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Pokemon Sword and Shield New Japanese Trailer [read staff post]
- Thread starter Lady Bow
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Looks decent. Hope reviews at least touch on level/world design. It's been the biggest issue for me since the 3DS era.
I would hope Mawile gets buffed, gets a Gigantamax, or better yet, gets the mega form integrated as a normal evo (real talk who's gonna complain?). The developers seemed to realize how underpowered it was before XY to even give it a Mega in the first place, so it being back raises some eyebrows.
I mean, it's not gonna stop me from using it anyway but y'know.
I mean, it's not gonna stop me from using it anyway but y'know.
I dont disagree. With Gen 7 not introducing any new ones and the fact that Ash never used mega evolutions in the anime told me that they were gonna drop this feature.
It's ok you will not keep flamethrower for a long time anyway
It will sell millions anyway
It would be cool if for pokemon like Mawile or Beedrill they made the mega evo a regular evo (maybe a bit nerfed because Choice band Mega Mawile would be broken) and for Tyranitar, Garchomp and similar make the mega evo their gygamax form.
Pretty much, was an absolute nightmare. Though I kept in Solgaleo and Lunala's cries since they made the trailer, hype towards the end.
It will also be a great fun game. Vote with your wallets if your upset tho
Yup
instead we have dynamax
The more I see of the Dyna and Gigant system the less interested I become
Lmao is that really grounds to boast? A minor animation change for a handful of moves. Guess expectations hit rock bottom for some.
Changing move animations every few games used to be the expectation.
The leak said they can Gigantamax though.
Remember only certain specimens can Gigantamax.
Pokémon that Gigantamax can also Dynamax with just their regular form (they showcased this in the last trailer with Alcremie).
You gotta admit tho that buying the game while dissatisfied isn't a respectable stance either. Shenmue fans are taking refunds in droves after waiting for 15 years. Now that's how you make your dissatisfaction known and felt.
You need to capture Raid Gigantamax Pokemon in order to be able to use Gingatamax. All other ones, even of the species with Gigantamax, are only able to use Dynamax.
Yeah, an anchor point approach would not work that well with this type of animation.
But they could at least change the offset for the animation's origin a bit though(on a case by case basis)...
Thank Arceus they cut out older Pokemon to give us this masterful animation
Seriously. I don't care how you have to tweak its stats and whatever GF, just please give me back my fabulous Absol evo more permanently
I find it strange though that only specials found our in thw Raids can use Gigantamax, you would think with a Dynamax level in the stat screen Pokemon would be able to use it after maxing it that out.
"unfortunately the pokédex wasn't coded with retro-fitting evolutions in mind"
I can't get over how stupid Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing are. I just can't.
Other than that, I continue to fluctuate between extremely whelmed about this title to actively disliking many of its new features and mechanics. And to think I was sure I couldn't be more disappointed after Let's Go...
Other than that, I continue to fluctuate between extremely whelmed about this title to actively disliking many of its new features and mechanics. And to think I was sure I couldn't be more disappointed after Let's Go...
Every Pokemon has that Dynamax level though, while obviously you won't see Gingatamax forms for every Pokemon.
i don't understand how anyone can keep saying sword and shield look like upscaled 3DS games
compare this sun and moon trailer to this sword and shield one and the switch games look 100x better than the 3ds one. Especially the character models and environments.
True, but would it be so bad if for some Pokemon it would just mean a stat bonus and for others a new form? Perhaps even for the Pokemon with exclusive Z-Moves a Max Dynamax Level would be a trade off scenario where they could use it in exchange for the other 2 turns.
Man, you have the same hangups about this game as me. I recently wanted to try replaying Moon to better my thoughts on the game before Sw/Sh, but I can't even finish the main plot. CONSTANT interruptions to the point where I barely feel like I'm allowed to play the game!
I also don't really mind the National Dex pull if it means a more visibly upgraded art direction/animation, but it doesn't feel different enough from S/M in that regard. (REALLY doesn't help that they're apparently reusing some of Hau's animations for Hop...)
I love them so much. I don't even care if they're a shit type.
did people just forget how janky the universal typed Z moves looked, while the specific ones looked great?
Dynamax is pretty elegant in comparison
Dynamax is pretty elegant in comparison
We don't know if Gigantamax is going by the same rules of Dynamax. Beside only being three turns and only boosting Pokémon HP at Dynamax level 1 we're not fully sure what Dynamax is fully capable of either.
