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 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?

 

[Deleted member 560402]

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

 

[Deleted member 560402]

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

 

[TruxtonTatsujin 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.

 

[Isegrim]

I don't play Pokemon and I can only hope this doesn't set a precedent and infect other game franchises if it hasn't already.

I'll be done with Monster Hunter if Event quests need to be paid for or I have to compete with some other hunter to get crafting materials. So far, DLC is all cosmetics for now.

 

[Lod 10]

I don't even have a Nintendo Switch to play, I just wanted to play the other Pokémon like Pokémon Sword, which has been my dream for a long time.I was going to choose my favorite Pokémon, which is Gengar. I would need to trade it, but I was going to get it too.Various ghost-type fire and dark Pokémon

 

[MegaDrive1987]

You know I must confess I've only ever completed Red, Blue and Yellow, I never got Gold or Silver afterwards and sort of came away from it then. Think it was around the time I discovered Counter-Strike haha.

 

[Lod 10]

You know I must confess I've only ever completed Red, Blue and Yellow, I never got Gold or Silver afterwards and sort of came away from it then. Think it was around the time I discovered Counter-Strike haha.

You didn't miss much that I play the current ones in Pokémon the first open world release with the same Scarlett came all buggy

 

[MegaDrive1987]

You didn't miss much that I play the current ones in Pokémon the first open world release with the same Scarlett came all buggy

To be fair I wanna do Gold/Silver at some point as they're still "new" to me. Played a bit of them don't get me wrong but not much.

 

[Numubunde]

They speedrunning hate

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

To be fair I wanna do Gold/Silver at some point as they're still "new" to me. Played a bit of them don't get me wrong but not much.

And if you played them on an emulator, that would probably help. I love those older Pokemon games, but they can be a slog to go back and visit without a speed up option

 

[Lod 10]

They speedrunning hate

Hey, how are you, bro? Can you explain to me why they hate you?