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This reminds me of one of my favourite Smogon posts.
"My favorite thing is that this is a world of fire rats and space ducks yet somehow one on the most dangerous attackers period is literally just a bear. It doesn't have ice beams or eye lasers. It just ****ing mauls you with regular animal claws. This thing deals more damage than the deitys that control space and time, the avatar of death, the ruler of the underworld, and the entity that created the universe."
If I did my calcs right, this ****ing bear is tied with Conkeldurr for the strongest physical attack possible without Power Trick shenanigans
True but they can also go pretty in depth with lore. Like Alolan raticate existing because of invasive species like real world Hawaii.
Or how Looker showed up in ORAS, but it’s actually the looker from platinum. Which set up the looker of the mega timeline to then come in next game with Annabel from Emerald as they hunt down the Pokémon responsible for Platinum lookers memory loss.
Not everything is thought out precisely, but they do like to have fun lore pieces here and there.
I played the Kirby demo, there's dedicated taunt buttons and Kirby still goes against Nintendo tradition of having to wait for specific moves of Nintendo bosses. He also does a dab in the Kirby dance now. However, I will not be buying the game, the demo's fun and all but this is pretty ****ing gross of Nintendo
Anyway, I think it's a little silly that people think Scarlet/Violet must be using PL:A's gameplay exactly just because its open world and has seamless battls transitions.
PLA's gameplay is designed around two things - catching and exploring. That's why most of the bosses have you chuck balms at them - throwing pokeballs is the main gameplay mechanic. Pokemon battles exist but are almost always 1v1 or 1v2, combat gameplay exists mainly to serve those two main purposes. Even the pokedex quests are designed to encourage you to catch the same pokemon several times.
Scarlet/Violet looks like it'll have a bigger emphasis on combat again, with trainer battles being more common again and gyms most likely coming back. Combat will probably take emphasis over catching again, with more involved battle mechanics. I doubt pokemon will attack your trainer directly in the overworld or that you'll be able to just chuck pokeballs like in Legends. Tradtional games require you to battle and weaken a pokemon to catch them most of the time, so in that sense capture mechanics serve the turn-based combat gameplay.
Edit: My thoughts are a little sattered here but maybe it'll make sense if I say PL:A is a game all about throwing things, hence why it was advertised as an action RPG despite having turn-based combat. I don't ghink S/V will ve about throwing.
Anyway, I think it's a little silly that people think Scarlet/Violet must be using PL:A's gameplay exactly just because its open world and has seamless battls transitions.
PLA's gameplay is designed around two things - catching and exploring. That's why most of the bosses have you chuck balms at them - throwing pokeballs is the main gameplay mechanic. Pokemon battles exist but are almost always 1v1 or 1v2, combat gameplay exists mainly to serve those two main purposes. Even the pokedex quests are designed to encourage you to catch the same pokemon several times.
Scarlet/Violet looks like it'll have a bigger emphasis on combat again, with trainer battles being more common again and gyms most likely coming back. Combat will probably take emphasis over catching again, with more involved battle mechanics. I doubt pokemon will attack your trainer directly in the overworld or that you'll be able to just chuck pokeballs like in Legends. Tradtional games require you to battle and weaken a pokemon to catch them most of the time, so in that sense capture mechanics serve the turn-based combat gameplay.
Edit: My thoughts are a little sattered here but maybe it'll make sense if I say PL:A is a game all about throwing things, hence why it was advertised as an action RPG despite having turn-based combat. I don't ghink S/V will ve about throwing.
Anyway, I think it's a little silly that people think Scarlet/Violet must be using PL:A's gameplay exactly just because its open world and has seamless battls transitions.
PLA's gameplay is designed around two things - catching and exploring. That's why most of the bosses have you chuck balms at them - throwing pokeballs is the main gameplay mechanic. Pokemon battles exist but are almost always 1v1 or 1v2, combat gameplay exists mainly to serve those two main purposes. Even the pokedex quests are designed to encourage you to catch the same pokemon several times.
