The weird thing about this whole concept is that it seems like the kind of thing people would freak out about for fear of children being molested. But I haven't heard anything like that... Yet.
It was only a matter of time until the "Nintendo should go third party" posts came flooding in.
So Sun/Moon are the last 3DS pokemon games.
As a Pokemon fan, I have no idea why some are so down on the game.My favorite part of this has been the "hardcore" Pokemon fans popping into every thread to assure everyone the game is garbage.
So,
I got into work today and literally every single person was wandering around hunting for Pokemon. Most of them don't play games at all, the few that weren't downloaded the app because everyone else was playing.
Never seen anything like this, seems like Nintendo has quite the hit on their hands.
Lock if Unnecessary.
Nintendo educating the next generation of streakers.went to the texas rangers game tonight but all the pokemans seemed to be on the fucking field! ugh.
Best believe Nintendo is paying very close attention to all this money flowing in.
They are sitting on goldmines of IP's that are completely hamstrung by being bound to their mediocre hardware. Maybe it's time to give up the hardware and just make games where people can play them.
My favorite part of this has been the "hardcore" Pokemon fans popping into every thread to assure everyone the game is garbage.
We get it. You want Nintendo to go 3rd party
My favorite part of this has been the "hardcore" Pokemon fans popping into every thread to assure everyone the game is garbage.
Except he has a point. It isn't about what people want it's about reality. What makes the 3DS attractive is that it has actual controls. But any phone being sold today is far more powerful and there is no doubt at all that 3DS games are hamstrung by it's dated tech.
For perspective, ARM11 cores were 5-6 years old by the time the 3DS launched, and they were underclocked to top it all off. Mobile phone SoCs wipe the floor with the 3DS SoC. Nintendo don't seem to like investing heavily in hardware, so third party actually makes a lot of sense for them.
Except he has a point. It isn't about what people want it's about reality. What makes the 3DS attractive is that it has actual controls. But any phone being sold today is far more powerful and there is no doubt at all that 3DS games are hamstrung by it's dated tech.
For perspective, ARM11 cores were 5-6 years old by the time the 3DS launched, and they were underclocked to top it all off. Mobile phone SoCs wipe the floor with the 3DS SoC. Nintendo don't seem to like investing heavily in hardware, so third party actually makes a lot of sense for them.
shit's hilarious.My favorite part of this has been the "hardcore" Pokemon fans popping into every thread to assure everyone the game is garbage.
This is a major part of Nintendo's goals with mobile games, to bring people to their own hardware and non-mobile software. But I'm not sure we'll ever see actual data around this.I can't help but wonder if this is affecting 3DS and X/Y or AS/OR sales. Relapsed fans looking into what's available these days.
TPC is Nintendo in all but Name. The mental gymnastics emploYed to divorce them from the IP they own are mind boggling.Who has the leverage in this case? TPC or Nintendo? Moving forward (this is a hypothetical), will Nintendo be able to stop TPC if they decide that they want the mainline Pokémon games to be on mobile?
Ouch, that sounds painful. Maybe see a doctor if it's level 2 Bellsprouts or worse.I just pooped and caught a Bellsprout between wipes
What a time to be alive
I'm still trying to wrap my head around it. I've asked a couple people and told you walk to locations in real life to get Pokemon. I get that part. Metal Gear PSP did something like it. Lost as to what you do with them, all the gym business, the teams. Are there battles like the games? Is it merely about collecting?
I did earlier and it doesn't really explain the teams business or battling other players.
There's no battling other players yet, sadly. Teams are working just like a very dumbed-down Ingress, in that you 'capture' gyms for your faction, and that's p much it at this point.
If you visit gyms of other factions, you can try taking them over by battling the pokemon left behind, if you visit one of yours, you can try taking it over for "training" or leave your pokemon behind to help defending. There's no real point to it at the moment, there's no area control or faction points as in Ingress.
It's the number one grossing app on the iOS AppStore. Estimated to be bringing in $1.6 Mil a day, just on iOS.
The funny thing about this is that it is grown ass men and women just walking around with their phones in the air going "oooooooh I got a pokeman!" I have yet to see a kid playing this yet, which is... concerning.
It's not like pokemon go benefit much from the hardware itself, at least power or resolution wise. It sure benefit from 3/4G and gps.They are sitting on goldmines of IP's that are completely hamstrung by being bound to their mediocre hardware. Maybe it's time to give up the hardware and just make games where people can play them.