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CONFIRMED: Pokémon Sword/Shield Dropped GTS; Contains Multiplayer Code From Let's Go
- Thread starter Caz
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Look, to the people that bemoan everytime something like this causes a frenzy with fans, here is the bottom line. Pokémon is a juggernaut that no damn controversy will touch it's sales. It's nintendo's FIFA. Sales will never be something that spurs Gamefreak to action... Period. The fans calling them out on their BS constantly is the only way to perhaps budge them. It damn sucks when it turns into bullying devs, however, Gamefreak should be called out for their BS.
By waiting for the "complete" version of gen 8. Dont waste your cash in this beta version.
Like Let's Go. You create a passcode and used it to link up with another player who inputed the same code.
This really sucks. I've used the GTS a ton in previous games, and now it feels like we're going back to early DS era when it comes to trading.
Please be excited for Pokemon Home, where you can pay monthly for the same features you've been enjoying since 2006
Gamefreak is flat out releasing an unfinished game people.
The benefit of the doubt phase should be over. They should be criticized as harshly as Bethesda or EA for this.
This is a final build? Please tell me this isn't the final build. No way.
Yeah, this is pretty much on the mark. Having 2 version was egregious enough, but at least they gave you the means to get most, if not all pokemon without too much effort between GTS and free Mystery Event giveaways for legendaries. Then they introduced Bank, which was a bit of a bummer being a paid service, but it allowed the easiest way of transferring pokemon between all the 3DS games (even the R/B re-releases).
But now they've cut the pokemon meaning to play with certain pokemon that were cut you need to buy whatever game contains them. They're removed GTS making it further harder to trade for pokemon not in your specific game version. And Home is one way with every game, but SWSH. It really all does seem made to do force you to purchase more. And I get it, they're a business so that's their goal, but it's getting egregious at this point
I think Nintendo should consider getting Monolith Soft to help Game Freak. If they don't have the manpower to do what they want then I think Nintendo should get Monolith to help them.
Given that the hashtag was used to combat the substantial harassment that Game Freak has gotten (hell, I used it a few days ago too since I sincerely believe when Game Freak nails something, you get gems like Pulseman, Drill Dozer or Pokémon Gold/Silver, Black/White/2), it was probably not the best way to go about that since it felt like it was mocking fans for acknowledging how toxic some of the backlash against Game Freak and Sword/Shield has been.
Game Freak is not immune to criticism, nor should it be; that's why I made this thread because i'm sincerely disappointed that the GTS is gone and it doesn't seem like something better is going to replace it based on the leaks, to say nothing of the issues i've had with prior and current direction of the series. But I admit it was not a very well thought out joke and I apologize for thinking it was a good idea in the first place.
It's been removed from the title so please discuss what's happened instead.
Gonna side with you on that.
Really think annual releases aren't a good idea when developing on more resource-heavy HD console mediums. This ain't FIFA or low-resolution handheld territory. If developers need to cut fan-favorite features in order to make deadlines, I don't think that's a trade-off worth doing. IntSys needed another company (Koei Tecmo) to develop Three Houses for them because they didn't have the resources, man-power, and experience to do so.
Because they realized last year they could get away with it and potentially put it behind a paid service.
There could be a day one patch, and even if there is one it may not address this.
Or people dunking on No Man's Sky. Or Sea of Thieves. Or Fallout 76.
We only hope that pokemon home has all these features. With gamefreaks track record it'll probably just be bank + the ability to tap your pokemon once a day to boost their happiness.
The nicknames given in that pic are offensive, please remove it.
I'm still waiting for SWSH to release to see all the features since I've steered clear of the leak thread, but I'm legit starting to worry about the DP remakes. I was initially worried they might be in the LG style, but now I'm getting worried about them even being in the traditional style
So we are getting a day 1 patch? Because I go all digital with the Switch. This doesn't bode well if thats from a cart.
That's the game straight from the cart that's being sold for $60.
It was sold early in Mexico.
Especially No Man's Sky. That was an actual tiny ass team trying to do something well beyond their previous level of experience. They caught absolute hell. Not a peep from these folks up in arms about Game Freak being snarked at.
And that shit that got flung their way was well deserved, but at least they weren't guilty of gutting well established staples of a franchise they'd worked on for years. They just over promised and under delivered.
