Hearing about the difficulties with preordering a PS5 and being eerily reminded of what it’s like trying to preorder an SHF Kamen Rider

I missed this when it was posted, but went to go look. I dunno where you are, but all I can find through Zenmarket/Yahoo Auction are bodysuits for cosplay, a few figuarts and a music track.

I'm ashamed to admit that I forgot that Yahoo Auctions existed until you brought it up Jello.

So my new job might be fast tracked to full time. Their recently hired full time designer got fired.

I hope you get the full time position!

I had a toku-related dream, about a non-existent Sentai. From what I remember, it featured a mixed race (half-Japanese) female red ranger called Valentina (though she wasn’t the leader). The series also had English DVD releases.

Thank you!

Indeed it would be.

Oh yeah, Zenmarket's search system is pretty bad. You have to have the Japanese words for what you're looking for to find it. So what I do is go to mandarake, find the item I want, click on that page and then flip the site to the Japanese mode and copy and paste the Japanese words (I don't know which set of letters manda items use).

Just to make your life easier

変身ベルト ゲーマドライバー

That's the Japanese for Gamer Driver. Feel free to add a "DX" to the front or back to widdle down the search.

So I heard that Nintendo is discontinuing all 3DS/DS consoles, leaving the Switch Lite the only exclusively handheld console device. Now I am new to gaming so I have no nostalgic dog in this race, but I do feel for those who may be upset by the news.

What doesn't make sense to me is those who claim that this is the end of hand held games. No it's not. We have the Switch and the Switch Lite. The Switch is essentially a handheld console that you can switch to your television. Hence the name "Switch." And the Switch Lite is essentially a one screen DS with Wii U aesthetics. I know it's a "newer" video game experience compared to the DS, much like how the DS was a "newer" experience to the Game Boy consoles, but they're all functionally similar.

For those who will miss the 3DS family for the games I understand being upset. But I'm sure those older games will be released digitally for the Switch. But understand that it makes sense for Nintendo to focus on functionally similar newer product that's selling like hotcakes compared to the older on-the-go consoles. And anyone that says "this is the end of handheld games" are just fear mongering.

Yeah I use the hobby store website https://www.1999.co.jp/

Switch to the english "overseas" site.

Find the item then delete the eng in the url. https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10721937

Then copy and paste the title.

Mostly agree with you but I think this part is a liiiittle optimistic; even if Nintendo wanted to do this a lot of games revolved very heavily around the two-screen aspect and it’s difficult to see that being translated elegantly to the switch.

That would prove to be difficult and I’m not sure what the solution would be. Screen within screen gameplay exclusive to older DS games? Which might result in grounding the DS games to the televised format.

Oh no! I cant get ALMIGHTY out of my head!

Everytime I want to read a book all I can process is "THE SABER IN YOUR HAAAAAAAAAND..."

Yeah. I want a Persona Q2 on Switch but that would require them to remake most of it instead of a port/remaster.

Then again, The World Ends With You came to Switch.

I think it would be interesting if Bandai revived the WonderSwan with an updated version now that the handheld gaming market has shrunken down to just the Switch.

Caught up on Saber today, and also the OP wormed its way into my noggin.

aLMIGHTEE-!

Work still sucks.

I played Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth today. I'm enjoying it. Though it would like it better if it was more focused on the Digimon and was loosely based on a season.

The new Hot Rod figure from Studio Series got leaked and it’s so amazing that it’s the second transformer I’ve wanted to get in a long, long time. Got a few niggles but it just blew my expectations at every aspect.




(The first transformer i wanted to get in a long time was black roritchi, because transformers king joe)

Meanwhile I'm still waiting for Hasbro and/or Takara Tomy to remember Armada Hot Shot exists.

And then you’ll get a repaint of Earthrise Runabout!

As long as it's a good figure. Hot Shot is my favorite, and probably the single Transformer I'd like to have outside of maybe a Starscream.

It is a ridiculously good-looking figure. I remember when the "Studio Series is shifting to the Animated movie" rumors started, I laughed pretty hard. "Finally," I thought, "a chance to get G1-styled figures back in production!" With the Generations line basically having the identity of Slavishly G1, I could not imagine what a Studio Series take on these characters would have to offer.

Well, shit, now I know! They definitely seem to aiming for Masterpiece Before Playing With It Was Something You'd Have To Schedule, which I am totally down for. (That Masterpiece Hound can go straight to hell.) A Voyager price-point Hot Rod with that level of accuracy and polish? That actually improves on elements of the Masterpiece figure? Sign me up!

Waaaaaaaaaaiiiit they made my boy?
Er wait, is it the Bayverse version?

Decidedly not! It's the 86 Animated Movie version!

Aw heck yeah.

Hasbro, take my money.

HOLY %+@^#:$ that Hot Rod looks amazing!

My wallet is very confused right now.

I’m quite excited to see their Dinobots now too, gotta say! If they make an even better Swoop than PotP...

Hasbro: "We love all our series equally! G1... Beast Smores... Oh yeah, the movie! Live action? No, we meen animated. Anime series? We did an anime? And a whole series called "Animated"? This all sounds very fake."

No it's already empty. :lolol

A toy of Animated Omega Supreme or I riot.

"Why do people keep asking for figures of Hot Shot? He was only ever in a few issues of Til All Are One! We're not going to waste time making background characters like that! We need to focus on characters who've been in cartoons that people grew up with! Everyone in the world grew up between 1984 and 1987, right?"

https://www.bbc.com/news/54233235

RIP Good Doom games :(

Why? Microsoft bought the people who made it because they are the people who made it and now Microsoft will give them a bigger budget to make another one. Just not for Playstation.

Bethesda still makes good games?

This reminds me of when Rare was bought out by MS when in the early 2000s. I remember I was like "It's going to be okay guys" back in 2002 and look how that turn out almost 20 years later. I can see the same happening with Bethesda and IDsoftware titles.

Are there actually more people than just me asking for Hot Shot? That would legit surprise me.

I guarantee you there is a sizable (if not massive, or vocal) fanbase of people who grew up on the Unicron Trilogy, and long for new figures of those characters and designs.

It's the same for Beast Wars, which is finally getting a moment in the sun next year. (I remember being at a BotCon just before a big Beast War anniversary, and when asked if Hasbro would be doing anything to celebrate it, fans were told that they should import the Takara Tomy Masterpiece figures that were about to be released.) Akiba mentioned Animated, which probably has some folks who'd love to get those designs out in the market again. (Or maybe just get a shot at some of the Japan-only figures.) Transformers Prime looks to be getting some attention for its 10th anniversary, if leaks of a Breakdown/Jet Vehicon 2-pack are any indication.

Anyway, yeah, there are probably a lot of fans who came into the franchise through the Unicron Trilogy and would love it if Hasbro acknowledged those characters.

Hi everyone, I hope you're all well. I'm resisting the urge to buy things for myself so that's good.