#like the only complaint ive seen people have is that ‘’its alienating to newcomers to have so much fanservice’’

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its so funny being a pokemon and kirby fan bc of fanservice like pokemon fans will bite and growl when gen 1 gets preferential treatment over and over again while kirby fans hear green greens remastered for the 60th time and collectively shout with joy

#im both btw #tbh tho they do feel very different #bc with kanto pandering it takes the attention off of regions that are good in their own right and never get acknowledged #beyond maybe the starters getting a shoutout #also if a kanto mon you love isnt a fan fave then go fuck yourself too bc only early game pokemon and starters and fan faves get noticed #but with kirby fanservice it feels less like ‘’hey 30 year olds remember when u were a kid?? do you??? do you??? fuck everyone else tho’’ #and genuinely like a nice little throwback. its not invasive or obnoxious about anything #like kanto pandering was so bad in swsh that they tried to dodge a ton of galar mons and had npcs even say kanto had better ones basically #but if you play planet robobot or something then youre very much getting a ton of planet robobot and a game thats confident in itself #that cares abt its story and its new characters and its gameplay and lean into everything new #and the stickers you can put on your mech of past characters in no way overshadows that #the remakes never feel lacking or anything either like even rtdl dx which i didnt think NEEDED to exist #was still really worth buying and has a ton of stuff to appreciate and doesnt feel like a cash grab #even star allies which is very fanservice-heavy still has its own clear identity and storyline #and the fanservice isn’t something to complain abt bc its an anniversary game anyways #like the only complaint ive seen people have is that ‘’its alienating to newcomers to have so much fanservice’’ #but even then i don’t necessarily think thats bad #like the masks in rtdl. you dont need to know all the masks to have fun with em and theyre not required #maybe youll also just like a cute snowman keychain in triple deluxe #idk kirby just has fanservice down to a T #echoed voice #then again. i am the fan being serviced