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Hidden Mew

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    Hope you managed to have a pleasant Thanksgiving, as well as past few months with life being....well 2020.
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    Eh, honestly I wouldn't even say the virus plays a role in all of this for me. I'd say I've been iffy for a good while, but certainly in a lesser mental health state at least as far back as August of last year.
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    That does sound pretty rough. I'm sorry that you've been dealing with this for so long. I don't know if there's anything I can do to help, but I hope that you feel better and are able to get more reassurance from your family too.
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    It's probably just the feeling of loneliness, but eh it's a whatever I guess, and an it is what it is.
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    I have. Sorry for not responding sooner. I've been a bit busy and I wanted to take some time with my response too. I'll hopefully be able to give you a proper response later today.
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    I dunno how you feel about the new cards in Duel Links but, while it's cool they already added some of the D/D cards, I'm honestly loving the addition of the Malefic cards to the game. When you get a good starting hand they're such a quick deck to overpower, and win with.
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    Yeah it was unfortunately that way with me a few packs ago specially Chocolate Magician Girl. It had been in the second to last pack so it cost me a lot of my resources to pull it. To the point I had to make the decision to skip the following mini box. Yeah those two archetypes are bound to get much better once they receive more of their fusion monsters. The only thing with Frightfurs is they'll probably need to be held back until the next main box since there's too many signature cards for a mini box where they could dominated the SR and UR category. Yeah his main Pendulum card was pretty bland, but I did like the batch of the ones he had overall. They really help out the D/D series as a whole, and make it incredibly easy to spam all the summon types specifically. From what I saw of the mini game they'd had on the 3DS Pendulum in Speed Duels are the same as in a regular duel, pre Link format. That is with the 3 Spell/Trap zones, and then two Pendulum zones on the side.

    Apparently when someone did a datamine at one point last year, in between the 5D's and the Zexal world was a DSOD world, which obviously did come to be, but also a Grand Championship world which I just really don't see happening. I'm sure as far as dialogue goes though a lot was probably done far in advance with the intention of the worlds coming eventually. Worst case scenario is there either would be no audio dialogue, or they'd just have to use generic "I summon a monster!" sayings for some key cards, sorta like how the redubbed that for Ed when he summons Destiny Hero Dangerous. I mean they have to evolve the game eventually to include Xyz summons, and by bringing in another summon type they'd surely drive up sales of packs and decks as people want to stay with the meta so they'd win with sales by doing it.

    It's alright, not like its your fault. I mean as far as the virus goes it sorta messed with me for about 8 hours. I'd been fine in the morning, started getting one symptom after another in the afternoon, and evening and felt my body spiraling bad. Took some Nyquil before going to sleep, and then only felt very mildly sick the next two days. So really things were only rough for a few hours while sick at least. Unfortunately though I don't think things are going to cool down. I work in a beach town and with the beaches slated to be opened in time for Memorial day it's just going to bump things up here like crazy to go hand in hand with everything with the virus as well.
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    Sorry for not responding sooner. The past few weeks have been a lot. I hope that you're having a good Happy Birthday. It took me forever to get Chocolate Magician Girl myself, butI I've been using the Dark Magician Girls deck for both Carly and DSOD Yugi. It is really great and I can see why I would often have such a hard time against it in the PvP matches. It's been rough getting all of the event items for the past few events, but it was cool that they finally included Yugi in DSOD. I'm still expecting them to have Atem playable at some point. There must have been some issue with the Japanese audio because Yugi's lines aren't any different, while other characters have different lines when they duel him.

