Ever since Pokémon X and Y introduced mega evolution, Pokémon has been looking for ways to change the battle system in the franchise. After Mega Evolution came Z-Moves in Pokémon Sun and Moon, and now in the run-up to the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield on November 15, Dynamax has been revealed as the next game play mechanic to throw our balls at. Problem is, too many ingredients ruins the poffin, and the Pokémon game play is becoming heavily saturated with underwhelming ideas.
NE: "Today, we're looking at Pokemon with odd or unfitting moves as part of their movepools and examining whether they were by accident or not."
NE: "Today, we're going over some of the most forgotten Pokemon of all time."
NE: "We list and rank 10 of the best Pokemon games of all time! More specifically, which of the main series games are best to play."
It should be:
1) Gold/Silver/Crystal
2) Red/Blue/Yellow
3) Ruby/Saphire/Emerald
The rest can be put in any order you want.
I liked Sword/Shield (Which didn't even make the list) way more than Scarlet/Violet, but everyone has opinions.
IMO I think S&S is better because it's more visually appealing due to it's nice backdrops and linearity, but it was still meh. I couldn't bother finishing Scar/Vio, they managed to make an even more boring broken game only 2 games after S&S and that's quite impressive.
the amount of games with forced exp share making this list is depressing
even games like ranger or colleseum/ XD
or mystery dungeon, way more deserving
After 11 years it looks like Jigglypuff’s Final Smash is officially canon now
"There’s no denying Mega Evolution was a fantastic idea."
I do actually. Mega Evolution was great when we saw Mega Absol and Mega Mawile but then we got Mega Evos for Pokemon that were already powerful like Gengar, Alakazam and Salamence. A good idea ruined by giving all the special toys to Pokemon that were already in the OU tier.
Z-Moves were far better because they were far more balanced. You could honestly delete Mega-evos from the game and I wouldn't shed a single tear.
"but the novelty wore off pretty quickly, particularly as Sun and Moon were one of the weakest generations of Pokémon."
Get out. Regional forms and Z-moves > Pokemon X & Y.
It was the worst part about the trailer for me, I was watching it and I thought "Wow this looks pretty decent, not a gimmick in sight" and BAM...there it was.
Like if you kept something like it for the Gym battles and they did it so they made huge holograms of the Pokemon you had in front of you then it would be a cool idea but it's just getting tiring now, every Pokemon features a gimmick that will be done a little bit in this game but then forgotten as they move onto the next gen
Mega Evolutions, Primal Evolutions, Z Moves, Ultra Beasts etc...give it a rest Gamefreak, why can't we just have a traditional Pokemon game which focuses more on other things. Focus more on the open world, more good Pokemon designs, more dynamic things on the map, bigger cities, more side quests, more towns and so on.
For me it felt as jarring as seeing turning huge being a big gimmick is Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
Except with that’s it’s a forgettable spinoff. Here’s it’s being promoted in a mainline title like it’s the hottest thing since Alolan forms
Kaiju Pokemon... I'm down for it.