Can you imagine if pokemon had actual textures instead of being made from plastic?
Ever since I was a child in the late 90's, what I wanted was a pokemon game that looked and felt like the anime. If they could nail this aesthetic in 3D, it would be a dream come true.
They did in PLA and SV (basically)They just keep going back and forth
lucario stepping on my face
>>723593254Literally one of the very few things SV did right, and of course it's gone from the next game
>>723593254They don't have the resources.
people would hate it because they hate everything
>>723598738Please understand. Those resources are devoted to constantly rendering the entire city, which is a single model that's never unloaded. Also, you can't enter most of the buildings even if the entire map is this city.
Everyone hated the "realistic" fur and scale textures of the Detective Pikachu movie, so yes, I CAN imagine it. It won't go as well as you think it would.
>>723593254Lucario is my wife.
>>723599385actual textures =/= bad realistic textures. could in fact be stylized like anime sic >>723593382
>>723599385The movie used those grotesque deviantart HIRE THIS MAN designsSomething like Pokken just gives the existing designs a bit of texture
>>723599362>Only buildings that can be entered are plot relevant hubs like the hotel or detective agency>Every cafe and boutique is a 2D menu>Buildings are walls with repeating textures slapped on>Somehow this game had the longest development cycle of the Switch era
>>723599385Scat and Vomit had realistic textures and they were great
>>723600105WAIT A MINUTE they had modeled in balconies and windows in S/V wtf happened why are people excusing this shit atp it's just embarrassing
>>723599385I think the Mewtwo movie remake did it right, although nobody noticed because the nightmare fuel redesigns of the human characters put them off of watching it.
>>723593382pretty sure after this anime we all died and thats why everything now feels weird and unfulfilling, like the second death or something is happening and nobody realizes
>>723593254>can you imagine if these cartoon creatures had tacky nonsensical realistic textures slapped on them?I don't want to
>>723600846prease understand
>>723599621>The movie used those grotesque deviantart HIRE THIS MAN designsI remember arguing with people who were actually shilling for those designs when the movie first came out and were insisting they weren't abominations. They had to have been paid by the studio, because nobody with functioning eyes could stand looking at that shit. Then again, normalfags do still pretend that the redesigned movie Sonic was "so much better" and not still an ugly insult to the original, so you never know.
>>723601086They're not capable of making the anime artstyle work in 3D, it's a very hard process that most companies still fuck up. These pokemon look like plastic toys rather than cartoons
>>723593382Actual anime can't even do this aesthetic anymore, it's over, man.
Join the Digimon club
>>723602234Movie Sonic IS "so much better" compared to the design they were originally trying to useBut it is still ugly and weirdly proportioned compared to normal Sonic
>>723603024That's my point. People should have kept piling on the criticism and mockery until they were forced to switch all the way back to real Sonic.
>>723599812>>Every cafe and boutique is a 2D menuThis is the most baffling one for me, even copy pasting the same room for all stores would already be unbelievably lazy, and they couldn't even be arsed to do that
>>723600846They also had it for the beta of ZA, the game was probably running at 10fps so they just made everything flat textures because fuck the fans they'll buy anything anyway
>>723603521They couldn't get the loading screen for the one room 10x10 meter shop below 30 seconds even on the Switch 2 so they just cut all of them and made them menus instead
>>723603521Frankly as it is I'm not sure I'd even want them to be buildings. It's already annoying as fuck to check the shops since they wanted these long shopping streets with a bunch of clothing stores, but there's barely any clothes so you have to run between shops to look at like 3 different items. There's not even that many unique clothes so most of them are recolors.
>>723601625>2022Try 2013
>>723604116holy fucking shit lmfao
>>723602621This is how it should look but we're not gonna get there
>>723602621>They're not capable of making the anime artstyle work in 3D,every 3D pokemon game before SV suggests otherwise
>>723605000Those don't really have an anime artstyle
What would gardegrippers feel like?
