Poll: What Did You Think Of The February 2023 Pokémon Presents, Then?

This presentation was awful. In my opinion, the people who watch these are largely interested in the home console games and not the side stuff on mobile or the TCG/animation aspects of the franchise. Those have their places to be shown, but this was not it. So when 18 of 25 minutes are spent devoted to stuff I don’t personally care about, I can’t help but feel let down. It just feels like they didn’t cater this one to their audience.

If you enjoyed it, more power to you, but to me, this one was not good.

I am disappointed that there were no NSO updates regarding Stadium on N64 or any of the GB/GBA games, but at least that stop motion show looks kinda cute?

Meh. That's MY summary of it. Most of it was just filler. That's it. I expected more and...well...that's it.

Not much to say really. This was the WEAKEST presentation overall.

This was a presentation merely to have something to show on Pokémon Day. Sad.

Oh well. Moving on. Back to Splatoon for me!

Pretty awful. Felt like time for NSO and/or some console spinoffs but nope, just mobile stuff and DLC (and even in those areas they didn't reveal all that much). Easily the worst one I can remember.

As usual Ollie Reynolds asking a yes, no, middle answer question and write 27 options.

I had almost no expectations and I’m STILL disappointed lol

$34.99 for dlc is a scam, especially when the last one cost $29.99.

It's a sad day to be an OG Pokemon fan.

Largely a dull slog but the DLC looks good.

Bless you Pokémon, for I can lay my big, heavy head down and fall asleep in peace. Oh, I guess Pokémon sleep will help with that too.

@Deltarogue the real scam is $35 per version

it was laughable.
announcing paid DLC to a $60 game, that's STILL buggy after the v1.20 patch? give me a break.

Do you guys think we will eventually get Gen 1-3 on Switch?

We pretty much expected the DLC for Scarlet/Violet, but unless they really fix the performance issues, it's gonna be hard to be really excited for it.

Overall tho, this presentation was a big disappointment

@Don Bah, I don’t even know at this point. They could still be fine tuning the games for them to work properly on the switch online service, that would explain the delay. But I’m unsure all the same.

Pokemon Scarler and Violet DLC was the best one. It was oke present. Pokemon Sleep was big one to.

The DLC was the best part, they must have known as they made us wait.

...and I'm not even sure if I want to buy it! I've not been interested enough to finish the main game as it is. DLC and post game raids aren't enticing.

I hate to say it, but I saw this coming a mile away. People were trying to get hyped up about a new Mystery Dungeon game or classic Pokemon games coming NSO but I knew for Pokemon Day they were gonna do the easiest option that got them the biggest amount of profit, mobile games. All of the previous showcases had tons of mobile games and I expected nothing less. People just need to learn to stop getting hyped over nothing

Poor from the perspective that the only thing of note to me was the SV DLC. They couldn't even give us a date for Pokémon Home. I am surprised at the lack of news on the Mystery Dungeon remake as that was already leaked. I am really hyped for The Teal Mask though. Love the Japanese style.

There was a Pokemon presents? Are they doing multi-pokemon battles with parties similar to Dragon Quest games, yet?

The worst part of it is, despite not much being announced in terms of game (we had to wait 15 minutes to hear about games), the very few interesting things that did get announced are coming more than 6 month from now. Leaving a direct with nothing new to play is incredibly disappointing.

Just going to be blunt, I thought it sucked.

I don't know why they needed to put that info into a full-blown Pokémon Presents video in all honesty. I mean we've come to expect the usual Unite/mobile stuff followed by maybe one exciting thing or two, but even then it's hard not to be disappointed with the Presents. May as well have just shoved the small news on Twitter and shadow dropped the DLC trailer...

@Deltarogue anyone paying that much for Pokémon DLC (when Gamefreak really ought to have been giving it out for free as an apology for the steaming turd they released) proves the old adage that a fool and his money are easily parted.

The DLC looks so disappointing. I knew it was too good to be true that they may have included Kalos as a part of it. I might not even get the DLC if there’s no story.

These Pokémon presentations aren't very interesting in the first place but this was the worst one yet.

I kind of hate that Pokémon Café keeps showing up in these. Pokémon Shuffle (which I played a lot) never got the same kind of treatment and it was better that way. The people who are going to play the game are already playing it and know when the updates come, there's no need to make a trailer for some random event. I tried Café when it came out but I don't like how it plays. The art is cute though.

