Random: Sony XDev Europe Pokes Fun At Pokémon GO For Being Late To The AR Party

Invizimal, how fitting of it's name. They are practically invisible to the public compared to Pokemon

invisible animals is nothing compared to Pokémon lolol

2009 - http://www.videogamer.com/psp/invizimals/news/invizimals_can_be_as_successful_as_pokemon.html

2015 - https://mrluvvaluvva.wordpress.com/2015/09/12/can-pokemon-go-succeed-where-invizimals-failed/

Need I say more???

There's obviously some jealousy there. But it takes more than just a concept like AR to sell a game. Pokemon has an unrivaled history and can make nearly anything marketable.

2016 - Yep - But's there's too many news stories and links for Pokemon Go this week, for me to copy and paste

Who? What? Sony is so butthurt and jealous...again.

Hah...Sony will NEVER can beat the Hype of Pokemon. Never ever...

OK, count how many jealousy of Sony about Nintendo. First, Wiimote and then there is PS Moves (Blah result). Second, Pokemon Go and this game (Pokemon GO wins). Well, maybe still there are some another Sony jealousy. More important, i don't care with whatever efforts from Sony.

Trying to poke fun but you can tell they're holding back tears.

I love some of the comments to that tweet...

Speaking from a very personal example, Pokemon Go reminds me a good deal of Hyrule Warriors in the sense that sometimes a game's mechanics need the right skin on them to become really appealing. Sure, Invizimals or whatever it is did something similar much sooner, but I don't care about a bunch of Street Sharks rejects with metal bits tacked on them. Sometimes, I really do think a game (like Ingress) needs the right skin on it for people to truly like it and care about it. That's why I think Pokemon Go is a big hit; it took good ideas in terms of gameplay and mechanics and used an appropriate skin to get people invested.

What the heck is invizimals? lol

Yea Sony, your just very very sad for trying to compare a huge franchise like Pokemon to something barely anyone knows about.

Invisi-what now?

Little fact: DenpaMen works better than Pokémon Go in the AR concept, but maybe that's just me.

Sony and Microsoft just don't get it. The game is popular not because of AR, it's POKEMON.

Pokemon Go is basically Ingress dressed up with Pokemon, just like Puzzle and Dragon Z with the Mario edition.

It's the same Ingress game but it became popular because people knew Pokemon so the game makes sense to them.

Nobody cares about ''invizimalz'' though

Yes there has been many different AR titles around for many years, but Pokemon GO is really the only one to be a big success.

Sorry Sony but Invizimals can stay invizible, the series is about iconic and recognizable as a Z list Celeb.

Pokemon Go is doing a lot of damage to VR right now. It is the opposite of VR, instead of isolating yourself in your own reality, this game makes people get out of the house to explore with friends.

Sony must be getting nervous as PSVR is launching in a couple more months.

@Nintendian
If VR sales flop, Sony should eat those VR. This is the difference between Nintendo and Sony.

It's pretty obvious with the new Zelda, Pokemon Go, the Mini NES, and some pretty positive outlook on the NX that Nintendo's star is rising again.

In the meantime Sony are relying on 3rd party, an indie developed AAA risk, and old Vita games to remain in the news until we find out if PSVR can live up to expectations. Maybe Playstation has had too long of an easy ride that it has got caught out by the industry catching up and quickly passing it.

You don't need snide remarks Sony, you need entertaining and original content to keep us jaded PS4 owners happy.

I believe it's all in good fun, but come on, Sony did ask for those replies.

hmm someone sounds salty....

Invisanimals could of been a great game, but it failed to do what pokemon did, have an interesting franchise. I mean pokemon has tons of cute or amazing monsters that everyone will love. While invisanimals has stock monsters from WOW or Bloodborne. Could of been better, and tbh so can pokemon go. But that is neither here nor their.

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone brag about Invizimals.

http://nintendo3ds.wikia.com/wiki/Face_Raiders Lets not forget Nintendos very first AR sucsess that was Pokemon Gos master, Face Raiders. Lets not forget that every single 3ds owner has bought a copy of face Raiders. Showing how ahead of its time it was. A godly high tier game that was

Why don't you make a new AR game with an existing IP? Like.......

100% salt

@PokeMelon123 I would be up for a final fantasy go

LOL. Just LOL.

I imagine Pokemon Go was downloaded more times in its first 30 minutes than Invisibles has been since it was released.

