Recent content by CryoGyro

Jimothy Cool has some of the best educational Pokemon videos on YouTube, and fabricated replays (that make their fabrication no secret) are a large part of that, helping illustrate whatever concept is being described. In general, his stuff puts entry level Smogon resources to shame; I encourage...

clauncher is also a gun, and what is bug backwards? yea that's right

At that rate, be bolder like with DK and overhaul the eyes entirely. Looks like he got a toothpick or stick of plastic between em.

My run is still ongoing, but I've executed the strategy and want to share my results ASAP. Turns out you can only buy X items from Veilstone Dept Store, so I played Eevee as normal until that point. After training it up some while holding Soothe Bell to test against Rival 3, it entered Veilstone...

I'm done now, personally. Early on I was hoping the designers were taking a more deliberate approach to cards than the core game, but it's become clear they have just as much contempt for the restrictions the rules impose and any strategy that isn't slamming big ex attackers into each other. One...

I've enjoyed killing time by reading these threads at school or work for a couple years now and want to give back. I've rolled Noctowl, Umbreon, Gliscor, and Mantine for Platinum. I have a few questions: What is our policy for raising friendship evolutions? In my experience trying Budew, it's...

I forgot the Gastly line wasn't given decent Special Defense. However, my point was moreso that it's a fairly common enemy Pokemon Ground-types can't hit without very specific moves. My brain got ahead of my fingers, I typed Haunter when I meant Gastly. Yes, you can easily get a functional move...

FRLG doesn't even improve much from a game design lens, in fact removing much of Gen 1 Kanto's mechanical depth: Kanto's inherent design mean Psychic-types and special attackers in general as overpowered as before. Psychic is the only busted TM from Gen 1 that wasn't replaced, and Dark and...

I think the problem is 'open world' doesn't do much for a game in the long term, and especially not within Nintendo's philosophies. One of the big pluses is that you're, well, building a world to live in and learn about. But if there's one thing Mario directors loathe, it's continuity. We're...

Sharing thoughts via Disocrd caps on the Treehouse Metroid Prime 4 gameplay. I'm increasingly concerned they're taking cues from the wrong places in the past trilogy. Prime is not about 'cinema' and shooting aliens in arenas. It's about exploring a world.

Mario Kart is a rock solid launch title. While it may be a "party game" in that you don't have complete control of the outcome, its solid single player gameplay and decently high skill ceiling make it compelling regardless of your "gamer level." It's never been a frivilous experience.

checking has no counters, been riding that high since 2016, that sht ain't nothing to me man

Skyward Sword is the one known as a suffocating 'Zelda formula' iteration, but TP laid the foundation. Overbearing cutscenes and tutorialization, needless item collection popups, undercooked overworld, divisive minigames. TP feels like a spiteful response to WW hate, a lot like how Pokemon BW...

February Games of the Month I'm participating in RetroAchievements's Achievement of the Week/Month, so I thought I'd start posting about the semi-to-not-at-all-obscure game experiences I've had. Achievements of the Week are intended to take 1-3 hours, while Months are 6-8. I will allocate my...

They were pretty shameless about it in Gen 2 with Xanma and Yatu, but I guess it's true nobody cared about the obscure new Pokemon in Johto.