A lot of people have never been more disappointed in Pokémon. :\
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Pokemon Direct Announced for January 9th
- Thread starter MondoMega
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people really unironically posting stealth as if they have *any* sway whatsoever
couldn't be me
couldn't be me
Speaking only for myself, my disappointment is entirely due to how pokemon has been these last few years and nothing to do with Nintendos announcement cadence
This is about the least exciting Direct that Nintendo could've announced for me, other than a Smash direct.
It seems way too early to announce this year's main Pokemon game (either Lets Go Johto or Diamond/Pearl), seeing as SwSh are not even three months old and selling like... well... Pokemon.
20 minutes though, that's a lot more than we usually get for a Pokemon direct right? I remember them being very short...
20 minutes though, that's a lot more than we usually get for a Pokemon direct right? I remember them being very short...
The Pokken hybrid system was a compromise for Pokémon that have a focus on attacking from a distance.
A clone of Tekken would make the roster very boring.
do you think DLC for sword/shield is likely at all, despite gamefreak's apparent stance on it.
It just seems weird that they'd announce a direct for the sole purpose of detailing home and raid events
I think if they announced Pokémon Let's go Johto that'd be good. Getting that out 2 years after LGPE wouldn't seem too rushed, and because the Lets Go games are it's own thing, it wouldn't kill the legs of Sword and Shield.
That said I don't expect it.
That said I don't expect it.
Diamond and Pearl are older than HGSS so I'd expect Sinnoh as the next remake. Johto would be after that assuming they keep going in the same order of remaking the oldest thing
Well yeah, pretty sure they've already said they have no plans for going back to Let's Go.
They said in October that they had no plans to do more Let's Go unless fans asked for it.
Probably too early to announce the Tencent mobile Pokemon game, right? (It's totally PokéAuto Chess.)
So the only reason I thought Johto was a reasonable option is basically opportunity. They've built Kanto with LGPE. That's a significant chunk of the work done, even with the changes Kanto goes through. That plus the fact a LG Johto would be limited to 250 Pokémon...it feels like quite a good option workloads wise.
It's a Direct, so this is Switch related. I don't think anything mobile will be mentioned, unless they somehow interact with the Switch games.
I mean, it doesn't help that Sword and Shield is such a mess. I honestly feel like they screwed up with it despite sales. Just google Sword Shield exploit and there's an exploit for pretty much anything. It actually feels like it broke me. They removed over 400 Pokémon and you can get shinies, master balls, gmax very easily with little time.
Turnback Cave gonna have one pillar to click and Giratina appears!
Nah. I've seen a couple where people were more disappointed
I'm impress tho, some posts here can be mistaken for twitter comments. And that's just sad.
It's not the end of the world lol
I want a patch that adds the rest of the pokemon to Sword/Shield via transferring and trading. But what I'll get is just a release date anouncement for Pokemon Home, and maybe a new mobile game.
You have not seen how people reacted to the Smash Directs.
Pokémon and Smash are incredibly popular ip and when they have their own Directs people who don't care are salty.
Quick question, why is the direct at :30 and not at :00 like most directs?
9:30 seems like a weird time, why 9:30 and not 9:00?
9:30 seems like a weird time, why 9:30 and not 9:00?
Maybe they're launching a game right after the presentation? I can see them doing that with Red and Blue if they rerelease those.
I just can't fathom what they'd announce that would interest me. It seems far too early for a mainline title to be announced, and I'm not really interested in any Pokemon spinoffs besides Mystery Dungeon. Home and Sleep don't seem terribly interesting to me, and that's what most people are thinking this will be about.
FE Heroes was revealed in a FE Direct so there's a small chance the Pokemon Direct has mobile stuff
Last year I would've been jumping up and down of excitement.
But after everything that happened last year, I'm more afraid of what's to come than excited. Like, I don't even want to imagine what they're supposed to feature in this direct.
The only thing I think they "owed" us is Pokémon Home release (or like, you know, at least talk about it since we know nothing) and the app we've all been dying for, Pokémon Sleep. Other than that, there's that Pikachu Detective sequel I have no desires to play since I couldn't even finish the first one out of boredom.
DP remakes or SwSh sequel, I think (I hope) aren't coming just yet, so I'm really meh about this Direct.
But I'm always willing to be surprised.
But after everything that happened last year, I'm more afraid of what's to come than excited. Like, I don't even want to imagine what they're supposed to feature in this direct.
The only thing I think they "owed" us is Pokémon Home release (or like, you know, at least talk about it since we know nothing) and the app we've all been dying for, Pokémon Sleep. Other than that, there's that Pikachu Detective sequel I have no desires to play since I couldn't even finish the first one out of boredom.
DP remakes or SwSh sequel, I think (I hope) aren't coming just yet, so I'm really meh about this Direct.
But I'm always willing to be surprised.
Beyond Pokémon HOME I'm not expecting anything mobile
Very much so.
My site for example has never done better in terms of visitors. People are actively playing and enjoying the game. This is doing better than SM which came off the GO hype.
I wonder if they'll drip feed expand the Pokedex with the release of HOME. The competitive meta is awesome right now - probably because of the culling - but they're seeping in Gigantamax forms so they're clearly not averse to tweaking it. I don't understand the immediate point of HOME if they've made clear their intent to not make more Let's Go or if it's just foundation for longer term goals.
I'm expecting Home to get some time, it is gonna be on Switch after all.
I feel like a spinoff game is more liekly for this year. Maybe a sequel to Pokken or a Mystery Dungeon.
I'd like a glimpse of the Detective Pikachu game, like is it a full sequel?
I feel like a spinoff game is more liekly for this year. Maybe a sequel to Pokken or a Mystery Dungeon.
I'd like a glimpse of the Detective Pikachu game, like is it a full sequel?
I used your site a lot figuring out the wild area and weather.
Probably the most involved I've been with a Pokemon game since Diamond and Pearl
Then it wouldn't be Pokken. An Arcsys-styled 2.5D fighter would be so sick though and they wouldn't have to flip the script just to accommodate zoners.
Can we get a Pokemon management sim where you build up a Pokemon Safari and try to keep all your 'mons happy while attracting people to visit your safari? Like Planet Zoo but with Pokemon, and a safari instead of a zoo. And you can walk around your safari and snap photographs of your Pokemon to appease those Pokemon Snap people. (I would spend so much money on DLC Pokemon packs for said hypothetical game)
