Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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OddEyes said:
You know what would be a fun idea?

Letting people choose a pokemon that can participate in battles while they're 1) offline or 2) create and NPC that uses said pokemon. Maybe even allow the players to 'catch' the maxed pokemon on a certain percentage rate and allow them to decide if they wanna keep the pokemon or not.

Just an idea.
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better yet, have the damn league cards actually do something like iunno, league cards you get from other players or gym leaders lets you call them into raids?

as it stands league cards are fucking pointless.
 
BusyMaribo said:
better yet, have the damn league cards actually do something like iunno, league cards you get from other players or gym leaders lets you call them into raids?

as it stands league cards are fucking pointless.
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Yeah, maybe have them be associated with a certain 'signature pokemon', that'd be cool. Also, maybe give them the ability to let you choose to 'dynamax' their pokemon - After all, maybe having a Gigtanamaxed pokemon on your team might be a good call.
 
BusyMaribo said:
as it stands league cards are fucking pointless.
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The league cards, as of right now, are purely cosmetic for you and a cute little collectible from other trainers. Much like how the character accessories are. Which reminds me, do they still have the Pokeball effects be a thing or...?
 
Kari Kamiya said:
When people die, they become the Yamask, which then evolve into people-eating sarcophagus. I'm sure someone like Jeffery Dahmer would be ecstatic to become reincarnated as a Pokémon that'll go on to eat people.
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When people actually die in Pokemon, Game Freak makes sure to never have it happen on-screen just in case that character is marketable enough to milk in later releases.
 
OddEyes said:
You know what would be a fun idea?

Letting people choose a pokemon that can participate in battles while they're 1) offline or 2) create and NPC that uses said pokemon. Maybe even allow the players to 'catch' the maxed pokemon on a certain percentage rate and allow them to decide if they wanna keep the pokemon or not.

Just an idea.
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BusyMaribo said:
better yet, have the damn league cards actually do something like iunno, league cards you get from other players or gym leaders lets you call them into raids?

as it stands league cards are fucking pointless.
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What infuriates me about League Cards is that when Gym Leaders give you their rare cards in the postgame story, they say something like "call me if you ever need me", implying that you are supposed to be able to call them for stuff like Raids, instead of just inviting them to the Champion Cup.
 
Something's been bothering me about the Wild Area's weather system for quite a while, and it finally hit me.

Why didn't they bring back Unova's seasons mechanic for this? It would've been perfect. About the only thing I'd change is make the seasons change weekly in real time instead of monthly due to how many time-sensitive mons would be involved. Would've made more aesthetic sense than the "dynamic" system we have now where you can trudge through a blizzard and then two steps later end up in sweltering sunshine.
 
UntimelyDhelmise said:
Something's been bothering me about the Wild Area's weather system for quite a while, and it finally hit me.

Why didn't they bring back Unova's season system for this? It would've been perfect. About the only thing I'd change is make the seasons change weekly in real time instead of monthly due to how many time-sensitive mons would be involved. Would've made more aesthetic sense than trudging through a blizzard and then taking two more steps and suddenly you're in sweltering sunshine.
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Because removing features and abandoning them forever until remakes is as second nature to game freak as walking at this point
 
Kari Kamiya said:
When people die, they become the Yamask, which then evolve into people-eating sarcophagus. I'm sure someone like Jeffery Dahmer would be ecstatic to become reincarnated as a Pokémon that'll go on to eat people.
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Are there Ghostbusters in the Pokemon Universe? I mean at the very least there should be a generic trainer type based on Ghostbusters. Would certainly give people someone to ship Hex Maniac with.
 
Marissa Moira said:
Are there Ghostbusters in the Pokemon Universe? I mean at the very least there should be a generic trainer type based on Ghostbusters. Would certainly give people someone to ship Hex Maniac with.
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The Channeler, Medium, and Sage trainer classes are the closest I can think of.
 
LonnieRohn said:
https://nintendosoup.com/game-freak-removes-creatures-inc-from-list-of-major-business-partners/
did they think they will continue making pokemon without help? I beg the differ
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rotollo said:
its probably just Nintendo absorbing creatures or some shit since they own some of the company already
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Curious how this happened shortly after SWSH came out. Regardless of what exactly is going on, it's a good probability that the game's controversial status is causing some internal stirrings. What that means for the future remains to be seen.
 
