https://store-jp.nintendo.com/item/software/D70010000004520
GAMEFREAK PLEASE HAVE BALANCE PATCHES FOR THIS GAME PLEASE PLEASE
>>58941298Hoping for some kino single player content like the battle factory to rot in
>>58941326lol, it's just Showdown but you have to pay for it
>>58941298https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/pokemon-champions-switch/
>>58941326I'm not getting my hopes up
>>58941326For live-service mobile game? You know the deep down what this is going to be.
People forgetting that the metagame is the worst part of the game
I only care for this for the balance patches so i can add them to my romhacks.
>>58941358It's Showdown but with more useable Pokemon, moves, and abilities. You know, because of all the bans.
>>58941752don’t you love when a guy has no idea about something and then treats his opinions like fact?showdown has multiple game modes without bansI know this and I don’t use showdown that often
>>58941752are you not familiar with the concept of bans and why they exist?
This shit is going to be so unbalanced should make for a good laugh
>>58941752Regular scene bans legendaries half the time and mythicals all the time uniquely for lore reasons, but this doesn't fit with your narrative.
>>58941326I don't know what non online battlers have with this game, I have to remind people around me that it's just gonna be a battle sim for autists like me, but they keep being hyped about it for some reason.
>>58941298price?
>>58941305My biggest fear is that Game Freak is going to be autistic about it and the only balance changes we'll see are movepool changes and nothing to things like stats or abilities
>>58941832It's gonna be like Smash 4 where they mostly ignore the community and just nerf random shit that no one has any issue with>people are saying miraidon is too strong? better nerf greninja
So its coming out on Pokemon day right?
>>58941858It's not coming out before ZA Home support, VGC is also still running SV until the end of March which indicates a March/April release.
>>58941358>>58941831It's free on mobile and on switch
>>58941917For switchfags maybeBut mobileCHADS will get a headstart through an earlier launch and/or Singapore/Canada/NZ/whatever soft launch easily circumventable via VPN
>>58941326For me I'm hoping that it doesn't have single-player content at all. Just corral all the VGC players with this thing, and make the actual mainline console games entertaining single-player experiences again.
>>58941950oh, thats nice, at least i will give it a trythat being said, there will be microtransactions up the ass, doesn't it?
>>58941983>there will be microtransactions up the assIndeedSwitch is even available as a standard and "starter pack" version
The funnist part about this game is when they add Pokemon from new games that don't have home yet so you're forced to interact with the microtransactions because they'll make them obscenely broken like usual or lock pvp to certain origin marks/dexs
>>58942029That's what I'm looking forward to. Competitive Pokemon fags being reminded that they aren't the target audience and TPC staff sees them as mindless sheep.
>>58942041>Competitive Pokemon fags being reminded that they aren't the target audienceBy getting a game catered towards them and an official competition. That will sure show them
>>58942191It will unironically
>>58941298uh okay? is there a release date amongst all this gook speak? we already knew the game was coming soon because of vgc switching to champions in april.
>>58941298Please confine VGC/Smogon bros to this game so that they never influence another mainline
>>58941358Actually I won't because I'll be able to play this format on Showdown.
>>58942318>they never influence another mainlineWhen did Smogon have any influence on mainline games?
>>58942318Also same shit for VGC which isn't played outside of multiplayer>>58942323I can see a (self-imposed) gentlemen agreement about not emulating the champions formats from here.
>>58941756it's basically the entire premise of this board
retards
>release next month>vpedos with smogon derangement syndrome still act like every single mons will be in the game when they’ve been saying since day one that the game will rotate its roster to add and cut some mins depending on the current mainline gameyou had 10 years
>>58941752Gamefreak excludes things all the time in their metas. Do you think champions will be different for some reason?
>>58941831If I remember right I think it's like Pokémon Friends. It's 20 dollars on Nintendo with the starter pack but it's free in mobile minus the 20 dollar starter pack you buy separately.
>>58942444Champions is free on both, there's no benefit to gating one version of a PvP game behind a paywall.
>>58941752Will Champions even have tiers like Showdown does?If it doesn't then there goes the "more useable Pokemon" as you claim since weaker Pokemon will never get to have a chance since everyone will be spamming the most braindead shit like Miradon and Primal Kyogre.>>58941832I can bet you that there will be humiliation rituals for certain Pokemon.
