Current Events > I still cant believe how far off the deep end the pokemon community has gone.

Topic List
Page List: 1
Duncanwii
06/26/19 11:57:13 AM
#1:


They're literally saying if you buy Sword or Shield you arent really a Pokemon fan, that's so ridiculous.
---
Hello, I like video games and comedies. Let's be friends. :)
... Copied to Clipboard!
Balrog0
06/26/19 11:57:55 AM
#2:


its the first pokemon Im gonna buy since the second gen lol
---
But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
... Copied to Clipboard!
TwoDoorPunkCab
06/26/19 12:00:42 PM
#3:


like i care what some incel gatekeepers think of my gaming purchases
---
Tell me your favourite things.
Tell me your favourite things.
... Copied to Clipboard!
DemonBuffet
06/26/19 12:01:04 PM
#4:


Why?
---
Trololol
... Copied to Clipboard!
Megaman50100
06/26/19 12:01:31 PM
#5:


Why are they saying it?
---
move all remaining groundhog mercenaries to the front lines. Have sheep troopers squadrons A and B flank the cows. They're using DC-17 hoof blasters.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Duncanwii
06/26/19 12:03:25 PM
#6:


DemonBuffet posted...
Why?

Because Sword and Shield wont have all the Pokemon. News flash: none of the games had all of the Pokemon get over yourself.
---
Hello, I like video games and comedies. Let's be friends. :)
... Copied to Clipboard!
V-E-G-Y-
06/26/19 12:04:11 PM
#7:


... Copied to Clipboard!
Duncanwii
06/26/19 12:05:01 PM
#8:


V-E-G-Y- posted...
Will it have first gen

Most likely thanks to Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu all Gen 1 Pokemon (and Meltan) are safe.
---
Hello, I like video games and comedies. Let's be friends. :)
... Copied to Clipboard!
gikos
06/26/19 12:09:04 PM
#9:


Duncanwii posted...
They're literally saying if you buy Sword or Shield you arent really a Pokemon fan, that's so ridiculous.

what makes you think they are a real pokemon fans
this happens everytime a new pokemon game is coming out and you have someone claiming to be a long time fan and is boycotting the game and after the game makes bank you never see them again
this has been the MO for years man
i doubt S/S will do bad sales if anything the sales being low maybe due to some people holding out for the ultra version instead
---
"You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty." - Sacha Guitry (1885-1957)
... Copied to Clipboard!
Megaman50100
06/26/19 12:11:37 PM
#10:


Completing a monster collection has never been a draw to pokemon for me because the game doesn't reward you for doing it within the gameplay loop. Its better to get your well rounded six and only use them.
---
move all remaining groundhog mercenaries to the front lines. Have sheep troopers squadrons A and B flank the cows. They're using DC-17 hoof blasters.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Little_BonTron
06/26/19 12:12:36 PM
#11:


I'm still buying both day one.
... Copied to Clipboard!
MrNintendo1213
06/26/19 12:16:27 PM
#12:


No? All of the pokemon have been in all of the main line games. You had to trade them in from past titles, which now you can't do for certain pokemon anymore.

I'm not gonna buy it, but mostly because I don't have a Switch, and also that they have made the games way too easy since X/Y. If they add in a hard mode I might consider it.
---
Dot Dot Dot...
... Copied to Clipboard!
Turbam
06/26/19 12:18:20 PM
#13:


What I don't understand is that it's been that way for a while.
You couldn't get a complete dex until they updated the game to have a national dex
---
~snip (V)_(;,;)_(V) snip~
I'm just one man! Whoa! Well, I'm a one man band! https://imgur.com/p9Xvjvs
... Copied to Clipboard!
Veggeta X
06/26/19 12:19:40 PM
#14:


And this is why I shame complainers. This is why we must revolt against complainers and their pessimism.

@darkphoenix181
---
Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple
Dictator of Nice Guys
... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale
06/26/19 12:21:23 PM
#15:


I blame Gamefreak. They could have gotten their audience used to this by now if they stuck to the limited Pokdex in Gen 3.

