In thinking about it, it might work better to have two separate scenes for that: one for PokéFinder (because it's so huge), and one for the actual game and RNGTimer.

Aaaaaaand it's already down. I'm guessing it wasn't up for very long, and I'm guessing the responses were overwhelmingly anti-AI, despite that one's question's deceptive answer placement (which clearly suggests Discord want to shoehorn AI anyway, so what's even the point of the survey?).

I just hope I don't keep getting ripped away by IRL BS on the next one.

Speaking of obnoxious cards, I can't wait for Counter Catcher to just rotate already.

Oh, that's easy for me: my first Game Boy Color with all of Pokémon Red, Blue, and Pinball, back in Christmas '99. I count my 7-year-old self lucky for that one.

Though, it took me about half a year to even figure out how to leave the protag's room in Red. I didn't have glasses yet. XD

While I'm here, have a video about the soundtrack. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPv6...

This just about covers it. The CEO's response in the piece at least clarifies that it's not about replacing employees, but his comment about "(not) releasing a game with any AI components" doesn't wash with... well, ANY use of generative AI at any level. bsky.app/profile/ign....

I WOULD say that this is, if still scummy, a little less egregious than $200 worth of DLC (none of which is even on sale right now) for a $50 game on sale for $30... but this other game apparently has microtransactions, which is a hard "no" from me. Another reason to be leery of Bandai Namco.

The usual price for this base game is $50. I'd hardly call that cheap.

But I agree, it's a scummy policy.