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kotortwo

the best genre of pokemon are the ones that are just some pink thing

kotortwo

this is what its all about

reinerist

sinnoholly

Okay so obviously I’m a fan of sinnoh and I’ve been anticipating the remakes for years.

And honestly I’m really really excited for them!! I think they look great, I’m really pleased that they’re just sort of polished and not completely redesigned. I would’ve loved to see new character designs for the characters (especially team galactic), but overall I’m really pleased with what we’re getting!

These games were a massive part of my childhood and continue to be a huge source of nostalgia and comfort for me. I’m grateful :)

sinnoholly

Update on this opinion:

I’ve played through Shining Pearl, and I’ve recently started a nuzlocke run of Brillaint Diamond. I still love and treasure these games and am so so grateful for what we got. I don’t think they are bad in any respect.

I am however disappointed with the Pokémon contests. I miss dressing up my Pokémon and doing the moves. Bit disappointing that they removed this feature. I used to spend a good chunk of my playtime doing the contests and now I’ve barely touched them.

I miss the game corner but that was to be expected :(

I think the chibi designs sit somewhere strange for me. The pixelated 2007 designs were incredible, and offered just the right amount of detail. I could watch the characters walking around and appreciate exactly how they looked whilst also imagining how this may look if it was given the same level of detail and performance as the anime. However, watching a very polished, large screen Cyrus walking towards me in Mt Coronet for the first time in BDSP is almost laughable. I felt no intimidation or mystery. I almost don’t really read the words he says because I’m so focused on his big wrinkly square head. I appreciate the thought and effort but feel like it’s a tribute more than it is a whole game, and that pulls me out of it a bit.

Just a few thoughts. I still love this game though. Massively love the underground even though I miss the traps

yekkes

Sometimes I think about how Maddie Blaustein, one of the main voice actresses of Meowth in Pokémon, was an intersex Jewish trans woman who died at 48 of an untreated stomach virus. A virus that she probably could have survived had she had money/adequate access to healthcare. Not long before the end of her life, all the people doing voice work for Pokémon were fired for cheaper replacements. Afterwards, Maddie had trouble finding work because of transmisogyny and this inevitably affected her personal and financial life for the worse.

Maddie was also an artist and comic book writer. In her voice work, she is credited with voicing Meowth in over 750 episodes. According to Maddie's friend, Aaron McQuade, the Pokémon episode, "Go West, Young Meowth," inspired her to come out to her coworkers as a trans woman.

"We learn the story of how Meowth learned to speak like a human: He fell in love with another Meowth, and decided to learn English and to stand upright to impress her. It failed horribly, and the female Meowth called him a freak. Meowth was a human trapped in a Pokémon’s body," said McQuade.

Maddie was beloved by a generation for her voice work, broke industry boundaries and was an inspiration to other voice actors. Her life was one of both incredible achievement and absolutely heartbreaking circumstances. We should remember Maddie Blaustein.