I'm still kind of mad that we were never given a Pokemon Z or X2 & Y2 that could've fleshed out a lot of X & Y's emptiness.
I also just realized why a lot of people I knew were making Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds jokes about the boxart legendary Pokemon. I wonder if Scarlet & Violet will have an enhanced version like Platinum/Emerald or if they'll just do an expansion pass again like Sword & Shield. I'm guessing its more likely the latter.
It’ll definitely be the latter for a few reasons...
Sales for enhanced versions have never been higher than their base games. USUM sold 9.09 million copies while SM sold 16.27 million copies and for older entries (BW’s 15.47 million vs. BW2’s 8.52 million, DP’s 17.67 million vs. 7.6 million, RS’s 16.22 million vs. Emerald’s 7.06 million, etc.). Remakes tends to do better but they‘re still not as high as a main game’s sales.
At a retail level it’s easier for Nintendo and The Pokémon Company to convince a consumer into buying a base game at $59.99 and a DLC pack at $29.99 later down the line rather than convincing them to buy two new games being sold for $59.99 at two (or three if we’re also factoring in remakes) different period’s within a Generation’s lifetime.
At a competitive level it’s easier for VGC players to keep up on sanctioned tournaments if the main game used stays the the same throughout a Generation’s lifetime, the DLC is optional (with DLC’s items, moves, and Pokémon kept accessible via trades if the player chooses to not buy it), and eligibility as far as keeping the game up-to-date done via ”mandatory” updates.
Its the season of blurry 'leaks' showing up everywhere for SV, normally I'd just laugh them off as completely AI generated fakes, but considering it has caused some twitter attention whore who was posting riddles to have a meltdown, might be a grain of truth to them.
What I'm really wondering is, if SV is going to be even more obnoxious with unskippable cutscene spam every 5 minutes like the last two games, or will it finally chill out and let the player do their thing.
Its the season of blurry 'leaks' showing up everywhere for SV, normally I'd just laugh them off as completely AI generated fakes, but considering it has caused some twitter attention whore who was posting riddles to have a meltdown, might be a grain of truth to them.
What I'm really wondering is, if SV is going to be even more obnoxious with unskippable cutscene spam every 5 minutes like the last two games, or will it finally chill out and let the player do their thing.
I don't think that Eviolite is the reason that GF hasn't added new evolutions before Legends. It's because GF and Nintendo have an obsession with each game having a hook and new evolutions were Generation 4's hook in the modern series. Gen 5 made sense not to have new evos since its hook was having no old Pokemon in game and Gen 6 had Megas instead of actual new evos.
Eviolite in general got way worse in Generation 8 since Knock Off is everywhere with few Pokemon to absorb it with items that are immune like Mega Stones. Only Zacian Crowned, Zamazenta Crowned, and Silvally in SS. As for Pokemon that Eviolite really help:
Porygon 2 is a better Trick Room supporter than Porygon Z with or without Eviolite, but does seriously benefit from it. Mainly they're both two of the few non-Psychic TR options and that's their appeal
Dusknoir is irrelevant competitively but Eviolite Dusclops has a niche as an absolute tank and another non-Psychic TR setter. Knock Off weakness sucks though
Chansey and Clefairy are decent, but give up the offensive presence of their evolutions and become absolutely useless if they get hit with Knock Off
If Eviolite is the reason for not getting new evolutions it's not a good one since it only seriously helps defensive Pokemon and is so vulnerable to Knock Off. Definitely need some new Evos, especially some that could incorporate their now cut Mega abilities like Kangaskhan and Pinsir. Even if Eviolite Kangaskhan would be better than an evo, it still means we get a fun new Pokemon to play with on ladder either way.
Its the season of blurry 'leaks' showing up everywhere for SV, normally I'd just laugh them off as completely AI generated fakes, but considering it has caused some twitter attention whore who was posting riddles to have a meltdown, might be a grain of truth to them.
What I'm really wondering is, if SV is going to be even more obnoxious with unskippable cutscene spam every 5 minutes like the last two games, or will it finally chill out and let the player do their thing.
