So, in the past, I would buy a Pokémon game. Play through the linear story, catch a few Pokémon, beat the Pokémon league and then quit. I suspect that based on my play habits, this game is right up my alley.
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Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018
- Thread starter Xavi
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The marketing department don't work on the games, they market it. Unless that's what you meant. And sure, they work hard but that doesn't mean I can't occasionally point and laugh.
Right now I'm just pointing out that TPC is trying to have their cake and eat it by saying Let's Go is totally a mainline game but there's also a more mainline game that's coming out next year. Let's Go Pikachu is not a spin-off, it's just less main game-y than the one coming out next year.
It's just kind of absurd and funny to me. Especially since people seem to be going along with it for some reason.
Still can't do a Cannon animationVery disappointing for the first console Pokémon game.
Never mind the fact that this picture highlights that even in a game with only 151 models, they reuse the models and attack animation from since X/Y.
No one assumed this was the next gen game. A lot of people thought this was a game to tie us over until gen 8. I know. I was I was one of them.
Well then you could say the same about pokémon Go.
I see huge differences, like the lack of pokémon older than gen1, I saw CP levels, and it seems there's no items. So it looks like a simplified branch of pokémon, versus the more complete one.
That interview i posted is official too. They see it as a new mainline branch, just as Mario 64 was a new 3d mainline branch for mario.
Besides the tropical freeze debacle, I think Nintendo has been fine with their pricing. The insidein creating this mindset that games should get cheaper after the first few months and honestly I think that's ridiculous. The game you get 6 months from now is still the same game you got day one, but you expect the value to be lowered because time. Nintendo's games creates a nice seller's market, done they actually hold value for a great while. The value staying high also encourages people to just buy it sooner since they know there won't be a price drop.
I understand it's great for consumers and their wallets, but everyone waiting for price drops isn't that great for the industry as a whole.
Good for you.
I was just giving an example of go players with no nintendo systems right now but that they were wating for this, that are now going to wait for 2019 becuase they didnt like what they saw, I know people like you exist (and a lot of them, they have give their opinions in this thread), but I also now that some people (in this case that i know in real life) are going to go a different route becuase I talked directly with them, so the other camp also exist (how big is the camp, i dont really know, I was just trying to use them as an explanation of why i think is not that good of an idea as a stepping stone as some think, not in detriment of the lets go series, but in detriment of the future of the core series).
We don't know what a level 9 means in this game. That might be high or low for that point of the game. Just because the gameplay has been simplified, it doesn't make it easier. I remember everyone complained about Bloodborne when the mechanic to recover health immediately after taking damage was revealed. People said it will be too easy and that it ruins what made Demon Souls so great but look at the reputation it has now, it's much loved on Era. Cutting the crap such 50 zubat battles in a cave and having me tediously whittle down an enemy's HP until it's red before throwing a Pokéball is a change I welcome, especially in a franchise where recent titles still play like the originals.
*Nintendo announces game for 3DS*
"What the f*ck why are they releasing games for 3DS, shift it over to Switch and just make it HD!!"
*Nintendo announces Switch game that obviously started as 3DS game"
"What the f*ck this looks so ugly why can't they make it look better and btw this isn't hardcore enough for me!!"
*Nintendo announces development of mainline Pokemon title for Switch*
"Cool but we won't see it until 2019 at earliest"
*2018 Pokemon spinoff-type game is announced in addition to 2019 title"
"What the f*ck where is my traditional Pokemon what is this why can't they make a real Pokemon game!??"
"What the f*ck why are they releasing games for 3DS, shift it over to Switch and just make it HD!!"
*Nintendo announces Switch game that obviously started as 3DS game"
"What the f*ck this looks so ugly why can't they make it look better and btw this isn't hardcore enough for me!!"
*Nintendo announces development of mainline Pokemon title for Switch*
"Cool but we won't see it until 2019 at earliest"
*2018 Pokemon spinoff-type game is announced in addition to 2019 title"
"What the f*ck where is my traditional Pokemon what is this why can't they make a real Pokemon game!??"
You, know. I actually have seen a ton of different reports and I'm not sure of the time line of them.
The most recent consensus I've seen in this thread seems to be that there was a translation error and online is in fact in.
But I can't say with absolute certainty...
Thanks! In the end it's an additional experience for everyone. Cannot fathom how self proclaimed hardcore fans aren't excited about that.
For everyone that doesn't know how PkmGO stats work, here's the deal:
CP in GO is like experience.
Everytime you increase CP...Health, Defense and attack stats increases with It, but It depends on IV.
For example, if i have a 96 IV Mewtwo, that means It has 15 attack stat, 15 Health stat, and 13 Defense stat (15 is maximum in GO).
When you increase CP, the Pokemon ingreses 0'5 levels...2 increases of CP is the equivalent of 1 total level up.
And everytime you level up your pkm, it's base stats depending on IV increases with level, but only as a equivalency of this base stats.
A 96 IV Pokemon with the same CP as a 68 IV Pokemon Will be always more Powerful due to base stats.
Is not as simple and casual as it seems, it's very comeplex for a kid.
CP in GO is like experience.
Everytime you increase CP...Health, Defense and attack stats increases with It, but It depends on IV.