@patbacknitro18
Wow...How about Animal Crossing GO or Mario Kart GO ?

Yeah, but I can't catch a Gyarados in Invizimals.

@Anti-Matter You forgot about Smash Bros and Playstation All Stars Battle Royale!

I heard of Invisimals before but as a ps vita game I think? A launch game or something that went nowhere. I didnt even know there was a phone app

@LandOfZeldtir
Oh, yeah. I forgot.

I don't think he's being particularly salty with his post, just having a bit of fun. Perhaps it's because it's one of the only things Sony did before Nintendo, the whole AR thing.

Invizi...who?

They ripped off Pokémon in the first place.

Also, while nothing to do with AR, the Pokédex device (seen in the games and anime) demonstrated the concept of viewing Pokémon through a camera, which you could argue served as the basic inspiration for the idea.

never heard of it.......

If an Inviza-tree falls in the woodz and no one is there to see it iz anyone gonna GAF?

I like how they fail to mention that they probably ripped off the collectible monster mechanic from Pokémon.

Unpopular opinion time: I don't get Pokemon and it's popularity. It's the same formulaic games since the 90s with only a few new mechanics every gen.

I actually prefer the way that Invisimals works over Pokemon Go. Doesn't require all the mass surveillance, aggregated personally identifiable information, tracked movements by triangulation and GPS, or mechanically compulsory invasions of space and breaches of respect by imposing Pokespots upon places like the Arlington National Cemetary and US Holocaust Memorial Museum that never asked for them.

@EngieBengie I have a pretty unpopular opinion around here lately, too.

Also, I like Pokemon's concepts and settings, but I tired of buying into almost the exact same routine, again and again, after the Platinum version. Yet, I would prefer that routine any day over what Pokemon Go portends.

@PlywoodStick Glad to know I'm not alone

Sony is just jealous. That's why they Pokéfun at Pokémon!

BADUM-TISH!

@MrGawain Dude I feel yea about the PS4. My most played titles on the thing (outside of Bloodborne) is a PS2 game and a last gen 360 game. Not saying there are not some tight titles on the PS4, but the AAA block busters have felt more humdrum and disappointing than they have ever been. Here is hoping some competition from the Big N and Microsoft regaining its composure will force game devs and Sony to get more competitive.

@PlywoodStick I look like a stalker now, but again I agree with you!
I don't understand the appeal of pokemon Go.
I still like the tiring and repetitive pokemon formula though:P

And how'd that work out for you homie??? Fake-ass looking Pokemon game.

Sony's just jealous they don't have an IP as big as Pokemon.

It's fun to watch large compainies poke fun at each other though, did anyone see the conversation between Nintendo and Sega before the new Mario and Sonic game?

@Project_Dolphin
Excuse me ? NX will be not forgotten without that game you mentioned. Nintendo can still make money from their biggest franchises like Mario series, Animal Crossing series, Pokemon series, Zelda series, etc.
Oh, one thing. I'm happy playing Nintendo games without any Adult games like that. Really Happy. And i can give a good example to my students to play appropriate games.

I played the game on psp and it was a POKÉMON ripoff as well from what I remembered it was not set up like Pokemon Go .

An important part of these games is that the monsters have actually be appealing and be worth looking for. Which is something a lot of other monster catching/battling/raising games trip up at.

I don't think Pokemon GO and by extension Pokemon itself would be 1/100 as popular as it now if the entire line up looked like 90's cartoon rejects like Invizimals, I'd rather find nothing than find an Invizimal. Nintendo's character IP are one of their strongest assets and Pokemon are a set of varied creatures with cute, cool and interesting but most importantly good designs.

Invisiwho?

@Project_Dolphin
Because they are being Zombified by immorality and evil things. Popular but inappropriate, HELL NO from me. Forget all those popularity. I will stick with Appropriate games ONLY no matter how hard the situation. I don't care at all with those pathetic popularity. As long the young generations can live happily without adult games like that, i would be happy too. I still concern about morality aspect for your information.

Trying to be smug in the face of a powerful IP like Pokemon is pretty much stupid. I can imagine people tearing their eyes away from Pokemon Go for only a second to look at that tweet - then it's back to catching Rattata. What could they possibly have gained from doing that?

One thing that Invizimals has over Pokemon is that it has Tigershark. Such a cool beast!

