Have Kingdra, Rotom, and Ludicolo been confirmed? I know Rhydon was deemed worthy of being let into Galar, but what about the rest?
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Only Pokémon in Galar Pokédex can be transferred to Sword & Shield from Pokémon Home; similar restrictions intended for subsequent titles
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Yup the flood gates really opened and it's become more the failures of GF over the past 10 years or so.
It is funny, because I said a couple weeks ago I didn't think there would be any one thing to unite the community against the GF because I've seen so many people come out of the wood work and make excuses for them in the past. So many people that I was really thinking I might be the one that was crazy, but it seems like all there were many others that felt the same way who were just shouted down because generally the games are "good enough" despite continual removal of features and content. Now though it seems like a lot more people are receptive now that we have a high profile issue of GF making a pretty baffling decision.
So stuff that the long time GF critics have been upset over for years (how they code the game, the long list of things that have been removed from the series, low fps and performance) are now being laid out for the general audience to see as well, and riling up the community even more.
Rotom. Oh my god. Now that would be a hilarious plot hole.
I just think it needs to build more on underutilized aspects to make it more fulfilling. Theres no need for the gimmick battle mechanics.
That's a take, I guess.
This seems to be it. It's the old "Every Pokémon is someone's favorite Pokémon", so there was no way this wasn't going to be a severely controversial decision.
Did I misread, or did the Famitsu interview with Masuda say they were re-modeling every Pokemon? If so, I'm not seeing it. Those are absolutely the X and Y models still. Do they really think we're so stupid that they can just lie to our faces like that?
They did it once, no reason to believe they wouldn't do it again
The contrast between Gamefreak's ambition of Pokemon as a game series and TPCI's ambition of it as a franchise is astronomical. TPCI is going nuts with trying to make SLEEP INTO ENTERTAINMENT meanwhile GF is unable to keep basic features of JRPGs, let alone support the pokemon they have created up until now.
To take it even further (while not entirely fair bit still the comparison can be made) is you look at Nintendo's games. All of their flagship franchises, Zelda, Mario, and to an extent Smash, are all blowing past previous heights of their respective series. How has GF not adapted to the standards of the rest of their direct contemporaries?
They're not communicating it that way at all. I would expect that they would say "we know it might be disappointing for some fans but here's 10 reasons why this makes sense". It's kinda "yeah we're no longer doing that". The subtext is "you'll buy the games anyway".
Ludicolo is confirmed, it was used by a party member in the raid demo given during treehouse.
Yeah, it shouldn't be the players' problem. The games now cost $20 more than they did on 3DS and it seems like a very large percentage of players feel like they are getting a lesser experience for that price increase. Unfortunately, I imagine the only way they will change their minds and scramble to fix their limitations or get help from another developer is if Sword and Shield underperform.
Here's the thing though, they're going to hit more and more walls as time moves on. Better hardware happens, technology evolves, and consumer expectations for more content and graphics grows. There current solution isn't going to help, and so we're going to likely have issues where the Regional Dex becomes smaller and smaller. We'll likely have a Gen V situation one day except you can't get legacy Pokemon in post game and it's not compatible with it. They saw this coming for years, yet they didn't prepare for it. They need a vast expansion, better leadership, and more funding.
Seriously where the fuck is all this money going to? If it's the Pokemon Company itself, they need to give Game Freak a bigger cut of profits to actually expand and make better games. And Nintendo needs to start offering more assistance than fucking Wii Vitality tech.
I don't have problem with Megas and Z-moves because they feel like logical steps for the series. A "special evolution" and a "special move", they're natural concepts related to core aspects of Pokémon. I agree that focusing the design in the story around them is bad and makes things generally worse, they should be integrated in smart ways, not forced; also balance better who is buffed by unique Megas and Z-moves instead of giving them to already strong Pokémon.
Dynamax is completely non-sensical tho. No one asked for giant Pokémon that are just generic Pokémon but big. It's not natural and they're dropping the better mechanics they had for it. There's nothing cool visually about a big Pokémon in comparison to a new form, nor it's cooler to see them using generic moves over the animations Z-moves had. I have no idea why we got this.
It's vague and the comment was from Ohmori, but it does read like "rework the models from the start/ground up." It's not specific enough to know exactly what he means, though.