    I'm glad that you were able to recover. That still must have been overwhelming to go through. I hope that things have gotten easier for you. Reopening is so scary to me now. Just reading the headline that Disneyland plans to reopen in July made my heart sank. I understand why people want businesses to reopen and hopefully they still follow safety guidelines, but considering that the virus has increased in quite a few states, including my own, and people throw a fit over having to wear a mask, I just worry that it will ultimately backfire and make more people sick in the long run.
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    It's cool, I can't, nor won't, get mad at you for needing to take some time before you respond, I mean after all the last few weeks have been very hectic for me as well. Whatever's been keeping you at bay, well I hope it's eased up for you by now. Thanks again, honestly it was just a rather uneventful day. Yeah a Magician Girl deck seems to be incredibly powerful whether against the AI, as they never seem to attack a Magician Girl due to their effect, or in PvP. Especially with all the copies of Dark Burning Attack we were able to obtain now. Yeah it was nice to finally see them include that version of Yugi. I've been using him for most duels lately. But really? I didn't know that since I've been back to playing in English while using him where he had all his updated lines. Most be an issue for sure.

    I really don't know to be honest. This was before we'd really known about the virus being here much, and while it did feel like my body was hit by a truck it was only for a few days. I honestly took it, and thought as any other body cold I maybe get, and was treating it the same with what I took. My immune system is pretty good so I walked away just fine without a second thought. It certainly is a tough call that's for sure, I mean out here in NJ we'd easily kept stuff closed the longest. Restaurants are only opening for outdoor seating starting today, and places like barber shops aren't open for another week still. I am sorry to hear that the news of the reopening hit you so hard though. The mask wearing is surely annoying, as running around in the heat wearing them does surely make me sweat more, and make it a bit tough to breath at points but it's nothing worth throwing a fit over. With how people didn't want to adhere to distancing in grocery stores, nor care about how many people are in them at times I figure anything at this point will honestly be a backfire.
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    Why isn't there any laugh react? PSB's locomotive example was chuckle worthy.
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    @Panky.. The answer is gonna be no. There is not enough incentive to install such an emote. Although they may not directly convey the emotion of laughing at a joke, the Bulbasaur and Clefable emotes can be used to show affection as well. Please consider these to be the middle ground.

