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

[ToroidalBoat]

I hope so dude but 2026 Nintendo is different.

Successful companies have this power cycle like empires. Nintendo seems to be like one past the prime, in that state where things go corrupt and collapse lies ahead.

Also, glad I pretty much checked out of new pocketmons vidyas around a decade ago.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

So assuming GF/Nintendo actually goes along with this, how exactly would it work?

The last time any of the classic games were re-released were on the 3DS and not only were they separate downloads, but there was no feature for multi-game trades with one another, so you couldn't even complete the pokedex on ANY of the games, of which it was only Gen 1 and 2, so it's fairly easier to do than the other games. Bank didn't even help them because it was more favored towards the Gen 6 and 7 games, so once you did the transfer, goodbye GameBoy pokemon. NVM I double checked, I'm dumb

Only downside is that it was wireless only, not wifi.

I can see GF/Nintendo totally fucking this up. Firstly, it'll be a miracle if the Switch 1 even gets any kind of support for this considering they've been treating it like a piece of shit since the Switch 2 showed up (see the Mario Wonder "update" that is Switch 2 only). Second, they would be full blown retarded if they did the whole "version split" retardation instead of sticking them all under one collection but i can totally see them doing it.

EDIT: Holy shit, I didn't even think about battles. There was no online feature for those in the 3DS GB ports, if they drop the ball with that as well, they are going to loose a FUCK-TON of support and good-will. So many people want to battle each other online with the classic games.

 

[Marche]

Did someone say pokemon leaks?

Lets see what Roaring moon has to say about it.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Recently, after about 25 years, I finally finished Stadium 2.

Wasn't expecting the startup screen to change to a third one.

 

[Grayback]

What kind of animal / mythological creature / thing do you really want to see a Pokémon based on?

For me, it's the Virginia opossum.

Dark / Fairy. Toothy, gormless smile. Bulging black eyes. Unique ability based around playing dead. Gimmie.

 

[Marche]

What kind of animal / mythological creature / thing do you really want to see a Pokémon based on?

I posted before but I really want a Bearcat/Binturong and have hopes for one given the next games are set in SEA/Indonesia type islands so it would make sense.
Knowing my luck they though will make it some Normal type shitmon and give it some bad ability like Sweet Veil.

 

[LightDragonman1]

A recent trending topic regarding the games on Twitter is whether or not EXP Share trivializes the experience, or if it helps cut down grinding. Surprisingly, I see a lot of players say they prefer not using it.

https://x.com/i/trending/2020059452121006141

What do you guys think?

 

[Squawking Macaw]

Volt Switch and Flip Turn both have immunities. U Turn doesn't.

I still don't get how adding yet another resistance to a type that already gets resisted by everything is an effective nerf to a move whose main point isn't even dealing damage. Reducing U-turn's power to 30 would be better and it probably would still be spammed everywhere.

Did someone say pokemon leaks?

Lets see what Roaring moon has to say about it.
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Speaking of leaks, I heard that GF abandoned the procedural generation idea and built the new region's islands by hand a la SuMo. On one hand they were smart enough to realize they wouldn't be able to pull PokeSpore off, but on the other Procedural Generation X sounds like a hilarious mess and I wanted to see it happen.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Reducing U-turn's power to 30 would be better and it probably would still be spammed everywhere.

You are correct.

This is the same community that still unironically uses Bullet Punch and Pursuit in competitive play.

 

[Grayback]

This Sunday

They're going to have a Super Bowl commercial, aren't they?

It's the 30th anniversary of the franchise.
The Gen 10 games are on the horizon.
Pokémon Presents is coming in a matter of weeks, which means that big news of some sort is basically already ready.
And two mainline games in a row have received negative reception. People aren't as optimistic about the brand anymore.

Pokémon needs something. Something big. Something to celebrate past success, and rebound from past failures. This is the perfect time for it. Get back on track. Set the new mood for the franchise. Here, on the biggest advertising stage in the world. No other announcement that they could ever make at any other time has the potential to be as big as this one.
And they gave us...

... this. (twitter/archive)

Spoiler: I didn't like it.

It's a boring, bizarre procession of celebrities (I'm assuming) who are here to tell us, in a roundabout way, in painfully-contrived scenarios, with the least-natural delivery possible, about how much they like their favorite Pokémon. And these are famous people, so you should like whatever they like, right? Don't worry about the direction of the franchise! No thoughts! Just smile and nod along! Feel the vibe!

TPC didn't show us something new and interesting to get excited for—which, if we'd gotten that, would make us like their brand on our own. Organically.
TPC instead showed us a video of other people who like their brand, which really only serves as some strange social enforcement mechanism about how we're already supposed to like their brand.

Maybe there's a cultural difference that I'm not getting. I get the sense that this was supposed to feel like a celebration (wallowing in the past again, TPC?). So many years, so many memories, blah blah blah. But then why would that be worth buying a Super Bowl ad spot for? Just as a flex? To remind normies that you're still around in the least-engaging way possible? Is this some Japanese corporate dick-measuring thing?
Instead of a celebration, it feels like some weird social policing, beneath a layer of absolute insipidness. Like we're being shown some weird middle-school clique, and told that we really should be part of the in-group.

