Thread 725765519

Graphicsfags BTFO'd once again

palsisters…

The shiny should've been the default version in this case.

>>725765519 (OP)
>worse launch than Let's Go Pikachu
>worse launch than legends arceus
>worse launch than BDSP
Embarrassing

>>725765519 (OP)
>physical game
Lmao? I mean Pokémon Legends sold great but that’s wildly low bar in 2025.

>>725765743
c o p e
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>>725765743
Worse launch than Palworld too

>>725765519 (OP)
Best selling physical game on a Tuesday on pokemon week (new "holiday" to make this claim exclusively)
Got it.

>>725765824
>goypassed
kek

>>725765519 (OP)
The graphics are the least of my problem, is the game being shit overall that upsets me
And anywhere you go you see ZA players complaining they're forced to grind point by... battling, aka the entire point of this dogshit gane. And of course instead of just dropping the game now that they're done with the mediocre story, they just keep grinding and grinding, something they hate, because they have nothing else going in their lives, and till they all troon out and kill themselves Pokemon is stuck in this state, because there's no reason to put any effort in something better

WTF IS THIS????? I THOUGHT OUR BOYCOTT WORKED?????? WHY IS THIS WOKE SHIT SELLING LIKE HOT CAKSE???? POST HARDER!

>>725766047
meds

>>725765519 (OP)
>physical game
LMAO.

Wow good for them. I wonder why the game sold less at launch than other Pokémon games released since 2018.
You’d think having a larger install base would have the opposite happening!
Was it the $70 price tag or the $30 day one dlc that put off people making it sell less?

>>725766372
No, it's the fact that it's not turn based that's turning people off

>>725765978
Sales not Players

>>725765519 (OP)
>>725765718
These new designs look fucking retarded
But then again it has a motorcycle and boat pokemon

>>725765519 (OP)
>retards eat slop

no way

>>725765519 (OP)
Call of Duty comes out tomorrow, don't post stupid shit.

>>725765743
You going to make the Pokéfags cry again with your facts and logic.
STOP!

>>725770879
He’s a seething tendie that was angry as fuck from another topic where he was blown the fuck out for lying about ZlopA’s horrible launch numbers. And then ignoring TPC’s own statements that the 5.8 million figure included digital sales.

>>725774080
They need to keep the "Pokemon always sells" narrative alive.
Because if they lose that, they will have zero arguments.

>>725774287
I mean it did sell. Just less than any other game since 2018. Despite a FAR larger install base. And the new console hype. And being bundled with said new console. And…
Oh

>>725765519 (OP)
>BEST SELLING physical GAME OF 2025 ALL OVER THE united states
ok

i want shittier graphics in games

>>725765519 (OP)
I haven't played this, but just from a cursory glance at a few videos and shit, this seems to me like it's probably the best Pokemon game in the past decade or so.

>1+ hour video seething about the switch 2 sales
actually mind broken

>Pokemon sells

And water is wet.

Take notes Nintendo. We want physical.

>>725765519 (OP)
It will sell 30 million copies. And it will still be a shit game.

HORRAY!!!! WE'RE NEVER GETTING ANOTHER GOOD POKÉMON GAME AGAIN!!!

Did it sell 32+ million? No? Then it failed.

>>725780158
>players

>>725765519 (OP)
>Fails to outsell Legends Arceus
>Barely functions
>You only complain about graphics actually
>Proof posted, crashing to Switch's system menu
>uh uh uh EMU EMU EMU!!!! Bugs never existed!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

>>725766064
>>725778845
>>725780158
>>725765930
https://archive.is/GmA8N#selection-1471.28-1475.40

>>725780158
>players

being the best selling physical game in the US is like being employee of the week at a taco stand

/v/ lost

ANOTHER thread gloating about sales. Where's the gameplay discussion?

>>725785308
The gameplay is the same as mainline, spam your hardest hitting move to win.

>>725782449
>>725783205
>Physical

>>725765519 (OP)
>Physical
yawn.....
Worse selling Pokémon game since LGPE.
/v/ won
/vp/ lost
Your slop underperformed.
Prepare your anus.

>>725765519 (OP)
>it's Dragonite but he has wings on his head now for some reason
Pokemon is so fucking gay

>physical
Are they really that desperate?

