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  1. Wish we could map the controls to swap the buttons around. Give me A for accelerate and B for braking and I'm good.
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  2. I know visuals aren't everything, but my goodness. I kinda miss Genius Sonority now. If it were still Pokemon on the 3DS I could give it a pass, but for $60 Switch games, the whole presentation is a tough sell.
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  3. This would be a dream come true for me. I spent my childhood drawing and creating Zelda dungeons on paper and having my friends play them.
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  4. This is why I never took the "people just don't understand that there's more to Pokemon than the video games" argument too seriously. Pokemon only really needed like the anime during its first couple years, at least in the West. It doesn't need it to keep going now. It's not that they can't delay the games (with some using the timing of the promotional merchandise's release as an excuse), it's that they just won't. Honestly, the Dynamax battle system does very little (if anything) for me, which they apparently made separate models for, and so others will just see it as a waste of resources of it meant losing the national dex and by extension losing the ability to transfer Pokemon they loved. Also find Dynamax to be the least interesting gimmick they've introduced by far, not that I feel every gen needs a ground-breaking gimmick which kinda started with gen 6, but still. And whose to say that like mega evolution and Z moves, that Dynamax won't also be mostly gone and replaced with some other gimmick when the gen after this comes along? I know there's already a list of people being tired of GameFreak introducing certain features only to not bring them back, and that list will keep growing. Kinda forgot about there being yearly releases now until you pointed it out. Would like if the releases were more spaced out again too like in the past but that's clearly not happening anymore. edit: This also kinda makes me worried for the presumed eventual Diamond/Pearl remakes, and I already felt that the gen 3 remakes were a step down from the previous remakes, but that's just me.
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  5. @KezayI’m not trying to misrepresent your points and I don’t want to come across as too aggressive either, so apologies if I’m coming across poorly. But I definitely do think there’s laziness at least involved in their decision making process, and definitely don’t think it’s sensational or overly cynical to say so. It’s plain to see by the end product that Pokémon games are just not of the same tier as other IPs that are actually making a concerted effort. Say what one will about the mechanics in BotW (specifically the weapon shattering), but the difference between the clear amount of effort put into that vs. any Pokémon game is clear as day. Pokémon is good and fun sure, but to say they are everything they could be would not be true. That’s more or less where the laziness charge is rooted in, I believe. I disagree that catching them all is not still part of the brand. Brands don’t have to be surface level all the time; Pokémon succeeded in selling their brand in ways other companies could only dream. That’s both their blessing and curse, and it’s something the fans are more than understandably concerned about them trying to backpedal on. It’s more than just in the DNA, it was the whole implicit point of every generation (how else could they sell the same game twice every year or two), and especially gen 7. Honestly I don’t play Pokémon for the story. There’s little there. I don’t play for characters. They’re one dimensional. Gameplay is fun but not groundbreaking. No, I play because there’s something magical about the Pokémon themselves. To just try to make Pokémon to be about newer animals and gimmicks replacing old ones instead of collecting your favourites (I.e. bug catching, the whole basis of it) is not a good strategic direction, IMO. Anyway, I hear you and all about wanting to try to not be too cynical or melodramatic and hoping for the best, but honestly they don’t give me much reason to trust their decision making. So yeah, I hate to say it but if things don’t change I might end up hanging up the hat too after... 21 years. @AresYou make a fair point. It’s just sad that you have Nintendo in general really listening to fan feedback lately while GF/TPC just... flail in the corner like a Magikarp. Okay yes yes that was definitely melodramatic I just had to say it, sorry. I stand by what I said above, but yeah I can’t argue with that at the end of the day I have little control over the situation so might as well just let go. It’s just hard, is all. After all this time. But probably for the best.
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  6. It's not even that I want to defend Sword/Shield. I'm probably skipping the games because of the culling and hopeful by the time Pokémon Ultra Armor 2, the culled mons are back, and the way Home is being handled suggests it probably will. Instead, I'll look forward to games like Three Houses and New Horizons that look fresh and solid in their direction rather than sour myself over Pokemon. But, I also feel the Pokemon fanbase as a whole is being self-destructive in its disappointment. Joe Merrick, for example, has gotten hell just for not being vocal *enough* or correcting basic facts (e.g. technical workings of Sun/Moon) makes me worried, at the risk of sounding melodramatic, that the Pokemon fanbase is heading down a dark path. It's okay to be disappointed and voice it, but there reaches a point where folks need to make peace the game isn't for them, even if it's from a beloved franchise. Basically, Pokémon, don't become fire emblem fanbase 2.0
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  7. Bit late, but Friday i caught a CP 372 Shiny Psyduck Also yesterday my GPS acted up and bounced me to another part in my general area (seems to do that on rare occasions here and there...) inconvenient, but got a Craniados out of it - new entry, at least
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  8. Yeah, I think Pokémon Trainer has a really boring Final Smash. The generic beam is pretty lame... I also prefer Rock Smash to Flare Blitz, it was great for ripping through opponents' shields, and had utility as a means of halting Charizard's momentum in the air. But Squirtle's back Squirtle is awesome
    1 point
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