For someone that sure posts a lot about pokemon.... you dont seem very excited?
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Pokémon Sword and Shield announced. Coming Late 2019
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For someone that sure posts a lot about pokemon.... you dont seem very excited?
If you wanna simplify it, then sure i guess. Its different from a circle at least.
Nice 'Us real fans' rhetoric man. I've played all the damn games, random encounters are still a super dated mechanic that RPGs have forgone for a long long time for good reason. Let's Go was much better paced, had more alive looking areas, and significantly less frustration because it let you see the pokemon in the overworld.
I'm so tired of people going 'But this has always been a thing tho!'. Change can be good, very good in this case. There is literally no real downside to roaming pokemon, and whole ton of upsides. This is the shit that made my jaded self genuinely smile when I saw Let's Go and a gigantic Onix popped up in a cave, it was so fucking cool. It was exactly the shit I wanted since I was a kid.
That was a gym? I thought it was meant to be a cave.
I guess for now I'll remain cautiously optimistic bout the region design.
User warned: "Lazy devs" rhetoric.
That's an absolutely rubbish excuse.
It's an about expecting BOTW tier (and even then BOTW is hardly some sacred gold standard in 2019), it's about a HD game in 2019 looking like it's come from several generations ago.
This console can do some impressive things, I mean just look at XC2, developed by a third party.
Yep, pretty much. There really is no excuse anymore. The bottom line is GF and Nintendo are being lazy and indifferent to the quality of Pokemon games because they know it'll sell gangbusters regardless. Pokemon is Nintendo's FIFA.
The defense force in here lol. This could look much better, "but art style" isn't a valid defense when you have BOTW released 2.5 years earlier on wii U.
Hopefully the framerate isn't OOT tier.
Hopefully the framerate isn't OOT tier.
Yeah that's right I forgot we had to wait. Maybe froakie will be in this region to catch.
It's not hard to design around that. In fact most modern JRPGs do.
Also random encounters are already massively in favour of the player and pointless. Unless you are suggesting this is the first Pokemon game in several generations that has any amount of difficulty in it?
Yeah, the Switch is also a handheld, but it's capable of much more than what Pokémon Shield and Swore show us.
Not seeing it. Game has caves, so it's already way better than BotW :^)
I mean, Ireland could show up at some point. I'd love to see how they respectfully portray it in a non-polarizing manner.
Monolith Soft is 1st party thoughThat's an absolutely rubbish excuse.
It's not about expecting BOTW tier (and even then BOTW is hardly some sacred gold standard in 2019), it's about a HD game in 2019 looking like it's come from several generations ago.
This console can do some impressive things, I mean just look at XC2, developed by a third party.
That's because they just threw the pokemon on environments still based on old Gameboy tilesets. If they actually designed a region from ground up with them in mind it'd fit much more naturally.
That's an absolutely rubbish excuse.
It's not about expecting BOTW tier (and even then BOTW is hardly some sacred gold standard in 2019), it's about a HD game in 2019 looking like it's come from several generations ago.
This console can do some impressive things, I mean just look at XC2, developed by a third party.
XC2 is developed by a first party, and is sub-native resolution. Not that the game looks bad, but you might want to settle your facts before shitposting.
I would also like to add that it's extremely likely that this game started as a 3DS title, or at the very least started with 3DS assets.
Overall it looks alright I guess. Nothing mind blowing. I like the art style a lot and the character designs are the best in years imo.
Just a side note, I get where you're coming from but I'm not sure you know who developed XC2. It's first party.
Random battles without seeing the Pokémon is fine. They could've added the feature just like, in some especial occasions you can see a Pokémon walking by or something, like the shaking grass from previous games.
No following Pokémon, that's really a bummer.
What is the fish based on?
Isn't Gen IV infamous for being the worst until VI came around?
Has a Pokemon game ever been delayed? Serious question since I've only recently started getting interested in the games. Seems like the kind of series that pretty much has to launch in the holiday season.
I am both an old and a washed-up and I'm just fine with random encounters, so I don't know what you're on about.
Reactions on social media are very positive as well, unlike last year where there was general... confusion and distaste?
Sorry Era peeps, you're on your own this time.
Sorry Era peeps, you're on your own this time.
And I'd argue those resources were well spent considering a significant portion of Nintendo's branding and mindshare today is derived from the 400+ million handheld devices they've been able to sell in just under 30 years.
Nintendo wouldn't have chosen the 3DS over the Wii U if their handheld business was as hit-or-miss as their console brand.
Immersion? Something new to surprise players with?
Experimentation? Im not crazy for wanting something other than a screen transition
Oh god, it's worse than I thought. What's the use of all those unreachable cardboard cutouts in the background? Are we in GameCube gen?
I too can be reductive
I wouldn't say it's a first. It happens after every Direct in general. Era can be sourpusses sometimes.
They're had not much time to make this game. Graphics are ok, cute as ever, but just ok.
Next game will look great (HeartSoul/AlphaOmega), and the third (Black and White and Sun and Moon) will look fantastic.
It will sell fantastically, with switch selling huge numbers this could become third (or gasp) second best selling pokemon game.
Next game will look great (HeartSoul/AlphaOmega), and the third (Black and White and Sun and Moon) will look fantastic.
It will sell fantastically, with switch selling huge numbers this could become third (or gasp) second best selling pokemon game.
Yeah you and about ten other people corrected me there lol, my bad.