Maybe part of why it doesn't work for me is because all celebrities just feel so fucking fake and meaningless these days. They've lost all of the cachet that they used to have—but big institutions and companies are the last ones to get it. Here's music person you've never heard of. Here's famous guy with insane politics who you know clearly and unambiguously hates you. Here's foreign person who's really big somewhere else, trust us. Here's person with no connection to anything that you're actually interested in. Here's person who you thought was dead.
I don't care. Show me a fucking Pokémon, TPC. They're what I like. Not these people.

I usually think of myself as being quite forgiving toward modern Pokémon, especially compared to other fans.
I didn't realize that I was this mad at the brand—this adamant about change, and this sick of their blown opportunities and gay meaningless bullshit.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

And they gave us...

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... this. (twitter/archive)

https://x.com/wokenjjt/status/2020681753438929310

 

[Thiletonomics]

I usually think of myself as being quite forgiving toward modern Pokémon, especially compared to other fans.
I didn't realize that I was this mad at the brand—this adamant about change, and this sick of their blown opportunities and gay meaningless bullshit.

If this ad is making people mad, then I don't want to know how pissed people will be if the 30th Anniversary announcements fall flat. I also have a feeling that they'll up Magic: The Gathering's 30th Anniversary in having a shitty anniversary. I don't know what kind of TCG product TPC would have to release to be worse than the infamous Magic 30, given that it was later revealed that unsold Magic 30 packs were disposed in landfills.

 

[Danann]

I wonder how much different it would've went if Game Freak put their foot in the door and didn't allow Nintendo's international divisions to be so hands on with the localization, or not allow it outside of Japan at all. Wishful thinking and rainbows on my part, but maybe it could lead to a slightly more positive future to Pokemon in exchange of making Nintendo suffer for the N64's poor launch....or both would end up dying lol.

 

[Abella]

They’ve been doing a lot to try to use the 30th anniversary as an opportunity to try to cash in heavily on millennial nostalgia. They’ve always pushed the first gen when it comes to merchandising, but they’ve really doubled down on it these last couple of years. It wouldn’t bug me so much if it wasn’t basically catering to people that haven’t played a game since 2001 and don’t really appreciate the franchise outside of “muh nostalgia”.

 

[Marche]

I wonder how much different it would've went if Game Freak put their foot in the door and didn't allow Nintendo's international divisions to be so hands on with the localization, or not allow it outside of Japan at all. Wishful thinking and rainbows on my part, but maybe it could lead to a slightly more positive future to Pokemon in exchange of making Nintendo suffer for the N64's poor launch....or both would end up dying lol.

It's not just Nintendo, its The Pokémon Company International that is responsible for all this shit which is basically why Japan can be cool and not full of niggers and everything else gets this crap.


Sadly it's all leaking into the Japanese branch as can be seen with how brown ZA is.

 

[Thiletonomics]

It's not just Nintendo, its The Pokémon Company International that is responsible for all this shit which is basically why Japan can be cool and not full of niggers and everything else gets this crap.
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Sadly it's all leaking into the Japanese branch as can be seen with how brown ZA is.

And with things like that kid that was DQed for being uncomfortable about an opponent's pronoun question, I wonder if they'll start displaying pronouns for players at VGC/TCG events like how Wizards of the Coast does with Magic: The Gathering events:



I also remember seeing pronouns of casters during some Blizzard game livestreams too.

 

[Marche]

And with things like that kid that was DQed for being uncomfortable about an opponent's pronoun question, I wonder if they'll start displaying pronouns for players at VGC/TCG events like how Wizards of the Coast does with Magic: The Gathering events:

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Probably yea, they have troons casting them. They had This degenerate freak with a thread on stream the other week playing the TCG
and look at this fucking dude... How are you suppose to just act like this is normal. How is this ok for a family friendly event?

 

[Thiletonomics]

Probably yea, they have troons casting them. They had This degenerate freak with a thread on stream the other week playing the TCG
and look at this fucking dude... How are you suppose to just act like this is normal. How is this ok for a family friendly event?
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There was also a troon caster at last year's World Championship that casted the TCG Juniors division, as to be expected.

 

[Shaneequa]

Recently, after about 25 years, I finally finished Stadium 2.

did u use only rental mons like a true werster autist?

 

[Rinyuu is my EX]

If this ad is making people mad, then I don't want to know how pissed people will be if the 30th Anniversary announcements fall flat. I also have a feeling that they'll up Magic: The Gathering's 30th Anniversary in having a shitty anniversary. I don't know what kind of TCG product TPC would have to release to be worse than the infamous Magic 30, given that it was later revealed that unsold Magic 30 packs were disposed in landfills.

Oh man that takes me back
You people need to look that shit up because that clustefuck was unbelievable. I am still processing what kind of fucked up state to be in to produce such garbage.