>>723601625>>723604116it was still ultra lazy back in 2022/2013 as most modern games have mini 3d space in behind that window that give illusion of depth
>>723602621And yet Digimon or Palworld had no problem making their characters look great. Environment are also vastly superior to pokeslop
>>723609046Palworld doesn't look good you fucking liar. They have plastic monsters with UE5 environments
>>723609203>with UE5 environmentsThat's what people think looks good tho, just see everyone going "so that's GF's power when not limited by Nintendo" after that UE slop with frame drops on the trailer that they revealed
>>723609393The problem isn't the environment but how it clashes with the monsters and characters, it makes them look out of place
>>723609203which is 100x better looking than Z-A
>>723593254Yea pokken was cool as fuck and they did an absolutely amazing job bring the pokemon to life and adapting their moves sets. And of course no ones buys it because its a fucking fighting game
>>723599621Why isn't there another Detctive movieI liked the designs and it was a decent watchSomehow, Sonic started after Detective and got 2 more sequels, probably a 4th one before Detective gets another
>>723609552It really isn't. Hotel Z's interior mogs anything palworld.
>>723598738>>723599362>>723599812>>723603521>>723603621>>723604031I just want to let you all know that Nintendo told Gamefreak to outsource their game to other companies like Square and GF told them no.
>>723610394delusional and copium pilled
>>723593382>>723599559>If they could nail this aesthetic in 3D,Too much effort for a poor small indie company like Game Freak, who can't even keep the lights on with so little money that Pokémon makes.PLEASE UNDERSTAND!!!
>>723602621
>>723610534Of course Game Freak will say "no."The moment a company emerges that shows it can make Pokémon better, both Nintendo and TPC (which each own 1/3 of the franchise) will force Game Freak to sell its stake to them and kick them out, and without Pokémon, Game Freak is over.There was a reason Game Freak was so scared shitless of Pokémon Go that they created the Let's Go games.
>>723593254The games would have to be developed by not Game Freak for that to happen.
>>723599467You are a very lucky man.
>>723593254>being made from plastic?To me that's every graphicwhore game, not just shitty nuGF games tbqh That shitty Unreal 5 engine meme looks like plastic unless heavy work is done by devs
>>723610889That's a boy
>>723599467your wife has a name like a mexican gentleman
>>723593254Why do people start caring about fidelity as soon as it's Nintendo?Everything else, people say fidelity doesn't matter, art style does
>>723612162Don't hide behind Nintendo. We're talking about an incoherent artstyle where monsters and characters clash with the environments
>>723612379>We're talking aboutThat's not what OP said
>>723612162Your average Nintendo game looks leagues better than Pokemon does.
>>723612493Doesn't change the sentiment put forth
>>723612439Textures don't means fidelity, theoretically they could try 3D anime artstyle but we know they're to incompetent to do it. The look of an old Pokemon game is a more reasonable ask
>>723593254the game in your pic is pokemon and does, i dont get it
>>723610945Boys don't look like that.
>>723599621The Pokemon Company approved those designs and interviews show they were pretty protective on how Pokemon should be depicted. They wanted the film makers to stick as close as possible with the game designs hence why they cut mons like Sawk because they couldn’t figure out how to make him look like he wasn’t wearing clothes. The film makers even had to fight for the furry pikachu because TPC didn’t want him to look fuzzy because pikachu doesn’t look furry in the games.
>>723612636>Textures don't means fidelitythey are absolutely a part of fidelity
This is releasing on the same console early next year.
>>723614557too bad stories gameplay is argubly the most boringest shit in the world
>>723615296I don't understand how someone can say that still when up until the legends games, pokemon had some of the slowest animations and turns that you can't even speed up.
>>723612671Pokeboys do though.
Texturewhores killed gayming
>>723593254>Watchog and Sawk watching the fight with their arms crossedI think if I had been shown this exact screenshot when the game first released I would have bought it. That shit looks kino and soulful as heck
>>723593382They did nail it in XY and ORAS, and ruined the series immediately after
>>723616110yum
>>723614557Honestly, this does look fantastic, it looks like they've gone all in on the 3rd gameBut this is the PC version, not switch 2 version
>>723610652>>723614557>NOOOOO THESE ARTSTYLES ARE TOO GOOD FOR POKEMON!!! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND: POKEMON ARTSTYLE IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE SHIT!!!!!
