HOLY FUCK GUYS MASUDA WAS FIRED FROM GAMEFREAK WHY AREN'T YOU TALKING ABOUT IT. STICKY THIS FUCKING THREAD RIGHT NOW HOLY SHIT.
He is developing the new Assassin's Creed game according to X.
>>58531181He joined the pokemon company.
>>58531175cute homu
>>58531175so fired that he got promoted to TPC itself
>last main role was co-director on BDSPKWAB
>>58532492Do you not know how Japanese work culture works? He most likely got a window sitter position-a position intended to bore you into quitting, so they don't have to pay you severance.
>>58532571In that case the company that is 33% owned by his former employer wouldn't have bothered hiring him
Why is Gamefreak even still allowed to make mainline Pokemon games? It's clear they are incapable of operating as a AAA developer. TPC should either take charge of game development or they should spinoff into a company that is more competent than Gamefreak is. Gamefreak should just stick to releasing a bunch of shovelware on Steam
>>58532804Nah Gamefeak suck, they put more effort into any non pokemon, they'd want this. Instead Gamefeak should be banished to make only pokemon mobile game slop as punishment.
>>58532804>It's clear they are incapable of operating as a AAA developer.theyre arent an aaa dev they have small number of people working on the games and a small budget
>>58532804Because they own devrights to it, they own TPC and retards like you and no cunt could AFFORD to buy said devrights off them.Why do retarded manchildren ignore the property is not keyed to, shaped for or bothered with catering to them?
Gamefreak are clearly capable, you can see the signs here and there.What they make nowadays is clearly too big for the amount of workers they have on these things now (for the time frame they release these things, because they actually do have a fuck tonne of staff, but not enough for time frame). They could just spend more time on a game instead of shitting them out every 6-12 months. It would make the games better quality. They could finally add the platforming and movement that pokemon still lacks to this day.Instead they compromise on shit like graphics to streamline production. It's looks shitty and now that Digimon Story exists... it's unacceptable.That said, the pokemon animations and battles in ZA are much better than Time Stranger, which is still stuck in 2002 with gameplay it seems despite looking far more modern that Pokemon Legends ZA.This is why I say that you can tell that Gamefreak still have some ability. Most people will ignore this shit though because holy fuck that overworld is dog shit.
>>58532787Transferring between conglomerates is a thing.
>>58532804>Why is Gamefreak even still allowed to make mainline Pokemon games?because people will buy them anyway, anon, we've been over this a million fucking times... it doesn't matter if the studio in charge of the games is incompetent.......
>>58531175That’s crazy
>>58533008I don't think kids will buy this that much if Digimon actually has games now and Palworld exists.They're still holding onto an audience they clawed back with gen 5. If I was a kid, there are much better alternatives now.
>>58533039>I don't think kids will buy that much if [monster-taming franchise that will never stand a chance against the world-renown titan of culture and wealth that is the Pokémon franchise] existsthat's what idiots have been saying for years and years now, yes
What makes ZA so baffling is that there are signs of quality in this game that isn't consistent in the game at all. Like dungeon areas look pretty cool, animations are arguably a big improvement on SV. There are moments of dialogue that are kinda interesting, between lots of dialogue that are pretty mediocre and boring like the last few gens. ZA is kinda curious to me.Especially when everyone expected great things after Arceus proved they had "some" capability to execute their earlier vision for the game in 3D.
>>58533049But this isn't selling at all, it's kinda flopping hard given the expected audience they had post SV for pokemon. A lot of hangers on from the original games are just too old to care about pokemon and they don't seem to be at least introducing it to their kids because it looks kinda shitty compared to alternatives. If Metroid Prime 4 is shit, nintendo have big problems. Switch 2 is becoming a disaster fast and it's not just recession economics.
>>58532989>”small indie company, please understand”
>>58533073Worse, it's got the potential to have a fully fleshed AAA budget and structure, but clearly nintendo or admins just prevent the games from becoming fully fleshed for profit reasons. That and to cater to the switch 2.
>>58532804Can't happen instantly. They barely lost their monopoly a few years ago when ILCA made BDSPAnd TPC is 33% gamefreak so lol
>>58533061>it's kinda flopping hardis it really? or is it just cope?>A lot of hangers on from the original games are just too old to care about pokemona lot of hangers-on from the original games also still care about the merch and the TCG, which make up most of the pokemon revenue. and kids don't need to be "introduced" to pokemon by their parents, it's such a gigantic cultural phenomenon that they'll still be introduced one way or another, whether it be through cards, games, or something else. allow me to repeat myself: even if the games are shit, people will buy them anyway, and even if it's not necessarily a huge commercial success, it doesn't matter anyway because the merch more than largely makes up for it. i don't think you really understand how much of an unstoppable force this franchise has become
People keep saying game freak needs to get more employees and make a true AAA gameNoThey should scale back instead and make a game with the same scope and price tag matching their size. Every single pokemon game before the switch was a handheld game in scope and price, and they thrived until the 3ds shook things up and the switch made it come crashing down. Im not saying they were the the best handheld games out there, but they fit in with the consoles lineups in quality.
