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

>it's nothing but 10 minutes of mobileshit, 5 minutes of advertising a TCG set we already know about, and finally DLC for a broken pair of games that locks basic content (outfit customization, old pokemon) behind paywalls until later this year
man
I wasn't expecting much but I was expecting even a tiny bit more than this
The most eventful thing outside of the inevitable DLC was the confirmation that Sleep was a thing again, and we all know they're only doing that to harvest data for profit
at least last year had the announcement of two remakes and such

oh well
at least Pokémon has finally completed its transition into "mobile-focused lifestyle brand"
good for them I suppose

I realize i'm being overdramatic, sorry. Just kind of bummed. I was at least looking forward to something on PMD, even a shitty rerelease or a bad remake, but no.
At least Terapagos looks really really good, as does Walking Wake (lmao at Violet just getting Virizion as a robot instead of that decent-looking fusion of all three though), as opposed to the gross trio in the first part of the DLC (hot pink never looks good on anything natural). What is it with recent gens being really good at designing Legendaries, but terrible at (designing) everything else?
 
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Joe Merrick instructs his followers to kiss Mr. Pikachu's ass after a shit presentation that could not even be bothered to announce a new game.

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Jerry's Magic Ring said:
Joe Merrick instructs his followers to kiss Mr. Pikachu's ass after a shit presentation that could not even be bothered to announce a new game.

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Dude, just look at the comments of the Direct and its trailers. It's seriously like Byleth all over again. Nintendo did something that the fans didn't like, and they only shut up after another set of shiny new keys was dangled in front of them- at which point every single dissenter shut their mouths and clapped like seals.
It's depressing how little anybody actually cares about the state of this franchise sometimes.
 
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Nauseated Courgi said:
I get that some of you guys are disappointed about the lack of a new Mystery dungeon, but didn't we establish earlier in the thread that the chances of a new MD was unlikely given how the game studio behind it have pretty been added to the main team for Pokemon?
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I think people were hopeful regardless just because it's been so long
this year it will have been 8 years since Super, and it's already been 3 since DX
the trademark on the Together site and DX's arguably-high sales paired with a massive drought of new games and a continuously-rabid fan community made people leap on the "NEW GAME CONFIRMED" train very quickly because desperation
besides, most Pokémon Day directs typically have at least one new game announcement, so it wasn't an unreasonable expectation in that context. How this one managed to go the entire thing shilling only mobile trash and nostalgiafagging card sets is impressive, but expecting as much was arguably unrealistic (especially after last year's Direct showing off so much).
 
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Anonitolia said:
I think people were hopeful regardless just because it's been so long
this year it will have been 8 years since Super, and it's already been 3 since DX
the trademark and DX's arguably-high sales paired with a massive drought of new games and a continuously-rabid fan community made people leap on the "NEW GAME CONFIRMED" train very quickly because desperation
besides, most Pokémon Day directs typically have at least one new game announcement, so it wasn't an unreasonable expectation in that context. How this one managed to go the entire thing shilling only mobile trash and nostalgiafagging card sets is impressive, but expecting as much was arguably unrealistic (especially after last year's Direct showing off so much).
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This man speaks truth
 
Anonitolia said:
I think people were hopeful regardless just because it's been so long
this year it will have been 8 years since Super, and it's already been 3 since DX
the trademark on the Together site and DX's arguably-high sales paired with a massive drought of new games and a continuously-rabid fan community made people leap on the "NEW GAME CONFIRMED" train very quickly because desperation
besides, most Pokémon Day directs typically have at least one new game announcement, so it wasn't an unreasonable expectation in that context. How this one managed to go the entire thing shilling only mobile trash and nostalgiafagging card sets is impressive, but expecting as much was arguably unrealistic (especially after last year's Direct showing off so much).
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Fair enough, but I feel like you're letting this whole thing get to you a little too much.
 
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Anonitolia said:
Dude, just look at the comments of the Direct and its trailers. It's seriously like Byleth all over again. Nintendo did something that the fans didn't like, and they only shut up after another set of shiny new keys was dangled in front of them- at which point every single dissenter shut their mouths and clapped like seals.
It's depressing how little anybody actually cares about the state of this franchise sometimes.
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It's no wonder why The Pokemon Company got the memo that quality doesn't matter anymore. Pokemon Scarlet & Violet was a broken mess upon launch and yet the launch records exceeded that of the previous generations. The franchise has a watertight seal against accountability it seems. There's been no point in buying mainline Pokemon games since the 7th generation.

I was hoping we would at least hear news about Pokemon Stadium coming out on the Nintendo Switch and how they would making the Transfer Pak compatible with the inevitable Pokemon Red & Blue re-releases on the platform. The selling point is that they would be able to use the Transfer Pak feature without the unreliableness of the original hardware forcing you to turn the game back off again and again. The Pokemon Company can't even be assed to put that up and give a selling point for the Nintendo Swich's paid expansion pak.
 
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Nauseated Courgi said:
Fair enough, but I feel like you're letting this whole thing get to you a little too much.
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yeah, that's fair lol. I get autistic about this series wayyyy too easily.
on a semi-related note, I've somehow seen no backlash to the fact that GF locked Vivillion's main trait behind a mobile app and physically travelling to the country with your preferred pattern to get a postcard for it from a Pokestop. How even

I have been informed that this is because you can just add people from other countries for postcards
I thought you could only get those from stops
my bad, ignore this post
 
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Leaf Wage Slave Jr said:
I’d argue that while Violet had the better pool of Paradox Pokémon, Scarlet had significantly more fun with the designs rather than “is robot”.
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yea...nothing is 'futuristic'. There is no Avant Garde look to any of them vs the primal aesthetic getting all the bells and whistles.
 
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I briefly quit Pokemon after Gen 7 and only came back recently with SV and the DLC has me curious but also cautious.
How expansive was the DLC in SwSh?
For what its worth, I enjoyed the maingame in SV a lot despite some of Pokemon's typical issues (now on top of some technical ones) but was very disappointed that the postgame didn't even have a battle tower. Its my main hope for the DLC along E4 rematches or general content for characters like Larry or Rika that I liked a lot but the presentation made it look like a big extra area with its own sub-plot.
 
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Sneak 'n' Snore said:
I briefly quit Pokemon after Gen 7 and only came back recently with SV and the DLC has me curious but also cautious.
How expansive was the DLC in SwSh?
For what its worth, I enjoyed the maingame in SV a lot despite some of Pokemon's typical issues (now on top of some technical ones) but was very disappointed that the postgame didn't even have a battle tower. Its my main hope for the DLC along E4 rematches or general content for characters like Larry or Rika that I liked a lot but the presentation made it look like a big extra area with its own sub-plot.
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SwSh DLC was actually pretty decent, both added fairly large new areas and stories and IMHO were more fun the the main game. Hopefully these new DLCs are like that too, but I've learned not to be too hopeful.
 
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Posting new mons; art was ripped from the official site. Names are in their filenames. All spoilered in case people wanna go in blind.

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Okidogi_ref.pngMunkidori_ref.pngFezandipiti_ref.pngOgerpon_ref.png(coming with wave 1)

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