Okay, fine. Protect your IP. That’s your right. However, there wouldn’t be a reason to put these things up if you would get the ball rolling on a proper, HD, virtual console on the Switch. Sony and Microsoft continually do this on their systems, yet you stopped with the Wii U.
SWSH have nothing on the polished gameplay of RE2make, Luigi’s Mansion 3, or Fire Emblem: Three Houses. If we’re counting Persona 5 Royal, that’s an instant knockout. Pokemon simply cannot compete with the level of polish and work done with Persona 5’s turn-based battle system, challenging bosses, choices and activities that actually impact the in-game world and character as a whole, and it even has the monster collecting aspect. This is also not mentioning the amazing soundtrack and glorious menus.
Good, because Re4 started a terrible trend. Make it into a proper survival horror, and make it less linear.
@NoTinderLife I would rather have updated classics than another mess like Re5 and Re6. Not to mention, a lot of good concepts were poorly executed in classic games (Re4 being a prime example).
@GrailUK Final Fantasy Remake is far different for the original. Remakes are good.
@mesome713 That’s an objectively bad opinion. You know that if these are released separately we will be paying $60 for them each. It would be better to only have to pay $60 for one collection of remasters.
@the_beaver Everyone was telling complainers that they weren’t allowed to dislike the game if they hadn’t bought it. So they did, and now those same people are saying that they’re not allowed to dislike the games since they bought them.
You hypocrites! Take the log out of your eye before removing the speck in ours.
@Xaessya You’re arguing against actual game data that prevents horses from running into trees, unless you use manual steering. Then, just like in real life, it’s all on you. Either let the horse do its thing or take control and be good at it. There is not an in-between when it comes to horses. It’s a trade of mutual trust that whichever is taking the lead at whichever moment knows what they’re doing.
This game is so bare of content, I really don’t care anymore. There is virtually no post game loop, no new areas to discover, no postgame Pokédex expansion that sees new ‘mons in the wild like past games. This game is just an on-rails adventure that ends at 15 hours and has nothing left after that unless you’re obsessed with shiny hunting.
Makes logical sense. They’re using all of the Pokemon in their Meta. Could you imagine the terrifying power of Dynamaxed Landorous?
They’ll likely have a separate tier for it.
@Blizzia You’ve got it all wrong. Smogon bans certain things in order to make the meta more strategic and less chance based. That said, they have various tiers, so you can play the meta in many exciting ways with many different Pokemon. Dynamax will probably get its own tier (might even be combined with ubers). I think you should give the competitive community a fair assessment before jumping on hate trains.
@Selene Sounds like hubris to me. The very notion that humans can harm the world, but not irreparably throw it out of balance is a foolish one. The only people who gain from that ideology are corporations that only care about finite gain and power.
Climate change is just as real as the nukes every powerful country hoards in their basement. The world is headed towards one ultimatum at this point, yet no one wants to accept it.
@jump Not really, considering that the game pretty much ends after the two hour post game. I could see a lot of players having finished it by now, only to realize they bought half a game.
I can’t say why this poll is upsetting in light of recent events. That would ruin things for people. I’m just going to say that this isn’t in good taste given... things.
They’ve barely shown anything of relevance besides gimmicks and gen 1 pandering. We don’t even know what the starter evolutions look like. Showing us the Pokemon in the wild areas is a must, so that we can at least know which ones will make the cut.
@BlackTalon2 Right. Turning availability into a future advertisement and incentive tool is such a wonderful thing. I can’t wait until this becomes a monetization scheme.
@martynstuff It’s not the loss of the National Dex that made fans mad. It wasn’t even the excuses/lies that Game Freak gave, but rather how inconsistent they were with them. Each time they were asked why Pokemon were getting cut they’d tell a new story. First it was “too many to fit on switch”, then it was “we had to sacrifice Pokemon for the animations”, then when that didn’t go well they changed it to “we redid every model, to look exactly the same as the 3DS models!!”
This had just been stewing for a while. A lot had been angry before when they would remove core features like poffin cooking, secret bases, the underground, contests, the battle frontier, Pokemon following you, the PWT. Combine that with the increasing linearity in route design, as well as a lack of true post game exploration content because Masuda started scrapping that when he took charge (he has a very mobile-phone related mindset for the franchise, look at his 3DS interviews), it is understandable that fans would reach a breaking point.
This pretty much shows that they really want to stand on their own and create anything besides Pokemon. I can’t blame them, but I really would’ve preferred they had tried to make the perfect HD Pokemon experience before changing focus.
