I can kinda see where they are coming from, it doesn't hurt me but from their perspective this seems like brainwashing children at a young age, or making parents have to do a little extra to keep their political ideals in tact. “But Pokémon said I could wear a dress” just opens a can of worms. It’s nice to see change implemented but I can see how others feel it’s invasive.
dude... wokemon is back.... hell yes........
as a guy with long hair I'm excited that they will finally let me have long hair ingame
I mean, not really? Pokémon doesn't really let either gender have long hair. SV already allowed either gender to use any hairstyle.
there are literally long hairstyle customization options shown in trailers already, granted all the ones they showed are very girly so I'm probably shit out of luck anyway. hopefully they let me have something resembling AZ's hair
YES. This is what it should have been all along, but I will take it. A character who can update their gender presentation over the course of a game is now a reasonable possibility.
The thing is, I think those people are actively harming their children by keeping them isolated and controlled, and I care more about their kids having freedom than I do about the parents' regressive ideas.
Ah, yes, I too remember the first time I sent out my Togekiss against Giovanni’s Mega Mewtwo Y and used Air Slash and Dazzling Gleam to deal STAB super effective damage and KO it because my Mismagius’s Ghost-Type moves only did STAB neutral damage.
They're doing exactly what you're thinking...
Every mainline game since Sun & Moon has been spoiled for me because of YouTube video thumbnails and other social media. It’s not just Pokémon, either. The sad part is I don’t know if I care enough to try and stop myself from seeing these leaks anymore. Pokémon was never the greatest series ever when it came to story writing, and I could care less about the new Megas or anything else that may be spoiled for the masses. I also believe Game Freak to have always been horribly ineffective at combating these leaks to the point where I’m convinced they’re either A. using the leaks as free advertising, or B. genuinely do not care if their stuff gets leaked early so long as people spend money on their stuff.
I agree that they are but it probably sucks for the people who are very against spoilers.
most of the leaks are done in ways they can't really stop, like most of the leaked info we know about Legends ZA is from the massive teraleak which was info directly stolen from their servers. don't think it's fair to blame a company for this happening to them, they also aren't the only company to have gone thru something like this recently either. also afaik, this idea that companies leak stuff early to promote it as free advertising is incredibly rare and doesn't really make sense as they can't frame any of the content, they can't sell you on it, completely devoid of proper context.
If that’s the case, I say we go all digital. I used to be on the side of preserving physical media, and for some items I still am. You’re never going to see me put even a dollar towards streaming for TV and movies, for instance. This is my one exception. My main priority above all else as a gaming fan is that games are accessible, and I feel like that and “preserved” don’t quite mean what they used to. People think that keeping physical media around will make older games more accessible but the truth of the matter is, these are objects that age over time regardless of if you “own it” or not. The rise of scalper culture and retailer failures is what ultimately changed my opinion on Physical Vs. Digital. It’s not a perfect solution to lock everything behind subscription services by any means, but it’s unfortunately the most realistic of two evils.
There is absolutely no universe where I will care about spoilers 1-2 weeks before release enough that we go to an all digital future.
I was already very excited for the game, but this preview now makes me fully ecstatic. PLA is my 3rd favorite game in the entire series and this game looks to be shoulder-to-shoulder with it in quality at the minimum. The game looks very fun and engaging with a gameplay loop that's different from Arceus but is satisfying in its own unique way. Using megas actually means something now and the new megas have much more compelling designs than most of the gen 6 megas had. I'm not even particularly concerned about the game's setting-I think a lot of people disappointed by that were expecting a completely different game in the first place. It's expanding on several things that were good about PLA while also very much being its own thing and I think that's really cool and very refreshing.
