Same. I like a lot more "weirdos" than stuff like nidoking, scizor, gengar, etc.
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[OPEN SPOILER] Now that the entire Sword/Shield Pokédex leaked, let's mourn the Pokémon that got Thanos-snapped by Game Freak [SEE STAFF POST]
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Because then when they cut them all again for Gen 9 people will be even angrier. It makes sense for them to just keep the number around 400 forever now so that expectations are consistent.
You want a new Pokemon game with all the previous generations Included?
I mean, I get it. I've played Pokémon since they came out 20+ years ago. But I just don't understand acting like this is the death of the franchise just because those 20 year old monsters aren't in a brand new game. The draw of a new Pokémon game has always been the fact that new Pokémon come with them. Black and White are the best Pokémon games and they did the same thing that Sword and Shield are doing. Saying the series is dying makes no sense.
black and white had one key difference - it still HAD all the pokemon in it and just locked access to them with postgame completion
it didn't tie their continued existence to a cloud service either
Another one that still doesn't understand what the dex cut is. Holy shit, lmao.
No Poliwrath
No Electibuzz
No Marowak
No deal.
Oh, but we got Quilfish back, so thank fuck for that! /s
No Electibuzz
No Marowak
No deal.
Oh, but we got Quilfish back, so thank fuck for that! /s
I mean, at least I got plenty of dark/fairy/ghost types to pick from and my boi Impdapimp but it shouldn't be hard to see why people who grew up with this series would feel upset to have their favorites whacked. I thought people were being dramatic before but cutting over half the dex, including favorites like fucking Squirtle and Bulbasaur, is way worse than I imagined.
I thought a few leakers have confirmed that, once you fill the initial 400-odd Galar pokedex, you get the extended dex with 600-something slots.
I've just been scanning the reddit Sw/Sh leak because everything is fairly contained there, but that's been brought up a lot.
I've just been scanning the reddit Sw/Sh leak because everything is fairly contained there, but that's been brought up a lot.
You are mistaking regional Dex for National Dex. These 400 Pokemon may not be in sinnoh regional Dex , but they will definitely be in national Dex with a 100 more Pokemon. The next cut will happen in gen 9 or 10 or whenever they have to make new animations/models etc
There will never be another Pokemon game with a national dex.
The one thing that has the cut in its favor I will say is spicing up competitive play. Looking at what's available it's looking super interesting compared to the last three or so gens I'd say.
...Be honest, was your purchase really hinging on whether the most famous annoyingly-common Pokémon made it in?
Half of the pokemon playable in Smash aren't in the game, We get Pikachu, Pichu, Lucario and Charizard (Of Course) but Jigglypuff, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Greninja, Incineroar and Mewtwo is gone.
Heck, even Mewtwo not being there is a shocker. I'm waiting to see if the Datamine confirms him because I'm certain he is in, otherwise. Wow, that's going to be the big one a lot of people will complain about.
I'm personally shocked the starters got mostly axed. Literally only Charizard (And Pikachu/Eevee I guess). As someone who started on Pokemon Blue and went with Blastoise? It's a grim mark for me.
As for personal favourites. My all time favourites of Milotic and Roserade got confirmed early on so I wasn't worried about them. Mawile got back but without it's Mega it won't be the same. Scizor and Absol are just straight missing, and the one pokemon I've been wanting all year to put into a team didn't happen.
The new pokemon do look all good, but I don't think it makes up for over half of the dex being gone. Please tell me there's more to reveal in datamines or something.
Heck, even Mewtwo not being there is a shocker. I'm waiting to see if the Datamine confirms him because I'm certain he is in, otherwise. Wow, that's going to be the big one a lot of people will complain about.
I'm personally shocked the starters got mostly axed. Literally only Charizard (And Pikachu/Eevee I guess). As someone who started on Pokemon Blue and went with Blastoise? It's a grim mark for me.
As for personal favourites. My all time favourites of Milotic and Roserade got confirmed early on so I wasn't worried about them. Mawile got back but without it's Mega it won't be the same. Scizor and Absol are just straight missing, and the one pokemon I've been wanting all year to put into a team didn't happen.
The new pokemon do look all good, but I don't think it makes up for over half of the dex being gone. Please tell me there's more to reveal in datamines or something.
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Wow, no Allakhazam? RIP my favorite Pokemon.
I really wish Game Freak would have announced that they would add the rest, just over time. I.e. they'd add say, 5 a month.
