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Pokémon Sun/Moon to contain multiple islands
- Thread starter maxcriden
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Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
better be careful before they have too much water...
Sparkedglory
Member
Well yeah. It is Hawaii after all.
Pretty obvious, a quick look at the map they showed shows there wouldn't have been enough locations on that single island.
Anyway, I quite like the islands based region thing. I'm hoping it's going to make for some openness. At the very least it'll make the region feel unique. Kalos didn't.
Anyway, I quite like the islands based region thing. I'm hoping it's going to make for some openness. At the very least it'll make the region feel unique. Kalos didn't.
LordRaptor
Member
Doubling down on making that dog-seal thing worst starter pick I guess
linkandzelda
Member
To the surprise of no one with a passing knowledge of Pokemon and a brain.
At least 30+ of them are Water-type.
Yes, even if there are 21 new pokémon, more than 31 will be Water-type.
Pokemaniac
Member
Makes sense. The one island we've seen is way too small to have everything on it.
LordRaptor
Member
Competitively, Waterfall is one of the few HMs that isn't a wasted moveslot though.
I am on the same boat. <- lol
There better be cruise lines where that are like hub points. I will be okay with a chibi sailor asking me where to go, so I just skip all swimming and they bring me there asap.
Extensive surfing is just neverending caves with Tentacools instead of Zubats.
God Dayumm
Banned
They will retcon the typing for garchomp, stunfisk, elektross, lugia, among others, because they are meant to be water animals.
Who uses their travel team in competitive anyway? You have Surf/Waterfall/Dive on a water type travel bot and you're good to go.
I just don't think the Waterfall HM adds much. Similar to Cut and Flash, they just exist to roadblock. I'm happy that kind of HM is falling by the wayside.
TimeEffect
Member
Interesting... also, horrible.
I hope you can maybe get to them in cool ways. Underground tunnel/cave, long bridge, hot air balloon... though I'd rather just bike the good old fashioned way
MegaManTrigger
Banned
Wonder if this is a way to combat limitations since they're making dimensions a lot more proportionate compared to recent games.
The only worrisome thing is that they could make this hilariously linear by forcing the player to go to the next island, instead of surfing there. In fact, they could simply double down on complaints that Hoenn had too much water to the point that they eliminate water exploration.
Why worry about competitive when you're playing in-game? It's not like the AI is smart enough to abuse lost turns in crappy moves like Fly/Dive/etc.
The only worrisome thing is that they could make this hilariously linear by forcing the player to go to the next island, instead of surfing there. In fact, they could simply double down on complaints that Hoenn had too much water to the point that they eliminate water exploration.
Why worry about competitive when you're playing in-game? It's not like the AI is smart enough to abuse lost turns in crappy moves like Fly/Dive/etc.
gcncontroller
Member
Nice! Bring on the surfing!! And diving. Diving is so cool.
Anyone who thought this
was the entire region was deluding themselves. Hawaii is much more than just O'ahu.
This isn't EA.
was the entire region was deluding themselves. Hawaii is much more than just O'ahu.
This isn't EA.
Vital Tundra
Member
It was obvious being that everything is to scale now and we literally saw the whole island with a total of like, 10 buildings.
Azure Phoenix
Member
The last time there was multiple islands we ended up with a half a game consisting of Wingull and Tentacool, they seriously better make sure the amount of water routes are kept in check.
Vital Tundra
Member
Agreed, its very obvious we won't be surfing every where.
EndlessSky
Member
Isn't scuba diving pretty big in Hawaii? Really hope that returns.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Breaking News: Pokemon Fans Find Out That Hawaii is an Archipelago
Otakumegane
Member
If you replace grid surfing with all directional sure.
If not then I don't see me enjoying all the water.
If not then I don't see me enjoying all the water.
linkandzelda
Member
I actually didn't mind all the water in Hoenn and wouldn't mind if they went that route again.
Biggest hope is a return to Gen 1 - 4 in that at least some gyms can be taken out of order, only this time with level scaling. Island structure will make this even easier than normal. They're probably going to stay very linear again though.
Biggest hope is a return to Gen 1 - 4 in that at least some gyms can be taken out of order, only this time with level scaling. Island structure will make this even easier than normal. They're probably going to stay very linear again though.
Hidden One
Member
5/10 too much water
DecoReturns
Member
What's with all the Hate?
I feel people always expect the worst in games now a days.
Always. Awesome, I'm itching for a new Pokemon game, X/Y wasn't for me and I skipped Alpha/Omega since I could just play Emerald.
I feel people always expect the worst in games now a days.
Always. Awesome, I'm itching for a new Pokemon game, X/Y wasn't for me and I skipped Alpha/Omega since I could just play Emerald.
We just need trumpets now.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
MegaManTrigger
Banned
Because GameFreak has said and done things that warrants the skepticism for Sun and Moon.
The Silver
Member
Whirlpool, dive, surf, waterfall, and new HM Vortex(get through water spouts) will all be mandatory the entire game.
