ANYWAY FUCK PALWORLD

>>716205131 (OP)
ZA is mainline.

You're an ethnic group that keeps its hair, but you just do the worst shit with it. I was gonna say that's fucking retarded, but maybe it's actually kinda based.

>>716205131 (OP)
They release a pokemon game like every year/every other year at most, what more do these drooling retards want?
It's like kirby fans who scream and shit every direct about it being ages since the last kirby game when it's usually at most 3 years between one

I want no part of the pokemon vs palworld stuff but why did they announce this direct 2 months early? What was that meant to accomplish?

>>716205338
If the games were actually good they wouldn't complain

>>716205131 (OP)
You know what we need? Palworld pinball

>Get one of the most beloved animation studios to create content for your brand
>Immediately ruin it by not letting them use their signature character aesthetics
I've already accepted that Pokemon games will be slop for here on out and I won't even bother, but this really disappoints me.

>>716205131 (OP)
>>716205197
This.
Also, worried about pokemons future?
That one game that sells 27 million copies whilst doing the bare minimum to get a "working" game?
You m8, they shaking

>>716205131 (OP)
Rage Bait: The Post

>announce the pokemon presents months in advance
>oh shit we have to show something uh
>anyway here's some puzzle gaas that will eos within a year
>please come to japan in 2027 to look at statues of pokemon in our park
>we will be dmcaing showdown btw

>>716205131 (OP)
next game will krack sell 40 million and everyone will buy 2 copies because Pokemon fans are the biggest slop eaters in gaming.

>>716205338
>They release a low quality pokemon game like every year
Fixed

>>716205131 (OP)
>raising concerns about the franchise's future
Ain't no one worried about pokemon dying.

>>716205131 (OP)
>new season of Concierge
>new Aardman show
>Mega Evolution focused TCG set
>Legendary Beasts return in Sleep
>Shiny Quartet for SV
>new mobile puzzle game; Pokemon Friends
>Eternatus in Go
>Pawmot line in Unite
>Carmine in Masters
>Pokemon Champions is Showdown but official
>more Legends Z-A

Only Pokemon fans would be mad after a showcase like this, because Pokemon fans hate Pokemon

Zoroark

This direct made it real clear that their games are JUST for women and children now
>inb4 they always were
Nah

>>716205131 (OP)
A billion dollar company who puts in the bare minimum effort every time and still sells millions of copies and also has a foothold over the TCG market, neither of which they do well at all, is NOT dying any time soon, unfortunately.

>>716205131 (OP)
>pokemon showcase
>fan disappointed
>game releases
>fan buy millions
cycle continues

>>716205131 (OP)
Think I genuinely pissed off my friend because I made fun of dragonite's mega.

>>716206916
To be fair it looks meh. But if shiny keeps its vomit green color then it's over.

>raising concerns about the franchise's future
lol

>>716205131 (OP)
>concerns about the franchise's future
I don't even like current pokemon and even I can tell this is a retarded take

>>716205131 (OP)
them not shitting out games every 6 months is a good thing actually

I haven't played a pokemon since platinum on the DS and even then i haven't paid for a pokemon game since fire red.

God i used to love my R4, and having a save editor to give myself all the JP event exclusive pokemon was the tits, traded all my friends shiny Darkrais with insane stats, deoxys and all the reggies

>>716205131 (OP)
>"Raising concerns about the franchise's future"

Blatant wishful thinking. The time to be "concerned" would have been 2003-2013 where the sales of the games had shrank and then plateaued. (Even then it was 15million per game and 10m for remakes/3rd versions)

Looking at modern Pokemon having increased sales to 27million for the mainline games, 15m for Remakes and Legends, the interest in the TCG and merch at its highest and being concerned about its future is delusional.

Bros... I worried about the future of the highest grossing media franchise in the world that has released a new anime, updating all the games they've released, released tcg every year. They only have $100b in revenue in under 30 years when they could easily get twice that because I don't understand it takes time to release a main line game, even if the quality would tell you otherwise.

