Based Metrovick

Thomas & Friends, Animation, and Nintendo enjoyer.
NIMBYs are the cancer that's destroying America.

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

This is something I wrote a while back after reading Percy, Pug, & Jinty for myself. I felt it was pretty overrated in terms of scrapped episodes, so it inspired me to make some... less than minor changes.

https://t.co/wGGMNgp0TA

[Video Game Nostalgia @GameStalgiaX]

Never forgive them for what they took from us

Cheat codes
Game manuals
Demo discs
Couch co-op being normal
Split-screen multiplayer
Complete games at launch
No day-one patches
Unlockable characters
Secret costumes
Bonus modes
Physical collections
Cool disc art
Simple console dashboards
No account logins
No battle passes
No daily quests
No always-online single-player games
Weird experimental games
Mid-budget games
Licensed games with personality
Buying random games based on the cover
Gaming magazines
Game rentals
Main menus with soul
The feeling of actually owning your games
The excitement of a new console generation

[Bring Back Banjo @BringBackBanjoK]

TLDR: Playstation fudged the numbers and their own PS5 exclusives sell more physically than digital lol

[Captain Ziri (ⴰⵎⵣⵡⴰⵔ ⵣⵉⵔⵉ) ꑭ @NormBreaker3]

Mario wonder is still $60 and the Switch 2 Edition is $80, btw

[CatholicCanuck @CCanuck4]

I dislike this revisionism about Belle.

1. The townspeople mocked Belle in their songs.
2. They laughed at Maurice when he came begging for help to rescue Belle.
3. They all formed an angry mob at the movie's climax.

Belle was vindicated, the townsfolk were mostly dicks, lol

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

@mariotwtconfess At least the Babies are more than just palette swaps or generic enemies. Can't really say the same thing for all those other clowns they invited into World's roster.

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

@droogettegal "screaming cartoon manchild"

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

@silverwoo325790 @MrA52282021 @JoshuaTookes I love how MrA is too stupid to recognize that the Mario movies are exactly what he accuses the Sonic movies of being.

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

@bl00m1ngfl0w3r @mariotwtconfess Yet ended up sidelined just like Luigi and Toad - the only other characters Illumination came close to getting right.

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

@Gael080915 @mariotwtconfess He definitely has some mental issues.

[Bring Back Banjo @BringBackBanjoK]

No they still look awful.

Nintendo have played their part in normalising an all digital future. Their decisions to push for game key cards and their physical game taxes are not an insignificant part of all of this.

[Wetterschneider @Stretchedwiener]

The collapse of the Robin mythos is an indicator of the shifting demographics of comics, and how the cost of the media increased over time.

Robin was, when introduced, the stand-in for the reader. Comics were affordable, kid friendly, disposable. Over time, comics became premium priced, the audience shifted older, and Batman became the stand-in for the reader.

[Bring Back Banjo @BringBackBanjoK]

The only language they understand is money.

Hurt their bottom line and they will cave. Refuse to buy their digital games and they will offer physical games.

It is that simple.

[Based Metrovick @TheBoCoStan]

@mariotwtconfess Agreed. Movie Peach is hot garbage, while Rosalina is shafted despite being one of the few characters Illumination came close to getting right.

[Jordan@PhysicalParadise @SoWhatAboutGame]

I'm currently messaging every industry contact I have, especially publishers, asking them to speak up against Sony's decision. Not publicly, but messaging them directly, tell them they are making a mistake.

Everyone needs to stand up and shout right now.

[Jordan@PhysicalParadise @SoWhatAboutGame]

There has to be a video game crash. There HAS to be.
- Digital-only route
- Digital content being removed from accounts
- $1000 consoles
- Subscription-focus
- 10 year game dev cycles
- layoffs
- studio closures
- even small indie game studios face closure
- AI slop-filled digital stores

Gaming got too big, too mainstream, too exploitable, executives got too greedy.

This hobby has become a hellish nightmare.

Surely we are at the bursting point?

[NintenDeen @NintenDeenYT]

Shout out to Nintendo Everything to be the only outlet to clarify this last week. Nintendo OBVIOUSLY didn't give their teams a 10% raise this year.

[Kabrutus @kabrutusdeid]

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