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NEWS: Pokémon Sword/Shield Games' 'Final' Promo Video Streamed (Update)

First time ever I am not preordering a Pokémon game. Let alone buying it.

The game is also the easiest yet to the point of it’s hard to not one shot gym leaders.

RoverTX wrote:

The game is also the easiest yet to the point of it’s hard to not one shot gym leaders.

How can you possibly know that several days before it comes out? Pokemon games have never had a reputation for serious difficulty, anyway; they're kid-friendly RPG-collectathons. That's why people who want a tough challenge do Nuzlockes and such.

If you aren't sure if you'll like it, there's obviously no need to preorder it, but all this negativity is getting a little silly. No other franchise is expected to always include absolutely everything from every previous entry and a bunch of new content. Most people don't go to the increasingly-convoluted trouble to import all the past mons to the current gen, anyway. Can we maybe just see if the new games are fun, and judge them on that?

Also what in the heck is that... dude?... in the thumbnail for the second video? Galarian Mr. Mime?

Pokemon games have never had a reputation for serious difficulty, anyway; they're kid-friendly RPG-collectathons. That's why people who want a tough challenge do Nuzlockes and such.

No other franchise is expected to always include absolutely everything from every previous entry and a bunch of new content.

And yes, Pokemon isn't challenging. But putting rails (EXP share perma-on with no way to turn off) on an already easy game does not make anything good nor anyone happy.

It looks really bad. They cut not only a bunch of Pokémon

Gotta disagree with this comment though. If it's not possible to bring over content, then it kinda makes it bad game design.

Sword and Shield having less Pokemon than the Gen 4 Diamond and Pearl games for the DS is pretty disappointing, but at the same time it's still going to sell well thanks to brand name alone so I doubt Game Freak will ever really be put in a position where they have to step up their game or face consequences.

Ummmm being able to level up your entire party in an efficient manner is actually a good thing and will make people who actually remember how tedious leveling up multiple teams of 5-6 Pokemon happy. Should it be an optional feature? probably, but it's not really a deal breaker especially for people who don't have the time or patience to go slaughtering whatever is the equivalent of Audino or a group of Floatzels in this game multiple times over.

Ummmm being able to level up your entire party in an efficient manner is actually a good thing and will make people who actually remember how tedious leveling up multiple teams of 5-6 Pokemon happy. Should it be an optional feature? probably, but it's not really a deal breaker especially for people who don't have the time or patience to go slaughtering whatever is the equivalent of Audino or a group of Floatzels in this game multiple times over.

From what I read its really bad though. If what I heard was true your Pokemon get over leveled just by battling the trainers without any grinding. One of the leakers supposedly took out an entire gym leaders team with just 3 attacks.

Exactly, it should be that; optional. This, however, isn't an optional mechanic. It will allow you to overlevel really easily, where you are 5+ over the gym leaders. They aren't hard anyway, so making it cake easy like one of the leakers did by steam rolling over them ain't fun. And that, the lack of fun, IS a deal breaker for many.