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[–] inTheShadowOf@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I appreciate you explaining and I get where you're coming from. I'm not super into Nintendo, but I've known people who really care about the games and characters. It very much is a corporation first that does shitty things, but if the games are meaningful to people then I get being excited for a release. I'd probably line up if one of my favourite consoles/games got a big release

I'm a gigachad-hd pc gamer though, so idk anything about lining up for a console

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

God people really really fucking love their Pokemans

[–] AnarchoAnarchist@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

The next Pokemon game is going to be available on switch 1. The last pokémon game has been out for long enough that anyone who takes shiny hunting seriously has already filled out their dex.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Getting excited for the release of a specific game would be less weird. This just comes off as fanboying for a company and it makes my skin crawl. "Woohoo, look at me, I can afford to buy the newest expensive gadget on launch day while decked in Official Nintendo® merch while playing the previous Nintendo® Switch™, aren't I special and cool"

I'm a pc gamer though, so idk anything about lining up for a console

There was that time when a subset of PC gamers was making very cringy memes about "Lord Gaben" but I think that's less of a thing now

[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Yeah, if there was a launch title worth getting excited about I'd understand but I didn't even know the switch 2 was coming out this week until I started seeing youtube thumbnails about how it just came out

Maybe if I loved mario kart but racing games were never my favorite genre and I always preferred f zero so I just don't get the hype