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Pokémon Sword and Shield will have a similar amount of Gyms compared to previous games
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Never said it was, but the net result is that a publicity campaign that has tripped over itself time and again has had another blowout.
I find it hard to blame Game Informer in this scenario because even the full length original quote heavily suggests that the minor league gyms will be part of the single player stuff. It's not clear if the original statement was bad or if TPCi just did a bad job translating it, but there was clearly some miscommunication going on here.
It's just weird to give a specific number like 18 if the major/minor league distinction is mostly just for region background purposes.
The implication is probably supposed to be that there's one for every type.
I'm disappointed by this comment. I saw you saying how you were tired of negativity in Era in the other thread and that there were a cohort of people always looking to stir up shit (which I'd assumed meant people trying to start drama, and was glad you'd recognised) and here you are needlessly escalating things because you disagree with someone's point of view. I guess all you were ever really saying is you were tired of people being negative about Pokemon :/
It would be nice if people didn't make any assumptions about the amount of effort spent on games that are largely made by underpaid and overworked people just because they don't like the look of something and don't have the experience to back up their opinions. You can be critical without questioning people's work ethic.
There's a marked difference between being critical about something and basically calling developers lazy, which is a bannable offense for good reason. People coming up with new ways to say the same thing doesn't change the message here. I don't even really care about these games and largely stopped participating in threads on Sword & Shield because I have no intention to buy them.
It's certainly partly their fault. If you're gonna talk about something like this it's not that hard to be more explicit about what you mean. Even their correction is still more vague than it has any need to be (a "similar number" of gyms? We already know it's 8 so just say 8. It's not hard) and I've seen people continue to misunderstand the correction to mean there will be an even split of 9 in each game.
We also don't know definitively that exp share can't be turned off because they technically didn't answer that and just said the item is gone and Pokemon all earn exp "by default." And they talked a lot about how they want to make competitive Pokemon more accessible but refused to elaborate on what that means beyond implying, not outright stating like they can easily do, that you change natures. They have a pretty clear pattern of not-so-great communication at this point.
Yeah I should have worded it differently. It just looks very amateur for the experience, staffing and resources GameFreak has available to them. It's very disappointing
What are you talking about? They said eight in their follow up statement to Game Informer.
Wait did people take Game Informer's podcast quote of "similar number" as the actual statement?
I hadn't seen this, only the "similar number" quote because that's what's been spread the most, so that's my bad. The rest of my point stands, though. Game Freak is too attached to their secrecy and strict scheduling of reveals, which leads to them not being as upfront about really simple things as they could be.
That quote is still obvious as fuck that the Minor League aspect of this PR Schadenfreude Conga Line is definitely something that exists within the game.
Either its something post leagje that TPC obviously doesn't want to market this early, or the Minor League does factor into the story between Major League Gyms. Its existence within the game is still an absolute fact, but to what capacity do the 10 or so minor leaders have a role in story or gameplay is remained to be seen.
Oh, spare me. People can be as critical as they want of Gamefreak's efficiency and design goals without implying they are lazy. I do not think they dedicate the whole day to lying on the sofa, looking at the ceiling while sipping tea. They probably work hard, but are inneficient, short-handed or lacking ambition.
So basically like any other pre-gym quest from previous games.
Ah! That's it then.
But it's from the bottom of the major league right? Seeing as you get sponsored, you don't really fight in the minor league from what it looks like
That's the kind of hyperbole that usually escalates these discussions into this mess.
Most people that were complaining said more or less something along those lines of "that's a shame, I was excited for it", but you come here and claims people are saying that GF hates its fans. I don't know if you just made that up, but if you didn't, that was certainly a very small minority I didn't even notice. Most people are (rightfully) disappointed and making brief comments (some of them snarky, as in any discussion about anything) about how sad this is or about how the marketing for the game has been a mess, which it has (be this particular instance GF's fault or not).
If you can't see a negative thread about Pokemon without coming in to say people in general are abusing GF, it would be best not to participate in those threads. They would just die with time and we could move on to the next batch of news that could be good or bad.