    As for the misuse of emotes; the like system has been misused before so it's something we're cautious about. We've had enough experience to know that would not work out well.
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    Yeah, that was my exact worry about a laughing reaction to posts. I could just easily see it get out of hand and people using it as a way to belittle or insult people's posts that they don't agree with as opposed to just finding something funny. I think it would be too risky even for a trial run and I have seen emotes being misused before here and in other places, so that doesn't give me a lot of confidence that it would turn out better here.
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    Wanna say that with all of what's going on now that I hope you, and those close to you all stay safe, well and healthy.
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    That's great that you've been able to grab paper goods. We're lucky if we can get napkins or paper towels at this rate. I'm sure some of the things would be hard to find with home delivery services. I'm sure that my Dad wouldn't be into that option for a few reasons, but it is still something we should consider to keep both of my parents safe. That sounds really stressful and rough. I'm sorry that it's been so physically draining for you. The situation has been hard for everyone, but it's been especially difficult for a lot of essential workers like in retail and doctors. I hope that you'll be okay. A part of me worries whenever I cough that I'm coming down with it or that I'm infecting myself whenever I accidentally touch my face, despite how I wash my hands with quite a bit of soap so frequently now. I think that's a combination of not wanting to get my parents sick and panicking over the estimated toll this is supposed to have on the country. I appreciate your reassurance though. I'm not sure if I'm tough exactly, but I'm a pretty healthy person and I've been doing my best to follow all of the safety guidelines, so hopefully that does help out in the long run. I want to be healthy for my family, for myself and to reduce the spread in general for everyone.
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    Well being there when a delivery comes in does always help. Even lets me get Clorox wipes and whatnot. But I can understand your guys situation, and frustrations if you can't come across any paper goods, I mean I keep seeing it with others constantly. We've only mostly been getting in a few packages a delivery. Really only enough for 7 or 8 customers. I can see why your parents would be opposed to home delivery for their groceries since my parents are like that. That is the main reason still why I try to grab whatever I can when at work since I'm there either way. At this point the physical is gone, I just feel more depressed than anything lately, but eh it is what it is I guess. It's understandable, I mean you keep hearing about how bad it is, at least over here anyway, so I get why you'd worry anytime you do the slightest thing that could make you think you're potentially sick. Well I'd say you seem tough enough, emotionally at least. I'm sure you'll but fine either way. And hopefully you have a good Easter tomorrow, I mean despite everything going on of course.
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    Getting something like Clorox wipes is pretty lucky. Fortunately, we've had better luck with paper towels and napkins earlier this week, but toilet paper is still way too hard to find. I think one reason why they don't want the home delivery option is because they only go out for grocery shopping and to walk Clancy, our puppy dog, with me. That is exactly what they should do when people shouldn't be going out unless it is something essential, but they also might now want to remove one of the few times they can get some fresh air. I'm sorry that you've been feeling more depressed lately. That is completely understandable of course, but I hope that you'll feel better soon. I'm not sure if I'm that emotionally tough either, but I appreciate the reassurance and being that confident in me. Thank you for the Happy Easter wishes as well. We were able to have a nice Easter Sunday. It was certainly different with everything going on, but it was still nice. I was still able to watch a televised mass with my Mom and I had some nice chocolate too.
    Galar Adventurer
    Welp, that's a wrap for Tangled. Great finale. With the series being over, we should be getting Season 3's soundtrack
    pretty soon now that the series has come to a close.
    Bummer to see it go though. With a couple of flaws aside, this is easily still a Top #3-Top #5 tier Disney Television Animation series in my book.
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    I just saw the finale and I loved it. It wrapped up everything pretty nicely, everyone got some kind of happy ending and I adored the final scene. Even though we already saw Rapunzel and Eugene's wedding, I kind of wish that we saw it in the style of the show now. This is easily the best animated series Disney Channel has made in ages and definitely one of the best ones in general. I'm going to miss it, but it was such a great ride and made me love the original movie even more.
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    Agreed, and in what seems to be a mixed opinion in the fandom, I honestly thought Cassandra's betrayal arc was fine. If anything, maybe I woulda tweaked it to where she realized she goofed up at the end of the midseason and would be trying to make up for it for the remainder of the series, but it's not a dealbreaker for me imo.

    Anywho, Season 3's soundtrack is out now.

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    Album · 2020 · 10 Songs
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    Yeah, I was not expecting Cassandra's betrayal to result in some pretty extreme reactions from other fans. I thought that it was fine as well. While I wouldn't have seen it coming before the end of season two, I think that they were setting up for it pretty much from the start of the series. The reason for Cassandra's betrayal was tied into her desire for glory and to stand out, which was established as early as the Challenge of the Brave episode. Even the notion that Cassandra was Gothel's biological daughter was a common fan theory during at least season one. There was a lot of setup for the betrayal that I think was only clear in hindsight, so that was a big reason I was fine with it. To be fair, Cassandra did endanger a lot of innocent people, including her friends, so I can understand why that would get people more upset, especially when she wasn't being directly controlled. She was being emotionally manipulated and pushed into the role of the villain by Zhan Tiri, but Cassandra was still in control of her actions.

    It might have helped if Cassandra at least questioned who the ghost girl was before she found out that she was Zhan Tiri. I thought it was interesting and sad how Cassandra was so consumed with her anger and sadness that she genuinely didn't realize that she was the bad guy until she had already caused so much damage. Waiting until the season finale to realize that she was in the wrong would have felt too rushed, but having Cassandra slowly start to question herself at least after the mid-season finale would have helped. It still wasn't a huge problem for me. Cassandra's villain arc was fine. It wasn't perfect, but it wasn't terrible either. It made sense with Cassandra's character and was pretty key for multiple character arcs and the series as a whole. I've seen people argue that the betrayal wasn't necessary, which is just mind boggling to me. The main focus of season three was Rapunzel trying to save Cassandra and defeat Zhan Tiri for good. Not to mention it was pretty important for Rapunzel, Cassandra Varian's character arcs too. I can understand not liking how Cassandra's villain arc was handled, but saying that it wasn't necessary doesn't make much sense to me.

