Pokémon Shuffle (Nintendo Used Pay Day!)

Yowza! My best, 57, isn't even half of that...

ZeroJones wrote:

Yowza! My best, 57, isn't even half of that...

When it started rolling over, it took so long I even had time to grab my phone and get a photo of it - not a simple or quick process. I said the same when I got 101, but I doubt that I will ever top that one. However, if it would happen, Likitung is the one to try it on.

If we're on about combos, the best I've ever managed is about 22.

I've had a few decent combos recently ranging from 63 with the highest at 95

I'm guessing you guys have got some decent megalution powers to exploit by now? I've had a couple of interesting ones from Mega Sableye.

Yes! Picking the right Mega for the job can be a challenge in itself. I remember thinking how rubbish Mega Gengar's power was when I first saw it activate - now it's pretty much my go-to Mega!

Mega Kangaskhan seems a bit too destructive for my tastes. It can destroy more combos than it creates.

Mega Slowbro is hopeless

Awww, I quite like Mega Slowbro! There's nothing like having the screen fill up with its smiling face. Granted, its disruption clearing abilities are non-existent, but if that's not an issue on the level you're attempting...

Funnily I seem to have the Slowbro stone, but I don't recall owning a Slowbro yet.

I've had it for a couple of fighting types and it's been no help to me at all

For some of them you do get the Mega Stone first. It's just the way it is.

Mega Gengar and Mega Slowbro are my favourites - they can clear a screen pretty easily.

My biggest combo, I think, is about 65. That's a seriously impressive combo OS!

JayMoyles wrote:

Mega Gengar and Mega Slowbro are my favourites - they can clear a screen pretty easily.

My biggest combo, I think, is about 65. That's a seriously impressive combo OS!

When you only have essentially two Pokemon, it isn't really that hard. The Mega clears half the page and nothing but two drop in. If you just cleared the other half of the screen with the Mega, well, that kind of combo looks inevitable. The luck is where the Mega fall and when.

I expect a lot of you know about this, but if not here's a passcode for two Mega Starts:

20150007

Expires April 30th, single use.

I'm genuinely surprised to see so much activity surrounding this game. Nintendo might be onto something with "Free-to-Start" next generation (a bit like EA's Dragon Age Inquisition trial on Xbox One, which let you play the first 6 hours for free).

While I deleted the game before it got its hooks on me (those daily log-in bonuses always grab me) I'm still interested in how everyone's finding it. Zero Jones shelled out for a few thousand coins last week, but has anyone else actually bought anything?

I've not bought a single coin, and I've got a lot of enjoyment out of this. There's dull moments of grinding the Meowth stage for coins, or frustration at the stages clearly designed for squeezing some money out of you, but overall, a decent experience.

Yeah, I seem to remember it receiving criticism for its visuals, but I think they nailed how it feels to make moves and pull off combos, especially given how simplistic the core gameplay is (well, not the math behind it!)

I like its visuals - the icons are cutesy enough, and the UI does the job. I think it's pretty difficult to mess up a matching tiles puzzler.

I'm pretty happy with this game too, shockingly. I like the French X/Y music, and the visuals and icons are very cute. Haven't spent a dime on it, though. Heck, as yet I haven't cashed a single of the many Jewels in that I've acquired.

Save them all up for the bumper coin pack. I stupidly spent a couple of the free gems I got early on extra hearts before I realised the important of coins in this game.

I am thoroughly addicted to this game and can't say a bad thing about it, not the visuals, not the music, not the gameplay and certainly not the cost. I make the most of what it has to offer and haven't spent a single cent on it, plus I have won all the online competitions. This game is brilliant.

It s already my 5th most played game on my main console, with 58 hours on it. How many free games give you that many hours of fun? Keep in mind you can multiply that by 5, as I have played the same amount on all 5 consoles. I have about 20 Gems on each that I will eventually use when I need to, so money is not an issue no matter what. Thing is, I would stop playing if I hit a wall that money would fix.

I am being so complete on this, I am currently levelling every Pokemon that starts at 60 or above, until they are at minimum level 3, so I will have the best Pokemon available when I need them, especially for the Ex and Special stages. All the while I am building coins, as I am doing the levelling on Meowth, and my stash varies from 50,000 to 80,000 coins. When I want a character, I will literally buy it, by getting all the extras needed to do it.

fronkhead wrote:

Zero Jones shelled out for a few thousand coins last week, but has anyone else actually bought anything?

Did I? I can confirm that I've spent no cash money on this at all (not even for the review, which I probably should have done, just to be thorough).

As for enjoyment, it feels like a duty rather than something to enjoy at the moment. The gameplay is fine enough - it's not often that one gets time to place tiles in a console match-3 puzzler

DIGRESSION ALERT: As opposed to a match-3 platformer, or a match-3 RTS...

- but Meowth-grinding as often as I have, to build up coins for items to challenge an opponent that might not even fall, is really wearing me down, particularly when there are other games I'd like to play, but I'm too addicted to this.

JayMoyles wrote:

Save them all up for the bumper coin pack. I stupidly spent a couple of the free gems I got early on extra hearts before I realised the important of coins in this game.

I was thinking of waiting 'til I had twelve gems and doing just that. Wasn't quite sure though.

Apparently there are new stages available today! And I still can't catch Slowbro. ¬__¬

Stu_the_great wrote:

JayMoyles wrote:

Save them all up for the bumper coin pack. I stupidly spent a couple of the free gems I got early on extra hearts before I realised the important of coins in this game.

I was thinking of waiting 'til I had twelve gems and doing just that. Wasn't quite sure though.

Apparently there are new stages available today! And I still can't catch Slowbro. ¬__¬

I am not aware of any new stages, just the usual special ones.