Unless they bring in Morimoto as director for the next game along with TPCi allowing GF a longer dev time, then yes, yes it is too hard to ask for.
I would kill for Morimoto or Unno to direct again. Ohmori and Iwao play things way too safe.
a-fucking-men
I am sick of people trying to stiffle discussion of legitimate issues not just with the game itself but Gamefreak as a whole. I really want to like this game, but the entire hype cycle has been a mess.
The amount of content jammed into HG/SS and B2/W2 were amazing. Even though I put over 400 hours into them, I feel I took them for granted.
I thought the mistranslation was from TPC's translator not GameInformer..?
I found it funny when Ohmori and Masuda said Morimoto was the most hardcore player in the office. It certainly shows lol
I agree, i just don't like Ohmori and Masuda philosophy, Masuda lost his way unfortunately.
I'm not even excited for sword and shield and I pre ordered both games and I'm prepared to lose my €10 pre order or I buy the game and trade it into CEX and get rid
the road to these games is not but complete misery for fans sadly.
When the games were first shown off it didn't wow me or other fans.
The new Pokémon and forms shown off and characters are a delight I will admit that much.
no national dex and cut Pokémon is a travesty and is something that and should of never happened.
then we have exp share you cannot turn it off it's not even an option this angers me the most because of telling us how to play the game and not play it the way we want.
wasting time and resources on gimmicks that will be here for one game and taken away in the next like this giant Pokémon in this game and example beloved features like Pokémon following you been taken away.
The games been so easy sometimes it's not fun to play the lack of a hard mode this is just my opinion and been a fan of franchise since the beginning Pokémon for me is not been what it could be.
the road to these games is not but complete misery for fans sadly.
When the games were first shown off it didn't wow me or other fans.
The new Pokémon and forms shown off and characters are a delight I will admit that much.
no national dex and cut Pokémon is a travesty and is something that and should of never happened.
then we have exp share you cannot turn it off it's not even an option this angers me the most because of telling us how to play the game and not play it the way we want.
wasting time and resources on gimmicks that will be here for one game and taken away in the next like this giant Pokémon in this game and example beloved features like Pokémon following you been taken away.
The games been so easy sometimes it's not fun to play the lack of a hard mode this is just my opinion and been a fan of franchise since the beginning Pokémon for me is not been what it could be.
I don't even know them in person or something, but despite all the criticism that Masuda gets, I still like him more than Ohmori. Masuda might do strange things, but TO ME, without any foundation, I just feel like Ohmori is the one pushing these changes that no one asked for. And in the few interviews I've seen of him, I don't know, I just don't like him lol Like when you just meet a person, and haven't even talk to them, but you just feel something
Jesus, don't even say "for more purposes" next time. Just say there will be 8 gyms and let people find out the lore about the other 10 later, my god lol
I'll be honest...the amount of gyms will not affect my decision of whether or not to purchase the game. I haven't played since Pokemon Red, and I don't remember how many gyms that one had. Having said that, obviously you want to be clear in your marketing so as to not mislead. In this case it sounds like it was more the site's fault and not Nintendo.
To provide an example, Morimoto himself wanted to stuff HeartGold and SoulSilver with as much content as possible. Even when his team were a little surprised at how much was being added. He just kept piling on more things.
HeartGold and SoulSilver are my favorite Pokemon games for so many reasons and one of them definitely includes just how much you can do in those games!
18 gyms sounded a bit overkill. To me this looks like a great Pokemon game regardless. It might be because I don't care about the whole national dex thing either. I love the new Pokemon introduced and I think the world they have created looks fun. 6 more weeks to go.
Maybe they should have just made gyms harder instead of giving so many gym leaders. 10 sounds like a better number than 18.
Huh, so that means that each game will have exclusive clothes not available in the other game. If anyone doesn't know, you get the gym leaders' outfit after beating them.
Going by the name I figured it might be some shit, and it took seconds before seeing that they find 9/11 hilarious among other things? I hope that's not you
No? I honestly didn't know what TWAB is nor I did pay attention to the name u.u.