The video game series wonderfully carried on the tones and themes of the novels as a continuation. The novels themselves are extremely good on their own.
You'd be losing revenue from everyone who does not live in a city, because their connections would be unable to support this. Besides, streaming would only encourage the terrible money grabbing practices we see in gaming already. Some of you here are too short-sighted and are contributing to the problem.
All three of you are acting like spoiled brats, and I have half a mind to revoke your graduation certificates, if only to place your butts right down in the detention hall. Delinquents.
@Snow-Dust You don't understand. This is a game that is hard to play currently, specifically because Square lost its source code. Most of us thought we wouldn't get something like this, ever. This is something to celebrate.
@BlackenedHalo It has quite a few changes. It's not like the series needs a massive overhaul like Zelda did after SS. I think this is just enough to make it fresh and act as a definitive experience depending on what else it has. That's all anyone should want at this point, a definitive home console Pokemon entry.
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Re: Random: Not All Animal Crossing Players Are Having Happy Wedding Seasons
@ReaperExTenebris Marriage is a binding covenant in Catholicism, and is only recognized as valid if it is sacramental.
Re: Gallery: See How Much Better Xenoblade Chronicles Looks On Switch
@StevenG That’s just, like, your opinion man.
Re: Animal Crossing: New Horizons Has Already Exceeded Nintendo's Lifetime Sales Predictions
@mesome713 FFVII Remake, Doom Eternal, XC:DE, and Persona 5 Royal would like a word with you.
Re: Nintendo Cracks Down On The Super Mario 64 PC Port
Okay, fine. Protect your IP. That’s your right. However, there wouldn’t be a reason to put these things up if you would get the ball rolling on a proper, HD, virtual console on the Switch. Sony and Microsoft continually do this on their systems, yet you stopped with the Wii U.
Re: Bank Of Nook Reduces The Interest Rate In Animal Crossing: New Horizons
What a stupid update. Why ruin the game for those of us that play and save money the right way? This is bogus.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Wins Famitsu Dengeki 2019 Game Of The Year
SWSH have nothing on the polished gameplay of RE2make, Luigi’s Mansion 3, or Fire Emblem: Three Houses. If we’re counting Persona 5 Royal, that’s an instant knockout. Pokemon simply cannot compete with the level of polish and work done with Persona 5’s turn-based battle system, challenging bosses, choices and activities that actually impact the in-game world and character as a whole, and it even has the monster collecting aspect. This is also not mentioning the amazing soundtrack and glorious menus.
Re: Talking Point: What Does That New ESRB Loot Box Warning Actually Mean?
This is stupid. Loot boxes should’ve been banned, not passively given a finger wagging.
Re: Capcom's Former GameCube Exclusive Resident Evil 4 Is Reportedly Getting A Remake
Good, because Re4 started a terrible trend. Make it into a proper survival horror, and make it less linear.
@NoTinderLife I would rather have updated classics than another mess like Re5 and Re6. Not to mention, a lot of good concepts were poorly executed in classic games (Re4 being a prime example).
@GrailUK Final Fantasy Remake is far different for the original. Remakes are good.
Re: Super Mario 35th Anniversary Rumours Intensify
@mesome713 That’s an objectively bad opinion. You know that if these are released separately we will be paying $60 for them each. It would be better to only have to pay $60 for one collection of remasters.
Re: Guide: Pokémon HOME Explained - How To Transfer All Pokémon To And From Pokémon HOME
My Pokemon aren’t being registered in the Pokédex.
Re: Random: AI: The Somnium Files Got Review-Bombed By Someone Obsessed With One Of Its Characters
@GamingFan4Lyf Most normal full-time jobs give you the weekend off. 5 hours of leisure is more than enough time to pull off what this person did.
Re: Here's The Colourful Box Art For Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
@patbacknitro18 These are good, but Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky were the pinnacle of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Is Getting An Expansion Pass, And It Looks Mighty
@the_beaver Everyone was telling complainers that they weren’t allowed to dislike the game if they hadn’t bought it. So they did, and now those same people are saying that they’re not allowed to dislike the games since they bought them.
You hypocrites! Take the log out of your eye before removing the speck in ours.
Re: Looks Like Henry Cavill Was The Perfect Person To Play The Witcher's Geralt After All
@Xaessya You’re arguing against actual game data that prevents horses from running into trees, unless you use manual steering. Then, just like in real life, it’s all on you. Either let the horse do its thing or take control and be good at it. There is not an in-between when it comes to horses. It’s a trade of mutual trust that whichever is taking the lead at whichever moment knows what they’re doing.
