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## Pokémon Discussion

### Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion - Page 6

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#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Sherkel
Date: 2019-06-30 15:07:23
The Dexit debate:
[img]https://y.yarn.co/5f5af6c8-211a-4d3d-a15e-2fce399adae4_text_hi.gif[/img]

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2019-06-30 15:16:54

> The Dexit debate:
> [img]https://y.yarn.co/5f5af6c8-211a-4d3d-a15e-2fce399adae4_text_hi.gif[/img]

waffle Rofl :D

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2019-06-30 23:24:31

> The Dexit debate:
> [img]https://y.yarn.co/5f5af6c8-211a-4d3d-a15e-2fce399adae4_text_hi.gif[/img]

Is there really a debate for the other side, though? I know some people have been arguing that we should appreciate what Game Freak is putting out because they're trying their best, but the overwhelming majority of people I've seen have been fighting vehemently for Game Freak to bring back the National Dex. I haven't really heard any convincing arguments otherwise.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: RETIRE
Date: 2019-07-02 11:12:18
I am against national dex coming back, for several reasons.
1) backwards compatability makes older saves less nostalgic and makes the journey in the new game less enjoyable
First of all, the enjoyment of the game should be focused on the journey and the gameplay elements. They want to show pokémon that support the theme and flow of the game, which can only be a huge improvement. Why has pokémon become this seperate genre of gaming where its important to keep backwards compatability and keep on sending through old pokémon? It's only going to become increasingly LESS fun to fill a large dex, meanwhile ripping the original games the pokémon came from, from their precious pokémon. It's way more compelling to me to keep a mythical in a game I got it from, as that can be seen as REAL nostalgic feelings when going back to the old game. Now all you get is this fake nostalgic feeling when sending over a pokémon, for like 5 minutes. And then you either glance at them every now and then and lose the achievement aspect, or you just wait to send them over whenever a new game is out.
2) allowing gamefreak to put more effort into the NEW pokémon and new mechanics, rather than wasting thousands of hours on old ones.
Yes, you could say making a model and upscaling it doesnt take long once you have a library. But as they seem to be changing mechanics, they need to add a ton of new animations, reconsider moves and make it so encountertables aren't overloaded with a ton of superlow % encounters, add stupid minigame-like mechanics like swarms or other time-wasters to make a portion of the old pokémon fit in the game.
3) balancing becomes increasingly difficult
Have you ever played league of legends? Its a game with 150 characters with unique movesets and 4 abilities. The creators, Riot Games, need to push out weekly patches to fix the meta, fix balancing issues and its a never ending cycle. So. Imagine having to do that for a game with over a 1000 characters with multiple thousands of moveset combinations. But wait, there's more! Riot games has a single game they have to adapt the meta to. Gamefreak will probably have 2-3 games with online play at the same time, all with different meta's and different balancing issues they have to fix periodically. This becomes unmaintainable while also working on newer games at the same time. One game could have a completely broken strategy using substitute while in another game substitute has just become a gimic because some new moves and pokémon can counter it completely. Having less pokémon allows for clearer balancing issues and less time to be spent fixing a mechanic.
4) The reason for outrage
Whilst there is definitely a big portion who wants national dex back, they all read or listen to people who know jack s**t about the matter. So many youtubers push their own agenda bcs they want attention by causing this drama or misinterpreting things gamefreak has said just to rally up people. People who want progression and better games and think critically is what we need. I dont say wanting nat dex back is a bad thing, is that they go about it the wrong way.
Thnx for reading :)

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Sherkel
Date: 2019-07-02 14:46:23
Bingo. This is why I'd want a medium amount of good pizza here too.

> 1) backwards compatability makes older saves less nostalgic and makes the journey in the new game less enjoyable

Exactly. If I wanted to look at a Ho-Oh I caught in 3rd Gen, I wouldn't want to see some big 3D model on a fancy background with a high-res interface. I'd want to boot up Ruby, mash A through the Ruby intro, load up the PC and look at the summary screen that was limited by the hardware at the time, with the 3rd Gen music and sound effects playing all the while with the "GBA hiss" on top.

> 2) allowing gamefreak to put more effort into the NEW pokémon and new mechanics, rather than wasting thousands of hours on old ones.

