Context: in the new DLC for the game Pokemon Z-A, one of the legendaries you can capture is Volcanion, a pokemon from a previous generation. And how do you do that? The game brings you to a “basements with no lights on” where Volcanion can be summoned and fought. Of course that basement is really just a cubic empty room and the fight (against a legendary) has no special cutscene or music or peculiar gimmick. Rarely I saw this level of laziness in 25 years gaming development.
Seek_Jamaharon on
Damn, even The Sims gives you more than that for $30.
PuertoricanDude88 on
Didn’t Nintendo did something similar with the new Donkey Kong? $20 for a stage with nothing in it?
novaestormne on
$30 for this? It seems the developers believe in our dedication so much that they decided to see if we would just buy a set of pixels assembled in the dark with our left foot.
Madness_Alise on
It is what it is as usual…
vitekdocus on
“‘30 dollars DLC’ bold of them to charge a whole game’s worth for disappointment: deluxe edition.” 💀
Ok-Detail4461 on
Nintendo people will swallow anything
Interztellar_ on
Not sure why people are still giving their money to nintendo with the amount of shit they’ve been doing and churning out lately, especially when it comes to Pokémon
whiskeyjack1053 on
That’s honestly pathetic, could they not just reuse the Heatran location?
ArcerPL on
Quick reminder pal world has more love and care put into that than this single dlc, yet it’s Nintendo who want to have the monopoly on pocket monsters and wants to patent and sue anyone who tries to use it
ImNoob89 on
Pokémon holding a monopoly on monster taming games (and gamefreaks over reliance on cheap temporary developers rather then long term developers) has made them not try to not innovate, as there is no popular competitors that would gain the market share if the games are bad.
There needs to be a game that competes with Pokémon so both innovate to best the other, instead of banishing a similar game for being a “Pokémon clone”.
Magnaraksesa on
Damn I stopped caring about newer Pokémon games after sun and moon and to see Shield/Scarlet look like they need more time to cook and now even a long awaited sequel to Pokémon X and Y this is what we’re getting?
Thedarknight725 on
It’s a reference to how you couldn’t get Volcanion legitimately in Gen 6, but people were able to hack the game to get it. When you talk to Mabel, she says that she found a hacked Pokeball containing it, referencing how people got Volcanion through non-legit means. And the black void is how it’s in a place that you’re not supposed to be able to access, but people did to get it back in Gen 6.
Awoken_Noob on
Do yourself a favor and buy Palworld. Support devs who care about you as a player and want to make good content.
elaborateBlackjack on
Why do people keep buying Pokémon???, it’s disgraceful seeing the games, they’re like PS2 games ffs
zeno_22 on
That’s one battle out of the entire DLC. I do agree with you that they should have done more, cause even in the context of the fight you’re fighting it in a basement because it’s pokeball had to be hacked since it was trapped so just give it a basement setting which there are plenty of in the game already.
But don’t judge the entire DLC off a single battle in a side mission
HolyBidetServitor on
Didn’t learn after Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Nintendo knows they can half ass their games these days and people will eat the slop because It’s the super Mario company.
jess_the_werefox on
What’s going on now? $30 for one pokemon? That’s fucked by itself, but I feel like there’s more
Somehow I have a level 10 volcanion and I have no idea where it came from, but I’ve had it for like 10+ years. Just moved it between games
Weth_C on
And guess how many people will continue to buy the games next release. These are the same people who keep Wells Fargo in business.
vip_lavender_nude on
I wonder how much of that $30 went toward developing textures for this ‘arena’?
PixelReaper69 on
Nintendo fans should be ashamed of themselves… But no, who am I kidding… They would happily accept bread crumbs thrown to them… And it encourages the already so greedy company even more
MichHAELJR on
Pokemon legends is really fun mechanics, but the Arceus was better because you explored and the world was pretty big and the new capture mechanics was amazing. ZA is okay. Its like “hey pokemon are here only and a few on roofs… go explore this tiny capture zone that is the size of a courtyard. “
It took so much if the mystery out and exploration out.
Pokemon was always walking to a new city and fighting mew pokeon on the way. We lost something in that game. Scarltt and Violet were just awful.
-lRexl- on
Stop watching streamers too. They keep hyping them up on the side
TyeKiller77 on
I’m sorry, I’m trying to drum up some surprise but outside Arceus, pokemon has been in a constant downward spiral starting with Sun and Moon.
Fluffybudgierearend on
You bought a Nintendo game in the big 26. They’ve been making the same game for the past few decades. Stop buying it and maybe they’ll learn to improve.
LZSaix on
*sigh* time to plunder the high seas
suspiciousdishes on
Man, remember Pokemon battle stadium?
VoidLookedBack on
So is this pokemon made by Gamefreak too or did Nintendo bring in a new studio?
LowHistorian9654 on
So this is Game Freak’s Horse Armor? And here I thought I’d never see the day.
Sydmeister1369 on
Oh, I thought the outrage was gonna be that the Pokémon kinda resembles a vibrating cock ring with legs.
The other stuff sucks too but lollllll what is this
RobbSnow64 on
Im genuinely surprised people still feed nintendo money, its like a fetish at this point.
AccomplishedOyster on
Commenting to be able to return to see when the Pokemon/Nintendo fans catch wind of this and start defending it in the comments.
Beiconqueso02 on
They do it because people keep buying it
Disastrous-Border650 on
Pokemon has been churning out the same exact game for years and they still keep paying for it.
Mesfenisa on
They should have spent less time suing Palworld, and more time taking notes and copying Palworld…. It’s sad how much better that game is.
Thedarknight725 on
Also the dlc adds way more than this, like a whole bunch of new Pokemon, new megas and other stuff. The way you’re saying it makes it seem like this one legendary encounter costs $30.
