My intentions for this blog are to improve/polish my writing skills while keeping my mind thinking critically. This will be my first time reviewing/posting about anything, much less games. I chose games because I LOVE them. Luckily, I am young and privilege enough that my days are spent improving myself and playing video games. To repeat the words of Tim Rogers from Kotaku.com: I WAS BORN STUPID, HOWEVER, I WILL NOT DIE HUNGRY. VIDEOGAMES FOREVER.
Honestly, this was not the best way to start my Tuesday morning, but whatever. Square Enix took to Instagram to announce this morning that Final Fantasy VII: Remake, previously set to release on March of 2020, will now be coming out in April of 2020. The reason behind this delay? Square Enix stated in their post that the game will need further polishes in order to deliver to us the best of experiences.
FFVII: Remake Trailer at the Game Awards 2019
While this is bumming news as a fan of the series, I am relieved to hear that SE coders are receiving the time needed to finish the game, without having to devote their entire lives to the last few weeks of development. As a long time fan of JRPG and Square Enix specifically, I’ll say: “I’ve waited more than a decade for KH3, what is another month for FFVII: Remake. Bring it on!”
Nintendo and GameFreak have finally figured out how to release Pokémon, you guys!
With previous second releases of Pokémon games (such as Emerald, Crystal, Ultra Sun/Moon, etc.), this announcement has given us a breath of fresh air. We now have DLC for Pokémon. No longer will we have to restart our regional adventure to unlock added cosmetics, further story progression, or catch a couple of new legendary Pokémons. More personally, I will no longer feel cheated as I am playing Ultra Sun, or Black 2, all the while thinking back to how this should have been the release that is Sun or Black. This is oh so very exciting news.
In case you’ve missed it, Nintendo recently released a new Pokémon Direct, detailing the plans they’ve envisioned for the franchise in the upcoming year. Arranged to arrive in the form of a paid expansion pass, including both releases, in June of 2020 (Isle of Armor) and Fall of 2020 (Crown Tundra), players will be treated to two brand new areas of the Galar region to explore.
Along with a quick peek of a some added Pokémons, directors of Game Freak dove into the themes and concept designs of these two locales, revealing a sandy, battle focus area (Isle of Armor) and an icy, looks-to-be an upgraded Wild Area of the first one (Crown Tundra). Included in both expansions are additional storylines to partake, multiple new legendaries to capture, fresh challenges to overcome, and best of all, 200+ old and new Pokémon to collect.
2020 is honestly going to be the new “best year in gaming” for game releases.
Below you’ll be able to catch the trailer for Pokémon Sword and Shield’s recent Expansion Passes.
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