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bobandbill October 16th, 2019 10:17 AM

Turns out it was just an expansion of the CoroCoro news, with details. Less than a month to go now! Let's see how they continue.

colours October 16th, 2019 12:24 PM

either we're going to get news by the end of this month, or the beginning of next month. im starting to feel like Game Freak is running out of chances to impress people. it's moreso surprising to me because i haven't gotten this much of a "meh" vibe in pre-release pokemon games, before. @[email protected]

Fairy October 16th, 2019 10:33 PM

Am I the only one who isn’t bothered by the SWSH news distribution? I’m a ‘less is more’ kind of person so I get that maybe I’m bias here, but the information that’s been revealed (although not always good news, per se) has been timely and fun.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Couples-Consoling October 17th, 2019 7:33 PM

It's been driving me NUTS how little news there's been, and I've been desperate for more. But for the first time today, seeing news about the first 90 minutes out and with so little time left before it comes out, I actually started to wonder how much I want to be made aware of now. I mean, we're so close, is it worth trying to hold out to be surprised by now? Or do I still need to know new stuff THAT badly?

I think I'm going to end up walking a middle ground. I think I'm gonna try skimming new stuff, be vaguely aware of what's up, but not plunge into too much detail. Let the little things surprise me as I go.

Superfox October 18th, 2019 6:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IcyIce (Post 10077489)
SwSh has done a TERRIBLE job. There are somethings that need to be revealed, like starter evolutions. People want to see what they will be stuck with for the rest of the game.

Actually, I disagree. I'm old enough to remember when we weren't given the starter evolutions in advance. I remember as a kid playing Pokémon Silver, I didn't know what my Cyndaquil would evolve into and that suspense actually made it a better experience. Then, when it did finally become a Typhlosion, I immediately got on the phone with my best friend and told him all about how my little Cyndaquil evolved into this awesome-looking rat/badger-like creature.

So, I hope GF doesn't release the starter evolutions. I want to be surprised again.

Cherrim October 20th, 2019 9:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Superfox (Post 10079010)
Actually, I disagree. I'm old enough to remember when we weren't given the starter evolutions in advance. I remember as a kid playing Pokémon Silver, I didn't know what my Cyndaquil would evolve into and that suspense actually made it a better experience. Then, when it did finally become a Typhlosion, I immediately got on the phone with my best friend and told him all about how my little Cyndaquil evolved into this awesome-looking rat/badger-like creature.

So, I hope GF doesn't release the starter evolutions. I want to be surprised again.

The west has almost always had early confirmation of the Pokedex just by nature of being nearly a year behind on releases for most of the games. Contrary to your experience, I remember buying... man, I think it was Pogo's Pokemon magazines...? Which had pictures of every single Pokemon in Gold and Silver because of that gap. So I knew what my Pokemon would evolve into even if there hadn't been any official press releases on them. I vastly prefer it that way, now, too, because a lot of third evolutions are just... disappointing, to me.

Even if they do release that info, you could get the same result by just avoiding media for a while before the game, just like you probably did as a kid to not have seen leaks from the jp release. :P

_pheebee October 20th, 2019 1:05 PM

Personally, disagree.

I feel too much has been revealed.

Superfox November 4th, 2019 8:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cherrim (Post 10079545)
The west has almost always had early confirmation of the Pokedex just by nature of being nearly a year behind on releases for most of the games. Contrary to your experience, I remember buying... man, I think it was Pogo's Pokemon magazines...? Which had pictures of every single Pokemon in Gold and Silver because of that gap. So I knew what my Pokemon would evolve into even if there hadn't been any official press releases on them. I vastly prefer it that way, now, too, because a lot of third evolutions are just... disappointing, to me.

Even if they do release that info, you could get the same result by just avoiding media for a while before the game, just like you probably did as a kid to not have seen leaks from the jp release. :P

The problem with that argument is that information is so readily dispersed nowadays that you could literally be spoiled against your will. For example, I was just on YouTube and scrolled past a video that had posted the leaks the alleged starter evolutions IN THE THUMBNAIL. To be fair, they tried to blur it out, but they did a bad job. I shouldn't have to embargo myself from all corners of the internet for fear of being spoiled when I don't seek out spoilers.

Inkwriter November 8th, 2019 3:16 AM

Well, Nintendo is apparently barring reviews or something due to the leaks so we probably won't be getting any more substantial info until the actual release date now.

Iceshadow3317 November 8th, 2019 8:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Inkwriter (Post 10085726)
Well, Nintendo is apparently barring reviews or something due to the leaks so we probably won't be getting any more substantial info until the actual release date now.

From what we know, there isn't much more to be known other than story, post game and how the league works. Everything else we already know. Reviews aren't much to go on, as they are almost always bias.

We will get info in corocoro this month, but it will probably just be the starters or something, which we already know. Datamine will probably still happen, revealing events legends if they are in the data, unless they pull another USUM.

So everything they normally reveal, has been revealed other than pokemon.

Hopefully we get one more reveal of pokemon to confirm the massive leak or not. Even though I am pretty sure it is real at this point, even though we haven't gotten a screenshot of any pokemon in the wild which is odd, but I can't help, but hold some doubt. I would actually be disappointed if some of the pokemon were fake.

PageEmp November 8th, 2019 5:57 PM

This has to be a joke. Honestly? I think the revealing cycle for gen8 was spot on. We get the games announced, then we get big info showing off new mons, gyms, and basic stuff we need to know, and then small info every month until the big leak. I know I have a massive unpopular opinion, but I don’t care, the way the news had been handled so far was perfect.

Inkwriter November 10th, 2019 12:46 AM

I guess I was spoiled by the sheer amount of information preceeding XY, when there was seemingly endless things to talk about. Even something as simple as diagonal motion was pretty new to the series at the time. I would have expected something more... exciting, I suppose, given that the Switch is pretty much Nintendo's hottest console now and Pokémon is such a huge franchise.


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