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[–] OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 21 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Pokemon Red got me through a year of boring ass 9th grade early morning study hall on my Gameboy Pocket.

With that being said, it's hilarious to me that someone else took the "pocket monster" formula and built it into something bigger and better than Game Freak or Nintendo could ever develop.

Nintendo is clearly upset about Palworld, but fuck 'em. They had over two and a half decades to improve the formula and now the best thing they can do is half-assed, low effort cash grabs; Gameplay with the depth of a teaspoon and the visuals of a smeared turd.

Try harder, Nintendo.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

The fact that there are still hardcore pokemon fans out there who buy every one of their games like it's a masterpiece is crazy. They aren't even just bad, you have to put effort into making them look that shit, and the gameplay is basically still the same as i played on the original Gameboy when i was 12

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 hours ago

I haven't played them in ages, but from what I've seen of them they're worse than we had back then. At least they tried to present some challenge. I think that's mostly gone now, like it is for most mainstream gaming.

[–] carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

i wonder tho, why are they going after palworld specifically? cause palworld is faaaar from being the first pokemon-inspired game, and id argue it’s not even the best one

and it can’t just be the plagiarized design allegations (which, tbf, some pals are really on the limit, not that it’s a bad thing), because if it was they’d just use their existing copyright instead of filing tons of new patents

[–] Iunnrais@lemmy.world 6 points 5 hours ago

Because it became wildly successful. Success brings notice.

[–] mienshao@lemmy.world -5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Pokemon is the biggest media franchise on planet earth. To call that dumbass palworld AI SLOP “bigger and better than GF or Nintendo could ever develop” is MAGA-level batshit insane. Nintendo is ROLLING in money rn, they don’t need to try harder for shit. They’re doing phenomenally.

The bitching about Nintendo is wild, like yalls don’t quit. Give eternal passes to Sony and Microsoft, but the pikachu/Mario guys are the villains…??? Give me a fucking break.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 24 minutes ago

To call that dumbass palworld AI SLOP

Found the Nintendo fanboy. How do them boots taste?

Give eternal passes to Sony and Microsoft, but the pikachu/Mario guys are the villains…???

Obvious red herring. People yell about the bullshit Sony and Microsoft pull all the time. Have you ever considered that all 3 are shit?

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 hours ago

More profitable is not the same thing as better. For example, Marvel movies are pretty shit, but they make a ton of money. Palworld is better than Pokémon, for many reasons. One major one is that it actually tried to innovate on something. That's more than Game Freak has done in decades despite having an infinite money glitch.