Turns out, this place has a pretty negative opinion of Pikachu-related marketing, even if we tolerate it more than I do. Out of 299 voters, 88 think it gives the franchise a bad image, while 153 others think they should make a better effort promoting other Pokémon more. 39 people are more or less neutral, 7 say it doesn't matter at all, and 12 say if anything, they should market it more. Can't tell if trolling or shockingly honest. Possibly a little bit of both.
Today's poll: have you got Conquest, and how far are you in it?
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
You won't see this anywhere else!
Preaching to the choir much? The Kanto starter poll ended up in a crushing victory for Venusaur, gathering no less than 171 out of 271 votes. Blastoise came a distant second with 66, while Charizard could only muster 34. Anywhere else, you'd need a sample of about 40 people to have 34 Charizard votes... but not here! I'm proud of you guys! Kidding, you're free to think whatever you want. Fact is, I don't hate Charizard, I just don't think it's worthy of all that hype. It looks average, it fights average, it's just average.
Next up is a poll on the subject of my last blog: is Pikachu overmarketed? Let me tell you a little story: when Pokémon first was unleashed in North America, I dismissed it as something for little kids, mostly because of the overly cute mascot. It was on the recommendation of one of my brother's friends that I started playing, and the rest is history. But the fact remains that I almost passed up on it just because of that goddamn rodent. It is just THAT overmarketed, in my opinion. And that's insulting to the many, many, MANY great designs they made over the years that deserve some of the spotlight.
Next up is a poll on the subject of my last blog: is Pikachu overmarketed? Let me tell you a little story: when Pokémon first was unleashed in North America, I dismissed it as something for little kids, mostly because of the overly cute mascot. It was on the recommendation of one of my brother's friends that I started playing, and the rest is history. But the fact remains that I almost passed up on it just because of that goddamn rodent. It is just THAT overmarketed, in my opinion. And that's insulting to the many, many, MANY great designs they made over the years that deserve some of the spotlight.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
FUCKING PIKACHU AGAIN
So there's a new C-Gear skin available to commemorate the 2012 World Championships, and guess what's on it? FUCKING PIKACHU AGAIN. They have over 600 critters to choose from, some of which look amazingly cool, and they go with FUCKING PIKACHU AGAIN. Just how overmarketed is that thing? I'm sick to death of it! At least it doesn't look like roadkill, unlike last year. God that thing was ugly. The fact that it can't even be obtained in a single gen 5 OR in the Dream World would tend to indicate that they've finally moved on, but noooooo! FUCKING PIKACHU AGAIN!
Sorry about that outburst, I'm just really angry and need to vent. At least I have an idea for a future poll.
Sorry about that outburst, I'm just really angry and need to vent. At least I have an idea for a future poll.
Monday, August 6, 2012
Poll change: Kanto starters
Previous poll was about gender choice in games, and a slight majority (157 out of 282) always pick their own gender, vs. 8 who always pick the opposite. The rest is more flexible: 70 pick their gender depending on their mood, whereas 47 make their choice depending on other factors, like voice acting or gameplay changes or such.
And for this next poll, we go all the way back to the late 90s! We know there are the "cool kids" who prefer Charizard, and the people who use Blastoise to beat the "cool kids"... but how many of us are enlightened and know the timeless, unchanging, eternal truth of Venusaur's dominance?
And for this next poll, we go all the way back to the late 90s! We know there are the "cool kids" who prefer Charizard, and the people who use Blastoise to beat the "cool kids"... but how many of us are enlightened and know the timeless, unchanging, eternal truth of Venusaur's dominance?
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Reminders for ongoing promotions
Since there are so many things going on at once in the promotion department, here's a quick list (remember, passwords are case-sensitive):
- First, there's the Munna C-Gear skin that's been available since the Global Link first launched internationally last year. It's available until October 25, and the password to obtain it is PGLDR34M. That's for non-Japanese audiences, if you have the Japanese version you can just obtain it by connecting to the Global Link - and probably have it already.
- This one's only for non-Japanese audiences, since the time has come and gone to get it in the Land of the Rising Sun. This is another early one - the Pikachu C-Gear skin (the decent-looking one, not the 2011 World Championship trash). The password is PikachuCGear, and it's available until the end of this month, so hurry up if you don't have it yet!
- Next, there's a Porygon2 doll for your Dream World house. It needs no password at all, you can get it as long as you enter the Dream World before September 27!
- The PorygonZ C-Gear skin is also available until September 27, and the password is PORYZCGEAR2012.
