Pokémon Mainline Games

[Main Pop Girl]

10 hours ago, UnknownBoyPT said:

I'm also going for the grass type, specially since it's inspiration comes from the Iberian lynx 🥰 But I'm just getting a little bit overwhelmed regarding the number of Pokémon existing... They're going for the 1000! But let's wait and see!

I didn't know that was it's inspiration! Now I'm even more excited about what it's final evolution will be  

I know what you mean about the number of Pokemon though. Is it too late for them to go back and scrap that one that was just a sandcastle with eyes?  

[Rauru]

This is the first main line game I've been excited for since like, idk Gold and Silver? 😆 

I loved Arceus and was stoked to hear that a dlc was coming, then we got that shit free update with nothing basically, so a main line game with the open world/area and same mechanics would be just awesome. Fingers crossed!

Also the coop is looking like the best we've ever had, 4 people roaming and hunting together!? Yasss.

[Main Pop Girl]

2 hours ago, Savages said:

This is the first main line game I've been excited for since like, idk Gold and Silver? 😆 

I loved Arceus and was stoked to hear that a dlc was coming, then we got that shit free update with nothing basically, so a main line game with the open world/area and same mechanics would be just awesome. Fingers crossed!

Also the coop is looking like the best we've ever had, 4 people roaming and hunting together!? Yasss.

I've heard Arceus was really good but I haven't played it yet! Honestly after the flop that was Let's Go and the medicority that was Sword and Shield I kind of didn't wanna give them any more of my money.  But if this has the same mechanics as Arceus it sounds promising. And the co-op does look really fun!

[Violetbud]

So excited for this!! EEK!!!

[Main Pop Girl]

1 minute ago, Violetbud said:

So excited for this!! EEK!!!

Just a few more months to wait!  

[UnknownBoyPT]

This will smash so hard! I think this game will be sort of a revolution 😃

[tajd]

Pokémon hasn’t been good since Gen 5 but I still buy them hoping it will get better, there is fun to be had but it as you said could be a lot better. Pokémon Silver is my favourite game of all time. 
 

All hail LeChonk! 

Edited June 8, 2022 by tajd

[Main Pop Girl]

3 hours ago, UnknownBoyPT said:

This will smash so hard! I think this game will be sort of a revolution 😃

I really hope so! If they can revolutionise Zelda with Breath of the Wild I don't see why they can't do the same with Pokemon  

2 hours ago, tajd said:

Pokémon hasn’t been good since Gen 5 but I still buy them hoping it will get better, there is fun to be had but it as you said could be a lot better. Pokémon Silver is my favourite game of all time. 
 

All hail LeChonk! 

I just feel like given the Switch is pretty much a home console they reaaaally need to step up a lot of the graphics and world building. Plus the plots have somehow gotten worse over the years...At least originally they had interesting little side quests like Pokemon Tower but Sword and Shield was so kiddy and cheesy  I think they need to realise that they have a lot of older fans who are playing for nostalgia reasons and cater to them a bit more

[Main Pop Girl]

The game isn't released for another week but the entire Pokedex leaked online!

I can't find the original leaks but these are (pretty good quality) fan-art drawings of them:

https://www.makio.it/pokemon/sv-dex/

So far it looks like a pretty good collection. I like it better than the last region for sure.

[Violetbud]

SO EXCITED! 

[MeantToBeIconic]

 

5 hours ago, Leaving said:

The game isn't released for another week but the entire Pokedex leaked online!

I can't find the original leaks but these are (pretty good quality) fan-art drawings of them:

https://www.makio.it/pokemon/sv-dex/

So far it looks like a pretty good collection. I like it better than the last region for sure.

OMG I didn't want to look but I did and I cannot wait, I have a feeling this is going to be the best Pokemon game since HeartGold and SoulSilver

 

And although I like every single generation's new Pokemon tbh, especially Sun and Moon, these look phenomenal, it's amazing what happens when you stop using the same models for three generations in a row 🤭

[Main Pop Girl]

On 11/11/2022 at 9:19 AM, MeantToBeIconic said:

 

OMG I didn't want to look but I did and I cannot wait, I have a feeling this is going to be the best Pokemon game since HeartGold and SoulSilver

 

And although I like every single generation's new Pokemon tbh, especially Sun and Moon, these look phenomenal, it's amazing what happens when you stop using the same models for three generations in a row 🤭

