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Stuff like this really dilutes the "literal nazi" thing. I think it's hard to unify when whom to unify against is a bit difficult to define

Rambling post incoming:

I love the series, but man am I frustrated by it.

I love when they try to tell a story. Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow is simple, but effective.

The others just build on this, but the best team is still Team Rocket to me. Actual gangsters instead of maniacal, delusional gits who want to end the world... It's too much.

Team Skull are wonderful as well.

Black and white had a great story and I really, really like Bianca's journey in that game. She's not very good at what she does, but she's compassionate. A little sheltered too. Her dad is always asking her to come back home because he doesn't believe in her, and with failure after failure almost goes along with it and gives up. I love that she doesn't.

I also like the villain speech here that Pokémon don't like being used for fighting, but I really believe that it could've been better if they didn't undermine their own point by fighting with pokemon. I mean, I get that the main dude, Ghetsis was just bluffing, but everyone else believed it, so why didn't they choose non -violence?

After the series went 3D, I've disliked it. I liked X and Y, but I felt like it was a little too light on new stuff. Only 60ish new pokemon feels a bit low. There's a good game there somewhere, but... It's not where I want it to be.

Sun and moon was the same. Love the new ideas, but it's getting bogged down a smidge by performance and repetition.

Sword and Shield definitely has great things going for it with vibes, but lacks substance. No caves, no dungeons, just a led-by-the-hand tour.

The DLC was a smidge better, but even then a little lacking.

Scarlet/Violet barely holds together. It's ugly as sin, its level progression is whack and the open world does it NO FAVORS! All I want is for pokemon to seem like actual animals in the wild. I wanna see them interact with each other, but they NEVER DO.

Legends Arceus was also the same here, though I like the battle mechanics here. It feels unfinished and while pokemon in your party can interact, the world itself feels... Lacking.

My favorite game in the pokemon series (including spinoffs) would be pokemon mystery dungeon for the story, and Pokemon Snap for the interaction.

Core series would be either Black and White or Heart Gold/Soul Silver. Those games really spoiled us

Holy shit, that hit the spot. The bag fucking up at the end is just the cherry on top. Chef's kiss!

Every little thing just gives a small "..eghhhhh..." Feeling

Earthbound or Mystery Dungeon text box?

You were completely correct. Gross

I dunno, getting every cage is pretty gruelling, and you can't beat the game unless you do EVERYTHING.

That being said, if you genuinely don't think it's "even that hard", then you're definitely on another level, and I salute you

Beating Rayman 1 on the PS1 be like

Thank you very much for sharing! Very relieving to hear that people are able to change like this. I'm glad you also were able to see your own flaws. I'm the same in that regard. I used to be a huge jerk

It's easy to see this as a jaded mindset, and heck, maybe it is.. but it's still anyone's prerogative to just say "I don't want to discuss this, and if you don't like it, there's the door".

I sometimes engage in good faith conversations, where I later realize the good faith was only from one side of the argument. That SUCKS, so I get it.

Personally, I'll still try to talk, but just because I'm a naive fool doesn't mean others need to be :P

This is hella adorable.

Forgive my ignorance, but what is the "biological advantage" argument? Is it like.. if you were assigned male at birth, but transition later in life, some people will try to argue that the trans person has a biological advantage?

Yo, thanks for the read! That made my heart flutter a bit