>[pokemon game] should have voice acting!
>[pokemon game] should have level scaling!
>[pokemon game] should have HD2D Octopath Traveler graphics!

>Voice acting
People skip dialogue all the time so why bother
>Level scaling
Just don't go to high level areas at a low level
>Muh graphics
Games for children don't need Red Dead Redemption 2/HD2D Octopath Traveler tier graphics as it would be unappealing for children, the target audience

>>57925533 (OP)
Dragon Quest just introduced Japanese voice acting in its games so the genie's out of the bottle.
Only a matter of time until Pokemon does it now.

>>57925533 (OP)
People who want level scaling are seriously the biggest retards around

>>57925533 (OP)
Voice acting has only ever made games worse.
Level scaling is fucking miserable, but so is open world in a JRPG. The best option is making it scale based on progression which makes the game more fun but also involves effort AND it's still worse than just creating a straightforward challenge. There's a reason Gen 1's midgame is dogshit if you play it instead of skipping it, and non-linearity negatively impacts Gen 2 to the point people complain about it even if the only really terrible part of Johto would be shitty without it.
The only remotely good looking HD2D game is the Dragon Quest 3 remake and oh look it went more down the path of Xenogears and the DS Pokemon titles instead of whatever the fuck they did to the Live A Live remake.

>complain about a pokemon being unusable in a playthrough
>want the games to be more difficult

>>57926000
>Voice acting has only ever made games worse.
Not really

Pokemon is behind the competition in pretty much every aspect, this is a fact.

>>57926125
Not in the battle system

>>57925533 (OP)
I would never play a pokemon game with english voice acting.

>>57926025
It'd destroy pokemon.

i think the people who want voice acting don't realize we'd be getting gamefreak voice acting

>>57925533 (OP)
>[pokemon game] should have HD2D Octopath Traveler graphics!
This but almost unironically.
Just needs less bloom.

>>57926025
Nintendo(tm) voice acting however...

>>57926175
At most the game director will be involved with the japanese VAs, but GAme Freak isn't a talent agency.

The problem with voice acting in pokemon is that it leads to dubs.

>>57925533 (OP)
>[pokemon game] should have voice acting!
I'm not opposed to "good" voice acting, but no voice acting is better than bad voice acting. I also dislike when games only voice certain lines. I played Metaphor Refantazio lately and it really took me out of the experience how it was seemingly completely random which lines got voiced and which didn't.
>[pokemon game] should have level scaling!
Agree with OP, I would prefer a steeper level curve for higher challenge, but level scaling is not the way to go.
>[pokemon game] should have HD2D Octopath Traveler graphics!
As long as they can keep a consistent framerate and make the move animations not embarrassingly bad then I'm satisfied. Nobody plays Pokémon for the graphics after all.

>>57925533 (OP)
>>57926201
>Le level scaling is... LE BAD!!!
I can't believe all it took was one bad open world game (that wasn't even a Pokemon game) for literally everyone to parrot this opinion for almost 2 decades.

>>57926198
>The problem with voice acting in pokemon is that it leads to dubs.
agreed, i should mention i mostly meant the problem would be dubs. japanese VA would probably be fine, but i usually prefer knowing what the fuck is being said (even with subtitles, idk im autistic)

>>57926223
>idk im autistic
>for not wanting to look away from the action to read one sentence at a time while gooks jabber
Nah man seems pretty normal

>>57926220
i think level scaling should have been in SV but only to bring lower areas up to player level if you skip them
it sucks realizing the bug gym was meant to be the "first" when it's one of the last things you do and you just feel nothing sweeping the level 10 shitmons with your endgame team

>>57926201
>no voice acting is better than bad voice acting
The same could be said for the soundtrack, and for SWSH and SV, having no soundtrack would improve them.

>>57926293
Their soundtracks are completely fine, anon.

>>57926293
I think the SV one is pretty forgettable but I really like the sound design for Area Zero.
But that's generally how I feel about it, a bad soundtrack is just forgettable, it doesn't make me cringe like bad voice acting. Very few areas in Pokémon have so annoying tracks that I'd rather turn the sound off Eterna City is the only one I can think of right now.

>>57925533 (OP)
This but with retards who want Doubles to be the standard battle format for in game

>>57925560
Except not really, because voice acting for Pokemon would amplify dev times (thereby disrupting the usual consistent flow) due to the need for localizing in as many languages as possible to release to as wide an audience as possible, bloat the filesize with a bunch of sound files, and also increase the likelihood of leaks from audition lines or role listings being posted online for all to see.
Also, it'd mean the game's profits would have to split between more involved companies, ultimately reducing the direct net gain of Pokemon's primary owners and TPC.

>>57926220
i think level scaling is lazy

>>57926019
This.

>>57926367
>Area Zero
That one makes me want to turn the sound off or break the Switch's speakers.

>>57925533 (OP)
>>57925553
Level scaling is not about taking down the level, but about taking it up.
Each area still has its base pre-determined level, but if you are too high for it than that area with scale UP to you.
If yo are too low level for an area, it will still be in its base level, it will not scale down.

>>57927293
You have no fucking soul.

>>57928116
>just bring a bunch of level 1 Pokemon with you and sweep

>>57925533 (OP)
In gen 10 you should be allowed to rape trainers of the opposite gender after curbstomping them with just your overleved starter.

>>57925533 (OP)
All those would be true if not for terrible execution/English VA industry.

>>57925553
>Just don't go to high level areas at a low level
People have the opposite problem retard.
>>57928175
read
>Each area still has its base pre-determined level,

>>57925533 (OP)
The only fundamental difference between HD2D and the DS games is lighting
And scaling should only be a thing for major fights like gyms and evil teams if they wanna keep making open world games

>Masters has better models than the Main games
>Unova is the peak of the franchise

>>57928897
>>Unova is the peak of the franchise
this but unironically