Preposterous

Some will probably be happy with easier shinies too, while others will be upset that their favourite way of wasting time is more casual-friendly.

Pokémon fans better get used to stuff like this. You have given Gamefreak an enormous credit of trust with ScarVio selling so well.

I'm surprised that so many features are missing/need tweaking/got much worse.
Makes me wonder how much shorter the playtesting period for ScarVio was.

@LillianC14 And that one was dumb as well. Nonsensical evolution methods started with gen 4 and since gen 6 they've gotten even worse.

Glad that you're reporting on this, as many people just assumed nothing can be done.
Remember that a spike in refund attempts won't go unnoticed.

Some of these new evolution methods are genuinely dumb. And not "cute dumb", just "dumb for the sake of being quirky".

@Debo626 The answer was literally one Google search away, my friend.
Catch: https://gamingintel.com/pokemon-scarlet-violet-refund/#h-how-to-get-a-refund-for-pokemon-scarlet-violet

Folks, remember that refunds are a thing.
Preorder numbers is damage already done, but unusually high percentage of refunds should draw attention of someone important.

@SpaceboyScreams And Gamefreak has a really good track record of actually reading all those "messages", right? RIGHT?

@Vexx234 And I'm pretty sure you are exaggerating (not intentionally) how many people care about preservation of games.
Keep in mind I'm not advocating for ending emulation altogether.

@Frailbay30 Yeah, and as perfectly fine that one instance may be, there's a slippery slope to piracy.

You start with that one Gamecube game that is incredibly expensive second hand and you're not even sure if the disc is in good condition. Then you move on to something actually easy to find and relatively inexpensive, but it has below 70 points on Metacritic. After that there's a remake of a game you own the old version of, so why should you spend money the second time? Next on the menu is a game with some performance issues, you don't want to spend your hard earned money on that. After that you pirate a new game telling yourself you'll buy it later, but you don't because you need to fix your car or a dental emergency came up. You're motivated to buy the next one after trying it out, but then you have to buy that new multiplayer-only game your friends want to try out and you have already finished the other game. Then you pirate a new game because you've seen online some REALLY compelling evidence how it runs a bit better on an emulator (you couldn't tell the difference on your own, but why should you settle for less?). And finally you just pirate everything and come up with excuses afterwards. Nintendo is too greedy. Nintento is not greedy enough (where's my new [insert name of an old Nintendo franchise here]?). This one game is a total mess, so now I can pirate everything else from that company. Chris Pratt is cast as Mario in the Mario movie. My favourite childhood game is not available on Switch online. Someone told me the devs are scummy and I found that convenient, and so on.

While I appreciate how reasonable piracy can save games from being gone forever, that's not how majority of piracy works and only very few people can actually stick to their standards of what's "okay" to pirate.

@Kirgo Sure, but then hardly anyone is dragged to court for pirating games.
There's a reason you don't get a code to use on all systems when you buy a multiplat game. Legality of an issue isn't be-all and end-all.

To people saying it's okay to emulate games you own: You have bought license for that one specific system.

Pirate games that cost 500% of their original price on Ebay if you really have to, but games still in circulation should be hands off.

Sounds juicy. Have to write this one down.

@Octorok385 I'm honestly looking forward to seeing what Gamefreak cuts out in the next big Pokémon game. Pokédex was already partitioned, clothing options are gutted, performance is at the all time low… Whatever it may be, it will be met with a round of applause from devoted Pokémon fans.

Pokemon, Fifa and Call of Duty all on the top of the charts. What a time to be alive.

I find it fascinating how despite all the visual evidence we still have people claiming they have no issues at all. Either Gamefreak have messed up in a very unique way (it has to be more than just memory leaks) or Pokemon fans are getting "better" at ignoring glaring problems.

@Dom_31 Rule of thumb: Websites focused on Nintendo products would rather trick you into buying stuff rather than discourage you. If NL is saying (with added second opinion) that the performance of a flagship title is bad, it's really bad.

@LastFootnote Finally someone gets it. I'm glad the theme is doing well despite the constant whining about minifigs, because it's the most unique thing LEGO is doing currently.

That future devil caught me off guard.

Leaking Pokemon games ahead od their release at this point feels like public service, na illegal "buyers beware", if you will. Shame it has come to this.

Did anyone figure out where the "450 million dollar franchise" came from? Was this a miscalculation, mixing up dollars with yen or just a completely arbitrary number?

@Tendogamerxxx Optimisation is a thing and when you're developing your game exclusively for one system, you really should know how to take advantage of what you have instead of focusing on what could be.

