I would like to add that there is plenty of precedence of Pokémon existing in a game and not being part of the Region's Dex, so this is not a sure thing yet.
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Pokémon has one of it's legendaries locked at $50. How is this acceptable?
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I'm more disappointed by the fact Sword/Shield don't have all 800-something Pokemon. Moving/Completing a live Pokedex was always my end-game fun.
I seriously wonder if it's an "era thing" or just a "people these days thing". it's ridiculous.
I seriously wonder if it's an "era thing" or just a "people these days thing". it's ridiculous.
There's like a hundred ways to get a Mew though. Get the free one from Pokemon Go and transfer it through Home might be the most consistent way.
Ok, but did you actually read the part where I explain how Go treats both Mew, Celebi and, now, Jirachi? Did you understand this?
Because it literally explains why you can't transfer Mew to Let's Go and how that has nothing to do with the PokéBall Plus.
Sure, but the new rule is only Pokémon that have their data in the game will be supported. So that includes Mew, because its existence was confirmed by the PokéBall Plus compatibility.
Unless they go out of their way to arbitrarily block Mew from being transferred via a paid service, it's going to be supported. And I doubt they would antagonize their fanbase like that.
Yeah it's not as if Mew is an ACTUALLY rare pokemon. The ones from GO(Mythicals can't be traded in GO) and Let's Go likely won't be tradable anywhere else considering Let's Go stat manipulation.
The Mew that comes with the Pokeball plus was just a bonus in the same ways that it was also a joycon and a Go+. It's acceptable because it's not the ONLY way to get Mew.
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Thankfully there's no restrictions on which Pokemon you can transfer from home!
Oh wait...
Pokemon Home can only transfer back and forth with SwSh. Go, Lets Go and Bank Pokémon can't be brought back oncr they're in Home, and if they're not in the Galar Dex, they're stuck in Home. At least you can look at them and probably play a minigame or some shit, yay
Well, as of SwSh they're gonna have to change that to "Gotta Catch some of them" or something.
Gamefreak and the Pokémon Company gets away with so many crappy practices and no one piles up on them like they do to EA... When they're just as bad or worse.
Two versions of one game is a load of crap... Specially if they have exclusive pokemon in them. Imagine people buying two full priced games just to experience the other legendary pokemon.
$50 for a legendary beloved pokemon is a travesty. Specially if there isn't an in game way to get them.
Why don't people shit on them more often? Locking a Legendary behind a stupid plastic toy is a joke.
Two versions of one game is a load of crap... Specially if they have exclusive pokemon in them. Imagine people buying two full priced games just to experience the other legendary pokemon.
$50 for a legendary beloved pokemon is a travesty. Specially if there isn't an in game way to get them.
Why don't people shit on them more often? Locking a Legendary behind a stupid plastic toy is a joke.
So are you gonna answer why you're assuming Mew won't be in the Galar dex and then basing your outrage solely on that assumption?
New slogan is believed to be "Maybe Catch Some Of Em Or Whatever"
And in theory Mew will not be part of those restrictions because it can be transferred from the Poke Ball Plus.
Maybe save your outrage for when Gamefreak actually comes out and admits they won't allow Mew transfers, because right now you're just screaming at a wall.
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Because event Pokémon not appearing in your Regional Dex happens all the time.
That plus the previous Block on Mew transfers would make anyone worried.
At no point was Mew confirmed to be obtainable in game or even part of the Dex.
If you already had a Poke Ball Plus and transferred Mew to Let's Go will connecting it to Sword and Shield also give a one time Mew transfer or is that already shot because it was transferred to Let's Go? I was never really clear on how any of this worked.
Um yeah? But I wasn't talking about Celebi or Jirachi considering that even if they weren't tied to your account, you wouldn't be able to move them to Let's Go considering that only Gen 1 Pokemon can be transferred.
Besides, at the end of the day you can get a Mew by trading. Same with the other Mythicals. So even if you can't get the Poke Ball Plus, you're not completely locked out of getting a Mew. Tons of people offer them via sale or trade.
