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Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet, the next generation of Pokémon, confirmed for release in late 2022
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Please Nintendo. I've never asked for anything.
The frame rates and textures really stand out to me as way below what you'd see elsewhere on Switch.
That said: graphics don't tend to be the be all and end all to me. So as long as the game is huge and fun, and innovative then that's enough for me.
We know it's open world like Legends. The question is what the gameplay will be
Cute starter, open world, they hopefully learned stuff from arceus (that had many flaws but was the most interesting run i had since X/Y), it looks bad, but i love the region, if they play it right and expand legends with less just throwing balls and more battles and exploration, then im IN.
Legends is not open world. Open hub? Idk if that's the best way to describe it. I also don't think it was ever marketed as open world in the way that scarlet and Violet are either.
the fire starter zodiac thing is so funny because you have to stretch to even make cyndaquil and fennekin fit
people gonna apophenia
people gonna apophenia
Im digging the visuals and vibe way more than sleepy, ancient Arceus.
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You can stop excusing it... These games sell 10s of millions of copies and this looks like a 720p ps2 game. Please stop saying this is OK. You can say that it doesn't bother you particularly, but this is way below average for a marquee release in 2022
Having a hard time thinking why anyone's first reaction to a teaser trailer would be to be disappointed in a region. Didn't they already prove that while they may use a real country as a base, they have no problem including climates/history/inspiration that doesn't exist in that country to while making the region?
Other than this, which is a good point.
Other than this, which is a good point.
Will say that a grass cat feels pretty uninspired since Litten exists. Was hoping that they'd go for a different animal but it is the the cutest of the bunch.
Hell I'd say all three starters are an improvement from Sword/Shield. Which is a first for me that a newer generation has better looking starters lol.
Looks Spain inspired so rip to those wanting Australia. Graphically it just looks like a better Arceus but still looks like an HD Wii:GameCube game.
I'm Violet gang here, which is a first since White and White 2 that I'm going with the secondary option. (Granted I haven't even played Sword/Shield yet).
Hell I'd say all three starters are an improvement from Sword/Shield. Which is a first for me that a newer generation has better looking starters lol.
Looks Spain inspired so rip to those wanting Australia. Graphically it just looks like a better Arceus but still looks like an HD Wii:GameCube game.
I'm Violet gang here, which is a first since White and White 2 that I'm going with the secondary option. (Granted I haven't even played Sword/Shield yet).
Region looks great. Starters… not so much.
Why the fuck is this targeting 2022 though. We're never getting a mainline game with an adequate development cycle.
Why the fuck is this targeting 2022 though. We're never getting a mainline game with an adequate development cycle.
That makes too much sense lmao.Fuecoco is clearly based on pimientos del piquillo rellenos de bacalao ("cod stuffed piquillo peppers")
Yeah, I seriously wasn't expecting these to come out this year. I thought 2023 at the earliest, probably 2024. I'm shocked this is coming so soon after Legend of Arceus. Also surprised we are going back to colors for the titles. These will be the first since Black and White to do so.
It's cool that were giving open world a try this time around. Hopefully through the combined experiences of working on the wild area in Sword and Shield, as well as Arceus, they are able to improve the experience, as the Wild Area I felt was way too devoid of things to do, and I would prefer not to have a repeat of that here.
I was kind of hoping we would be able to explore countries in other regions we haven't been to yet, like Africa, South America, or the Middle East, but at least this is still unexplored territory so it should still be interesting to see a Pokemon world take on Spain.
Based on the three starters I am definitely going with the grass type this time around. Easily the cutest of the three imo.
It's cool that were giving open world a try this time around. Hopefully through the combined experiences of working on the wild area in Sword and Shield, as well as Arceus, they are able to improve the experience, as the Wild Area I felt was way too devoid of things to do, and I would prefer not to have a repeat of that here.
I was kind of hoping we would be able to explore countries in other regions we haven't been to yet, like Africa, South America, or the Middle East, but at least this is still unexplored territory so it should still be interesting to see a Pokemon world take on Spain.
Based on the three starters I am definitely going with the grass type this time around. Easily the cutest of the three imo.
First impressions for the graphics:
- LoD and draw distance seems much improved from Arceus
- Likewise, water seems improved and no longer shows repeating tiled textures in the distance
- Lighting looks more advanced, was especially clear in the shot of the sunset when the sunrays actually looked like more than a slight bloom around the sun
- Grass is much more consistent and doesn't leave as much empty spots on the terrain, it's even
- I hate that they dropped the celshading. Hopefully it won't be forever, bring it back for gen 10.
