Well, looks like I'm not buying Pokemon Legends Z-A

[NOTthatHARD]

i'm actually MORE surprised by the fact that people still care about pokemon enough to worry about this.

 

[Yousef]

Man what an abysmally dogshit move.

I don’t really buy or play any Pokémon spin-off games aside from a few older ones, but this one was a tiny bit interesting because it feels to me like they’re prototyping a new battle system for the mainline games, but this killed that little flicker of curiosity.

Oh well, I have a playthrough of Y I’m in the middle of, I’ll have fun with that instead.

Y are you playing it?

 

[Segadude113]

Digimon is calling

 

[nyka]

I gave up on Pokemon LONG ago, so this neither upsets or surprises me. As far as I'm concerned the series ended with Ultra Sun & Moon.

i tried to give modern pokemon a chance but...tbqh scarlet kind of soured me. The good news is now I'm into Digimon and other niches series like Telefang and I hope Palworld is able to beat nintendo's butt in court fwiw

 

[Segadude113]

Anyone remember the 4kids opening to the Orange Islands arc? We all live in a Pokemon world? Guess not according to Nintendo. lol

 

[TruxtonTatsujin]

i tried to give modern pokemon a chance but...tbqh scarlet kind of soured me. The good news is now I'm into Digimon and other niches series like Telefang and I hope Palworld is able to beat nintendo's butt in court fwiw

I gave it two chances. Played both Sword and Scarlet but never made it very far in either. The open world is just terrible, it's a case of making a giant map but then not putting anything in it. The whole experience just feels hollow and empty because the world feels dead. It's not the biggest problem the games have but it's something you always have to deal with and leaves a really bad first impression. It really goes to show just how much thought and care was put into the environments of the previous games. Bigger is not always better when over half your map is just made up of big open fields.

What they did to the Diamond and Pearl remake was just straight disrespectful and the final straw for me. At that point I realized there was no hope. Just compare it to Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and you can see just how low the standards have fallen.

 

[Sunnyside]

Oh would you look at that, Nintendo discovered battle passes. It was only a matter of time. Better grind your battle rank up each season or you'll miss out on the cool new mega stones. These forced player retention schemes are just so... icky. Can't simply enjoy a game on your own terms.

 

[WallachiaResident98]

 

[bjork]

i'm actually MORE surprised by the fact that people still care about pokemon enough to worry about this.

this is just a sign that you need to get out more

 

[Ziko]

Digimon is calling

When they call, I pickup the damn phone and by that, I mean if I had the cash, Time Stranger will be my GOTY.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

this is just a sign that you need to get out more

And where should I go according to you, because in my country NOBODY cares about pokemon, children and teenagers only play games on their phones or tablets or use tik tok and adults only care about the latest fighting games like Tekken 8 and shooters like Doom: The Dark Ages; in fact, you can visit the biggest malls in my country and you will be VERY lucky to find even one store that sells consoles, but you WILL find A LOT of stores selling smartphones, tablets, etc, and plenty more stores selling the latest PCs. My point is that in my country nintendo and pokemon are dead and gone.

 

[Pokenami's icon Pokenami Pokenami]

I knew this fate would come for the Pokémon series. What an absolute fucking dogshit idea this was.

 

[Snorlaxbelly]

I'm a Pokémon simp, but this is rough, I'll get it used anyways. I rarely purchase games at full price these days. Until then, replaying Legends, and Silver in Japanese.

 

[bjork]

And where should I go according to you, because in my country NOBODY cares about pokemon, children and teenagers only play games on their phones or tablets or use tik tok and adults only care about the latest fighting games like Tekken 8 and shooters like Doom: The Dark Ages; in fact, you can visit the biggest malls in my country and you will be VERY lucky to find even one store that sells consoles, but you WILL find A LOT of stores selling smartphones, tablets, etc, and plenty more stores selling the latest PCs. My point is that in my country nintendo and pokemon are dead and gone.

Uh, I was being facetious? I don't care where you go.

But if you'd like a serious reply, okay: I sincerely do not believe that you know every person in your country and their respective likes and dislikes. Also, both Nintendo and Pokemon exist on mobile, so it isn't about being console-specific. Perhaps if you got out more, you'd be surprised at what is happening in your own back yard, it might not align with your seemingly very narrow view on things. Good luck.

 

[NOTthatHARD]

Uh, I was being facetious? I don't care where you go.

But if you'd like a serious reply, okay: I sincerely do not believe that you know every person in your country and their respective likes and dislikes. Also, both Nintendo and Pokemon exist on mobile, so it isn't about being console-specific. Perhaps if you got out more, you'd be surprised at what is happening in your own back yard, it might not align with your seemingly very narrow view on things. Good luck.

Dude I work at one of the biggest malls in my country, my job requires me to KNOW what sells and what doesn't, and in the last month not a single Nintendo Switch 2 console has been sold but smartphones, PCs and laptops have been selling like crazy.
At least in my country nobody seems to care about consoles or nintendo.

 

[Snorlaxbelly]

Dude I work at one of the biggest malls in my country, my job requires me to KNOW what sells and what doesn't, and in the last month not a single Nintendo Switch 2 console has been sold but smartphones, PCs and laptops have been selling like crazy.
At least in my country nobody seems to care about consoles or nintendo.

That's wild man, I remember when I visited Korea years ago, it was like that. Tekken was a force there.

 

[bjork]

Dude I work at one of the biggest malls in my country, my job requires me to KNOW what sells and what doesn't, and in the last month not a single Nintendo Switch 2 console has been sold but smartphones, PCs and laptops have been selling like crazy.
At least in my country nobody seems to care about consoles or nintendo.

I’m just saying that because you’re not personally seeing them, doesn’t mean they don’t exist. And everything you say does sell? All capable of running all sorts of things. Unless your country is like nine people, no one is capable of having their finger on the pulse that accurately. It’s okay, honest.