There is no loss between the two games, Let's Go was only scaled outside of battles even though it improved the general scale in battles a bit too.
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Yeah, but considering we have dynamaxing, they clearly have no issue with Pokemon being of drastically varying sizes all on screen
The scale being off in X and Y was fine, because it was still a relatively abstract representation of battle, like the sprites. But with Gen VI and the trainer models being visible in battle, it looked... well, off.
Small to medium sized Pokemon are represented fine but large Pokemon are shrunken.
It's not like they can't represent really large Pokemon - Zygarde is 14 feet tall, Wailord is a little more than 3 times that much.
Small to medium sized Pokemon are represented fine but large Pokemon are shrunken.
It's not like they can't represent really large Pokemon - Zygarde is 14 feet tall, Wailord is a little more than 3 times that much.
Unless it was like Scyther-Scizor but also got a slight stat boost, I doubt it. Back when I calculated them from the demo it was slightly higher than Skarmory by like 10-20 points and was in the middle of a bunch of regional birds' BSTs.
Gotcha. So its likely a 2 stage Pokemon along with its Gigantamax Form.
I'm not deciding which Pokémon I'm going to have on my team until I know all Pokémon and stats, but Sir Weezing is a strong contender due to its interesting looks.
It's funny 'cause I see lots of posts about the team they're using but I usually don't decide anything beforehand, besides the starter. I just go by whatever I stumble upon first, and if it helps me, it stays, if I found something better along the way I replace it, and it isn't until after the 4th or 5th gym that I kinda stick to the same 4 or 5 and the spot(s) left is occupied by a Pokémon I need to evolve, an egg, etc.
Only guarantees for me are Scorbunny and Galarian Zigzagoon(since Zigzagoon is in my top 3 favorite pokemon).
Yeah, it's interesting because the models are all to proper scale, so they actually implement a scaling engine to scale them down.The scale being off in X and Y was fine, because it was still a relatively abstract representation of battle, like the sprites. But with Gen VI and the trainer models being visible in battle, it looked... well, off.
Small to medium sized Pokemon are represented fine but large Pokemon are shrunken.
It's not like they can't represent really large Pokemon - Zygarde is 14 feet tall, Wailord is a little more than 3 times that much.
I am curious why they have re-implemented this in Sword & Shield
The scale being off in X and Y was fine, because it was still a relatively abstract representation of battle, like the sprites. But with Gen VI and the trainer models being visible in battle, it looked... well, off.
Small to medium sized Pokemon are represented fine but large Pokemon are shrunken.
It's not like they can't represent really large Pokemon - Zygarde is 14 feet tall, Wailord is a little more than 3 times that much.
What makes this even more bizarre is with dynamaxing we literally already have pokemon much larger than ever before on the field with pokemon their normal size so there should be no reason to adjust the scales whatsoever!
Maybe if they cut more Pokémon out of the game they would've had time to implement proper scaling.
You know it's actually more work for them to scale them. Unless I'm mistaken the models are natively to scale, but they have a scaling function to bring them to how they areMaybe if they cut more Pokémon out of the game they would've had time to implement proper scaling.Maybe in Gen IX?
I love everything about that town. The aesthetic is cozy, and the shadows cast by the clouds are a nice touch.
I mean hell, Let's Go technically isn't to scale either, despite what people keep making out
Mewtwo is 2.0m. Mr. Mime is 1.3m. Unless the 10 year old character is over 6 foot tall, it's not to scale in battles. Overworld is to scale and you can compare Mr. Mime and Mewtwo here
The scaling engine is still in play in Let's Go, but perhaps tuned down a bit which is what I'm expecting in SWSH so I expect Gyarados, Onix etc. to be the similar size as they are in Let's Go but everything else scaled up or down accordingly.
Hell, just imagine Joltik or Cosmoem if the engine didn't scale. You'd not see them easily
Last year I was sent this image of the models extracted to show how they are to scale as standard
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My first and only playthrough of Sun was with Rowlet. Playing through USUM for the first time and I am definitely switching it in to my team once I reach Poni Island. Anchor possessed by sentient seaweed is a rad ass design, shame its only 1 stage.
