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I’ve always enjoyed the Pokemon games. Since childhood catching colorful monsters has never gotten old, and they’re perhaps the only JRPGs that I can tolerate. But I can only tolerate them once every decade or so because the main series iterates so slowly playing them back to back reveals how conservative the design still is. It’s frustrating.   Fortunately, moving to a home console for the first time appears to be the next step we finally needed for Pokemon to mix things up. Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee reimagined the original games on Nintendo Switch last year. But after trying out the next core games for myself, Pokemon...

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WARNING: The following article contains spoilers for Episode 117 of Dragon Ball Super, "Showdown of Love! Androids vs. Universe 2!!"which debuted Saturday on Adult Swim. The Tournament of Power continues to rage on after the recent elimination of Kefla in Dragon Ball Super, and as Goku and the other Z Fighters from Universe 7 are preoccupied by a new wave of powerful opponents, Androids 17 and 18 step up in a major way to turn the tide of battle. And with the number of combatants beginning to dwindle, Android 18 draws inner strength from a surprising source to stay in the martial...

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My Hero Academia's manga has been in the midst of one of the most intense in the series yet as Shigaraki and the League of Villains find themselves fighting for dominance against another villainous faction. The battle seems to be reaching its climax as Shigaraki prepares to fight against Re-Destro directly at last, so this short break might come as a bummer to some fans. There will not be a new chapter released for the July 1st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. Series creator Kohei Horikoshi will be taking a much deserved break, and Chapter 234 of the series will officially debut...

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