Scarlet and Violet have their own share of issues, but I survived them.

The DLC made me roll my eyes because it seems they rather spend time on that, than fixing the game.

Now imagine that DLC announcement was the only thing that got me excited, says enough how “good” this direct was to me.

I would dare to say the worst one, but oh well.

Nothing really interested me at all. Yes, I was hoping for older Pokémon games on Switch Online, but oh well.

There’s always *mulation
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Yes we got DLC, but the rest was just filler. Very disappointed.
Was hoping for at least GB and GBA games on NSO. As outside bets possibly Rush or Pinball, but I knew they wouldn't make the cut

I'm not a Pokémon fan but my kids, who are older now and have mostly outgrown it, were really into it, so I just watch these things for nostalgia purposes, and even I thought it was weird and disappointing.

Probably good they aren't rushing out a new game every year, but I expected something more than just DLC. Must be a bunch of older Pokémon games and spinoffs they have yet to remaster.

Between the eSports and the John Wick like ad for the Classic card game and the seemingly SNL Pokemon Sleep skit, well the whole thing was like a prank April Fool's Day fan video. 🤷‍♂️

What was it like. I didn't need Pokémon sleep to help me doze off.

I had three expectations going in - A gameboy pokemon game or two for NSO, S/V DLC, and a bunch of mobile game news for stuff I don't play and hence don't care about. Two of those expectations were met. Kind of a nothing Pokemon Presents since they didn't really show much of the DLC, but I'm glad it's coming.

Why does everyone here get so angry over the mobile games, though? Seriously. Just ignore it if it's not for you. You don't need to spend energy being mad that Pokemon Masters EX exists. It's not worth it.

Literally worthless presentation.

TPC flopped harder than a level 19 Magikarp today

I thought it was very low key! I can't complain though... I'm very much in the camp of "less is more" based on recent Pokemon games. They've been stretching themselves too thin and the quality of the games has suffered. So I guess this should be seen a good thing...? I feel more optimistic about the next big Pokemon game if it really isn't coming in Q4 of 2023.

I think this Pokemon presentation in conjunction with the recent Nintendo Direct is adding a lot of fuel to the fire that new hardware is on the horizon too.

So reasons to feel happy I'd say... even if this was disappointing for fans.

I think the biggest thing for me, was the lack of a new game, port or remake being announced for the Nintendo Switch. I dunno, it just seems kinda strange when you consider, there has been at least one console Pokémon game released every year on the system.

2017: Pokken Tournament DX
2018: Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee
2019: Pokemon Sword/Shield
2020: Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX,
2021: New Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shinning Pearl
2022: Pokemon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Scarlet/Violet

Obviously, they aren't obligated to release a console game every year, but based off of the above track record, one can't blame people for expecting some kind of announcement, as far as console games go.

Just looked on the eshop and the expansion pass is £31.49 😱 Also Pokemon Presents said parts 1 and 2 would release in 2023 but the eshop says part 1 will release on New Year's Eve and part 2 on 30th April 2024??

S/V DLC looks cool.

Can't say I cared about the other 20-ish minutes

The presentation made me fall asleep.

The mobile game stuff is pure filler as usual, the Netflix show and TCG news are fine, & the surprise Raids and DLC announcements were surprising and predictable respectively. But even though nothing was promised, I was so sad to see no PMD or NSO news when I woke up, even if it was just Red Rescue Team coming to the GBA app, or the Stadium games getting released for N64 app.

DLC for a game that still runs and looks like junk!? Maybe they should fix the game first but then again, idiots will buy the DLC and defend Nintendo and GameFreak because "IT'S POKÉMON!"

Honestly, I thought it was just meh. DLC looks pretty good and hopes they fix the performance issues before then. I am also interested in TCG classic

It was terrible

Never had been watching these Pokemon direct, but the the idea for nso with the inter nso connectabiliy (trading from gb tot n64) did get me fascinated how they would do it, but alas... At least the stop motion did look cute.... went playing Pokemon snap as a relaxed compensation...

I’ve never watched one till today. I’ll never watch one again.