>>58533061>But this isn't selling at all, it's kinda flopping hard given the expected audience they had post SV for pokemonI wishSV is a proper mainline game. ZA isn't one in the eyes of the players, so you have to compare it to Arceus.10% less copies than Arceus but Switch 2 versions are sold for more.Already breaking even without the paid DLC
>>58533148Yeah but Arceus was a new game doing new things. ZA was arguably built on the expectations of Arceus. Which makes it even more baffling given how restricted it's overworld is.
>>58533183ZA is also doing new things the battle system is a huge overhaul
>>58533108Bollocks, they just need to finish their games.They're clearly rushed. They have been since sword and shield.Arceus, SV and ZA have all felt like rushed games in different ways. Arceus lacked some gameplay tweaks and detail in it's over world. SV was buggy and wasn't rendering correctly or well, highly unoptimised. ZA is just flat out not even 50% finished. You can tell because of how they padded the game and how it looks and how small the world is compared to SV and Arceus.All they needed to do here was do Arceus and polish it up and make the open world more fun and the game more different the main series. They got the last part right I guess, the battles are an interesting change up.
>>58531175homuhomu
>>58533193I agree, but it's in a world that looks like it's a ps1/2 game.And after Digimon Time Stranger... it looks pathetic.For 3 decades Pokemon could flex on Digimon as the superior game franchise... I can no longer say that given this years' new Pokemon and Digimon. Digimon devs saw palworld and realised there was an opportunity. They took it. But... I do prefer the ZA battles and some of the pokemon animations despite everything else being better in Digimon.
Like holy shit man. Digimon did not fuck around here. This might be one of the most impressive looking games out today. Meanwhile at pokemon...
>>58533220This shit hurts my eyes, you’re tasteless.
>>58533235Mate, it's as detailed as fucking Hong Kong, what the fuck are you on about?I don't think Cyberpunk (aside from the road maybe) had this much detail in buildings. It feels somehow like Nier Automata too.
>>58533021why did he do it
>>58533220>>58533209what gameis it good
>>58533220>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>58533053The fucking sewer looks really good for some reason it's crazy.
>>58533061>le youtuber said it was le floppyalso metroid prime 4 will sell like shit whether it's good or bad, but nintendo are well aware it won't sell before it even releases. if they needed it to succeed, they'd actually advertise it.
>>58533526poor guy couldn't get past the word filter
>>58533549looks like shit compared to the Pokemon Z-A sewers
>>58533549now that's a cool alligator
>>58533535fun game for sure and a pretty dam interesting story. Team building is really fun once you figure out the stat system. Grinding isnt bad since you can fast forward the animations and auto battle. The NPC digimon are all correctly sized but not yours which can pull you out of the immersion but them battle animations are sweet! Also Beelstarmon is in the game
>>58532804>operating as an AAA developerYou people are so fucking insane. I can’t believe I am reading shit like this in a videogame board. God I hate you so much, if there is a god forgive me for this hatred but I just cannot stand how stupid this post is
>>58533583>Pokemon Z-A sewerssecond best looking area in the game vs the normal over world. idk if thats what you want to compare lol
>>58532804>Why is Gamefreak even still allowed to make mainline Pokemon games?They are making hundreds of millions from a budget of less than 15 million. What do you mean?
>>58533220>one of the most impressive looking games out todaynot at all but it does look very nice and was a lot of fun
>>58533220nu-Pokemon's problem isn't muh graffikss it's that it has no good art direction. Lumiose looks like a generic city
>>58532804>Why is Gamefreak even still allowed to make mainline Pokemon games?They co-own the franchise, there's not enough money in the world to buy them out of their share, and you keep buying their slop anyway.
>>58532989>Time Stranger, which is still stuck in 2002 with gameplayUnless you're one of those spergs who thinks turn-based combat as a whole is outdated, I don't see it. TS' gameplay is pretty standard for a turn-based JRPG in 2025.
>>58533081Bdsp was the worst pokemon game ever, i don't think they'll be asked to make another one...
>>58533053Didnt ZA have a budget of like $10 million?
>>58533194>They're clearly rushed. They have been since sword and shield.Um...>The battle frontier project has started
Pokemon ZA? More like pokemon ZAZA! Cause you can only bear playing it if you're high!
>>58533920The thing was basically developed in less than a year because PLA couldn't arrive for holiday season, and directed by Masuda. Given this and their previous record, ILCA aren't the bad guys in this story IMO. And TPC seems to agree, since ILCA are now working on 4 different spinoffs through The Pokemon Works
>>58532804>It's clear they are incapable of operating as a AAA developer.They're not incapable, they just don't. They've never needed to at any point including today. Pokemon has made record profits year after year just from being made by a small indie studio.
>>58533220it's still digimon though which has zero appeal if you aren't a fucking dork
>>58534215Here's my 200M$ idea: pokemon but it's made by digimon devs.
>>58534215>zero appeal if you aren't a fucking dorkhow does a thought like this enter your brain when you are here on this board