That Invizimals PS3 platformer was pretty fun. I got it free as a gift from the whole PSN hack incident. Super cheesy story and really easy, but I enjoyed it. Playing as Tigershark is sweet.

Is that a violin playing in the distance for you Sony

Just a little bit of PR fun and ganes, no harm here.

I've never heard of Invizimals before. Sounds like Sony did a bang-up job marketing it.

@kotag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsqWHbinbkc

lol but seriously, I do still play the classic Pokemon every once in a while. Most recently, I played the Crystal Kaizo version, a super hard mod of Crystal.

@Anti-Matter then there's the millions more ps4s sold than the Wii u.

Hey all it does is give Nintendo free PR. Haters gonna hate. TPC/Nintendo/Niantic are laughing all the way to the bank. Besides the premise of pokemon has always been that these were natural creatures. So who has the true rip off?

Says the company after producing "Sony 1DS" in all but name (and this is coming from someone honestly fond of Vita, mind you). It's twenty years too late for "nintendon't" mentality.

It's like all the haters who say "but Monster Hunter didn't define the genre, there were other games before"

Ya? And no one can recall a single one of them offhand, yet everyone knows Monster Hunter. Ergo --> genre defining

never herd of this game before.

Invizimals failed in every way. Not as easy to use as Pokémon GO, not created as well, not as interesting as pokemon.

It isn't about who jumped on AR first, it's about who implements it well. Niantic waited and are, so far, doing it proper.

But to be fair, pokemon fans never left.
Who the fluffer-nutter ever played invismals?

It doesn't matter if Sony did it first. It just matters who did it correctly, and Nintendo wins because of that.

Not only is Augmented Reality a very broad hardware feature, I doubt "invisimals" was the first to use it. It's like saying the Oculus Rift copied the Virtual Boy, because virtual reality.

@Uncensored
Who cares !
I don't care if PS4 sold more than Wii U. I don't care with Sony anymore.
I still HAPPY with my Wii U. I enjoy my siesta time with Nintendo games. Forget PS4, forget all disgusting adult games. Just ONLY Nintendo for me for Great Family oriented video games.

@AlexSora89
Can it (ps vita) play Pokemon ?
No...
ROFL... XD
Very funny.

@AlexSora89 Technically, that can be solved by using eCFW...

All adult games are disgusting? Well you are entitled to your own opinion but I don't agree with you there. Be happy with what you got without knocking the other guy is the adult way to act but you apparently are not one.

The statement Nintendo is for kiddies is 100% factual when you read these comments.

@banacheck
By that logic everything ever would be "for kiddies".

@Uncensored
Do you say the same when people troll about "kids games"?

Your comment has a feel of right back at you.

I think I remember this from a trailer, if memory served me right Brian Blessed starred in it. Unfortunately they couldn't have him ham things up.

I heard of these Invizimals games before and actually play the first one on PSP but the game is more boring than fun so I actually took it back and later bought Monster Hunter Freedom instead. Honest to say I haven't look back since and considering Sony doesn't even acknowledge their existence (going as far as to not even referencing them in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale), it's no wonder nobody knows about them. At least Nintendo knows how to market Pokemon and Pokemon are associated with Nintendo as well even appearing in spin-offs and Super Smash Bros. Anyways in terms of virtual monster battle rivalry, I associate Pokemon's main rival to be Digimon, not Invizimals.

I have never, ever heard of Invisimals before. I bet it works better than Go, though. So much crashing and freezing...So many pokemon lost.

@Rin-go as a real gamer I play all kinds of games. I don't discriminate between kids and adult games. Right now I'm playing four swords adventure a kid game and legacy of Kain defiance. I just felt that guy was an idiot with his 'disgusting adult gane' remark.

@retro_player_22
Back on 1998 until 2000 era (Both Games and Anime), there are 3 Virtual Monster battle. First, is Pokemon. Second, is Digimon. Third, is Monster Farm / Monster Rancher.

