If this thing had a create a fighter, import fighters/rings/belts and an online sandbox dynasty mode I’d be hooked.

I thought 2k23 was going to have that and was sorely let down. Still a fun game, but online/online dynasty leaves a lot to be desired.

I think I may have gotten the Lapras as a gift? Or maybe it was a magikarp as a gift. I honestly can’t remember, but I distinctly remember only having Charizard in the Elite 4.

I was a very, very stupid kid

As a stupid 7/8 year old I couldn’t figure out how to catch pokemon on red/blue. I just figured that if I kept playing the game I’d eventually acquire pokemon(similar to the anime). I wound up playing the entire game with a charizard and nothing else.

It was brutal. Imagine my surprise when my friend showed me his team of 6 pokemon.

My immediate thought would be Papyrus, who made the Nascar Racing games in the early 2000s, and has gone on to make Iracing. Though they technically don’t exist anymore the Iracing crew is literally the Papyrus crew now.

I’m really not holding my breath for a great (or even good for that matter) single player experience. No way to make money there.

I’m not a Lord of the Rings fan(in fact I’ve only seen the 1st movie) but I can’t imagine that their is much actual coherent plot in a game about a side character.