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Only Pokémon in Galar Pokédex can be transferred to Sword & Shield from Pokémon Home; similar restrictions intended for subsequent titles
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It's so crazy to me that during a week where we saw games like Cyberpunk, FFVII, and Ghostwire Tokyo that these Pokemon animations are what we're supposed to believe were holding them back lol
It's a franchise altering move and changes things drastically going forward. Now Game Freak decides which Pokemon you will be using.
I honestly don't know if I want to be part of it.
the timeline is that yesterday, Masuda said on Treehouse Live that the only Pokemon implemented in Sword and Shield are the ones in the Galar regional Dex, and those are the only Pokemon you can transfer to Sword and Shield out of other Pokemon games. there's also that interview posted on the last page I guess
there's been zero acknowledgement of any consternation amongst their customers about this on their end, and I would be extremely surprised if there ever is
This is work a one year game development student intern could probably do. GameFreak is just incompetent.
I thought Amie was pretty cute and liked the idea, but was frustrated at how basic the mechanic was, especially since in the end you find the most sensitive part of the Pokemon and just keep rubbing the stylus over it until you get more hearts.
I want them to continue it, but to expand it, and give it a lot more nuance besides only the most basic aspects of the Pokemon. I'd like to say I want it to have more "physicality" but I have no idea if that would be possible (but who knows, given we're in the era of HD rumble). I definitely want more grooming options.
If they give this stuff the level of depth that I'd want, then I'll totally accept their justification for the lack of inclusion of every Pokemon, because it involves a lot of focus on physical details of every Pokemon. They haven't (to my knowledge -- haven't watched the Treehouse streams) shown any of this so I'm just as confused by their decisions as anyone else, especially since Refresh didn't really add much of anything to the formula from what I experimented with and that was one Pokemon.
As a casual Pokemon gamer, I find relief in their decision. It's good to know I don't have to buy previous games and collect my favourite Pokemon there.
Totally get why engaged fans are upset about this, though.
I can't believe I partly bought a Switch for this. Fuck this. I also can't believe how angry I am about this but I feel like this is the first time I've felt shit on about something I love from childhood
Well, got to show them with your wallet which I will be doing, this is shitty practise.
Serebii is being generous and hopeful
If you read the linked article... to me the language is abundantly clear
Whatever work they did to "future proof" existing pokemon... who cares
They are shifting priorities. Maybe they had a different vision for the future back then. Maybe they thought they might do ONE MORE 3DS generation!
Either way it certainly sounds like their design goals have changed with their new development members and catering to Nintendo Switch system and its capabilities
As far as balancing goes, don't you only really need to keep a close eye on the regional dex? As far as nation dex mons go I feel like it's a little more okay if they end up over/under powered because you're bringing them in from the outside, if it messes with the balance of the campaign a little bit it's not the end of the world because you're going out of your way to do so
Yeah just not have them in the game at all, can't have them. Problem solved.
im assuming existing pokes will use the old animations. the pokemon barely move as is, i dont see them changing them. all 3DS games looked exactly the same in battle
I don't get it. If they aren't available in SS the only way to get them is in old games
Ok, then the whole event just started since yesterday. I'd give it about 1 or 2 weeks, and then check it up to see if there are any updates. Thanks.
If Pokémon cut POKÉMON themselves, then I'm out.
This is what happens when people excuse stuff like cutting features like Hard Mode, Battle Frontier, most post-game things, etc.
Now we're losing MOVES (Z-move), FORMS (mega) and POKÉMON even. It's ridiculous.
Animal crossing is actually delayed because it's secretly going to become a pokemon spinoff
Masuda has clearly lost it. So are they going to rebrand the "gotta catch em'all' that's been a staple in the franchise since its debut 20+ years ago? Seriously, the old man needs to take a hike like Miyamoto and let the younger folk take the reins. Completely lost it.
I'm not defending this but multi hit moves never have attack animations and didn't in previous games, so this isn't really representative
You could have just traded for them online. Shit, most people will just give away whatever you wanted for nothing in return.
