I mean, Gamefreak has been shitting out Pokémon “games” for decades now, right? If they didn’t realize that in the last 15 years, would they really care about the next 15? I almost feel like each generation becomes the “default Pokémon experience” for their players.
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JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I have the lowest of low expectations for Nintendo consoles. They’re always filled to the brim with gimmicks, that while creative, are not fun to use and then the best games are always ones that completely disregard the gimmicks anyhow. I wish they would focus more on making consoles that LOOK and FEEL good when you’re playing instead of trying to create the next new thing no one will care about in 5 years. They also really lost the plot on the Pokemon franchise and I feel like that will start to lose them a lot of money when people start to wake up from their comas and realize Gamefreak doesn’t know how to make video games and the last good one they made was am eternity ago.
FromAbyss@lemmy.world 1 year ago
SSUPII@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
Nha bruh how much copium do you need to accept SV while we had fricking B2W2 (while on release B1W1 was still shunned but thats beside the point).
panja@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Gamefreak doesn’t know how to make video games and the last good one they made was am eternity ago.
Unfortunately I doubt anything will change because people continue to buy no matter how bad it is
zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Isn’t this basically what they did with the Switch? It’s very low on gimmicks that never get used (infrared? Touchscreen?), its games on the whole look pretty good (Most first party titles), and people still play it over 6 years later. Also Nintendo has nothing to do with the development of Pokémon - so while shit, they hardly deserve the blame for that.
ianis@kbin.social 1 year ago
It's a hand held console with detachable joycons
Whitebrow@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The “joycons” don’t bring me joy. They make my hands cramp and are only full of cons.
all-knight-party@fedia.io 1 year ago
Third parties do it for me. Sadly, I wish Nintendo would release official ergonomic joy cons. Instead I must buy something Chinese with questionable QC, to get something fully featured compared to the feature-neutered but high-quality Hori licensed ones.
zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Sure - but that’s a gimmick that’s pretty widely enjoyed. It’s not like the 3DS’s 3D that pretty much everyone turned off after giving it a shot, or like the Wii’s motion controls that most people got sick of before the console retired. As far as gimmicks go it’s arguably their most successful ever.
By that I mean the fact that it’s handheld - if you were mostly talking about the detachable joycons then I’d agree at least somewhat, especially since they removed that from the Switch Lite - but it is pretty handy in a lot of situations still.
CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Eh, really it’s a cheap android tablet (sold at a markup) that has a built in slots for some gimmick Bluetooth controllers.
HellAwaits@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Well, the switch actually has a touchscreen, so not sure what point you’re trying to make. Also, the joycons aren’t as study as everyone thinks they are including the drifting issue that Nintendo loves to ignore.
Nintendo, Gamefreak, and Creatures Inc. are all co-owners of Pokemon, but Nintendo is the largest shareholder of the three, so yeah if Nintendo looks at the train-wreck launch of the Pokemon games and says little, then they do get the blame for it.