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Pokemon Scarlet & Violet - 18th Nov 2022! **OFFICIAL INFO ONLY**

R_N said:
I want to know if a communication break down happened with the western side of things, though. Presenting this as a normal trailer drop was only done like that here, where as japan always had it as a streamer thing. And it seems clear this is meant to be akin to the wiglett and grafaiai stuff of "tease a pokemon, then reveal it later"
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I think that's intentional, mainly cause organizing this kind of event internationally is a huge mess...

Also that kind of ""talk show + presentation"" isnt even remotely popular in the west so I doubt there'd be much interest either.
I see Atlus do these often where they have a bunch of people, sometimes even dressed as the game char, play the soon-to-be-released game (horribly, generally on minimum difficulty and overleveled party), constantly yelling and pretending they don't know what's coming or taking a hour to do any move, I just find these things atrociously cringe and have a very rough time watching them for more than 5 seconds, even when they have a translation going on.
 
R_N said:
She's basically just a "normal" streamer but she has the aesthetics of a vtuber

it's fun



I want to know if a communication break down happened with the western side of things, though. Presenting this as a normal trailer drop was only done like that here, where as japan always had it as a streamer thing. And it seems clear this is meant to be akin to the wiglett and grafaiai stuff of "tease a pokemon, then reveal it later"
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Yeah I was pondering the latter too as it came off like we were going to get another info dump trailer. Dropped the ball on that one.
 
DrPumpkinz said:
Between that, the vtuber look, and even the English trailer using the ear-splitting Japanese voice, I think I've found my new least-favorite Pokemon character.
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CTNC said:
WolfieVGC's reaction stream was mostly being at a loss of words. There were minutes of silence when the reveal trailer ended.

I feel the same way.
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Hey at least I see I'm not alone in this :tymp:

Idk it just feels... out of place. As I stated above, I can understand wanting to include a streamer or e-personality in the games, after all they are part of modern culture, and even Galar had Raihan who is pretty much a influencer or a tiktoker, but his personality was interesting even in the cringe moment.

This presentation was just... bad. Not even a GF apologist like me can defend it.

Edit: Hey let's be positive though, for first time, the game not having voice acting will be a bless, we won't have to hear that atrocity.
 
Worldie said:
Hey at least I see I'm not alone in this :tymp:

Idk it just feels... out of place. As I stated above, I can understand wanting to include a streamer or e-personality in the games, after all they are part of modern culture, and even Galar had Raihan who is pretty much a influencer or a tiktoker, but his personality was interesting even in the cringe moment.

This presentation was just... bad. Not even a GF apologist like me can defend it.
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Judging by reaction in this thread, maybe this should’ve been kept in Japan because it’s pretty on-par with any sort of variety show here in terms of, um, genki-ness. Or maybe they should’ve just advertised it here as a teaser/leader reveal and not a normal trailer lol
 
RoiDadadou said:
Jokes aside, I don't find it cringe. Way less cringe than what Pokémon has sometimes done before. If anything, it's a good step in showing that Gym Leaders can have true personnality without counting the anime.
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I think the problem me (and some others) have isn't with the char itself, just the way the presentation was done.

I guess it's just a matter of taste, as I said I have a personal gripe with Vtubers and find almost all of them cringe, and the hypered japanese voice isn't helping making me like this one.
Hopefully her in-game version is more interesting than <cute hyperactive anime girl number 526>, cause that's what she looks like to me right now.

R_N said:
I've seen far cringier, if anything this feels toned down from how some variety shows work. Oh POkemon Sunday, you are....so much, all the time.
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If they're anywhere close to what I mentioned above about Atlus, I feel your pain.
 
I think Iono's... uh, everything would work better in a game with better visuals for its human characters. I find that the humans we've seen so far look really... plasticy, so a dynamic character like Iono just doesn't work here - as opposed to a game like SWSH, which had much more dynamic and lifelike character models.

Of course, I think the vtuber inspiration, along with the tease of info, meant that this character's reveal was going to be divisive no matter what, but I think the game's art choices hurt Iono here more than it helps.
 
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