So the entire game leaked  The Pokedex is good and the game looks fun, so I think if you're a fan of the series you'll enjoy it! I'm still kinda disappointed they haven't stepped it up like Zelda did with BOTW, but you can't blame them for sticking to the selling formula Ig

[MeantToBeIconic]

2 minutes ago, Leaving said:

So the entire game leaked  The Pokedex is good and the game looks fun, so I think if you're a fan of the series you'll enjoy it! I'm still kinda disappointed they haven't stepped it up like Zelda did with BOTW, but you can't blame them for sticking to the selling formula Ig

I don't know, I think the problem that faces Pokémon in comparison to Legend of Zelda is that it has such a wide cross-generational audience to appeal to, with a good balance between wanting to stay true to original Pokemon spirit, and the other half wanting Innovations and newness that's making progress tricky and possibly not well received by a good chunk of the fan base, unlike Legend of Zelda where the games were ALREADY that kind of open world, and they just cranked it up to 10

[Main Pop Girl]

2 minutes ago, MeantToBeIconic said:

I don't know, I think the problem that faces Pokémon in comparison to Legend of Zelda is that it has such a wide cross-generational audience to appeal to, with a good balance between wanting to stay true to original Pokemon spirit, and the other half wanting Innovations and newness that's making progress tricky and possibly not well received by a good chunk of the fan base, unlike Legend of Zelda where the games were ALREADY that kind of open world, and they just cranked it up to 10

I think the thing is that BOTW did stay really true to the original spirit of the games, but just took everything to its total limit. Pokemon should be doing that too but they always seem to only get halfway there...Last time around it was a fake out open world and Pokedex dramas, this time its framerate problems and no character customisation for some reason? I just feel like at this point in the series lifespan it could be sooo much further ahead of where it is

[MeantToBeIconic]

42 minutes ago, Leaving said:

I think the thing is that BOTW did stay really true to the original spirit of the games, but just took everything to its total limit. Pokemon should be doing that too but they always seem to only get halfway there...Last time around it was a fake out open world and Pokedex dramas, this time its framerate problems and no character customisation for some reason? I just feel like at this point in the series lifespan it could be sooo much further ahead of where it is

I don't know, I think my point still stands. Player customization has only been a thing for the last couple Pokemon games, and that's because of the 3D models that were now available, which in my opinion kind of proves the point. People want the spirit of the old Pokemon games, but what exactly does that mean? A 2d route based game that they did for at this point half of the life cycle? Or a game where you can be so involved with your Pokemon that you can raise them in the nursery? Or just catching Pokemon for the sake of battling in a storyline that has been more or less repeated up until the last couple of games, Catch The pokemon, train, Beat the gym leaders, champion of the Elite Four. People have been complaining about that needing changed for so long that being changed, and then once it finally changes it loses the spirit? Most of them have just been Reincarnation of the idea of Gym Leaders to Elite four, with the methods and pads you go being different or the way they intertwined to the storyline being a little different, but more or less every Pokemon game is structured the same. The Pokemon fan base is just not kind to Pokemon.

This kind of thing is also what causes each game to have a Gimmick and then drop it for the next one, is it causes too much division within the fan base, so it's not worth supporting in the next one, they have to try something new. In my opinion they got a good one with mega evolutions and should have kept it. Z moves weren't bad either. But the Dynamax thing is ridiculous and broken imo

 

Edit: so when they finally introduced a brand new concept of player customization, never seen in Pokemon before, all people get upset about is the options. Like enjoy the fresh game play being presented to you brand new? And for what it's worth, Arceus was more or less a public audience test, because Scarlet and Violet were being developed right alongside it, they started at almost the exact same time, if I'm not mistaken Arceus actually started a bit later than scarlet and violet because of the different scales in projects. So, I think if the public reception to Arceus would have been overwhelmingly negative, scarlet and violet would have either been scrapped or taken in a very different direction.

 

Frame rate issues tends to show that the console might not be able to handle what's being thrown at it (which if that's the case, Pokemon really pulled out all the stops SOMEWHERE, and I have a feeling it would be the character and Pokemon models) or perhaps as release date came closer the programming isn't quite where it needs to be, but they don't really have the room to move release date around. I bet you that will resolve itself with a couple updates

Edited November 16, 2022 by MeantToBeIconic