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

[Atlictoal]

NPCs in this thread aside, I'm almost done playing Pokemon Black for the first time. That's one of the gens I missed between gen 4 and PLA. I see why people praise the plot so much. It is definitely a high water mark for Pokemon stories (whatever that means to you; I'm personally easy to please with game stories as long as the game is fun.)

The climax is fantastic and Pokemon games should give you the option to use the box legendary in the final boss more often. That is one thing I think SV almost did right though that was pretty much just a scripted event.

The game design is simply on another level, too. Every gym has a decent leveling spot with its own heal spot nearby. That's the kind of quality of life I need from turn-based RPGs like this. After playing a lot of Violet recently, I was also very happy to see Cheren using Leftovers, and that was just the obvious held item. I really don't know why Game Freak decided to have zero fun making trainer battles in their quest for endless babyification.

What do you fellas think the odds on a Black/White 3 in the next couple of years are? Would you like to give Game Freak a chance or do you simply dread the idea?

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

What do you fellas think the odds on a Black/White 3 in the next couple of years are? Would you like to give Game Freak a chance or do you simply dread the idea?

Highly unlikely but it could be done to nostalgia pander, at least.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

There wouldn't be a stupid argument about voice-acting in the mainline Pokémon games had Game Freak not given them animated lip flaps to simulate speaking. Such a fucking dumb design, especially when the text is already fully spelled out and the mouths just keep on moving.

In comparison to the original Japanese, does it match up better because syllables, or is it still the same?

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

I know someone in this thread was talking about doing a Crystal ROM Hack off of the disassembly available online. I started messing around with that shortly after Dexit became a thing, and it’s enough to scratch my Pokémon itch for now.

That is me. I temporarily stopped (and appropiately changed my avatar) because I am waiting until The Indigo Disk drops, which should reveal all of the Gen IX mon before I ge to hacking.
Besides, I did almost all of the foundational work that does not actually involve porting Paldea or the assembly language. I still wish I knew how I would code the Terrastalisation phenomenon.

 

[McMitch]

That is me. I temporarily stopped (and appropiately changed my avatar) because I am waiting until The Indigo Disk drops, which should reveal all of the Gen IX mon before I ge to hacking.
Besides, I did almost all of the foundational work that does not actually involve porting Paldea or the assembly language. I still wish I knew how I would code the Terrastalisation phenomenon.

I dropped off with Z-moves: so it just changes the type of the Pokémon, and for most Pokémon it’s one of the types it already had? Of, they did to Z-moves what Z-moves did to mega evolution.
The nice thing is that the Pokémon files have a good deal of unused data. It would probably involve code from how transform works, but I don’t know enough of how the mechanic works to say for sure.
I, myself, was going to try and implement abilities, though not the same way gen 3 on does so. I need to finish what I’ve already started adding before I start on that, though.

 

[30+GameOvers]

There wouldn't be a stupid argument about voice-acting in the mainline Pokémon games had Game Freak not given them animated lip flaps to simulate speaking. Such a fucking dumb design, especially when the text is already fully spelled out and the mouths just keep on moving.

Small indie team, please understand. You're giving GF a lot more credit than they deserve if you think there is any lip synching, it's just standard anime gum flapping.
To close the book on that topic(since I am right), I am playing thru Grand Colosseum right now and I am having a blast. It's been years since I played last time, but the ROMhack made it fresh again with higher difficulty and QoL changes/gameplay updates from future gens. Better yet, I was able to get the save working with Trigger's PC and get a whole bunch of pokemon I had sitting around battle-ready so I can play around with them in double battles.
This is getting close to my dream Pokemon game, Colosseum was already good but this is even better. ROMhacks are definitely the way of the future.

 

[Squawking Macaw]

What do you fellas think the odds on a Black/White 3 in the next couple of years are? Would you like to give Game Freak a chance or do you simply dread the idea?

Black/White 3? Not a chance. A remake of the first games? Probably in the next generation. There might be a Legends game that reveals the original Kyurem (and it's gonna be ugly as all hell if it happens).
Unova is my favorite region but I won't be buying any remakes. I no longer trust Game Freak not to fuck it up, especially after the Diamond and Pearl remasters.
Forget that last part, I forgot the DP remasters were made by the Pokemon Home team, not GF. Thanks, @Replacement Account

 

[Replacement Account]

especially after the Diamond and Pearl remasters.

