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I mean, I already feel pretty ashamed about the whole thing. I made the spur-of-the-moment decision to post a server injoke as a meme, betraying the trust of everyone on there. For the record, nobody else on the server condoned it, it was just me. But I'll take another reason to feel bad! The more the merrier
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Too big
I guess it's a question of a bigger game or a nearer game. I think most people here would probably choose the former given while it's been a while since Ultimate launched, but it hasn't been that long since the characters stopped, compared to how long some of the waits used to be.
Yes they can.
once was a **** up, but if it isnt, what would these details even mean though? It is odd.they didn't put in the series name for these spirits just like the noah and mio spirit. either someones screwing up over there or this could mean """something"""
There's no reason not to have their series listed here. I agree it's odd, but it's almost certainly an oversight.they didn't put in the series name for these spirits just like the noah and mio spirit. either someones screwing up over there or this could mean """something"""
Yeah, and Pokemon fans get just as ****ed-off when it happens in Pokemon.
It should. Nothing that a MK9 is going to add is going to make people happier than having 96+ courses does.
Pokemon, Mario Kart and Smash are 3 of the most profitable series in all of video games. It's NOT unsustainable for them. Nintendo is just deciding not to pay to sustain it. Even though they easily could.
actually most pokemon fans stopped complaining when they got the games
Did they? I bought the games but I’m still not happy about the dex cut. I would totally understand the cuts if in return we got a really polished game with a ton of post game content but we’re getting significantly less than we did before the cuts. Just compare Sword and Shield to Platinum or Heart Gold/Soul Silver. Those games were packed with content and the Battle Resort gave us a ton to do with our trained Pokemon without the need to just play online battles. The Switch games have been glitchy messes that have very minimal post game content until DLC. Even during the main campaign, the final dungeon is Sword/Shield is just an elevator with a few set battles and nothing to actually explore. Scarlet/Violet was a step up but even after all the DLC in Scarlet/Violet, we still have nothing on the level of the Battle Resort. I still buy and enjoy the games because I’m a big fan of the collecting and battling aspect in general and it’s fun to discover new Pokémon but I feel like the games can be so much more than what they currently are.
There's certainly loads to complain about with Pokémon. But with Dex cut specifically, you could say Pokémon fans have moved because they realised there was significantly worse things going on. (As in they started complaining about other stuff instead)
well you see gengar you’ve hit upon the difference between yourself and the fandom as a whole. they were unbelievably vocal when it first happened and brought it up at every opportunity but a soon as the game was out people calmed down and only brought it up every once in a while. and I personally have spent more time in the post game of sword and shield and scarlet and violet than I ever did in the battle resort
Yeah, like I said, I could live with the dex cuts if it meant that the games were going to be significantly better in return. It looks like the opposite is happening. I have no idea how a franchise as big and profitable as Pokemon can release a game in the state that Scarlet and Violet was released. It was still fun because it’s Pokemon but at the same time, it was so disappointing in many ways. Just compare the graphics of S/V to other big Switch games like Breath of the Wild or Xenoblade. It looks like the games aren’t even in the same generation. The same goes for the animations. It’s kind of sad when you still don’t have as good of animations of the Pokemon Stadium N64 games. If we’re going to live with these low production values, at least let us play with all the Pokemon.
Honestly, I think I’ve spent more time with S/V’s DLC than I did with Battle Resort too. The difference is, a lot of that felt like busy work just to get the resources to train the Pokémon I wanted to. At first, it was a nice change of pace from grinding the tournament over and over for money but the blueberry quests get pretty repetitive after a couple of days. With the Battle Resort, I felt like it actually gave me something to do with all the Pokémon I raised. Now, I raise a Pokemon to 100 and then never use them again. Raising a Pokemon is definitely a lot faster now than it used to be but I wish I could actually do something with them without needing to pay for online.
I can explain that. see botw and xenoblade were both in development for five years with them being the major focus of the devs. Pokemon was in development for three years with the devs working on several other projects at the same time. with an attitude pretty similar to when they were making sprite based games.
Yeah, I’m not denying that there were fun parts of the game. I did put hundreds of hours into it, which I don’t do for most other games. It’s not that I didn’t enjoy my time with it, I’m just disappointed that the series could be so much more than it is right now. Since Pokémon is the most profitable IP ever, you’d think they could afford a bigger development team with more experience in making modern games. A longer development cycle would also help but I suspect GameFreak just isn’t talented enough at making 3D games and should probably seek some outside help if they can’t handle it alone.
