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[Greg Baldwin @GregBaldwinIroh]

Hard truth…

I can speak freely because I’m 65 years old and my pocketful of fucks is seriously depleted.

Working as a paralegal at various studios in LA for thirty years…I had the opportunity to observe studio executives closely.

They’re generally a slippery and clueless bunch who shouldn’t be allowed near anything remotely creative…but the new regime at Paramount is straight up evil.

I assure you.

These soulless bastards have nothing but contempt for a show about grace and redemption and the struggle against fascism.

ATLA is a mystery to them.

They. Do. Not. Value. The. Franchise.

[kematlov @kematlov]

@rotciVArt I prefer HGSS in terms of gameplay but in terms of soundtrack the GSC soundtrack is tied with Super Mario Galaxy for my favorite game soundtrack.

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@ThisIsRealFish @Sebasti74726028 @pkmn_nds I'd be okay with that. Megas are cool but I would've rather gotten a bigger Kalos dex + some evolutions for Unova Mons that needed them (instead of everything G5 getting ignored until G8). I think the bad taste left over makes it so that Gen 6 continues to be my least favorite.

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@Sebasti74726028 @pkmn_nds That time was the absolute trenches for being a Pokemon fan. I really wonder how different would Gen 6 onwards have been had the general reception for the Gen 5 games been warmer.

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@gale_thruster I do wonder what would happen to the speculative market if they just put a moratorium on printing ANY new sets with Gen 1 Pokemon in them. Not something I realistically see happening, but you just have to wonder considering they just seem to be after the Pikachu/Charizard alts

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@ggubhi @Peko_girlboss Iron Moth is also cool, even if it's literally just Mecha Volcarona

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@chaotik96 @Yoshiware2 True! Funny how time is a circle; people who were kids when ORAS released now praise them as some of the best Pokémon games, despite them not even being the best Hoenn games. HGSS had the definitive Johto and FRLG had the definitive Kanto. Can't really say that for ORAS Hoenn.

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@Geg708 @Brosephchadsky @Yoshiware2 Been playing since Gen 1. To this day I hate Gen 6 the most because it was such a step down and disappointment after BW and BW2. They are poor games carried hard by Megas (which XY hardly utilizes) and very good online (PSS). Not sure where you got that impression.

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@Cedlovv @Brosephchadsky @Yoshiware2 And it's still true

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@notjohnwithh @Yoshiware2 I will forever seethe over this. Fuck ORAS.

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@squishydunsparc Yeah I agree, Gen 2 starters are blandsauce only outblanded by the Gen 8 starters.

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@Carlosasdasdasd @AmpToad97 @soulsilverart Since the 7th? Try since the 4th. Every new gen gets hated and compared to whatever the person complaining played when they were 6.

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@Carlosasdasdasd @soulsilverart That's not a bad thing, Gens 3, 5, 7, and 8 have the bulk of my favorite Pokemon but it's definitely a thing.

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@Carlosasdasdasd @soulsilverart Unironically yes. Pokemon has cycled through different design philosophies throughout its lifespan and Gen 3 was the first time, then Gens 4 and 5 had a different, distinct style, then Gen 6 through 8 and 9 seems to have pretty different art direction from the gens before it.

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@AlphaAreus1 @hassledvania Like unseasoned chicken. At least subsequent gens restored some of the sauce, but never again at the heights of Gen 5.

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@QuizmasterKevin @PStuff151 Yep, the entirety of Kanto was a single town about the size of Saffron City

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@xLodestar @GoldenJacobo3 Hola, soy ese (pero la 7 si me gustó)

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@RammaLee @LapisLazuli828 @dekabruce People called DP bad when they came out, it's not revisionism. Them becoming suddenly beloved over the past 10 years is what's revisionism.

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@Maximaster_ @dekabruce Exactly, time is a circle. When the kids who were 8 for these games came of age, the discourse changed from them being the most disliked games of the 2D era to them somehow being the most popular (I'll admit G4 grew on me in recent years). I'm seeing similar revisionism with XY.

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@dekabruce "Modern"? These games were pretty reviled by the community when they first came out. It wasn't until Platinum that Gen 4's reputation began to turn around.