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Nintendo is once again doing something in response to not being able to create a good game. They recently created a patent that prevents games from using the ability to summon creatures and make them fight for you. Let’s ignore that this steps on the toes of multiple games. Kingdom Hearts even uses this fancy taking it up with Disney and Square, they aren’t the only big company every Elder Scrolls game has it so Bethesda will be taking notes, World of Warcraft litterally has an entire class based on this mechanic I’m sure Activision and Blizzard aren’t shy about lawsuits, Shinmagmi Tensei and Persona uses it and I’m sure ATLUS wants their share. Whoever keeps approving these needs to step down as a lawyer or judge as Nintendo is just going to keep trying to abuse the legal system so they can be on top when in reality they can’t make good games anymore.

If you think about it Mario Wonder was a game based on fan feedback based off the Mario Maker games, Pokemon hasn’t had a good game since Sun and Moon in 2016, Zelda has been carrying Nintendo but the last adventure Echoes of Wisdom was okay at best and started as a level editor, Metriod is pretty abandoned paving the way for Hollow Knights takeover, Kirby is pretty much the only consistently good game, but even that game hasn’t had a substantial update aside from what amounts to a DLC. The fact is if Nintendo made good games rather than the slop they put out they never would have to worry about competition.

This is quite possibly the strangest thing to happen in recent memory. Normally many games try to release as soon as possible, but Indie Devs are purposefully delaying their games. Now, what started as a few delays has skyrocketed to near every Indie release slated for October. As it turns out nothing is wrong with the games, but rather attention. Indie Devs do everything to get attention on their games and that means trying to not get much competition so they are delaying because of one game, Hollow Knight: Silksong. The sequel to Hollow Knight a Metriodvania with amazing art, fun gameplay, and one of the best Indie games out right now. So when its sequel was announced people were excited and Indie Devs panicked. Initially they were saying simple bug fixes was the reason so many games were delayed, but eventually it came out that they were avoiding Silksong’s release as much as they could. Several Indie Games have delayed their games even games from different genre aren’t taking the risk of people buying Silksong over their game. I don’t know if this is a statement on how good Hollow Knight actually is and what is expected of its sequel or how things in the industry work. I also know that over hyping a game could lead to its ruin Hollow Knight is amazing and blew its own expectations out of the water, but if those same expectations aren’t met then it can be bad even if the game is as good as the original.

Rare we get a Pokemon Presents this late, but here we are. Let’s look over last weeks Pokemon news and see what else is happening.

World Championship this year in California. Everyone get ready for this years Championship, Scarlett and Violet, TCG, GO, and Unite are all getting top players. Honestly I only watch the Championship for plays like the Pachirisu, a player who attacked his own pokemon to ensure terrain change, and other unexpected plays.

Pokemon Concerige

I remember this being announced a few years ago and now more episodes are being announced for September 4th. Honestly the Pokemon look good and stop motion doesn’t look bad, but the human characters don’t look as good, maybe that one is just me. I don’t particularly like that style so a bias already exists, but if you enjoy this or are a fan of this style give it a shot.

New Show The Misadventures of Sirfetched and Pichu

It seems to be a story from Pokemon’s perspective which is fine. What is the interest in stop motion recently? It is set for release 2027 and that is all we know about it trailer didn’t offer much, but seems to be a comedy and is seemingly at beginning stages.

Pokepark Kanto

Pokepark is a store dedicated to Pokemon located all over Japan. People outside of that likely are aware the Nintendo Store in New York started off as a Pokepark before expanding to include all Nintendo franchises. So they are opening an attraction in Tokyo, Japan in 2026. Aside from forests and such we don’t really see anything about this.

Apps

Go is debuting an event Eturnatus and revolving what seems to be the Darkest Day featured in Sword and Shield along with Gen 8 Starter Gigantamax forms, Carmine and Sinistea are joining Pokemon Masters EX which makes me think Kieran and Ogrepon are not far behind, Lapras will be debuting in Pokemon Cafe Remix with a captains outfit, along with new decorations based off water Pokemon and the sea with Alolan Meowth, Totodile, and Mincino all geting sailor outfits with Jigglypuff getting a summer fun outfit that seems based on a Smash Bros skin, Amber Canyon is releasing for Pokemon Sleep and the Suicune Entei and Raiku event is happening (maybe again I am sure they were already in the game feel free to correct me later). Unite is celebrating its fourth anniversary with the release of Latios and Latias along with a new game type Electrode Volleyball and the Pawmi line is coming to Unite as well.