All 1000+ Pokmon should be a rare event kind of thing, like fighting games that bring back all the previous characters in the franchise. >_>
---
https://i.imgtc.com/8ePXf9B.gif
If Yamcha would have brought his bat along he'd have blasted Jiren out of the ring like Ness in smash brothers. - Gids_goft
... Copied to Clipboard!
MJOLNRVII
06/26/19 12:27:00 PM
#16:


AlisLandale posted...
I blame Gamefreak. They could have gotten their audience used to this by now if they stuck to the limited Pokdex in Gen 3.

Were any of the Gen 3 games missing Pokemon? I'm not talking about stuff like Kanto starters not being catchable in R/S because that's not the same as what S&S are doing. Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding your post.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
tremain07
06/26/19 12:42:27 PM
#17:


the game looks cheap as hell, their excuse on why they're cutting these mons makes no sense at all when the quality looks worse than the 3DS titles and the fact that Home is effectively holding your old pokemon hostage it's no wonder there's angry fans.

Think about it the 3DS servers definitely won't still be active by the time another pokemon game comes out, gen 9 so you'll be forced to move every pokemon you want into home for a chance that maybe they'll be available in gen 9 meaning depending on how quickly Nintendo shuts the service down you could be forced to use home for several years before gen 9 is ready to come out that's several years of paying home's fees so that they don't erase your pokemon in the mean time and even then this is all on a maybe that our pokemon you've been paying prison dues for all this time is in gen 9 if it isn't well you're stuck until gen 10 and so on as Gamefreak made it clear, cut pokemon will be a thing from now on.
---
IGN: Sun
FC: 0061-0132-7564
... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale
06/26/19 12:47:34 PM
#18:


MJOLNRVII posted...
AlisLandale posted...
I blame Gamefreak. They could have gotten their audience used to this by now if they stuck to the limited Pokdex in Gen 3.

Were any of the Gen 3 games missing Pokemon? I'm not talking about stuff like Kanto starters not being catchable in R/S because that's not the same as what S&S are doing. Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding your post.


Ruby and Sapphire were released with pretty much nothing, and they trickled in the rest of the national dex with the remakes and GameCube games.

To this day Gen 3 is the biggest pain in the ass to legally complete the dex because of how many freaking games you need to catch everything. >_>
---
https://i.imgtc.com/8ePXf9B.gif
If Yamcha would have brought his bat along he'd have blasted Jiren out of the ring like Ness in smash brothers. - Gids_goft
... Copied to Clipboard!
darkphoenix181
06/26/19 12:55:16 PM
#19:


Veggeta X posted...
And this is why I shame complainers. This is why we must revolt against complainers and their pessimism.

@ -darkphoenix181


Lol

Glad to know we are frenemies now fake vegy

@Veggeta_X
---
"Even if that's not the case, I would prefer this bill fail, since I'd rather see a Democrat get this win instead" - Doom_Art
... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest
06/26/19 1:03:55 PM
#20:


MJOLNRVII posted...
AlisLandale posted...
I blame Gamefreak. They could have gotten their audience used to this by now if they stuck to the limited Pokdex in Gen 3.

Were any of the Gen 3 games missing Pokemon? I'm not talking about stuff like Kanto starters not being catchable in R/S because that's not the same as what S&S are doing. Or maybe I'm just misunderstanding your post.


In Gen 3, you didn't have access to all Pokemon from Gen 1 + 2. Instead, there were a few here and there native to Hoenn, and as a bonus you could transfer some in from Pokemon Colosseum.

Then they released Fire Red and made it so you could interact between all the games, so you could get all 350 or however many there were total.

In theory, if they had left it so that you were restricted to whatever Ruby/Sapphire had and whatever FireRed/LeafGreen had, they could've trained the audience to get used to using mostly native Pokemon and settle for whatever was available in the game.

Floodgates REALLY opened in Gen 4 though where they made it so you could pick any Pokemon you wanted from your Gen 3 games and transfer them up.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest
06/26/19 1:05:19 PM
#21:


Also FTR I am one of the people who is upset that we can't transfer all our old Pokemon into SwSh, but that said, I still think the game looks awesome and can't wait to get it.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Veggeta X
06/26/19 1:07:03 PM
#22:


Someone fucking tell them that if they don't like it, then don't fucking buy it and play it. Really that damn simple.
---
Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple
Dictator of Nice Guys
... Copied to Clipboard!
Prismsblade
06/26/19 1:07:43 PM
#23:


MrNintendo1213 posted...
No? All of the pokemon have been in all of the main line games. You had to trade them in from past titles, which now you can't do for certain pokemon anymore.