>>716206107
What is your favorite pal from palworld Mr zoroark poster

>>716205131 (OP)
>Oh shit, no one cared about the Direct? Quick, release the Gen I (and Lucario) chicken nuggies.

>>716205131 (OP)
Concerns, BUY IT ANYWAY is not going anywhere, Pokemon has to do nothing and win also Palworld won.

Liking Pokemon is the perfect way to determine if someone is a thoughtless NPC.

Pokemon is a multimedia franchise first, and a video game franchise last, so it's no surprise that they mostly showed slop.

>>716205197
>mainline pokemon game has only one city, no open region
It's over.

>>716205131 (OP)
Palworld will forever be funny to me because it's basically just "what if Nintendo listened to what their fans wanted out of their games" and Nintendo got so frothing at the mouth pissed that they tried to sue them

>>716205197
Pretty shit for a mainline.
But then, you retards don't actually have any standards.

>>716206163
They don't need to worry about male audience only because, say with me:
>You'll buy it anyways.

>>716205131 (OP)
You fags still gonna buy all of those. Business like usual. Nothing ever changes.

>>716205338
For the games to be good, zoomba slave

>>716205131 (OP)
>buuuhhh baww-but ZA isn’t mainline!
Who writes this shit, and is this genuinely an opinion with any sort of significant numbers behind it? If anything, I wish even ZA (and thus also what they’ve cobbled together for gen 10 after that) got delayed one more year. Lord knows a studio like Game Freak would need time to make a real home console game. Just keep the merch machine churning in the meantime and the fan-cattle will be pleased. Hell, isn’t it Pokemon’s 30th next year? There ought to be a bunch of easily licensed crap hitting the market then.

>>716205131 (OP)
>Pokemon fans getting disappointed
kek
you niggas have a pot of endless hope

>rush pokemon games and they turn out shit
NOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T DO THAT
>take your time with a pokemon game to make it good
NOOOOOOO I NEED MY YEARLY FIX

>>716205789
>who cares show
>literally who?
>shit for scalpers and normies that just want to sell cards for profit
>mobile slop
>who cares raid
>mobile slop
>mobile slop, who plays Go in 2025
>who cares about Unite
>mobile GACHA slop
>something that might be interesting but eh, probably will have microtransactions too
>nothing fucking shown aside from ONE stupid looking mega

>>716205131 (OP)
The Pikachu rave was hardly animated too

>>716205442
Anons, I'm gay now, what do I do?

>>716211189
Damn, if only the biggest franchise in the world could afford to make better side games than mobileslop....

>>716205338
I only buy kirby games because they're the only good video games left. If there's no kirby, it means I have nothing to play that year.

>>716205131 (OP)
I was satisfied

man did the last one do so badly that even Pokemon games are now on the decade long development cycle.

>>716205648
>>we will be dmcaing showdown btw
Really? I hadn't heard about that but long overdue if so.

>>716214217
no it's the opposite
sold like hot cakes however it became even more embarrassing

what happened? are they really ending the Pokemon franchise?

>>716212771
We're never going back, are we, bro?

>>716205789
only shit eaters care about a shitty netflix show, physical park in japan, mobile gacha slop updates, and new tera raids lol. fucking dogshit franchise

>>716205131 (OP)
palworld's pretty good

I realize nobody cares about Pocket but it's baffling they didn't have a trailer for an expansion that's releasing NEXT WEEK which then leaked two hours later anyway

>>716205131 (OP)
Who do tendies think they're fooling, you fags will buy anything

There was nothing wrong with the Present.

>>716205131 (OP)
This guy looks the most evil of all the Nintendo Direct presenters

>>716211068
Really surprised there hasn’t been some poke themed crypto.
These suck cost suckers would make the perfect bag holders.

>>716215437
saaar these suck cost suckers saaar

>>716215467
*sunk cost
Apologies saar.