Scarlet/Violet looks like it'll have a bigger emphasis on combat again, with trainer battles being more common again and gyms most likely coming back. Combat will probably take emphasis over catching again, with more involved battle mechanics. I doubt pokemon will attack your trainer directly in the overworld or that you'll be able to just chuck pokeballs like in Legends. Tradtional games require you to battle and weaken a pokemon to catch them most of the time, so in that sense capture mechanics serve the turn-based combat gameplay.
Edit: My thoughts are a little sattered here but maybe it'll make sense if I say PL:A is a game all about throwing things, hence why it was advertised as an action RPG despite having turn-based combat. I don't ghink S/V will ve about throwing.
Just make the combat faster like in PLA and I don't care what else you do with the games. I don't think I can go back and replay the older games because they're so slow compared to PLA
I ended up swapping Togekiss for Braviary. My Togekiss has served me well but when given the opportunity to use brand new Pokémon (or in this case brand new alternate forms for existing ones) I will probably use it
Also I might do Brilliant Diamond and Sword playthroughs after this. Not gonna be as constant as my PLA playthroughs, probably only gonna play bits of them before going to bed but I want to have my mons ready for Home transfer
Just make the combat faster like in PLA and I don't care what else you do with the games. I don't think I can go back and replay the older games because they're so slow compared to PLA
Dunsparse was buffeted by hail. Plays animation.
Shuckle was buffeted by hail. Plays animation.
Mewtwo was buffeted by hail. Plays animation.
Mewtwo restored its health with a stitrus berry! Plays animation.
Pikablu was buffeted by hail. Plays animation.
Pikablu fainted! Plays animation.
Dunsparse restored its health with its leftovers! Plays animation
Shuckle was hurt by its sticky barb! plays animation
Mildly off topic but I want to quell a misconception. People are wondering why some random Youngster has a Hisuian Zorurark, but that isn't a random NPC trainer in the background. It's the player character, and this is probably a PVP battle.
I think it's funny that the new main characters are so ****ing boring nobody notices that it's them.
Just make the combat faster like in PLA and I don't care what else you do with the games. I don't think I can go back and replay the older games because they're so slow compared to PLA
“I’m Lady Pele. You've never seen fire until you've seen me blow.”
Alignment: Light-Chaos
Origin: Hawaiian mythology. The goddess of volcanoes and the creator of the Hawaiian Islands. When traveling to Hawaii on a canoe, lighting her fires on different islands, her sister caught up to her, ultimately killing her in a fight. However, Pele’s spirit continues to live in the holy active volcano Kilauea, which she’s responsible for its lava flows. She’s usually depicted as a beautiful, strong, passionate, and capricious young woman.
Skills: Recarm, Heat Wave, Dekunda, Maragidyne
Next time, you will meet a demon of the Tyrant race.
Pele seems a bit too undignified to be a goddess but her energetic, flirty pose fits surprisingly well to her myths where she can be pretty… let’s say intense. She’s a fun figure and her smile, hairdo, and flowery clothes reflect this well. What’s also reflected well is how she can incinerate anyone who crosses her, as she’s literally an active volcano, in case her head and torso emitting fire wasn’t obvious enough. Unfortunately, she’s usually quite low leveled in most games but she’s almost always useful when you get her.
On a different note I tried the new Kirby demo and it was really good! It played and felt exactly like how I thought a Kirby game should. Kirby's new mouthful mode also feels more like an extension of Kirby's existing powers then a gimmick, which is a good thing imo. This game is just the shake up I think the franchise needed.
I also love the game's visuals. The art direction is really strong and while Kirby games pretty much always look good, this one really exceeds my expectations.
My only nitpick so far is that Kirby's jump animation is a little stiff and awkward. Maybe if he did a little flip or something during it it'd look more animated.
Definitely looking forward to the full release later this month.
I finished the Forgotten Land demo. Nice game. Like that the stages are linear and goal based like 3D World, though I question why it’s even 3D to begin with honestly, it doesn’t do much.
The Minecraft movie was pretty good, live action was still a weird choice imo but at least it had a good story. I was afraid Steve and Alex would be pushed off to the side due to the new protagonist, but thankfully that wasn’t the case, and I like how they were portrayed.
