The thing is: judging by how old the franchise is, they need to realise that a big portion of the fanbase starts to be OG. The game can be easy (default mode), but a little love for the OG fan portion could be present (a difficult mode). The target audience is new kids, and that's fine, but a big fraction of the fanbase is old enough to question things and deserve to be heard as well. But this is my personal opinion, it is how I see the franchise should evolve.
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The thing is: judging by how old the franchise is, they need to realise that a big portion of the fanbase starts to be OG. The game can be easy (default mode), but a little love for the OG fan portion could be present (a difficult mode). The target audience is new kids, and that's fine, but a big fraction of the fanbase is old enough to question things and deserve to be heard as well. But this is my personal opinion, it is how I see the franchise should evolve.
I don't have one, but it's everything from Gens 1 to 4 so you can just look at Serebii's list of unobtainable Pokemon and ignore everything starting with Snivy. I didn't count, but it looks like about 2/3 of the remaining Pokemon would come back if SwSh was patched for this when Home is updated.
Patch notes are out. Music is what it is.
Quick question that recently came to mind, but has there been any indication as to how the Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn starters will be obtainable in BDSP?
I mean feasibly you could transfer Kanto and Hoenn starters from SwSh to BDSP it they allow that via HOME, but the question still stands as to whether you can actually get some of your own in BDSP itself.
The Johto starters are obviously in the data, but the question still stands as to how Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile can be obtained in the game without any sort of foreign transfer.
I mean feasibly you could transfer Kanto and Hoenn starters from SwSh to BDSP it they allow that via HOME, but the question still stands as to whether you can actually get some of your own in BDSP itself.
The Johto starters are obviously in the data, but the question still stands as to how Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile can be obtained in the game without any sort of foreign transfer.
Seems odd they would exclude Feebas. For starters can't you just breed and trade?
I'd like to know this as well.
Probably gifts if you complete the Pokédex (?), or acheive a certain thing, i guess...
People have found starters in the underground, probably rare and post national dex.
This is a full list of everything not currently in SwSh (excluding ofc the new LA stuff), so if they were to add everything to SwSh that's in BDSP; then yes, that would be the vast vast majority of Pokémon. I doubt this will be the case, but if it is it will be very funny because it would mean Greninja specifically is one of the few starters and few pokemon overall to not be in the game
EDIT: also decided for the heck of it to highlight everything by their gen colours to give a better idea visually of gen percentage
EDIT: also decided for the heck of it to highlight everything by their gen colours to give a better idea visually of gen percentage
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Considering the DS Sounds item exists, that still feels off even if its not in the patch notes.
but hey we'll literally see tomorrow!
Depends on what exactly you are looking for out if a challenge mode, since I don't think just "add 3 - 6 levels to all the trainer's Pokemon" would really satisfy anyone, despite that one being the one that would actually only take a few hours to make and could easily just be substituted by putting the toggle back on the exp all and making certain that the level curve is adjusted for that. Even then, however, you're still playing the same game, just with a bit more grind, which isn't really that difficult in the end because at the end of the day tacking on an extra 4 levels to someone like Milo or Nessa isn't going to make them that much more formidable.
So for a proper challenge mode you would have to go much more deeper than just level increases you would also need to look at making larger changes to the teams. Stuff like moveset changes or adding items or even adding or changing mons entirely. Stuff that would actually need some more dev time to both plan out and code in. Then of course the question of how to activate said mode (is it unlocked from the beginning? Is it similar to the BW2 versions? Is it a new game+ kind of deal and if it is what happens to everything you did previously?) which would also need dev time on discussions and implementation.
I would like a challenge mode and feel like they should definitely consider adding one in since it would be worth the time and effort to properly implement it, especially after seeing some of these spicy sets... but I do think there would be more effort to adding a proper one (i.e. one that doesn't go the boring route of just increasing levels) into the game than just adding a simple toggle.
There's just something about the random, inexplicable addition of Torchic that enhances this
There's a level of thought that has gone into the battle design of this game that is kind of astounding. I mean for them to create custom teams for this sort of side rival just on the basis of gender, for no other reason than "just because", is something I haven't seen GF do in a very long time. While designing battles with hold items and EVs seems straightforward, I just haven't seen that level of effort from GF in a Pokémon game probably since B2W2.
Torchic is now a witness.
I kind of assume ILCA designed these, not gamefreak
Another thing to add is the fossil Pokemon for teams 689 and 688 being part of the Grass/Fire/Water core, but for 687, Flareon takes that spot. As for the leads, my guess they're all suppose to be more sinister Pokemon.
You see, to them, difficulty modes already exist: in the form of team compositions. I don't remember which one, but I think there was an interview before Sword/Shield where their idea of making the game harder is "you start using less or weaker Pokémon".
They think adding proper difficulty modifiers is pointless... and besides, given what they did in BW2, it's best that they don't try.
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A few hours might have been a bit much, but I don't think its too difficult a project. The SWSH battle tower has about 170 different trainers and each can have anywhere from 8- 30+ possible Pokémon each with about 4 different sets. The entirety of the story mode roster is so so small compared to that and balancing the level curve seems pretty easy since the exp all seems to be here to stay (ditch the NFE pokemon on opposing trainer rosters earlier and any under leveling issues are gone.) I do agree that there would be discussions about implementation, but after that its literally basic data entry.
Anything on the underground encounters yet? What all there is, how early some things can be found, is anything version exclusive down there...?
I almost forgot.
You'll be pleased to know that saving the game is very fast.
You'll be pleased to know that saving the game is very fast.
The thing is, I've done various challenge runs. Just changing the mons you use isn't really enough. Assuming you don't outlevel the next gym leader*, weak mons still crush it. You have to ban grinding, items in battle, and limit the mons you get just as a start. And then it feels artificial. People who are calling for a challenge mode don't want to beat a weak opponent while standing on one leg, they want to beat an absolutely monstrous oppt by pulling out every trick that's available.
The real question is how good the challenge mode should be. All major fights from late early/early mid-game on should have which of the following: fully-evolved team of 6, max EVs/IVs/Natures, competitive movesets, held item use, healing item spam, balanced types, excessive level spikes? I don't think there's agreement on that. GF seems to think level spikes are the answer. BDSP devs went with making the rematches as close to competitive-ready as possible given the game. Different players are calling for different things on here. It's a question without a clear answer IMO.
*Which is a problem in some games. Just...tie how high you can level your pokes to the last badge obtained, make it a toggle, default to off. Otherwise it's easy to overlevel quickly if you're grinding a recent catch/fighting every trainer/grinding cash at restaurants/searching for a rare/the level curve sucks.
**Route trainers/wilds/etc should be tougher, but I don't think anyone minds them not being serious fights. It's fine if Swimmer Steve has 3 mono-waters, he's not supposed to be memorable or interesting. Archie, though, should be.
Were Palmer's Teams confirmed?
Judging from what we're seeing, BDSP's style seems to be a good foundation for a challenge mode.
I think we'll see some interesting runs when an Exp. All disable patch is released.