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

[Dark Edea]

Mega evolution was an attempt to change up the pokemon battles. It made popular pokemon better and buffed the weaker pokemon (like camerupt). I think they struck gold with mega evolution and Z-moves.

If anything, they should have further fleshed out those two mechanics instead of combining them in a way that made both of them worse.

You know what would fix up Pokemon battles? Rewriting the code for the Game Boy-era battle system.

It is a complete joke.

 

[Smug Chuckler]

Never heard of ILCA but...

ILCA (which stands for I Love Computer Art) was formed in 2010, and the Japanese studio has since worked on titles such as Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Yakuza 0, NieR: Automata, Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown and Dragon Quest XI, among others. Most notably, ILCA is also the studio that worked on the cloud-based Pokemon storage system Pokemon Home.

I think they are in good hands.

 

[Polyboros2]

Mega evolution was an attempt to change up the pokemon battles. It made popular pokemon better and buffed the weaker pokemon (like camerupt). I think they struck gold with mega evolution and Z-moves.

If anything, they should have further fleshed out those two mechanics instead of combining them in a way that made both of them worse.

Mega evolution was their attempt to add cutable content. The roster bloat has been an issue, and they've been trying since Gen5 to add new freshness with out having to add new Pokemon. Hidden abilities were the first and the weakest. Mega Evolutions were next, temporary Evolutions that would be less painful to strip out of subsequent games than an actual full on new evolution stage. Not-actually-Pokemon Ultra Beasts were possilby the worst, and Regional forms were in my opinion the best. Then they ripped the bandaid off in Galar and didn't include everyone, as well as having Mega evolutions 2.0.

I'll probably play the Gen4 remakes if I can pick them up used for 30 bucks. I have no excitement for it. I don't want any more remakes, I'd rather they do generation homage sequels like Black and White 2(Had black and white 2 been released in like Gen 7 I think it would of been amazingly well recieved, but Gamefreak got lazy and made a half assed sequel in the same Gen). Where you revisit a region that's only slightly changed but with a different story. It also appears to be a graphical update, not a remake. I was kind of underwhelmed with that in Link's Awakening(probably less so had I not paid 60 bucks for it). It seems like we're getting absolutely no new content. No new Pokemon, no Pokemon past Gen 4, no regional variants, we'll probably be lucky if we get a better selection of wild pokemon in Gen4(the only thing Diamond and Pearl needs in a remake and they got it fixed in Platinum). I'm kinda talking myself out of this game as I go.

Legends is a very wait and see. It looks like it's very incomplete for about a year out from release. If it's just exploration and catching wild pokemon around a single town with no trainer battles... I'll probably pass.

Snap looks fantastic though, I canna wait.

 

[XMassAllYearRound]

Honestly I think I would be more excited if this situation was the other way around.

I've always wanted an open world pokemon game but I don't thrust Gamefreak with being able to pull it off, however I would thrust an external party.

My hope here is for GF's game to turn out like shit and the externally developed remake to overtake it in sales, I feel that would finally shake up management and cause the big N to consider outsourcing the license to companies that give a shit.

 

[Polyboros2]

Honestly I think I would be more excited if this situation was the other way around.

I've always wanted an open world pokemon game but I don't thrust Gamefreak with being able to pull it off, however I would thrust an external party.

My hope here is for GF's game to turn out like shit and the externally developed remake to overtake it in sales, I feel that would finally shake up management and cause the big N to consider outsourcing the license to companies that give a shit.

The D/P remake being a huge success would be the worst thing ever. It appears to be the lowest effort put into a Pokemon game. Unless more interesting news get revealed, it is just a graphic upscaled port.

 

[Dunsparce]

I feel that would finally shake up management and cause the big N to consider outsourcing the license to companies that give a shit.

They cannot do that without Game Freak's permission. Game Freak has partial rights to the series, and the company itself does not belong to Nintendo(which is why they have released non-Pokemon games on non-Nintendo systems)

 

[Love Machine]

I would really like them to incorporate the manaphy egg in the games some how. IIRC that was the only unique egg ever, and it was in gen 4. It should get a nod.

 

[Lapis Lazuli]

The D/P remake being a huge success would be the worst thing ever. It appears to be the lowest effort put into a Pokemon game. Unless more interesting news get revealed, it is just a graphic upscaled port.

I absolutely agree. When people said they wanted a D/P remake, they were probably meaning that they wanted something that rebuilt the region from scratch; for example, the environments all being updated and playing similarly to Sun and Moon, albeit far less linear, and the character models being upscaled.
I'm sure they didn't mean "just D/P but with 3D models."
If Square Enix is able to remake their games like this:

Then TPC and Game Freak should have no issue achieving a similar result.

 

[Rotollo]

I absolutely agree. When people said they wanted a D/P remake, they were probably meaning that they wanted something that rebuilt the region from scratch; for example, the environments all being updated and playing similarly to Sun and Moon, albeit far less linear, and the character models being upscaled.
I'm sure they didn't mean "just D/P but with 3D models."
If Square Enix is able to remake their games like this:

Then TPC and Game Freak should have no issue achieving a similar result.

