Seems like the game is pretty rich in features and content
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"A Message for Pokémon Video Game Fans" - by Junichi Masuda (It's Nothing) [See Staff Post for Discussion Guidelines]
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But national dex pokemon could just appear on battles and never in the overworld. Also they could do battle frontier DLC. They want to simplify the game and that is the bad thing.
It all depends what new animations they include. Of course we don't know the full extent of it and there could be ways around it.
I don't think they made the decision lightly.
I think you're taking the "simplify" stuff a bit too literal.
Literally all they have to do is announce they're going to patch in the rest of the Pokémon post-release. They wouldn't be accessible until Home releases, anyway. It's 2019, games can be patched now.
I always had a feeling that they'd just wait for the backlash to fade away. But once they release Pokémon Home, they should have all 3D Models ready meaning the next game could have all Pokémon again, theoretically speaking. I wonder. They could obviously patch them but that will never happen.
They would have to give us more Prankster mons. Meowstic isn't enough.
Never underestimate GFs ability to fuck up. Everything was looking great with SwSh and then they dropped the bomb.
It was discussed earlier, and I think there is some logic to the thinking that, from now on they might work on slowly streamlining the game's battle mechanics to make them more casual mobile players friendly. People were sure initially that Let's Go was gonna be a completely separate line and we already saw that the Pokemon cut wasn't exclusive to it. We also have seen them getting rid of Megas and Z moves, which shows they aren't afraid to cut established battle elements. I can see them bringing more and more elements from Let's Go in future installments trying to merge the two games and have the franchise be friendlier and more appealing to kids who play Go or other games on their cellphones. That might mean no wild battles, no abilities, no levels, etc. I don't think anything is out of the cards anymore.
They already made claims and made moves that imply their adult fanbase is expendable for them.
The excuse will be that it's a 60 v 40 USD game on a lower player base when this underperforms.
I actually have some issues with "Blood, Sweat, and Pixels," in that I feel like it looks at crunch-culture within game development without giving proper context as to why it's a HUGE problem that needs to be addressed, almost to the point where it could be seen as excusing it. Now, I'm familiar with Jason's work and I know he's on the level when it comes to games journalism, he obviously cares about the human side of games and game development, and he does go into the problems crunch creates for these developers, but so much of crunch is treated as just "the nature of the beast."
With DA:I, it was a case of needing that "Bioware magic" for everything to click together at the last moment, even though as we've seen with Anthem we know that sort of mindset is creatively destructive and limiting. There are examples of passion projects like Pillars of Eternity, Shovel Knight, and Stardew Valley put up next to big AAA releases, as if the choices of individuals engaging in their art by choice vs. people working what should be a steady job that ought to treat them and their time better are one and the same thing. The section on The Witcher 3 marvels at how these devs pulled off the impossible, of creating a world that was both incredibly expansive and incredibly deep and full of story content, without going into enough depth about the labor laws and wages of Poland that actually made those things a reality. It's been a while since I've read the book so I apologize if there's any details I'm misremembering, but I don't remember if Team Bondi or other examples of crunch destroying a studio are given their spotlight.
I may be coming off as overly critical, and I don't meant to, I really like the book and a lot of it is genuinely moving considering the passion and technique and struggle involved, but any serious look into the modern state of game development cannot, I feel, ignore the facts that
1. Crunch doesn't make games better
2. Crunch is a terrible burden on the brilliant people making these games, they're burning out, and they're just being replaced by fresh talent where the same thing will happen to them
3. Not enough is being done to protect developers from crunch
Again, I'm familiar with Jason's work and how his reporting has done a lot to shed light on these very issues, he's done a lot of good. I just felt like the actual book could and should have gone a lot farther.
Anyways, with regards to Pokémon I feel like the decision to limit the number of Pokémon in the game's dex was inevitable, there was no way we were going to continue seeing games with full National Dexes as we approach and inevitably exceed 1,000 Pokémon. We're gonna see slowdown on development just like we've seen the number of new Pokémon per gen settle at lower and lower figures, and really that's something I'm okay with considering Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness are my all-time favorite Pokémon games, and I never bothered with trying to get my Gen III team or whatever transferred over.
I have a feeling these games are going to surprise a fair number of people after launch with a decent-quality adventure experience and various other attractive features. It won't stop more hardcore fans from being upset over the lack of National Dex but a lot of casual players who have been swept up in all of this will look back and wonder what the commotion was about.
Doesn't excuse things, of course. Just a prediction. As for myself, I don't care about the National Dex — I just wish Mega Evolutions were still around. Their exclusion stings. I loved them from the moment they were announced.
Doesn't excuse things, of course. Just a prediction. As for myself, I don't care about the National Dex — I just wish Mega Evolutions were still around. Their exclusion stings. I loved them from the moment they were announced.
Confusing 1 AAA Pokemon game by a different studio as if it means the exact same thing as multiple teams in Game Freak working on major AAA titles. There's a huge difference between a different studio vs. different team within the same studio. So no, you are wrong in that he's not talking about a different team and was talking about a different studio, and Pokemon titles have been near-yearly releases as opposed to once per 3/4 years.
Jynx will be in over your fave
it is more important to have redesigned blackface in the games then your non blackface fave becuase the redesigned black face Pokemon happened to be from gen 1
Let's hope so. I also don't care about the National Dex, but I wasn't impressed by the Treehouse demos at E3.
Honestly considering we've seen what amounts to like 20 minutes of this game tops a lot of this insanity is pretty funny.
Made the mistake of looking at Reddit again and there are so many posts there based on so much misinformation that has spread. I saw so many people regurgitating the whole "TPC are wanting to make money so are shafting Game Freak who are now trying to make products elsewhere" bollocks and so much just general crap.
