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I recently learned that Lugia was originally known as "Pokémon X" and in early concept art by Ken Sugimori it actually had a big letter "X" on its chest.

Aether Paradise. On the surface it looks like an idyllic sanctuary for Pokémon, but everything's a little too clean, a little too perfect... The laboratories in the basement, the masks the scientists wear, and Lusamine's "trophy room" all give me the creeps. I find Cinnabar Mansion...

This might seem like a small thing, but I'd bring back the ability to switch between different forms of a Pokémon in the Pokédex. I'm really surprised they removed that feature. The form displayed does change to whichever one you last caught, so at least it's not permanently stuck on one form.

I bought my Switch second hand without the dock to save a bit of money. I used tabletop mode sometimes when I first got it, but lately I've been using handheld mode almost exclusively. I bought a Hori Split Pad Pro because the joy cons were drifting.

Does anyone know whether Legends: Arceus has a day one patch like BDSP, or is all the content included on the physical cartridge this time?

With BDSP and Legends being released so close together, I suspected that I might still be engrossed in the former when the latter came out, and I was right. I'm still halfway through a second playthrough Brilliant Diamond, so I'll probably finish that before I get Legends. But I very much look...

I should probably clarify that the screenshot I posted is one of TPC's pre-release ones, not one that I took myself. :) I haven't got the game yet, but I'm looking forward to seeing what the graphics look like on a Switch. Even if the graphics haven't been improved, I think just seeing them...

While the graphics are perhaps not quite as detailed as they could have been, I do like the aesthetic. Everything looks as if it's been hand-painted which gives the game an old-time storybook feel, and the clouds are beautiful. I love how the sky looks at night.

I've been playing through Brilliant Diamond again, this time with an unevolved Turtwig. It took me hours to find an Everstone in the Underground! My plan is to keep Turtwig in the first slot of my party at all times and drastically overlevel it, so that it hopefully remains as strong as the...

So far, 60 species of Pokemon are yet to appear in a main series Switch game: Do you think it's safe to assume that these Pokemon will all be appearing in Gen 9 (either in the regional dex, or as hidden extras), to ensure every Pokemon has appeared in at least one Switch game? Deerling and...

One thing I love about Butterfree is that its Compound Eyes ability boosts the accuracy of Sleep Powder. But yeah, for the most part I find it a lot easier to just use Thunder Wave once, and then focus on throwing Poke Balls! I'm glad you caught Uxie in the end. I'd be interested to hear what...

Funnily enough, I also used Absol to catch Uxie but I taught it the TM for False Swipe, which you can buy at Veilstone Department Store. I also paralysed it with Luxray's Thunder Wave. Sleep technically works better than paralysis for catching Pokemon, but I find paralysis more convenient...

I actually prefer the non-shiny forms 99% of the time, because they look more natural and they're what I'm familiar with. Off the top of my head, the only Pokemon I can think of that I prefer in its shiny form is Genesect.

Ooh, this is a cool idea! In the anime, many people dedicate their lives to being coordinators rather than trainers, so it's only right that there should be a game where players can do the same. I've always liked the term "coordinator" and thought that they should start using it in the game...

I don't know a lot about game design, but wouldn't they have had to re-program everything from scratch for a Switch game? Surely it can't be as simple as copying the original game's source code. They probably had access to things like the original concept art and story notes, though. I've...