But they never said they're going to include as much as possible...they said they were going to include those that would fit the region. They clearly made efforts to balance the repartition.
Why don't people get this...
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Pokemon Sword and Shield discussion thread (spoiler-free) [see staff post]
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But they never said they're going to include as much as possible...they said they were going to include those that would fit the region. They clearly made efforts to balance the repartition.
Why don't people get this...
You're wasting your time I'm afraid, they aren't going to listen.
Out of the first 5 generations, I'm pretty sure 3 was the only one that actually made it out in only 3 years. From the original release of Red and Green to Gold and Silver was only a few months shy of 4 years, and Red and Green themselves I believe are known to have been in development for 5+ years. It wasn't until Gen 7 that they managed two 3 year dev cycles in a row.
Oh no, not in this thread too, please.
I'll only say this regarding the Dex cuts: If you want an HD Pokémon game, and you want one every year, you can't have the whole Dex. It's just impossible. It's impossible for GF and it's impossible for any studio. They had to lessen the workload if they wanted to deliver a big game, and the easiest way is to chop some Pokémon, which will just be gone for a while and will return later on at some point. It's not that bad.
I'll only say this regarding the Dex cuts: If you want an HD Pokémon game, and you want one every year, you can't have the whole Dex. It's just impossible. It's impossible for GF and it's impossible for any studio. They had to lessen the workload if they wanted to deliver a big game, and the easiest way is to chop some Pokémon, which will just be gone for a while and will return later on at some point. It's not that bad.
I'm downloading Shield and I'm 99% sure I won't regret it.
I regret downloading Pokemon Let's Get Bored became it literally bored me to tears. Lol
Yeah, I don't understand why people started openly complaining about that here when there are multiple threads on it. People are trying use this thread to avoid everything and others are just trying to ruin that by either outright posting stuff or tempting people.
hi folks! avoiding spoilers about pokemon in the dex but i was wondering if there was any news on things like stat changes for old pokemon, changes to existing abilities or even changes to things like IVs, EVs and natures
(obv galarian forms have different stats, i mean more like some of the small stat buffs some pokes have gotten in the last few gens)
(obv galarian forms have different stats, i mean more like some of the small stat buffs some pokes have gotten in the last few gens)
We won't know until the datamining begins. It hasn't started yet, so we'll have to wait for a while.
Why's that? If anything it's one of the games I definitely want available to me at all times, haha
Thanks for the answers
So that means the leaks are literally just someone dumping pics and nothing else? I thought maybe they might write down some other in game details. I guess not :P
I don't want one every year. GF does. Or TPC does. Or everybody who is in charge of the Pokémon franchise.
It's impossible if they want to prioritize other features instead of including every Pokémon. Which is their right. I mean, I don't think they deserve any of the hate comments and stuff, but it really is an unfortunate situation that we've reached this point in the franchise, as players, as fans. It's just weird and low-key depressing to think about the future now.
Technically we don't even know if they typings are 100% correct seeing as we're just going off what the leaker said as opposed to any physical evidence. Although it's pretty unlikely they were wrong.
Do those pics come exclusively from the in game screenshots, or did the artwork from the strategy guide also leak? I got to see some blurred pictures from the book on day 1, but I don't know if by now they leaked in better resolution.
In 11 days I am going to be playing a new Pokémon game and that has me very excited. There it is, probably the most banal thing I've said in this thread
We're all gonna be. Because the truth is, none of those that have seen the leaks have actually played the game yet, so they may change their mind a bit after that.
I'm just ready for the game at this point. I don't think I'll be following any more pre-release Pokemon stuff on forums, this was miserable. If they really do Sinnoh remakes next there's no way in hell that will be an enjoyable discussion to follow lol.
So pumped out about the new direction of the IP. I was a bit disappointed when Gen VII was only SuMo, USUM and Let's Go. I ended up only playing SuMo.
Yeah they definitely didn't have enough time for other things during gen 7 considering the 3DS was on its last legs
I'd be really disappointed if we didn't get Sinnohian forms in the D/P remakes, it feels like the perfect way of adding new designs to pre-existing regions.
You'll lose your mind at the creativity of some Pokémon. The reactions in the leaks thread were insane.
Hey, fans getting mad at reviews because their franchise got high reviews would at least be a fresh kind of a fiery review thread.
Show people the review scores of BW2 and USUM and you'll get similarly hilarious results
A lot of people go crazy if they don't have a Pokémon game every year. I've seen it. That year we didn't get a new game, everyone went crazy. Also there's the fact that Pokémon isn't just games anymore, it's anime, it's TCG, it's merchandising... and those have to be out consistently. You can't just delay the games because it disrupts literally everything else.
At this point, they need to release something new every year unless they want to change how everything in TPC works.
And hey, I'm sorry you find the future of the franchise depressing. I'm very hopeful. They're going in a new direction with the games, one that allows them more creativity and has less restrictions in what they can do. Now they aren't forced to pump the games with hundreds of Pokémon we've seen a million times already just so a fraction of their fanbase won't become manbabies. They can develop new ideas, new concepts, new ways of playing, instead of doing "the same but bigger" every time, which was exactly what people have been complaining about for years.
And as I said before, HD development requires a lot more time and resources. There's no magic "make everything HD" button. You have to either put more time into it, or cut some corners, and they can't put more time into it right now. Maybe they will in the future, who knows? Maybe GameFreak will grow a lot now because they have to grow a lot to keep up, but from what I've seen so far, I'd say they've done a magnificent work with their first HD title.
And now I'm done discussing this. It's an exhausting conversation because most people have very little idea of how game development works and it's hard to understand how impressive a franchise like Pokémon is from a development standpoint.
Exclusively from screenshots and Discord conversations with the leakers, I believe. The guidebook leaker was around for a short while and there were no types there.
On a smaller userbase, too.
It even has a much higher User Review score, with more reviews lol
Lurking here when the leaks began. Signed up to warn others that the "cut pokemon" pastebin still has spoilers about new pokemon. I was looking if one of my favorites was on it. He was, but his pre-evo wasn't. So I guess there's a galarian evolution for it.
That's why a wrote a pretty much spoiler-free list earlier, to try not to spoil Galarian forms.
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I buy physical copies of all Pokemon games. They seem to be one of the few series that frequently resells pretty close to the original price and occasionally higher (like HGSS). Not that I ever sell my copies, haha.
I think they'll go all in with Gigantamax and Max Raid Battles in Gen 4 remakes. Especially raids, as they're an excellent idea to make legendary fights more interesting.
Physical is better for me as I can swap the carts in and out when trading between myself.
Infidel!! How dare you get excited, don't you know that you're suppose to be gashing your teeth and be negative about the game. Some Pokémon fan you are. 🤣
Okay silly jokes aside, I am the same as well. Pokémon Sword and Shield is just ticking all the right boxes for me and with Leon being a British South Asian and champion with his ace being a Charizard, my favorite Pokémon, well it feels like the game was made for me.
My only problem with the game is the skin tone option for the players is really limited, it's either white, slightly not white and really dark. There's no in between as my skin tone is medium brown and it doesn't exist.
A very large contributing factor to 2015 was the cancelled Z version. I don't think that situation would have happened without all the Z stuff showing up in all the side media.
Pokemon Z never existed. There's no evidence of that. GF simply needed more time for SuMo.
So you seriously think they made all those Zygarde forms (which featured heavily in the XY anime, I should add) for Sun and Moon? Plus the Eternal Flower Floette that goes unused to this day? Not to mention the anime literally adding Z to the title.
They very clearly were planning on making Z, but scrapped it at some point after all its new forms were made.
