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Pokémon Sword and Shield Sells 16 MILLION in 1.5 months
- Thread starter Nikachu
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Yeah, it was an extremely vocal small minority.
I've seen the analytics. It's mostly the same 20 to 30 people on Pokémon posts, on Serebii posts etc. regurgitating the same point.
Sure, people were mad at first, enmass, but it died down.
Subjective. I consider them better.
But they aren't. They really aren't. I have been playing the series since the start, and found the gameplay loop and QoL improvements to me SwSh one of the better games of the series. Is just so much more satisfactory to play, it has become my main Switch game, wich is saying something given my library
Well deserved. Best Pokémon title in several years and a ton of really smart design choices that have me excited for the future of the franchise (just improve the online UX plz).
Oof. Happy for the other titles from Ninty that are quality but I do wish something would light the fire under GF asses. Even if the general audience liked S&S fine at this rate the franchise will be in this eternal stagnation mode.
I do hope the next titles can bring the hype.
I do hope the next titles can bring the hype.
Funny enough that's the reason why I was able to contribute to the big ass number lol. I haven't had a Nintendo handheld since I was a kid, and the last Pokemon I had was Gold. Once I knew a new proper Pokémon game was coming out on switch, I bought it day 1 and I've enjoyed the hell out of it.
Ignore the candies and you'll definitely be kept on your toes in the game: The EXP share is pretty nerfed all things considered and serves as a good QOL improvement akin to EXP sharing in the later PMD games. It's easily my favorite of the base pair games to date so it may be worth a look after the DLC launches. Or stick to PMD DX since dear me I reallllly want that game to do 5 million or more the spinoffs need that
Not to mention that Sun and Moon had their legs cut by USUM the bext year, while SWSH have DLC which will help legs. Excited to see the final total on these.
The only game in the series that I've been interested in enough to try is Colosseum because it seemed ambitious and different from the rest. Guess it's going to stay that way.
I've been playing since the start too, and I don't see it that way at all, but oh well. Just my opinion. I'm done with this.
Well some people didn't get the game for reasons outside the dex cut.
Toto sama I...
I actually agree. The game could use more polish but overall I found it more fun and better than the previous 2 gens.
let's be honest. They probably spent $60 or more on Pokémon SwSh despite their protests.
That has happened. A lot of the design decisions in Generation 7 were in response to Yo-kai Watch being considerable competition. Those design choices are things people dislike.
I used to rank gen 4 highly, but them a few months ago and my opinion changed. Those games have like the opposite problem of what the common complaints for gen 8 are.
Yeah, I'm personally happy with the game, though I would like to see certain things improved.
Many of them probably ended up buying the games anyways lol
As if they didn't cave anyway if they're posting 24/7 on r/pokemon
Wow that's a jawdropping number tbh.
Glas that they are building on this success with the DLC. Really excited for this and what's to come for the franchise.
Glas that they are building on this success with the DLC. Really excited for this and what's to come for the franchise.
ooof, that will learn em a lesson to those Gamefreak guys....
and some people will jump in on DLC release.
Im Glad, like obviously a lot of people I didnt care about dexit, liked the game and the gym battles and trainer animations are the hypest ever, maybe they knew what they were doing. totally deserved.
and some people will jump in on DLC release.
Im Glad, like obviously a lot of people I didnt care about dexit, liked the game and the gym battles and trainer animations are the hypest ever, maybe they knew what they were doing. totally deserved.
I think they're one of the strongest first pairs in a generation we've gotten. I enjoy them more than X/Y and S/M, but they feel a little too streamlined for my tastes. I love the games but I hope the lack of exploration and dungeons is something addressed in gen 9 (though it already seems like one of the expansions is addressing this, so here's hoping).
I can't believe we're in a timeline where we might be getting sales on par with the 90's games in 2020 . Absolutely insane, I'm happy for gamefreak.
I can't believe we're in a timeline where we might be getting sales on par with the 90's games in 2020 . Absolutely insane, I'm happy for gamefreak.
I was assuming "Dexiter" here meant anyone who complained about the removal of the National Dex and not weird obsessive twitter refuse.
It definitely worked for me personally. Let's Go got me back on the Pokémon train - my first since ruby/sapphire. Just an accessible bit of nostalgia to ease me back into the series. And then I bought Pokémon Sword in opening week (and since ordered the dlc). GameFreak know what they're doing!
My guess is that the big thing for gen 9 will be expanding the Wild Area concept and doing more "complex" level design with it.
Yeah, and you have people that either ended up caving or stopped caring and bought it anyways.
This is why all the talk about Temtem "lighting the fire under GameFreak's ass" is funny.
Absurd numbers.
Absurd numbers.
I can see a good portion of them jumping in. Just more cash for Gamefreak it seems.
It's a great game and easily the best generation since Diamond and Pearl, I couldn't even finish the other ones out of boredom (especially Black and White). The game looks nice and runs (refering to load times and offline mostly) pretty well too.
They added a lot of nice QOL features like changeable natures or the way random encounters work.
Here is to the expansion pass!
They added a lot of nice QOL features like changeable natures or the way random encounters work.
Here is to the expansion pass!