one of the better teams, probably my favorite one actually. So I hope they hold themselves to that same standard and get creative. I forgot to say, but I also like the base designs for the trainers. Better beanies than Brendan's.

I'm honestly hyped for this movie. I'm not sure how good it'll be, but I don't think it'll be bad and I anticipate myself having a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to seeing how many Pokémon they can cram in and how they look. Most of them so far are pretty damn good and I'm happy they made a point to use a variety of Pokémon from all the different gens. It's really cool too that they tapped RJ Palmer to help with the designs, the guy makes amazing realistic Pokémon. Mewtwo's a nice surprise at the end there, I'm curious if he's the one upending the earth in the trailers or if that's another legendary like Groudon or something. I raised three eyebrows when they first announced this movie, but I've found myself losing skepticism since the first trailer. This also comes out on my birthday, so this'll be a neat present for myself.

I agree, the last one we had was literally 10 years ago with Platinum. Not impossible, but pretty improbable. I like most of those, but I'd probably say Helmet (Pokémon Helm maybe sounds like a better name?) to complete the knight's set. Speaking of, I wonder if the new evil team could be based on the knights of the round table. Or maybe one of the gyms or some other group can let them play around with the knight motif. I had a thought that maybe one or more of the legendaries wolf-related considering the logos. But that could also just be a random decoration for them. My first inclination is Sword, but that could easily change. I'm waiting to see more info as well like the legends, exclusives, etc.

For the first few seconds up until after you see the spinny Fletchling thing on the roof, I thought this was Pokémon Z. I'd be down with seeing some Kalos connections in this region. For the football stadium, I was thinking that has something to do with the side project in this game (like contests, etc). Or it might be one of the gyms, I can see that being a gimmick. But the uniform you're wearing makes me think there's more to it. I love the starters. Still happily going with my tradition of choosing Grass first, Grookey seems like a cool pokémon and I'm itching to try the other two at some point, particularly Scorbunny. It could lend itself well to Fire/Fighting, but I'd prefer something else like Fairy. I hope one or more of them has a surprising type combo like how Decidueye randomly evolved into a Ghost. I can see Grookey becoming a Grass/Dark to maintain the mischief theme; we haven't had one since Gen 3 I think. The region looks great, the cities have an awesome aesthetic and I love how there's a lot of countryside to explore. End of the year can't come soon enough.

Coming Late 2019, discuss! (I don't suppose centering embedded videos is possible?)

Vic also added on Twitter that he's "taking time to recommit to God and seeking the help of a counselor." I take that as an acknowledgment from him that he was in the wrong. Maybe he didn't realize what exactly he'd been doing, but that doesn't excuse his actions. Just as you said Shradow, it is a damn shame. Hope everyone who's been affected is able to move on from this and that Funimation doesn't encounter any other crazy controversies. The Scott Freeman thing was insane too.

Forrest Gump (1994) Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) Inside Out (2015) Pulp Fiction (1994) Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977) Mean Girls (2004)

Vic Mignogna's been a big anime voice actor for a long time and recently he's been under fire for sexual harassment/assault and other inappropriate exchanges between his fans and other voice actors. Almost all of his con appearances this year have been canceled, he's fired from RWBY, and Funimation cut their ties with him. How do people here feel? I was hoping things were false when there were first rumblings about him, but the sheer amount of testimonies from others in the industry and people who've interacted with him at cons have convinced me he's been in the wrong here and there's an established history of his behavior.

They're both great games, but I'll give it to Paper Mario. I've played it so many times that it's hard/impossible for me to pick other games over it.

Kaguya made it in, huh? Guess that makes sense, but I would've picked Obito. Dude'll probably be DLC anyways. Interesting that Black Clover and MHA only had their MCs in, I guess the big focus though was on some of the older series. Still a little hesitant about this game, also just learned it's the same studio doing this as the last one. They may have made some improvements though and the staff itself may be different, so hoping for a positive turn.

I never have read any light novels, but I've been curious. I think my main ones to check out would be Baccano and Durarara! since I really enjoyed their anime adaptations and I'd be down to see any continuing story from those two. Might as well add No Game No Life to that list too since I'm starting to get the sinking feeling that season 2 is a long way off, if ever.