ArceusSupremacy

@Royalblues I feel, and I could be very wrong, that they just don't care anymore to make Pokémon that look cool or really cute, they just make them weird so people make a lot of memes about them.

The worst things were the ultra beasts, gosh sorry James turner but I don't like your taste for Pokémon, he also praised Sobble's evolutions, which were atrocious.

Btw anyone from Germany here that also thinks "Karmesin" is an awful name? lol

Although "Scharlach" is also kinda awkward.

@Fizza yeah I can't believe there are still people defending Putin, that absolutely disgusts me.

@Clyde_Radcliffe your opinion is really childish and insensitive.

@Royalblues I gave up on Pokémon designs since gen 6, to me, most of them look really stupid and ugly, in XY and especially SM I wasn't even able to get a full team with local Pokémon I like, gosh I hate the Alola Pokemon.

In SWSH it was a little better, I ended up with a team of "kinda cool" galarian Mons.

So I'm not hopeful for Gen 9 mons, don't like the starters at all, they all look like fakemons.

It's open world Pokémon, of course I'm excited! 🌟

Just hope it has most of the stuff from Legends, maybe not the dodging stuff and Pokémon trying to kill you, not that I didn't like it, I just think it doesn't fit modern era Pokémon, but other than that, I would like pretty much everything to come back.

I hope the world is interesting and has a lot of cool towns, the big town in the trailer already looks so huge and amazing to explore.

@AzzyC Pokémon is the biggest franchise in the world, we will be only satisfied when Pokémon has the best graphics that art-style can offer.

Other games like Yokai-Watch 4 have a similar art-style but look much better.

@Xansie after rewatching the trailers many times, I think this looks better than Arceusy and maybe it's even the best looking mainline game, but the environment textures still look like a bad Gamecube port, it looks like Sunshine in 3D All Stars.

Heck, even Galaxy and SSHD had better textures and those were ports of Wii games.

But of course, the models themselves look much better than in those other games.

@Clyde_Radcliffe It's very important to inform yourself right now, so it is respectful if companies ease on the promotions, and let the things that really matter right now get the attention on social media.

Yeah that was really noticeable. Only the english and japanese channels premiered the event, and there wasn't a big build up on twitter or anything, especially considering it's a new gen.

But other than that, the official websites are really basic, there's still no new article on the Switch feed, no eShop page.

It feels like a lot of stuff was going against this reveal.

Why the quotation marks? It is open world!

@Moonlessky and there are still nostalgia junkies who say Gamecube is the best Nintendo console.

The Switch is the best one by far, it has by far the best library of all.

@Brutchie-bear yes, I love Arceus, but it still deserves heavy criticism for the visuals.

I'm not saying the game is gonna be bad, just saying the reveal was bad.

Arceus got me more excited because they should some revolutionary Gameplay in the first teaser, here they just showed bad looking environments, how am I supposed to get hyped this way?

I will, when they show gameplay.

@Xansies BOTW and Gods and Monsters (forgot the final name xD) look way better than this.

But it does look better than Arceus, I'll admit that.

@deafdood that's what they always say, and yet the graphics never improve significantly.

Arceus improved the performance only, and BDSP was not done by GF.

But that was a emotional reaction on my part, looking at it now, it does look better than Arceus, I guess I just expected more from Gen 9.

Especially the mountains, they look like the ones im Snap.

@Yosher you can already tell it's rushed.

@RadioHedgeFund

1. This comment shows you don't know arcades. Arcades had 8 directions, so it's fundamentally different from D-Pads and from an ergonomics perspective, analog sticks are off course way more similar.

2. This is objectively just not true. The majority of successful SF pros play either stick or arcade controller. Your perspective is only true for conservatives that stick to the D-Pad instead of trying something new, you can have way quicker reactions and fluid movements on a stick. The D-Pad is more precise, sure, if you're ultra casual, this might compensate for how slow you're gonna be.

End Result: you stop yourself from enjoying any fighting game on Switch just because you're a d-pad-slave.

@RadioHedgeFund hahaha you know you admit that you're just bad at fighting games when you say you can only play it on a D-Pad don't you?

Fighting games were always designed with analog sticks in mind since the beginnings on the arcades.

@LEGEND_MARIOID still waiting for SFIV on Switch though, it makes zero sense for it not to be on Switch, c'mon it was on the freaking 3DS!

I guess Capcom didn't want people playing IV again and driving attention away from V since especially casual people like it IV.

@Specter_of-the_OLED lol that could only come from an MK fan.

SF is still popular, it's no MK11 but it sold over 5 million copies. It's still a Top 5 Fighting game in popularity.

