Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Kari Kamiya]

so is MTSB the only movie that's canon or something? because the first movie is the only one they ever bring up in terms of ash remembering the events of

Mewtwo Strikes Back is canon, yes, but Ash doesn't remember what happened then due to Mewtwo wiping everyone's memories of it. He kept Ash and gang's memories of Mt. Quena intact, however, so that encounter is what Ash believes he knows Mewtwo from.

As for the other movies, it's very dubious where they fit into the timeline, but they're typically believed to be non-canon. The 4KIDS dub tried to link the movies into the TV series, though.

 

[Mike Stoklasa]

I got a cheap copy of Pokemon Sword for my floorSwitch (found a Switch Lite on the ground!) so now I can trade with myself on my TVSwitch!!

Hooray!

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

This is especially bad when it comes from fans of other monster taming games. I’ve extensively documented the monster tamer community’s behavior in a few of my posts in this thread and in the Pokemon clone thread but the tldr version is that they’ll do shit like flip out on Pokemon fans calling a game something innocent like “Pokemoneqsue game.” and accuse them of causing other games in the genre to fail in the west

The best is how both Temtems and freshly-released Monster Crown used monsters that started as fan-submitted fake pokemon for their promos (that platypus Tem and yellow dragon crownie), indirectly benefitting from pokemon proximity.
MC has really weird design direction, a lot of monsters are bland, some are lifeless-looking dino-uglies, there are like three Cubone ripoffs and mascot monster is actually corpse of another in-game monster animated by magical cordyceps.

 

[SnowBall]

MC is a lot of fun but also extremely underwhelming, There are only two major characters you interact with a lot and they are card board cutouts with one personality trait. The “good” guy just preaches about love and peace while the other, who is supposed to be the main antagonist, is pure evil and yells about wanting to rule the island. I was half expecting a plot twist where your good friend was evil all along and the antagonist was more like an anti hero because of how basic they were.

The story ends abruptly and it feels less like an ending and more like the halfway mark of a bigger plot. I understand the draw of the game is the monster collecting and fusing but the plot is so incomplete. It’s obvious they wanted it to be simple like the earlier Pokemon games but those games still had a consistent beginning, middle, and end.

I feel bad because I really did enjoy the gameplay and the premise of the story, plus the game is clearly a labor of love. I just hate how underwhelming and anticlimactic it is. I was more fulfilled by the endings of SwSh and XY.

 

[Disc]

MC is a lot of fun but also extremely underwhelming, There are only two major characters you interact with a lot and they are card board cutouts with one personality trait. The “good” guy just preaches about love and peace while the other, who is supposed to be the main antagonist, is pure evil and yells about wanting to rule the island. I was half expecting a plot twist where your good friend was evil all along and the antagonist was more like an anti hero because of how basic they were.

The story ends abruptly and it feels less like an ending and more like the halfway mark of a bigger plot. I understand the draw of the game is the monster collecting and fusing but the plot is so incomplete. It’s obvious they wanted it to be simple like the earlier Pokemon games but those games still had a consistent beginning, middle, and end.

I feel bad because I really did enjoy the gameplay and the premise of the story, plus the game is clearly a labor of love. I just hate how underwhelming and anticlimactic it is. I was more fulfilled by the endings of SwSh and XY.

Tell me, was it buggy for you? I've tried twice to get in to the game, the second only a week or so ago, but every time there's just so many things that drive me nuts. Like the fact that a lot of characters are not-quite-on-the-grid.

 

[SnowBall]

The game is buggy as hell on the Switch. Crashed constantly and almost got soft locked several times as well as visual glitches. The developer has been waiting awhile for Nintendo to approve the patch to update the game but it should be out soon. I’d suggest anyone who wants to try it on the Switch to wait for now.

