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Pokemon Direct Announced for January 9th
- Thread starter MondoMega
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People make this argument way too often and put way too much weight into this so called coordination. Yes, when you're releasing a new gen all the different merchandising teams will coordinate to release toys, TCG, etc after the new games are released, but between gens they all release on their own schedule. Pokemon Go updates on its own schedule, new TCG packs and such come out at their own cadence, etc. So there's really nothing at all stopping Gamefreak from releasing updates if they wanted to. In fact, I'd argue they have more freedom because they're the ones coming up with any new concepts and the games are the lead in terms of revealing new Pokemon (ignoring the anime usually showing a next gen pokemon early, and the stuff with Meltan in Go)
I really need the Sinnoh remake to remove the bad taste Sword/Shield left in my mouth, played 50 hours and never want to touch those ever again. But I hope it's not going to be as barebones as that so they can take their time with it.
So, just give me Pokémon Puzzle League, thanks.
So, just give me Pokémon Puzzle League, thanks.
- Old Pokemon games coming to switch but not as part of Nintendo online.
- Pokemon home
- detective Pikachu
- sword and shield DLC
- Short teaser for 4th gen remakes
- Pokemon home
- detective Pikachu
- sword and shield DLC
- Short teaser for 4th gen remakes
LOL what
you realize the last time we got Nintendo news was in september right ?
Perhaps GF is pushing for an October release date for DP remakes so Nintendo has more time to polish BOTW2 with a November release.
There's a big difference between those examples though. SwSh is functionally a good game, it's problems lie in its pacing and lack of plot until the last fifth of the game. NMS' problem was mostly that it was a very good game in terms of function because of the general repetitiveness and lack of variety, but no one was expecting much of a story there so that wasn't a real issue.
In order to make SwSh a better game you need to redo the story from scratch, add more set pieces and battles, figure out how to make it flow smoother. And by that point no one would really care anymore bc its a game with a clear endpoint (outside competitive which as noted, is fine) which most are past by that point.
maybe the third versions will be an improvement but there's no real hot fix for this problem bc its not a technical one
Ultra Sword and Shield with all the missing Monsters added exclusively to that edition 😂
There is still the rest of the month for a regular direct.
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Hey, you're preaching to the choir. I think they are way too conservative with "disrupting the timeline" and don't even know how much of it is genuine synergistic constraint and how much is just fan presumption. I've been a Pokémon fan long enough to know it's impossible to understand why these companies make the decisions they make. It's either beyond our understanding or indecipherable nonsense.
So they are purposely making the new game announcement earlier so people forget about the NatDex...
Yeah, I'm sure Nintendo considers the National Dex fiasco a huge blunder PR-wise even if the sales didn't reflect the controversy
This is assuming they actually heard something and weren't just voting normally like everyone else.
He's clearly speculating based on the article and even mentions Home when replying to someone in the comments
What could the new game be tho? I can't see GF releasing another game this soon and I don't think a third version of SwSh would make it up.
Pokémon Directs tend to waffle on one thing for a while, so I'm predicting 4/5 announcements, 2 being Pokémon Home and Sleep
Well probably see Gigantamax Dialga and Palkia if they're doing them