And your logic doesn't make much sense, if Capcom was unhappy with the series, which I could see, they probably expected more from SF5 but with all the mistakes they did on launch they should be happy it sold anything more than 1-2 million, anyway if they were unhappy that would be more reason to port it to everything.

@FatWormBlowsASparky not everyone is a boomey, I always play fighting games with the analog stick, it's much better than D-Pad, since it's more similar to an arcade stick, the way these games were meant to be played.

@Anti-Matter I would be completely fine with playing SF6 with MH Rise graphics level or even a bit worse on my Switch, a 100% prefer that over buying it on PS5, even if I had one.

I bought MK11 on PS4 and I barely touched it, because it's not portable ( I don't have a TV in my room right now so that s*cks, my 2017 iMac has no HDMI in unfortunately, fu Apple, although it's a great machine lol).

@Johnnel current Switch? Not impossible, but unlikely. Next gen Nintendo console? Very much possible.

SF5 was only PS4 exclusive because Capcom didn't have any money at the time, I don't think Capcom has an interest in keeping SF exclusive, this hurts a competitive game like this a lot.

There is no way I'm playing the game without gyro. Aiming with a stick always suck.

I actually play Arceus with two separated Joy-Cons like Mario Odyssey, and use the right one to aim with the gyro.

I think people are not getting how sensational these numbers are.

Also, the author of this article should have put in the effort to look for more relevant information:

SWSH and BDSP sold 6 million in it's first week. Most people were prognotisizing PLA to sell less than SWSH and BDSP.

These numbers are huge for PLA, hopefully the game becomes the best-selling Pokémon game on Switch, to send Game Freak the right message, and send Masuda straight to retirement, since he was the one that said a Pokemon like this would not work.

@Fizza thank you for hiding the spoiler.

Very fun article!

Personally, even as a huge fan of Gens 1-5, I really don't understand how anyone could even think about comparing any of the other games to PLA.

Imo, PLA is by very far the best Pokémon game ever, in terms of gameplay, quality of life, and story, it absolutely humiliates all other Pokémon games, it's just worlds better. Kazumasa Iwao is the God of GF!!!

I hope Gen 9 is PLA with lots of towns, voice acting and maybe better graphics. And that it doesn't come out this year, take your time Game Freak.

I don't know why people keep reporting on this, this is nothing special for a blockbuster game, all of them go #1, that doesn't mean anything.

A game can be no 1 on Amazon and still flop.

@johnvboy you have not answered to the data I presented you about the low sales im 2020, which proves you have no arguments.

You're used games argument is a joke, that's very irrelevant and shows a lack of understanding how Pokémon works, the game had DLC that everyone agrees is the best part of the game. And even you think the game is bad, you can still keep doing raids and shiny hunts.

Also, you can't find cheap used copies for pretty much any first party Switch game, at least not where I live, they a cost 10 euros max less than new ones.

Again, high sales don't equal customer happiness at all, that's a completely silly line of thinking, as I already said, by that logic FIFA is the best game in the world. That's the ultimate proof that your argument is just completely false and has zero logic to it.

@liljmoore you obviously don't play Pokemon or didn't read my comments.

The recent Pokemon games are of an objective low technical quality, no one can deny that.

@iLikeUrAttitude Battle frontier does not matter as much because it's post-game, other remakes included content from third versions that were very relevant to the campaign.

DP is not just my personal opinion, the vast majority of fans agrees that Platinum was the far superior version, from all classic games, DP are one of the most if not most critisized ones by the community.

You are saying being faithful is not bad, staircase corners and grid movements is an example of being faithful being objectively bad, and still you defend these remakes.

@Dr_Lugae lol no Sonic is not anything near Pokémon.

Exactly, Sonic has NOT been able to keep the success, Sonic was popular only on Genesis, after that it pretty much tanked.

Pokémon has never tanked, of course the games will keep selling despite a community that IS unhappy, only someone who has no clue about the community you tell otherwise.

@johnvboy that's completely illogical. It surprises me that people are not able to think about the stuff they say.

How are people supposed to know if they like a game before buying it? Tell me? The disappointing sales of SWSH in 2020 very much suggests the game has a very bad word of mouth. The games sold only 3 million copies despite being brand new and even having DLC hyping it up, this is less than many other older games that have not gotten any content for years, like BOTW, Smash, Mario Kart, Odyssey, even Super Mario Party, New Super Mario Bros. all sold better in 2020. What's the difference between those and SWSH?
Those are generally seen as good games.