This is especially dumb because they didn't cover all of the Pokemon in Pokemon Go, which you'd think they would because they want both games to encourage play in the other. Even no Meltan is supremely dumb.
I really wish this game was getting a DLC chapter or something covering most of the rest of these Pokemon.
Also, say what you want about the original 151 but they should all be importable into Sword/Shield, else what is the point of Pokemon home.
I really wish Game Freak would have announced that they would add the rest, just over time. I.e. they'd add say, 5 a month.
This is especially dumb because they didn't cover all of the Pokemon in Pokemon Go, which you'd think they would because they want both games to encourage play in the other. Even no Meltan is supremely dumb.
I really wish this game was getting a DLC chapter or something covering most of the rest of these Pokemon.
Also, say what you want about the original 151 but they should all be importable into Sword/Shield, else what is the point of Pokemon home.
Half of the pokemon playable in Smash aren't in the game, We get Pikachu, Pichu, Lucario and Charizard (Of Course) but Squirtle, Ivysaur, Greninja, Incineroar and Mewtwo is gone.
Heck, even Mewtwo not being there is a shocker. I'm waiting to see if the Datamine confirms him because I'm certain he is in, otherwise. Wow, that's going to be the big one a lot of people will complain about.
I'm personally shocked the starters got mostly axed. Literally only Charizard (And Pikachu/Eevee I guess). As someone who started on Pokemon Blue and went with Blastoise? It's a grim mark for me.
As for personal favourites. My all time favourites of Milotic and Roserade got confirmed early on so I wasn't worried about them. Mawile got back but without it's Mega it won't be the same. Scizor and Absol are just straight missing, and the one pokemon I've been wanting all year to put into a team didn't happen.
The new pokemon do look all good, but I don't think it makes up for over half of the dex being gone. Please tell me there's more to reveal in datamines or something.
I just can't believe that Shinx isn't in yet another regional dex.
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Half of the pokemon playable in Smash aren't in the game, We get Pikachu, Pichu, Lucario and Charizard (Of Course) but Squirtle, Ivysaur, Greninja, Incineroar and Mewtwo is gone.
Heck, even Mewtwo not being there is a shocker. I'm waiting to see if the Datamine confirms him because I'm certain he is in, otherwise. Wow, that's going to be the big one a lot of people will complain about.
I'm personally shocked the starters got mostly axed. Literally only Charizard (And Pikachu/Eevee I guess). As someone who started on Pokemon Blue and went with Blastoise? It's a grim mark for me.
As for personal favourites. My all time favourites of Milotic and Roserade got confirmed early on so I wasn't worried about them. Mawile got back but without it's Mega it won't be the same. Scizor and Absol are just straight missing, and the one pokemon I've been wanting all year to put into a team didn't happen.
The new pokemon do look all good, but I don't think it makes up for over half of the dex being gone. Please tell me there's more to reveal in datamines or something.
Dude I'm sorry you love Luxray, GF fucking hates it lol.
Eh?
No a bunch of people just play [pokemon to pick the ones they like and that's it
Ferro and Tox are going to dominate Singles, I'm calling it now
Okay, now I understand fully that the post-game dex expansion was fake. But do we know for certain (via datamining or whatever) that a Pokemon not being one of the 400 in the dex actually means that they can't be transferred in (sans Pokedex entry)?
Maybe I'm still too eager to believe that Game Freak wasn't SO injudicuous as to fully remove over 500 Pokemon from the game. But it also seems to me that we can't know, at this stage, which Pokemon are simply not in the dex and which aren't programmed in.
Maybe I'm still too eager to believe that Game Freak wasn't SO injudicuous as to fully remove over 500 Pokemon from the game. But it also seems to me that we can't know, at this stage, which Pokemon are simply not in the dex and which aren't programmed in.
Game Freak: We are cutting a lot of Pokemon.
Fans: Well I'm sure it won't be that many.
Game Freak: Cuts a lot of Pokemon.
Fans:
Fans: Well I'm sure it won't be that many.
Game Freak: Cuts a lot of Pokemon.
Fans:
They've directly stated this was the case and given us no reason to assume otherwise. There's probably a few mythicals that aren't part of the 400 set, but that's likely it.
I think this is worse than anyone could have imagined. I was prepared for 200-300 missing.
500+ is insane. There is no defending this, especially when all 800+ models were already in the previous game on inferior hardware.
