@ModeGone
Not gonna lie, I haven't been able to finish a single Pokemon game since I last played Pokemon Alphasapphire when it came out. I keep trying to play Silver, but I end up quitting out of boredom. So I definitely agree it becomes bland.
That's also the main series being pretty much the same thing with a different skin.
I suggest going into the spinoffs if you want some Pokemon games. Its a shame that the DS wifi stuff are no longer working. Pokemon Rangers is kind of like a Pokemon Trainer journey but you have temporary Pokemon and have to mimic NiGHTS to catch them. Also you can use Pokemon to directly remove obstacles but if I remember correctly that also makes them leave so there's a fair bit of planning involved.
@ModeGone
Pretty much, yeah. Though like I mentioned in a previous post, Castle Shikigami is more my thing due to having a wider range of characters in terms of genders and abilities, and I usually prefer them not to use chibi art. I know it sounds crazy, but my attention to detail and reaction speeds make it very noticeable to me despite everything happening on the screen.
I'm more of a JRPG and TJRPG person myself. Most of my video game nostalgia comes from fighting games or those two kinds of RPG games. I'm also a big chess player, so any TJRPG will usually be more satisfying than a conventional JRPG in terms of gameplay, while I play more normal JRPGs mostly for the story since they're always too easy for me.
I don't even want to imagine Mr. Burns in anime form, or a Simpsons version of Gendo. At any rate, they were great picture choices for what I had in mind with that villain (Gendo more so, since he's usually calm and tries to pass himself of as charismatic and devious, so he's less prone to going overboard like Mr. Burns does, at least in public). He's technically based on the real life founder of modern Satanism, just for the record. I actually take the time to completely study an ideology before I form an opinion of it, unlike most people who just hate something without learning about it, so I know at least as much about the ideology as its followers do.
I never heard of Castle Shikigami but I haven't really followed the genre so...
*cackles as countless RPGs and video games spill from her hands like sand* I have scoured the internet for interesting freeware and commercial indie games. The list is ever-growing. RPGMaker, Gamejolt, Itch.io, and so much more. Something I've noticed is that a lot of good games made for contests can be far more imaginative and well designed than many things made by big developers. Things like The Last Word, Oneshot, and in fact many Ludum Dare entries that end up either winning or coming this close to winning end up being upgraded and converted to commercial titles. These include Evoland, Titan Souls, and Broforce.
The founder should be charismatic considering he got people to take up a philosophy/religion named after the Devil.
@Shoryu Magami
My childhood can be summed up in two words + two numbers.
Donkey Kong 64. That was my shit back in the day and is still my shit.
Lel I wanna see that happen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcP91tQ4ZSM