- low-ass frame rate of the trailer isn't doing anyone any favors
- a region inspired by Spain could be cool, but the sweeping landscape shots aren't very impressive when what we're being shown is PS2-level graphics (and i hate commenting on graphics, but it's inexcusable how unimpressive these games look)
- after LeGo, Sw/Sh, and Legends, i'm personally over seeing pokémon in the overworld if all they're going to do is wander about aimlessly until they see you, like scuttlebugs in super mario 64
- i see they tried to show off some animations to inspire confidence that they're actually trying now, but i wasn't very impressed by anything in particular
- pretty doofy looking starters, i'd probably pick the green cat i guess after choosing Violet

Resounding "meh" from me. On the surface, it really doesn't look like a massive leap from Sword and Shield, and in order to rekindle the passion I had for Pokémon, I really needed it to be. I'll keep an eye out for updates, but this is probably the first generation of Pokémon where I don't feel one whit of excitement.

The gane looks like a damn Dreamcast game with a lighting engine taped on, why is it chugging frames like this.

Also good to know Gamefreak is definitely keeping their employees and indentured workers traped in a dungeon hooked to a caffeine drip to keep them cranking these games out at an unreasonable rate. Arceus just launched and they're still pushing this out this year.

i wonder what the gimmick of this generation will be

Pokemon dating sim

Quote from: dahuterschuter on March 06, 2022, 09:19:07 PM

Quote from: alphy on March 06, 2022, 08:56:15 PM

i wonder what the gimmick of this generation will be

Pokemon dating sim

YouTube

gen 5 already tried it

How did I never know about this? I usually find out every little detail I can from serebii.

That was just a cutscene I want to romance and fuck Clair the dragon lady.

is watching the whole presentation worth it? i only watched the 2-ish minute trailer lol

what other stuff did they talk about in the presentation?

Terastal sounds like some kind of steroid.

Might buy at launch tho.

"scarlet and violet will be an open world rpg, a first in the pokemon series" what was legends arceus then? i didnt play that game

Legends was only semi-open, in the sense that you have a big world to explore, but it's still divided up into individual (albeit decently large) sections. Basically, you can't go from one area to the other without checking in at the game's hub town first. Traveling in S/V will be completely freeform and seamless.

that new gimmick seems a bit confusing, does it mean any pokemon can be ANY type? if so then it might lead to some interesting setups and the like

I was thinking maybe that each Pokémon would have a pool of possible Tera Types that they could have, just because certain type combinations would be very overpowered (an Electric-type Shedinja, for example, would only be able to get hit by moves of a single type, barring residual damage from weather, Leech Seed, etc).

But we'll have to see, because they haven't given out too many more details.

the scarlet legendary having wheels but running on its legs looks so silly

Yeah, that part basically confirmed that I'll be getting Violet, just because Miraidon looks way less stupid when it's driving around. I'm not huge on the idea of getting a legendary so early—could make the game way too easy, depending on how powerful it is—but maybe they'll make it so you can't actually battle with it until the end, or something.

the new electric-type gym leader is a streamer and social media influencer, and looks just like a hololive vtuber

what a world

artists scrambling rn

Leaks lookin p gud

fidough is a friendly friend

Gamefreak please go back to top down until you learn how to release a game that isn't riddled with pure graphical jank and massive fps stuttering.

smol indie dev pls understand

i also wish the gyms had level scaling or something as well, i did my first gym (the grass one) and i stomped on it cuz all my pokemon were like 10 levels higher

later on i did the team star base, the one with mela (meia? the red hair chick) and we were equally leveled and the fight was actually fairly challenging, which was great