UntimelyDhelmise said:
Curious how this happened shortly after SWSH came out. Regardless of what exactly is going on, it's a good probability that the game's controversial status is causing some internal stirrings. What that means for the future remains to be seen.
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If it is, that’s probably a good thing. Even as someone who had a good time with the game, seeing the journos go all ‘hah, it still sold well, take that incels’ left a bad taste in my mouth. Franchises have inertia, and anyone expecting Sw/Sh to fail hard was a twit, but that doesn’t mean following on with the current path blindly is a good idea.
 
Disc said:
If it is, that’s probably a good thing. Even as someone who had a good time with the game, seeing the journos go all ‘hah, it still sold well, take that incels’ left a bad taste in my mouth. Franchises have inertia, and anyone expecting Sw/Sh to fail hard was a twit, but that doesn’t mean following on with the current path blindly is a good idea.
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I liken SWSH to a less extreme The Last Jedi. Critics and the general populace liked it initially, but perceptions turned increasingly negative over time to the point where it affected future releases (I say less extreme however due to the rampant in-fighting even among dedicated fans, but you know, as you do). Point I'm trying to make is, SWSH may have done well, but the wounds it caused to the IP's reputation will be felt in time if this trend of declining overall quality continues.

Which is why I think the theory that Nintendo's buying out Creatures may hold merit. A power move to gain more control over the direction and quality assurance of the main series. Other companies like EA and Bethesda may be fine with their name being dragged through the mud, but Nintendo prides itself on the renowned quality of its AAA titles, so one of their main 3 pillars faltering like this possibly spurred them into action one way or another.
 
UntimelyDhelmise said:
I liken SWSH to a less extreme The Last Jedi. Critics and the general populace liked it initially, but perceptions turned increasingly negative over time to the point where it affected future releases (I say less extreme however due to the rampant in-fighting even among dedicated fans, but you know, as you do). Point I'm trying to make is, SWSH may have done well, but the wounds it caused to the IP's reputation will be felt in time if this trend of declining overall quality continues.

Which is why I think the theory that Nintendo's buying out Creatures may hold merit. A power move to gain more control over the direction and quality assurance of the main series. Other companies like EA and Bethesda may be fine with their name being dragged through the mud, but Nintendo prides itself on the renowned quality of its AAA titles, so one of their main 3 pillars faltering like this possibly spurred them into action one way or another.
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Oh, I don’t think it’s THAT bad. It’s not like it killed Cynthia in the background of a scene, then claimed the only people who’d hate it are fanboys.

There’s some great Pokémon designs in it, the crowd cheering makes for hype gym battles, the den battles are a great middleground between the suffering of the tower and the normal area, Ultra shinies are a great way to have shinies be more accessible and give the hardcore players something extra special to shoot for.

Heart went into this game. But not enough time or money. Which I feel is kinda the exact opposite of TLJs problem, which was a large budget given to someone with contempt for the franchise he was supposedly continuing.

Do agree with you on the buyout thing. Even if the reduced dexes continue, they need to give the developers the time to make a good Frontier, at least.
 
I did some rough calculations. If we go by a hypothetical Sinnoh remake and the mons it would add via the base dex, and include missing fossils, starters and the legendaries/mythicals not included among the extra 35 of SWSH's dex (all three categories let you collect the rest naturally during post-game for the second set of games of a gen which is why I include them here), there would be less than 250 mons still missing.

At that point it would be a minimal amount of effort to just throw them all back in for the easy PR play of "listening to the fans" and bringing everyone back if they truly wanted to get back into everyone's good graces on the matter, short of patching SWSH to do as such (which we know they won't do when they can charge another $60 for the same outcome with next year's game).
 
I like to browse /vp/ because of all the speds on it but at the same time I feel like I am having a stroke just doing so. I don’t get why they get pissed about gen V. I thought the place was full of Unovabortionists? Yet again I see people getting mad that gen v is getting a lot of praise lately. Same thing with gen iv.
 
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