I bet he's being prepared for a full director role rather soon. Maybe not the very next game (the alleged Sinnoh remakes), but quite possibly the gen 9 games, maybe alongside Ohmori or something.
Then these people should stop acting like them being personally disappointed in what Sword and Shield ended up being means that GF can't make DLC for these games without being accused that they're selling us content for an incomplete game even though that accusations is wrong
They made a game that was rushed and under delivered on some elements but are now developing expansions to add more meat for those interested such as new areas, a campaign with new characters and story elements, Pokémon, and a handful of other features
No, $30 for both.30 dollars EACH? Gonna need to wait and see how content rich these DLCs are because that's a hard sell for me.
30 dollars EACH? Gonna need to wait and see how content rich these DLCs are because that's a hard sell for me.
30 dollars for the expansion pass, that has both.30 dollars EACH? Gonna need to wait and see how content rich these DLCs are because that's a hard sell for me.
More than one developer will tell you that developing for the 3DSand developing for the Switch are wildly different things.Duh? Which is why they shoulda just delayed the game and came out with a better product instead of having people parroting bad arguments about sustainability when we've had 3ds games with more Pokemon than this for like half a decade.
They were obviously dodging the question because announcing the expansions before release would've been a PR nightmare. It's not the first time a developer says they don't have plans for a specific thing because they can't talk about it yet.They also said that it was policy that they wouldn't add more Pokemon post-launch, so I don't know why you're being selective with your argument while conveniently ignoring everything else.
not releasing a third version is a huge net positive imo.
now they just need to make these new open world areas actually interesting to explore versus the Wild Area which got boring in an hour
Gamefaqs are creating a conspiracy thread as we speakPokémon apparently released a 2020 roadmap for Sword/Shield, which Jonneh predicted in the GameXplain discussion haha
30 dollars for the Sword expansion pack and 30 dollars for the Shied Expansion pack. Both include the new expansions
No look at hgss.If the expansion is well received (even more than the base game)..........This guy gets to stay as the director....right?
Right, but consider the following as well: developing those DLC ideas can very well be (in part) working out an idea that was at one point conceived but quickly left out of the production scope. Then, the DLC provides a good possibility to revisit that idea and work it out. As such, traces that refer to the DLC idea can surface without it indicating the work has already been done. Software development is a continuous process of considering which features are possible, which are necessary, and which are going to be shipped and which abandoned (at different stages of completion). The idea of the Ireland (I think?) featuring as the Isle of Armor in the Galar region could definitely have existed, but have been taken out of the scope early in the development process.The only thing I can see that points to this is that the leaks mentioned "Armor" being a gimmick/mechanic/thing very early on in the production. Perhaps a mechanic was scrapped and then they reused something similar for this expansion?
That's the only thing that's interesting, the tundra I don't remember being mentioned but "armor" was definitely a thing, including MewTwo like in the trailer. But it could all be the product of rushed/changed/stressed development too.
I better see Arle in Smash next week! I'm holding you onto this!
30 dollars gets you the isle of armor and the crown tundra DLC, for either Sword or Shield. If you want it for both games, you must buy the expansion pass twice (THAT is where the 'each' comes from).30 dollars EACH? Gonna need to wait and see how content rich these DLCs are because that's a hard sell for me.
More than one developer will tell you that developing for the 3DSand developing for the Switch are wildly different things.
I mean they probably just valued Morimoto more as a battle planner tbh.
Do you have a source or are trying to stay mad for no reason?They're releasing the new big game feature forms for the starters as DLC. This was planned at the same time they decided to cut the main story time by 10 hours and cut away most of the exploration aspects of the game along with forgetting about the last half of the gyms/towns.
The largest catchable roster in a Pokémon game was still around 500. What you described never ever happened in any Pokémon title
Unfortunately, Game Freak is not Nintendo.Someone on Twitter gave me a random idea. What if Pokémon Home ends up being a Nintendo Online Feature? As in, it comes with Nintendo Online at no additional charge? I admit that would be too good of a move to be true, but there is also some facts that don't make sense in my head until I consider this an option.
1) Why was it necessary to get rid of Pokemon Bank in the first place? The 3DS etc not having Nintendo Online could be a reason for that.
