#thank you gamefreak

[csolarstorm]

"GameFreak is what's holding back Pokemon"

You asked and The Pokemon Company listened: presenting the first non-GameFreak core Pokemon game!

It's a stripped down port remake that misunderstands the art direction of the classic that it salvages for nostalgia bait! Oh, you don't like this?

How about a heavily monetized version of Google Maps?

Do you see what I'm saying here? Replacing GameFreak isn't going to give us better games. Without them, Pokemon will just hire the cheapest studio willing to make their soulless nostalgia bait. Pokemon's main profit comes from merch and that's all they need to sell it.

I know GameFreak is no victim, but I'm defending them because I don't want them to go away. They speak like they honestly love what they do, and I just don't want gamers to kill that.

Edit: ILCA isn't a bad studio, and Niantic...well that's a different can of worms. Also, I'm not talking about side ventures like Pokemon New Snap. There's no reason to rush that because the franchise doesn't depend on it. My point is, no matter what company they hire to make the games the franchise depends on, The Pokemon Company will rush them for their merchandise schedule.

Edited to remove the assertion that The Pokemon Company held back ILCA's vision for BDSP. As commenters pointed out, the source did not substantiate this claim.

[microwave-core]

Give and Take

Oleana x Fem! Reader

After a long day of work, Oleana looks forward to stumbling into bed with you, who is all too happy to help her unwind. All it takes is some good ol’ TLC to help her forget about the day and put off thinking about tomorrow.

Oleana loves her job. She worked hard when researching dynamax, enough to get the chairman's attention, and she’d be damned if she let him down. But even a workaholic of her nature gets tired. Even she feels the desire to lay down in bed and never get back up, free to revel in the warmth and softness of one of Arceus’s finest creations. 

Of course, it helped that you were waiting there, too. Given how much she loves her work, Oleana stays at work until the moon is high in the sky. Everyday she stumbles home, only to be greeted by you, all happy and sleepy. Your soft smile never fails to melt her heart.

The minute she is able to leave, she gathers her things and bolts (not before saying goodbye to the chairman and ensuring he will get home safely, obviously). She doesn’t even bother calling a taxi to get her home. She has no desire to wait, even if she would technically get home faster. 

Her quick strides slow down as she approaches your shared humble apartment. She’s desperate to see you, to unwind, but she would hate to accidentally wake you up. She cracks the door open, carefully stepping inside and removing her shoes. She doesn’t get far before you walk up to the door, clad in pajamas, to greet her.

“Welcome home!” Your tone is caked in sleep. Like most nights, you were tottering on the verge of sleep when she arrived home. But Oleana didn’t care. She was just happy to see you there at all.

“Mmmhm…” She, similarly, was all too tired, to the point that her attempted ‘Welcome home’ came out as a garbled mess. It was all you needed to know how long her day was. She sheds her lab coat before grabbing your hand and dragging you off to bed, bringing you both crashing down onto the soft mattress.

Oleana holds you close, laying your head onto her chest while stroking a hand through your hair. Her nails scratch over your scalp in the best way possible. But, as much as you loved her embrace and attention, you pulled away from her, much to her protest.

She, begrudgingly, opens her eyes to see you sitting over her, brush in hand, smile still painted on your face. She’ll never understand how you can maintain such a cheerful expression all the time. Slowly, she repositions herself so her head lies in your lap, free to close her eyes again.

Brush in hand, you run it through her sea of blonde hair, silky strands parting like swaying tides, careful to avoid her dangly earrings. While busy, Oleana takes good care of herself, and so her hair is always free from tangles and knots, and it always smells so wonderfully of freshly cut roses, even if it does remind you of a certain someone. You love to tease her over her love for the chairman, and yet you're somewhat afraid that, if asked to choose between you and him, she would choose the former.

She sighs in content. She remains stoic, but she’s relaxed. Happy. In her lane. Her zone, even. The stress and anxiety of the day melts away. Her shoulders relax now that they don’t have to carry the entirety of Macro Cosmos. Her mind can go blank, thinking only of you, only of the moment, of your hands in her hair.

She’ll commit your warmth to memory, so she can recall it tomorrow, to keep her going through the day, to have something to look forward to as her clocking out time approaches. She focuses on the moment because, if she doesn’t, she’ll get lost thinking about tomorrow, about the struggles and hardships and the stress and everything that comes along with being a vice-president. And she loves her job, but she’s only human.

But that doesn’t matter, not right now. It doesn’t matter that she’ll have to goad chairman Rose away from a rampant sea of fans. It doesn’t matter that Champion Leon will inevitably be late for an important exhibition match. And it doesn’t matter that she’ll have to deal with near-useless Marco Cosmos employees who are completely hopeless when it comes to getting jobs done.