    That's cool that they already have the soundtrack for season three out. There were a lot of great songs during this season. I'll have to check it out later. I wish that they'd release the series on DVD box sets, but at least I can buy the seasons off of Amazon or iTunes whenever I want to rewatch the series.
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    That's so sweet. Thank you so much. I listen to whatever song catches my attention, but anything Pokemon related is always a good bet for me and this is a really cool song too. Thank you again.
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    Alright, happy birthday to ya! Hope you get to have a fantastic, enjoyable day. It's definitely your turn to be treated well today for all the kindness you show others throughout the year.
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    Welp, Cassandra's Revenge is finally here. Whew, what a ride. :eek:
    And with the final mid-season of the series came 3 new songs from Alan Menken and Glenn Slater.
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    That was quite a mid-season finale. The songs were great, I adored all of the Rapunzel and Eugene moments and the battle was pretty intense. I hope that they won't downplay Cassandra's actions when they inevitably redeem her. She is clearly being manipulated, but she has still endangered a lot of people, including people who care about her. The songs were also great and I especially loved the duet between Cassandra and Varian.
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    So in my travels, you know minor free time I get, I'd seen they've realized the Extra Monster Zone was a mistake, and are making it optional now come the next set of rules. Well aside from Links, and Extra Deck Pendulum summons anyways.
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    Speaking of Duel Links finally made me cave in and buy some cards. I'd opted to buy that Dark Magician deck since it did seem to really compliment the Dark Magician themed cards I'd already owned in game. While 1000 gems isn't too steep with how often packs come out it was better to just buy that deck on sale. Speaking of Blair since she is now available seeing as how her skills are too blah, all being related to Maiden in Love I ended up giving her a Lunalight deck since those cards are already out, and her look does remind me of Serena. Find it kind of funny that the last several packs now have all featured different series of cards from Arc-V. As for Carly at least we get her this next event this coming month so it should be interesting to see any new interactions they might add between her and Jack, including what Jack says when you challenge him as Carly. Generally in my decks if I'm going for a filler card Wall of Distribution will fill the spot. It feels like it's one of only six or so trap cards I use as most of the decks just have no use for a lot of them. That's why I found it odd they were against releasing Jinzo for a while there as it doesn't seem like Trap cards ever dominated Duel Links. Yeah, I mean limiting Extra Deck monsters being unable to attack that first turn would annoy others, but at least it would have offered some real balance that still made them usable but at least made you think if you wanted to summon one or not at that time. I mean I'll give you that, it did seem different, even having potential to be overwhelming. I think in the actual card game it certain did do enough of a job at that to get some key cards limited. And on the topic of the actual game I saw today that while Legacy of the Duelist is being released on other main platforms it's also getting an update which includes, what looks like the rest of the Vrains story, more cards, but more importantly says the newest official rules from April 1st 2020 will be included, so if that's the case I'm actually looking forward to this update because it means can finally enjoy the story of GX, 5Ds, and Arc-V in game as we can use Extra Deck monsters (still save for Link and Pendulum) however we like.

    Oh yeah definitely. I mean Arc-V coming after Zexal certainly helped regardless, even if only to have another dimension to work with, another summon type and more characters, even if Kaito was the only one used. Still a good story is a good story, and Arc-V was able to capitalize on the strengths, and weaknesses of the prior series, and summon types. I don't think it could have had the same effect coming after Vrains. I'm going into Sevens knowing I'm going to end up being the same as I was with Zexal and Vrains in that I know I'm going to stop watching for several months and just end up catching up at some point when I'm bored. I just feel like I have no hopes when it just doesn't look or feel like anything new. Honestly I feel like with how simple the gameplay looks from it that they want to win old fans back to the series who enjoyed DM because the game felt simple, as opposed to the days of Arc-V when the game had advanced a lot and the duels with it.