Getting some Johto Violet City vibes
The size difference between Wishiwashi's forms is great.
It being named Salivelf in French makes me slightly anxious about what its potential evolution might be like.
It being named Salivelf in French makes me slightly anxious about what its potential evolution might be like.
A great hulking grotesque tongue waggling gargoyle that has a steelworker style ability that gives it stab poison moves on top of dark and fairy.
Personally I kinda want its likely evo to be a fairly slim design with a physical Alakazam like stat spread.
Why don't we bring back split evos and have both?
Yeah. But they're supposed to be counterparts of each other, so it makes sense.
It's really not that hard to fit giant Pokemon with tiny ones. Hell I'll even make a video using Battle Revolution comparing Wailord to a Diglett, who is also 0'08". The GC games handled it just fine. Don't see why Gamefreak can't do what Genius Sonority did on older hardware.
Good camera work negates all the issues with pokemon size. I mean, that's literally what drones are for. The game freak games even have a benefit over the GS games because the pokemon don't run up to attack. Just pull the camera in to for the attack animation, like they always done
It's not hard, no, but there's a reason why they aren't doing it.
It's really not that hard to fit giant Pokemon with tiny ones. Hell I'll even make a video using Battle Revolution comparing Wailord to a Diglett, who is also 0'08". The GC games handled it just fine. Don't see why Gamefreak can't do what Genius Sonority did on older hardware.
The scaling engine requires more work. I already demonstrated the models as standard are to scale. Them not being scale in battles in XYORASSMUSUMLet'sGoSWSH isn't them being incapable. It's them doing this for a specific reason.
It's a choice, not an incapability.
I don't get how they are doing the whole Dynamax gimmick but refuse to properly scale big Pokémon.
what people want then requires them to do no scaling. the weird thing is that what they're doing now is more work than what people are asking of them
maybe because scaling would be detrimental to the visibility in battles
Dynamax won't be to scale either, they'll all bring it to a certain size but don't expect say Dynamax Wailord to be any bigger than Dynamax Raichu
The scaling engine has improved a lot though on Switch so they're not as bad
USUM VS Let's Go
We're going to see this more and more. The Pokémon are still mostly to scale with eachother but the scale varies so really small Pokémon aren't minute and they all will still fit on a screen and be distinguishable even when undocked.
Maybe they couldn't do it in XYORASSMUSUM due to the screen size of the 3DS, even if games like Monster Hunter existed. I just legitimately don't understand why Gamefreak aren't doing it when games on two older, weaker platforms didn't have any issues. I can't imagine visibility issues arising when they even have GS members on board.
It's just really frustrating that GF gets a pass for another bizarre choice on powerful hardware not limited by screen size. It just feels like they're developing with handheld mode in mind only.
That is 100% why it was done on XYORASSMUSUM because otherwise things would have been a pixel size
However, again it doesn't matter that the Switch is more powerful, that's not the problem. This is clearly a design decision not a fault of their development as they need more work to do this.
Standardized scaling absolutely makes sense when you have something like Joltik that's 10cm tall and clarity and compatibility are so important.
Now imagine a Pokemon that small next to a gigantimax Pokemon in a raid or something with the camera way zoomed out
Now imagine a Pokemon that small next to a gigantimax Pokemon in a raid or something with the camera way zoomed out
people already hate that some moves don't align well. Extra large or small Pokemon would make that exponentially more janky.
I guess so, since this has been a thing since Gen 6, then 7, and now again with Gen 8. Guess I better get ready for tiny Wailord in HD.
The game zooms into your Pokemon whenever it matters, so I don't see why Joltik being 2 pixels big when in a battle with Wailord or Celesteela would be an issue?
I'd rather have properly scaled Pokemon with misaligned moves than bizarrely scaled Pokemon with misaligned moves.
In most Switch games, TV mode is basically just handheld mode in higher resolution.
Like I showed, the scaling engine has been altered so it's far more variable than in the 3DS games and closer to perfect scale, but still not 100% perfect