Wait? There is no GTS? Then how we will be able to trade Pokémon online?
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Pokémon Sword and Shield launch event in Japan cancelled for "operational reasons"
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Wait? There is no GTS? Then how we will be able to trade Pokémon online?
At no point did I see anything about the leaker saying it was bad.
i do wonder if this is "true".
For example HOI IV was heavily crticized at the start for the lack of several features + several problems. After 1 year of patches + DLC the game had as many plays as it had at launch.
warhammer 2 also has retained around 75% of the playerbase for each DLC despite some problems at the start as well as requiring another game to fully use all the features it has. (the game has 2 years so that is pretty imrpessive)
From my limited knowledge of the video game industry being honest is only "bad for business" if you have 0 reputation of fixing your games, which let's be honest is almost all AAA games.
I have no doubts that if game freak said we have these at launch because we are increasing quality of the pokemons witht he rest being added for free in the next 2 years, i'd bet the backlash would be much smaller. Specially if they made pokemon bank free for those that bought the new game.
- someone calls the discourse toxic while also comparing valid criticism to gamergate
oh wait
Actually if they explained Home, the dexit stuff wouldn't have blown up this much.
If Home is a pokemon showdown thing that any pokemon can join it'd be amazing.
If Home is a pokemon showdown thing that any pokemon can join it'd be amazing.
HOME is on the Switch, not just a "dumb phone app"
Also ever consider maybe Pokémon isn't for you if you don't like the games anymore?
I don't like Halo anymore. I used to, but I don't. However I'm not screaming at 343 and Microsoft about it. I just stopped buying it and stopped playing it. Maybe I'm just crazy for doing that and should yell more.
Pretty easy to avoid story spoilers in the leak thread
Venture on down there and see for yourself ;)
I don't really know the answer but personally, what makes me sad is despite the massive cut (which I can understand) 3D Pokémon games still have no respectable post-games. Since X/Y, I'm constantly disappointed everytime I hear the next game won't be better in that area. Sw/Sh is actually worse because it's missing something really important in the end-game as well.
You exchange link codes of course.
Although as Joe pointed out, it's certainly possible they restore all of these missing features with a patch, even though they've never done that before and said they won't do it this time. There's still a chance though so let's calm down.
I can't believe this. Why remove such an important feature since gen 4? Wow.
Take that up with the people making those statements then. Stop painting with a broad brush because it fits the narrative you're pushing.
Game Freak, as you're well aware.
They never revealed the scope of the cuts.
maybe there will be a huge content patched linked with a movie
Well isn't one of the goals of Fervent criticism to get them to take SOME kind of action in response and change course?
I mean why else would we talk about it for months instead of just say it once and move on?
This goes both ways though, some criticism goes too far but there are also people saying anyone dissatisfied with this game is equivalent to Gamergate harassment (someone in this topic grouped "boycotts and death threats" as if they're basically the same). I say that as someone who only dabbles in Pokemon occasionally and doesn't a have a large stake in this.
Gotta love people bringing unrelated tweets to paint all criticism of gamefreak and the games in the same terrible light.
"I don't see the big deal, I never used GTS anyways so why should you be bothered by it?"
Unfortunately no. Kids will buy it anyway and the people criticizing it are just a vocal minority of childish internet trolls making death threats, so there's no point to criticizing. Game Freak doesn't owe us anything after all.
If Home has battles and is using the current Pokemon assets (i.e. including the Galar Pokemon), it would just beg the question of why that isn't in the main game or why patches or DLC aren't on the horizon, especially since balance was stated as an issue. I'm just expecting something like Camping + PokePelago, but in an app. But I agree, it would be nice to have a trailer demonstrating some sort of valuable interactivity with one's collection.
im buying it new to support game freak but next generation or future Pokémon games they will get there act together
I saw it was just battle tower and some short 2 hour episode thing.
Yes, I've considered it a fucking lot, considering for the last 2 years I was told that "this game isn't for you, wait for next years game" and now we've moved on to "This franchise isn't for you"
Yeah, it's not for me anymore, I'm not giving them any more money, that doesn't mean I can't lament that they could do so much better with what used to be one of my favourite franchises.
I mean, for fucks sake are people going to start telling me next year that video games aren't for me anymore? because it feels like every year it escalates to another excuse.
Is that a post about me bringing comments of people discussing this topic saying they deserve it etc., so related tweets?
Potentially. We won't know 100% until the game comes out because GF won't tell us.
People are speculating it may be in Home, and there's no official proof it's cut yet. It could be hidden in a secret online menu or something. But it doesn't look good.
You misunderstood me lol. I am saying they finished the game and after that said it was good. Not that the post game was good.
Well because you are right and everything if you think Masuda was talking under his breath despite speaking clearly and then having it translated you should get your ears checked.
Could be a sign of a hearing problem.
And what could spark that change? People quietly accepting it? No. Backlash is the only thing companies respond to. (and no not harassment before someone starts).
Things like the hashtag spamming were good ways to voice the complaint, but lots of 'fans' were constantly labeling even that as harassment.
All that said, I'm nowhere near as optimistic as you that anything will change even if the response gets worse.
Frankly, if they went through all this trouble to not include all Pokemon in Sword and Shield, only for them to turn around and put all Pokemon and a battle mode exclusively in a paid subscription service, that probably wouldn't go over very well.
Wow Pokemon is serious matter.
Some upset people should take a little break , take a big breath and think back about the seriousness of the case.
From my point of view, which is one of somebody not into Pokemon, this whole affaire seems quite pathetic...
Some upset people should take a little break , take a big breath and think back about the seriousness of the case.
From my point of view, which is one of somebody not into Pokemon, this whole affaire seems quite pathetic...
Imagine having to wait for someone to buy a game and hope important features are in it for this franchise. I'm gonna have to rely on leaks going forward now for info.
These feel like contradictory points. They've explicitly stated their approach is a limited regional dex for upcoming games. A reason this might change is due to fan feedback.
You characterize it as 'yelling/screaming' and I understand your frustration but tone is generally hard to gauge on the internet so discontent can be expressed a variety of different ways.
For many of us around Friday is where we'll have better idea of how the game is. At most any thing they post will be up to debate but not enough for full criticism.
It'd be better than what we are getting, though. At least we could have a mode to incorporate the 60% that was cut...
Like I have said.
Criticism is fine. Backlash is fine.
What has been happening is not fine. It has gone way beyond. it's downright insulting to people and it's tarnishing the community. Like I said, I'm ashamed and disgusted with how parts of the community have been acting of late
There's obviously real harassment going on, but when some people started talking about youtube dislikes and hashtag spam (on official company accounts) as harassment I couldn't help but roll my eyes
How is it disingenuous? It's me showing you can not like things and not go to ridiculous levels about it
My point was that if they could do that in Home then there would be zero reason to not allow transfers into Sword and Shield, other than money grubbing for Home subscriptions.
Giant uproar and overreaction over every feature and change they don't like that Game freak reveals/leaks seems to be the only thing that makes sense to them.
I guess anything else is "disingenuous."
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