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@Barbara001
Its not that simple. Their recent attempt at a game wasnt so great, wasn't it? Besides there are shareholders

@eaglebob345
That would actually be amazing. Other companies would have a chance to fill the void and raise the bar so high that pokemon would never return. Great idea!

@Bomberman64
I didn't buy. Maybe if its on sales.

As you pointed out gamefreak was never about innovation. Thats fine. But if the major appeal of the game are the pokemon then why cut the dex? And why lie its the animations that are responsible when they are not?
Imo its simple, if you praise someone for basically nothing they will never get better. Such is life!

@Barbara001
Not if they wanna stay in business, lmao

@frabbit

We all know this game isnt fantastic by todays standards. People giving it a high score do it just because it is a mainline pokemon game or money was involved. Definitely not an unbiased score by any means

@Bomberman64
Its about the effort imo. A lot more was possible. Gamefreak chose to be lazy and cash-in on fans of the franchise. Not cool imo.

@Kit
Thats (nintendo) fanboyism. Be happy about what u get. Lmao

A bomb well deserved

@ILikeStake

I actually got to like him with time. But yes, the game could have done without his comic relief. I am coming darling, lmao.
The mardi garb thing was just silly.

Jade and Veronica here

@construx

Honestly the review has put me off. Naked old man farting?

They are not wrong.

A naked old man farts in your bath, must be a great game/s.

The visuals are off-putting. They could have at least used some anime style.

@Entwickler

People will buy this game out of pokemon craze and love for the franchise. It doesn't mean they wouldn't have wanted a better product. Thats how strong this franchise is.
But you are right, it will send a message to the developer.

@Yorumi
I guess you have a point there!

Maybe we are all blinded by the pokemon franchise. I mean this game is obviously not a great one. The pokemon franchise is expected to score in the 9 range and an 8 suggested it hasn't met expectations.

I think a 7 would be more appropriate. In the end meta scores are sending a message to the developer. Of people praise this game, the developer won't see any reason to spend resources and improve the next title.

Who knows maybe content that is missing will be added later via paod dlc

@Yorumi

Hmm, the graphics were always bad. Sun and moon has some aweful textures here and there and it constantly switches between sections. Yo kai watch is better in this regard imo. And here we are!

To be honest, I only have seen gamexplains review and the graphics aren't terrible. They are actually quite nice and friendly (thats what I seek in a game). The game seems to have lots of charm. A score lower than 8 would do it a disservixe imo.
What I don't get are those 9.3 ratings by IGN. A 9.3 sort of implies there is only room for very minor improvements while swsh is clearly not the revolution and A LOT more could be possible.

My fear is, this game is there to test the waters. Nintendo fans are known to buy everything and if this game sells fantastic the next switch pokemon won't see much of an improvement.

@ShinEon
If Gamefreak hadn't shifted the blame for the lack of certain pokemon on having to redo all animations nobody would have taken a much closer look at them. That being said it was a shady thing to say.

Honestly, I will give this game a pass. I doubt its gonna drop in price but I will buy myself a new switch on occasion so if it comes bundled with it...

@Yorumi
You have a poin there. But aren't the games you mentioned different from pokemon? Is more content always better?
In the end it boils down to how much fun you have with a game imo. I mentioned it already with the witcher review performance should be rated separately. I played dq11, great game! After some time I checked a graphics comparison vid and ps4 is obviously better. What to make of it? Would playing on ps4 make it more fun for me?

@Kalmaro
Indeed its a vicious circle. If it sells well, which it definitely will GameFreak will learn they have made the right decisions

@Yorumi

A game should be rated at its own. Would better graphics, animations make it a better game?
If its still a solid pokemon experience would a 7 be deserved?

@Richwalker13

I think its an 8. It's still a fun experience at its core I guess just not the revolution expected by many.

The whole thing seems a bit lazy. I think the strategy behind it is as follows: first release a pokemon go game for a quick cash-in. Second release a watered down main game - fans are gonna buy it anyway. Then release ultra versions with more pokemon and some additional stuff. Or skip the ultra version and release a bigger and better new main game in the series and do the ultra version after that.

Not gonna buy any tencent nintendo games. Say no to tencent domination!

@Crono1973

True! BUT you can buy the season pass AFTER all dlc has come out (did that with kingdoms battle) or you have it's gonna be good (did that with botw).
Will probably 3h as well but first I wanna see how this new story content turns out.

The only thing I am ok with are season passes as long as there is meaningful dlc. Microtransaction are just crazy or even predatory like in feh or pokemon go.

Curious how the switch will hold up against the next gen of home consoles if they want to keep the switch alive for much longer. Imo the best thing would be to introduce a new switch every 4-5 years with full backwards compatibility.