This is part of the problem with the whole Dexit thing. The culling sucks, it fucking sucks and they need to find a way to reverse it. However, there's so much misinformation and inaccuracies being spread around as fact which then riles people up more and more, and every time I have tried to correct the misinformation that's spreading, people rage because I'm "defending Game Freak"
This is part of the problem with the whole Dexit thing. The culling sucks, it fucking sucks and they need to find a way to reverse it. However, there's so much misinformation and inaccuracies being spread around as fact which then riles people up more and more, and every time I have tried to correct the misinformation that's spreading, people rage because I'm "defending Game Freak"
I'm curious where other people who aren't giving Game Freak their money because of this are standing now. I still refuse to give them my money, but I'm allowing myself to get excited for these games again, I'll just buy one of them used a little while after release.
Still largely uninterested in them. If I do ever play them, it probably won't be until a few years down the line and with the connectivity between games fucked for the foreseeable future, it'll just be a one and done playthrough without the hours upon hours I usually spend with the games once the main story is finished. I've pretty much entirely lost my passion for the series at this point due to this move, even to the point where it's effecting my desire to continue playing older games as well. I've given up on the shiny hunts I was working on because now all I think is, 'What's the point? They're just going to end up stuck in Pokejail anyway until GameFreak is gracious enough to put them in a game, if ever.'
I said I'm out and that hasn't changed. The thing I love most about team building in the game is no longer in it. 3 games in a row that aren't 'for me' is too many.
Still not interested. I'll wait for the inevitable remake that will fill in the holes.
I'm still not interested. I've been burned by pretty every game in a different way since the start of Gen 6 and I think the Dexit news was the final straw. There are so many great games of Switch that I don't really feek the urgency to drop $60 on one of the few first party series that I feel is regressing.
I'm on the edge about it. I have zero desire to play with the new "mechanics" they added. And the new Pokémon aren't particularly exciting to me. So I'm not hyped at all for SWSH. But, I know all my friends and family and SO will be playing it so I will eventually end up with a copy
I'm hard out, not even going to buy it used, took all my pokemon out of bank and they'll just stay in Moon until GF gets it's shit together I guess, which could possibly be never because this game will still sell loads because it has a shitty looking open world area, but it's not as if I don't have hundreds of other games to play, this series isn't for me anymore.
Nothing's changed for me. I'm basically done with this series.
I'm only here for the memes and nostalgia now. I've been a big fan since Pokemon Yellow, have all the games, tons of merch, etc. so I'm feeling rather melancholy about all this.
This killed the hype completely for me, although I enjoy what i'm seeing in the latest trailer I still won't buy the game (s).
The only way they might be able to spark some interest would be with a meaty endgame like we've never seen but that's not going to happen.
They also made sure that no matter what I won't be buying Town.
And even without all that the idea of having to pay for NSWOnline + pokemon home wasn't exactly thrilling, now it just sounds stupid.
I'm still out. I'm not paying $92 for a main series game hat doesn't have all the Pokemon in it.
I'm barely in, as in I'll still get the game, albeit used a couple months after release. That being said, Pokemon being on a decline since Gen 6 means that Sword and Shield is a make-or-break game for me. If the games are mediocre for a third time in a row and a fourth time out of five releases, then I'll just conclude that the series isn't worth getting invested in once again. And I won't lie, while the removal of the National Dex is far a deal-breaker, it is a pretty ominous sign for the quality of the final game.
Switch games in Canada cost $79.99 and the province I'm in adds a 15% tax on top of that.
Same here. I'll probably pick it up in a G2K a year later.
I'm still out until they announce Pokemon are back. I'm not buying any mainline games until it's announced. (I'd say spinoffs are fine but they don't really exist anymore)
I should still have a voucher by the time this releases, that is if Astral Chain doesn't end up using it. I'll probably wait for reviews or leaks to decide if I'm getting it, if it turns out handholding is significantly reduced, the campaign is significantly better, and there is a large post game, I may end up getting the game. I might have to wait for user reviews and impressions that aren't just dissapointed about the cut because I remember when it came to ORAS, it seemed like all the reviews either didn't care for discussing post game or that there was some embargo on what you could and couldn't talk about making them read very much like previews.
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I'm still undecided, and the person I gameshare with is getting it so I don't have to buy it myself, but I'd feel bad not getting the other version like we originally agreed on.
That video shows lots of PS4 footage. As per usual with these 'comparisons' it's not exactly fair when you're comparing different hardware. Not to mention that the Switch port of DQ11 has been in development for nearly as long as Sword and Shield.
I'm right there with you. May not make a difference to them, but that's fine. At least I won't be wasting my time with a franchise that has abandoned its core tenet.
There are definitely things I like about Sword and Shield but man is Dynamax and Gigantomax uninteresting at the moment
I dunno. This will definitely be a game I take a wait and see approach before buying
I dunno. This will definitely be a game I take a wait and see approach before buying
I'll wait for the third version with all the pokemon. I mean, we know its gonna happen.
I plan on buying the game at launch. I don't much care about the Pokédex cut and what we've seen so far of the game looks good to me and continues to look better and better.
It's not. They literally said it's not happening.
It'll happen. Hey, they gotta find a way to sell the third version somehow.
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This is my plan no matter what. Sun was my first Pokemon game for like 10 years or something. My mind was legitimately blown when I got Ultra Sun and found it was basically the same game with a DLC update. Absolute jokers.
Masuda is a man of his word. If he says that from now on no Pokemon game will have all Pokemon available to use, it hurts to think about but, it probably means that not even a third version or Ultra versions will have all Pokemon.
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