It's weird how they care about balance now. They didnt care about balance in lets go and that was a smaller pool of pokemon made for a new audience to teach them the mechanics. But heres stealth rock with no counters. Heres mega evolutions with no real drawbacks.
all they have to do is make hd quality animations once for evrey Pokemon and they are good for a while
the switch 2 won't be as strong as the ps4
nintendobprobably won't have a machine powerful enouph forps5 games until like 2035
Nintendo wont have a massive power jump for a long time.
the switch 2 won't be as strong as the ps4
nintendobprobably won't have a machine powerful enouph forps5 games until like 2035
Nintendo wont have a massive power jump for a long time.
if its anything like prior gens, you won't be able to import your pokes until post campaign anyway.
Or they could've just made the official tournaments restrict teams, like they've already have done several times before.
I was thinking of making a separate thread regarding the bit about this being Game Freak's policy going forward (since this thread seems to be focused more on Sword and Shield), along with maybe some suggestions on how to properly and politely send feedback regarding it to TPC/Game Freak. Would that be a bit redundant, or should I go for it?
I'm expecting it to be cool for like 5 minutes.
He reminds me of these Square Enix producers that just seem to have no clue at all to what they're doing.
You guys aren't getting it
Its not about the excuses.... Read between the lines or hell read the blunt language
They no longer want to drag the roster forward indefinitely
So we can bitch about he details about "how easy it would be" or how there is no reasonable explanation this cant be done all day
But its quite simply a design decision they look to stick with going forward
They don't care at all. lol Remember when they made Mega, people thought it would balance the game, but then they just made strong Pokémon even stronger and the meta even more unbalanced.
That's just an excuse he thinks he can get some people to rally behind.
Haha so this has already been solved then
Then why does pokemon home even exist
They could have just done a hard cutoff like gen 3 again
But theyre doing this weird half step
yeah =/ its one of those things where i get trying to excuse it, but its really hard to see where they're coming from and not just view it as negative to the fanbase/cash grab
GOOD QUESTION!
I have no idea! I mean it DOES work for Sword and Shield and presumably any future games they make next?
So probably for that. Maybe they will make spinoff games that pull your pokemon off the bench one more time!
Because then you need to pay the sub to not let them delete your hostage Pokémon.
I'd be happy if they were in the game, but I'm okay not being able to import them for not having time to play old versions.
Works for me. This is a very selfish point of view, but yeah.
Doesn't matter because you can't transfer them since they aren't in the game.
That's a fair point! Last time I used the trade system I could tell there's a fair bit of generous players out there.
IIRC he claimed he was stepping back after Let's Go, but I don't know the specifics of what he actually said.
He's no longer directing the games, leaving that to the younger folk.
its to trick people to importing their pokes that some have had for over a decade, then hiding them behind a paywall, that if you stop paying for, they get deleted.
its pretty fucking evil. ill leave all my pokes on my 3ds carts
Stadium 1 on N64 has better Pokemon animations than Sw&Sh
They don't want to actively remove Pokemon, they just want to limited the available Pokemon in each game. For example, maybe Slugma and Magcargo aren't available in Sword and Shield but they are available in the Gen 9 games. Your pre-exisiting Magcargo from Gen 7 would be transferable to Gen 9, just not Sword and Shield.
Lol who do you think are the driving force behind the desire to do something new?
The YOUNGER DEVS
HE literally says it in the article
Are you surprised they dont want to animate 1000 old pokemon 10 times over for the next decade?
I have a complete Pokedex all the way from X/Y generation. I have Pokebank, but honestly, this decision didn't bother me.
Eventually, a hard reboot will be needed. Just too many mons.
That said, I do hope they update this for fans that want all the Pokemon available.
Eventually, a hard reboot will be needed. Just too many mons.
That said, I do hope they update this for fans that want all the Pokemon available.
It honestly feels like this decision to not support every pokemon was made very suddenly. There's no doubt they started developing SWSH and got so far into it only to realize that they cant put every pokemon in before release. It feels like there was no foresight to this decision.
Either they'll update it (not SWSH, release a new version) with every mon and then future proof them...more I guess, OR Gen 9 is a hard reboot.
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