Think I will pass

Perfect game for the 3ds

After reading this article I bought myself a spare 2ds xl. It came with installed tomodachi and physical copies of pokemon moon and what seems to be a holy grail: teddy together, lol

To each their own

They will bring most definitely more fire emblem. The franchise is at its peak atm.

Pretty much open to anything. A new advance wars would be great (and F-zero)

@sixrings

True, it might never happen. Btw 2.5 years! I guess there will be another nintendo selects run.
The thing is, I buy my games according to priorities as I can't play them all and my backlog has grown to such an extent that I doubt I will be able to play it all, lol. Last month I got myself ni no kuni, links awakening and dq11. Still playing dq11 and havent even unpacked the other two. In the meantime they had a sale on etrian nexus on the german amazon, also bought dillons deadheat and sushi striker for cheap to get free shipping. Backlog growing. Still playing dq11 as we speak, lol. So yeah, I think I will wait a while to get Luigi.

I have both games on the 3ds and I can't say I am much of a fan. Wiill certainly get this one but (hopefully) on sale one day.

@Xansies

That is exactly my assessment! I played the original splinter cell on the original xbox and thought it was great. Then came sp2 a year later, sp3 a year later, sp4 a year later. I never played assassins creed but that game literally came out every year.

Hmmm.... gonna need to buy a spare 2ds or two.

@Heavyarms55

Ubisoft is underwhelming imo. Rabbids kingdom was the first ubi game I have played after maybe 15years. I don't get the rabbids design they look disgusting imo, maybe its some french humor I don't.

Do they have any good pvp games?

The price of a game isnt really important. I rather wait and save for a good game than buy a couple of mediocre ones.

Then don't bring the game

Sloppy. Easy pass for me

@SalvorHardin

Its the sales figures that are convincing.

Congrats! And geta life btw

It was surely a mistake. The gimmicky controler was unnecessary and made it expensive. Poor hardware specs didn't help to convince people to buy it. Nintendoland wasnt wii sports.
Worst of all, Nintendo didnt really support the system.

@Doofenshmirtz

They should have tested the game during development. I bought it for very cheap a year after it came out and I can say it's not worth the original retail price. Some games are just doomed for the bargain bin because everyone buys the best games first. Today I ordered etrian nexus from amazon germany and in order to get free delivery I bough dillon and sushi striker, would have never bought them day one.

@baochan

That would be true for all other gaming companies and its sort of regrettable.

But on the other hand I must agree its also kind of cool. I mean you buy a game for full retail price and know its gonna keep its value (codename steam notwithstanding, lol)

Is it just me or is this underwhelming?

@Belatarr
Don't get me wrong. But you try to make a connection between profit or the lack thereof and addiction. Thats not really the point imo.

Lets take drugs for example, generally they kill you or just ruin your life, pretty bad. But lots of artists, musicians, song writers, etc. have done drugs and made quite a profit or at least created some beautiful things. Probably a small percentage of drug users, lol, but that doesn't make their drug addiction better, or less addiction than those who didn't make it big. Addiction is addiction.
Gaming might have less positive side effects. ALTHOUGH I believe that my driving skills, which are relatively good if I say so myself, might have been sharpened through gaming. Or rather my mind in regard to reactions and situational assessment or something like that. I usually just take a small glimpse and see a picture of whats possible with my car and what not. Might seem dangerous to other people, though.

@Belatarr
You can be addicted to a boy/girlfriend for example. I agree the friends thing was a little farfetched but still likely.
The thing is: addiction is connected with habit formation and repetition. While certain things might not be called addiction per se, they still can be or become one.

Gaming addiction can be very versatile.
Let me share an example: I used to game a lot in the past. Since I didn't own a fast internet connection it was mostly single player. Games with a beginning and end. During my studies we had a presentation about gaming addiction (some 13 years back). The guy who held this presentation was addicted to ultima online. I wasn't aware of things as chinese farmers and other stuff. Guy said, he could spend like 14h a day playing it. Sometimes he just played 5-6h due to constraints and was frowned upon by other players. And that was his thing, being constantly in touch with other real people, although in the virtual world. He didn't care about the games I played at all. He was a smart guy btw.
Some games are plainly designed to get you hooked. They blatantly take advantage of your weaknesses or life situations. Like gacha games for example. Ever seen a report on jap gacha gamers who spend fortunes on a pixel char? Thats stuff an unrelated person can't relate to (didnt wanna use the term "normal person", lol)

@Belatarr
Thats totally debatable. People can become addicted to hanging around with friends, people can get addicted to jogging for example, work, sex.
And people can get addicted to gaming.