Jonathan Higgins

In this screenshot from Pokémon LeafGreen on Nintendo Switch, my party screen is shown. I have a Lv15 Bulbasaur, Lv13 Pidgey, Lv6 Charmander, Lv5 Squirtle, and a second Lv5 Bulbasaur.

I'm happy to report that trading between two Nintendo Switch systems is easy as pie/works as intended.

Why yes, I am going for as complete a Pokédex as I possibly can. surprising no one.

I missed out on Shiny Mew and Shiny Deoxys in GO. And since the Scopely buyout, I don't play anymore. So, this imaginary future would be my first and only time to be able to grab one.

Gosh, I hope it happens.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky?

New dream unlocked:

If they release a standalone version of Pokémon Emerald and it has the Old Sea Chart, I will spend THE REST OF MY LIFE resetting for LEGITIMATE ENGLISH SHINY MEW.

Serebii Update: It is confirmed that you get the Mystic Ticket and Aurora Ticket in Pokemon FireRed & LeafGreen after entering the Hall of Fame on Nintendo Switch www.serebii.net/index2.shtml

It still vexes me, tbh.

Why bother releasing Pokémon Stadium 1&2 on NSO if you can't connect to the Game Boy games? Is it worth it to play XD or Colosseum when huge parts of those games are taking your GBA teams through Mt. Battle and the like?

They COULD have made them connect, but chose not to.

For years, I've had (unrealistic) hopes of them announcing standalone Generation III Pokémon games that connect forwards *and backwards* to Pokémon HOME.

After today's presentation, my dreams of taking my 2005-era Pokémon...back to 2005 are officially dead. No Earth Ribbon on my old friends, haha.

Yet. Wave/Wind is coming in 2027, so expect that announcement *next* Pokémon Day.

YouTube video by Nintendo of America Pokémon Crystal - Announcement Trailer - Nintendo 3DS

Yup. But, maybe things didn't get announced because it's not as cut and dry as a single splash-screen can manage, haha.

I forgot just how many Johto Pokémon were in Emerald. It would take *a lot* of playthroughs, but it could be done.

Jirachi and Celebi would be inaccessible without the Bonus Discs, but. Hmm. I feel like they'd've told us if the Event Tickets were in the game. I'd love to be wrong!

Even if they were to release Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald in the future (presumably in the same standalone way), you'd still need to connect to the GameCube games to get everything.

Generation III is the one Pokédex I've never completed, 'cuz doing so legitimately costs a cool $2000, no hyperbole.

RE: FireRed/LeafGreen on Switch:

- With HOME being Transfer Only and no connectivity to NSO games, it is genuinely impossible to complete the National Pokédex in this version of the game.
- You need full Hoenn access, plus Pokémon from Colosseum and XD in order to get all 386 Generation III 'mons.

I'm Online™ for Pokémon Day. Though I'll probably spend most of it playing LeafGreen.

I'm disappointed its connectivity with HOME is Transfer Only (and it doesn't appear the NSO GCN games will work with it either), but that's what I expected.

I just hope Champions has offline Stadium Cups. April!

EVERYONE: New Pokémon!!! LOOK AT THE STARTERS! OMG!!!!

JONATHAN: ...wait, 2027? GAME FREAK IS TAKING *ANOTHER YEAR OFF FROM RELEASING A MAINLINE GAME!!!!!?* 🎉🎉🎉

i am logging back in to social media for 5 minutes to simply scream,

BOMBERMAN! BOMBERMAN! BOMBER!! MAN!!!!

okay, bye everybody i am going to go play BOMBERMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been mulling it over for a bit. Time for at least a six month break from what little Social Media I use. Maybe I make it until 2027? Scrolling's bad for me anyway.

I've always been radicaldefect on any platform you can think of (Discord, LINE, etc).

Answer despair with kindness. Take care.

It’s abundantly clear to me that Sakurai has at least a working knowledge and at best adoration for EVERY property he works with, Smash or otherwise. He’s one of the best to ever do it & isn’t some choosy brat who hates things.

Some people just won’t be satisfied, even with all the manna of Heaven.

From 1998 to 2018, the animal friends & Shimomura characters were tiny cameos and references AT BEST. Everyone’s been playable in Star Allies, Gooey was in Fighters 2, Adeleine & everyone reappeared in Super Kirby Clash too.

I don’t understand how this argument holds water. I’m nothing but stoked!

I’ve taken a photo of The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask on Nintendo 64 being played via the Analogue 3D. The Happy Mask salesman has his arms outstretched towards Young Link, newly transformed back into a Hylian, and says, “Believe in your strengths…Believe…”

Maybe 2026 is the year I finally beat Majora’s Mask on N64.

I have a shelf of every Kirby game through the 3DS era [where everything is digital and I can play on original hardware THAT way]. My "white whale" is a Super Famicom copy of Kirby Super Star Stacker that goes for......a lot. and I may eventually spend a lot on it.

But my hard limit is $1000 lmaooo

KDL3 is not my favorite Kirby ever, despite having animal friends. But I own a Super Famicom copy because I will always do a "full Kirby series replay" when a new Main Game is announced, and I love doin' it on original hardware.

Would never drop $1,000 on the US version though, haha.

The physical copy of Kero Kero Cowboy on Game Boy Color, as well as the pin for being among the first 100 preorders, has been placed among Kirby games & toys on a pink shelf.

@metagamemike.bsky.social Nothing like a surprise package to improve my day.

a dog is standing under a blue blanket Alt: A black dog walks face-first into its crate carrying the blue blanket that was on top of the crate with it. It lays down at the right end of the crate, completely submerged in the blanket it took with it.

The perfect GIF to describe my mental health since the start of the new year:

Ocarina of Time is full of weird little guys and many of them have committed war crimes

…and every single one of us just gets to wake up and keep trying to live some semblance of our normal lives, despite everything.

All we have is each other. Keep pushing forward; don’t give into despair.

Empathy must prevail.

I've crunched the numbers wrt my video game habits since 2016. I can tell you what percentage of stuff I play that's new, old, abandoned, or otherwise for almost 10 years of my life now. I KNOW my tastes have changed.

Whoever's following me cuz I'm a giant goober, I hope you still enjoy the ride.

HERE THEY ARE, FRIENDS! My gaming maths of 2025:

I rolled credits on 94 games in 2025, and 60% of them were replays. 12 of the games I played actually *released* in 2025, and 2 of those were remasters.

I bought but didn't beat 26 games. 15 were bought on sale, 7 are retro games to be beaten later.

someone, SOMEWHERE needs to tell me why a literal Ocarina of Time replica—complete with Triforce engravings—is just hanging out to be played AT THE TASKMASTER HOUSE.

kind of wild that in the span of like 20 years we've circled all the way back around to "get a film camera and never post any photos of yourself or anyone else really online ever" being the most reasonable position