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

The story ends abruptly and it feels less like an ending and more like the halfway mark of a bigger plot. I understand the draw of the game is the monster collecting and fusing but the plot is so incomplete. It’s obvious they wanted it to be simple like the earlier Pokemon games but those games still had a consistent beginning, middle, and end

I think they aimed more at Dragon Quest Monsters II thing where plot fuzzes out real early and you just go around into generated worlds and breed monsters to your heart's content.
Note I know nothing about game itself, as edginess I saw in monsters kind of deterred me.

 

[SnowBall]

If that was the case then it was executed badly. It is clear the writers were overly ambitious with wanting to tell a more involved story while giving the player more agency in exploration but it fell flat.

Also anyone who calls this game a “dark and mature Pokemon game” or “Pokemon for grownups” is full of shit. Aside from the monster designs and a few instances of swearing and violence in the plot the game is nowhere near as dark as it was hyped up to be. It’s only marginally darker than the generation 5 and 7 Pokemon games.

 

[Twatette]

New trailer for PLA.

 

[Rotollo 2]

New trailer for PLA.

>Camera footage in Hisui
Time Travel plot confirmed

 

[Wingnut]

New trailer for PLA.

Seems like a "reveal" for Hisuian Arcanine like they did with Galarian Ponyta for SwSh. People are claiming this frame is a close up of it's face, and I can definitely make out what look like Arcanine ears and what seems to be a Stoutland-esque giant mustache.

 

[Ido]

New trailer for PLA.

I'm surprised they're doing this again, wasn't the ponyta thing a massive disappointment? It seems they've learned with how short this one is, though.

My guess is Arcanine but I'm going to go out on a limb and also say new pokemon.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

I'm surprised they're doing this again, wasn't the ponyta thing a massive disappointment? It seems they've learned with how short this one is, though.

The only thing that was dissapointing about that livestream was making us stare at a still image for 24 hours only to reveal like 1 new pokemon and a regional variant.

If we had to wait for like 1/6 of that time, it wouldn't have been as dissapointing.

 

[Wingnut]

The only thing that was dissapointing about that livestream was making us stare at a still image for 24 hours only to reveal like 1 new pokemon and a regional variant.

If we had to wait for like 1/6 of that time, it wouldn't have been as dissapointing.

And they still fucked it up because one of the Ponyta didn't have a tail and everyone thought it was a gender difference.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Seems like a "reveal" for Hisuian Arcanine like they did with Galarian Ponyta for SwSh. People are claiming this frame is a close up of it's face, and I can definitely make out what look like Arcanine ears and what seems to be a Stoutland-esque giant mustache.
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Lol no, that's the camera being dropped onto the ground.

I like that even in the Pokémon future, cameras still suck ass at recording anything.

 

[NerdShamer]

You know, this got me thinking, exactly how literate do you have to be in order to play Sword and Shield? Sure, it's an six-year old who's taking reading lessons and it probably sounds like the dad isn't willing to chime in to help read to his kid.

But it's kind of weird on how a kid who's about to start school can barely read.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

You know, this got me thinking, exactly how literate do you have to be in order to play Sword and Shield?

There's stories of kids not knowing a lick of English playing Pokémon Red/Blue all the way to the end. This parent is a lunatic to think Pokémon's not a child-friendly game.

 

[Wingnut]

There's stories of kids not knowing a lick of English playing Pokémon Red/Blue all the way to the end. This parent is a lunatic to think Pokémon's not a child-friendly game.

With how pathetically easy they've made the story of the modern games, you could probably get through the entire thing by just mashing A enough times.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

There's stories of kids not knowing a lick of English playing Pokémon Red/Blue all the way to the end. This parent is a lunatic to think Pokémon's not a child-friendly game.

I read comments on how Pokémon taugh them English.

 

[Juan's Sombrero]

You know, this got me thinking, exactly how literate do you have to be in order to play Sword and Shield? Sure, it's an six-year old who's taking reading lessons and it probably sounds like the dad isn't willing to chime in to help read to his kid.

But it's kind of weird on how a kid who's about to start school can barely read.

This is a joke, right? Or, an incredibly stupid grift?