Sure, they're limited, but the Switch itself is limited. Some of you guys should go back to BOTW and look at the texture work in that game. They're definitly comparable.
-
Ever wanted an RSS feed of all your favorite gaming news sites? Go check out our new Gaming Headlines feed! Read more about it here.
-
We have made minor adjustments to how the search bar works on ResetEra. You can read about the changes here.
Pokémon Sword & Shield Gameplay Reveal Trailer. Raid Battles, New Dynamax Mechanic, Overworld Pokémon Encounters, New Pokémon (out Nov 15, 2019)
- Thread starter Xavi
- Start date
Sure, they're limited, but the Switch itself is limited. Some of you guys should go back to BOTW and look at the texture work in that game. They're definitly comparable.
I think it's a perfectly reasonable step forward, I'm very happy with what I'm seeing. I just don't understand why some people thought that their first proper Switch game would even come close to something like BOTW. They are not capable of making a game like that at this moment in time and TPC would have to spend a lot of money getting other studios to help make the game if they did want a game like that.
That's not surprising, anyone seriously spouting that phrase had some hella unrealistic expectations
I'm of the opinion that Pokemon should be semi-open world and not a full open world game so the wild areas are a good direction Game Freak is taking.
Seriously.
Lip flapping has been in other games, it doesn't necessarily mean VA.
Yea, I totally agree. If there is a cool Gen 1-7 Pokémon I want on my team that is locked behind raids, it will travel to me from a distant region.
BOTW didn't have the greatest textures, but the world was immense. Nobody should really be comparing the two studios though.
as someone who was down on the original trailer, this was the shit I needed to see. now King Zell's secondhand comments about BotW make sense
Yeah the crow and the sheep are fantastic. I really hope their evos don't ruin them too much. With cute ones they often do, but the edge bird has a chance to stay as well designed.The legendaries tho...yeah...Discount-Sif is ok, but the shield dude is not my thing at all. And when it comes to the box art I'm kind of at a loss for words lol.
Pokemon can be Pokemon without being chained to Game Boy-era game design for the rest of time. Thankfully Game Freak know this which is why this new game blends old-style routes with open areas.
The world of Pokemon can be much more than tiny, walled-in routes where the only Pokemon action occurs in patches of grass.
According to a leak that is 100% right so far we are also getting "Gigamaxing" which is Dynamaxing for a few specific Pokemon where it changes their designs like Megas and we are getting regional evolutions, like Farfetch'd turing into Sirfetch'd
This is Game Freak that we are talking about. They are not using full power of the Switch. Game Freak was used to developed games for much less powerful systems. Am not saying that Switch is powerhouse.
The Shield legendary looks kind of ridiculous, but that's the one I'd probably get. I've got to support the under dog legendary. I love corviknight!
I don't know, I still read that as grass spawns overworld Pokemon that you have to run into to battle. Wish the wording was a bit clearer.
They all seem to have the same size when they grow indifferently from the original so they will grow little.
I never doubted King Zell. All my predictions about the first trailer came true, they wanted to keep the surprise!
99% sure Corviknight is a final-evo. It might a pre-evo though.
It looks like random encounters work like this, now (far as I can tell):
When you enter a patch of grass, there's a possibility that random Pokemon will appear
Their location within the patch of grass will be highlighted by a temporary exclaimation point icon
You can then choose to approach or avoid them (but I'm assuming they may walk around within the grass and even approach or avoid you)
Essentially they'll work a lot like overworld Pokemon mechanically, the difference being that you can't see what they are until you fight them
When you enter a patch of grass, there's a possibility that random Pokemon will appear
Their location within the patch of grass will be highlighted by a temporary exclaimation point icon
You can then choose to approach or avoid them (but I'm assuming they may walk around within the grass and even approach or avoid you)
Essentially they'll work a lot like overworld Pokemon mechanically, the difference being that you can't see what they are until you fight them
Some areas have looked good while others not so much. I'm liking the Pokemon designs. Dynamax isn't that interesting to me as a new mechanic and Raid Battles don't interest me either from what I have seen so far. That could change though. Don't know if I am Day One, but I will play the game eventually when it comes out.
Leak said "pure fighting" which was apparently a mistake and they meant "pure fire".
Its both
So for example depending on how they set up the encounters in each area you could
1. See Wild pokemon strolling around,
2. See Exclamation point in grass
3. Be ambushed randomly
Along with other scenarios they have come up with
The leak I saw said "pure fighter" which to me seemed to be referring to what its design looked like rather than its typing
Game looks pretty great.
- All of the new revealed looked pretty great. Iron Raven and the Sheep are standouts, I also liked the snapping turtle, too bad about the typing.
- The Dynamax thing looks fun if not a bit random. Really hard to judge until we understand the mechanic itself. I think the series is trying to move to a more Final Fantasy-esque situation where it is understood that each entry will have its own twist on the battle system, but there's a tension there between the need to stay compatible with all the Pokemon that were introduced before.
- Wild Area and raid battles look like a step in the right direction, and depending on execution could really make this a standout entry.
- The legendaries are decent enough. To be honest, all of the legendaries since Lugia and Ho-oh have tended to be really over-designed and these are no different. They're definite better than Gen 4/5/7s box legendaries though.
- Everyone hates the boxart for some reason but it looks like classic Pokemon to me.
Do they typically release a bundle with a special edition console when the games release?
- All of the new revealed looked pretty great. Iron Raven and the Sheep are standouts, I also liked the snapping turtle, too bad about the typing.
- The Dynamax thing looks fun if not a bit random. Really hard to judge until we understand the mechanic itself. I think the series is trying to move to a more Final Fantasy-esque situation where it is understood that each entry will have its own twist on the battle system, but there's a tension there between the need to stay compatible with all the Pokemon that were introduced before.
- Wild Area and raid battles look like a step in the right direction, and depending on execution could really make this a standout entry.
- The legendaries are decent enough. To be honest, all of the legendaries since Lugia and Ho-oh have tended to be really over-designed and these are no different. They're definite better than Gen 4/5/7s box legendaries though.
- Everyone hates the boxart for some reason but it looks like classic Pokemon to me.
Do they typically release a bundle with a special edition console when the games release?
It's literally the worst gimmick they've ever done, imo. Really cooled my hype on the games.
Not to mention there are sneaking and whistling mechanics.
*Fingers crossed for being able to throw apples shaken off of trees, curry/poffin bait, and pester balls*
SO who is going full on Team Bunny with me?
Skorbunny
Buneary/Lopunny
Bunnelby
Azurmarill (kind of rabbit like?)
Wiggly Tuff
uhhhh NidoKing?
Skorbunny
Buneary/Lopunny
Bunnelby
Azurmarill (kind of rabbit like?)
Wiggly Tuff
uhhhh NidoKing?
