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Quick Links Since the third generation of Pokemon, a mechanic called Natures was implemented that affected the growth of a Pokemon’s stats. Competitive players take advantage of Natures to give them a needed boost in certain stats while casual players may not think twice about their Pokemon’s Nature. As expected, the Nature feature is used once againPokemon Brilliant Diamond&Shining Pearl. The first Pokemon players get inPokemon Brilliant DiamondandShining Pearlis Chimchar, Piplup, or Turtwig....

Pokemonfans have discovered some inconsistencies in Blastoise’s evolutionary chain, causing them to further investigate this matter. Over the years, there have been many mainlinePokemongames. With the significant increase in this franchise’s popularity, the community has grown and quickly become one of the biggest in the entire world. Even though it’s been over 25 years since thefirstPokemongameswere released, the Gen 1 starters are still some of the most popular Pokemon out there....

Pokemon Scarlet & Violetnot only brought innew Pokemonfor players to encounter and collect as they explore Paldea, but also new mechanics, features, and held items. Items are the second most important aspect to consider in competitive battling because they provide necessary boosts and benefits for Pokemon in order to gain the upper hand. RELATED:Pokemon Scarlet & Violet: The Best Fighting-Types In The Game Pivot Pokemon are also importantwhen it comes to competitive battling....

Pokemon Scarlet and Violetbring players another great adventure, and thanks to Koraidon and Miraidon, gamers have a new way to traverse the landscape. As fun as it is to meet new characters and explore Paldea, it is also a blast to slow things down andperuse the detailedPokemon Scarlet and VioletPokedex. If players do so, they will learn a lot about the Pokemon they encounter, including Tinkaton, the cute yet cruel critter....

In a little over three weeks, a brand new generation of Pokemon will make its debut on the Nintendo Switch. Like all new games in the series,Pokemon SwordandPokemon Shieldwill introduce a whole new region called Galar, new gameplay features such as Gigantamax,remove forced tutorials for veteransof the series, and of course, have dozens of new Pokemon for players to catch and train. In the build-up to a new generation, one of the most important announcements is the reveal of the three starter Pokemon that players will be able to choose from when the game begins....

Summary When theWiiwas released in 2006, it quickly exploded as the number one console across a wide demographic. It became so popular that the elderly were even getting down to play some Wii bowling. There were a lot of good first-party games from Nintendo to keep the hardcore gamers satiated, fromSuper Mario GalaxytoThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess. However, third-party companies that tried to capture those same hardcore players with spinoffs to popular franchises made games that are now forgotten on the Wii....

The PS5 has hardware and applications that will allow Insomniac Games to do things with theRatchet and Clankseries that it hasn’t before. As a result, the next-generation console has inspired many of the new features present inRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart,the upcoming2016 Ratchet and Clanksequel. Insomniac’s Creative Director Marcus Smith discusses some of these new features in a YouTube video hosted on the official PlayStation channel. He talks about howthe PlayStation 5’s SSD, audio, and Dualshock controller allow Insomniac to improve onRatchet and Clank’s formula and take it to a whole new level....

Since Microsoft announced it had acquired Activision Blizzard, there’s been quite a bit of fallout all over the industry. However, the fallout for one French retailer includes the store putting warnings on itsPlayStation 5section that Microsoft has indeedtaken over theCall of Dutydeveloper. Most of the concerns over Microsoft’s takeover of Activision Blizzard have surrounded the controversies that have been erupting around the latter company. There have also been some people who worried that the merger would amount to a deal that would give Microsoft a monopolistic hold on the video game industry....

As file sizes for pretty much everything in media continue to balloon, the need for better and faster storage of that media subsequently rises. Samsung’s new T9 portable SSD is the company’s latest flagship USB storage device and is yet again at the top of the class. A significant leap up from 2020’s T7, theSamsungT9 uses USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 to offer read speeds up to 2,000 MB/s. It comes packaged with both a USB-C to USB-C 3....

Coming into the year, Square Enix had a number of projects in development that fans were eager to learn more about. The first was the mysterious action role playing title calledForspoken, a new IP coming from Luminous Productions with a Who’s Who of writers like Amy Hennig, Gary Whitta, and Todd Stashwick to name a few. While the game was given an unfortunate delay to later this year, fans finally got more details and information aboutForspokenthrough trailers and updates....

A newStar Wars Jedi: Survivormod lets players utilize all five of Cal Kestis’ distinct lightsaber styles at once. The second chapter of Respawn’s epicStar Warssaga has been out for a few weeks at this point, and fans of the fabled galaxy far, far away have been diving intoStar Wars Jedi: Survivor’s various customizationand gameplay options to craft their own version of Cal and take on the forces of darkness however they see fit....

Summary Taika Waititi intends to recapture the lost magic in his upcomingStar Warsfilm and has revealed that he’s found creative inspiration inThe Empire Strikes Back. First announced in 2020, Waititi’sStar Warsis one of several franchise additions currently in development at Lucasfilm, including James Mangold’s Jedi origin movie and a Lando movie starring Donald Glover.Not much has been officially revealed about Waititi’s untitled movie, but theThor: Ragnarokdirector has dropped a few hints along the way....

BioWare is a prolific developer, with multiple award-winning games in its stable of releases. Its franchises likeDragon Age,Mass Effect, andBaldur’s Gateare critically lauded and beloved among the gaming community, in addition to the developer’s other popular successes likeStar Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.One of its slightly lesser-known titles, however, isJade Empire— a 2005 Xbox game that flew under the radar in part thanks to its lack of commercial success. Despite the game failing to start its own franchise or even warrant a sequel,Jade Empirestill has its fans, and many players would like to see a revival of BioWare’s old IP....