FUCK PALWORLD AND FUCK POKEMON
PLAY DIGIMON

>>716215437
Nintendo has always been 15 years late when it comes to technology, so crypto hasn't been invented yet for them

>>716215497
Im am tired of gookslop

>>716205131 (OP)
palworld ruined pokemon

>>716215326
he just kinda looks vaguely korean

>>716205284
Actually rates of baldness are not that much lower than among whites (Japan has about a 36% rate of male-pattern baldness). More men in Japan are willing to wear wigs than men in the west though.

I want a game like Super Smash Brother but Pokemon. It can be totally standalone for all I care. But until then, I'm not interested.

>>716215673
There really is a lack of larger-than-life outfits here that make each character identifiable at a glance. Even the Digimon Adventures 01 character designs fucking mog these.

>>716216572
Nintendo would veto that.

>>716215761
>Palworld ruined monster games

Fixed it for accuracy

Nips never promote based on merit but rather based on seniority, this guy probably joined during the Gen 2-3 days and is just a tier below Masuda.

Probably employee #10 or something.

My only hope was a Switch 2 update for Legends Arceus, that alone would have been plenty for me.

>>716205338
No fucking excuse

>>716205131 (OP)
why should they work hard with the franchise when p*lworld can just steal their designs and use AI and receive russian collusion money and get acclaim? until p*lworld is punished there's no point.

>>716210467
>Palworld will forever be funny to me because it's basically just "what if Nintendo listened to what their fans wanted out of their games

If thats what they wanted Nintendo were right not to listen. Palworld is sewer slop for FOTM Steamies who want to pantomime being a Pokemon fan.

>>716205514
I stopped caring about it the moment they revealed it was gonna take place in Galar.
One of the worst games in the franchise.

>>716206107
Best girl
>>716209717
Not him, but for me it's Katress
Shadowbeak, Wixen and Incineram are all great designs too

>>716209737
IS THAT...

>>716222009
>steamies
why does the mere existence of personal computers send nintendo fans into a frothing rage?

>>716207807
>Looking at modern Pokemon having increased sales to 27million for the mainline games, 15m for Remakes and Legends, the interest in the TCG and merch at its highest and being concerned about its future is delusional.
No, actually, that's even greater cause for concern given how fucking low-effort those games have been

>>716205131 (OP)
Who is this guy, he looks like a korean fuckboy

>>716222009
>who want to pantomime being a Pokemon fan
No one wants to mimic being a failure though. Palworld is better than Pokemon btw.

>>716205514
What do you mean? I realized that it was Wallace and Gromit studio without even knowing what its called by the animation? I'm confused...did i just do a lucky guess? My first thought was "That is Wallace and Gromit style". I don't care if its Galar...honestly i was making fun of it being KANTOOOOOOOO so its a plus for me it being in any other region would have preferred Hoenn.

The thing about the ZA trailer i found the funniest was how fast they have thrown the switch 1 under the rug.
SEE HOW FLUID THE ANIMATION IS...WE EVEN UPSCALED IT. Yes it is on the new hardware but who cares...fuck the others.

>>716205514
Terrible name, but I also hate the name Far/sirfetch'd

>>716223154
Fuck off, he's mine.

>>716205789
>because pokemon fans hate Gamefreak.
Fixed that for you..it has been this way before you were born.I had to skip the Ma#### part because i can't hear/see that creature without having the visceral need to punch it in the face.

pokemon is shit
palworld is also shit
I am not going to eat shit just to spite the other plate of shit

>>716205131 (OP)
Palworld has been completely forgotten, stop pretending its a thing

>>716212756
Don't worry
Be happy

>>716211189
Except their strategy is taking their time to produce shit games lmao
Cocksucking faggot.

>>716223583
Pokefags desperately wish this were true

>>716205131 (OP)
It's good that there is no new mainline though. Every mainline since USUM has been severely undercooked. Let Gamefreak make a finished game.
Palworld is good by the way.

>>716224572
>survival slop for depressed domamine fried brained adults
>fun

>>716224819
>>fun
Not a word I used in my post, but yes, it is.