But all good things must come to an end. Eventually, she’ll have to break away from your soft hands, delicately caring for her hair, to get ready for bed. She’ll remove her makeup and earrings, and change into comfier clothes, and get cleaned up. She’ll let her pokemon out and give them enough attention before sinking back into bed, into your side. Maybe she’ll get a snack while she’s at it, preferably with you, talking about your day if you were up to it.

But for right now, she’ll simply bask in your caring hands, allow you to spoil her in your love in the same way she loves to do to you. Oleana has changed immensely, coming far from where she’s started, but, deep down, she is still hopeless. Yet, for whatever reason, you choose to disregard that fact. You choose to shower her in love and praise even with her faults. And that alone is enough to get her through the stress of the day. 

“Oleana, you’ve got to stay awake…” She cracks her eyes open, content this time. “You’ve got to get up, dear.”

“Understood, I will not keep you waiting for long.“ She stumbles a bit to stand up, but quickly reverts to her graceful posture. Although, she falters slightly when planting her feet on the ground, not quite used to walking around without her heels. 

Her professional and stoic nature waits for no one, not even you. But her workaholic nature, her devotion to her career, is an innate part of herself. It is why you love her. And for that alone, she’ll forever love you.

[adobe-outdesign]

GameFreak distributing sandwich ingredients via Mystery Gift for the 10th time

[conwayconartist]

Your drawings of oshawott are so cute,he's the guy ever :'] it make me very happy everytime I see one,ty

Its your lucky day! You get to see the very very rare mspaint heart oshawott!!!!

[ruiyuki]

social media AU — Trainer Yuki & Special Coaches

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Anyways, a trilogy.

[ghcstofutopia]

apparently my early birthday gift is him being put into pokemas and VOICED

[pollyannawog]

I love my giant lizard pubby :D

[pranksterhowl]

“Happy New Year!!! 2023 Here we go!!!” - Happy NYs everyone! Wishing you all the very best and a lot of health!!! Thank you so much for another year! It’s been fun running this blog <3

[flightlessribbons]

S H E G A V E I T T T O H I M!!!???? THE WALLET IS FROM H E R!!??? Oh I'm on the floor actually

[laprimera]

Hey Ms Geeta! There’s something in your hair *pulls out a Glimmet from mane*

" Oh..! Thank you! I must've missed the moment it decided to accompany me to work I suppose.

...But can you do me a favor and put it back, please? Im quite fond of Rika plucking them free for me. "

[antirepurp]

guess what else sucks? sinnoh pal park having that time limitation where you can only transfer 6 pokemon (per game?) per day and changing your cartridge into a different ds puts you in gay baby jail for the next 24 hours

[tamarieatsbatteries175]

ZERAORAS YOUR MEME SQUAD

[pocketfullofjoltiks]

the way each game slowly drifts further away from the pokedex being important makes me weep

(which doesnt help when over half the dex gets cut from each new game and the national dex is fucking dead except in a paid cloud service)

the past few games what was once its own device has just been relegated to a phone app and its so optional now you get like one npc per game that even cares

I just want to complete my silly little pokedex! Everything else just gives me more tools to make that goal easier for me

Legends Arceus truly is my favourite 3D title because the pokedex is the focus and I’d love more games along those lines.

-SV Spoilers under the cut-

SV almost had me hopeful that the pokedex would be more of a focus when they ask you what your goal is at the very start but theres no additional dialogue other than from Jacq if you pick the pokedex as your goal except for Nemona saying ‘hey i know you said you wanted to do the pokedex but what if you did something else as well’ Even answering ‘to complete the pokedex’ in the champion interview results in you failing! but that was my honest and true answer as to why i was even battling the E4! I just wanted to get into Area Zero to collect more pokemon lmaooo

more pokedex focus in pokemon games pls i am tired of becoming champion all the fucking time just let me be a little guy doing thier silly little research

ive played Arceus 5 times over its the perfect little game for me

[ironized]

I beat Pokemon Violet! This is the first Pokemon game I've played all the way to the end since Crystal, I had a lot of fun with it. Here is my squad of cuties, perfect in every way except for beating Poppy of the Elite Four. Shoutout to the Pyroar I grinded 30 levels just to get past her, you're the real champ.

[abyssalressentiment]

genuinely i am so insanely happy about pokémon legends za this is the absolute best announcement we could’ve gotten for pokémon day

[ppgxrrblove]

are they really pointing at misty and ash - ahem - this is beautiful, the entire episode threw me by surprise that i quickly went to the tag to see it for myself and i just - thank you <3. i know for a fact brock may end up tagging along, cause the last time i checked they're going to be making a possible separate series??? for ash, misty and brock together; didn't know when but this is hinting at it?? i don't know but yeah, it's also odd how it ends making it apparent that they both end up together on the journey part now for the future of them both idk but it would be lovely to see it happen how they are.

MISTY TAGS ALONG WITH ASH ONCE AGAIN