A Direct is announced for April 2nd to cover the games.

  • @_____@lemm.ee
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    174 months ago

    Pokemon is literally the same game over and over, I hugely regretted my purchase of pokemon x cause it was literally a cloned game with barely any new features. It’s probably Nintendo’s most effective cash cow in terms of effort to capital reward.

    • @Plebcouncilman@sh.itjust.works
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      154 months ago

      It is literally the biggest money maker in the world. The games sell about 3/5 as many copies as COD with a tiny fraction of the budget. And then they sell even more in merch. And there are people (like me in the past) that buy Nintendo consoles just for those games.

    • @CatZoomies@lemmy.world
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      74 months ago

      X and Y introduced Mega Evolution, arguably one of the greatest iterative improvements in Pokémon.

      With the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Z-A in 2025, I’m thinking about replaying X and Y.

      Scarlet and Violet were so disappointing that I too am hesitant about future Pokémon games. But I’ll keep my eyes and ears peeled to see how their upcoming games are. I no longer am a day one buyer of Pokémon games, after being burned badly on the rushed Scarlet/Violet games.

    • @ouRKaoS@lemmy.today
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      54 months ago

      I jumped through a couple hoops to get Pokemon Infinite Fusion working on my Steam Deck & I’ve been having a blast slapping shit together to see how fucked up it looks.

      Cleffa + Geodude made me giggle for a good 5 minutes.

      • @Signtist@lemm.ee
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        74 months ago

        I hear this argument all the time, but I don’t really understand it. I remember when Pokemon first came out and me and all the other kids were imagining wandering through dense jungles hunting for rare and elusive Pokemon. Sure, we’d imagine battles too, but the franchise always seemed way more about discovery and adventure than about battling. That’s why I haven’t managed to finish a pokemon have since X and Y, in spite of trying each one. The battles get better, sure, but I just don’t really care. Luckily, Legends Arceus was exactly what I always pictured Pokemon to be about, and I had a blast playing through it. Hopefully the next Legends game will be just as good.