@Uncensored
Remember, for general people who is not a gamer, when they saw sadistic, bloody, ultra violence, sex, profanity, they will react negatively and show a disgust feeling. Of course they will react 'Gosh, how inappropriate that games' or 'OMG...This is shouldn't be watched by my kids!'. I measure the game by Moral Norm also, is that media REALLY Apropriate to watch ? They will consider it as a Taboo to watch. Don't judging by Gamer view point, think about general people around us. There are so many kids, moms, elder and many people lived on non-gaming culture. They need something Appropriate in their life, to build better life. And what make me concern is there are TOO MUCH ADULT content entertainment or games, TOO MUCH. For a people who still have concern about inappropriate contents, they will feel disgust, a Natural feeling when they saw something that consider Taboo to watch, Taboo to hear, Taboo to do. From Taboo feeling lead to Disgust reaction.

@rushiosan I think Denpamen did AR better than Pokemon Go too. Although it helps that the denpamen already float around. With Pokemon it just looks weird so I always have it switched off.

@Anti-Matter well apparently I have been around 'adult' stuff for so long I have become desensitized to it. I can be sure my first born son in mid September will be the same as me. But I do understand your viewpoint.

Bad move Sony, bad move, no one cares about your invisible animals

@Anti-Matter I enjoy all those early anime, Pokemon I had watch up til season 9 (Battle Frontier), Digimon I watch til season 4 (Digimon Frontier), and Monster Rancher I had only seen up to episode 20 though I do play the Monster Rancher games up til Monster Rancher 4.

Rin-go: Your logic maybe but not mine, some of these comments are very immature.

@Anti-Matter
It's a timeless strip when it comes to handheld relevance. Any home console can beat Nintendo's own. No handheld will ever outdo a Nintendo handheld.
@PlywoodStick
I know, but still...

@electrolite77
Just because we are already in adult stage, it doesn't mean we HAVE to consume ADULT things that REALLY useless and completely evil. What is the point to indulgence ourself with Demonic behaviour, like in all adult games ? Can we do something POSITIVE ? Can we refuse to get into adultery things like that ?
Some adult things that REALLY nasty and useless are such as profanity, ultra violence, sadistic action, bloody everwhere, explicit sex, demonic dogma, alcohol madness, tabacco madness, etc. Can we just STOP to not get involved in such a SIN behaviour like that ? Just play or indulgence ourself by POSITIVE activities. We can play something good and appropriate, we can give a good example for young generations by positive activities, we can say NO to all adult games or entertainment like that. I said like that because i saw with my eyes and realized the harsh reality that some of my students in my school got contaminated by adult games or entertainment and they start to show a bad behaviour. From using profanity (at 3rd grade Primary ?!), playing sadistic bloody game (5th or 6th grade Primary?!) and showing bad attitude in the class. And that make me raise my concern about WORST EFFECT of adult games around us. In my country, a lot of or maybe TONS of children play adult games and make me feel disgust, angry and worried. How could they play such a game or enjoy adult things like that ?
That's because some adult people DON'T care at all with surrounding. They just let the innocence kids or other people contaminated by bad behaviour. If we are a GOOD adult people, we will NEVER think indulgence ourself in adultery things is a good idea. Just STOP all useless adult acitivities like that, do more positive activities. We can still HAPPY without ultra violence, sadistic bloody action, profanity, demonic dogma, etc. We DON'T need that to feel happy. We just want to build positive attitude to all people. So no more adult things to be enjoyed by privately.

Sorry if you disagree with my thinking. I just concern and worried about nowadays situation. To be honest, i'm adult also (31 years old) but I refuse to play or enjoy adult things like that because i know that's really bad and pointless. Instead, i like something cute, colorful, funny, silly, positive purpose and can be enjoyed by everyone. Hopefully you'll not mad at me. I just want to be honest.

@electrolite77
Thanks for sharing your own history.
But for me as adult, i choose to not get involved in any dangerous adult things.

One example.
Let's say, any alcoholic drinks from Sampagne, Brandi, Vodka, Whiski, Sake, etc. I refuse to drink nor even like the smell or taste. And from healthy aspect, i better drink something else. If someone offered me with that alcoholic drinks, i will completely refuse and will never want to drink or even touch it. Alcoholic drinks for me doesn't make a man or real adult, but just make my body sicker. Drinking alcohol or visit night club doesn't make me happy. If i want to feel happy, i will not visit Night Club or any kind of adult place, instead i will choose Game Arcade and play something fun and appropriate over there. That's one example of adult attributes that i will never want to get involved. Simply, i will keep reject any kind of actions or attributes that consider as adult things. Because for me, in my opinion, adult things like that considered as a sin. Sorry if i made you disagree with my comments before.