What I was saying earlier. Unlikely that they will, but this makes it possible.

> 3) balancing becomes increasingly difficult

Even Wiktionary agrees. Also look at Touhou Ningyougeki 1.8 for a great example of the opposite.

> 4) The reason for outrage

Luckily I don't pay attention to them, so I can't expand on that. :P I love sensationalism, but it has to actually be entertaining.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: xtreme713ify
Date: 2019-07-07 20:14:28

> I am against national dex coming back, for several reasons.
> 1) backwards compatability makes older saves less nostalgic and makes the journey in the new game less enjoyable
> First of all, the enjoyment of the game should be focused on the journey and the gameplay elements. They want to show pokémon that support the theme and flow of the game, which can only be a huge improvement. Why has pokémon become this seperate genre of gaming where its important to keep backwards compatability and keep on sending through old pokémon? It's only going to become increasingly LESS fun to fill a large dex, meanwhile ripping the original games the pokémon came from, from their precious pokémon. It's way more compelling to me to keep a mythical in a game I got it from, as that can be seen as REAL nostalgic feelings when going back to the old game. Now all you get is this fake nostalgic feeling when sending over a pokémon, for like 5 minutes. And then you either glance at them every now and then and lose the achievement aspect, or you just wait to send them over whenever a new game is out.
> 2) allowing gamefreak to put more effort into the NEW pokémon and new mechanics, rather than wasting thousands of hours on old ones.
> Yes, you could say making a model and upscaling it doesnt take long once you have a library. But as they seem to be changing mechanics, they need to add a ton of new animations, reconsider moves and make it so encountertables aren't overloaded with a ton of superlow % encounters, add stupid minigame-like mechanics like swarms or other time-wasters to make a portion of the old pokémon fit in the game.
> 3) balancing becomes increasingly difficult
> Have you ever played league of legends? Its a game with 150 characters with unique movesets and 4 abilities. The creators, Riot Games, need to push out weekly patches to fix the meta, fix balancing issues and its a never ending cycle. So. Imagine having to do that for a game with over a 1000 characters with multiple thousands of moveset combinations. But wait, there's more! Riot games has a single game they have to adapt the meta to. Gamefreak will probably have 2-3 games with online play at the same time, all with different meta's and different balancing issues they have to fix periodically. This becomes unmaintainable while also working on newer games at the same time. One game could have a completely broken strategy using substitute while in another game substitute has just become a gimic because some new moves and pokémon can counter it completely. Having less pokémon allows for clearer balancing issues and less time to be spent fixing a mechanic.
> 4) The reason for outrage
> Whilst there is definitely a big portion who wants national dex back, they all read or listen to people who know jack s**t about the matter. So many youtubers push their own agenda bcs they want attention by causing this drama or misinterpreting things gamefreak has said just to rally up people. People who want progression and better games and think critically is what we need. I dont say wanting nat dex back is a bad thing, is that they go about it the wrong way.
> Thnx for reading :)