Re: Nintendo Tweet Shows Off Pokémon Forms Not Yet Available In Sword And Shield
This game is so bare of content, I really don’t care anymore. There is virtually no post game loop, no new areas to discover, no postgame Pokédex expansion that sees new ‘mons in the wild like past games. This game is just an on-rails adventure that ends at 15 hours and has nothing left after that unless you’re obsessed with shiny hunting.
Re: One Of Pokémon's Largest Fan Communities Bans Dynamaxing In Competitive Matches
Makes logical sense. They’re using all of the Pokemon in their Meta. Could you imagine the terrifying power of Dynamaxed Landorous?
They’ll likely have a separate tier for it.
@Blizzia You’ve got it all wrong. Smogon bans certain things in order to make the meta more strategic and less chance based. That said, they have various tiers, so you can play the meta in many exciting ways with many different Pokemon. Dynamax will probably get its own tier (might even be combined with ubers). I think you should give the competitive community a fair assessment before jumping on hate trains.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield's Pokédex Contains A Dire Warning About Climate Change
@Selene Sounds like hubris to me. The very notion that humans can harm the world, but not irreparably throw it out of balance is a foolish one. The only people who gain from that ideology are corporations that only care about finite gain and power.
Climate change is just as real as the nukes every powerful country hoards in their basement. The world is headed towards one ultimatum at this point, yet no one wants to accept it.
Re: Of Course Pokémon Sword And Shield Is Getting Review-Bombed
@jump Not really, considering that the game pretty much ends after the two hour post game. I could see a lot of players having finished it by now, only to realize they bought half a game.
Re: Feature: The Best Three Pokémon Starters From All Gens, As Voted By You
Squirtle is trash, Mudkip is better.
Re: Uh Oh, Team Rocket's Giovanni Has Blasted His Way Into Pokémon GO
@PickledKong64 Part 5 is one of the best though! Just wait until SBR. That’ll be amazing.
Re: Poll: Which Starter Pokémon Is The Best? Choose Your Favourite Water-Type Starter
I can’t wait to use Mudkip in Sword and Shield!
Re: Uh Oh, Team Rocket's Giovanni Has Blasted His Way Into Pokémon GO
@PickledKong64 psst... it’s Giorno Giovanna. Not Giorno Giovanni. Now I am also disappointed.
Re: Poll: Which Starter Pokémon Is The Best? Choose Your Favourite Fire-Type Starter
I can’t say why this poll is upsetting in light of recent events. That would ruin things for people. I’m just going to say that this isn’t in good taste given... things.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Will Star The Musical Talent Of Undertale Creator Toby Fox
@Galenmereth I’m guessing you also hated the music in Earthbound? He pulled a lot of design cues from that.
Re: Netflix's The Witcher Series Secures December Release Date, New Trailer Revealed
@StevenG Traditionally Geralt rarely fights humans. It makes sense for him to only carry around a silver sword.
Re: Netflix's The Witcher Series Secures December Release Date, New Trailer Revealed
That actually looks pretty good! I’m impressed.
Re: Random: Japan's Favourite Nintendo Character Devours The Competition Once More
@yonato Will his final smash be having a mental breakdown?
Also, having a fighter with a spear might be cool and different.
Re: Review: Killer Queen Black - A Multiplayer Marvel That's Easy To Pick Up But Hard To Master
@Xaessya YOU FOOL, YOU FELL FOR IT! THUNDER CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!!
Re: Capcom Looking To "Awaken" Past Franchises After The "Indisputable Successes" Of Resident Evil And Monster Hunter
Capcom: “AWAKEN MY MASTERS!”
Aztec dubstep drops
Re: Nintendo Download: 17th October (North America)
@Divinebovine You can turn voices off completely if you want.
@feder I disagree immensely. They’re wonderful JRPGs, the progression works just fine, and navigation is fine.
Re: You'll Be Able To Explore Pokémon Sword And Shield's Wild Area Via A Web App For A Limited Time
You people saying they’ve revealed too much...
They’ve barely shown anything of relevance besides gimmicks and gen 1 pandering. We don’t even know what the starter evolutions look like. Showing us the Pokemon in the wild areas is a must, so that we can at least know which ones will make the cut.
Re: HMs Won't Be Returning In Pokémon Sword And Shield
@BlackTalon2 Right. Turning availability into a future advertisement and incentive tool is such a wonderful thing. I can’t wait until this becomes a monetization scheme.