>>716224819
>depressed domamine fried brained adults
This perfectly describes the modern adult pokemon fan. No well adjusted adult still clings to this zombie franchise.

>>716214305
They're not. Showdown won't get DMCAed before they set up their own version because it would kill the interest in VGC.

>>716225089
Cope

Showdown will get killed

Those who don't move to Pokemon's official platform are acceptable losses

>>716205197
>ZA is mainline
was arceus mainline too then?
they didn't play like your usual pokemon games though

>>716226725
people will say PLA and ZA aren't mainline because of the battle system changes but I think they are better than whatever crap sword and shield and scarlet and violet were

idc only gen i and gen ii are relevant

>>716226280
That's what I said, retard.
They didn't spare Showdown out of the goodness of their heart but because it's useful to them for the time being. Basically every VGC fag is using it and GF talks (or ast least used to) with Smogon from time to time about balance.
Once there's an official Showdown the fan version will probably shut down.

>>716227059
that's just nostalgia speaking
gen V was the best gen

>>716227258
that's just nostalgia speaking again
gen 9 is the best gen

>>716214886
This.

>>716215832
That's what he meant.

>>716227251
GF's official solution to Showdown will no doubt be inferior in every category and charge premium.
There would be no backlash.

>>716222716
Because my 10 year old laptop can emulate everything including the switch and I can download any rom I want for free instead of paying full price for a 10 year old game, or $100 for a used copy on ebay.

>>716205131 (OP)
Is the Pokémon Company obligated to keep making these awful directs? I dont think there had ever been a good one and 90% of the news can be dropped on Twitter on any random day.

They're clearly making Gen 10 but it'll come out looking like a potato

>>716226725
>was arceus mainline too then?
Yes actually. Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee is considered a mainline title, too.

>>716205131 (OP)
Even people from The Pokémon Company were thinking that this should've been a e-mail newsletter since the Switch (2) stuff was made strictly for the US market and that was a after thought, really The Pokémon Company is considering ending these Pokémon Present because they barely do anything different from a Twitter stealth drop which The Pokémon Company feels will be the best option moving forward.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISoQCkQMI7Q

>>716226725
The Japanese websites for Legends games all mention "the latest entry in the Pocket Monsters series". Main series Pokémon games are called that in Japan. Spin-offs are just called "Pokémon whatever" over there.

>>716228153
They're thinking about ending these presents and replacing them with e-mail newsletter and Twitter/X stealth drops.

>>716205131 (OP)
The lack of a new announcement for a mainline game has me the most optimistic I've been in years. It means they might actually be putting time and effort into the next one. But the direct was shit. No point in doing one if there's nothing new to announce.

>>716205131 (OP)
Can fans boycott Pokémon for good now? Even /vp/ thinks TPC is batshit insane now, their alleged showdown killer called champions is in fact not a showdown killer and infested with micro transactions and restrictions. And ZA is confirmed shit so why even bother with this soulless husk of a franchise?

>>716218491
If they want to keep losing people, go for it. The game has essentially remain unchanged for 30 years. It's basically the new Madden.

From a business standpoint they are doing everything right and ZA is going to break records alone. All this downplay is kind of suspicious

>>716205131 (OP)
>
That's like, your opinion man

>>716229529
There's just too many fucking normalfags to make a dent even if vocal fans online all agreed to bail.

Game Freak could literally sell shit in a box and tack on a download code for a random mythical and it'd sell.

>>716230634
The normies are already having second thoughts about Z/A because of the whole Palworld drama.

They noticed.

>>716230634
>There's just too many fucking normalfags to make a dent even if vocal fans online all agreed to bail.
>Game Freak could literally sell shit in a box and tack on a download code for a random mythical and it'd sell.
From what I’m seeing, Pokemon sells a lot more merch in Japan than anywhere else or any other category like games. Are they just nostalgia baiting older japs to raise their kids on this? The Orochimaru looking motherfucker with the arbok is clearly fujobait and already has an obsessive following so there’s already another avenue for making money

>>716230926
I think anon is referring to normie japs

>>716231141
They noticed too.