    Yeah, the basic game is very easy to understand. Not much to get besides reading how a card works, and remembering how many tributes a monster needs to be tribute summoned. I know those advanced summon types can get tricky as it took me a few tries to understand Synchro monsters, and I had to teach a few friends how Pendulum monsters work. But still I dunno, I guess after 20 years it feels weird to me to see the game going away from the main series of cards (while still releasing those though) and focusing now on more simplistic cards. Probably just my old age settling in.

    Well that's good. I'm glad you enjoy spending time with your family so much. And hopefully as more time has passed now things have been going well for you.
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    I haven't bought any of the recent structure decks mainly because I want to save a bit on money, but a lot of them are pretty good and I'll probably have to get them at some point. I could use the gems instead, but considering how often they'll have a new box, I didn't think it would be worthwhile. I unlocked Blair, but I absolutely hate her dialogue. She was never one of my favorite GX characters to begin with. She felt like a last minute addition to the main cast because the writers realized that Asuka was the only prominent female character in the cast. But hearing her go on about her crush on Judai and her jealousy towards Asuka makes her look even worse. She just comes off as so annoying and shallow. At least I can get more gems from leveling her up. I haven't gotten any of the Lunalight cards yet, but it is always great to see them update with Arc V era cards. I really loved playing the Heavy Samurai deck and I'm close to getting all of the Medlious cards too. I might give Blair the Lunalight deck or go with a Lightworn deck since she gets some of those cards as level rewards. The Carly event should hopefully be more fun. I still want them to include more cute interactions between Jack and Carly.

    I can kind of see why they wanted to hold off on introducing Jinzo in Duel Links. Trap cards weren't dominated the game, but maybe they thought that Jinzo would be potentially too overpowered at that stage of the game. It doesn't seem like that is the case since I've rarely seen players use Jinzo, but most of the players I've seen go for stronger archetypes like Red Eyes, Blue Eyes and Six Samurai. That's really cool about that update for Legacy of the Duelist. Even though I was so excited for the game, I haven't played too much of it in part because of the Extra Deck Monster Zone rule. It just really made it more tedious to play through duels. Plus, I've been too focused on all of my other Switch games lately. But I'm so glad that they are included the new rules. I couldn't care less about including new Vrains characters, although I figured that they would be DLC given how minimal the Vrains aspect of the game was, but being able to summon out Extra Deck monsters more easily is definitely nice. I can run a Pendulum deck without the need for Link monsters. I wouldn't be able to summon Pendulum cards from the Graveyard, but since I can still Pendulum summon from my hand, it shouldn't be a huge problem. I don't think that they've announced a release date for the update, but knowing that it is going to include the new rules should make it more playable.
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    Interestingly enough, I was wondering when we'd get a release date for Sevens earlier this week and just a few days ago, we finally got it. It's going to premiere on April 4th. I'm kind of surprised that the information for the series has been so minimal. Granted, I'm sure it helps that I haven't been keeping a close eye on it, but it reminds me of how we had little information on Vrains before it premiered. Maybe that's just how they're handling pre-release information on a series now, but we've had virtually nothing between its initial announcement in December and now. They showed off the logo and I think some of the new characters, but that's about it. I'm going into Sevens just hoping that I don't hate it. That is the lowest bar I've had for any Yu-Gi-Oh! series and if Sevens can reach it, I'll be happy. Even being a boring series would be a step up in a sad way. I still want to be at least somewhat hopeful, but that is kind of hard coming right after Vrains. I think that they're more desperate to win over with kids more so than older fans. The younger protagonists and the concept of Rush Duels that just basically throw out all of the rules out the window practically make me think that they want the game to seem more accessible to kids. It isn't a bad idea and they do need to appeal to kids to keep the franchise going, but it does come off as being really desperate.

