Is there anything Gamefreak could pull off that would make you refuse to buy the next Pokémon game?
>>58254094not being free
not release another pokemon game
>>58254094they've been successfully adding things that make me refuse to buy pokemon games since 2013
>>58254094What's the context for this image
>>58254094Don't die Hitmonlee :(
yeah, more pokémon from retarded gimmi- oh wait
>>58254094Dexcutting CHARIZARDerino
>>58254094BDSP did that for me.But a main game....? Would have to be something that can't be undone, like one way compatibility again (yeah, heard about Z-A) or trying BW's new-only gambit again. Or Kanto again again again
>>58254094it looks like shit againim still mad over galar, i knew it was over when i saw it was a rectangle
>>58254094I haven't bought a game since SM
>>58254094platinum was the last game I bought
>>58254094They did that as of SWSH, and it's not just because of Dexit.
I'm not ever buying a Switch so if they don't want me to buy Pokémon they can keep making them for the Switch.
>>58254249no natdex no buy
>>58254094This image makes me really uncomfortable.
>>58254094Haven't bought since ORAS. Not gonna buy this time either. I don't buy Nintendo games, only pirate them now. And I'd encourage anyone here to wait and pirate and then encourage people around them to pirate too
We'll see. I skipped Switch era aside from Legends Arceus for doing something new and only eventually grabbed Violet to play on Switch 2. Grabbing ZA for also being new ideas so half bought Switch era.
No.
>>58254117Seems like Hitmonlee has cancer.
>>58254094Yes: Pokemon LGPE, Pokemon Sword and Shield, Pokemon BDSP, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
>>58254094They've already done it. I haven't paid for a mainline game since Platinum (HGSS is a remake, I don't think it counts), I picked up PLA and Shining Pearl, haven't finished either, the former because I'm autistic and want to get a full living dex, the latter because it's just pearl again innit? I'm not getting ZA because I'm not buying a Switch 2. I'm not paying 500 USD for a nintendo console that runs like an Xbox 360.
>>58254094if they hired too many white women for "consultation" I would probably stop consooming
>>58254094Honestly, it might be the Home situation. Not being able to move a mon back to Lets Go is less of an issue because there is no ribbons to earn. But after being able to move my mons around freely for a few years suddenly not being able to again feels like a kick in the pants.
>>58254094They already did with the piss poor performance of scarlet and violet. I'm not buying a $500 console so my pokemans doesn't lag 40% of the game. I'm not buying a new game that is 40% lag for my playtime. Fuck off nintendo.Maybe if they drop the price of their new console and stop charging $100 for every fucking game on top of that I'll be a repeat customer. But for now they've outpriced what my grown autistic ass is comfortable paying for my entertainment.
>>58254094if the next main game isn't turn based i think i'm done. probably. maybe.
Wait people buy the new games still?
>>58254094I didn't like XY and said I wouldn't buy another pokemon game until they were goodI haven't bought another pokemon game>>58254117Hitmonlee's hands are growing because of the crystal treatment
>>58254710>I didn't like XY and said I wouldn't buy another pokemon game until they were good>I haven't bought another pokemon gameSame. It's a real shame because I really want more games, but they're just haven't made anything I think would be worth playing for quite some time now.
>>58254722>>58254710It's a god damn shame. The recent games are genuine fun after being sent through a randomizer and with some difficulty settings adjusted. XY included. Their problems for us older players are easily fixed, but we're just not the target demographic anymore. Our kids are.
>>58254745actually, your kids aren't the target demographic, either. It's mentally ill sex fiends and manchildren cooped up buying their heckin nostalgic and hype franchises. They realized that appealing to whales was the right call financially, and that's what they've been doing for over 10 years.
>>58254787With the direction they're taking with tcg pocket and the plushy collecting game, I think you're right. They're moving away from, or have already moved away from, the playerbase as a whole and are hyper focusing on the whales who'll buy every $500 box of scalped cards or life sized $600 gooner plush toys.
>>58254094Legends. I like my turn based combat.
>>58254094>The Battle Frontier Project has started!That was when I checked out for good.
>>58254811especially considering merch has made up the vast majority of their profits for at least the last decade.
>>58254829What's wrong with Pokémon becoming an action RPG (if done well)?
>>58254929not him but for me, I simply like turn-based combat, and many franchises have abandoned it just to end up worse overall.
>>58254094stopped after sun and moon, dexit was my limit.
>>58254929>(if done well)
>>58254094Yeah>not on PCAint buying a s.o.y.tendo console
>>58254094they already have done so, they made gen 8 way to uninspired and boring, and then made gen 9 unbearably awful in most ways especially the presentation/performance rendering it literally unplayable in my experience, i vowed to never purchase anything from them again and gave my copy of scarlet away to my little nephew who i have since convinced to pirate Z-A together when it releases/gets dumped which i actually am kinda looking forwards to due to the exitement of pirating something new and not being very experienced with pirating in general + also the fact that there truly is nothing to lose this way and if the game is fun then i get to experience that too!for context i was 12 when sun and moon released and i thought it was THE shit, USUM too,15 with sw/sh which i got hyped for before launch and after playing it really slowly had to kick in how not fun it truly was (i was trying to defend it at first, but i never got past the second gym i believe).i was then 18 when scarlet/violet released and thus mentally have been developed enough to recognise shit companies & to have grown principles about stuff generally,if you're reading this: have a great day!
>>58254094I didn't buy SS or SV because they didn't have the full dex.
>>58254094There's very little they can do to make me start buying pokemon games again.
