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@soupwoman Are you blind? My original post was just my opinion on the game. I never attacked anyone until that one wise guy made a sarcastic attack against me and then other rabid fanboys started attacking me too after I called him out on his nonsense. What a complete joke.

@somebread I mean, if the shoe fits. Again, there's nothing wrong with criticizing a video game or any form of media for that matter. That's all I was doing until that one wise guy decided to attack me personally with a sarcastic comment. At that point, I think it was fair to put him in his place.

To be honest, I generally don't like insulting other peoples' intelligence because they have the same ability to think critically and carefully too but they actively choose not to. Instead, they want to engage in these petty personal arguments if you so much as criticize a game that they're looking forward to playing. It's pretty disturbing and just plain weird how upset they become.

@MegaVel91 I was only criticizing the game. He made some wise guy comment and attacked me personally FIRST saying how it was a shame I didn't waste my money. Go kick rocks, chump.

@BloodNinja My apologies for not being able to go into detail as much as I'd like. Also, thanks for opening up my eyes to how this fandom really is. I'll just block them and move on. No point in arguing with those people who can't think critically for themselves and prefer to lob personal attacks at people who criticize the games they enjoy. Have a good one!

@Draxa I mean maybe if you're easily offended that someone is criticizing some random video game then it can come off as pretentious? Maybe if you take it personally that someone doesn't like the same things you like? But that's more of a "you" problem that I can't help with. Unlike you and many of the other salty Pokemon apologists on here, I don't do personal attacks but if someone wants to attack me personally instead of having a civil debate, then I'm happy to oblige.

@BloodNinja Well yes you can hold Pokemon in your party during the battles. I thought you were referring to if they were single or double battle.

@fafonio The open areas are more restricted like Sw/Sh are. They're unfortunately fairly empty.

@BloodNinja Yes, but similar to how you can run around in the overworld while battling wild Pokemon, you can do the same in trainer battles.

@Dilly-Mick As fafonio pointed out above, popular doesn't mean good. McDonald's is the most popular food chain in the world but that doesn't mean they offer good, high quality food. And if you're someone who criticizes those who criticize low quality products, then you are being an apologist. If you lash out at others because you can't handle the fact that the things you enjoy can't stand up to even basic criticism, then you're being an apologist. There's nothing wrong with calling it how it is and telling people that they're apologists - it's just the truth whether it feels good or not.

@Xellen I just call it like I see it. When people make generalized excuses about a game in order to justify it's flaws, then that's what makes you an apologist. Again, excuses like "it wasn't what you expected" or "maybe it's just not for you" are meaningless. They don't mean anything and they also insult the intelligence of the player.

Where you're also wrong is when it comes to expectations. I'm not someone who's naïve enough to get hyped over a game that I know little about before I play it. However, it's reasonable to expect that a multi-billion developer could create a worthwhile game would be enjoyable to more than just children and people with low standards. When those (extremely low) expectations don't line up with the end product, it clearly demonstrates that said developer isn't acting in good faith and is deserving of criticism so that they can improve their products in the future.

You can whine all you want about people being reasonably and justifiably disappointed but all that does is further reinforce the fact that you're an uninformed apologist and your actions don't help the franchise or the community, they hurt them.

@Xellen No, it isn't that the game "wasn't what I expected it to be" or just "not for me". Those are lame excuses that apologists (like you) use to absolve the developers of criticism when they make a bad game. It was just a bland, soulless game like all of the other Pokemon releases on the Switch.

When the headline reads "One of the Greatest Pokemon Games Ever Made" but after having played it to completion, I can say it's clearly not. Into the trash bin for this review.

@BloodNinja That was pretty savage actually. I don't even feel like commenting anymore because I can't beat that.

@Markiemania95 I can't get behind that justification. If Nintendo is going to be so protective of their IPs (which they have every right to be), then it's on them to provide a service that is at least as good as what unpaid programmers are doing in their free time with emulation. From a value perspective, it might make sense to some people if they can split the cost several ways but it's not just about the quantity of the product that Nintendo is offering, it's about the quality. That's true for any manufacturer of goods/services.

Nintendo is one of the wealthiest companies in the world and they have no excuse when it comes to releasing subpar products/services like NSO Premium. It hurts their brand, but more importantly, it's a disservice to their fans.

Only suckers pay for NSO Premium anyway. I understand paying for the standard tier of Nintendo Switch Online because it's the only way to play online with others if you're someone who enjoys multiplayer games but NSO Premium is just a straight up rip off.