Gonna disagree with you on this on Fog. I definitely don't think people calmed down, if anything they got angrier. Only it became about more than just cutting the Dex. People tore the games to shreds for it's bad graphics, terrible level design, piss easy difficulty, bad graphics, reuse of Pokémon models, experience share and bad graphics.
I’ll give Scarlet and Violet credit on the actual Pokemon and trainer models. Many of the Pokemon look a good deal better now than they did in past games. The animations still need a lot of work but I’m mostly content with the actual models now. The environment is another deal though.
No we did not.
I mean they did for Sw/Sh and then by S/V they knew it was gonna happen and at that point the loudest criticism was the technical side of the game being a buggy, outdated mess. You think anyone is going to still try to boycott Gen 10 for not having the full dex at launch?
Unless they lean into the crossover angle. I can see people choosing fewer courses but an array of IP over a higher course count. Especially since it won't be 96 courses but it'll still be a good amount, and a lot of new ones, and from many series.
No, they objectively wouldn't, because people aren't as likely to buy a version of something they already own than something new. Back when all Pokemon games had all the Pokemon (for the most part), the new games still sold better than the remakes. If you look at Street Fighter, the vanilla version of the title always sells better than the iterated updates.
"It's not unsustainable if Nintendo abandons all precedent of the the budget size they allocate for these games and opt to continually reuse bases from architecture that will become literally decades out of date!"
I’m certainly not denying that Pokemon would benefit from a longer dev time even if only to smooth things out. but I think whoever is in charge of Pokémon’s purse strings has proven they’re probably not that s
that’s complaining about two different things. and I don’t recall any time when gamers were complaining about the graphics in something. game breaking bugs, sure that makes sense, but frame rate drops? Good grief
So there's no middle ground between "completely satisfied" and "boycott"? Someone can't be extremely displeased with something, but still play it?
Fair enough. Super Smash Karts would probably get people more excited than more Mario Kart 8.
Because 'Everycourse is Here' was literally impossible until now. But now fans have an expectation about what is possible.
You can't objectively say that. I can just as easily say people are more likely to buy an even bigger, better version of the biggest best Mario Kart game ever, over a "new" game with a quarter of the content.
looks over at Tekken 8 doing exactly that
Behold! The most infamous tree in all of Pokémon!
Those side branches really show off the power of 4 extra console generations!
No, I had critical reception, outlining what people were complaining about, and giving examples of backlash lessening. But you have ignored those parts. As is what happens when of two paragraphs you only reply to one sentence.
Well apparently not if just ballooning the budget is an argument you think holds weight.
On what basis? In examples of parity between install bases, deluxe versions almost never sell as well as new titles. And I don't think the Switch 2 will be on par with the Switch's install base, so I think you'd be working from an inherent disadvantage to the advantage the Switch's install base had over the Wii U's.
I’m failing to see the problem
The tree doesn’t look any better than something from the N64 era. I honestly think the later PS2 games like Final Fantasy XII and Kingdom Hearts 2 have better looking environments than Scarlet and Violet but maybe I’m just misremembering the graphics back then.
Yeah, I don’t think we need any kind of deluxe port. I’d Switch 2 is backwards compatible, just keep making more content for the game we already have.
So the franchise is the most profitable of any IP in history. You’d think they could manage better than PS2 level graphics today. I don’t particularly care about graphics much but there’s not much an excuse for a franchise this big. At the very least, it should be on par with those PS2 games but I don’t think they even reach that point. I’d be a lot more fine with these graphics from a smaller indie developer and I can still have fun with the game despite them but they’re pretty laughable. It’s more a combination of both the cut content and poor production values that gets annoying. I could easily live with one or the other.
Honestly, I was one of those who genuinely enjoyed Pichu in Melee. I know its self-damage gimmick was a tad more 'pronounced' there than it was in Ultimate, but I felt as though it attacks hit harder than Pikachu. What's more, I also subscribe to the theory that Plusle and Minun were not only planned for Brawl (Hey, they would have represented Gen. 3, you know), but they also would have used Pichu as a base for their models and animations, the way Toon Link did for Young Link.
Not that I wouldn't want Arle in Smash, but... Heck, Lip is even OWNED by Nintendo. I know Tetris is big, but a playable character? Eh...
I'd like to mention that Dedede tossing Gordos actually started with Star Allies. Granted, it was in S.A.'s final DLC update (which released like a week before Ultimate) and it technically wasn't HIM, but an alternate universe clone of him, but I'd like to think the point still stands.
