Things that grind your gears!

[OshyHikari]

I disagree. Go created new fans that would never have played a Pokémon game before its release and it is the reason Pokémon actually had a Super Bowl commercial which is a huge deal for any business or franchise. When you get an ad that premieres during the Super Bowl, you know you’ve made it. Sonic never got a commercial. Legend of Zelda hasn’t either. And Super Smash Bros definitely never got a Super Bowl ad. But Pokémon Go, a game not at the even out at the time got one and for the 20th anniversary of the franchise too. Mario didn’t even get one for the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros and he is a major pop culture icon.

I see where you are coming from. I always see most GO players as the new Genwunners, someone who stays loyal only to their game of choice (GO and R/B/Y) and refuses to try other entries in the franchise. Super Bowl only increased that traction, and shows that GO would not have become the highest-grossing entry in the franchise had it not had traction during such a major sporting event.

 

[Luthor]

Lazy Pokedex entries annoy me

look at Unfezent's entries in just Sword and Shield

Male

Sword: Unfezant are exceptional fliers. The females are known for their stamina, while the males outclass them in terms of speed.
Shield: This Pokémon is intelligent and intensely proud. People will sit up and take notice if you become the Trainer of one.

Female

Sword: Females of this species are very capable fliers, particularly notable for their stamina. They also take longer to adjust to people.
Shield: This Pokémon is intelligent and intensely proud. People will sit up and take notice if you become the Trainer of one.

Surely they could have come up with something more interesting.

 

[Requiem Aeternam]

That the Gigantamax forms of Flapple and Appletun both have the exact same menu sprite. I’m trying to get a HA G-Max Flapple but the only way I can do that is by joining random raids and I’m ending up with more Appletun than Flapple.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

That the Gigantamax forms of Flapple and Appletun both have the exact same menu sprite. I’m trying to get a HA G-Max Flapple but the only way I can do that is by joining random raids and I’m ending up with more Appletun than Flapple.

I have an extra Flapple but I’m not sure about it’s Ability. Do you only want a HA GMax Flapple?

 

[Requiem Aeternam]

I have an extra Flapple but I’m not sure about it’s Ability. Do you only want a HA GMax Flapple?

I’ve managed to catch one already but thanks anyway.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I find it annoying that Inkay and Malamar can’t learn Octazooka still but a seahorse Can despite actual sea horses don’t make ink.

I’ve managed to catch one already but thanks anyway.

You’re welcome.

 

[Leonhart]

Lazy Pokedex entries annoy me

I seem to recall that HG/SS had quite a few short and dull Zukan (Pokedex) entries for the Gen III and IV Pokemon. I can't list them all, but from memory it seemed like the programmers didn't even try when it came to adding interesting flavor text.

 

[Weavy]

Lazy Pokedex entries annoy me

This bothers me as well, but do you want to know which ones annoy me the most? The Ultra Beasts, specifically from USUM. Not counting Nihilego and the new ones introduced in said games, they all have the exact same dex entry word for word in one of those versions each. The entry is as follows:

"Although it's alien to this world and a danger here, it's apparently a common organism in the world which in normally lives"

Did those Ultra Beasts really need to have the same Dex entry? They could have come up with some unique for the opposite game instead of that.

Speaking of Dex entries, something else that's bothered me rather recently for SwSh is that the official website has some additional information as well as brief descriptions for some of the Gen 8 mons, but none of this extra information is mentioned in their Dex entries. It would have been cool to see that in game, but apparently not.

 

[Bortgreen]

GF adding Mega Evolution to Switch in Let's Go just to remove it in SwSh

 

[TheWanderingMist]

I find it annoying that Inkay and Malamar can’t learn Octazooka still but a seahorse Can despite actual sea horses don’t make ink.


You’re welcome.

It's because to learn Octazooka you need something that can fire like a cannon, like Seadra's mouth. Although apparently Grapploct gets it but I assume that that is because it is an octopus.

 

[RedJirachi]

Melony and Hatterene never say ara ara

 

[Luthor]

Having played Sword I think the lack of focus given to the Melony/Gordie backstory is somewhat disappointing. I was very confused why I walked into what I was expecting to be an ice gym and it turned out to be a rock gym (which was admittedly not a issue as given similar weakness ) which if after the battle there was a hint behind the reasoning would have felt more complete

 

[theclaw]

The complaining about gen 1. Drop the ignorant act.
It might be difficult to describe what exactly is different about them, but the original Pokemon designs have achieved by far the widest general recognition by the public for a very good reason.

 

[Ignition]

The complaining about gen 1. Drop the ignorant act.
It might be difficult to describe what exactly is different about them, but the original Pokemon designs have achieved by far the widest general recognition by the public for a very good reason.

Because they’re the oldest? They’d naturally have more time to get recognition in pop culture and there’s always the nostalgic bias. That doesn’t really prove anything about how good Kanto or it designs are because the same situation would happen if Gen 5 or 8’s designs were first.

No one’s ignorant about why there’s Kanto bias. The familiarity is what makes people tired of seeing it so commonly.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I don’t know why people keep complaining about Gen 1 getting extra love in every game. Without it we wouldn’t even have seven more generations of Pokémon or anime. Nintendo keeps referencing DK and Mario’s first game in newer Mario games. Zelda has used Ganon in one form or another for several games and even reuse Octorocks in almost every single game in the series. Sometimes it’s better to keep using things that started a major video game phenomenon.

 

[Ignition]

That’s terrible logic. Sure I agree the complaints about Gen 1 representation get a bit overboard but
it’s not the same as Mario or DK. Both of them don’t let the references and callback take as much significance as Pokémon does with Gen 1. Saying we wouldn’t have others generations w/o is a no brainer.

And it’s not like people are mad over Kanto getting representation: look at regional variations & Megas as well as the return of Red/Blue in SM. It’s when it gets more than other regions and the same Pokémon get attention like Meowth, Eevee, & Charizard.

I don’t see how it’s not obvious why people don’t like it regardless of if you agree or not

 

[Leonhart]

I don’t know why people keep complaining about Gen 1 getting extra love in every game. Without it we wouldn’t even have seven more generations of Pokémon or anime. Nintendo keeps referencing DK and Mario’s first game in newer Mario games. Zelda has used Ganon in one form or another for several games and even reuse Octorocks in almost every single game in the series. Sometimes it’s better to keep using things that started a major video game phenomenon.

I get what you're trying to say, although I think many of the complaints about too much Gen I pandering have had more to do with the sheer amount of Gen I nostalgia bait by comparison to, say, Gen II nostalgia pandering. I like Kanto as much as anyone, but after about five or six years of back-to-back Gen I nostalgia bombs, I've grown extremely weary of that whole era of the franchise.

 

[RedJirachi]

Female Salandit don't have a gender distinction. It's frustrating because in Sword and Shield you can see overworld Combee's gender difference so you know what's not useless. Not so with Salandit

 

[Ignition]

All the Gym Leader’s in SwSh’s post game tell you, in some variation, to call them if you need their assistance but there’s never a time to use it. Realistically, one would think they’d help you in Max Raid battles. It’s not like it’s unprecedented for you to recruit important NPCs for battles.

 

[Luthor]

As the GTS now goes through Pokemon Home what can now be annoying is while you move a Pokemon Home to do the trade you end up missing the trade due to the time it takes.