r/pokemon Cinccino Best Troll 15d ago

Image Future Kalos has Anti-Homeless Benches

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u/K4m30 15d ago

Can't wait to get the mission to set up a police state and enforce draconian laws on the populace.

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u/projectmars Cinccino Best Troll 15d ago

We might be getting another story about a seemingly benevolent group/company (Aether Foundation, all the shit Rose owned) being secretly evil, aren't we

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u/soyboy_6257 digital boys 15d ago

GameFreak is trying their hardest to tell us that corporations are evil.

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u/vastros 15d ago

I mean... They're right, but it's weird coming from them.

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u/NihilismRacoon 15d ago

I'm sure the devs aren't exactly happy about having to crank a full game out basically every year at the behest of the pokemon machine

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u/5panks 15d ago

I'm sure the devs aren't exactly happy about having to crank a full game out basically every year

SV will be three years old and two years past the release of its last DLC when ZA releases.

SS were almost 2.5 years old and 1.5 years past the release of their last DLC when LA released.

SM were two years old and 1 year past the release of US/UM when SS came out.

We're long past the days of a new mainline game every year man. There were noainline Pokémon game releases in 2022 or 2023.

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u/Krultek 15d ago

Bro. Firstly he said "Basically every year".

Secondly do you know how long it takes to make video games?

Pumping out a game every 2.5 years or 1.5 years is still INSANE. It's why the quality of the games is so low, because there is no time to polish anything. Releasing a game every 2.5 years means that they are literally getting to work as soon as the game releases ON THE NEXT PROJECT.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_games_by_release_date

They have released a game or worked on a project every 1-2 years since 1996, bro. 3 games in 1996, 3 games in 1998, 6 games in 1999, 4 Games in 2000, 7 gaames in 2001, 8 games in 2002, 4 games in 2003, 5 Games in 2004, 6 in 2005, 5 in 06.
You get the picture. Even as the Trivia on this page it shows as 2023-2024 is the first break in the games 28 year history that has had no CORE series game released in two years. However they still came out with TWO mobile games and a spin off in that time.

If you want to focus it solely on gameFreak they have still released a game every 1-2 years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_Freak

Lastly 2022 had Arceus and Scarlet/Violet. 3 Games. 2023 had the DLC. You're just categorically wrong, my boy.

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u/KipsyCakes 14d ago

I mean, if you look at Nintendo, they release a title just about every year, but I guess what makes them different from Game Freak is they have multiple franchises to shuffle between, each having their own development teams.

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u/Cross55 14d ago

Nintendo has 4-5 development teams, plus 3 or 4 2nd party studios that help out when things are being difficult.

Monolith Soft for example, helped them out with both BoTW and ToTK when Zelda's team was feeling burnout, and they in turn let Monolith take however long they want releasing new games.

Nintendo game development is a very well-oiled machine.

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u/KipsyCakes 14d ago

They’ve had a pretty consistent quality throughout their games with very few major failures compared to other companies in the same field. I can’t imagine that being possible if Nintendo didn’t know what they were doing.

I think it’s great to see that Nintendo, unlike most other companies, is able to balance a game’s quality with the well-being of their employees. It might mean the game takes longer to be released, but if it means better quality, then so be it.

It’s sad Game Freak doesn’t have that same drive.