    There are some difficult archetypes and combos to understand. It took me awhile to understand how Synchro summoning work. The game might seem more overwhelming to someone just starting out, especially when there are a ton of cards to look into, but I don't think that the game itself is that confusing. Admittedly, it does help that I've been keeping up with the game and playing it for years, so that probably also makes it harder for me to see how someone just staring to get into the franchise would see the game. I'm doing pretty well. Thank you. I hope that you're doing fine too.
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    Welp, the hiatus is over at least for now. Tangled returns next month on Disney Channel.
    Season 3's mid-season event will be one of the two new episodes airing next month.
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    That's really cool news. I was hoping that we'd get new episodes sometime next month. I'm also glad that they're not doing the bomb format for the rest of season three. As nice as it was to get new episodes every weekday, I'd like to savor the rest of season three as well.
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    Sigh. All good things must come to an end at some point. :cry:
    Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure will conclude with a 90 minute special event on March 1st, 2020 titled Plus Est en Vous.
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    ”Plus est en vous”. It means "There is more in you”.
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    I'm glad that they're spacing out the rest of the series. Getting a new episode every week is much better for this series. I'm also happy that the series finale is a 90 minute special. I'm not happy with how Disney Channel has treated the series, but at least they're able to tell the story that they wanted to and they're giving the finale a really huge runtime. The finale's title is also pretty fitting with how Rapunzel's mother gave her that book at the start of the series.
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    Disney+ and the Disney+ app are now live. You can start out with a free 1 week trial if you haven't subscribed yet.
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    I didn't know about the free one week trial. That's pretty cool. Thank you. I'm not sure if I'll subscribe to Disney+ yet. I already have Crunchyroll and Funimation Now, so throwing in another streaming service right now might be a bit too much. I'll keep that one week free trial in mind though.
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    I don't much care for this new event. While I understand the need for PvP events I feel like Duel Links has shifted too much focus into them now. Especially with the KC cup being what, 4 times a year now? What do you think about it?
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    That's really cool that they're already including Crow's Arc V cards. I wonder when they'll release Jack's Red Scarlight and Tyrant Dragon cards. Having more Blackwing cards definitely sounds good. I was surprised that it took them this long to release more support for the archetype considering how huge it was during the 5D's era. I'm still saving up my gems, but hopefully I'll be able to use a good Blackwing deck for Crow again. I was going to farm Sera a bit more last night myself, but the time got away from me. I should still be able to get the rewards I wanted to with the special jewels though. I forgot that I could get the structure decks with gems, but one thousand is a lot, especially when you usually need to get at least two structure decks to get enough support cards. Still, that might be an option if I want to save on using my actual money. I think that they added in one new Cyber Dragon card recently for a PvP reward. It took them forever just to make the regular Cyber Dragon available, so the other support cards might take awhile.

    Social media could definitely be a factor. It would explain why the hate became so wide spread and that people take leaks from random sites like 4chan as credible proof. I definitely remember people complaining around B/W with older Pokemon not being available until the post storymode, but it certainly has increased. It's just mind boggling that people would go so far over this issue. I'm still so excited for the games, but the backlash has just really made me think that there are lot more entitled toxic fans within the community than I thought that there were.

    We definitely needed that slower pace for season two. A lot of fans were like Shun in that they wanted to jump right into the fight against Academia directly, but that couldn't happen. Getting support from the then currently only dimension not involved in the war made a lot of sense and while the Lancers didn't get the army people expected, Crow and Jack later returning was pretty key in saving the four dimensions. Not to mention a lot of key character development and foreshadowing happened during this arc that were necessary for the rest of the season. Yuya, Reira and Sora's developments couldn't have happened while they were in the Fusion dimension. Being reintroduced to Crow and Jack wasn't really an issue either. They kind of were new characters for the kids watching Arc V. Kids watching the series probably were familiar enough with Zexal, but events and characters from GX and 5D's would probably be new to them. I just loved how the legacy characters were handled.

