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Pokémon Direct 2.27.2019 announced

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RockmanBN

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Glio said:
Because they do not depend only on the level, but on the available Pokémon.
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Not sure I'm reading your comment right, but the teams will also change based on that. Using Brock for example. A 0 badge battle would have only Geodude & Onyx. And the team at 7 badges earned changes to a team of 6 including Steelix, Golem, Fossil ones, etc.
 
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Fireblend said:
Get out of here with this pessimism. Believe in Gamefreak a little people jeez
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There's a reason why that pessimism exists in the first place. From the mediocre 3DS entries to their design philosophy being compromised out of some misguided belief that kids aren't interested in their games (despite being consistent 10+mil sellers). There's no reason to have much faith in Game Freak.
 
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Metroidvania said:
I just really, REALLY hope we don't get the disappointment of having a 7 minute video have only 1 minute (or less) of actual footage.

They delayed the game a year for LGPE, I wanna see the starters and a good indication of what things are gonna look like
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Well the S/M Direct was about just as long so prepare to be disappointed. It will be a lot of talking and a glimpse at the games
 
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Personally I'd enjoy a Monster Hunter World approach to the game in the sense that the game at it's core and formula are still what we know, but the locations are very large with lots of diversity per area and the environments are more engaging. Also lots of QoL changes to make a lot of previous nuances easier to deal with.
 
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I thought open world games were unfashionable now.

I expect a traditional Pokemon game, with very small changes, nothing impressive.
 
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MegaManTrigger said:
There's a reason why that pessimism exists in the first place. From the mediocre 3DS entries to their design philosophy being compromised out of some misguided belief that kids aren't interested in their games (despite being consistent 10+mil sellers). There's no reason to have much faith in Game Freak.
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The comments about kids getting lost in Sinnoh is likely the reason why the games have been more linear since then.
 
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What's a super out there hope you have for a single aspect of Gen 8?

Personally, I hope you see Pokemon in the wild and they behave naturally in said environment. Say, a Pidgey flies by and lands in a tree, that type of thing. I liked seeing Pokemon in LG, but the way they just kind of wandered around and disappeared in patches of grass was boring. I'd like it if they ditched the idea or "encounter tiles" and just had Pokemon around where ever you are as well.
 
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Pokemon hasn't drawn me in for generations due to it's outdated game design and increasingly absurd handholding and linearity.

Came close to buying let's go but controls made me nope out.

We'll see what this can do.
 
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RockmanBN said:
Not sure I'm reading your comment right, but the teams will also change based on that. Using Brock for example. A 0 badge battle would have only Geodude & Onyx. And the team at 7 badges earned changes to a team of 6 including Steelix, Golem, Fossil ones, etc.
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But the problem is that the limitations of type affect less the more you advance in the game. Just start Pokémon Red with Charmander, for example, you have few options to deal with the rock type. If at any time you can capture any Pokémon, you can make more broken combinations if there are still gyms based on types.

In a linear experience, except for exchanges, the developer can control which Pokémon you have in each moment. That is much more important than the level, I think.
 
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Some guys should move on from pokémon, it's too much suffering for them.

Some are suffering for 6, 12 or almost 20 years, it breaks my heart.
 
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eathdemon said:
I think if people are hoping for a botw leap they are going to be disappointing. gamefreak has always been a rather concervitive studio. never realy pushing the hardware they are on. my only request to to nt have the pokemon go michanics, and if they do, give me the option of switcing to old school catching.
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Well. That's not really true.
 
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"BotW Pokemon" to me means a large, fully explorable region (not linear routes connecting towns), and the ability to challenge gyms in any order (with a gym for every type, and different leagues opening up with more badges).

Gamefreak love to play things safe, however, so I'm not expecting anything like that :/
 
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I just want there to be meaningful post game content. It's been nearly 7 years since Black/White 2.
 
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Finale Fireworker said:
I would love this. I've wanted this forever. Then everyone has a different experience too which fosters all kinds of conversation and discussion. Pokémon games are very rigid these days, which I don't like.
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Yes, I don't know why it won't be possible for a gym to have level 10 vulpix if it is challenge with 0 badge and a level 50 Ninetales if challenged last. It would skyrocket the replayability and everybody's experience will be different. Now I will be really angry if they don't implement this
 
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Personablue said:
Yes, I don't know why it won't be possible for a gym to have level 10 vulpix if it is challenge with 0 badge and a level 50 Ninetales if challenged last. It would skyrocket the replayability and everybody's experience will be different. Now I will be really angry if they don't implement this
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Anger is the default state of any true Pokémon fan.
 

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"Thank you for tuning into this exciting Nintendo Direct. We hope you are all excited for the next iteration in the Pokemon franchise: Pokemon PB and Pokemon J. What do those letters stand for? You will have to play the game to find out! Now, let's take our first look:

(1 minute trailer plays)

Looks exciting, doesn't it? Did you notice that you only saw Pokemon from Generation 1? That's because only Generation 1 will appear in the latest game. All other Pokemon have been killed off. The reminder of this Direct will demonstrate how each species was made extinct. Thank you for your time and we can't wait to see you in Kanto this holiday season!"
 
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Are the NPCs going to move in grid based L shaped lines like they did in LGPE? That was pretty bad in a 2018 Switch title.

Hyping myself that Gen 8 will be a massive departure from the Pokemon formula, just as BotW was to the Zelda formula.
 
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so . . .the image the pokemon twitter used to announce the direct has 3 pokeballs on it

starters confirmed for tomorrow?
 
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Personablue said:
Yes, I don't know why it won't be possible for a gym to have level 10 vulpix if it is challenge with 0 badge and a level 50 Ninetales if challenged last. It would skyrocket the replayability and everybody's experience will be different. Now I will be really angry if they don't implement this
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That would be terrible though. Each gym would need a small amount of Pokemon in order to account for challenging them with 0 badges and the strategies they employ would also need to be counterable at low levels. You either have a bunch of gyms that take literally no thought to beat at the end game or GF has to go through the process of designing multiple unique teams for every gym.
 
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