>>725765780
>>725785916
>>725785731
>>725786090
Z-A is the only Pokémon game where I see Pokéfags working so hard to prove it wasn't a sales flop.
No other Pokémon game has ever required so much effort and mental gymnastics to prove this point.
Really makes you think, huh?

Physical GODS rise up

>>725765519 (OP)
>Circana tracks both Physical and Digital
>Have to specify Physical

This is why I hate Circana. They have to make these stupid headline rather than just giving the numbers like they used to. Its always obfuscating to make the industry look good and then they wonder why the industry declines year over year. I'm sure Yotai didn't do great either but wont stop them from making a headline.

Palworld won

>>725786690
>>Have to specify Physical
Because Z-A was a failure in all aspects, so they need to find an area where the game didn't perform badly in order to generate a positive headline.

>>725787186
They only track physical. Digital reporting comes from Nintendo themselves.

>>725787435
And TPC already told us that Z-A can't hold a candle to Arceus in sales.
I dunno why we're here.

>>725787629
Nah ZA will sell just fine.

Nintendo lost

>Metroid thread up
>nothing but shitposting
>Pokemon thread
>nothing but shitposting
>famitsu thread
>obvious shitposting
>Mario movie thread
>nothing but shitposting

Nintendo fans really hate talking about video games.

slop for piggies

>>725788235
You'll survive

Its embarassing it sold anything with how it looks and plays. Professional shiteater really ruin franchises.

>>725765519 (OP)
Pokefags seethe when a game has too much gameplay which is why they love Sword and Shield. ZA has been great, I love the combat system, triple-killing in ranked with an AOE move is always fun.

>>725788803
You'll survive

>>725765519 (OP)
SO FAR BROS THERES A CHANCE

>>725788910
>ZA
>too much gameplay
Watching cutscenes is now gameplay? lol

and with every title going on game keycards, it will be the only

>>725765519 (OP)
That's nice, got any data about how many people are still playing it?

>>725786317
black/white needed it, where were you niggas back when the franchise had quality?

>>725787186
>77
oh wow it's still going down?

>>725791341
Nope, why? Need a new goalpost?

>be born in Pokemon World
>make Ditto Brother
>become unfathomably rich
It's that easy

>>725765617
why are people afraid of palworld existing exactly

>>725765519 (OP)
>physical

>>725765519 (OP)
>Pokemon, best selling physical game
Ah yes, the game that people usually prefer to buy physical so they can put the case on the shelf next to the other copies of Pokemon that they own. How surprising.

Do game keycards count as physical to sales if you still download it?

>>725765519 (OP)
Consuming that usual slop

>>725778845
Pokémon can enjoy their tasty Game Key Card too

>>725765519 (OP)
what the fuck is that dragonite?

>people are so assblasted about pokemon succeeding and ZA being the best pokemon game since the switch that they need to move the goalposts on anything possible
Why do you need the game to fail in the first place?

>>725794151
Probably since they're sold in retail which is what this report tracks

>>725765519 (OP)
The worst game in the series is the third highest selling one, pokemon's not going to sell badly
Only the spinoffs sell mediocre (for the series) for whatever reason

>>725796319
goddamnit. I hate this world, another lump of mud in the water

>>725796108
how many total sales?

>>725796108
>Why do you need the game to fail in the first place?
Because modern Pokemon games failing will send the message that we deserve better.

>>725797063
Pokemon is already the best monster jrpg. You need better out of different IPs.

>>725797186
We're not living in Pokemania 2: Electric Boogaloo no matter how many times we're told otherwise. It may be around but it has joined the ranks of media like The Walking Dead, Rick and Morty, The Simpsons, Spongebob, COD, Halo, and Ass Creed in terms of zombie status. No one will be talking about ZA in the far future with the same love as gens 1-5.

>>725770226
>boat pokemon
there is no boat pokémon, you stupid piece of shit.

>>725797507
What a waste of keystrokes

>>725797507
Unovatrannies just can't help themselves.

>>725765824
>>725766992
>>725773447
>>725774080
>>725774287
>>725774643
Palworld has 0 physical sales though?

>>725775331
>>725786317
>palworld fags projecting again

>>725796108
>Why do you need the game to fail in the first place?
Flopfags are mentally ill that why.

>>725765780
Nintendo doesnt give them their digital data.

