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Re: The Pokémon Company Outlines Fixes For Scarlet & Violet's Next Update

traceman

@Anti-Matter yeah I think your overestimating the general appeal of something like nexomon. I just looked at the games steam page and I don't know how else to tell you but from my observation it look's like it's going to copy S/V. I mean imitation is the sincerest for of flattery but going by the series history on the eshop, It'll probably release at full price and maybe not even weeks later go on sale for almost bargain bin prices like the first two games.

Re: Soapbox: 20 Years On, It's About Time These Pokémon Games Got Switch Remasters

traceman

While it wouldn't be against remakes of pokemon xd and Pokemon Colosseum unfortunately one big hurdle is the Pokemon company. After all they really have the say so on what's being done with Pokemon, I mean there are plenty examples, from the pokemon amiibos seeing almost no use outside of Smash Bros.or the fact that the Pokemon games aren't on any of the Game Boy online apps which is weird because Pokemon is a Nintendo franchise not directly owned by Nintendo but still it's mostly a Nintendo franchise at this point.

Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes

traceman

@Savage_Joe I guess I should've been a little more specific in mentioning for handhelds. While pokemon colluseum did have a story it was more of a battle simulator with a story attached. Gale of darkness however was more of an earnest attempt to make a console pokemon game though it also has it's own problems.

Re: Soapbox: Pokémon X & Y - The Series' Greatest Paradoxes

traceman

At the time pokemon X and Y were ground breaking showing everyone what a 3d pokemon game looks like and while ground breaking for the time it wasn't perfect. For one thing It was really apparent that gamefreak had no experience with 3D models outside of special set pieces, or even cutscenes. And unfortunately it still plagues them today.

Re: The Famicom Just Won An Award At The Tokyo Game Awards 2023

traceman

It's good to see something positive for pokemon sc/vi for once, I mean yeah the bugs are there even though I personally never encountered any of them myself ( outside of the framerate). Also congratulations to Sonic Frontiers really enjoyed that title as well and looking forward to the last update.

Re: The Pokémon Company Is Looking To Hire Someone With NFT Knowledge

traceman

@HeadPirate you know I feel like even if you put up some good points no one's going to read them because they just hate the Pokemon company. And well they do have reason to, I mean Pokemon unite ,Pokemon TCG live, and various other mobile games with egregious micro transactions though not going to pretend like there wasn't micro transactions in their other free to play games on 3DS Pokemon picross anyone? Heck I'll probably just get a response because I'm not blindly throwing hatred at the Pokemon company even if it is a little deserved for their past actions.

Re: Feature: Dynamax Ain’t That Bad - Pokemon’s Recent Battle Mechanics Ranked

traceman

I have to respectfully disagree with Mr. Glick as a competitive Pokemon player myself I think Mega Evolutions and Z moves are the way to go. I mean the argument that Megas only made certain Pokemon viable can easily be used for Dynamax. I mean after all certain Pokemon get access to gigantamaxing which also causes them to go undergo a massive design change but also changes one of their moves that matching their type of a specific signature move which is basically Z moves but more spamable for three whole turns. I mean yeah I suppose it could survive a Dynamax if you don't mind being accosted by the same move again and again. Also in competitive Pokemon usually most players use the same Pokemon time and time again like Landorus, or Heatran, And Thunderous Theirian. Just to name two examples so I don't understand why only certain Pokemon being viable is a problem when it's been like that since the Inception of competitive Pokemon sorry for the long reply.

Re: Creatures Inc. Designer Wants To Know "What UI / UX Mistakes Drive You Absolutely Mad In Pokémon Games"

traceman

How about bringing back the P.S.S. (Player Search System)That was probably one of the best used interfaces we had in the series. Access to trades, Battles, and even chat.(Though that could be a blessing in disguise now that it's gone.) I also don't think it would be too much trouble to.reintegrate the G.T.S into the main game as well I get that they want to make it convenient but I don't want to grab my phone just to trade especially when I'm already playing the game.

Re: Paper Mario: The Origami King Has The Best US Launch For The Series To Date, NPD Charts Reveal

traceman

@KingBowser86 the point was the series isn't necessarily dead. It seems like die hard fans of PM (like you of course) can't seem to stand the M&L franchise and honestly it seems kind of stupid. That being said I don't think I need even bother trying to explain why I think TOK is good and deserves the sales numbers. Though you'd just have another retort about how the series is now bad I'll give you sticker star I think that game can easily be touted as the worst no story, Kersti being unlikable and not at all helpful, and the boss battles I don't think I need to elaborate on those. Of course knowing people like you and especially Arlo your minds are dead set on what you want and that's fine if anything all you're doing is tempting me to go back and play TTYD objectively and comb every aspect the game to see what it was that people loved.

Re: Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon is Adventuring to 3DS

traceman

@james-mussel
You do know it's not that simple to just add bank functionality to Gen 1 or gen 2 even if they were on 3DS. It would require pretty much remaking the entire games from scratch. Also you know it's possible to get nearly every gen1 pokemon in X and Y right? I would also like to add that Red and Blue never used IR it Gold and Silver that used IR and that was just for mystery gift and that's it no battles or trades just mystery gift. All in all pokemon on the 3DS VC would ultamately be a neutered exprience.