It's definitely not a binary concept. In many ways I'm a hardcore fan, I complete the games as much as possible, indulging in most if not all of the extra content, I complete the Pokedex as much as possible and I've even succeeded in some games, and I've collected as many Pokemon with HAs as possible. The thing is though, I've never really been interested in competitive, I'm mainly looking for a deep and open ended experience. So frankly I'm a little insulted that Game Freak acts like all hardcore audiences want are competitive tournaments. You can't really typecast the fanbase as either casual players who just want to play through the story and then drop the game or hardcore players that do every single thing there is to do in the game, the fanbase is a lot more diverse than that and the game design should reflect that.
7.8 Too many Zygarde Formes. XD
That's what AgentRosa basically said, but I still don't see how it would be fair. Only a select few fans would have a unique experience. Sure, if you just care about the bottom line then it doesn't matter, but then why tie the announcement to the event at all?
Who gives a fuck?
If that's your attitude, then I repeat: Why tie the announcement to the event?
Yes, they are.
That's your [irrelevant] opinion, it's not fact. We are not goldfish, we are people.
I'd like to see Emma as the Kalos Champion if we get sequels.
Oh that'd be amazing. Maybe with Mimi in her team too!
I dunno... It very much seems like her legacy is following in Looker's footsteps. I could definitely see her being Lumiose Chief of Police in sequels. Or still running the Looker Bureau as a full-fledged Detective.
They were announced online a day before that meeting.
It may or may not affect sales, but rather than being excited to finally play the VC games right away, most fans would be thinking about the announcement. There is no need to risk that happening when the announcement could happen at any time.
See? It doesn't make a difference. We're in the age of the Internet, it's not going to matter where or how. The news will spread like wildfire, faster than when the fandom developes fanart within minutes after new Pokemon are revealed. If you want to talk about what's "fair" or not when it comes to the fanbase, not every part of the world gets the same merchandise. And when they do, it's not always on par with everybody else's worldwide releases. *coughEuropecough*
You talk like its a bad thing to be excited about two things at once. Who are you to judge what everybody in the fandom thinks or feels? It's the 20th Anniversary for Arceus sake. We all should be excited about the whole thing, an announcement of the upcoming game on the very anniversary itself wouldn't be a bad thing.
If they have to make an announcement at a local event, I don't see why it would happen anywhere but Japan. All I'm saying is that I don't see a compelling reason to assume that the timing will coincide with an event in NYC.
Even if just a fraction of the fans lose their eagerness to buy the VC games upon launch, it means that the timing could be better. I'd say that an earlier announcement would be better as it would allow the hype to settle down a bit.
I'm pretty sure Rapunzel and Flynn in Frozen is actually a canonical appearance after Tangled and not an easter egg like the cups from Beauty and the beast. And even then, Tarzan is like the last movie in the timeline. I'm not joking, there is an actual timeline to the Disney movies.
Exactly. The jump in precentages for the formes is very erratic for it to be the final line up. 30, 70, and 90 makes a lot of sense, and it could be fun to see where tjey can go with it. As for what they can do, I would assume the inbetween for dog to snake could be some form of a bird, and then 70 and 90 could be a bit abstract.
Champion Clemont is my bedt bet in sequels, with Bonnie taking over the gym.
