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ZelosZoidberg
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Hopefully this is from Game Freaks's A team. Not saying their Pokemon games are bad but they do need more polish these days and from a 1st gen fan, better writing.
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Nionel
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 5:24 pm |
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If you had shown me this game in a vacuum, I would have never guessed with was being made by Game Freak.
Honestly, as a lapsed Pokemon fan I'm ready for them to do some new at this level. Game Freak needs to show that they're capable of more than Pokemon Scarlet/Violet and I hope this is able to get this some recognition as something other than the Pokemon studio.
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StellaStellaStella
Joined: 04 Feb 2023
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2026 10:32 pm |
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| ZelosZoidberg wrote: | | Hopefully this is from Game Freaks's A team. Not saying their Pokemon games are bad but they do need more polish these days and from a 1st gen fan, better writing. |
Going off this game alone it feels like the problems with Pokemon have nothing to do with Game Freak but whoever is in charge of telling them what to do because this game looks completely fine and a normal, competent AAA game.
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BadNewsBlues
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 9:59 am |
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| StellaStellaStella wrote: | | Going off this game alone it feels like the problems with Pokemon have nothing to do with Game Freak but whoever is in charge of telling them what to do because this game looks completely fine and a normal, competent AAA game. |
Looking fine isn’t the same thing as playing fine. Still need to see what the finished product is like.
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groovysunbeam
Joined: 21 Jun 2023
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 11:49 am |
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| BadNewsBlues wrote: | | Looking fine isn’t the same thing as playing fine. Still need to see what the finished product is like. |
I refuse to believe this game will run anywhere close to "awful" compared to Scarlet and Violet. The gameplay not being 12 fps is already a lock in.
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BrazillianCara
Joined: 31 Dec 2023
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 1:31 pm |
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| ZelosZoidberg wrote: | | Hopefully this is from Game Freaks's A team. Not saying their Pokemon games are bad but they do need more polish these days and from a 1st gen fan, better writing. |
No shade, but you either didn't play Scarlet/Violet and Legends Z-A, or you got pretty specific standards for what constitutes better writing.
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That Little Rapscallion
Joined: 31 Jul 2023
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 4:12 pm |
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Game Freak seems to be capable of good design when Nintendo lets them out of the Pokemon shed.
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ZelosZoidberg
Joined: 23 May 2018
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2026 5:04 pm |
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| BrazillianCara wrote: | | ZelosZoidberg wrote: | | Hopefully this is from Game Freaks's A team. Not saying their Pokemon games are bad but they do need more polish these days and from a 1st gen fan, better writing. |
No shade, but you either didn't play Scarlet/Violet and Legends Z-A, or you got pretty specific standards for what constitutes better writing. |
I'll admit I didn't play S/V but I did play Z-A and for me I felt like I was still being "hand held" through the game. Yes I know It's a children's RPG but still. I guess I've just found better RPGs that I like (Xenoblade). I also thought the first Legends game was better because we were in a different time period and it was more about the catching and collecting part of Pokemon while in Z-A it was more for battling which is not the part of the series I enjoy. No shade for those that enjoy that though. But I did love that Tepig was a starter because that pokemon gets almost no love as far as starters go and enjoyed Canari along with her Grandpa.
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