Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet - Coming Late 2022

[Diesel]

Come on Game Freak, I WANT to give you my money. Show me a reason to.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Come on Game Freak, I WANT to give you my money. Show me a reason to.

I saw that "school troublemakers" line and was laughing to myself. How did we go from villain groups like Team Rocket, Aqua and Magma, Plasma, etc. to this? We don't get to have a worthwhile rival or a true villain group anymore?

I will say that the visuals don't look half bad in this trailer. I watched it on my phone though, maybe the smaller screen made it look better than it really is lol.

[Britnasty]

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Well looks like I’ll be upgrading to the OLED Switch now.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

I saw that "school troublemakers" line and was laughing to myself. How did we go from villain groups like Team Rocket, Aqua and Magma, Plasma, etc. to this? We don't get to have a worthwhile rival or a true villain group anymore?

I will say that the visuals don't look half bad in this trailer. I watched it on my phone though, maybe the smaller screen made it look better than it really is lol.

The games have become so “sanitized” and “friendly”. Early games had you stopping criminal syndicates, ecological terrorists, etc. and now its school bullies and fan clubs who want their girl to be champ…

If the path forward is this stuff for the “mainline” games and more entries like Arceus for the spin offs then I’d be okay with that I suppose. I want to love a new mainline game but Arceus was fantastic gameplay and I still think the best game they have ever made. Actually, if we were coming from Sword and Shield straight to these new entries I’d probably be more positive on them. But having just had Arceus in the same year showing me what they can actually make has doused any excitement for what looks to be modern Pokemon by the numbers thus far.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

Well looks like I’ll be upgrading to the OLED Switch now.

The dock and joycons look nice but that graffiti style on the back is super tacky imo.

Originally Posted by Diesel

The games have become so “sanitized” and “friendly”. Early games had you stopping criminal syndicates, ecological terrorists, etc. and now its school bullies and fan clubs who want their girl to be champ…

If the path forward is this stuff for the “mainline” games and more entries like Arceus for the spin offs then I’d be okay with that I suppose. I want to love a new mainline game but Arceus was fantastic gameplay and I still think the best game they have ever made. Actually, if we were coming from Sword and Shield straight to these new entries I’d probably be more positive on them. But having just had Arceus in the same year showing me what they can actually make has doused any excitement for what looks to be modern Pokemon by the numbers thus far.

It's sad really. Even the new characters look bland and uninspired. It's like they aren't even trying with these designs. Gym leaders, elite four, villains are all forgettable with no redeeming memorable traits.

If not for Legends Arceus I think I'd be completely uninterested in Pokemon going forward. The new mainline games suck, remakes are lackluster and you'd be better off playing the originals. Legends is the only thing that feels new and fresh. I'm crossing my fingers for a Johto style game in the near future.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

The dock and joycons look nice but that graffiti style on the back is super tacky imo.



It's sad really. Even the new characters look bland and uninspired. It's like they aren't even trying with these designs. Gym leaders, elite four, villains are all forgettable with no redeeming memorable traits.

If not for Legends Arceus I think I'd be completely uninterested in Pokemon going forward. The new mainline games suck, remakes are lackluster and you'd be better off playing the originals. Legends is the only thing that feels new and fresh. I'm crossing my fingers for a Johto style game in the near future.

They’ve been so successful for so long they have stagnated. The market has shown them they have no reason to put further effort whether technical or artistic into it because the games will move millions regardless.

I’m hopeful that Masuda moving away from hands on development of the series can finally make room for new blood and new creativity. Like I said, I WANT to be excited for these games but they haven’t shown me a reason to so as of right now I’m still taking a pass on these.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Diesel

They’ve been so successful for so long they have stagnated. The market has shown them they have no reason to put further effort whether technical or artistic into it because the games will move millions regardless.

I’m hopeful that Masuda moving away from hands on development of the series can finally make room for new blood and new creativity. Like I said, I WANT to be excited for these games but they haven’t shown me a reason to so as of right now I’m still taking a pass on these.

I still can't believe SWSH sold as many copies as they have. On one hand I can understand why because they're the first HD console games in the series. But then I look at the overall quality of these games and I can't help but think SWSH is so undeserving of this level of success. I couldn't be bothered with the DLC, sold my copies off before ever playing it and I won't look back.

[Mavrick]

This and Legends were in development side by side so I’m not surprised to see most of the excellent steps forward from Legend not incorporated in this game. I guess we will have to wait for the next one to see any of the good stuff from Legend return.

[unberechenbar]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

It's sad really. Even the new characters look bland and uninspired. It's like they aren't even trying with these designs. Gym leaders, elite four, villains are all forgettable with no redeeming memorable traits.

Do you feel the same way about the new Pokémon?

[Gamma_Winstead]

To seperate from the negativity, honestly I can't wait for this. I'm only now finally going through Sword, and am having a blast with that. To be fair, it's probably because the last one I played was X, and before that Ruby, lol. I don't have the burnout from years of similar titles.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by unberechenbar

Do you feel the same way about the new Pokémon?

Most of the new Pokemon look very good. The human characters are the real issue.

[Diesel]

Listed and then promptly de-listed from Amazon:

[Diesel]

New trailer tomorrow.

Come on Game Freak, give me a reason to buy.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Diesel

New trailer tomorrow.

Come on Game Freak, give me a reason to buy.

You've got more self control than me. I'm buying simply because it is Pokemon. I'm going in with very low expectations and hoping to be surprised.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

You've got more self control than me. I'm buying simply because it is Pokemon. I'm going in with very low expectations and hoping to be surprised.

Its all theoretical self control until it releases

[Mavrick]

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[Diesel]

Was anything in that besides the new evolution new? I feel like we have seen shorter versions of literally everything else already.

I’m still out on these. I’ve actually grown to hate the giant crystal hats even more over time.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Was anything in that besides the new evolution new? I feel like we have seen shorter versions of literally everything else already.

I’m still out on these. I’ve actually grown to hate the giant crystal hats even more over time.

All of the new gimmicks they introduce are so stupid to me. Mega Evolutions were awesome and that's about it.

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by InuYashaCrusade

All of the new gimmicks they introduce are so stupid to me. Mega Evolutions were awesome and that's about it.

The main problem with Mega Evolution was that (to me) most of the designs were just terrible.

[Mavrick]

The new Pokémon revealed today reminds of the beta Politoed