>>716209737
Someone on the team definitely has a boner for Lucario, sticks out like a sore thumb on an otherwise Gen 1 box.

>>716205131 (OP)
>rushed and underwhelming
That's Pokemon for you

>>716231612
That only happened with this Pokémon Presents, previous Pokémon Presents did not have the issues this one had.

Why no switch 2 upgrade for Legends Arceus?

>>716231275
>go to any Pokémon store in Japan
>absolutely swamped by normies
Wishful thinking if they noticed and would do something about it. Otherwise they’re still buying boatloads of Pokemon Merch and sipping/eating shitty food at their cafe

>>716221683
>MCU on 38B can split out 3 movies per year
>Pokemon on 140B splits out 1 sloppy game every 1.2 years
Why can't Japan use money well?

Nintendo will survive as long as they can destroy their competition with legal threats. They didn't get to where they are by making better products, services or hardware.

>>716229529
It doesn’t have micro transactions (so far) you pay in game points to mess with your Pokémon’s EVs

Doesn't he look like King Dedede's helper or whatever in the Kirby's anime?

>>716232076
>MCU only uses MCU's money
You're a dumbass don't you?

>>716205338
Why did that remind me of call of duty?

>>716231984
The normies are concerned, not abandoning ship, they are doing something but not to the point of cutting out Pokémon out of their lives.
Same thing happen with Digimon to a more mild degree back in the day.
>>716232312
>They didn't get to where they are by making better products, services or hardware.
Yes they did, the Famicom was better then the SG-1000 and Switch 2 is better then the Steam Deck.
>>716232076
Console games are a after thought for the US market, mobile is their main focus.

>>716232340
Ad how do you think you're going to get the "in game" points? Just like everyone fucking mobage out there, you Will get your 10 daily credits and every meaningful action actually takes 100.

>>716205131 (OP)
Nintensissies still seethe, huh?

>>716212771
meanwhile

>>716205131 (OP)
Palworld thread? Post your TEAMS!

>>716233813
>VN trash without the porn
what's the point?

>>716205131 (OP)
why do asians like pokemon? and why are they always so physically repulsive?

Gomen. The flanchise will be lemoved flom the pranet.

>>716205358
no content, gotta pad for time somehow

>>716234354
They like Palworld too.

>>716234664
Just the Chinese

>>716234076
Why is shadowbeak wearing bondage gear?

>>716236573
Costume skin that turned her white.

>>716206163
Women who do horrible things to their riolus

>>716234764
No, Japanese as well.

>>716206163
No, theres still plenty of male appeal in Pokémon, theres still alot more Pokewaifus then Pokehusbandos in Z/A.

>>716205131 (OP)
>people watch a Pokemon showcase
>get upset that it was a Pokemon showcase instead of a Nintendo Direct
Why is everybody on the internet getting more retarded by the day?

>>716205131 (OP)
>left fans dissapointed
>generic puzzle game
>*generic puzzle game reaches 10 million units sold!*
I'm sure nintendo is like really worried.

>>716237436
On Switch alone.

>>716221683
>$140b franchise
>can only release a limited amount of lifesize pokemon plushies

>>716210467
Nintendo doesn't even make Pokemon.

>>716205197
>Can't play comp in it
>No new Pokemon
>Doesn't use the mainline combat system
Not mainline

>>716206163
nintendo is mostly for manchildren and women now, and the manchildren have shit taste too

>>716205789
>new season of Concierge
>new Aardman show
As somebody who doesn't like Pokemon both of these actually caught my interest and I will be checking out both. That theme park is going to do amazing in Japan as well.

>>716212756
Read another filename that says " Ifyourereadingthisyourefemale.gif" then enjoy the yurikino.

>>716226280
>Showdown will get killed
No it won't. Worst case scenario, Smogon just has to replace all the sprites and rename everything. Then they can just offer a mod that undoes all the changes so it's like nothing changed.

