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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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yeah, that's pretty terrifying. I would not call that a massive leap forward in facial animation lol
I'm going to email them because a reasonable tweet is likely going to be buried in the cauldron that is the Pokémon twitter account right now
I'm sure the intern running Nintendo's twitter will be okay.
Just looking at the official account, people are just tweeting the hashtag to them. Seems pretty benign.
What journalists are you referring to?
How have I moved the goalpost? The male protagonist, even in your personally selected pictures, is staring straight ahead with almost no expression in several shots.
My exact comment said "If I'm wrong, I really don't think it's to the degree of a "wide array of facial expressions" but I'm happy to be proven wrong "
There are PS3 games with more expressive facial expressions, this is not some cutting edge "wide array" that is enough to justify cutting pokemon.
I think, flat out, if they have the gall to charge you real damn money for Pokemon Home there is no development excuse in the world that could justify this.
Worst thing that could happen to the series.
Because of the backwards compatibility I've always viewed newer games as more of expansion packs for the larger Pokemon universe, so even though individually they could be considered half-steps, I've never minded as it just made the series richer as a whole. But now that they've decided to change this, Sword and Shield have to stand entirely on their own merits. And what they've shown isn't nearly enough of a leap forward to justify gutting one of the core values of the games.
Because of the backwards compatibility I've always viewed newer games as more of expansion packs for the larger Pokemon universe, so even though individually they could be considered half-steps, I've never minded as it just made the series richer as a whole. But now that they've decided to change this, Sword and Shield have to stand entirely on their own merits. And what they've shown isn't nearly enough of a leap forward to justify gutting one of the core values of the games.
I did it once to see how it worked and stopped cause I didn't want to make the game even easier.
You said the MC only had one expression, the standard happy smile. I showed you it's not the case and now you're moving the goalpost. It's also not staring ahead in all the shots. It's an anime style, look at other games like this and you'll find it's not that different. We also have only seen a small part of the game.
So if it's purely about the work to put the animations in, why can they not put them in later? Why could they not have cut some less popular features instead?
Most importantly, why are the animations we've seen so far still so basic?
I sure look forward to seeing more classic animations like Pikachu using Floaty Fall or Toucannon using Supersonic Skystrike.
The combat part is BS and they know it. Regional pokemon also get the change to shine regardless of what happens as they are the normal experience for most of the userbase.
And the "higher quality animations" they have shown of old pokemon really stretch the definition of "higher quality".
"If I'm wrong, I really don't think it's to the degree of a "wide array of facial expressions" but I'm happy to be proven wrong "
I'm not sure how you can interpret this as "He only has one expression"
And so far we haven't seen any evidence of higher quality animations.
Balance excuse is bull.
Masuda is tone deaf.
I love that Pokemon are still using basic hopping animations 😂 Plus flying Pokemon STILL don't land
You don't just "embiggen" the existing animations. You increase the quality of textures to ensure the quality is on part with how large the model is, and see how the animations (as well as other special effects) impact the engine. And then there's the issue with animating the new "Max" moves in relation to the large models.
So yeah, you're making it a lot simpler than it actually is.
The footage we've seen so far directly contradicts this, but cool.
Ok but if he's gonna use that as an excuse the treehouse demo could've showcased these fabled animations. The old mons there were as static as ever, with the amount Wingull with their wings open hovering the overworld being even embarrasing.
I couldn't tell if what we seen of Dyanamax so far has used new animations, do you have any examples?
"We knew at some point we weren't going to be able to indefinitely keep supporting all of the Pokemon"
So y'all strung us along for years telling us you cared about us being able to use our Pokemon in new games just to get our money?
So y'all strung us along for years telling us you cared about us being able to use our Pokemon in new games just to get our money?
And I stick by that. Moving his eyes occasionally doesn't stop that creepy-ass stare into my soul that he does. He's doing it in half the screenshots you linked.
I don't see any evidence of the models having higher res textures when giant. The Max moves just use the same 2 attack animations for the Pokemon.
So let's make bets on what Pokemon will never see the light of day again in a mainline Pokemon title.
Phione? Hypno? Alolan Golem?
Phione? Hypno? Alolan Golem?
So they've been planning for a while to just quit supporting all the Pokemon?
This is maddening.
Regardless of whether or not they make an attempt to fix this, there absolutely needs to be a list of what's missing BEFORE launch, which sounds like something that should be a given but I'm almost certain it won't be.
Not just that man
They made it abundantly clear that they are moving beyond supporting all pokemon indefinitely
Which seems logical going forward. They are flat out stating
I think Kadabra is a safe bet because of the lawsuit
Jynx maybe because of the racial backlash?
They've literally been lying to use for years about making sure we can use our Pokemon in new games just to get our money.
That Masuda interview doesn't sound very encouraging at all for the prospect of them reversing this decision.
It's always unfortunate when human beings need to bare the brunt of hurtful attacks that are essentially just crude surrogates for the transmission of thoughts between people.
That visceral reaction is a lower-tier emotional expression of the same rational points discussed in this thread, yet the suffering caused is totally avoidable.
You know there are some that are just going to be plain forgotten. Like three gens from now Game Freak just won't notice that they've never let someone use their Maractus.
Exactly. This is such bullshit.
"Well, there's just too many now and we don't really want to support all of them".
Fuck this.
not really sure if that's a lie
for a time that was a priority for them. now it no longer is.
Only a priority when it comes to milking people for cash for their Pokemon Home scam.
lol @ anyone thinking Gen 1 Pokémon won't ever come back. They're all coming back. Sinnoh and Unuva are getting screwed over.
Masuda said they knew they wouldn't be able to support them all forever, yet for years they have gone on about how they want to make sure we can continue to use our old Pokemon. Masuda said something similar just TWO weeks ago.
Game Freak is looking scummier by the minute.
there is some precedence, just look at how long it's been since they've made a Kadabra card
It was literally a priority for them 2 weeks ago at the Pokemon conference
They tried to sell Pokemon Home two weeks ago
Also when people were worried about LGPE only having the Kanto roster they said it was just for that game and instead mainline games for longtime players would have the other pokemons back
I 100% accept the animation argument.
I don't accept the balance one as that's already dealt with through the Black Clover/Blue Pentagon system as well as rulesets. It can be further controlled with changes to learnsets and Egg Moves so I 100% do not buy that statement. I feel that was added to try and convince people it's for the best.
I don't accept the balance one as that's already dealt with through the Black Clover/Blue Pentagon system as well as rulesets. It can be further controlled with changes to learnsets and Egg Moves so I 100% do not buy that statement. I feel that was added to try and convince people it's for the best.
It was just an excuse he had to come up with to try to justy this.
I 100% believe the language in the article
They don't want to support the entire roster forever
Its that simple guys and unless they reverse this philosophy I would expect limited rosters to be standard going forward
They don't want to support the entire roster forever
Its that simple guys and unless they reverse this philosophy I would expect limited rosters to be standard going forward
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