Could Game Freak ever still salvage this franchise, or is it too far gone?
Define "salvage". Because frankly, it's doing better than it ever did at any point since Pokémania died. Or do you mean "when are they going to start caring I exist again" because that'll never happen. You're too old, too niche and too sperg to care about, hence why they left you in the dirt with the dinosaurs.
>>58865743I stopped playing Pokemon after X and Y sucked balls, and honestly I've had a lot of fun with both of the Legends games and Scarlet and Violet.
>>58865743It's too far gone and needs to be taken behind the barn to be put out of its miseries.
>>58865749She meant qualitatively, not commercially. Be serious for once on your life.
>>58865814Oh it still is, it's one of the best kid-focused game series around, which is what it's ALWAYS been. Can you stop being an entitled manchild fuck for once in YOUR life? You grew out of their focus, either find what enjoyment you can from it or fuck off and play "serious" games made for "serious" adults like you want pokémon to be. Shit, Beast of Reincarnation is RIGHT there - an uninspired rip-off filled with pwetty gwaffix for the brainwashed chuds (who are right now hailing this as evidence Game Freak are "hampered" by Nintendo and the Switch).
>>58865743if Pokemon was made by anybody else, it wouldn't be Pokemon anymore
>>58865743I'm pretty sure pokemon is doing good right now
Boomerfag invaded the thread already
>>58865857She meant qualitatively not commercially you dumb hoe
>>58865743No. The current corporate climate is extremely risk averse, stuck in an endless reboot and sequel cycle. And if you have a money printing formula like Pokemon it makes no sense to try and reinvent the wheel.
>>58865824oh my fucking god kill yourself you annoying piece of shit. PLEASE.nta
is muh boomerfag the one whose pics we were trying to stealdid he make us lose a lot of izzat by destroying shaun so thoroughlyis that why we have to pretend to be him
>>58865814>She meant qualitatively,Elaborate on what needs to be saved qualitatively.
>>58866527
franchise was salvedgeded already
>>58866695Touché.
>>58866695>muh dexit screechingOh, so nothing. Good to know.
>>58865743>could Game Freak salvageNo Game Freak are actively dogshit devs and will never improve because they get nothing but ass pats because their games still sell way more than they deserve. Look at anything nonPokemon they've put out and it wouldn't even be front page of Kongregate Flash game tier.Pokemon games would be better handled by another studio but that won't happen until GF fucks up bad enough for a Pokemon game to not break even. Though even then I'm not sure because BDSP was made by someone else and it was shit. They should have left Genius Sorority making games since theirs were great but nope Nintendo sentenced them to the mobile game mines.
>>58866857>she didn't see the Beast of Reincarnation trailer
the problem isn't the franchisethe problem is game freak itself
>>58866870You mean worse looking Wild Hearts?
>>58866857https://store.steampowered.com/app/2304440/Creatures_of_Ava/
>>58866695>SV keeps filtering normgroidskino
It doesn't need to be salvaged because it's still the biggest franchise in the planet and it's making more money than ever.>oh the games are technically badYes, but it doesn't matter.>oh but I'm not happy with the gamesFor every (you) there are hundreds of kids that are buying the games, buying the merch and watching the merch ads (the anime). They don't care, and they don't need to care.
>>58866886The problem is the fanbase who are never happy but still buy it anyway
>>58865743Some damage is permanent, like adding the gen 8 pokedexBut they could turn it around any time. Just start making good games, reevaluate how the setting has morphed over time.
>>58867379Anon, I can practically smell the farts of yours your huffing from here. Get over yourself.
>>58866898Thanks.
>>58865884Do it yourself, you feeble little fucker. Or else fuck off and make your own wee safespace of the internet where you can cry about outgrowing Game Freak's focus without me around to slap you in the face with the dildo of reality by pointing out it's not actually "trash" because it dropped the autistic spergs who thought it was always going to be created exclusively for (Them) like (You).
>>58867532Why is that permanent? That gen already gave us the dexcut. Just delete all those numons.
>>58865743Based
>>58866695Even more based
>>58865743No. Their design sense is completely gone, or rather, was deliberately castrated. They never ever had a mind for gameplay design, with the "ambition" of ZA being so radically different ultimately just being "Xenoblade 2, but worse".
>>58868481That causes a retroactive issue of also deleting a lot of the older shitmons from the franchise to hyper optimize dexes with boring safe picks like Kanto Starters, Pikachu, Eevee, Gardevoir, Lucario, Garchomp, etc. People who praise games like Hoenn or Unova will be even louder and more obnoxious due to the franchise sanding down its identity to the popmons over its massive variety, but also it means Game Freak can get lazier and shittier with new mons because only like 2 from the newer dexes will actually get to be in more games
>>58865743Low IQ normalfags and casuals will still buy them
