Topic: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!

Meh, that is an opinion and is very subjective (And my statement is repetitive and redundant). I personally loved this new generation of Pokemon. I actually didn't find Kalos that impressive with its new Pokemon.

I can agree with the rest of that statement though. S/M post game was lackluster.

As a shiny pokemon hunter XY and ORAS are my favorite because they offered so many shiny hunting methods that were actually fun. Dexnav hunting is my favorite method to date.

I loved X/Y. There were a few new Pokemon that I adore (Fletchling is the cutest bird Pokemon ever), and I loved the region and the music. I'll take X/Y over Sun/Moon and US/UM any day. I was so disappointed with Sun that I didn't even bother with Generation VII any further. Would have much rather have had X/Y get a third game or sequels/alternates than Sun/Moon, to be honest. Like it's just so painful to see US/UM when X/Y never got anything. =(

@Arcamenel Oh my gosh yes, my first real shiny wasn't until Moon and I've been playing since the beginning. Granted I never shiny hunted until Moon, but my brother caught a shiny in gold and ever since then I have just wanted to run into one randomly. I consider my first random one pyukumuku because I was going to try to chain for one with at least okay IVs and the first cry for help a shiny one popped up. Yes, I know the odds are better now but it still feels good man. I hunted a shiny Murkrow. And I was ev training and got a shiny grimer. So S/M has a sweet spot in my heart already for the shinies.

@Walru-Cheese I think this was a 3ds or a n3ds game then they could not get it to run well on the system then ported to the switch that might be where the details look like that I also think that ultra sun and moon was going to be on the switch at one point or this was part of it and they just spilt it up and put this on the switch and USUM on the 3ds so in theory it was stars was on the 3ds and switch with kanto with pokemon able to walk with you.

@Harmonie X and Y feel like they need a remake or stuff added on there is a train station that goes nowhere they could have added new megas yes gen 6 was an unfished gen and 7 was somewhat no side games or anything

Gen 7 was lacking that lasting aspect to it. You know that fun part to it that you can keep coming back to. I appreciate that they continue to add a variation of the battle frontier each time to each gen, but continuously battling can get tedious. That 4-way ffa thing they had was fun at first, but quickly became somewhat unfair tbh.

@Snaplocket Welcome to the Pokemon cycle. Game comes out, gets the initial praise, then people turn around and hate its very guts, but come back around after a generation or two and people (be it the same from the start or different groups) will treat it like the pinnacle of creation. Just look at the undying adoration gen V's been getting lately, and that was one of the most universally HATED gens back in its day.

@Snagrio I think the reason for that is perhaps that new generations of Pokemon fans come in and drown out the old.

Like, I have been into Pokemon since Generation I, my opinions on all of the generations have remained consistent. For example, I have always adored Generation II and V, and thought very favorably of IV and VI, while I've always been super disappointed with Generation III and now VII.

I saw the shift with GIII, where a lot of people were super disappointed like me, but eventually it become everyone's favorite. I don't see that as hypocrisy, but instead that people who started with Generation III started outnumbering people who had played as long as I had.

I'm glad to see Generation V no longer receiving so much hate, I hope the same will be extended to VI soon. However, I've always seen a lot of criticism for Generation V has been from those people who are closed-minded to Pokemon designs and thus just wrote it off because of "object Pokemon" (as if those haven't existed since Generation I). Now that GF is trying oh-so-hard to bring that crowd of Gen I purists back I fear what will happen with the fanbase.

Hm, sounds like the Zelda fanbase. "You tink Windu Waiku is for babbies, so I borrow OoT and make Tuwairaito Purincess! Ooooo, but noooooo, noooooooooow you HATE TUWAIRAITO PURINCESS! WELL YOU DON'TU KNOW WHATTU YOU RIKE!!!"

I mean, every game is gonna have their fans and detractors, so whatever. Like what you like. I'm already seeing that happen with Xenoblade, where some people are decrying Xenoblade X and 2 as trash and "unworthy of the Xeno name" when that's just bullocks if you ask me. (If anything Xenoblade 1 would fit that bill the most because it wasn't supposed to be a Xeno game at first, but whatever they're all Xeno games so who cares)

@Harmonie To be fair, B2W2 seemed to be far more popular than the originals ever were even back when they were released. And for good reason, they're still the best titles in the series to date in my opinion (and I started with Red when it launched, so I've been around just as long). That said, I'm still not a fan of a good chunk of BW's designs, (and I actually like a number of the object Pokemon, Chandelure and Golurk are among my favorites in that generation.)

As for Gen VI, I absolutely adore Kalos, and it's Pokemon designs. There's actually not a single gen VI design I dislike, (though a few I'm neutral on), and the design of the areas up until the second visit to Lumiose were incredibly well done. Which is why I think it hurts that there isn't more there. XY is the only generation I played through the main game 4 times for, because I loved the region but there was nothing to do late-game or post-game to keep me playing. If there is a remake someday in the distant future, it easily has the potential to become the best region.

@EvilLucario Yet BotW appeared to break the "Zelda cycle", there wasn't much of "BotW is garbage, bring back the Skyward Sword style".

Will there be a game that breaks the "Pokemon cycle"? Who knows.

@Grumblevolcano True I guess, the most I hear about BotW is that the dungeons blow and there's repetitive stuff to do.

@link3710 Well, for me, every generation has its number of Pokemon designs that are hits or misses. However, I don't tend to judge the whole generation by that fact. Like when I really think about Generation IV's Pokemon they are forgettable to me, but I liked the games so much better than R/S/E and that's what matters to me.

I love Kalos. Not only because it is Western European/France inspired, but just because I think they really made a neat region of it. I await the day that Kalos gets remade, hopefully in full 3D as opposed to the chibi and 2.5D style. Hopefully GF doesn't get too caught up in Generation I, like they have as of late. I feel like Generation VI has just been brushed over and it makes me sad. I would have much rather got to play through Kalos again (even with the same graphics) than Alola twice. I was actually prepared to buy whatever version of Kalos they were coming out with after X/Y, and I have never bought a third version since Crystal (B2/W2 I count as something else).

@Tsurii I know it exists, it's just a lot less common than say Skyward Sword's handholding and motion controls or Wind Waker's cartoon-like design.

This was TPC's April Fool's joke by the way: Team Rocket Performance Evaluations

All the screenshots they used are from Pokemon Yellow. And they ended it with ''We will continue to monitor the productivity of these workers and re-evaluate in another 20 years.''

Pokemon Yellow came out 20 years ago in Japan, in 1998. So it's very possible they were hinting at this without anyone noticing it.

@Octane That's definitely a good catch. The evidence definitely continues to pile up.

@Octane Good catch! Really clever, if it really turns out to be true.

If a Pokemon game launches this year alongside Fire Emblem and Smash, I could see the Switch selling another 20 million by March 2019.

Even April Fools is not safe anymore. That's just hilarious to me for some reason.

@EvilLucario Same here, I love the irony that actually true leaks of how the game looked were released on April fools day, of all days.

@Octane what do your senses say about announcement? My gut feeling is telling me an announcement is coming either this week or the next. It just feels right for whatever reason.