I thought it was a different company that made it, not GF themselves, and that people from GF were like, advising or something?

 

[Anonitolia]

The Indigo Disk DLC has been confirmed to release on December 14th, 2023.

I await the flood of new glitches!

 

[Xerxes IX]

There wouldn't be a stupid argument about voice-acting in the mainline Pokémon games had Game Freak not given them animated lip flaps to simulate speaking. Such a fucking dumb design, especially when the text is already fully spelled out and the mouths just keep on moving.

In comparison to the original Japanese, does it match up better because syllables, or is it still the same?

That and they made Piers literally SING in his cutscene with absolutely zero audio, making GF look cheap and terrible. (Which is what I think started this whole VA debate)

 

[AnotherPleb]

That and they made Piers literally SING in his cutscene with absolutely zero audio, making GF look cheap and terrible. (Which is what I think started this whole VA debate)

Yeah, it absolutely is. I don't want to give Gamefreak any slack when every other major developer (and pass by me with the 'small indie dev' argument; they are developing for the largest media franchise worldwide) has done more voice acting than one person spelling out one word on the goddamned DS. Zelda and Metroid have more voice acting than Pokemon.

Besides, compare these:

and

and tell me we weren't absolutely robbed. I know the latter is fanwork, but that gym leader is literally a singer.

 

[Xerxes IX]

Yeah, it absolutely is. I don't want to give Gamefreak any slack when every other major developer (and pass by me with the 'small indie dev' argument; they are developing for the largest media franchise worldwide) has done more voice acting than one person spelling out one word on the goddamned DS. Zelda and Metroid have more voice acting than Pokemon.

Besides, compare these:

and

and tell me we weren't absolutely robbed. I know the latter is fanwork, but that gym leader is literally a singer.

At least Goodbye Volcano High had the musician MC actually perform songs. Gamefreak is a fucking disgrace.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Voice acting in video games has always been not great at best, but there is a place for it. That place has never been RPG’s.

Someone never played Final Fantasy X. RPGs are the best genre for voice acting because of how much text there is, I'd never have been as into Skyrim if not for the voice acting.

 

[McMitch]

Anime voice actors singing in Pokémon. Games would be even more cringey and gay than if they just talked.

 

[AnotherPleb]

Anime voice actors singing in Pokémon. Games would be even more cringey and gay than if they just talked.

I would rather have the cringe effort than the alternative which effectively gives Gamefreak a free pass to do less with each generation.

 

[McMitch]

I would rather have the cringe effort than the alternative which effectively gives Gamefreak a free pass to do less with each generation.

Effort should be devoted to making the game fun and then run properly and then have okay music. Where Gamefreak is at now, where talking two- maybe three- more decades before we add faggots singing.

 

[AnotherPleb]

Effort should be devoted to making the game fun and then run properly and then have okay music. Where Gamefreak is at now, where talking two- maybe three- more decades before we add faggots singing.

They're already two decades behind the rest of the industry and treating them with kid gloves isn't helping them at all.

 

[Xerxes IX]

Effort should be devoted to making the game fun and then run properly and then have okay music. Where Gamefreak is at now, where talking two- maybe three- more decades before we add faggots singing.

We got the worst of both worlds with the Ed Sheeran song in SV. Buggy mess of a game and they surely spent too much money to get some celeb faggot to do a song for them.

 

[McMitch]

They're already two decades behind the rest of the industry and treating them with kid gloves isn't helping them at all.

I'm not using kid gloves. But saying voice acting is a standard the industry should strive for when it is just awful (barring a select few games, even then it's still just window dressing) is the wrong type of criticism to give.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

Regarding Voice acting, AI is going to revolutionize adding voice acting into games making it cheaper than dirt to have an entire visual novel with branching endings and parallel scenarios fully voice acted. And Game Freak will STILL have text in a box because it's Game Freak and they don't know how to shed their handheld roots.

We're going to get Romhacks with AI voice acting before Game Freak elects to use voice over ugly ass white text boxes.