You are being incredibly stubborn, you're not in the Pokémon community, you're analyzing sales in a very simplistic and non-sensical way. I'm delivering arguments and numbers, you aren't delivering anything and just being stubborn for no reason.

By your logic, FIFA is one of the best games in te world and the fanbase is totally happy, you probably aren't in that community as well so I tell you people are not happy, but the games still sell.

This is amaaaaaaazing I wanna play this badly, I don't like Marip Sunshine, this is perfect for me!

@johnvboy people that played it say it's very grindy and hard, I don't think it's accessible compared to other Pokémon games. In that category, Arceus looks like it's pretty much what Darksouls is for your average hardcorish gamer, to the very casual Pokémon fans.

@johnvboy Metacritic is just an example, go to hundreds of videos, read the millions of negative comments about SWSH.

Doubting that a big percentage of SWSh buyers did not like the game is just bwing stubborn based on nothing.

@iLikeUrAttitude I don't like DP, so of course being faithful to DP is bad imo. There was a much superior version of the game, Platinum,
the vast majority of people agree that Platinum is just the superior version.

And other remakes like HGSS and ORAS included things from third versions, with the difference that they already were based on good games.

When the vast majority of people agree that the original version is inferior, being faithful to that version is just incredibly stupid.

Trying to emulate a game's limitations caused by the hardware even though doing so will make your game a lot worse, is even objectively stupid. Or will you try to tell me you like the staircase corners? NPC movement stuck to a grid? You love that as well because it's faithful?

I completely agree with Arlo, I would be ashamed of releasing BDSP.

@Dr_Lugae lol do you really think Sonic is comparible to Pokémon?

Pokémon is a cultural phenomenon, it's a part of the life of millions. Many will never stop giving the games another try.

Your argument is very simplistic and doesn't hold water, every Pokémon game offers a completely different experience on the Switch. A person that hated SWSH can very well enjoy BDSP.

I can say with a very high certainty that from the 20+ million SWSH buyers, there are at the very least 2-3 million that did not like the game, and just so you know, based on everything anyone can see online, again, look at Metacritic.

@liljmoore no it's not, it's called consumerism.

I can critisize a product's flaws before it's released in the hope it gets fixed, it rarely amounts to anything with GF, but I will never stop to try. I can buy the product and still critisize the flaws, in the hope it gets fixed in the next product, worked for LA. And I can critisize the flaws forever if I so desire, in the hope the company understands I never want a product like that again.

I will forever call BDSP one of the most stupid products I have ever seen, because the game was released as an imo stupid project, and it cannot be changed.

And I will critisize people defending a product that in my view is a bad product from a company trying to fool us fans. That person's opinion is in my view, damaging to the product I like. Questioning the opinion of a person is not offending the person.

Whether or not this is a waste of time on my part, is none of other's business.

@blindsquarel you didn't come off aggressive.
I agree, while the first area, the Obsidian Fieldlands (the one on my profile pic) looks decently pretty for a Pokémon game despite technical issues, the beach and snowy area look terrible, like a game made by amateurs.

@nimnio sorry to present you reality, but LA is a thing, and it's fixing almost everything people critisized about SWSH.

So it does affect games to some extent.

@johnvboy lol are you engaged in the Pokémon community? Have you ever seen the user score on Metacritics for SWSH? I think that's an objective measure.

"Surely it's just a personal feeling" lol

@liljmoore you can buy a product and criticise its flaws.

@iLikeUrAttitude Arceus is not a spin-off. Game Freak views it as a mainline game.

@johnvboy I hope you are right, but I could see the game just selling as well as Let's Go, because of it's hardcore nature.

@iLikeUrAttitude of course there is a problem with being faithful, if doing so makes your game bad.

The story of DP was bad, the progression was bad, the dex was bad, the graphics were very limited because of the hardware. Heck, they use the same stupid tiled corners, how can you defend that?

The whole Spear-pillar sequence in the remakes perfectly show why this approach is just stupid, look at Cyrus, is this supposed to look intimidating?? It looks ridiculous!

@Jeronan as I said, I agree that BOTW's graphics are not perfect, but it's still far better than Arceus. I don't need to have an early copy to see that, the difference in asset quality is very clear.

@blindsquarel yeah but I'm still very happy with Arceus. You have to understand that we got the same ***** for 25 years, graphics are not the most important thing with this game. Never been this hyped for anything in my life, not for Infinity War, not for Endgame, not for No Way Home, not for PS4 Spider-Man.

I literally couldn't sleep this past weeks because I can't stop watching the 13 minutes gameplay, I'm at another level of Pokémon freak.

@blindsquarel could be, but in case he's not, I'm here to fight for the true Pokémon legacy lol