Saying that a game is going to be good because Famistu said so is like someone bringing their best friend to a job interview and having them say nice things about you to the hiring manager. It's a complete joke. The Japanese audience as a whole eats up low quality, casual titles like Pokemon and the Mario spin-offs on a yearly basis. It's hard to understand it a Westerner, but it's pretty much a cultural, tribalistic phenomenon in Japan to like Pokemon.

Pretty gross that a supposed "family friendly" game is rampant with monetization tactics to keep people playing and paying.

I combed through lot of the leaks on 4chan and it was honestly worse than expected. Most of the new Pokemon designs are hideous. A lot of the graphics are relying on copy-pastes from the default Unity engine texture maps and shaders (which is why the water, for example, looks so ugly). The gameplay loop is bland and repetitive, as to be expected. I can only speak to the performance via emulation, but it was mostly fine which isn't saying much. Overall, it's just another soulless cash grab from GameFreak.

@Varkster You can mind your own business and I'll mind mine.

It doesn't take a fortune teller or a genius to figure out that it's just going to be another lazy, bland Pokemon game that casuals will mindlessly eat up. Some OG fans will (justifiably) criticize this game online and nothing will change. It'll just keep going on in an endless, downhill cycle.

You write this article warning about spoilers as if the next Avengers movie leaked or something. Give me a break lol.

@mysuddendoom I don't purchase things digitally because I'm not getting a tangible product. It's called being a pragmatic consumer.

Imagine paying for digital "products" of any nature and thinking you're paying for an actual thing of value.

@BTB20 I think it comes down to two things when dealing with mods and Nintendo: brand perception and consumers. They spend a lot of money marketing their games and they are very particular about when and what kind of information they share. They want the content in their games to reflect their company brand in a specific way and mods basically take that carefully crafted image and skew it into something that they may not necessarily agree with.

The second reason, and I'm not joking here, is because they think their customers are ignorant and that they'll believe anything they see on the internet. They don't want ill-informed consumers seeing some random mod online, thinking it's part of the actual game and then going out to buy the game and getting disappointed when they find out it's not. This isn't because they care about their customers, it's because they care about their brand image. Long story short, it's all about the brand.

It only took Nintendo 30 years to green light HAL Laboratory to develop a true 3D game in the Kirby franchise. The possibilities are endless now.

I don't see it happening primarily due to the fact that Nvidia isn't making the Tegra X1 anymore. I'm sure they would like to sell more Switch units but they can't because of the supply constraints.

I've never been a stickler for graphics but GameFreak should be ashamed of themselves for continuing to do the bare minimum even though they have money coming out of their ears. When a quality monster taming game like Shin Megami Tensei V only sells 800k copies in 2 months while games like Pokemon BDSP sell over 6 million in the same time frame, that speaks volumes about the fans who actively support these releases.

The Pokemon franchise started getting stale after Generation 4 and straight up became bad with the introduction of Generation 7 and all the other games afterwards. Is it a good thing that GameFreak is finally trying to mix up the series after 25 years? Absolutely. Will this be a good, high quality game? The casuals and game journalists will say yes, but anyone with the ability to think critically will say no.

As someone who gave up on the franchise after Sword/Shield, I hope that this game will shed light on GameFreak's incompetence and actually make them consider outsourcing the franchise to a capable studio that can do right for the series.

I made a comment earlier today that this game doesn't look like it has an actual plot and this trailer just adds more to that speculation. I can't seem to figure out what GameFreak's intention is with this game. Are they just trying to keep the same mediocre quality of the more recent Pokemon games in tact while applying those concepts to a BOTW rip off? That's odd.

I definitely give credit to GameFreak for finally being open to trying something new, but unfortunately for me, it's too little, too late because of the mandatory Exp. Share. From what they've shown so far, this game looks like it's nothing but fetch quests and you're supposed to spend time exploring the overworld instead of following a more conventional plot. But even if there is a plot, it's probably going to be something trivial like "explore the region to complete the first Sinnoh Pokedex ever while defeating [insert Evil Team here]". I expect we'll get a Pokemon Direct soon with more information.

Really hoping that they burn through those Tegra chips as soon as they can and move on to a new console with a more powerful processor, a faster SSD and more RAM. Just think of what developers could do with a more beefed up Switch.

