Therefore, Pokemon should not annoy franchise

I love the Pokémon series and every time a new main game starts, it is a reason to celebrate. A new Pokémon generation - or even a remake - is a joyous moment, which brings new Pokémon to the world, new memes and a whole new place to explore and discover. It is wonderful. But you have to be slower. The last time we have passed a calendar year without a main Pokémon game, which was developed by Game Freak, Remake, Squel or the like, was 2011. After 8 years of transplantation, it is clear that the team would have an additional year for the development of the game The last title should be given.

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield are only a few days away from the start at this time, and it's a trade fair that people can assert their reservations to the new games. It is strange, because honestly this is easily the most divided the Pokémon community for years - maybe ever - has made a new game publication.

I do not believe that Game Freak is to blame. I think it's your own schedule - perhaps exacerbated by Nintendo as a Publisher - which leads you to a point where many fans are unhappy about the stand of the series. To be honest, Sword and Shield are not out yet, I have not played them outside a short demo before, and all these concerns could completely disappear when publishing. But I do not think you will do it.

Scales it

Game Freak employs around 150 people - and this is a small number for a development studio with such a popular and profitable franchise as Pokémon, considering that Pokémon is one of the world's highest-level media franchises. I am certainly not of the opinion that Game Freak should increase their number, quality and quantity arbitrarily, but if these teams are split between Pokémon and their own projects as the recently published (and rather poorly recorded) Little Town Hero, it is easy Imagine that the team is overwhelmed.

Not to mention that every published Pokémon Generation brings its own challenges. Yes, the occupation of Pokémon is huge, and it's a huge task to win every single insignificant Pokémon for each of the new games. It was difficult enough to draw and animate fences for each, but now you need HD models, balance changes that match the meta, and much more. It is completely understandable that Game Freak wants to reduce the numbers a bit.

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But that's exactly what the community hated. The news that Sword and Shield did not contain the entire list of the Pokémon, made many fans angry, and the youngest leaks that revealed exactly which Pokémon were included and lacked, did not help. Damn, the list of missing Pokémon was far bigger than I expected and my message was quite indifferent.

Not to mention that the employees of Game Freak and The Pokémon Company have already emphasized that the development for Nintendo Switch was more difficult than expected, and when they assume that in the past leaks of websites like Eurogamer were known (I think Already), then the team worked on HD models of their entire Pokémon cast, but something went wrong and much of their work remained unusable. So we have the limited list in the latest games.

And I understand. This is the first time since the publication of Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald in Generation 3 that fans can no longer get their team out of the previous generations. If you have been together with your favorite Pokémon since then, that's a little annoying. But not even the only problem.

Everything about the graphic

I want to be as fair as possible to Game Freak. I love the Pokémon franchise, I loved many of the games and I think Game Freak does a great job. But they are not a technical master. For me, the graphics in Pokémon games has been a little overwhelming since the 3rd generation. I thought the Game Boy Advance would bring a better revelation for the rendering of play than was the case. Then the DS games were published, which do without 3D to get more detailed sprites. Finally, at 3DS, the games changed to 3D, but even then had solid camera angle and felt rigid, and with fighting, the frame rate and performance declined considerably.

With Pokémon Let's Go Eeevee and Pikachu on Nintendo Switch, things have calmed down a bit, although occasionally occasionally come to performance breaks and a somewhat unbelievable graphical reproduction. My point is that Game Freak is doing good Pokémon games, but they are unable to create a graphic presentation, and that was quite clear when people began to mock textures in the latest title.

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Again, this will be fair by far the largest and openest game that Game Freak has ever developed. This is a great challenge for the team, and when the textures appear on the tree bark somewhat mies, it is a low price for one of the largest open space we have ever seen in a Pokémon game. The same applies to possible performance breakdowns. Smaller inconsistencies of the frame rate are trivial in reality. But the people who expect that the title of the first main console pokémon looks like one of these absurd Open World renderers of Unreal Engine are crazy.

I do not say anything to hate my beloved Game Freak just to share some understanding. You could definitely benefit from the attitude of some experienced developers who can help optimize their games.

So, what is the solution?

In short, Pokémon should not be an annual franchise company. Sword and shield have earned another year of development, Game Freak has earned the time to remove the kinks. Recent rumors from Game Freak, who speak of a low morality prior to the publication of Sword and Shield, are heartbreaking, as I have no doubt that the team has given the best thing it can, and in the given timeframe it was not enough .

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Pokémon should receive at least one two-year timer. Give the developers the reasonable time to get the kinks and develop the game they want to do. In the meantime, just throw out more Pokémon offshoots. There were some really great titles, such as Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, Pokémon Conquest, and there could be even more in the future.

Damn, I know that's crazy, but I'm not even against the idea of ​​a Pokémon Warrior's Game by Omega Force, as this team is so wondered to produce crossovers. Make it ready.