>>725765718
>>725765519 (OP)
>flap wings to turn an air
>snapped neck

>>725796980
>>725789643

it flopped

>>725786690
Next time look at their chart and read the * and ^. They dont get digitsl from nintendo.

>>725796108
>Addressing the failure to outsell even Legends Arceus
>By modifying the success argument so it's limited to this year, the US, and physical sales
>This somehow isn't moving the goalpost thrice
>Refusing to address the bugs
>Fails to greentext properly
>Ha! You're mad!! YOU!!!
Eeyyy, at least you don't get to reproduce, roach.

>>725797507
>No one will be talking about ZA in the far future with the same love as gens 1-5.
They only people still talking about gens 1-5 is /v/.

>>725787629
and by that you mean it launched slightly behind Arceus and will pass Arceus lifetime hard by the end of the year.

>>725798558
neither will pokepia

>>725798825
>only needed to sell 200,000 to break even
>sold 13 million in a week
>flopped

>>725765519 (OP)
WHY ARE POKEMON FANS SO RETARDED?

Are palsois still making every pokemon related news about them?
>checks thread
Yeeeeup.

>>725800001
Playing games for fun doesn't make someone retarded.

>>725778493
tl;dr?

My local Walmart already put out Phantasmal Flames in stock tonight, check yours too they're hiding them in customer service now

>>725801028
nta but you can still have fun with a mediocre game but that doesn't mean it can't also be bad , and sales don't really mean anything in this sense since pokemon fans go through a cycle of denial and acceptance that their series is always going to be flawed so they pretty much ignore the big picture and never criticize it letting things fester and get worse to a point they have to cope with things by shitposting take example here >>725799151
>>725798718
>>725798647

>>725801764
>nta but you can still have fun with a mediocre game but that doesn't mean it can't also be bad
People wouldn't be enjoying it if it was bad.

>>725801764
Imagine having such an ego that you think your opinion of a game matters

>>725803156
>>725803352
case in point thanks for proving my point and it's not ego >>725803352 mr meriku if criticism adds up and they all start repeating a pattern and im not talking about graphical issues im talking about how the game plays like there are cons and pros to it

>>725803856
>it's not ego
It's 100% ego

>>725805137
you're the one seetheing over a so called "opinion" and anon that's still not ego, ego would've been like if i said "HAAHHAAHAH POKEMON FAGS ALWAYS THINK THEIR TRASH GAME IS BETTER ITS SAD THEY HAVE TO PLAY GARBAGE INSTEAD OF ETC" also that still doesn't make all the criticisms go away

so, yet again screenshot where i was wrong cause mostly the response for the game is its "fun" which can be interpreted as subjective since anyone can call the most mediocre game they enjoy fun

also adding to what i had to say here >>725801764
the pokemon franchise/series is going to sell no matter what since it constantly merchandises stuff and has a 30-year (Sorry if im wrong about the years) relevance due to constant oversea advertising

Sometimes I wish I never liked Pokemon so I would stop feeling disappointed.

>>725805642
Doesn't make the praise go away either

>>725806002
Chocolate onions taste good.

>>725806165
is that all you had to come up with anon? also nowhere in my sentence did it say you couldn't enjoy it also READ RIGHT HERE >>725803856 or are you blind and need glasses cause i just said cons and pros or pros and cons if you don't know what that means, it means the good and the bad that's why im challenging the word "fun" used for this game cause it subjective and anyone can have their opinions be either it's fun or not fun

>>725806560
Pokemon ZA is a great game.

>>725806672
in your opinions anon glad that you understand what i said yet that doesn't change the criticism for it though

my opinion is that Pokemon ZA is mostly a 7/10

>>725806843
That's fine.

>>725765519 (OP)
>physical

>>725765519 (OP)
>Physical
Palworld won so hard, holy shit.

>>725798874
>failure to outsell Legends Arceus
Are you people seriously this retarded Christmas is in a month and the game gets DLC on the 10th it’s going to massively outsell it

>>725807667
>Dlc
honestly despite my opinion on the game and its gameplay is either a 6.9/10 or 7/10 the dlc seems kind of boring according to the leaks they are adding a few megas the map is just luminose but if it was white and the main premises is that it's like a roguelike with some sort of donut system and over leveling according to someone heard in a comic bookstore but i know that won't stop the constant overflow of people buying it since its pokemon