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oktaviaslabyrinth · 11 months
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Snowman // EarthBound (1994)
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csolarstorm · 1 year
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"GameFreak is what's holding back Pokemon"
You asked and The Pokemon Company listened: presenting the first non-GameFreak core Pokemon game!
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It's a stripped down port remake that misunderstands the art direction of the classic that it salvages for nostalgia bait! Oh, you don't like this?
How about a heavily monetized version of Google Maps?
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Do you see what I'm saying here? Replacing GameFreak isn't going to give us better games. Without them, Pokemon will just hire the cheapest studio willing to make their soulless nostalgia bait. Pokemon's main profit comes from merch and that's all they need to sell it.
I know GameFreak is no victim, but I'm defending them because I don't want them to go away. They speak like they honestly love what they do, and I just don't want gamers to kill that.
Edit: ILCA isn't a bad studio, and Niantic...well that's a different can of worms. Also, I'm not talking about side ventures like Pokemon New Snap. There's no reason to rush that because the franchise doesn't depend on it. My point is, no matter what company they hire to make the games the franchise depends on, The Pokemon Company will rush them for their merchandise schedule.
Edited to remove the assertion that The Pokemon Company held back ILCA's vision for BDSP. As commenters pointed out, the source did not substantiate this claim.
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It's called living.
I lost my smartphone years ago, and I'm doing better without one. I don't have anything to distract me while working, and I don't have to rely on the internet for everything.
The closest thing I have to a smartphone is a PDA. But that still requires a connection to an access point.
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werewolf-kat · 2 months
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(Pokemon Presents spoilers)
Oh heck, didn't care for any of the other stuff but that final announcement was a total surprise. All the Unowns made me think something Johto-related was coming up. But it's Kalos and bringing back mega evos! (Which I actually do miss after they've been gone for ages now...)
The way the logo animation first showed "Z" alone actually brought back some of that old feeling of speculating Pokemon games and the "Crystal/Emerald/Platinum" entry for having trio versions again. (Though nowadays the novelty of that has died out for me)
I fondly remember people wishing for a Pokemon Z so we could see more love and lore for Zygarde. Gotta say, I am still a Zygarde fan myself.
But then the logo also showed an A afterward!
"ZA" being backwards "AZ" brings interesting story/lore possibilities to mind. I liked Legends Arceus way more than the main series Switch games so far. And with Kalos, X/Y did feel like weak games (to me) that had some lost story potential back in the 3DS days. I'd love to see what they do with that for a Legends game! Maybe stuff they couldn't fit into X/Y at the time?
Still nervous about release dates, though. I uh, heavily dislike TPCI's regulations and deadlines to force big Pokemon games every year or two (and primarily putting that on one dev company). Screw them. I want the franchise to have soul and love again. Legends Arceus really felt like that to me despite it feeling like it released too early too. Let the dev teams breathe, man.
(I have some criticisms toward how Gamefreak manages employees themselves too, though... )
Other than that, Idk if they're gonna attempt to jump onto some X/Y remake to pair with Legends ZA like they did to D/P... -sweats- For better or for worse, B/W would get skipped. With how the climate is right now for Pokemon, I lean on it being for the best. Gen 5 was peak for me. Even then, I don't think any of the original games should "deserve" a remake quite yet unless the development is handed to a different company and given a more reasonable deadline to not release one of the most unfinished games in Pokemon so far.
Felt so bad for a friend of mine who loves Gen 4 and Sinnoh a ton. Man, I'm sorry that happened to you guys in the Sinnoh apprecation/love camp. That was a disaster to witness. At least Legends Arceus was great? (We can pretend the DP remakes didn't happen and all we did need was PLA for a refreshing revisit to a Pokemon region...)
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ulvespill · 6 months
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Detective Pikachu Returns - Anmeldelse
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boardgametoday · 1 year
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Go Classic with the Pokémon Trading Card Game
Go Classic with the Pokémon Trading Card Game #pokemon #tcg #pokemontcg
During the 2023 annual Pokémon Day livestream, the classic trading card game is getting a new release called Pokémon Trading Card Game Classic. The “premium” Pokémon set is “designed to last a lifetime” and contains everything you need to play. The release features preconstructed decks and gameplay accessories that have been “uniquely designed to be both beautiful and functional to deliver a…
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(968) After playing this, why is BD and SP such dumpster fires of remakes? Like I enjoyed them if you enjoyed them thats okay but holy shit this is an amazing remake. Also its gorgeous and my sole complaint is that you can't change clothes and I'm a pretty princess who needs to play dressup so yeah.
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art-of-vox-machina · 1 year
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THE LEGEND OF VOX MACHINA | Percy and Orthax Design
By Bertrand Todesco
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w1lmuttart · 4 days
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Clouded ☁️
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dreams-incorporated · 14 days
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See the difference!
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oktaviaslabyrinth · 1 year
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Buy Somethin’ Will Ya! // EarthBound (1994)
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csolarstorm · 1 year
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PSA: GameFreak Probably Wanted More Time Too - Edited.
Edit: This is no longer my opinion. It's clear that there actually is a mismanagement problem at GameFreak itself. Sources who have studied the issue more closely are saying that there is no evidence the The Pokemon Company coerces GameFreak to rush their content. This idea was purely an assertion of mine based on public info. In fact, I now think it's more likely that GameFreak has an equal profit motive to rush out content constantly. While I still support the creators at GameFreak because I love the actual content, I can't pretend that they aren't beholden to the quality of their own games.
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Yes, GameFreak makes the Pokemon games, but they are only one of three entities that decides the Pokemon world we all live in.
I've heard people saying that the main games are just a commercial for the merchandise now. Yes! That's my point. But GameFreak probably didn't choose this.
The Pokemon Company has every incentive to push GameFreak to release new Pokemon and characters as quickly as possible so they can market them.
Think about it. However badly the Switch era games run, we still got excited over Koraidon and Miraidon, still speculated over Clavell, still made memes about Lechonk. GameFreak makes great content. But they are only one of three entities that has a say over how fast they release it.
Actually, it's honestly four. The Pokemon Company has its own positions and structure apart from just being the union of GameFreak, Creatures Inc., and Nintendo.
This is a pattern all over the industry: usually whenever there is a buggy, undercooked game, it's because of executives, not developers. The Pokemon Company are the executives, and GameFreak are the developers.
GameFreak is NOT what's holding Pokemon back.
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I never noticed these extra features in the Gallery mode.
Now that I know about them, I can give my shots some style.
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mallywarez · 25 days
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THE LITTLE THINGS WILL BECOME THE BIG
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incyrayinc · 8 months
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The Questant
an old fanart for an old and obscure game, Spore Creatures for the Nintendo DS, ft. Little Oogie and one of my various player characters (Mecha 8, who got one of those random mash together placeholder names,,, that then stuck)
BTW, the OST to this game fucking SLAPS and you should give it a listen!
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trainingdummyrabbit · 3 months
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i am not immune to Want Beveredge
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