Terrible, nothing surprising. The dlc is exciting but was completely expected. No NSO games is heartbreaking. It was bizarre they didn't mention the Pokémon scarlet and violet patch, which still doesn't seem to effect performance at all. The only thing I cared about was the tcg classic board and it's unintentionally hilarious commercial.

@JazzyBeat Dude there will be a story, will it be good? IDK, but just like the S&S DLC there will be a story.

Eh, it’s easier for me to list em.

Pokémon World Championships in Japan: Kind of a whatever, the host city was announced back in August 2022, the only new things here were the key art and the actual venue.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic: The Pokemon Company and Creatures Inc. are basically adding fuel to the dumpster fire that is TCG product scalping, you can’t even buy the most recent TCG set in Japan without entering a lottery or, if you’re a foreigner visiting Japan, barred from buying any products they have in stock.

Pokémon Concierge: I’m cautious about this one. It’s a Netflix production based off of a technically-foreign IP, that’s something that’s never ended well even with the original IP holders involved.

Pokémon Unite/Masters EX/Café Mix: I never into these so I’m largely ambivalent on these.

Pokémon Sleep: I never saw the point in this, there are a bunch of other apps you could use to track your sleep patterns so why would you need a Pokémon themed one? The Pokémon GO announcement was neat but I’m mildly annoyed that the Pokemon GO Plus+ gets the “choose which kind of Poké Ball you can use” function that players have been asking since the original Go Plus accessory was released back in 2016.

Walking Wake/Iron Leaves raids: This was a nice announcement and one I wasn’t really expecting. I just wish that they didn’t hide the fact that you can only catch one of each per save file on the games’ companion site.

Scarlet/Violet DLC announcement: This was something I was expecting in large part due to the success of SWSH’s DLC. As far as the actual content goes I’m cautiously optimistic but I find the lack of details for The Indigo Disk DLC to be very suspicious.

It was honestly…pretty bad…well, actually very bad. Disappointments on many fronts, and pretty poor pacing. (And this is coming from someone who isn’t even a Pokémon fan!) I guess we cannot have a mind blowing Nintendo Direct and a mind-blowing Pokémon Presents in the same month. It would be so mind-blowing that reality as we know it would collapse into oblivion. At least there is going to at long last be a Pokémon game I can play simply by sleeping. That’s a good thing…I think…

Bruh... 🙄
I don't even care with handphone stuffs from Pokemon Presentation 2023.
I just wasted my time for watching nothing but Scarlet / Violet DLC that I still thinking twice.

this was the worst Pokemon Presents i watched, full of mobile crap and no intering anouncement(maybe i will open a expection to Pokemon Concercier)

I feel that this was, in my personal opinion, a gross disappointment...

...I mean, don't get me wrong, if you're a fan of the competitive/cooperative side of Pokemon, than this was probably a massive treat for you, as there's a lot to digest. But as I tend to shy away from stuff like that (as I SUCK at it & will only hold people down lol), then the only exciting thing for me was the Scarlet/Violet DLC and maybe the Pokemon Concierge Netflix Series...

Of course, this was the first Pokemon Presents I ever watched, so maybe they're ALL like this...?

Was pretty meh. Nothing to get excited about

I liked the animatronic Pikachu.

That is all.

@LilyGoMEOW I meant “good” story. It just looks like 2 boring Shield of Armour-like DLC. Missed opportunity to include Kalos in some form. And don’t get me started with how they decided to hand out the new Paradox legendaries 🤦🏽‍♂️

@gaga64 Y'know, when I first saw it, I thought for sure that the Animatronic Pikachu was supposed to be hinting at a Detective Pikachu 2 announcement, since it looked so much like the Movie-Version of Detective Pikachu lol!

This presentation should be an email, not a 25 minute video.

What was the point when they basically had no gameplay footage ready? Most people were expecting Scarlet and Violet to get DLC, but why have it in a video presentation if you've got no video to show. It was just artwork. Other than Unite and Cafe, it was basically completely random, unconnected live action videos that just wasted time and showed nothing. I really don't know what the point of the presentation was. Just a complete waste of time.