Just gonna give my opinion.
1. You and I might like holding on to your older games and admiring your Pokemon from the games they came from, but not everybody likes to keep them. Some people like to be able to keep Pokemon they put a lot of blood, sweat and tears into without having to keep all of their old cartridges lying around. Beyond that, this has been an ongoing feature for several years, and just cutting it off with no warning was uncalled for.
2. That would be a fair point if they were but… they aren't really changing much. In fact, they're removing mechanics while reusing old animations and models. Dynamax is cool but it's not gonna be a significant game changer, and I'm fairly certain it's gonna be cut from Gen 9 or 10 just like every other flavor of the day gimmick from the last three generations.
3. Balance has been an issue since Gen 1, and arguably the problem has gotten worse over the years, but removing Pokemon is not a good long term solution. Removing some Pokemon will not automatically make others better. With over 800 creatures in existence, some are bound to be better than others, it's just a fact.
4. Yes, some people have been acting like babies, especially on Twitter. And some YouTubers are just jumping on the bandwagon and spreading misinformation and toxic ideals. Apart from that, though, it's not the fact that Pokemon are being cut, that's a bummer but I could make peace with that. It's more about why they said they were doing it. As we can plainly see, there's almost no extra care going into the animations, the graphics, the gameplay, or anything to set this game apart outside of the region, which is unremarkable at best. I can safely say that I've seen GameCube games that look light years better (see Metroid Prime, Super Mario Sunshine, Resident Evil remake, Pikmin 2, F-Zero GX, even Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness had better battle animations at the very least). I don't want these games to blow me away like Zelda, I just want something aesthetically pleasing, and these games can't even be called unremarkable in terms of visual appeal, they're straight up bad and dated.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2019-07-09 18:18:16
Well, I'm kind of a fan of the new Pokemon at least. I'm still peeved about the missing National Dex, but I don't think that has to mean the game will be unplayable or bad because of it. Rolycoly looks cool, and I like Duraludon too, even if it means that Dialga isn't the only Steel/Dragon type Pokemon anymore.
Also looks like they confirmed a "Gigantamaxing" mechanic, which essentially looks like mega-evolution, only… not? Pokemon still get obscenely large like with normal Dynamaxing, but Gigantamaxing gives Pokemon a new form, too. Would have liked them to stick with Mega-Evolution, if possible, but I like new forms and will take them in any way I can get.
Other interesting quirk: apparently some gym leaders and gym types will be version exclusive? Reminds me of when they had some version-exclusive gym leaders in the Gen 5 games, but, in those games, even though the leaders were different, the teams were still the same. Here it looks like the gyms themselves are completely version-exclusive, including the gym's type, puzzle, leader, and leader's team. Pretty neat.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Sherkel
Date: 2019-07-28 14:08:45
So out of apathy (I confess,) I decided to engage the mainstream crowd for a bit to see what they thought of Dexit. Worthwhile points, some of which have been restated here, albeit ones that Game Freak must have considered and that I still heavily disagree with.
https://twitter.com/Sherkel_64/status/1154982514601185281
I'm reminded of a topic IIMarckus posted around the time of DP about any good series needing a good flow of new elements. I guess it just took me longer to get jaded with this one. Still buying, though. The new Pokémon generation experience is still the new Pokémon generation experience.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: PT
Date: 2019-08-11 02:11:15
[img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/249976980886257664/609148935629570048/304142ff-2890-496a-a231-ab5c4d8af434.png[/img]

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Mefista
Date: 2019-08-11 14:47:00
Teen me: *draws badass legenaries based on KISS*
Game Freak, years later: "Awyiss, that Gene guy totally looks like a badger"
Me: *not sure if glad.jpg*

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2019-08-12 18:05:00
That new Linoone evolution is so ugly. I don't like it at all. It randomly becomes a biped for no reason.
The new Weezing evolution though… now THAT I'm a fan of.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2019-09-22 00:42:00
Sirfetch'd looks pretty cool. I wonder if Pokemon Shield will get an exclusive evolution, too?
https://www.newsweek.com/sirfetchd-pokemon-sword-shield-4chan-affleck-leak-rumor-1460039

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Sherkel
Date: 2019-09-22 18:36:59

> Sirfetch'd looks pretty cool. I wonder if Pokemon Shield will get an exclusive evolution, too?
> https://www.newsweek.com/sirfetchd-pokemon-sword-shield-4chan-affleck-leak-rumor-1460039

R'duckulus will always be its true evolved form to me. It's still a welcome addition to the older generation evolutions we started getting in DP, though.

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: Missing? NO!
Date: 2019-09-25 01:10:58
Darn, after seeing R'duckulus I like that design a lot better. :(
I'm really hopeful that they'll continue the trend of evolving older Pokemon besides just Farfetch'd in this game. I don't want new Mega-evolutions or new region-specific variants–entirely new evolutions would be great to breathe life into otherwise-dead Pokemon (looking at you, Dunsparce).

#### Re: Pokémon Sword and Shield Discussion

Posted by: shatteredClockworks
Date: 2019-09-28 15:07:04

> I don't want new Mega-evolutions or new region-specific variants–entirely new evolutions would be great to breathe life into otherwise-dead Pokemon (looking at you, Dunsparce).

Why would you want a Dunsparce evolution? Dunsparce is already perfect; don't ruin the best pokémon.
It's the second best, anyways. Nothing can best the Shuckle.
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