TCG

A new pack likely to promote and coincide with Legends A-Z called Mega Evolution is coming in September. featuring the return of Mega Evolution cards.

Pokemon Friends

A very simple (likely geared towards children) puzzle game that seemed based on terrible mobile game ads. released for switch, ios, and android.

Main series updates

Switch 2 owners are getting a free update to try and make the Paldea games playable, along with Tera Raid events in both versions featuring the Ruinous Pokemon in a shiny Pokemon event involving 1 million players fighting them. Does Scarlett and Violet even have 1 million people still playing it?

Pokemon Legends ZA

While there wasn’t much information we didn’t already know. I did ask a few questions during the direct. The biggest reveal was a new Mega for Dragonite, but that was it. Some information was revealed on the plot and characters. I think the bigger questions are there other new or returning characters aside from Emma and AZ. Will we see the four rivals from the X and Y games (Calem/Selena, Shauna, Teirno, and Trevor) and will Professor Sycamore or his assistants Sina and Dexio return?

I keep thinking in a perfect world this dude would just take responsibility, apologize, and take an L. That is not happening and if it makes Pirate feel better I am sure Blizzard will take you back Activision is known for hiring scum so you’ll be welcomed with open arms. Sarcasm aside I’ve never seen someone go from beloved in the community to dirt so quickly. He had four major controversies back to back and while several did cover these I feel like some of the anger from one bled to another. First, World of Warcraft now there are reasons I don’t play this game anymore, but a large reason is players like Pirate Software. There are players who work together and make sure everyone is okay on a team, then there are players like Pirate, he insults people who just started playing and abandons team members to die. World of Warcrafts raids are team efforts if you need to run you need to make sure everyone can get out. Now he was playing as a Mage, a largely support role in any game, they are responsible for buffing team members and healing. Rather than admit he panicked and ran rather than help, he doubled down yelling his team said run and he was out of Mana (ignoring the fact everyone could see his inventory and seeing two items that would fix the issue). Could he save his team, probably not, but he could have tried, absolutely. Next, he decided to beef with Stop Killing Games. He misrepresented the initiative to the point people like MoistCritical/ Charlie, Asmongold, and others including myself had to step in. For the record, I believe laws can sometimes be adapted elsewhere so while SKG is mostly an EU and European thing right now who’s to say people in the US aren’t already paying attention to it. I won’t get into the initiative now as I wrote a whole artitcle about it already and for anyone who hasn’t signed that petition in the EU yet please sign and outside of Europe please spread word about it. Lastly, he decided to keep his code knowingly unoptimized. Code is meant to be simple and understandable. He makes mistakes, but the thing he needs to do he won’t. For a chapter based game most of which has their own code per chapter, Heartbound, I guess he felt the code was good enough for release and that is fine, but he needs to patch it with a more stable build or you know code it correctly from the start. Also he likely lied about creating games for Blizzard, now I’m not saying he didn’t work there, I am saying he likely only worked QA and small amounts or basic code. Even then with his father there we can’t really know if he was just handed the position or not. Code can’t be complicated and while the bare minimum looks good on stream any experienced coder or even someone like me who has never coded, but knows people who do will tell you spagetti only looks good on a plate, but if you are coding it prepare for pitfalls and pain.

Pirates biggest problem isn’t the internet hate he is getting, nor is it the near 100,000 followers he’s lost in the last few weeks. It isn’t even the lack of taking responsibility and actually understanding a situation before speaking. While all of those are attributing factors, his biggest problem is he is a child in his 30s. Think about it when criticized he doesn’t take it well and throws a huge tantrum banning the only people who still support him and try and help him, then refuses to take responsibility and runs to daddy’s money or company.