DedeLionforce on
Having any expectations of Nintendo has to be some for of psychosis. Expect nothing and still get disappointed.
WindUpCandler on
Bro stop buying this shit. The reason they’re so lazy is cause it keeps selling well. You think they care if people complain as long as they keep eating the slop they push out?
Unless y’all start showing some restraint and stop buying everything with a fucking pikachu on it they’ll just keep making these games worse and worse.
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Context: in the new DLC for the game Pokemon Z-A, one of the legendaries you can capture is Volcanion, a pokemon from a previous generation. And how do you do that? The game brings you to a “basements with no lights on” where Volcanion can be summoned and fought. Of course that basement is really just a cubic empty room and the fight (against a legendary) has no special cutscene or music or peculiar gimmick. Rarely I saw this level of laziness in 25 years gaming development.
Damn, even The Sims gives you more than that for $30.
Didn’t Nintendo did something similar with the new Donkey Kong? $20 for a stage with nothing in it?
$30 for this? It seems the developers believe in our dedication so much that they decided to see if we would just buy a set of pixels assembled in the dark with our left foot.
It is what it is as usual…
“‘30 dollars DLC’ bold of them to charge a whole game’s worth for disappointment: deluxe edition.” 💀
Nintendo people will swallow anything
Not sure why people are still giving their money to nintendo with the amount of shit they’ve been doing and churning out lately, especially when it comes to Pokémon
That’s honestly pathetic, could they not just reuse the Heatran location?
Quick reminder pal world has more love and care put into that than this single dlc, yet it’s Nintendo who want to have the monopoly on pocket monsters and wants to patent and sue anyone who tries to use it
Pokémon holding a monopoly on monster taming games (and gamefreaks over reliance on cheap temporary developers rather then long term developers) has made them not try to not innovate, as there is no popular competitors that would gain the market share if the games are bad.
There needs to be a game that competes with Pokémon so both innovate to best the other, instead of banishing a similar game for being a “Pokémon clone”.
Damn I stopped caring about newer Pokémon games after sun and moon and to see Shield/Scarlet look like they need more time to cook and now even a long awaited sequel to Pokémon X and Y this is what we’re getting?
It’s a reference to how you couldn’t get Volcanion legitimately in Gen 6, but people were able to hack the game to get it. When you talk to Mabel, she says that she found a hacked Pokeball containing it, referencing how people got Volcanion through non-legit means. And the black void is how it’s in a place that you’re not supposed to be able to access, but people did to get it back in Gen 6.
Do yourself a favor and buy Palworld. Support devs who care about you as a player and want to make good content.
Why do people keep buying Pokémon???, it’s disgraceful seeing the games, they’re like PS2 games ffs
That’s one battle out of the entire DLC. I do agree with you that they should have done more, cause even in the context of the fight you’re fighting it in a basement because it’s pokeball had to be hacked since it was trapped so just give it a basement setting which there are plenty of in the game already.
But don’t judge the entire DLC off a single battle in a side mission
Didn’t learn after Animal Crossing: New Horizons?
Nintendo knows they can half ass their games these days and people will eat the slop because It’s the super Mario company.
What’s going on now? $30 for one pokemon? That’s fucked by itself, but I feel like there’s more
Somehow I have a level 10 volcanion and I have no idea where it came from, but I’ve had it for like 10+ years. Just moved it between games
And guess how many people will continue to buy the games next release. These are the same people who keep Wells Fargo in business.
I wonder how much of that $30 went toward developing textures for this ‘arena’?
Nintendo fans should be ashamed of themselves… But no, who am I kidding… They would happily accept bread crumbs thrown to them… And it encourages the already so greedy company even more
Pokemon legends is really fun mechanics, but the Arceus was better because you explored and the world was pretty big and the new capture mechanics was amazing. ZA is okay. Its like “hey pokemon are here only and a few on roofs… go explore this tiny capture zone that is the size of a courtyard. “
It took so much if the mystery out and exploration out.
Pokemon was always walking to a new city and fighting mew pokeon on the way. We lost something in that game. Scarltt and Violet were just awful.
Stop watching streamers too. They keep hyping them up on the side
I’m sorry, I’m trying to drum up some surprise but outside Arceus, pokemon has been in a constant downward spiral starting with Sun and Moon.
You bought a Nintendo game in the big 26. They’ve been making the same game for the past few decades. Stop buying it and maybe they’ll learn to improve.
*sigh* time to plunder the high seas
Man, remember Pokemon battle stadium?
So is this pokemon made by Gamefreak too or did Nintendo bring in a new studio?
So this is Game Freak’s Horse Armor? And here I thought I’d never see the day.
Oh, I thought the outrage was gonna be that the Pokémon kinda resembles a vibrating cock ring with legs.
The other stuff sucks too but lollllll what is this
Im genuinely surprised people still feed nintendo money, its like a fetish at this point.
Commenting to be able to return to see when the Pokemon/Nintendo fans catch wind of this and start defending it in the comments.
They do it because people keep buying it
Pokemon has been churning out the same exact game for years and they still keep paying for it.
They should have spent less time suing Palworld, and more time taking notes and copying Palworld…. It’s sad how much better that game is.
Also the dlc adds way more than this, like a whole bunch of new Pokemon, new megas and other stuff. The way you’re saying it makes it seem like this one legendary encounter costs $30.
Having any expectations of Nintendo has to be some for of psychosis. Expect nothing and still get disappointed.
Bro stop buying this shit. The reason they’re so lazy is cause it keeps selling well. You think they care if people complain as long as they keep eating the slop they push out?
Unless y’all start showing some restraint and stop buying everything with a fucking pikachu on it they’ll just keep making these games worse and worse.