@Caryslan I've seen a lot of people make similar comments saying that people have a right to their opinions and that they should be respected. That's true, however, some of those opinions are going to be rude and disrespectful regardless of the situation. For example: when you have an audience of gamers who say that Pokemon: Sword/Shield are good games, even though they are clearly not, that's going to invite criticism. Bad opinions open up the possibilities for negative criticism and that's just life.

I've thought that the Japanese audience has always had some pretty crap taste and this list goes to prove it. Big oof for games like Minecraft, Splatoon 2, Undertale, Pokemon: Sword/Shield and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild all being in the top 20 lol.

@Anti-Matter Probably nothing outside of Japan? The PS5 and Xbox Series X/S would have far outsold the Switch if it wasn't for the supply chain issues.

Just because a bunch of casuals buy a brain-dead, watered down remake of a Pokemon game (or any game for that matter), that doesn't make it a good game. That's especially true considering the fact that Pokemon fans are willing to buy anything.

Hopefully this game, Advance Wars Reboot Camp and Triangle Strategy sell well so that Square Enix finally gives us Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 3. Well...a guy can dream.

@Ulysses They would only be tarnishing the legacy of the masterpieces that are HeartGold and SoulSilver with another mediocre release. This most recent generation of Pokemon is actually cursed lol.

@johnvboy You missed the point. I mentioned NintendoLife's score only because you'd assume that the journalist reviewing that game would have likely played many of the other games in the series and would have greater perspective than some random reviewer from IGN or GameSpot. The big picture though is that, yes, most critic reviews aren't helpful. In this particular example, however, I'd say that NintendoLife was pretty spot on with the score.

@Arawn93 Sure, maybe if you spend hours grinding and knockout literally everything you encounter on your way to main battles like Gym Leaders or the Elite 4 but I can't see most people playing that way. The older games at least put in the effort to make the games engaging and forced you to actually think about how to beat enemies instead of just mashing the A button. And sure, the Pokemon games have never been Dark Souls or anything of that difficulty, but just because they've never been the most challenging, that doesn't mean there should be no challenge at all.

@Arawn93 How is Exp. Share a hardcore niche thing? The Pokemon games have never been designed to be hardcore games but at least there's always been an element of strategizing that kept the older games fun and engaging. Just think of how pointless and unmemorable the fights against Sabrina's Alakazam, Whitney's Miltank, Lance's Dragonites or Cynthia's Garchomp would have been with an overleveled team. In these newer games, you can just streamroll everyone, because you know, you're overleveled. Furthermore, it's extremely frustrating to train individual Pokemon for post-game content because you can't turn the damn thing off. You have to deposit everyone else so that they don't level up and that's idiotic. As I've said before, the only people who genuinely feel the games are still fun and engaging with the mandatory experience share are children or people with the low standard of children.

Lastly, for the point about the NintendoLife score, I was stating that even enthusiasts like the writers at NintendoLife are disappointed with the quality and lack of effort of these games. Game journalist reviews are largely meaningless because of the bias, but sometimes, they get it right.

@Anti-Matter There's a difference between blind hatred and the truth. If someone were to criticize a particular game because of some arbitrary reason (like the genre for example), then that person is hating a game for no good reason. If someone says they have an issue with how a game's mechanics or systems were executed, then that's a legitimate criticism.

The only bad criticisms I've seen of this game are people complaining about the art style. Everything else regarding Exp. Share, the lack of Platinum content, the mandatory day 1 update, etc. is all justified because those are examples of the developers being lazy. No matter how much you or anyone else says they like this game and no matter how many units this game sells, any objective observer can easily come to the conclusion that it's a mediocre release at best. Even NintendoLife gave it a 6/10.

@Caryslan It appears that there are people out there who (rightfully) believe that digital games are a scam. Who would have thought?

Imagine giving the game a 6/10 and still posting affiliate links to retailers in your articles. Classic.

NintendoLife: "We think the game is mediocre but you should still buy it anyway to support The Pokemon Company's laziness and give us money too".

@Primarina There's a difference between attacking people and stating facts. In that instance, I was just stating facts and the truth hurts sometimes.

Seeing a lot of jarring comments attacking the people who complained about the games as somehow being wrong for their opinions just because these games are selling well. This literally just proves the point that dull, infantile casuals are willing to buy anything, even a box of crap, if it says "Pokemon" on the front cover. Congratulations: mediocrity is the new standard.