Huh, so they’re actually going to wait a year. I honestly expected them to push a Pokemon game ASAP for the Switch 2, but I guess it’s better that they take their time than release a mess like Scarlet & Violet.
Pokémon Winds and Waves announced, releasing 2027
Submitted 2 weeks ago by simple@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKGIw93XTJ0
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popcar2@piefed.ca 2 weeks ago
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Legends Z-A was the title for the switch 2. I mean, Scarlet and Violet was clearly supposed to be the switch 2 title (its obvious they developed the game for that hardware) but they needed to rush it to get their one game a year quota.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
They have to make time to finish that Sekiro-like.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone who hasn’t played a pokemon game since Gen 3, what are they like these days? Have they totally jumped the shark?
natecox@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Terrible. They are terrible today. The last game pair they put out was an absolute joke in every regard.
I recommend never giving them another penny.
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sounds good, I’ll continue to emulate Soul Silver and Emerald on my phone 😁
MisshapenDeviate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
It definitely depends on how much they incorporate improvements from Legends: Arceus (one of the side games). Gens 6 - 8 were all so easy that a popular way to play each of those is with a difficulty mod, if you are able.
Gen 9 tried to mix it up a bit, but as another user mentioned the performance on the Switch was so poor that it was hard to enjoy.
Legends: Arceus has introduced several quality of life features that could be game changing if they make it into Winds & Waves, but we shall see. This could be the most fun mainline gen, if they do it right, or they could fumble it again.
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Arceus turned the whole game into pokemon snap with balls. Or the safari zone. It wasn’t good, unless you like playing pokemon games to catch every pokemon as fast as possible
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
Oh, yes. And the shark has a N64 number of polygons, and they tried to copyright the term "jumping the shark". But it's okay, because there's a horde of dumb people that will buy it anyway.
Kobibi@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The Internet hates modern pokemon - and a lot of their critiques are valid - but imo they’ve been consistently fun and I have no idea why there’s so much hate for the latest ones which were a pretty chill time
chuckleslord@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I’ve played every main-line and reboot pokemon game since they came out. I didn’t finish Scarlet and Violet, it was so bad, also didn’t finish Legends Arceus cause it was so lazy, and I’ve never played Legends Z-A. They’ve stopped putting in any amount of effort, so why should I bother to play them?
chunes@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My wife is a true blue pokemon fan, even loved Sword and Shield…
And even she couldn’t finish ZA.
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 2 weeks ago
Let’s see what kind of unbelievable powecreep they come up with to upstage Urshifu and the horses.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I want a 3D Pokémon in the graphics style of Animal Crossing New Horizons, the lighting and shading in that game looks way better than whatever GameFreak makes. The last couple of 3D Pokémon games look so generic, basically bog standard anime game.
kittykillinit@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Game Freak hasn’t put any effort into their games since going 3D.
There’s a reason why Pokemon XD and Battle Revolution still look the best, and they’re not even made by GF.
lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Looks very pretty. I wonder if Gamefreak has finally pulled their finger out of their ass.
RykardNixon@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
When hell freezes over, we’ll get the Pokémon game we all want and deserve
BigBananaDealer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
hell, michigan gets pretty cold
But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Switch 2 sucks. What even is there for it that is a must? I still play switch 1 but there’s really nothing that makes me want to get the switch 2
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Pokemon in Margaritaville?
PonyOfWar@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Finally, hardware is powerful enough that even Gamefreak can make a decent looking 3d game!
In all seriousness though, it looks pretty nice. Looking forward to the return of diving. South-east Asia is an interesting setting for a new region. I have a feeling IGN isn’t going to like it though…
_Nico198X_@piefed.europe.pub 2 weeks ago
Lol
IGN reviewer walks in.
Pkmn Waves: chuckle I’m in danger
DGen@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
And its Not final. I’m Sure world building is mostly done. But I believe chars and Pomémon model will also bei polished.
I expected less tbh. I’m curious about further steps later in years.
herrvogel@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“It’s not final” unfortunately means Gamefreak still have time to scale it down and make it look uglier. As they’ve done in the past.