Pokémon (Series)

[Moonface]

I'm surprised at how short notice this is considering that Nintendo have been promoting Post Malone's Pokemon show that's on the 27th for the last couple of weeks. Anyone else hoping for a remake announcement?

[Moonface]

Not sure if this is entirely new footage because of the poor choice of title for this video series, but it had some stuff I wasn't aware of like having different photos for each rating, and I hadn't seen footage of the day/night cycle yet. I like that the photo editing options don't influence the score, since it would probably always just add to your score with a flat number which would discourage not using the options.

Still unsure on whether this game will be worth $60 though. It looks good, but I wonder how much content there is and how fast the novelty will wear off.

[ShiraNoMai]

Feeling the same way. That's super cool about the day/night stuff, though. Did they say this game was definitely gonna be $60 at launch?

[Mr EliteL]

60 sounds way too much for this kind of game, has some nice features but being tne same amount of a...er, current Switch standard game doesn't sound right. Like not the same as release SwSh. I hope not.

Still not something I'd get. Do like the interaction of the Pokémon and them going on about their lives so to speak, but would rather play something else.

[Moonface]

So I bring this up a lot whenever Pokemon games come up between Shira and I, and figured I'd see what every here has to say; what game had the best art styles and what art style should the series try that it hasn't yet?

I would really like to see a game that goes back to using sprites, but in the way that Octopath Traveler did it. I think it would be really cool to keep the 3D gameplay without having to use the 3D models which I don't think are as good as the sprites.

[Mr EliteL]

Never really thought about which art style is best. I suppose it's 2D vs 3D or Retro (2D gb/gbc) vs Modern (2D gba/ds/3ds). If so, modern 2D would be my pick, but it's probably because I spent more time with my DS games than Switch and retro without correct colours puts it down for me.

Octopath style could work, not sure what else. Maybe one that doesn't have to transition into a different scene/setting for battles...? But that's like a staple for RPGs and also the overworld would need to be even bigger to accommodate battles and Pokémon taking more space, so nope to that.

[Karo]

To be honest I actually really liked the artstyle of SW/SD & Sun/Moon anything before that I feel like is just a step backward in appeal really.

[ShiraNoMai]

I think 2D sprite work has come a long way, what with how indie studios are making it look absolutely gorgeous most times. I can see the 2.5D style really suiting the game well and it really harkens back to the idea of them being digital little pocket monsters.

It'd be interesting to see them revisit the style at some point, even as an offshoot idea for a nostalgia sell. Or even split the series down the line with one leaning more realistic and the other more traditionally pixel art.

[Karo]

That could be interesting I find that pixel art still has its appeal but I overall do like the jump to 3D.

If there were some more pixel art pokemon games I'd like to see what they could do in a non-Chibi style.

As whenever I looked at the D/P/Pt 3D chibi I dont really like it compare to the old graphics.

I'd say pixel art chibi is the best chibi but 3D chibi just doesn't appeal to me.

[queenzelda]

I certainly didn't get Pokemon Snap 2,  I enjoy the mainline series anyway. I have plans to get Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl though, the 3d models look cute to me. I'm a bit hesitant about Pokemon Legends Arcerus cause it looks like gamefreak is going to finally give the fans an MMO & I am not an MMO fan. 

[ShiraNoMai]

I really can't see Legends being a MMO in any capacity. It definitely looks more like an open world single player experience. Plus I don't think you can even run MMO games on the Switch right now?

I don't see them leaning away from chibi any time soon. If anything, the art style over time has devolved more and more into the cutesy and chibi style. If the split between the realistic and pixelated styles happens like I proposed, I can see them doing a more 'sophisticated' anime style for the realistic edge and go harder into chibi for the pixelated parts.

[Moonface]

Yeah, I doubt Legends will be an MMO in any capacity. The trailer couldn't even handle animations of the Pokemon very well, so it would make a Switch shit the bed if it also had to animate a lot of player characters all doing different things at the same time and constantly load them in whenever they come on screen.

[Moonface]

Not sure if anyone here is interested, but if you are, Pokemon Unite is releasing this July for Nintendo Switch and in September for mobile devices:

[ShiraNoMai]

It's crazy that this mobile game is coming out for Switch first. I suppose trying to develop for mobile platforms that have several different kinds of OS variations is a much harder ordeal than for one simple platform lol

[Moonface]

I just don't get why the trailer favors using mobile game footage and from what I can recall, no Switch footage. It's a little concerning that the version coming out first had nothing shown off in the trailer.