ViolentP
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Nintendo release mediocre pokemon spin offs all the time. I think they'll survive another, somehow.
The survival of the company or the franchise was never in question in this discussion.
Nintendo release mediocre pokemon spin offs all the time. I think they'll survive another, somehow.
The survival of the company or the franchise was never in question in this discussion.
When the game was announced they said it would just be the original 151, but I'm expecting them to add more over time if the game does well.There is no indication of such...
This release is still not going to tarnish what matters the most. Pokemon Go being mediocre is not going to prevent Sun and Moon and future main games from selling over 15 million copies.
Currently serving quality and high budget on mobile.How's Yo-kai Watch working outside of Japan?
When the game was announced they said it would just be the original 151, but I'm expecting them to add more over time if the game does well.
Still selling millions while Yo-kai Watch remains irreverent outside of Japan. (isn't YW dropping in Japan too?)Currently serving quality and high budget on mobile.
https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1200418
Pokémon?
What was I expecting? Having played my share of f2p rpg games, I thought they were at least implementing a sort of battle system and some kind of matchmaking against other trainers. That would have been kind of fun.
They don't want to replace what exists on their flagship games.What was I expecting? Having played my share of f2p rpg games, I thought they were at least implementing a sort of battle system and some kind of matchmaking against other trainers. That would have been kind of fun.
The survival of the company or the franchise was never in question in this discussion.
Currently serving quality and high budget on mobile.
https://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1200418
Pokémon?
Still selling millions while Yo-kai Watch remains irreverent outside of Japan. (isn't YW dropping in Japan too?)
So how is Pokemon continuing its downfall into irrelevancy again?
There are other ways to add Pokémon to your roster, too. If you catch the same species of Pokémon enough times, you'll get the opportunity to evolve one of them
It would be fun if
A) You battled wild Pokémon to catch them
B) You battled other people in real time
Neither of this seems to be the case. The gym system seems to be the only mention of battles and that sounds automated.
As expected, datamined information suggest a form of battling is present. Seems like a simplified form of core games' battles, but there are some questionable omissions like status moves. Trades are also alluded to. Still nothing on PvP battles, though I wouldn't be surprised if they aren't in the beta considering player base will be very sparse during it. I'm a bit worried about training. A form of it seems to exist, but not sure about Pokémon levels and experience.
The fact that the game apparently misses or highly alters some series staples rubs me the wrong way. I feel like it's missing some of the finesse even spin-offs like Shuffle have. There's a lot of polishing to be made, and I hope TPC intervenes for a more faithful adaptation of certain Pokémon elements.
Well yes, they confirmed battles are in with the information last week. It's just battles at gyms that we know of.
I highly doubt they'd also not have a PVP battle in the beta just because there would be less people. That doesn't make sense. If it's not in the Field Test, it's unlikely to be in the actual game. If anything, I reckon they'd make sure it was in it.
I meant that the Gym battles are (as far as we can tell) not automatic. Many people were worried that a battle system would be missing entirely.
I could be wrong about PvP, but I really doubt they wouldn't adapt something so fundamental for the series after teasing it in the trailer. That feature may not be prioritized because it won't be very useful until player base reaches higher levels, but I'd be very surprised if it's not eventually implemented. Mobile games tend to change over time, so it may be a thing they're holding for an update and may be missing entirely from early versions.
But you seem convinced that it could "tarnish the brand" when there have been many low quality Pokemon spin-off's released that have largely become irrelevant in the grand scheme of the Pokemon name. If this turns out bad, it will simply be forgotten and fade away. The next mainline game will sell millions of units, and the next film will make millions of yen. The brand is that strong, that a bad mobile game will at worst be yesterday's flop, and at best expand Nintendo's mobile real estate.
Anything can be tarnished with the right kind of bad release. Nothing is exempt. This isn't exclusive to Pokemon, it's a simple fact. The concept you have that this franchise is safe is frankly absurd. It's strength may make it very difficult to ruin, but it is most certainly possible.
And I am not hoping it fails in case we are tempted to drive this conversation in that direction. On the contrary, I'm hoping they raise the quality of what they have shown so far.
If the franchise can survive Pokémon Dash, it can survive anything.
It's when main series games become bad that we have to worry