Did Gamefreak gamble on games released around this time having performance issues as well? Tough luck though, as we've got some pretty good ports recently and people probably will be less lenient on Pokemon than usual (especially considering that Gamefreak as this point should know Switch in and out).

I bet some people feel embarrassed right now, but will never admit it.

I didn't plan to buy it, but now I'm seriously considering supporting the devs who will probably be hit by this unfounded hate campaign.

From what I gather, the old Bayonetta voice actress is asking fans to boycott the third game because Platinum low-balled their offer, so they could instead go with a unionized VA.

Sounds nasty to me and I'm sure the usual crowd hating Bayonetta for not coming to PC and Sony consoles will blow this whole thing out of proportion.

I wonder if Pokemon fans will finally catch on how there's something off about making these fully voiced trailers while having no voice acting in the actual game.

@RubyCarbuncle

Optimus Prime in the Marvel comics: I won in a video game, but some NPCs died, so I am going to off myself.

If this game ends up being merely a cartoon tie-in (which seems to be the case), my expectations are non-existent.

@Ensemen The funny thing is he could have supported indie creators without launching a publishing company. He could have joined an existing company and give them money, he could have tried becoming a producer and there's a number of other options where he would have supported others while gainining experience from people who actually do these things for a living. Instead he chose the path of a publisher without having anything to show for it, because this way his name will be on the forefront from the get go.
Dunkey's fanbase is really making this situation much uglier than it has to be.

@Ensemen And a good restaurant owner should know how to pick and manage his cooks and staff.

Lack of experience in anything related to making games or marketing anything and shooting down all criticism with "it's just a joke" is hell of a combination. I feel sorry for young devs that will fall for that.

My nephew will be confused why all these characters have the same hair color. I think I'll tell him they're siblings and Bulma is the strongest, because she doesn't need to yell to change her hair color.

@SuperDan64 Reactions like this compel me to get this game, but I have to finish SMTV and Xenoblade 3 first...

@TheMelodiusRose I'd probably have an easier time answering that question if it wasn't three years later. But I remember sitting down with my buddy to play in co-op and there were some nasty slow downs even in the early stages.

I'll probably pick 5 Royal to see how it fares in comparison with proper SMT, but 3 and 4 being digital only means that even if I end up liking 5, the other two will have to wait for some deep discounts.
Hopefully Switch finally getting Persona means more old SMT-related titles in the future.

Say what you will about Mario LEGO sets, but it's pretty cool how characters in the series are brick-built (outside of the playable ones, for obvious reasons) instead of fundamentally non-LEGO-like minifigs with special parts.

@ModdedInkling Man, people really should stop looking down at FIFA (game) fans like that. I don't like the series personally, but all my friends that enjoy(ed) it would have no trouble figuring out the name change.

@GrailUK They didn't lose the franchise, just had to rename the series because FIFA was asking for more money in exchange for using their name. Unless FIFA fans are really dumb, not much should be changing for EA in that department.

@Savage_Joe Sorry to disappoint, but I do not have subscriptions to these services.

Where's the option for "none" in the poll? I boycott these by default.

"Live Service Games are Bad", more news at 11.

I guess that's why I initially thought these were fakemon.

@Yorumi Well, people were trusting Comixology until Comixology 4.0 happened.
It just takes a company like Tencent or something to purchase Valve once Gabe gets bored or dies and a mandatory Steam update with malware access to your system's files to endanger those Steam libraries.

The fact that only a person or two consider "digital only" to be a flaw worth mentioning, makes me feel incredibly old. I guess I should start counting days until Nintendo debuts their all-digital system and I have to retire from video games altogether.

"You'll Own Nothing and You'll Be Happy."

@Ventilator Thank you for these comments, you made my day.
And now you're my #1 candidate for the "most ridiculous comment read on NL" award. Norway stronk, indeed!

@Ventilator I'll tell you what, I'm no strager to lifting heavy objects as well and my ancestors literally ate vikings for breakfast, but sometimes, after a long day at work, Switch begins to feel heavy in my hands and I have to play with joycons detached (it's good to have options like that). I kinda doubt that your average PC user will be able to hold Steam Deck for very long.

@Ventilator If you can't tell the difference between lifting something and holding something up for extended time, then you're eventually going to have a bad time.
Although I guess SD's battery life won't really allow for any serious gaming sessions anyway.

I can guarantee that Lego community would scoff at this and complain that it should have been a set of minifigures instead of something cool.

@Kirbo100 To be fair, a total of 1000 copies will be sold on Xbox and most of PC users will wait for 90% discounts, so feasibly only Sony will be making money on this.