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

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Bitch as we all do, games still likely going to print money. GF has a working formula, and their Main Market is literal children - the fact that people who grew up on the series still buy the games is probably a nice bonus as far as they’re concerned.
Two Dollars said:
Maybe someday we’ll get a PMD2 remake or new PMD, but until then, maybe nu-Pokemon just isn’t for me… *sigh*
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Trust me, I’ve wanted remakes of Coliseum and XD for over a decade now - hell, those would’ve actually made me buy a Wii U - I feel your pain
 
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>pick a color
>an animal
>a theme
>mix it

here is your monster.
Seriously, digimon at least has more interesting monster concepts of various cultures and even objects, pokémon designs are so fucking lame.

Even my own favorites pokémons are victim of this....

Now check this out: what if we fuse an angel and a devil and give some gigantic arm? "b-bb-b-but it isn't a monster, fucking hell, look where we are, we live watching monsters in this website, we could make our own monsters if we wanted based on pure reality, and the digital aspect of the setting is perfect for it.

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And we also have the cute friendly monsters too, so it is a win-win scenario.
 
Lapis Lazuli said:
I hate how Pokémon has been using memes in their games for awhile now. First "Hangry Mode", now Lechonk. Almost guranteed to age poorly. What's next, a Pokémon based off of Big Chungus?
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Nauseated Courgi said:
The word Hangry isn't a meme and while Lechonk's name borders on meme slang, most people can easily assume the name refers to how "chunky" it is.
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Also, Lechón is spanish for Piglet.

Registration said:
Seriously, digimon at least has more interesting monster concepts of various cultures and even objects, pokémon designs are so fucking lame.

Even my own favorites pokémons are victim of this....

Now check this out: what if we fuse an angel and a devil and give some gigantic arm? "b-bb-b-but it isn't a monster, fucking hell, look where we are, we live watching monsters in this website, we could make our own monsters if we wanted based on pure reality, and the digital aspect of the setting is perfect for it.

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And we also have the cute friendly monsters too, so it is a win-win scenario.
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Even though I like digimon, if you take that design philosophy what you end up with is a schizophrenic monster design that wildly varies in detail, quality, tone, and generally everything, and makes it just look like a mess.

To say nothing of the awful naming scheme that makes every single evolved mon a chore to say, the frequently repeated designs (like Sukamon and Platinum Sukamon, because they couldn't just have one sentient poop digimon), the schizophrenic back-and-forthing as they digivolve, the fact that lines nearly all end in either "mecha godzilla" or "cosplayer"... I don't know, I prefer my more stable and generally more consistent pokemon designs overall. I prefer a design scheme where I almost never have to ask "why the fuck did the cute little yellow thing turn into a six-winged bishonen guy". And then there's the constant need to one up each other, resulting in detail creep until it's just a complete mess.
 
Registration said:
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>pick a color
>an animal
>a theme
>mix it

here is your monster.
Seriously, digimon at least has more interesting monster concepts of various cultures and even objects, pokémon designs are so fucking lame.

Even my own favorites pokémons are victim of this....

Now check this out: what if we fuse an angel and a devil and give some gigantic arm? "b-bb-b-but it isn't a monster, fucking hell, look where we are, we live watching monsters in this website, we could make our own monsters if we wanted based on pure reality, and the digital aspect of the setting is perfect for it.

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And we also have the cute friendly monsters too, so it is a win-win scenario.
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Sounds to me like Digimon is more your cup of tea than Pokemon. The design philosophy that you're complaining about has been prevalent in Pokémon since it's inception.

Not to mention that you're seemingly forgetting that Pokemon also have Monsters based on Inanimate objects and cultures like Aegislash the living sword and shield or Jinx and Froslass that are based on Japanese Yokai.
 
Registration said:
>pick a color
>an animal
>a theme
>mix it

here is your monster.
Seriously, digimon at least has more interesting monster concepts of various cultures and even objects, pokémon designs are so fucking lame.
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I feel obligated to point out, despite my own love of Digimon, that there’s something like 10 literal reskins of Agumon alone.

Say what we will about the Pika Clones, Pokémon hasn’t gone full Lazy Recolour on Pokémon Designs, not counting Shinies…
 
Lechonk is nice and simple, I like it. He's a little too round for his own good, especially the 3d model at certain angles.

Smolive is a babymon more or less. I wish I could've seen the evolution to make a better judgement but at least this one looks better in 3d.

Pawmi is so obnoxiously toyetic I have no goddamn clue what kind of animal it is based on. Apparently it's some sort of electric rodent/vole? I ain't into it.

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The two new box legendaries, Koraidon and Miraidon, are big big kaiju-looking motherfuckers. People claim that these two have a very strong inspiration from motorbikes and the like. They better transform into real rideable motorbikes or I'm not buying.
 
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Lapis Lazuli said:
I hate how Pokémon has been using memes in their games for awhile now. First "Hangry Mode", now Lechonk. Almost guranteed to age poorly. What's next, a Pokémon based off of Big Chungus?
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Lechón is a Spanish word but these meme references do make the game dated. Kind of like how Diamond and Pearl had a translator who used Something Awful who put late 2000s meme slang in game.
 
Looks like we're getting some new fancy Kwik-Stop Pokecenters in this one. A simple QoL feature, let's hope there's more.

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Trees unfortunately still look like shit made in N64. Tree lovers will have to look elsewhere for their needs.
 
I'd like the Scarlet legendary more if it didn't look like it had a wheel stuck in its throat. Pretty big fan of the Violet one though, really liking its "futuristic" and robotic look.

Does anyone else feel like Pawmi's model looks a lot different from the official art? I think the art looks cute but I can't say I'm a fan of its model.
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Xerxes IX said:
Lechón is a Spanish word but these meme references do make the game dated. Kind of like how Diamond and Pearl had a translator who used Something Awful who put late 2000s meme slang in game.
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I don’t remember anything like that, but surely it wasn’t as bad as Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time in 2005.
 
Two Dollars said:
I felt nothing watching this trailer. The textures and models still look like ass, the designs are meh, still no voice acting, no interesting new gameplay mechanics shown off; it just looks like a rom hack of SwSh. And all the YouTube comments are “wow this game has new starters and professors and legendaries must buy!!!” like those aren’t in literally every single new generation ever.

Maybe someday we’ll get a PMD2 remake or new PMD, but until then, maybe nu-Pokemon just isn’t for me… *sigh*
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The co-op looks vaguely interesting but I’m sure it’ll be disappointing too.
 
Two Dollars said:
I don’t remember anything like that, but surely it wasn’t as bad as Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time in 2005.
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It definitely wasn't. Off the top of my head there was a trainer calling you a noob, a Giant Enemy Crab reference, and maybe an all your base are belong to us reference. These were all removed in Platinum.

What the fuck was going through the PiT translators heads though, in the other languages they just have "robotic" speech instead of sounding like tards who thought talking like that made them cool internet users.
 
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