(Jun 6th, 2019, 09:10 PM)queenzelda Wrote:

I suppose I'm the odd one who likes the idea of mega-sizing the Pokemon during battle. *shrug*

IGN Wrote:

1 - Weather in the Wild Area not only impacts battles, it also changes which wild Pokemon can appear.

2 - Thunderstorms increase the power of Electric- and Water-type Pokemon.

3 - Trainers can whistle while in the Wild area - this makes some Pokemon stop, some run towards the trainer and some run away.

4 - Some flying Pokemon may be out of reach, and whistling may be the only way to get them to come closer.

5 - Some super strong Pokemon (like a Machop twice the level of the demo trainer’s Pokemon) can appear in the Wild Area.

6 - You can fish in the wild area, with one spot on a lake indicating a Pokemon was there.

7 - Players return to the Wild Area multiple times throughout the game.

8 - The Y-Com system trainers use indicate if other trainers in the Wild Area want to trade, battle or join up for a Max Raid Battle.

9 - Red pillars of light indicate that a Dynamax Pokemon is ready to fight in a Pokemon den.

10 - Max Raid Battles occur when four players join together to an inhabited den in the Wild Area.

11 - Dynamax Pokemon can use multiple moves in one turn.

12 - They can also neutralize trainer’s Pokemon abilities, or remove all stat changes made in the battle.

13 - Dynamax Pokemon can create barriers that prevent almost all damage.

14 - Any attack can knock a segment of this gauge down, and if your team has a Pokemon Dynamaxed, these attacks take down two gauges.

15 - When a player’s Pokemon is knocked out in a Raid battle, they can still assist the rest of the trainers by cheering them on.

16 - If a trainer wins a Max Raid Battle, all participating trainers will have a chance to catch the defeated Dynamax Pokemon, and will be rewarded with useful items.

17 - Nessa is a Water-type gym leader.

18 - Her “calm and collected attitude hides a competitive spirit and indomitable will that become apparent when she overwhelms opponents with powerful Water-type moves."

18 - Nessa uses a Drednaw that can be Dynamaxed.

19 - Only Pokemon available in the Galar Region Pokedex can be transferred to Sword and Shield from the recently announced Pokemon Home.

20 - The game’s producers suggested this is because the team wouldn’t have time to properly render and animate all 800+ Pokemon for Sword and Shield.

21 - If true, that means not all Pokemon are within the games at launch.

22 - Poke Ball Plus can be used to transfer Pokemon from Sword and Shield, and walked around with in the real world, but can’t be used as a controller.

(Jun 12th, 2019, 03:56 AM)queenzelda Wrote:

I think the reason that the whole thing with Pokemon Bank is a thing; is because with prior Pokemon games use with pokemon from other regions & higher lvls was an issue, since some people complained that the game was WAY too easy since they had access to the bank. It also makes me wonder if the Pokemon Bank is just going to go away after a time as well. A lot of people have declared the 3DS dead anyway; more so when the 3ds website went down some time ago. So for them to have not much support for the Pokemon Bank is kind of no surprise to me. I'm expecting them to have you instead shell out your money for the new way to horde your pokemon; would be my guess.

I did enjoy seeing my husband react to hail hurting pokemon during battles; which it's always done. Same with sandstorm. Neither of these mechanic's are new; they've been in Pokemon a long time. I personally thought that the raid battle against the Dynomaxed stealix was neat though.

(Jun 12th, 2019, 10:53 PM)Kazan X. Lemuris Wrote:

I have high hopes for Sword and Shield, though being restricted to a smaller number of Pokémon is a bit disappointing. For the first true venture onto a main system, it would've been amazing to be able to see all what, 900ish now? in glorious HD. The 3DS games can handle that many, so why can't these?

(Jun 12th, 2019, 10:53 PM)Kazan X. Lemuris Wrote:

Also Nessa is a goddess.

Quote:Masuda reiterates that with the shift to the Switch, the amount of time needed to make the graphics more beautiful and the animations more lively has increased. Another aspect is the fact that the Pokemon series has reached over 1,000 Pokemon (including form changes), and as such, apart from the graphics, balancing for new Pokemon with new abilities has become very hard. This is the reason behind the decision this time, and they have judged that it will be hard for all the Pokemon to appear, even in titles going forward. This was a decision that had to be made sooner or later, according to Masuda.

Jing Wrote:

Makes sense.  Either you get a fulfilling story, or they shorten the story to cram all of the Pokemon into the games.  National Dex is getting too big to put in games without sacrifices.