I'm not gonna buy it, but mostly because I don't have a Switch, and also that they have made the games way too easy since X/Y. If they add in a hard mode I might consider it.

The most a hard mode would do is raise the lvs overall. Which will mean zero f***s in the long run becuase your pokemon will just gain more exp and catch up eventually.
---
3DS FC:3368-5403-9633 Name: Kaizer
PSN: Blackkaizer
... Copied to Clipboard!
AngelsNAirwav3s
06/26/19 1:08:11 PM
#24:


Balrog0 posted...
its the first pokemon Im gonna buy since the second gen lol


Same, but first since Pokemon Yellow lol
---
Hello world!
... Copied to Clipboard!
MabusIncarnate
06/26/19 1:08:57 PM
#25:


I feel firmly that Digimon is overall the higher quality franchise
---
Ten million dollars on a losing campaign, Twenty million starving and writhing in pain.
Vicious_Dios Original - https://i.imgtc.ws/Zl0aw6F.png
... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives
06/26/19 1:09:51 PM
#26:


Unpopular opinion here, but they can definitely stand to lose some water, fighting, flying, bug, and starter pokemon. By bug I specifically mean the route 1/route 2 bugs that you always get early on and are useless past the second gym. Later bugs tend to be solid.
---
Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106
PSN: PiKappaPhi769
... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives
06/26/19 1:10:56 PM
#27:


Prismsblade posted...
MrNintendo1213 posted...
No? All of the pokemon have been in all of the main line games. You had to trade them in from past titles, which now you can't do for certain pokemon anymore.

I'm not gonna buy it, but mostly because I don't have a Switch, and also that they have made the games way too easy since X/Y. If they add in a hard mode I might consider it.

The most a hard mode would do is raise the lvs overall. Which will mean zero f***s in the long run becuase your pokemon will just gain more exp and catch up eventually.

Nah son. Run a custom hack of any game gen 4 and up, nuzlocke it, beat it, then come back here and talk that trash.
---
Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106
PSN: PiKappaPhi769
... Copied to Clipboard!
AlisLandale
06/26/19 1:11:17 PM
#28:


My main problem with Gen 6 and up is how they not only hold your hand, but drag you around to the dumbest, most asinine unskippable content and assault you with a mind-numbingly watered down exuse for a story.

So much dialogue...about...nothing... >_>

The only thing that made S/M worth it was that the villain was literally Ragyo Kiryuin
---
https://i.imgtc.com/8ePXf9B.gif
If Yamcha would have brought his bat along he'd have blasted Jiren out of the ring like Ness in smash brothers. - Gids_goft
... Copied to Clipboard!
Jeff AKA Snoopy
06/26/19 1:11:55 PM
#29:


TwoDoorPunkCab posted...
like i care what some incel gatekeepers think of my gaming purchases

---
... Copied to Clipboard!
manmouse
06/26/19 1:13:56 PM
#30:


You dont have to talk with gatekeeping weirdos like that. If everyone disengages, they can just drift away and have their community become isolated where they cant be heard, while everyone else moves on and enjoys things.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Prismsblade
06/26/19 1:14:31 PM
#31:


Makeveli_lives posted...
Prismsblade posted...
MrNintendo1213 posted...
No? All of the pokemon have been in all of the main line games. You had to trade them in from past titles, which now you can't do for certain pokemon anymore.

I'm not gonna buy it, but mostly because I don't have a Switch, and also that they have made the games way too easy since X/Y. If they add in a hard mode I might consider it.

The most a hard mode would do is raise the lvs overall. Which will mean zero f***s in the long run becuase your pokemon will just gain more exp and catch up eventually.

Nah son. Run a custom hack of any game gen 4 and up, nuzlocke it, beat it, then come back here and talk that trash.

We're not talking about hacks, nor do I care about or use them.
---
3DS FC:3368-5403-9633 Name: Kaizer
PSN: Blackkaizer
... Copied to Clipboard!
MJOLNRVII
06/26/19 1:37:36 PM
#32:


LostForest posted...
In Gen 3, you didn't have access to all Pokemon from Gen 1 + 2. Instead, there were a few here and there native to Hoenn, and as a bonus you could transfer some in from Pokemon Colosseum.