For example, if i have a 96 IV Mewtwo, that means It has 15 attack stat, 15 Health stat, and 13 Defense stat (15 is maximum in GO).
When you increase CP, the Pokemon ingreses 0'5 levels...2 increases of CP is the equivalent of 1 total level up.
And everytime you level up your pkm, it's base stats depending on IV increases with level, but only as a equivalency of this base stats.
A 96 IV Pokemon with the same CP as a 68 IV Pokemon Will be always more Powerful due to base stats.
Is not as simple and casual as it seems, it's very comeplex for a kid.
Heh, that's rich, coming from you. Also, why do you keep using that "interview" as basis for your points when there's no interview to begin with? You have been conveniently ignoring that.
Alright this makes no sense.
Is the concept of remakes this much of a paradigm shift that they'd have to clarify it to the audience that new generations will also be made? Did they also clarify after announcing ORAS that they would still make brand new, non-remake games? Was "but will they make new Pokemon ever again?" a question that existed in anyone's mind at any point, even when people believed this was the only game coming in the foreseeable future?
I apologize if you meant something else.
Spin off have different gameplay and style.
Let's Go retain both of those thing from the core serie, with semplifications done here and there.
I'm honestly completely OK with getting rid of the wild battles, it's not like the whole grinding process was rely integral for the games, after capturing one kind of Pokemon I usually run away or use repel once I have every one from that route.
And I'm sure that Gamefreak will put an alternative method to grind levels (may be rebattling trainers which would be a better alternative)
And I'm sure that Gamefreak will put an alternative method to grind levels (may be rebattling trainers which would be a better alternative)
Might as well put some sales predictions here.
I'm thinking this game will sell 10M in its life. Primarily because some people might not like the simplification, the aesthetic, or they're waiting on the next game in 2019. Also because this game will have its legs cut off in summer 2019 when promotion for Gen 8 starts
I'm thinking this game will sell 10M in its life. Primarily because some people might not like the simplification, the aesthetic, or they're waiting on the next game in 2019. Also because this game will have its legs cut off in summer 2019 when promotion for Gen 8 starts
It's a completely meaningless term, so whatever makes people more or less angry depending on your stance.
On top of that, they are RPGs developed by Gamefreak for current Nintendo consoles. They are also positioned as such, being released in late November and all.
BOTW has very different mechanics and gameplay from OoT, so it must be a spinoff.
One mainline game is one that clearly pushes the Pokémon brand forward, with new pokémon, and the ones that come after it with the same core gameplay and connectivity, which can either be ramakes like ORAS or third versions like USUM.
Let's Go looks like a completely new thing that they want to sell as "core product", instead of spin off. I guess we can see it more like an extension of pokémon Go business aimed at making its users get closer to the main games.
It's fascinating to see a mainstream development team so desperately refusing to move forward in game design. Obviously they don't have to, their fanbase will eat this up. Yet when even the Monster Hunter people finally moved forward, this series' lack of ambition is getting comical. Keeping only the bearable OG Pokemon designs would actually be an acceptable regression, still rocking the Gameboy world feel not so much. I would have actually been interested in a Yellow remake that feels like its actually making use of modern technology.
It's essentially a remake of Yellow but with a couple simplified mechanics. Was Yellow a spinoff?
It's a Pokemon RPG where you travel a region, catch Pokemon, battle in gyms, battle the Evil Organization (TM) and finally take down the Elite Four. That's a mainline game.
The simplifications seem pretty massive. Do we have any idea how trainer battles work ? They could have changed this a lot too.
The reason why we are arguing about it is because Fosko has spent the last few weeks giving us shit for believing the leaks and now it's payback time but he is trying to find loopholes not to admit he was wrong.
You just ignoring the Joe Merrick tweet where it was stated they're mainline?
Pokémon Go played completely different from the main series and had no story or real progression.
Let's Go is Pokémon Yellow with a new capturing and encounter mechanic based of Go - it is a simplified experience yes but still very much a core Pokémon one.
If a Pokemon game's actually fun and isn't Pokemon Snap, it's probably a mainline game.
It's clearly a main game, trying to be different doesn't automatically make it a spin off. Is Breath of the Wild a Spin Off? How about Mario 64?
probably everything's on the screen, like an action RPG, except there's no battle. Also seems like they are treating this for home gaming, whatever that means
No, I already said that they see it as mainline, but not the same as "classic" mainline. Because it's a new mainline branch.
It's complicated.
Pokemon leafgreen and fire red were also remakes, but retained their mainline status by not deleting new pokémon, features and connectivity introduced that gen.
It's hard to classify but it's clearly not the mainline pokémon game most expected or want, USUM will remain as the latest mainline games for 1 more year, just like ORAS did, before the new gen comes out.
They confirmed that you'll be able to catch the alolan forms.
Sweet a new mainline game cant wait to import pokemon ive raised over the last 14 years
The moves Bulbasaur has all match up with it's learnset in Su/Mo. It's safe to assume that they won't be radically changing the levels at which Pokemon learn moves so that Venonat will most likely only have tackle as an attack. The worst it could do is annoy you with confuse ray and disable.
Yeah, this is my take on this aswell.
I don't mind the return of Kanto or the first 150 Pokemon, but GF's ambition is laughable in my opinion.
The 2019 game better have some major shakeups.