And all the criticism resulted in them actually delivering eventually.
And we won't even have models. It'll be blurry box sprites again.
And it won't have touch controls, so we'll have to drag Pokémon one by one.
Oh please. What won't the apologists for game freak call a tantrum? Any time someone dares to speak up about the ever increasing torrent of anti consumer moves made regarding these games, someone comes out of the wood work to attack anyone daring to express dislike.
Gamefreak is flat out releasing an unfinished game people.
The benefit of the doubt phase should be over. They should be criticized as harshly as Bethesda or EA for this.
How is this evidence of an unfinished game? It's a fog effect that's supposed to lower visibility. The game isn't rendering what you're not supposed to be able to see so there's pop in and that means it's unfinished? What?
It's no secret that GF aren't graphics ninjas, but this stuff just comes off like salty gamers looking for anything to jump on them for.
I just want Pokemon to be good, man. I really wish people wouldn't blatantly try to start shit or actually be toxic when criticizing the games. There's plenty to criticize, no need to criticize people too.
And you have to pay up every month unless you want your pokemon to be deleted. What's that you want to bring back your Luxray to Sun and Moon, well too bad, there is no going back.
My guess is sword and shield started life as 3ds games, then when they had to jump to hd everything went to shit because hd development is really hard to do.
The problem is, most of these quality of life changes, while excellent, affect the competitive community more than the singleplayer crowd.
Everyone plays these games for a different reason. Me? I love playing through the story and then moving on to another game in the franchise. I have almost thousands of hours of playtime in these games just from playing the campaigns over and over again with different teams.
We have been respectfully asking for longer campaigns, more non-linear regions, harder campaigns, and better singleplayer postgame content since, oh, X & Y were a month or so old. The changes they are making to make competitive battling easier are fantastic. Hopefully with the next release, whatever it may be, they throw us singleplayer folks a bone.
I like that there's no positive way to spin this so defenders are just rallying behind yelling at people for using a hashtag sarcastically.
Truly the greatest and most toxic crime one can commit.
Truly the greatest and most toxic crime one can commit.
Stuff like this is just so blatantly anti consumer, and I'm surprised that so many here are defending it.
we're paying for NSO, and these are full, $60 games. Stuff like this is unacceptable.
we're paying for NSO, and these are full, $60 games. Stuff like this is unacceptable.
I'm personally pretty ok with GTS going away. It always felt like there was someone offering any given thing at any given time. You could get what you wanted for, often, a pretty small cost. And it was so easy to cheat back then, I never really believed that anything I got was legitimate. I'm fortunate enough to still have some friends that play these games, so I have that option. Moreover, if I were feeling the need to collect some monsters, I'd get the other version of the game.
Not to say it's a good thing. Outside of my tiny little perspective, I know most people probably love the convenience, especially completionists with limited patience. Or anyone else who just likes to see what's up there. On that note, hopefully there's version of GTS planned for an update or whatever.
Not to say it's a good thing. Outside of my tiny little perspective, I know most people probably love the convenience, especially completionists with limited patience. Or anyone else who just likes to see what's up there. On that note, hopefully there's version of GTS planned for an update or whatever.
How is this evidence of an unfinished game? It's a fog effect that's supposed to lower visibility. The game isn't rendering what you're not supposed to be able to see so there's pop in and that means it's unfinished? What?
It's no secret that GF aren't graphics ninjas, but this stuff just comes off like salty gamers looking for anything to jump on them for.
Did you see those trees pop out of the ground? The Witcher 3 runs better on Switch.
I'm feeling real justified in my opinion that the ridiculous accelerated development timeline the Pokémon games are on right now is severely hurting the series.
That's so cute you're framing it as speaking up or express dislike. I think we both know that you know whats really happening.
yeah I don't like that this is actually something important that has been taken away but it's just the same old "toxic" conversation.
Let's Go should have never happened or S&S should have waited another year
We are literally in a worse position now than we were in 2006 on the DS.
This is so fucking bad.
Link codes.
Meaning you're either limited to trading with people near you so you can swap codes (good chance they don't have what you want), or you have to search out internet forums online and communicate with them and swap link codes just to get what you want.
Yearly release cycle doesn't mean a year of development. No one thinks that.
Wow what a shit game, glad I'm not getting it. I really hope they turn it around next time or I'm out for good.