I knew that, but it's completely different from what S&S are doing so I'm not sure why he brought it up.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
C_Pain
06/26/19 2:10:25 PM
#33:


That's stupid and probably a minority of people/trolls. I understand why people are mad even if it doesn't effect me. Also people comment on this without knowing the full story.
---
How quaint.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Banjo2553
06/26/19 2:32:53 PM
#34:


I totally get the complaints, but at the same time berating and insulting people for wanting to buy the game is not helping their case. So they're free to protest and say "I'm not buying until they fix this" but don't go rabid towards other fans who are gonna buy the game anyway.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
LostForest
06/26/19 2:33:04 PM
#35:


MJOLNRVII posted...
LostForest posted...
In Gen 3, you didn't have access to all Pokemon from Gen 1 + 2. Instead, there were a few here and there native to Hoenn, and as a bonus you could transfer some in from Pokemon Colosseum.

I knew that, but it's completely different from what S&S are doing so I'm not sure why he brought it up.


Well nah, SwSh is basically doing what RS did BEFORE they released Colosseum and FrLg. There's a limited number of Pokemon available for capture, including a lot of older ones, but then there's a lot that just plain won't be available in the game period.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel
06/26/19 2:35:09 PM
#36:


Tbh theres a lot that looks disappointing about it

Gamefreaks laziness has really caught up to them in trying to make a home console release look halfway decent

Ill buy the game when I can get it for cheaper because why not, but I canceled my preorder for now
---
The words of The Golden Eel have been revealed...
Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/
... Copied to Clipboard!
Banjo2553
06/26/19 2:39:06 PM
#37:


TheGoldenEel posted...
Tbh theres a lot that looks disappointing about it

Gamefreaks laziness has really caught up to them in trying to make a home console release look halfway decent

Ill buy the game when I can get it for cheaper because why not, but I canceled my preorder for now

Yeah, I'm starting to get on board the "Gamefreak is lazy" train myself because I'm really starting to see it with SwSh. I'm not passionate about it since I'm not really a Pokemon fan anyway. I bought like three Pokemon games and never finished them.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
YookaLaylee
06/26/19 2:41:11 PM
#38:


Makeveli_lives posted...
Unpopular opinion here, but they can definitely stand to lose some water, fighting, flying, bug, and starter pokemon. By bug I specifically mean the route 1/route 2 bugs that you always get early on and are useless past the second gym. Later bugs tend to be solid.

Water Pokemon are the strongest though
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
Veggeta X
06/26/19 2:44:20 PM
#39:


@Banjo2553 posted...
I totally get the complaints, but at the same time berating and insulting people for wanting to buy the game is not helping their case. So they're free to protest and say "I'm not buying until they fix this" but don't go rabid towards other fans who are gonna buy the game anyway.

Why do people think there isn't any consequences to having an opinion? The most readily mantra people use is "it's my opinion" or "freedom of speech" like whatever delusional thing they have to say is protected and people will have to just deal with it. Where do people learn this logic and entitlement from?

You can have an opinion and state it openly, but you must realize others might disagree and feel a need to express their own opinion in response. If you can't handle disagreement or outright criticism of your opinion then it is best not to state it.
---
Don't like it? Don't watch it. It's that simple
Dictator of Nice Guys
... Copied to Clipboard!
dave_is_slick
06/26/19 2:47:57 PM
#40:


Duncanwii posted...
DemonBuffet posted...
Why?

Because Sword and Shield wont have all the Pokemon. News flash: none of the games had all of the Pokemon get over yourself.

Such a fucking dishonest representation.
---
The most relaxing version of Aquatic Ambiance I've ever heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bl61y1XM7sM
... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives
06/26/19 5:19:05 PM
#41:


YookaLaylee posted...
Makeveli_lives posted...
Unpopular opinion here, but they can definitely stand to lose some water, fighting, flying, bug, and starter pokemon. By bug I specifically mean the route 1/route 2 bugs that you always get early on and are useless past the second gym. Later bugs tend to be solid.

Water Pokemon are the strongest though

There's too many of them. 133 to date. 18 types in the series, over 800 pokemon yet 4 types cover over 400 in water, normal, flying, and grass alone. So I'll say again, they can stand to trim some of the fat to make it a bit more balanced.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/8o6fow/number_of_pokemon_per_type_ranking_chart/
---
Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106
PSN: PiKappaPhi769
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1