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Hiku said:
Nem said:

That was a cinematic, not a game. But, it's too much of a leap for me to believe gamefreak will make a home console pokemon. Theres no precedent to it. So, i need more than just a rumor.

Both of those screens were actually cutscenes. But I should have pointed out that the cut scenes are in real time. As such it's the same situation for gameplay.

You can see a massve difference for polygons. But not a big change for the menus (character portrait) because they're made out of pixels. These high res assets are even present in old DS games, because it's easier to work with larger models, and then just have the game scale them down.

The primary reason for why Gamefreak are making a Pokemon game for Switch is because it is also a handheld. And it may very well be Nintendo's only handheld moving forward. So in that case they have to make games for it.

Is that an emulator? Because theres no actual HD port of that game. Just the cut-scenes.

Anyways, i don't know. Would that kind of minimal work really do it for you? I do think gamefreak has higher standards than that. Anyways, we have heard rumors and wishes for a console mainline pokemon for decades. I just can't believe a rumor. I'm gonna have to see proof. So, i'll believe it when i see it.



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lol Course its going to happen, switch is replacing the 3DS as well as the Wii U, all of there handheld franchises will be en route to switch and there not gonna pass up a year 1 port of Pokemon with a few spawn alterations. It may not be launch day but it will be before next xmas.



Nem said:

Is that an emulator? Because theres no actual HD port of that game. Just the cut-scenes.

Anyways, i don't know. Would that kind of minimal work really do it for you? I do think gamefreak has higher standards than that. Anyways, we have heard rumors and wishes for a console mainline pokemon for decades. I just can't believe a rumor. I'm gonna have to see proof. So, i'll believe it when i see it.

All games have higher assets created just as he says they're just scaled to the hardware overtime, this is why emulators can upscale games with out any added assets.

As for the rumour Gamefreak themselves have always said the only way they'll make a mainline console game is if the player could take the console with them.



Hiku said:
Nem said:

Is that an emulator? Because theres no actual HD port of that game. Just the cut-scenes.

Anyways, i don't know. Would that kind of minimal work really do it for you? I do think gamefreak has higher standards than that. Anyways, we have heard rumors and wishes for a console mainline pokemon for decades. I just can't believe a rumor. I'm gonna have to see proof. So, i'll believe it when i see it.

Yeah, that's on an emulator. No one created new high res textures for the game to look like that, but simply allowed the high res textures that were already there to be played at their native resolution. I saw the same improvements for other DS games on that emulator as well, as long as they have 3D models.

And I think you may have misunderstood what I meant about minimal work for Gamefreak. I was just refering to the part you said about turning Sun/Moon into HD. Usually the third version of Pokemon games have the same, or very similar, graphics to the original. (I think Crystal supported Gameboy Color while Gold/Silver didn't.) So when you mentioned turning it into HD as a form of obstacle for them that may take a lot of time, I pointed out that higher res 3D assets are already in the game, as it's easier to work that way when designing textures, and just let the limitations of portable hardware scale them down afterwards.

In other words, it's not a lot of extra work for them at all to have Sun/Moon become HD since they've already made those assets.
The difference with this rumor is that Switch is a fully portable system, which none of the previous consoles were. So it makes a lot of sense.

I think that a Nintendo title for the switch can't look half assed. Even if its a mainline. I still strongly believe its a spin-off of some sort (even the name itself would make sense if it was Star, not Stars). We will have to see.

Look not saying its impossible, i'm saying i'm not gonna jump on the hype train without seeing proof because i've been let down many a times.



I doubt that Pokémon Stars is ever going to happen.
Pokémon Grey was rumored even before Black and White were released, same with Pokémon Z.
Game Freak was obviously planning to release Pokémon Grey at first (Kyurem is a grey dragon), but they changed their mind and released two games instead. This was a good idea: Black2/White2 sold more than Platinum, Emerald and Crystal (while Black/White sold less than its predecessors).
They also intended to release Pokémon Z (Zygarde), but they realised they could make more money by skipping it and just releasing remakes and new generation games instead.
In Sun and Moon, there is no 'third legendary', nor any other sings that Pokémon Stars is going to happen.



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Hiku said:
Nem said:

I think that a Nintendo title for the switch can't look half assed. Even if its a mainline. I still strongly believe its a spin-off of some sort (even the name itself would make sense if it was Star, not Stars). We will have to see.

Look not saying its impossible, i'm saying i'm not gonna jump on the hype train without seeing proof because i've been let down many a times.



One of the images used as reference for this came during the Sun and Moon trailer:



So I don't know if they would show a spinoff in that trailer.
As for Stars, thet's just a code name. Sun and Moon were codenamed "Niji".

Bottom line for me. Switch is a portable, so Pokemon makes sense. And I'm inclined to have much more faith in Eurogamer about Switch info than I doubt them.

It just doesnt say anything. That is my problem and why i can't just jump on it. It could be anything or nothing.

And yes, i already knew about it. I do read the news you know? :p