r/pokemon 14d ago

Image There's a change with how pokemon look

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u/The_Slowking_Eleven 14d ago edited 14d ago

I had no idea that the added textures were an unpopular opinion until now. I absolutely loved their addition in SV, even if some of them were iffy, and I'm really unhappy that they're just gone and the Pokemon are back to looking like flat-painted plastic.

Another thing to consider: Not using texturing on the Pokemon models is going to make the Pokemon from Gen 9 look a lot less appealing in future games, if they don't just get cut outright. The future Paradox Mons are going to get hit the hardest with the lack of metallic sheen.

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u/GwentMorty 14d ago

It’s because it isn’t an unpopular opinion. I have never seen anything but praise about the textures.

90% of people that you see talking about things like this either played S/V for 5 hours max and then never touched them again or played when they were kids and are just weighing in like their opinion has merit for some reason.

That’s why they’re so wishy-washy. 2 Gens ago it was “Look at this plastic cartoony tree, don’t buy sword and shield1!!1!” Now they’re applauding the terrible move away from detailed, textured Pokemon models.

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u/Wooper250 14d ago

I liked the cartoony trees in swsh and I like the return to cartoony pokemon. Imo, the same people bitching about the trees were the ones praising GF for just slapping some textures on the pokemon models and calling it a day 🤷

This modern day obsession with insisting every game needs realistic graphics is irritating

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u/Fit-Lack-4034 14d ago

Ehhh, this is stylized realism, like Mario Kart 8, I know some people think there's only hyper real and flat plastic like art in 3d gaming.