Game Freak legally cannot take down a simulator. All they can do is tell Smogon to disassociate with Pokemon. Same thing happened to Rule34. Game Freak told them they don't appreciate all the porn, so Rule34 renamed the Pokemon tag into Porkyman and nothing changed.

There's nothing those litigious wannabe-gooks can do.

>pokemon game dares to have different gameplay for once instead of being lazy red/blue redskin
>"AIEEEEEEE IT'S NOT MAINLINE!!!"

>>716237741
Just because you don't call it mainline doesn't mean Pokemon company doesn't, to them it's not a spinoff.

>>716232076
One could argue having 140 billion dollars doing the absolute bare minimum is using money well. Imagine the profit margins with how low the dev cost must be.

>>716205789
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, fuck cardfags
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, mainline games after B2/W2 are dogshit
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, not mainline game
>Don't care, Showdown is free, has the option to skip animations, has past-gen metas, has alt metas, has actual tiers, and won't have any In App Purchases
>Don't care, not mainline game
Grim.

>>716232076
Game Freak spends fuck all money producing lazy slop that Pokedrones will buy anyways. Why should they ever improve when Gens 6 - 9 each sold 20+ million copies? Those are some of the worst games to ever grace a Nintendo system and Game Freak has been rewarded each and every single time.

>>716238151
They can call it what they want, I don't care. I still call "mythicals" event legendaries. I still call "first partner Pokemon" starter Pokemon. And you can bet I'm not calling a non-mainline game a mainline game.

>>716205131 (OP)
I don't know why you people constantly sound so surprised. Gamefreak does not give a fuck and you'll still buy it

>>716226823
>they're mainline because they're good
It's literally the exact opposite

>>716238058
Pokemon fans like Pokemon gameplay. Who. Would. Have. Thunk. It.

>Wow, Mega Man fans hated Mega Man X7 because it DARED to have different gameplay for once instead of being a Mega Man X reskin?
>They must be the problem and not us

>>716238675
Mildly based, but I call every "pokemon" game released in 2015 or later non-canon dogshit

>>716238778
This but 2013. We haven't had a single Pokemon game since B2/W2.

>>716238675
>>716238778
>>716238945
you are cute when you are mad

>>716238773
But I hear casuals hating on turn based systems all the time, even on /v/. Are you telling me that was a vocal minority the whole time? Then why don't Pokemon fans play or buy better turn based games?

>>716205131 (OP)
>fans cry for gamefreak to spend more time polishing their games
>fans get upset when the output slows down
You faggots don't get to have it one way or the other.

>>716239287
They wanted GF to take longer under the delusion this would magically make the games better. ZA looking to be as bad as it is despite its long dev time (for Pokemon anyways) has made them double think that.

>>716234076

>>716239526
ZA is looking to be good doe

>>716239287
this is not a "smarr company, prease understand" situation right now

>>716238732
>Paints climate changers as schizos
Is this based?

Niggas been doin this "Pokeymen is over" shit for 20 years at this point.

>>716239861
It was really weird seeing so many people go
>um wow 1000 years and he can’t even wait a day he’s being ridiculous
Yes. He is supposed to be ridiculous.

>>716239185
Yes, young ADHD retards are and always have been a minority.

Expedition 33 has proven this beyond a shadow of a doubt.

>>716239558
What's with the stars in place of the favorited lock icon? Is that a mod?

>>716205131 (OP)
i cant help but look at this guy and think he is a faggot

>>716237741
>doesnt use the mainline combat system
god forbid pokemon makes any sort of change after 25 years or so.

>>716234076

>>716240452
This but unironically. I want Pokemon gameplay in a Pokemon game.

>>716240297
It is a mod that still works with the latest update
https://www.nexusmods.com/palworld/mods/1653

>>716205131 (OP)
I can't wait to have all the tower masters as my villagers.

>>716241603
I'd run around with Marcus no homo

>>716215497
>$70 dollars
Was really close this time to just buying it on realse to, but guess I'll just wait for a sale