The Pokémon Company Hypes Scarlet & Violet's 'Part 2: The Indigo Disk' DLC

TPC is so funny sometimes.

God this game has had some of the worst promotion ever.

Sad thing is...I bet there's a lot of people looking to preorder it already.

Fix the game? Nah, give us $40 for an expansion pack that runs as bad as the base game

This probably means it's gonna be like Sw/Sh DLC where the second part is the actually good one.

Pretty much just like in that direct, why hype it up with no release date to give? Not that I’d get hyped for these but I liked Scarlet enough to think I’ll like these just fine too.

Personally the main issue I have with the DLC situation for this game is the fact that it's been like 9 months since Scarlet and Violet released and the most info we have on the FIRST HALF of the DLC is a LEAKED presentation that'll probably have info. I enjoyed Violet when I played it early this year despite its flaws, I thought it was a genuinely good step forward for the Pokemon formula that just didn't get anywhere near enough time in the oven. But after seeing how they've done nothing to improve the game post-launch beyond fixing game breaking bugs and light performance upgrades I was already leaning towards not grabbing the DLC. The fact it's taken the vast majority of a year to put out HALF of the DLC and they're already hyping up the second half before releasing any of it means it's pretty much a guarantee I'm not grabbing it. It doesn't help that I've started getting into other RPG series that are taking up all of my time (see my pfp and profile), but if the DLC had better release timing to actually continue the hype I got from the initial release and if they actually improved the game's performance, I'd be wholly willing to head back and give it a shot. As it stands, Scarlet and Violet are still a really good foundation for the future that's been massively mishandled in every way other than the core game.
I admit I could be looking into this too much and I also admit I'm probably biased in every way with Persona 4 being my favorite game of all time and playing it only a couple months after Pokemon, but even ignoring that I still thought Pokemon was a 7/10 at best when I first played it. Even if I hadn't binged a whole other RPG series between now and then, I still don't know if the DLC releasing this long after playing the game would bring me back knowing they've fixed next to none of the performance issues.

Maybe I’m just stupid and everything I say is, but Pokemon as a franchise is just, so darn fun, but I notice with every new game it becomes harder and harder to turn a blind eye to it all. A 40$ dlc for a game (in my opinion) with gamecube graphics, lots of bugs plus frame rate issues, and still no voice acting, even though, for some reason, their mouths will move during certain cutscenes!
And don’t even get me started with the attack animations.

And the thing is I’m sure I would enjoy the game, hasn’t been one I haven’t yet, but the quality control is so poor for a 60$ game (100 if your planning to get everything, which there’s a good chance you will if you want your favorite pokemon) and It just saddens me, because I love Pokémon.

Meowscarada looks like it's doing a Captain Bison impression

Milk em dry if they lay down and roll over for it!

Either way, not really interested in the DLC. I enjoyed the gameplay aspect of ScVi, but I'm not going to purchase a DLC for a game with technical issues this massive. Much rather wait and see if the 2024 game ends up being any better (although I doubt that'll end up being the case).

I'm done with S/V (not that I was ever excited in the first place). Bring on Let's Go Johto or whatever Gen 2 remake project is next!

I'm not buying it this time.

Looking forward to the DLC and having a reason to boot up Violet again after lying dormant since before Christmas.

It gives the impression that the DLC is on the earlier side of the release windows if not even earlier than that. I predicted October 2023 for part 1 and January/February 2024 for part 2 (January and February are still part of winter) but with them promoting part 2 more than part 1 makes it seem like both are earlier than that.

@Grumblevolcano or they simply know they will be releasing a broken product on schedule.

I’ve never dipped in Pokemon dlc. Is it worth it? I mean it’s nearly the price of a full game.

@EaglyPurahfan You have zero memory of what Gamecube games actually looked like.

One of the most disappointing game releases in this decade.

@EaglyPurahfan You literally posted an image with draw distance the Gamecube couldn't even dream of.

@EaglyPurahfan keep on moving those goalposts

@EaglyPurahfan The goalpost of "looking like a gamecube game".

@EaglyPurahfan What you're missing here is that it doesn't look like a friggin' gamecube game! Go back and turn on your gamecube and put literally any game in it, then go back to S/V. Make sure your eyes are open for both. It's night and day. Seriously. I'm tired of people rewriting history. I'm not saying that S/V look good. I'm saying that you have no idea what a gamecube game actually looks like.