- LoD and draw distance seems much improved from Arceus
- Likewise, water seems improved and no longer shows repeating tiled textures in the distance
- Lighting looks more advanced, was especially clear in the shot of the sunset when the sunrays actually looked like more than a slight bloom around the sun
- Grass is much more consistent and doesn't leave as much empty spots on the terrain, it's even
- I hate that they dropped the celshading. Hopefully it won't be forever, bring it back for gen 10.
How is anyone supposed to take anything you say seriously when you lead with such an absurd statement?
Do people seriously not remember what PS2 games looked like? Am I old?
I'm sure we'll get a China-inspired region eventually.
The old adage of "pick a place that's popular with Japanese tourists, and that's a candidate for a Pokémon region" continues to hold true. I think maybe we're due for a California-themed region? You could have Ersatz San Francisco, Ersatz Hollywood, Ersatz Disneyland...
Holy shit we're actually getting Gen 9 this year! I wasn't expecting it but I'm not complaining especially after how much I enjoyed Legends.
What a double whammy for the year, I guess it's a good time to strike while the iron is hot as Legends did introduce/reinvigorate the franchise for so many.
Also I may be in the minority here but I think I like all three starters? First impression was Quaxley > Fuecoco > Sprigatito
What a double whammy for the year, I guess it's a good time to strike while the iron is hot as Legends did introduce/reinvigorate the franchise for so many.
Also I may be in the minority here but I think I like all three starters? First impression was Quaxley > Fuecoco > Sprigatito
Some things jump out on rewatch:
The trainer designs feel really unremarkable and the translation of the art to model makes it worse.
I really really dislike the color choices for grass and whatnot that feels like it is ripped right out of SwSh. Something I really liked about PLA was how easy the colors were on the eyes, even if the game was technically bad to mediocre. This just feels super garish and unrefined in comparison. Even the 3ds games had nicer color choices than this. Hope it's just the part of the game that was shown off or that they polish before release.
The trees seem to have the same issues as they did in PLA. Seems wild this isn't fixed.
I hope this game doesn't throw a lot of PLA's qol, seamlessness, traversal and modest difficulty and risk reward improvements out the window to become Pokemon SwSh but it's just the wild area this time.
Need to see more of the world. Very cautiously optimistic. It would be nice if after PLA I could give complete benefit of the doubt but I personally feel this game looks worse and less inspired than that game so far (and it's probably gonna do the boring pokemon thing with foreign regions being complete caricatures). Still, hope springs eternal.
Edit: and I fucking love the starters. They all look kinda derpy and ugly cute, not just unremarkable/ugly like gen 8.
The trainer designs feel really unremarkable and the translation of the art to model makes it worse.
I really really dislike the color choices for grass and whatnot that feels like it is ripped right out of SwSh. Something I really liked about PLA was how easy the colors were on the eyes, even if the game was technically bad to mediocre. This just feels super garish and unrefined in comparison. Even the 3ds games had nicer color choices than this. Hope it's just the part of the game that was shown off or that they polish before release.
The trees seem to have the same issues as they did in PLA. Seems wild this isn't fixed.
I hope this game doesn't throw a lot of PLA's qol, seamlessness, traversal and modest difficulty and risk reward improvements out the window to become Pokemon SwSh but it's just the wild area this time.
Need to see more of the world. Very cautiously optimistic. It would be nice if after PLA I could give complete benefit of the doubt but I personally feel this game looks worse and less inspired than that game so far (and it's probably gonna do the boring pokemon thing with foreign regions being complete caricatures). Still, hope springs eternal.
Edit: and I fucking love the starters. They all look kinda derpy and ugly cute, not just unremarkable/ugly like gen 8.
Ho-oh red lugia blue
Zekrom blue electricity, reshiram red fire
Xerneas blue and yvetal red
Also to be honest Scarlet and violet are like slight variations of red and blue, lol.
I love how every new Pokémon game announcement brings out the bizarre hyperbole.
SwSh had over the top bloom in its reveal too, but it was toned down in the final game.
Guess Fire it is for me to rep the NORTH.Fuecoco is clearly based on pimientos del piquillo rellenos de bacalao ("cod stuffed piquillo peppers")
Gatito was my first choice, but the north calls it.
If this plays like Arceus, count me in on day one. The series needed to evolve and I enjoyed Arceus way, way more than Brilliant Diamond.
I'd love for them to have fully voiced dialog this time (again, they need to evolve), but it's not a deal breaker if they don't.
I'd love for them to have fully voiced dialog this time (again, they need to evolve), but it's not a deal breaker if they don't.
