Is this a reference to the Robespierre quote?

Have you read Reform and Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg?

I personally think a lot of the toxic positivity surrounding the Pokémon community specifically comes from the content space.

Nintendo and the Pokémon Company (which are different companies that I’ve seen people confuse as one) are notably ruthless against anyone who interacts with their brand. Mods, fan games, emulators, and other obscure related content are snuffed out with bullshit reasons in sporadic basically random sequences.

It’s fostered a culture on YouTube where people approach this content in a “don’t bite the hand that feeds” sorta mentality. It’s well known that if Pokémon Co doesn’t like your content for whatever reason, the response can range from having all your revenue cut off to being personally hit by some insane lawsuit out of nowhere. This leads audiences to repeat after their parasocial idols putting up a toxicly optimistic front.

The creator themselves for all intents and purposes are probably just trying to talk about a thing they enjoy while also not stressing out about getting whacked by the largest franchise in the world.

I tend to avoid gaming communities mainly to save myself from seeing annoying corporate worship on a scale that’s genuinely depressing. The rise of unionization efforts in development teams gives me some hope that consciousness is shifting, as I’ve seen a lot of “gamers” show solidarity towards worker abuse by game companies. Maybe the whole treat culture will actually be challenged in a few years, but that’s just anecdotal optimism.

On the flip side of this. Pokemon bootlickers will tell genuine fans of the series they’re just nostalgia brained for saying that newer games on the series are undercooked, unfinished, and filled with anti-player features/trends (DLCs, un toggleable QoL, no difficulty setting). I’ve enjoyed the series since I was a kid but it’s not purely my brain playing tricks on me to reconize the last few games needed longer development times and that the devs are forced to push out content before its anywhere near ready.

It feels like trying to bring up the inherent contradictions of Capitlism into these discussions should be easy but people will violently reject any attempt to even explain why this is occurring.

You get reaponse tgat range from:

• A delusional rejection of the premise that the games are actually “bad” (note they take a objective metrics like unfinished and replace it with a subjective metric such as opinion)
• A smug dismissal that your wrong and putting too much time into a conspiracy, and the real issue stems from consumers buying the product(?) not acknowledging the fact that this is still a part of the analysis it’s just not the core issue.
• A weird defensive response which highlights how you are probably just growing out of the games and actually "its really dysfunctional"that you put any thought into this thing you’ve bought and used for years and that you should stop trying to police a product made fo 8 year Olds (they say as another likely early 20 year old still enjoying an admittedly charming game play loop).
• 500 gorzillion dead, no food or iPhone or UB Funkeys, Vuvezuela-Chicom-Putin, did you know the Muslims invented communism by spreading their anti-semetism to Karl Marx through I Ibn Khaldun?

I think there would be a better chance at making progress now rather then when had been attempting to a few years back, but I’m not sure I’d like to dive back into long-winded arguments with manchildren over trying to help a medium we both enjoy.

I’m still not sure if I wanna try the new Legends. The thing that attracted me to the first fame was the setting, whereas I’m not quite as interested in Kalos setting of ZA. I think I’ll wait for reviews to come in and determine if the game play is worth it for me, as I quite enjoyed the first game.

I think I’ll probably choose the Unova starter again, but I’d like to see what they turn into, as all of them could become my favorite with the right final evo.

Had no clue what this game was, but he small showcase has really intrigued me. I love the asthetics of it and will be sure to keep track of it for when I have time.

It’s got my attention more then Metroid Prime 4, and I’m an avid Metroid fan. (Nothing against MP4 I just really vibe with Witchbrook)