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

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Scream Aim Fire said:
I got to ask; are any of the more recent Pokémon games really worth playing? I mean, I had fun with Pokken Tournament, but what about Scarlet & Violent, or the DP Remakes, or Mystery Dungeon DX, or... well, any of them?
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Don't listen to the prudes above me, Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl are TRUE & HONEST remakes that every Pokemon fan should buy in bulk.
They're super cheap if you get them second-hand anyways
 
TBH, I was interested in potentially getting MDDX; I was a big fan of the Mystery Dungeon games back in the day, and I even still have my old copy of Red Rescue Team. That said, I am wondering if DX is good or not; I've heard that it does change a few things compared to the original game, though I'm not entirely sure what, exactly; can anyone confirm? Does anyone have any thoughts on the game itself?
 
Scream Aim Fire said:
TBH, I was interested in potentially getting MDDX; I was a big fan of the Mystery Dungeon games back in the day, and I even still have my old copy of Red Rescue Team. That said, I am wondering if DX is good or not; I've heard that it does change a few things compared to the original game, though I'm not entirely sure what, exactly; can anyone confirm? Does anyone have any thoughts on the game itself?
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DX is fine, though I frankly don't think it's worth $60 as it did on release, I'd say it's more of a $45 game. It's got a lot of changes from the originals, most of them are minor improvements from the 3DS games and QoL changes, but some are pretty major.
  • It looks gorgeous, it's got a good art style and they even added story cutscenes which I hope they keep going forward. If they ever make another PMD game, that is.
  • However, it has a forced autosave and it's quite annoying. The originals had an autosave on some of the later dungeons but DX's is constant, and you cannot turn it off. Be very careful about bringing rare items like the Friend Bow if you don't know you can handle the dungeon because if you lose, there's no resetting, you'll have to find another one.
  • All main story dungeons have a permanent x-ray effect, not a fan of this change either.
  • You can only bring 3 teammates but you can recruit Pokemon in dungeons until you have a total of 8 following you around. At the end of the dungeon you can decide which survivors you want to keep and those you don't keep give you money.
  • The new IQ-replacing gimmick is rare qualities, a Pokemon can only get one rare quality by eating a gummi but its teammates will also benefit from the effect. You can replace a rare quality with another by feeding more gummies.
  • You will come across fainted Pokemon very often, you will automatically recruit them if you feed them an apple. They are extremely common and make me feel like an asshole whenever I don't have apples for them.
  • You and your teammates will randomly use moves twice in a row, even if the first hit would've defeated the enemy, it's frankly a bit annoying and makes combat very slow.
  • There are strong foes that rarely appear on some dungeons and give a lot of exp when defeated, these can be shiny and are extremely hard to recruit, you need to have every recruitment-boosting effect to get a good chance and even then expect to fail.
  • The Pokemon you can recruit are still gens 1 to 3, but they've added Mega Evolutions, future evolutions (you can evolve Eevee to Sylveon, for example) and Lucario.
  • There's now no size limit for the team and Groudon and Kyogre can use their primal forms. You can have a team of Mega Rayquaza, Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre if you want.
  • There's an auto-battle feature, it's mostly just used for grinding in the Makuhita dojo, which has been reworked to beating as many enemies as possible before time runs out, otherwise it's not very useful.
  • Like in the 3DS games, Pokemon you don't use also get experience.
  • Friend areas are now glorified pngs.
Overall it's not terrible, but I prefer the originals even if they are clunky by comparison. Also, be careful if your joycons drift, you can't open the menu while your Pokemon is moving and it's made the game practically unplayable for me.
 
man does anyone else think that pokemon games used to have bigger lifespans then nowadays, like i remember talking about gen 4 for years before gen 5 came out but now gen ix feels like it barely has life already and the dlc just came out last month
 
Fishious Rend said:
man does anyone else think that pokemon games used to have bigger lifespans then nowadays, like i remember talking about gen 4 for years before gen 5 came out but now gen ix feels like it barely has life already and the dlc just came out last month
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I've resorted to artificially prolonging its shelf life by trying to hatch A0 IV shiny Pokemon eggs but I think my sanity is losing.
 
Is SV relevant anymore? I can't be bothered to care about it anymore, not like Gamefreak did at any point.
On the other hand, I am playing a XD hack called XG(NeXt Gen) and I am having a blast. One of my favorite Pokemon experiences to date. Just reinforces the idea that Mainline games have nothing to offer anymore and I am not missing out on anything by aggressively ignoring them, especially with the likes of Pal World coming out on top of that
 
Fishious Rend said:
man does anyone else think that pokemon games used to have bigger lifespans then nowadays, like i remember talking about gen 4 for years before gen 5 came out but now gen ix feels like it barely has life already and the dlc just came out last month
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There was a longer period between Gen 4 and Gen 5 coming out. However the lifecycle has always been ‘current game gets talked about until new one comes out’ We used to have 3rd games which would take up a spot in a Gen filled by remakes and DLC nowadays. So really the shelf life has a always bern this long. Perhaps the only difference nowadays is everything is discovered and shown off completely if not before the game is out, via leaks and mine, then certainly by a few days after thanks to everyone streaming themselves playing it.
 
Fishious Rend said:
man does anyone else think that pokemon games used to have bigger lifespans then nowadays, like i remember talking about gen 4 for years before gen 5 came out but now gen ix feels like it barely has life already and the dlc just came out last month
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*I put a gun(?) at my own head*
They always have been thi short.

(Seriously, they had 3-year cycles.)
 
Wikipedia suggests that every 3rd game came out like 2 years after the Gen. So i feel like the 3rd year we would normaly have has been replaced by a remake of an older game.

So the Gens in total last the same lengths, the games in them don’t it looks like.
 
The obligatory Pokémon Day Pokémon Presents has been announced.

There aren't any details on it yet, I just wanted to share the thumbnail because I think it's cute. One of the best parts of this new generation has been all the marketing focusing on pastel mosaics; I think it's a very pretty new direction to use.

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Any speculation, I guess? I'm personally expecting the announcement of BW remakes as the main event (since it's that part of the generational cycle and GF want money), with almost nothing else of substance to the rest of the video. It's probably gonna be those remakes and then like 80% mobile game filler fluff. Maybe some card game stuff or merch updates. The last two Presents have taught me to keep my expectations through the floor.
 
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Anonitolia said:
One of the best parts of this new generation has been all the marketing focusing on pastel mosaics; I think it's a very pretty new direction to use
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It's based on the crystallization gimmick, so unfortunately it is gonna be abandoned come the next generation, but it makes for adorable mascot and promotional art. (Helps that they leave the giant Ring Pop hats out of it).

I zoned out in previous Presents when they started talking about the cafe mobile game. I get that Pokémon has been exponentially more successful than say, Disney Star Wars, as establishing itself as a lifestyle brand, but I have no idea how Pokémon for the candy crush demo has been running for so long. The art is admittedly cute, though
 
Anonitolia said:
Any speculation, I guess? I'm personally expecting the announcement of BW remakes as the main event (since it's that part of the generational cycle and GF want money), with almost nothing else of substance to the rest of the video.
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BW remake in the vein of BDSP would be my guess. Either that or another Legends.
 
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