Oof, definitely a bummer then. Maybe something to patch in later hopefully lol.
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CONFIRMED: Pokémon Sword/Shield Dropped GTS; Contains Multiplayer Code From Let's Go
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Oof, definitely a bummer then. Maybe something to patch in later hopefully lol.
Oh, okay great. I kind of just lumped the trading features in as part of GTS. Sorry for the confusion.
Imagine not criticising a game because you heard the devs morale is low.
Can't believe some posts here.
Can't believe some posts here.
Wonder trades are still in the game, GTS is a different feature.
I'm not disagreeing. The poster I quoted was under the impression that it was gone too.
Pretty much.
-$60 game
-conveniently cutting Pokémon now that they can charge $120 for two games
-cut moves
-more than likely can't battle/trade with friends who have another game within the same generation unless you buy the same game
-new game every year maximizing profits
-no GTS making it harder to get certain Pokémon. Maybe you'll want to pay an extra $60 for the legendary you didn't get?
Yeah I know. I just wanted to stress my point seeing GTS is gone.
they've basically already done this with Mew & the pokeball plus ;-;
They are, but so is GameFreak for releasing a game with less content for more money. The way people are going about it isn't right, but you can't say that GameFreak honestly did right by consumers with this shit
User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory Point of Comparison
It's amazing. They're basically doing this:
They're actually happy that content that's been enjoyed for over a decade is being removed, among other things. And sorry for bringing politics into this, but it's basically the same thing as people defending Trump on everything shitty that he says & does.
I'm literally shocked. And I'm not even a huge Pokémon fan.
As a software developer I understand shit happens and doesn't necessarily make you an "incompetent developer", but it really sounds like the deadlines GF was given were not reasonable. I still blame TPC for this, even if that story is true.
sounds like hay you got 2 years to make a full hd game good luck.
If that story is true, they lied kept lying and will continue to lie until Gen 9.
That leak is not an approach we should be celebrating, even if it ends up with fans getting the National dex, moves and GTS back
I don't think anyone is celebrating the lying approach, but again... Why do you think they're lying about it instead of delaying the game to fix it?
I was just replying to the link.
My bad. You are right, the deadlines are BS and Pokemon is clearly not equipped to be a yearly franchise
I don't know man, if people raise a stink over the one feature that is core to what the series stands for, it's totally worth it. This is the biggest thing that they could have cut outside of the dex, and turns out they did both.
These are quintessential features that have existed in Pokémon games for 13 years now.
Serebii have you heard anything that suggests this is the case or do you think it is more Reddit corporate fanfiction?
If you were really serious about completing the Pokédex, than the GTS was your greatest tool along with Bank. You can search for any Pokémon as long as you know its name and the only reason you might see people asking for impossible or unfair trades is because the fair ones happen incredibly fast. You are better off depositing a Pokémon and as long as you ask for a fair trade, it should happen within hours. With Bank, the more hardcore fans are more likely to transfer extras of hard to find creatures, even if only a fraction do this, that's still a sizable group with how big the franchise is, so you know within that group of people, there has to be at least one person who has what you are looking for and be willing to trade. The most difficult to trade for would be Legendaries of course, but again, using Bank, the really hardcore fans would probably catch multiple Legendaries and use their extras as trade fodder for Legendaries they don't have to round out their Dex. It's still time consuming, but the GTS made it far more manageable than it first appears.
Of course, there are some problems, the most notable is people asking for Mythicals, which the GTS won't allow you to trade (it is possible to filter them out, though) and Pokémon at impossible levels (like a Flygon at level 9 or lower). There is also the fact that searching can be a bit cumbersome having to scroll through pages to see which trade you can do. But it's overall a great system and while I'm glad Wonder Trades are still in, no GTS is a huge bummer.
Of course, there are some problems, the most notable is people asking for Mythicals, which the GTS won't allow you to trade (it is possible to filter them out, though) and Pokémon at impossible levels (like a Flygon at level 9 or lower). There is also the fact that searching can be a bit cumbersome having to scroll through pages to see which trade you can do. But it's overall a great system and while I'm glad Wonder Trades are still in, no GTS is a huge bummer.
The funny thing is that in an interview with Reggie this year it confirms that it is Gamefreak themselves that decide the deadline for pokemon games, not Nintendo. Nintendo only cares that they keep it, not so much on long how it takes.
sucks for those who used it but to be honest i've never used gts in the history of my pokemon playing
Do you have a link? I'd love to read this interview, because it always seems the blame is put on Nintendo (despite them regularly delaying games) or TPCi (which seems weird considering 1/3 is Nintendo and 1/3 is Gamefreak)
Honestly, I have more fun trading Pokémon with Hidden Abilities, Egg Moves, or are just unlikely to be used in a main playthrough than crossing my fingers hoping someone gives me a Pokémon I might have trouble obtaining. I'd like to believe some of my trades made someones Wonderlocke a bit more interesting, maybe someone even found a new favorite, who knows?
Wait, Gamefreak didn't tell Jap fans about the dex cut?
Heads up, don't use jap, it's offensive. JP is a better shorthand without old racist connotations
IIRC it was just something mentioned at E3. I don't think it even had an official announcement, aside from them being asked about it during their series of Game Informer interviewsWait, Gamefreak didn't tell Jap fans about the dex cut?
not gonna boycott, but i'm definitely not buying the game
as for the third thing, well, you'd be wrong
Man its almost like the Pokemon fanbase is warring with the Star Wars fanbase over who can be the most toxic. Literally people in here recommending others to not buy the game. WOW
Yeah, I'm sure Gamefreak will really be hit hard by a few dozen people not buying the game versus the 10+ million that will. Poor them
$90 AUD! Even worse, with the GTS gone, your only option is to use Let's Go's awful Link Code system to trade, or gamble with Wonder Trade - and with Wonder Trade being the only convenient trading option, you're unlikely to get the other box legendary, because no one's going to gamble theirs in Wonder Trade.
DId i say anything about poor ol GameFreak? no, they definitely made some mistakes here. Still some of the stuff im seeing is way over the top and pretty disgusting. Games will still sell tons sure, doesn't excuse the behavior though.
Same, hopefully they do away with that pesky breeding next. Never done it.