>Riddler Khu gives out cryptic ass leaks, nobody cares
>Other leakers give straight details, people are believing them
>More leakers are posting screenshots and videos, those get popular too
>Khu gets buttmad and claims those other leaks are wrong
>Twitter faggotry ensues
kaka leak
new Sprigatito evolution found on 4chan, authenticity still pending.
These motherfuckers are taking themselves way too seriously. If any of these leakers had any authenticity they could be posting beta builds of the new game or at least some gameplay footage. Instead we get insipid, baseless rumors because they totally have an uncle that works for Nintendo and don't want to get him fired
If the Multiplayer rumors are true then Game Freak pretty much has to relent and let the player run around cutscene-free.
>Riddler Khu gives out cryptic ass leaks, nobody cares
>Other leakers give straight details, people are believing them
>More leakers are posting screenshots and videos, those get popular too
>Khu gets buttmad and claims those other leaks are wrong
>Twitter faggotry ensues
new Sprigatito evolution found on 4chan, authenticity still pending. 1657904607538.webm
These motherfuckers are taking themselves way too seriously. If any of these leakers had any authenticity they could be posting beta builds of the new game or at least some gameplay footage. Instead we get insipid, baseless rumors because they totally have an uncle that works for Nintendo and don't want to get him fired
Darn... I was hoping they'd at least finally give Tauros and Miltank a shared baby pre-evo to finally cement their gender counterpart status outside of fucking pokedex entries and farm cameos.
Or at least give Miltank a less cartoony new regional form that better synchs with Tauros.
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Or at least give Miltank a less cartoony new regional form that better synchs with Tauros.
Should at least let Tauros be the mount that replaces the bike again, but we all know how much GameFreak HATES bringing back popular features because they want to keep it "muh fresh"
Should at least let Tauros be the mount that replaces the bike again, but we all know how much GameFreak HATES bringing back popular features because they want to keep it "muh fresh"
Overworld shinies are potentially returning? Ehhhh no thanks. I'll stick to gens 2-5 thank you very much.
Most shiny hunters are unwatchable nowadays. A lot of them are either consoomers, political twittards or people who overdo their reactions for views so hard that they look like genuine retards. I just want to hunt shinies with frens, not hear about the Roe vs Wade shitstorm while looking for sparkly monsters.
Someone at Gamefreak knows how to market their games to the internet, considering the amount if Coomer Bait characters that’re the first revealed every gen.
The choice boiling down to Gigachad and Death by Snu Snu is funny to watch though
Overworld shinies are potentially returning? Ehhhh no thanks. I'll stick to gens 2-5 thank you very much.
Most shiny hunters are unwatchable nowadays. A lot of them are either consoomers, political twittards or people who overdo their reactions for views so hard that they look like genuine retards. I just want to hunt shinies with frens, not hear about the Roe vs Wade shitstorm while looking for sparkly monsters.
In hindsight I should've put the non leak shit outside of the spoiler. Please be patient I am retarded.
The SJW mindset is quite common in the hunting community and once I know they're tweeting the usual SJW shit it makes them unwatchable (though that's how I feel with content creators in general). I know I've seen at least one video where the Roe vs Wade thing made it into footage taken from livestreams.
Yes, I have tried to look past these issues, and there have been a few exceptions to the rule, but at this point I'm so tired of real world shit invading my fun hobbies that I don't bother anymore.
Overworld shinies, from what I've seen, makes hunting a joke and encounters go super fast. Now if that's the way you want to hunt then sure, go for it, but I feel the challenge and some of the rarity of shinies has been taken away from the franchise. I just prefer mindlessly mashing buttons on multiple game systems at full odds until I get sparkly pokemon.
Overworld shinies, from what I've seen, makes hunting a joke and encounters go super fast. Now if that's the way you want to hunt then sure, go for it, but I feel the challenge and some of the rarity of shinies has been taken away from the franchise. I just prefer mindlessly mashing buttons on multiple game systems at full odds until I get sparkly pokemon.
Dealing with Hop makes me want to Hop off a bridge
The saddest part was, there was a "skip movies" option on Sw/Sh, but it only works for like 4 cutscenes in the game, and not the 100+ player interuptions
