And this doesn't even get to the fact that the game runs at 720p 60fps in menus and 30fps in battles. No Switch 2 patch (I would be shocked if it even did have one at launch). Overall I can say in its current state:
Mega stones are 2k a pop. You get 9 free stones. All others need to be purchased. Seems like it's mostly the early game ZA stones.
Hold items are 700 to 1k VP depending on the item. You get a free Lum Berry, Sitrus Berry, Leftovers, Bright Powder, Quick Claw, King's Rock, Focus Sash, Focus Band, White Herb, and Choice Scarf (might vary depending on your first free Mon when you do the recruit tutorial idk)
The cosmetics are basically what color do you want out of 4-5 preset full outfits do you want and the VP prices go up to 2800 VP depending on the item. No rotom earpiece thing color customization is available atm.
Membership fee is $5 a month or $50 for the year (so $10 in savings a year). That gives you access to:
Storage increase of 80->1k mons
Team load outs from 3->15
Access to Exclusive weekly missions that currently don't give you VP
And one exclusive battle music track
No premium battlepass access
Xp for the Battlepass maxes out to one lvl per battle at 100 XP. The Premium Battlepass (for this first season) locks you out of 2 of the 3 mons you can receive which are locked to the game and can't leave. Premium battlepass is standard $10 USD. Seasons will last a little over 30 days.
Pricing of items in VP currency versus payout is atrocious. Honestly to deck out a single Pokemon from scratch is upwards of 3300 VP if you have to change every single aspect of the Pokemon. Payout for battle wins maxes out at 300 VP. And losses payout per amount of health lost from your opponent.
As a #Pokémon fan who loves VGC/competitive Pokémon battles. #PokémonChampions is absolutely worthless and in its current state a half baked live service whose economy is so in favor of GF/Pokemon Company that it feels wrong.
We do have this gem of an episode here. Some great recommendations for yall to check out. So give it a listen.
For those that missed it over the holiday yesterday, New @thisweekingeek.net #LooseCannon concluding our #TMNT Retrospective with the two Bayverse movies. Was an interesting revisit and we had a great reassessment on these two features.
Cowabunga yall. It's the second part of @thisweekingeek.net #LooseCannon TMNT retrospective. This time we talked about the 2 animated theatrical features, 2007's TMNT and 2023's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
It's my one bug with Nolan's films basically you need a really good surround sound system to get even close to what he intends you to get. It got so bad with Dark Knight Rises they did another pass on Bane's voice for the home release and it is over mixed imo.
We're concluding this portion of #LOTR retrospective covering Return of the King. My first time watching the extended edition and I went and watched it in one sitting so that was fun. Have a listen for more of my thoughts and what the guys also thought about the conclusion to the original trilogy.
So Rose and Camellia is motion control only docked and both touch or motion controls in handheld but that's the only one I can think of that's remotely close.
Almost as if there might be a bit of racism maybe and/or just anti socialism in these people's stances. And to be fair on the socialism angle I had an argument with my mother about this and it came down to Mom you grew up with parents of The Red Scare so there's a skewed view of socialist rhetoric
Hey yall I got an early impressions review of #FatalFrame2Remake in here. Game is out tomorrow and I got code for #Switch2
My Letterboxd stats. And I'm a goddamn dinosaur who goes to the theater pretty much every week to see on average 2 movies a week. I run the gambit of genres and audiences and see most major releases. letterboxd.com/kenreels/yea...
It's funny that people still have this weird relationship with sexuality. I'm sorry it's 2026 if you think a person is hot a person is hot end of story.
Pretty much. I will say for the most part the people at Creatures Inc (who do all the models including the trainers) has been killing it for design.
For me a pet peeve is when people talk down to me. Like I'm the stupid baby that should just let the adults do stuff.
I think the worst thing is I can see where his crazy dementia ridden brain is going and I don't like what it's saying.
The SAVE act is a poll tax on married women and anyone whose legally changed their name.
What shocked me is how robust it was while also being easy to use.
We’re back! #LOTR
Our own Fellowship has braved the mines of Moira and heads to Helm’s deep!
David Denoyer @kenreels.com and @adamadonaldson.bsky.social
and myself travel Middle Earth to THE TWO TOWERS
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These people under the guise of getting illegals out of the country are terrorizing the general population...sounds pretty domestic terrorism like to me. They've now murdered 2 and injured hundreds more. This isn't American.
I run ratings on a 10 point rating scale (5 star or out of 10 scale is equivalent) a 4 is a enjoyable mess, a 3 is a meaningless waste of time, a 2 is I truly hate it, and a 1 is I loathe this with every fiber of my being. There is no zero rating. Zero means it's unreviewable.
I present to you the crowd of #TheProtomen Act 3 performance at #Magfest2026 packed house and it was indeed a performance to remember.
We continue the dive into the Disney Vault on @thisweekingeek.net #LooseCannon Today it's #AtlantisTheLostEmpire and #TreasurePlanet the lesser loved Disney movies as they transitioned to 3D animation.
Allot of the internet lives off of theory crafting and not appreciating the art for what is presented so I'm not shocked people call it a bad ending and try to justify it by bending backwards to explain it.