Like I said, I'm not here trying to justify or defend the Poke Ball Plus. Game Freak doesn't need my help with defending everything they do. That's Twitter's job. We previously had a thread about this but the point is that people kept saying that they can transfer their Mew from Bank. Which honestly we really can't cause Bank isn't compatible with Let's Go.
They blocked that one so people would buy the 50$ one. Mew is not hard to get but the 50$ IAP purchase for something that is required for completion in a single-player RPG is super scummy and if EA was doing it I guarantee everyone would be beating them up about it.
So you don't know, but you're treating your guess as fact and asking everyone to be outraged with you based on your pessimistic guess.
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The fact they still get away with releasing two versions is hilarious. Fans defend it as it encourages "trading." What a load of bollocks.
Most people who use trading don't use it to trade the versions exclusives. They use the system for trading Pokémon that they are training to max out or shinies.
Most people who use trading don't use it to trade the versions exclusives. They use the system for trading Pokémon that they are training to max out or shinies.
Not when they've explicitly said that no Pokémon outside of the regional Dex will be in the game, they haven't.
Outrage now, reason later. Like I get hating gamefreak is in vogue, but one might want to wait before assuming.
This.
And yes I bought it. It was fun as hell using it with Let's Go.
It used to be locked behind living close enough to a random nintendo pop-up event at malls & what not, so we've actually come along way towards making Mew more accessible. With that said, how else were they going to get people to buy the pokeball?
Oh, I don't think you're justifying or defending anything, I'm just trying to explain here that Go doesn't let you get rid of any of its one-of-a-kind mythicals. That's what prevented Mew from being transferred to Let's Go. It has nothing to do with them trying to sell a peripheral, which is what the OP is trying to convince people of.
And all evidences points to Mew from older games being supported to go from Home to SwSh, so the PokéBall Plus isn't even the only way to get one anymore.
So OP is just outraging and ignoring this for some reason I frankly don't understand.
Required for completion? I got my dex completion certificate in Let's Go without ever getting a Mew in that game, so I don't know what you're talking about.
Hating Gamefreak should always be in vogue because they should've been doing better for years, but at the very least that hatred needs to be focused in the right direction and not based on a guess.
I bought it because I thought my kid would get a kick out of using it and he did. Overall though I thought it was lousy to actually use. All things considered it was a whatever purchase to me. Probably not worth it, but it's far from the first stupid toy I've bought for my kids.
Now I'm just wondering if already having it gives me Mew in the next game or if I'd have to get another one (I'm not going to get another one).
In theory, we were going to be able to transfer all of our mons from Home to Sword/Shield two weeks ago
It's best not to be optimistic
Maybe not in the vanilla version, but surely there's an amendment (aka "Constitutional DLC") for it.
Again, this is confirmed false. You can transfer Mew from the Poke Ball Plus, which means it's part of the Galar Pokedex.
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Fine, if you don't think there's a reason to worry about this practice in the slightest. I will request this thread to be closed.
No I completely get you. Sorry I must have misunderstood your original post! I do think that this situation can be easily rectified or solved by trading or other methods.
Besides I can't complain since I bought the peripheral lol. (It was okayish)
One million percent chance Mew (and all other Kanto 'mons) are in Sword and Shield because they're already modeled and animated from LGPE.
It's everywhere. Expressing an opinion in a reasonable manner is how you get ignored on the Internet. That's why everything is either GOAT or a flaming shitpile.
This also.
The convenience of test-driving this new initiative disguised as pandering to nostalgia.
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They said "selections" of Pokemon per game are the way forward.
They said they did this because they "chose quality."
Not him but the fact that you need to have not connected your Pokeball Plus to LGPE before is concerning.
Otherwise they could have just said that players who did so could transfer Mew trough Pokémon Home.
But they did not.
It's clear that their goal is to sell an accessory, but to explicitly point out that you need to not have used its current "Bonus-Feature" is a problem.
I mean, the logical question to that notice would be "But what if already transfered Mew, what can I do now?"
But no answers.
I admit that it's all assumption, but at this point of time there's more reasons to believe that it's going to happen to think it's not.
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