Also, can I give a Shout-Out to "Blueberry Academy," named after my Favorite Fruit! I've been on a personal quest to try EVERYTHING that's Blueberry Flavored, and now you're telling me I get to attend a University themed around the stuff?! AWESOME! lol

Even the DLC looked kinda bland. The new Paradox Pokemon are just handed out like raid battles. That's just as boring as the mystery gift stuff from a few generations ago. Why can't there be a unique quest? Integrate them into the DLC at least. This feels so lame for what should be a cool announcement.

I guess they're bringing back the battle tower with the second DLC, but of course, you have to get both DLC packs, and it's more than half the price of the base game. A game that still plays like a hot mess. I'm not going to buy this DLC.

@Handheld_TrifectAce sadly mostly of Pokemon Presents are this way

i think most people expect to much from these presentations
i mean i thought we would get a useless 5-10 minutes music video, that goes over the history of Pokémon

You know the only thing we needed were the Game Boy games! ahh there were so many hints.

I’m not sure why Pokémon needs to have its own presentations. Scarlet and violet DLC could have easily been in the Direct, and all the other stuff could have been announced through tweets/press releases

The Pokemon cycle continues. Honestly it is was okay. Pokemon is more than just the games so the fact that everything was touched upon was to be expected. The re-release of the Set 1 card series is nice, the Pokemon Go/Sleep functionality is cool, and even Masters EX announcement was nice. As for Scarlet and Violet that was what I was mostly expecting, we did not get Kalos, but a micro-region is nice world building and Paradox legendries being confirmed is rather awesome!

As for people expecting new spin-off games, or gen 1/gen 2 coming to Switch Online... well... it can still happen. Is this the worst direct ever? Not really. Is it amazing?: Not really either. Nor did it have to. This was a pretty mild Pokémon direct telling us what to expect generally from the year. That and I think we should be happy Gamefreak is focusing on the DLC for the next year rather than Let's Go Johto or a new Legends game...

I expected scarlet and violet dlc (even that was meh). But everything else was lackluster. I’ll give the stop motion series a go. I just can’t believe this was it.

I was hoping that animatronic Pikachu was going to be announced as a meet 'n' greet at Universal Parks. :/

It was frankly a bit embarrassing. Pokémon is bringing down Nintendo's brand prestige at this point, it's lucky a good percentage of the population will buy anything with the word Pokémon slapped on it still.

I vote SV dlc mostly due to Ninetales being shown. Pokemon Sleep sounds pretty lit might pick up a plus+

People seem upset... and I mostly agree. But then again, I used Pokemon Smile about two years ago, and I'm a teenager, so Pokemon Sleep is a must-download for me!

I never watched these, but have always heard people hyping them up only to be ALWAYS disappointed. lol

I missed out on today's broadcast and I guess I didn't miss much. It seemed very lame and lackluster.

Pokemon red & blue + Pokemon stadium transferpak functionality would have been enough to make me excited.

But instead I feel a bit disappointed, I guess the DLC for Scarlet and Violet is nice but it's cot coming out anytime soon, I hope they patch the game up before they release the DLC, it's not like they don't have the time and money to do it.

Tested the latest update, and I don't know maybe it feels a bit more stable, but I still encountered slowdowns and weird glitches where the world in the distance would "flicker" and also running into "invisible" Pokemon due to them not loading in fast enough.

Would be interesting to see someone make some sort of analysis of the latest patch performance compared to how it played on launch now that we have had a couple of patches.

I play mobile & it was great stuff for me.
Dewgong is coming back as well?
I loved it

@FawfulDX We didn't get either really. The rumors about this being a light year seem to be spot on.

There was nothing overly interesting for me here.

I don't play Pokemon games, but I always keep up with it, and if I was looking forward to this, damn I would have been massively disappointed. That video was pointless, except to show how money grabbing they are. The cost of the DLCs and that pointless sleep app, damn they are just slapping the IP on everything

@JohnnyMind test let's see if it works!

Edit: it would seem so, thanks!

I SLEEP. I SLEEP.

Nice to see Pokémon Sleep wasn't completely forgotten. Gives me some hope that Detective Pikachu 2 is really still in development. The SV DLC looks promising as well. And I like stop motion animation so I'll check out Concierge.

Otherwise very disappointing. I understand they want to keep people updated about their FtP games but to have the majority of the presentation be about whatever the latest mobile game events are going on is very frustrating.