I don't know what goes into developing these games, but when dealing with translated interviews, it's important to consider everything paraphrasing, as something might be lost in translation. It's possible that they're not remodeling every Pokémon, also because that's Creatures Inc.'s job. But it might be a case of each Pokémon using specific shader settings to better represent their design and concept art. So it's no small task to go through each and every one of them, fine-tuning their graphics to what looks best for each. All of this might be getting simplified as "modeling".
I mean, they did explain that it wasn't sustainable to keep supporting all Pokémon every game and they knew eventually they wouldn't be able to do it anymore. It looks like it was a case of them prioritizing other features over bringing over all Pokémon. The only thing they're not doing here is showing something to make up for that.
Those 10 Million sales from Let's Go sure took a hit on their finances huh?
It's really hard to say. We all know they are relatively small compared to the success of the games. Maybe it's a situation where the people in charge of the technical side of things are mostly the same group as they were over a decade ago and they just can't keep up with the more powerful hardware.
And who the fuck gives a shit about camping, hell even the Pokemon amie, it boosts your Pokemon up in battles and made them invincible, which was the annoying part.
Professor: "Oh my god, the ONE AND ONLY Rotom in ALL OF GALAR decided to live in your cell phone? Oh lucky you"
Do you know how business works? The success of their games doesnt just magically get reinvested into the developer unless the people in charge make it happen
If they mismanaged their earnings after years and years of success after success, I have even less sympathy for them.
Mine is Mimkyu, but I can't be bothered to log into Google to fill it out and I'm not alone in Mimikyu being a favorite so w/e
Not that I would have used Amie/Refresh anyway, but the boosts made me avoid it like the plague.
Have they ever released figures for Pokémon Bank? Because if it turns out only a small percentage of players actually bother transferring Pokémon across the games, I could imagine them deciding to put their focus elsewhere.
And now I've just learned my youngest brother, a Pokemon super fan who has grown up with the series and has put hundreds upon hundreds of hours in every single Pokemon generation since like the third has said he's not planning on even getting Sword & Shield. Jesus this is depressing.
My favorite is Noivern, Scizor and Alakazam just behind it. What is this thing people are filling out? Did a search but my eyes are tired so couldn't see.
Gamefreak must of known this backlash was going to come the moment they decided to cut pokemons.
Gamefreak must of known this backlash was going to come the moment they decided to cut pokemons.
But if Roserade isn't in the Galar Dex then you still won't be able to transfer it into S/S
The thing is, even if not a lot of people used bank to move their Pokemon, the ones that did bred those Pokemon and traded them and let everyone experience them.
omg, I didn't realize the pop in was that bad.
Steelix just... appears. And it's really noticeable.
This just making me want to replay Ultra Moon. At least I know I'll be able to raise what I want there.
(I actually really enjoyed Ultra, dont look too deeply into this)
(I actually really enjoyed Ultra, dont look too deeply into this)
Why can't game freak hire more staff? Surly they knew these problems would happen eventually but I can understand why they cannot delay the games hey see if the anime, movies & trading cards and so on and so forth but still it sucks
My favorites are Heracross and Gardevoir, so I think they'll always be in. Feel bad for most of my other liked Pokémon like Lilligant, Mienshao, Liepard, etc.
I like SM and skipped the Ultra games because they ruined the story. But otherwise they look mostly fine, even if they keep some problems SM has, like the meh map/level design.
The Ultra games are good games. They're just disappointing in the story and amount of changes before Poni Island.
SM has Poni island which is my favorite Area in the franchise. The other islands are just OK.
I hated on Gen 7, but they're starting to look really good. 809 Pokémon in one game. So many options. You can shiny hunt for anything.
I know right? Roserade has more a shit though than some the other ones though looking at its availability
I like them all visually and how they make the world look lively. A few ones have nice design by themselves as well. What I don't like is how they're integrated in the world, they're basically different worlds not actually connected and that brings the whole thing down. It's cool to use surf and find the other islands, in SM you can't swim anywhere without rocks blocking you and you need to go through transition screens everytime you want to go to another island, it's lame.
I hope in the anime, at the end of the League battle Ash narrowly loses once again, but it's all good because at least he did it with his buddies. And while he gives Lycanroc a hug for doing a good job it turns into dust, leaving no trace it ever existed. The plot of the next season is tracking down the source of this worldwide calamity, traced back to the Galar Region.
I do feel a bit bad for the person running the Pokémon twitter. They finally were able to join into the goofiness that is corporate twitter and now they're gonna probably go right back to mute city.
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