Re: Random: Japanese Fans Are Likening Smash Ultimate's Terry To A Burly Pokémon Trainer
Wow, JoJo Part 9 is looking great!
Re: Review: Ni no Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch - Level-5's RPG Classic Will Bewitch Your Switch
@personauser93 “I find creature catching and training tedious”
-Username is “persona user” 93-
Re: There's "No Way" Future Smash Bros. Games Will Have As Many Fighters As Ultimate, Says Sakurai
@martynstuff It’s not the loss of the National Dex that made fans mad. It wasn’t even the excuses/lies that Game Freak gave, but rather how inconsistent they were with them. Each time they were asked why Pokemon were getting cut they’d tell a new story. First it was “too many to fit on switch”, then it was “we had to sacrifice Pokemon for the animations”, then when that didn’t go well they changed it to “we redid every model, to look exactly the same as the 3DS models!!”
This had just been stewing for a while. A lot had been angry before when they would remove core features like poffin cooking, secret bases, the underground, contests, the battle frontier, Pokemon following you, the PWT. Combine that with the increasing linearity in route design, as well as a lack of true post game exploration content because Masuda started scrapping that when he took charge (he has a very mobile-phone related mindset for the franchise, look at his 3DS interviews), it is understandable that fans would reach a breaking point.
Re: Game Freak To Host 30th Anniversary Celebration Stream Next Month
This pretty much shows that they really want to stand on their own and create anything besides Pokemon. I can’t blame them, but I really would’ve preferred they had tried to make the perfect HD Pokemon experience before changing focus.
Re: Review: Final Fantasy VIII Remastered - The Weirdest Entry In The Series Is Still Worth A Look On Switch
I guess this confirms that Nintendolife has never watched JoJo's.
Re: Pokémon Sword And Shield Info Drop Reveals Battle Stadium, New Abilities And More
Pokemon are correctly scaled in the overworld, but retain their downscaled 3DS sizes in battle? Oh Game Freak...
Re: Astral Chain's Combat Was Possibly Inspired By Pokémon
Eh, I'm reminded of Stands more than Pokemon.
Re: Don't Expect Netflix's Witcher Show To Copy The Video Games
The video game series wonderfully carried on the tones and themes of the novels as a continuation. The novels themselves are extremely good on their own.
@Haxxor That's illegal and dishonorable.
Re: Doug Bowser Says Nintendo Is "Closely Watching" Streaming Technologies
"Could it be the future of gaming!?"
You'd be losing revenue from everyone who does not live in a city, because their connections would be unable to support this. Besides, streaming would only encourage the terrible money grabbing practices we see in gaming already. Some of you here are too short-sighted and are contributing to the problem.
Re: Video: 25 Wonderful Switch Games Yet To Come In 2019 And Beyond
Why isn't Digimon included?
Re: Video: Nintendo's Fire Emblem: Three Houses Coverage Continues With The Blue Lions
"You must choose"
All three of you are acting like spoiled brats, and I have half a mind to revoke your graduation certificates, if only to place your butts right down in the detention hall. Delinquents.
Re: Game Freak Prefers To "Implement New Things Fairly Gradually" In Pokémon
@ForgottenArctic A small price to pay, for salvation.
Re: Is Game Freak "Recycling" 3DS Animations In Pokémon Sword And Shield On Switch?
@LN3000 Two words: Battle Revolution.
Re: Final Fantasy VIII Remastered Is Coming To Nintendo Switch This Year
@Snow-Dust You don't understand. This is a game that is hard to play currently, specifically because Square lost its source code. Most of us thought we wouldn't get something like this, ever. This is something to celebrate.
Re: Here's Your First Look At Pokémon Sword And Shield's Champion, Rival, Professor And More
@BlackenedHalo It has quite a few changes. It's not like the series needs a massive overhaul like Zelda did after SS. I think this is just enough to make it fresh and act as a definitive experience depending on what else it has. That's all anyone should want at this point, a definitive home console Pokemon entry.
Re: Game Freak's Junichi Masuda Reflects On The Original Yoshi And Pokémon Games
@Timsworld2 ...Who hurt you?
Re: Game Freak Is Trying To Create Something "More Exciting Than Pokémon"
@aznable That already exists in a way, and it's called Persona.
Re: The Detective Pikachu Movie Reviews Are In, And It's Actually Pretty Mixed
Classic case of old-timers being unable to understand the appeal of the newer generation's interest.
Reminds me of the massive divide "classical" music had in the 1800s/1900s.