Time Jannies in Legends Arceus when?

 

[EnemyStand]

I absolutely agree. When people said they wanted a D/P remake, they were probably meaning that they wanted something that rebuilt the region from scratch; for example, the environments all being updated and playing similarly to Sun and Moon, albeit far less linear, and the character models being upscaled.
I'm sure they didn't mean "just D/P but with 3D models."
If Square Enix is able to remake their games like this:

Then TPC and Game Freak should have no issue achieving a similar result.

D/P sucked anyway. I only got it because my friends did, and without peer pressure I'd have been done with Pokemon a decade earlier.

 

[Chin of Campbell]

Wowee these look bad.

The open world thing looks like Pokemon are modded into it, and yet again the graphics are uncanny.

Diamond and Pearl is just "we want the people dumb enough to buy a gameboy game for $60 to buy this too" and I'm already seeing people spilling their spaghetti-covered funkopops over it. Christ.

 

[A Widdle Woach]

I’m undecided on the D/P remakes but the new Snap game looks really fun. Snap would be perfect for DLC later down the line. New islands with different Pokémon, new camera filters, car upgrades/customization etc etc.

Now if we could get a decent stadium style game that would be fantastic, but I’m not about to hold my breath.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

Mega evolution was their attempt to add cutable content. The roster bloat has been an issue, and they've been trying since Gen5 to add new freshness with out having to add new Pokemon. Hidden abilities were the first and the weakest. Mega Evolutions were next, temporary Evolutions that would be less painful to strip out of subsequent games than an actual full on new evolution stage. Not-actually-Pokemon Ultra Beasts were possilby the worst, and Regional forms were in my opinion the best. Then they ripped the bandaid off in Galar and didn't include

If that's the case, then why is it that HA, Ultra beast and regional variants are the features that stuck, but mega's and Z-moves get shafted in favor of G-maxing (which is essentially both of them in one)? They had no reason to do so when the mechanics prior were doing just fine.

Ultra beast are really just a subcategory of legendary, so that's still them changing things up by adding more pokemon and it's not like Regional variants helped the "bloat problem".

 

[Bluey]

I am not a fan of the 3D chibis sprites but I may get at in the end. I really doubt there be gimmicks like GMax or anything.

The field sprites look like Mighty Mug's.

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

They cannot do that without Game Freak's permission. Game Freak has partial rights to the series, and the company itself does not belong to Nintendo(which is why they have released non-Pokemon games on non-Nintendo systems)

What about Creatures Inc?

My hope here is for GF's game to turn out like shit and the externally developed remake to overtake it in sales, I feel that would finally shake up management and cause the big N to consider outsourcing the license to companies that give a shit.

If there was a title that I wished that would succeed a th expense of the others, that would be Pokémon Legends (and New Pokémon Snap). Despite the choppy Chingling, having a true open-world and a different way of doing things would give Pokémon a much needed breath o fresh air.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

One thing that I know will bug me is that ORAS and (presumably) the Sinnoh remakes won't take into account the third version of the games. ORAS never took Emerald into account and I bet a twenty that Platinum won't be taken into account, except for the Griseous Orb. One step forward, two steps back I guess.

 

[EnemyStand]

I’m undecided on the D/P remakes but the new Snap game looks really fun. Snap would be perfect for DLC later down the line. New islands with different Pokémon, new camera filters, car upgrades/customization etc etc.

Now if we could get a decent stadium style game that would be fantastic, but I’m not about to hold my breath.

Stadium is dead. Its only function was so that people could play Pokemon on their big TV screens. The Switch already does that with any Pokemon games released, so there's no need for Pokemon Stadium anymore.

 

[Vapewizard]

I'm actually pretty interested in this Legends game, since I really enjoyed Breath of the Wild, but my main concern is how empty the overworld seems to be. It's definitely something I'll keep an eye on, and given that it's still a year out from release, I'm sure it'll be improved a lot over the coming months, so I have high hopes for it.

This is generally how I feel as well. In an ideal world the fact that they're now doing more outsourcing also means that the main team can put more care into legends. As for the gen 4 remakes, I never cared to begin with and I still don't now since it looks like it's not going to offer anything worthwhile if you already played a gen 4 game.

 

[A Widdle Woach]

Stadium is dead. Its only function was so that people could play Pokemon on their big TV screens. The Switch already does that with any Pokemon games released, so there's no need for Pokemon Stadium anymore.

Oh I know stadium is dead, but it would be nice to have a stadium like game again. With all the different types of battles and rule sets you’d think Nintendo would be all over that.
plus the mini games and Gameboy Tower were great.

Honestly I’d like to see the TCG on Switch but apparently that’s asking too much.

 

[Bluey]

Honestly, I don't think G Maxing or whatever it was called in Gen 8 will return. Not sure about Megas, but I wasn't a huge fan of Mega Evos since I never used them in my plays in Gen 6. I am sure Poffin making and contests will return however.