[Megathread] Nintendo Switch

**Wyrt** · 2019-11-17, 10:03 PM

One day I would like a new Pokemon game where the starter's final evolutions didn't look like someone's deviantart fursona. It's been 3 generations in a row like that now. And even in Gen 5 Emboar looks like a fat dude in a pig suit.

**Jtbrig7390** · 2019-11-17, 10:10 PM

Originally Posted by Jester Joe

And how do you implemented that hard mode?

What Jt suggested certainly is the default way to do so, make it harder to outlevel things, make more fights type disadvantages to you (aka you'll get one shot), and more.

No one is saying "change is bad". They're saying that change for change sake isn't always the best idea.
Pokemon has always been at its core, a casual game.

To try to appeal outside of that actually could do harm to it in the end.

Correct.

You can't change the core game play itself otherwise you put off the core player base. There is a reason why none of the side games sell as well as the mainline series (including the Lets Go series).

So the list I gave is how 99% of the JRPG's handle adding "difficulty". Like usual he just wanted to take a shot at me and that's why he included the Gamestop comment like its some kind of insult or something.

**infinitemeridian** · 2019-11-17, 10:42 PM

They don't need to overhaul pokemon, but they can build on what is currently there. The Wild Area is actually a really neat idea that I would like to see expanded on in every game and not forgotten about post SwSh.

And they had a hard mode in the past - no reason to exclude it again for those who want a challenge. This whole idea of taking options away from the player is just dumb.

**Bigbazz** · 2019-11-17, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Jtbrig7390

Correct.

You can't change the core game play itself otherwise you put off the core player base.

Ahh yes the core gameplay audience is going to be really put off that their game is exactly the same because they chose "normal" difficulty, such logic.

**RobertoCarlos** · 2019-11-17, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Jester Joe

And how do you implemented that hard mode?

What Jt suggested certainly is the default way to do so, make it harder to outlevel things, make more fights type disadvantages to you (aka you'll get one shot), and more.

No one is saying "change is bad". They're saying that change for change sake isn't always the best idea.
Pokemon has always been at its core, a casual game.

To try to appeal outside of that actually could do harm to it in the end.

Is that so hard to figure out?

Game launches and plays like it normally would on easy mode and little billy doesn't need to change a thing.

But you also put in a option in the game settings menu to do hard mode. Or an item in game. Plenty of options. Don't need to be so set in stone. Do the games sell well? Yes. Could they do better? Yes. I mean you guys harp on more about the games success than the quality so who's to say it can't even sell more!

**Big Thanks** · 2019-11-18, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Jester Joe

And how do you implemented that hard mode?

What Jt suggested certainly is the default way to do so, make it harder to outlevel things, make more fights type disadvantages to you (aka you'll get one shot), and more.

No one is saying "change is bad". They're saying that change for change sake isn't always the best idea.
Pokemon has always been at its core, a casual game.

To try to appeal outside of that actually could do harm to it in the end.

The thing is that, with pokemon games, people tend to say "Aww how cute" and it doesnt matter that we are playing the same game for 23 years.
The company treats pokemon games as if it was a soda can of Coca Cola.

Its been 23 years

Is it too much to ask for something even so slightly new? Out of the best selling franchise in the world?
Im not even asking for innovation in the gaming genre.
Im asking for SLIGHT new things. Even a little thing would be welcome.
But no, gamfreak regurgitates the same exact formula since forever.

Have you guys seen the re-used animations and character models?
#gamefreakLied
?

**Lahis** · 2019-11-18, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Shadoowpunk

The thing is that, with pokemon games, people tend to say "Aww how cute" and it doesnt matter that we are playing the same game for 23 years.
The company treats pokemon games as if it was a soda can of Coca Cola.

Its been 23 years

Is it too much to ask for something even so slightly new? Out of the best selling franchise in the world?
Im not even asking for innovation in the gaming genre.
Im asking for SLIGHT new things. Even a little thing would be welcome.
But no, gamfreak regurgitates the same exact formula since forever.

Have you guys seen the re-used animations and character models?
#gamefreakLied
?

Well the big new thing they did this gen was to make sure they need to do even less work in the future.

**Video Games** · 2019-11-18, 12:29 AM

Originally Posted by Lahis

Well the big new thing they did this gen was to make sure they need to do even less work in the future.

Except theres way more effort put into these than gen 7 so