Right, so I gotta vent about all this PokeĢmon Sword and Shield nonsense going around. Let me say that yes, the developers shouldnāt be rushed and Iād prefer 2-3 years between games if it made them better, however that doesnāt mean the game is trash just because management is awful. Sorry to tell you this, but ever since DP GameFreak has been aiming for some kind of PokĆ©mon game every year. This isnāt a new issue.
Letās get on with the show.
Keep in mind all of the released information so far is from 4chan. Even those posts on reddit are about information originally posted on 4chan. Thatās not the most reliable source out there.
Yeah, it fucking sucks that the dex was cut, especially so much. Do I think that the cut was because they wanted to make sure each model was perfect? No, itās probably a lie. However, I think the reason for the cut was something that people are overlooking: space. There are now nearly 1000 PokeĢmon to model and animate, neveminding the fact each one can be shiny (thus a new model) and there are tons of forms ranging from relatively useless like Resolute Form to Megas to regional variants. All of that is just the PokeĢmon, never mind and human models, background models like houses, trees, etc. I canāt help but think the switch just couldnāt handle all of it without going into negative frame rates. Hell, the games have been having issues with frame rate since BW and Iām pretty sure even back then it was due to size.
I think GF wanted people to hope about getting their favorites back while not admitting the switch isnāt the greatest thing since the invention of the lightbulb. Could I be wrong, of course. I donāt have the ability to identify just how large everything is. But donāt just assume the Dex was cut for a nefarious reason when your proof is a person claiming to know things on 4chan.
From the videos, they certainly donāt seem to be the best. Honestly, they donāt look any better than SM and sometimes those looked wonky. But letās be real here: when has PokĆ©mon ever had that great of animation? I get that GF is claiming they focused on that, but the models were never going to be the best things ever. The move animations make as much sense as they always have. Donāt forget that when using flamethrower on PokĆ©mon that are too tall in games like Platinum, the fire comes out of the stomach. Thereās just a bunch of standard motions and they simply pick the best one to use for each move.
Now, stop complaining about Wingull and Xatus overworld idle animations. Wingull has always been like that, Iām pretty sure at least once Dex entry says itās a glider. Xatu is a psychic totem pole bird, it can do whatever it wants. Wailordās size being shrunken down so much is quite silly, but how big do you guys want it? Itād be nice to see them all proportional to their Dex sizes, but I also want to see everything clearly. I didnāt like not being able to see the top of Alola Exeggutor after I got over how silly it was. I donāt want the same thing for other PokĆ©mon too. Hop reusing Hauās animations is ridiculous, but I donāt really pay attention to that kind of thing typically. Heās just meant to be a nice kid to be the rival. Donāt forget that this is a kid game, subtle emotions are both difficult to express and to interpret for someone young. If you want to do an emotion, you have to go big. There are only so many ways to express the same emotion with large movements.
Alright, if this is true I am indeed pissed. Thereās no need to cut the moves, especially the ones like return and hidden power which people actually use. If they were worried about the number of moves (and Iāll be fair, itād be insane), donāt add new ones? I donāt think people would be that upset a generation added only a few moves so long as the movepools themselves were okay.
... I get why they did it. Monetarily, itās more logical to have a paid subscription service for online play rather than it being free. I donāt like it, but so long as the fee is low Iāll accept it. Servers are expensive and more people are wanting access to online. They have to pay for it consistently somehow.
There are people complaining that Dynamax/Gigadynamax PokĆ©mon arenāt hard enough. The evidence they have is Coalossol being one shot by Intellon (Intelleon? No idea how you spell it). Please remember that our coal dude is fire/rock and the water starter used a decently powerful water move. Being surprised the PokĆ©mon with a quadruple weakness to water was OHKOed by a water move is like being surprised Charizard Y is OHKOed by rock slide. At least wait until a harder challenge appears before judging the gimmick like that.
Look, Iām obviously a fan of the series. I admit some of the changes fucking suck, no matter how much I may understand why it was done. But the people who are bitching the most about how awful the game is are probably the same ones who bitched about BW when it first came out. A game many look back on fondly now.
Everyone should stop freaking the fuck out, form your own opinion about the game when itās actually released and not just leaked, and stop trying to scare people away because you can.
