Pokemon: Gaming's Most Successful Failure

Slight correction: People were upset over re-used assets in Sw&Sh because the reason they gave for cutting the national dex was so they could make higher quality models and animations for older mons. It wasn't just laziness, it was a straight up lie.

the worst part of the models and graphics for sword and shield was that Game Freak had stated that they were remaking the pokemon models from the ground up and that the games would have a limited dex so that they could spend time on the graphics. People were angry because they just lied. the animations were the same, the graphics were awful, and the models had the exact same poly count.

The sad part is gamefreak will be faster to patch the shiny, cloning exploits than the actual glitches

also there's a japanese review i particularly like saying that they hate that they made the consumers/palyers basically pay $60 to become the bug testers lol cuz that literally sums up this entire mess

Pokemon is like the gifted child that started so far ahead but is now behind everyone else. Pokemon just realized it can try new things but as a result they haven't actually improved that much.

Pokemon should just stop at this point with all the new regions and just build up on the existing lore

Gen 5 - Has one of the best games in the franchise (Had one of the worst sales in the franchise) Gen 9 - Some of the worst games in this entire franchise (10 million in 3 days) Marketing, people. Take a shot everytime you see another post from the official youtube channel about SV.

I want them to bring back being able to decorate how your pokeballs open like you could in gen 3 :') loved Emerald so much, being able to have your secret fort, the contests, making pokeblocks. I also high key miss the safari zone

The “it’s a step in the right direction” thing is what makes being a Pokémon fan so frustrating. They don’t even have to do anything new at this point as there is at least one game where they did each game aspect (music, new mons, etc) really well and all they have to do is put it together

What's funny to me is if the game was unfinished or unpolished at release, the development studio could've pushed back the release date. Now I understand wanting to get those sweet holiday bucks, but it's Pokémon and Nintendo. This was not a make or break situation for them, and whatever loss they would've taken pushing it back they so would make back and probably tenfold with a working fully polished game.

honestly, pokemon legends arceus was the freshest thing pokemon has done in a long time. yes, the graphics were hilarious at best, and the draw distance was so short that an entire mountain surprised me and almost knocked me out of the sky in the obsidian fieldlands. but the element of danger and the trainer having hit points (sort of), pokemon having to watch out for the trainer in the tall grass, the trainer character even having negative relationships with the npcs around them because they're a distrusted stranger—i loved it. i loved all the pokemon having different levels of aggression or shyness, having to seriously keep on my toes in case an infernape wanted to torch me or something, being able to simply physically run from a wild pokemon battle... i will say the boss battles were too stressful lmao. they can keep that one. i had to ask a friend to beat arceus for me at the end and it still took her like 20 tries. but going back to sword after beating legends arceus, and then moving to scarlet after that... idk. i wish i could wipe the memory of legends arceus from my brain so i could experience it all over again. also scarlet and violet has ZERO DRIP! I BOUGHT SCARLET NOT KNOWING I WOULD HAVE TO WEAR STUPID ORANGE PANTS OR SHORTS THE ENTIRE GAME! i've just had to accept that everyone else has outfits and i look like a rube

Satoshi Tajiri actually wanted every single cartridge to be unique in the beginning. So, doing the two different versions was actually Miyamoto downsizing.

I wish that Game Freak / Pokemon Company would take like a 3 year break from at least main series releases, and put their money and time behind a truly amazing modern Pokemon game.

i think i remember someone saying that game freak has an "indie" complex, where they keep their team intentionally small so it doesn't affect communication. its that, and the standard of how the pokemon company functions, with releasing the merch and anime alongside the new game. the formula and cycle that worked ok in the past, is getting worse as time progresses.

The uncooked cookie thing is so true lmao. Is it delicious? Damn right it is, got me hooked no lie there. But is it hard to eat? Does it physically hurt you while eating? Yes and yes and it's actually painful.

"Pokemon is like that ex you keep going back to when you don't know why.." - that had me 🤣

Actually, they’ve had a consistent 3-4 years between generations since day 1. The difference is they’re not on the gameboy doing pixel art anymore. The amount of effort required has increased dramatically but the time allotted and amount of people on the project haven’t changed much

I am one of the people who haven't bought a Pokemon game since X & Y for the reasons you listed. This franchise has so much potential, but sadly it's been squandered by corporate greed.

So sick of these mainline games not having voice acting. And when I do voice my opinion, 10 fan boys will defend the company and say “it’s already perfect”.

Arceus hands-down, one of the best Pokémon games I have ever played and I have been playing since Pokémon red and blue. I have them both when they came out.