- Then there's a Porygon with its DW ability Analytic, once again available until September 27. The ability itself is nothing special, but hey, free rare stuff is always good! There are a lot of different passwords though... IGNPORYGON for North America, PORYEUROGAMERNET for the UK, PORYEUROGAMERES for Spain, PORYEUROGAMERFR for France, and PORYEUROGAMERDE for Germany. I'm not exactly sure of how to get it if you live somewhere else... if you do, try them all and tell me which one worked and where.
- Finally, there's a Crustle C-Gear skin that Japan got eons ago, and we finally get a crack at it! The password in North America, the UK and Australia is CRUSTLECGEAR2012, and the German password is CASTELLITHCGEAR2012. I'm not 100% sure, but the French, Spanish, etc. versions should probably use Crustle's name in their own language in the password instead, as is the case for Germany. Once again, feel free to update me, and I'll edit this post with any new passwords.
In addition, all five downloadable events in Pokémon Conquest are currently up for download, and will remain this way until the end of the year. These include:
- The ability to recruit Motonari and Motochika into your army in the main story. You need to have conquered both Greenleaf and Fontaine for that to happen, of course.
- Reshiram, which will appear in a special area in Ignis the next time April rolls around (in-game, obviously). You need to have conquered Ignis, and have Hideyoshi in your army, otherwise Reshiram won't appear. You don't need me to tell you this, but don't give Reshiram to anyone but Hideyoshi! (To be honest, I don't even know if anyone else can link with it to begin with.) Also, don't expect this to work in the main story, because Hideyoshi can't be recruited at all there.
- Ranmaru's special episode, where he ends up being caught up in a contest to crown Ransei's Greatest Beauty because he's pretty much a man in drag. You know, for kids!
- Keiji's special episode, where you have to have 100 individual Pokémon (not species, just Pokémon) in your army. Similar to the episodes for Ieyasu, Kanbei and Motonari.
- Okuni's special episode, which is part of the junior warlord arc featuring Kanetsugu, Yukimura, Tadakatsu, etc.
- First, there's the Munna C-Gear skin that's been available since the Global Link first launched internationally last year. It's available until October 25, and the password to obtain it is PGLDR34M. That's for non-Japanese audiences, if you have the Japanese version you can just obtain it by connecting to the Global Link - and probably have it already.
- This one's only for non-Japanese audiences, since the time has come and gone to get it in the Land of the Rising Sun. This is another early one - the Pikachu C-Gear skin (the decent-looking one, not the 2011 World Championship trash). The password is PikachuCGear, and it's available until the end of this month, so hurry up if you don't have it yet!
- Next, there's a Porygon2 doll for your Dream World house. It needs no password at all, you can get it as long as you enter the Dream World before September 27!
- The PorygonZ C-Gear skin is also available until September 27, and the password is PORYZCGEAR2012.
- Then there's a Porygon with its DW ability Analytic, once again available until September 27. The ability itself is nothing special, but hey, free rare stuff is always good! There are a lot of different passwords though... IGNPORYGON for North America, PORYEUROGAMERNET for the UK, PORYEUROGAMERES for Spain, PORYEUROGAMERFR for France, and PORYEUROGAMERDE for Germany. I'm not exactly sure of how to get it if you live somewhere else... if you do, try them all and tell me which one worked and where.
- Finally, there's a Crustle C-Gear skin that Japan got eons ago, and we finally get a crack at it! The password in North America, the UK and Australia is CRUSTLECGEAR2012, and the German password is CASTELLITHCGEAR2012. I'm not 100% sure, but the French, Spanish, etc. versions should probably use Crustle's name in their own language in the password instead, as is the case for Germany. Once again, feel free to update me, and I'll edit this post with any new passwords.
In addition, all five downloadable events in Pokémon Conquest are currently up for download, and will remain this way until the end of the year. These include:
- The ability to recruit Motonari and Motochika into your army in the main story. You need to have conquered both Greenleaf and Fontaine for that to happen, of course.
- Reshiram, which will appear in a special area in Ignis the next time April rolls around (in-game, obviously). You need to have conquered Ignis, and have Hideyoshi in your army, otherwise Reshiram won't appear. You don't need me to tell you this, but don't give Reshiram to anyone but Hideyoshi! (To be honest, I don't even know if anyone else can link with it to begin with.) Also, don't expect this to work in the main story, because Hideyoshi can't be recruited at all there.
- Ranmaru's special episode, where he ends up being caught up in a contest to crown Ransei's Greatest Beauty because he's pretty much a man in drag. You know, for kids!
- Keiji's special episode, where you have to have 100 individual Pokémon (not species, just Pokémon) in your army. Similar to the episodes for Ieyasu, Kanbei and Motonari.
- Okuni's special episode, which is part of the junior warlord arc featuring Kanetsugu, Yukimura, Tadakatsu, etc.
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