Thread 719162974

What went wrong?

>>719162974 (OP)
people dying over a pokeshit

>>719162974 (OP)
do normalfags even care about #gen9001 gimmick being added to this? they advertise this in every pokemon presents but it really fell, what's even the point?

Same thing that always goes wrong with mobile games. Instead of making it good, they made it bad. They could have made it good, but actively chose to make it bad.

>>719162974 (OP)
They expect you to get plane tickets and rent hotels to catch geo restricted virtual pets

>>719163192
I've encountered a large group of different people (ranging from teenage boys to elderly women, so most didn't even have nostalgia for the series) trying to get Zacian during a recent event.
Everyone agreed Zamazenta sucks though and no one did raids for him

>>719162974 (OP)
I just found it annoying to open phone, check pokemons in the square, stop, click the pokemon, spin the ball, wait for animations, close phone
I found pikmin bloom far better for the type of go outside gameplay but I guess no one really likes the franchise since the updates are at zombie stage now

>>719162974 (OP)
Its a Large City game, while things have gotten better small towns and countryside is turbo screwed. Incidentally you don't actually want to walk around Large Cities.

In other words, in order to make it enjoyable you basically have to spoof or make alts, or make alts that you spoof.

>>719163784
At least Zam had a redemption Arc in mainline.

>>719162974 (OP)
Covid.

>>719162974 (OP)
trannyism infected it. it's dead man

>>719164491
The art direction of the people was pretty bad to begin with. No idea what they were thinking with making things uglier with that "better representation" nonsense.

>>719164948
it was to save money while earning brownie points
>1 body shape = cheaper costs

>>719164491
This was really ugly and a terrible decision. But honestly Niantic won, this game lasted a long time and they cashed out.

>>719164491
>>719165076
what was the endgame

>>719163192
they add new pokemon so you have to upgrade your bag (with money) to keep up

>>719165178
I already told you. 1 model for both genders to cut costs, and earning brownie points for being so heccin stunning and brave

>>719165076
post the morbid obese one that got her weight synced with pokemon sleep or whatever

>>719162974 (OP)
microjewstaction-filled mobileslop was never good

>>719162974 (OP)
Niantic unironically had something great on their hands, but each update somehow made the game worse
No idea how they managed it

Zoroark

>>719167890
Ditto and Zorua's PoGO mechanics should be swaped.
Fox should be hiding as random other pokemon and blob should mimick your buddy

>>719164491
>>719165076
soulless, soul

>take a game series about catching a monster buddy and training it to be part of a perfect team
>have to find someway to turn it into a heavily monetized pseudo-gacha so the Pokemon’s stats are RNG
>meaning you have to catch potentially hundreds or more to get the “good” ones
>all so you can do events that hand out objectively better Pokemon that you then need to use in highly controlled raids for Pokemon that are even more overpowered than the others
>all of this becoming significantly harder if you don’t live in a highly populated city
The fact that there’s an actual Pokemon Go competitive league where you tap the screen faster than your opponent is hilariously sad.

I've been casually playing this shit for 9 years now.
I can't quit, sunk cost fallacy.

Pokemon Go is a classic case of
>do not make a product if you are not interested in your own product

>>719168921
After the pandemic it actively sabotaged it's own money making potential to force people to walk more again, so there's at least 1 guy high up who's devoted to the fitness aspect

them thinking adding fortnite seasons and limiting the wild pokemon variety more than game freak is a good idea

>>719162974 (OP)
Backdoor selling of information and going woke with ethnically ambiguous troon safe avatars
Also, covid's over, most people aren't randomly wandering around instead of actually working anymore

>>719165178
If you look at Niantic's staff you'll see multiple deranged dikes who identify as nonbinary

>>719164491
Please tell me pic on right is optional and not the default.