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06/30/09
Also, japan themselves have been trying to jump on the pokemon bang wagon ever since it got released, how come when Disney do it, everyone has a problem?
You know, Digimon, Yu-gi-oh, Di Gata, Betaman, Bakugan, Beyblade and that dinosuar thing.. (can't remember) all fo these run off the same principle.
Its just about creating a product they can market, not an anime. It is built for merchandise and Disney aren't the first to try it.
Just for the record, im a huge anime fan and have been for around Captain Tsubasa around 15 or so years ago. Also i like Yu-gi-oh (shadow realm) and Digimon (first season).
Plus, Shin-Chan looks worse than this and that can be funny as hell!
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From both an art and a story perspective, it was light years ahead of most shitty American kids shows/marketing tie-ins (obviously I don't mean classic American cartoons like Bugs Bunny and such).
Sure they look a little dated, but it was the 70's/80's. Plus, show me an American cartoon, where they not only what was most likely thousands of people, but then have the presence of mind to feel bad about it.
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"Plus, show me an American cartoon, where they not only *kill* what was most likely thousands of people, but then have the presence of mind to feel bad about it."
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Those characters just look creepy. It's taken Japan 20 years or so to make anime not creepy or weird looking (God, I hate you, Metropolis) so just trying to co-opt a fraction of the style of imagery is just utter fail. There's no emotion in those characters' eyes. They look like fucking lizards with spikey hair.
There's a reason why I responded to Star Blazers when I was 4 years old (besides the actual story, which brought me to the realization that everything Hanna Barbera made sucks....'specially Scooby Doo)...the artists are ARTISTS. As in their work is art. As much as I may not care for Pokemon (let's face it, a lot of that is shit art too), this is 100 times worse.
Call me a weeaboo if you like, but at least I've been a weeaboo since I was so young my mom had to ask me to stop watching Star Blazers butt-ass naked, and to at least bring a blanket when I rolled out of bed to watch it.
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Then Disney turned around and ripped off quite a few of his works. Lion King most notably for being a near carbon copy of Kimba the White Lion minus the white lion bit.
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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so, some people like Oriental stuff while some others like things from this side of the world.
Murphy's law says that some Japanese dude said that Halo sucked because of it's "realistic" style. Which is practically non-existent since Humans were hideous in those games. God bless the helmets.
Bottom Line: Keep those kind of comments since they don't bring anything new to the table? Yeah, I think that's it.
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A fad works because the people actually accept it. Likewise, if you try to convince kids they're supposed to like your product they'll generally reject it.
11/25/08
And I think this covers the DLC "pricing":
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11/25/08
Though I can't imagine bands would be to happy if Activision or EA said "Well, we're not going to charge "real" money for your songs".
This is kinda like using in-game currency to buy new in-game items. But it allows them to expand the list of unlockables at no additional charge.
This went from being a worrisome idea to a pretty kickass one.
11/25/08
So if it's a single point, then you're getting each for a single penny. There's a good chance I'm totally off here since I only deal in the magical currencies of MS Points and Steam Points (aka real cash).
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Because these new creatures sound pretty "powerful", which means you're introducing the ability for the gamer to essentially buy their way to success vs. working within the game itself.
Reminds me of the weapon "upgrade" some FPS or another was going to try and sell through DLC that was quickly shot down.
11/25/08
So like, the creatures already in the game? Like if they were to offer Pikachu or something for Pokemon?