    I might split the difference and evolve them to their second stage before looking up their final forms. I don't know if I could hold out on looking up about the new Pokemon until I get them fully evolved. Plus, I wouldn't want to rush through it. The fun and excitement of seeing my starters evolve without knowing what they'll look like for the first time does sound really fun, but I'll just see how I feel about it tomorrow. It's going to be so much fun to finally get the games and play them. The whole weekend will be busy with the new games, Community Day and the start of a new anime series.
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    Well to be fair since we won't know each others play speed let's not entirely discuss Sword and Shield. Just basic stuff.

    It would be nice if they'd release some of the other Red Dragon Archfiend cards sooner rather than later. I'd love to make a full deck with them. I planned to farm her some more myself too but between watching the game, and opting to want sleep I just didn't bother in the end either. Yeah the decks for 500 gems weren't such bad buys, like the Destiny Hero deck at least. Yeah I figure they didn't want to release Cyber Dragon because it's easy special summon effect was too powerful or something knowing them. Maybe we'll get some eventually, I mean they have to have some GX focus again at some point.

    It's easy to not release how toxic a fanbase can be for a while when there are no new games out. There isn't much to discuss at said time but then when a new game is coming out it seems like an area for a lot of toxic behavior and complaining to really come out. But yeah it's good that you don't let the toxic attitude of others bother you.

    Yeah, going straight from the main dimension to the Fusion dimension wouldn't have worked at all aside from if they did the angle that the Synchro dimension was the real cause of the war in the first place, which would them promptly end the series there, rather then the Fusion dimension. Either way as you said they needed the slower pace for us to get to see the characters grow, and how the fight would unfold. Even the trip to the Xyz dimension, even if short, was rather essential to the story as it explained part of Yusho's disappearance, as well as the whereabouts of Kaito and Edo and what role they played. It would have been nice to see, or have a DM character mentioned, even if just Kaiba but I do understand why they felt like omitting them given they were working on Dark Side of Dimensions at the time so didn't seem like they were needed to be in Arc-V any.

    And now here we are it's the day they're out, and to think a week ago you didn't think this day would come fast enough. I'm enjoying the game so far, or at least the bit I've played. My Scorbunny ended up being female which was cool since I think I've only gotten a female starter once. I'm glad I avoided all the info though. I've already run into 4 different Pokemon where I've gone "what the heck is that?" and tried to guess their type. Not knowing what I'm going to run into has motivated me enough to capture everything I run into. Even see the characters for the first time is really nice. It's really making me enjoy the game a lot. Although I guess you knew Amazon would be late as they didn't deliver my copy until 4 today but it's all good. Yeah it does seem like you're in for a heavy packed, Pokemon filled weekend.
    Hidden Mew
    Hidden Mew
    They've included some of the support cards Jack used in Arc V, so they could eventually have another box devoted to his new Dragons too. Farming can be a bit too time consuming, especially if you want to get all of the rewards and cards. It's going to be even harder now with playing through the new Pokemon games. That is probably why it took them so long to make Cyber Dragon available, but it was pretty strange when Kaiser's skills are built around Cyber Dragon and his Dark Cyber monsters aren't as popular.

    Out of the four dimensions, we knew the least about the Synchro dimension at the time. We spent the first season in Standard and had a pretty decent understand of Xyz and Fusion, but we had virtually nothing on Synchro. Going straight into Fusion wouldn't have fleshed out Yugo or where he came from. The Xyz dimension was also quite important with explaining what happened to Yusho, showcasing Yuya's growth from the Synchro arc and introducing both Ed and Kaito. I remember people wanted it to be much longer and to a degree, I understood that, but with Heartland being in ruins and especially with the cast temporarily reduced, there was just not a lot for them to do there. They could have had another episode or two building up to the arc's conclusion, but I think it worked out pretty well, especially when Yuya vs. Dennis helped to provide a better sense of closure for the Xyz dimension. I can see why they didn't want to include a DM character. Not only because of the Dark Side of Dimensions, but pretty much any DM character would take up way too much attention from the Arc V cast and other legacy characters. Plus, the Standard dimension was basically the stand in for DM like the other dimensions were stand ins for the other spin-offs.