>>723616110tomboy cookie tho
>>723601625Dude, can you imagine how poorly the game would run if GameFreak managed to put more geometry into the game?
>>723593254this looks better than any switch 2 games.
Pokken 2 when? Bamco should just give up on Tekken 8 and make Pokken 2. It'll sell more.
>>723624029Pokken is too good, as such, it makes Game Freak unconfortable.
>>723593254Can you imagine a world without furfaggots like you that made Jewtindo and Shitfreak pander to them while sacrificing the quality of video games?
>>723593254Textures are so 2009. Now it's all about materials.
>>723593254His knot visibly throb when he see human COCK
>>723600105Did they use different models in ZA? I'd imagine the reason they look plastic is due to that constant rim light effect they have.
>>723608956How many portable games in 2013 had that?
>>723593382i think if they let you play as the pokemon during battles, and let you play as the trainer during everything else, itd be a lot easier to do fun, dynamic real time pokemon combat. you could pause mid-battle to switch your mon out or give them items, that way you arent hampered by trying to play both the trainer and the pokemon at once.
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>>723593382As much as I wouldn't touch that game with a pole, Pokémon Master SEX is the closest thing to an "anime in 3D" aesthetic done right in this franchise. It's just normal cel shading, and it's meant to be run on phones, mind you.https://youtu.be/luSGwaQibNI?t=189I don't know why GF insists on realism, like they did with SV, specially when they can't optimize for shit.
>>723600846What part of SMALL INDIE COMPANY do you not understand???
>>723614557>all this effort put into a SPIN-OFFPokémon needs to outsource for the love of god. ANY game company would gladly do it.
>>723615621Pokemon turns are only slow if there’s a shitload of interactions going on, the standard play is fine
>>723624465heh
>>723609203Looks great
>>723607815bags of sand
That's why pokken is goated.
>>723593254She's a tough cookie.
>>723628994I wish Phox wasn't neglected.
>>723629781Phox design was considered a blunder the time.
>>723629781She got a mega, you'll be able to play with your bearded fake-clothing garbage wife in just two weeks
First Pokemon game I've bought since the DS games.It's low fidelity and the cooldown system is a bit dumb, but otherwise the game is fun. Seeing how people are mischaracterizing it in these threads makes me wonder if the games I skipped were as bad as I thought.
>>723631345>X/Y and Sword/Shield have the best player customization and solid online but there’s no real reason to play them outside their active era>Sun/Moon games suck but cool Pokemon>ORAS is boring>Legends Arceus is good>Scarlet/Violet run like shit on Switch 1 but are overall really fucking goodPokemon community has been on a crusade since the national dex was cut in Swsh, my post is the truth
>>723631646Yeah, I skipped Gen 6 because I tried the demo and it seemed like a huge step down from Gen 5. This game feels like what they should have been moving towards back on 3DS. I don't really think the real time battles add anything, but the speed this interface provides is a big improvement.
>>723631646It's so fucked up that the two games with customization worth a damn are the worst games in the series.And that the game with the best difficulty and trainers is hyper linear for no reason because the maps weren't designed that way.
>>723593254>>723569340
Pic related is the only time in history HD 3D anime graphics with full camera control looked good
>>723632923Too bad the game sucked.
>>723612162Because it’s only not okay if Nintendo does it
>>723615296you mean pokemon, especially ZA.
>>723609046Palword's monsters clash with the generic tech demo looking environments, style wise.
>>723632923there are more out there than just ni no kuni though
It’d be a lot of work; pokken redesigned all of the pokemon to have slightly more realistic proportions to clash less with the realistic textures
>>723631646>>Scarlet/Violet run like shit on Switch 1 but are overall really fucking goodeasiest way to make your post be completely disregarded
>>723635202>It's bad because... It just fucking is, okay?!?!NTA but I was shocked that cycling my mons made the game pretty tough.
those 3d mockups based on early sugimori style are greattoo bad there will never be a game like that even though its possible
>>723593254You want that but there are people who cry every time they do try it, when you can't please everybody it's better to just stick to tradition
