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Anonymous wrote on Sat, May 22, 2010 02:18 PM UTC:Average ★★★
Ok, so I really like the basic concept (which is to say, shogi with
pokemon.  Esp. since your handling seems to imply that one major way to do
this is as a form of 'chess with different armies'), but this does suffer
from a number of issues.  

For one thing, it does seem to suffer from a shortage of pokemon/items.  I
realize you were planning to change that in the future, though, and it's
not like other people can't make their own pokemon, so I won't agonize
over it.  

Moreover, I don't really understand the purpose of the bizarre capturing
rules (IE: what happens when a pokemon captures a promoted bushido, what
happens when a bushido captures a pokemon, etc.  A lot of it seems like
just needlessly nerfing the bushido while adding unnecessary complexity to
the game).  

Also, I may be misunderstanding, but it seems to me that the pokemon
aren't really very well balanced against each other (which is an issue if
people are using the 'random' set up).  

But with a little work it could at least be fun, so...

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