    And now the games are out and we can play them. I'm still amazed in a way that it finally happened. That's cool that your Scorbunny turned out to be female. I rarely get a female starter too. I'm glad that you avoided all of the information. I experienced similar kind of "What is this?" reaction with the early route Pokemon. That made exploring the first two routes even more fun, especially when there were a lot more new Pokemon available right off the bat than I expected. I haven't looked up the list of new Pokemon just yet. I'll probably do that soon due to wanting to figure out my teams and I'll see fanart/gifts for them sooner rather than later. I managed to remain pretty unspoiled about the starter evolutions until after my Scorbunny evolved. It was a pretty awesome feeling to see it evolve for the first time, but I wasn't sure about choosing my second starter without knowing what they looked like. I still chose Grookey because my heart was set on it for months, it's still adorable and I do generally like its evolved forms. However, I'll say that Sobble's evolutions were a lot cooler than I expected and I was questioning my decision for awhile before sticking with Grookey. I've played around four hours on both versions and I'm still not at the first Gym yet. Granted, I'm sure at least some of that is due to my own slow pace when it comes to video games, but it also felt like there was a lot more to do early on with introducing new characters, rivals and setting up the Gym Challenge. It's really great and there are already so many new Pokemon that I love. I obviously can't really rate the games yet, but it is a really promising start as far as I'm concerned.
    Galar Adventurer
    Finally.



    The first episode of the new series will cover Pikachu's backstory from back when he was born as a Pichu prior to meeting
    Ash at Professor Oak's Lab.
    The first opening is is 1, 2, 3 by After the Rain.


    New artwork:
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    That was a pretty cool video. I liked seeing bits of the previous series, which does make the notion that they'll appear in this series a bit more plausible. The new footage from the upcoming series looks great. I still hope that they will be a female lead either with Koharu or they'll have a rotating slot for different female characters. That's really the only aspect of the new series thus far that I really dislike. Everything else sounds good, or at least potentially interesting, but not having a female lead sounds stupid for so many reasons.
    Galar Adventurer
    Galar Adventurer
    Agreed. I think they're gonna go the rotation route with the female characters unless a female character permanently joins Ash and Go
    later on in the series. The producer of this series said in Animedia Magainze that they were nervous on how the reception of the series
    only having two main characters would turn out prior to its reveal, but it's gotten a positive response in Japan.
    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EI65kaAVAAATs7E.jpg (source: www.twitter.com/DogasusBackpack/status/1193095004891185152)

    But I think Koharu will probably join Ash and Go on their trips every now and then when she isn't busy with schoolwork.

    But short of that, I like what I've seen. The animation's great and Ash seems to have more or less retained his personality from Sun & Moon
    which is fine by me as I enjoyed SM's portrayal of him and as a user pointed out in a thread, Ash is wearing one of his SM pajama shirts
    in one of the clips which pretty much all but debunks the misconception that the new series takes place in an alternate universe.
    Hidden Mew
    Hidden Mew
    I remember seeing that comment. I'm slightly surprised that it was received positive in Japan, especially when the female leads tend to be pretty popular over there. I also still don't understand why they'd give Koharu a Yamper and a connection to Go if she was just going to be the schoolgirl friend. It doesn't even sound like they're going to be at the lab too often based on the episode titles we've gotten thus far. The animation does look really nice and Ash keeping his SM personality is pretty great too. I'm sure that people will still speculate that the new series takes place in a different universe. There were debates about SM being in a separate continuity until Misty and Brock came back and even then, there were still some debates about it for awhile.
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