Why is it failed?
Because none of you have any friends
>>58801581I do but they are smarter than me and know better to not play pokemon
>>58801560pokemon reskin of a free mobile game that you have to pay for
>>58801560Because its fucking shit like 95% of the games this IP puts out now
it was The One With No Replay Value
>>58801560Bigger scam than the legends ZA dlc.
>>58801560Because the (free) phone version was super limited with how many levels you could play per day and the Switch version wanted like $30 for a phone-tier minigame compilation with some Pokemon assets. The later levels are fun but it should have been $15 max.
too many pokémon mobile games. it's actually obscene
Overpriced asset flip that could've been on Pokemon.com for free.
>>58801765I miss when we used to get proper spinoffs like PMD, Pokemon Pinball, Pokemon Conquest and Pokken Tournament. The only console-exclusive spinoff we’re getting this gen is Pokopia which looks like mobile slop anyways.
>>58801941Blame Pokemon GO for raking in a billion trillions with a budget of peanuts
>>58801941>this genGen 9? We also had Detective Pikachu Returns which was a disgrace to the okay original.
>>58801988Oh yesh. I had forgotten about that turd.
>>58801981The Game Freak Method
>>58801627Only 95%?
>>58801560anyone know where i can download the modded version and play without any monetization or timegating?
>>58801981and tcgbraindead fans are the reason for the downfall of this franchise
>>58801941Pokopia is made by the dqb developers. It's okay if it's not your kind of game but it's exactly the bigger budget spinoff people are always clamoring for.
>>58801560Because it was not a real product. It was literally made to fill in time slot during Pokemon Direct.There's zero value in this "product". It's just bunch of shitty free mobile games with shitty and expensive paint poured all over it.
>>58801627Damn......
>>58801581Fpbp trvke
>>58801560It's a collection of a few kindergarten flash games with strict daily play limits
>>58801560Lowkey never even heard of this before
>>58801981Even without GO's success, this was always the inevitable path the franchise would take. Developing a myriad of spinoffs for handhelds/consoles only kept getting more expensive with each platform, and starting with 3DS it stopped being feasible if your goal was "minimum investment, maximum profit". There's a problem if your spinoff costs more to develop than your main series game, which is basically the case now.
>>58801560No marketing for starters. I've never seen this get mentioned on /vp/ before today.
>>58804829>There's a problem if your spinoff costs more to develop than your main series gameIf that’s ever the case then your issue is you’re not spending enough in the main series
>>58805195And that's not the "minimum investment, maximum profit" way. GameFreak has no interest in making their mainline games high cost because higher budget will not magically equate higher sales. A key point noticed in the Teraleak was the observation that they're being mindful of how increasingly pricey DLC expansions are becoming when it comes to ratio encompassing content, price and investment cost, they WANT to keep things dirt cheap because of how affordable the formula is.Spinoffs just aren't like that, especially ones made by other companies, and the only way they'll make notable returns on spinoff investments is through making them mobile slop.
