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Pokemon Sword & Shield GENERAL DISCUSSION Thread [Spoilers]
Rainbowdashtheawesome
20% Cooler
I still say Impidimp is great because of the simplicity of its design; it's just so cartoonish and goofy that it's brilliant.
1rkhachatryan
Call me Robert guys
They usually don't update the site until they release a video on youtube so we'll need to wait until most likely this weekend at the game fair where they'll probably reveal Yamper and Impidimp in a short minute long video or something.
Rainbowdashtheawesome
20% Cooler
It absolutely is gambling. You spend money just for a chance to get the thing you want; there's no guarantee you'll actually get it. It's one thing if you buy the exact item you want directly like in Pokemon Go, but it's another thing to just get a chance to get it.
Ignition
We are so back Zygardebros
Candy Crush is the same way tho? I’m not seeing the difference
1rkhachatryan
Call me Robert guys
I'm saying while candy crush is harder to not buy coins since your lives run out in two seconds, the same issue isn't present in most pokemon games.
Ignition
We are so back Zygardebros
I guess. The core concept of having money shorten waiting time and the rarity of items is still there in both but I understand what you’re saying
1rkhachatryan
Call me Robert guys
Honestly the only time the wait times have been ridiculous is have been in this new rumble mobile game hence why I don't play it.
Ultra Beast Lover
Well-Known Member
I'm not really a fan of pay to win games, it's too cheap even for me
Squirtle85
Ready, Set, and GO
Have they shown yet the Elite 4 equivalent of this region? Aside from the Champion.
crystalphoenix88
Fan 5ever
Nope, just Leon the Champion, Milo the Grass-type Gym Leader, and Nessa the Water-type Gym Leader.
Two other Gym Leaders were mentioned in the largely-accurate pre-Direct Dynamax leak, but that discussion has to stay in the Rumor & Speculation Thread.
KillerDraco
Well-Known Member
To be fair, I don't recall them revealing any E4 members in pre-release materials for the past few generations, so I wouldn't necessarily expect to get any of that info in the near future.
PreschoolerFromNowhere
Well-Known Member
If that reveal E4 members before the game even release, i'm not going to happy about that, it a little too much, even if they have an early role in the game, i would like to see them first by myself, some remake game can show E4 but not a new one for sure.
Even the Gym, we should get around 4-5 Gym Leaders characters reveal before the game come out, the one we'll know before the game out are the evil team members, it would be cool if they won't spoil the leader of the gang and show only grunt members or some big rank members but i'm sure they will do it anyway...
Character reveal will go along with new Pokemon since they will use a new Pokemon at least one in the team so unless more new Pokemon reveal, you can't expect more character too see so soon.
And also let me talk about Masters a bit here, while you can say as you want that lootbox/gacha games are gambling but you can't change the fact that this kind of games are doing well as earning money for devs, for a Nintendo game as example, Mario run where you buy a full game once without any more gacha didn't do much, animal crossing pay real money for in-game ticket also didn't do much but Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragalia lost with a gacha for characters earn a lot than first two games, i'm sure i read a report before, Fire Emblem earned 10.7 billion in 2018 and made it to 26 in top 100 most earning mobile game in japan, while the number 1 spot is Monster Stike who earned 130.2 billion following Fate/Grand Order as number 2 spot with 120.4 billion earned and both have gacha for characters.
Pokemon Go was number 7 with 32.1 billion earned by the way, just in case you wonder.
Even the Gym, we should get around 4-5 Gym Leaders characters reveal before the game come out, the one we'll know before the game out are the evil team members, it would be cool if they won't spoil the leader of the gang and show only grunt members or some big rank members but i'm sure they will do it anyway...
Character reveal will go along with new Pokemon since they will use a new Pokemon at least one in the team so unless more new Pokemon reveal, you can't expect more character too see so soon.
And also let me talk about Masters a bit here, while you can say as you want that lootbox/gacha games are gambling but you can't change the fact that this kind of games are doing well as earning money for devs, for a Nintendo game as example, Mario run where you buy a full game once without any more gacha didn't do much, animal crossing pay real money for in-game ticket also didn't do much but Fire Emblem Heroes and Dragalia lost with a gacha for characters earn a lot than first two games, i'm sure i read a report before, Fire Emblem earned 10.7 billion in 2018 and made it to 26 in top 100 most earning mobile game in japan, while the number 1 spot is Monster Stike who earned 130.2 billion following Fate/Grand Order as number 2 spot with 120.4 billion earned and both have gacha for characters.
Pokemon Go was number 7 with 32.1 billion earned by the way, just in case you wonder.
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ShadowForce720
Well-Known Member
I'm not sure what thread this would go in, but in regards to us potentially getting new information on Sword & Shield in the World Hobby Fair Summer '19 which takes place in Japan on June 29th & June 30th does that mean that we would get that information over in the US and other places on June 28th and June 29th here in the US and other places since Japan is a few quite a few hours ahead of the US and other places?
TheWanderingMist
Paladin of the Snow Queen
When did we learn the Kahunas would be (most of) the Alolan Elite 4? I feel like they were revealed pretty early, even if we didn't know that about them yet.
PreschoolerFromNowhere
Well-Known Member
Well... as i can call from my past memory, they show a trailer about Alola build a league but we didn't know who will be E4. Hala and Olivia was show as Kahuna at that time not E4 and we didn't learn they become E4 later so that's not count. For more information, third island and forth islans characters first seen in the quick video that play after sun and moon demo end, like Nanu or Hapu for example, and we never get a corocoro scan or trailer or web page about Nanu or Hapu, are we? We only got their artwork from game information book that came out after the game was released for a while... they don't have to show everything before the game come out after all.
Mr.Munchlax
Great Ball Rank Trainer
I also like Impidimp since I think it might be based on Gremilns due to its design & typing fit their original descriptions (small, mischievous monsters who were especially infamous in the UK during WWII for being blamed whenever planes broke down & other kinds of accidents happened).
So not only is it a unique typing, but it more than likely fits with the lore & mythos of the country that the Galar region’s based on
(PS: If I’m wrong in anyway, please correct me)
Ignition
We are so back Zygardebros
https://mobile.twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1144728464781524992
Official statement from GameFreak (specifically Masuda) regarding the National Dex controversy
Official statement from GameFreak (specifically Masuda) regarding the National Dex controversy