2) They wanna launch this in February. Yet they told us NOTHING about it (like pricing etc.). We are waiting on a Nintendo Direct. Maybe they will announce Pokemon Home as part of Nintendo Online then. God knows that service needs some more value for the buck and for Pokémon fans, Pokémon Home would add that value.
Just a thought tho.
They straight up said in the direct that all of the DLC regions will have the third person rotatable camera and generally be like the Wild Area, in fact.I suspect/hope they will go in more heavily on the concept of wild areas. I felt with Shield that they used traditional routes for much of the game out of fear of negative backlash.
Holy shit this has got to be a parody post or something lol, no way you're being serious, right?PR and media relations work on their own interest. If they have to use creative language or just outright lie to make sure they don't reveal things they want to keep secret, they will 11 out of 10 times.
People really need to stop using PR/media stuff as proof of anything. They aren't government institutions, they have no obligation to be truthful.
Right Right, I wasn't saying it confirms it, just stating that the ONLY piece of evidence I can see at all is about them trying to think of it when the game was still in production.Right, but consider the following as well: developing those DLC ideas can very well be (in part) working out an idea that was at one point conceived but quickly left out of the production scope. Then, the DLC provides a good possibility to revisit that idea and work it out. As such, traces that refer to the DLC idea can surface without it indicating the work has already been done. Software development is a continuous process of considering which features are possible, which are necessary, and which are going to be shipped and which abandoned (at different stages of completion). The idea of the Ireland (I think?) featuring as the Isle of Armor in the Galar region could definitely have existed, but have been taken out of the scope early in the development process.
Could it be that all of this is playing a part in what happened?I'd then ask those same developers if they think developing for the PS2 is gonna be the same for the PS5. I'm just bored of all the excuses made for GF at this point, if it's not one thing it's another. People would blame the weather if they could.
They said catchable. There are 595 obtainable Pokemon in XY.Wrong. In Pokemon X & Y (the last gen with a National Dex), there were over 700 Pokemon that were obtainable. And I have a living Pokedex in both games to prove it.
how many videos are y'all gonna make about them?
Sure but then we get to why the accusations of the expansion pass selling back held back content being ridiculous.You're kinda contradicting yourself. If you can acknowledge that the game was "rushed and under delivered" then it's not too much of a stretch to see why people would feel like the game is unfinished no? The latter half of the game feels like a straight line and some of the towns don't even feel like towns. I wouldn't blame anyone for saying some of the towns in the game were unfinished so I can see why they'd say the game itself is unfinished.
If I paid for a game I felt was bare bones popped out with new DLC in the works a couple months later my initial grievances don't just disappear lol.
Holy shit this has got to be a parody post or something lol, no way you're being serious, right?
This basically reads as "Hey guys it's ok if companies lie to us in our faces because they're covering their business strategies and will surprise us, so let them lie".
Ultimately the stuff GF revealed today is good news, but please let's not turn into brainless robots for no reason.
I suspect/hope they will go in more heavily on the concept of wild areas. I felt with Shield that they used traditional routes for much of the game out of fear of negative backlash.
will Olaf reveal himself in the tundra
I looking forward to watching the post-Direct discussion later today. Keep up the good work.
I'm just happy to have my baby Gible/Garchomp back so I can use him instead of having to buckle and use Excadrill. I'm...just so tired of Excadrill.
Could it be that all of this is playing a part in what happened?
That developing for the Switch requires much more of their time and resources and, therefore, they can't work on a big number of Pokémon like they previously could?
And that they have a strictly planned release pattern and therefore it's not so simple to just delay things?
No one is making up excuses here, people are saying how things usually go with Pokémon. Could it be different? Yes. Will it ever? It's anyone's guess. My original point still stands. No one was wrong for saying that working on all Pokemon was unsustainable, because the way Pokemon as an IP works makes it so, regardless of Game Freak adding another 200 more via patches.
arguably better than the originals
Definitely better imo.
People saying this kind of stuff sound like spoiled brats.$60 bucks and you have to wait almost a full year to get what should've been in the main games.
Its beyond obvious they rushed sword and shield.
lolyou did it
you cracked the code
but for real i love the regis so i'm excited for new ones
gimme that Galarian regigigas
regidragon will become an arm cannon and and regilectric will become wiiiings
zapdos looks great tho :(My derpy bird boys got a MAKEOVER
I love those designs a ton! Zapdos is the worst one, though.
Definitely better imo.