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Does this affect your decision to get the game?

No, still hyped. 24 39.34%
 
Yes, hype gone, not buying. 10 16.39%
 
Eh, I don't like this but will wait and see. 10 16.39%
 
Eh, I hate this, but will get it anyway. 13 21.31%
 
Wasn't getting it from the start. 4 6.56%
 
Total:61
RingoGaSuki said:
Faelco said:

Management in Japan is a pretty big issue from what I see working here (I work in improvement, including management improvement).

They are in a weird position, some of the companies still managing like 50 years ago which is terrible and inefficient (and sometimes deadly for the employees), but on the other side some companies try to be younger and more international, and end up doing way too much and losing all logic and structure, losing their goal and priority in the process.

My current company, for exemple, got so excited about "3D printing" and "laser manufacturing" to be pioneers in Japan, that they invested a fortune in currently useless very expensive machines for R&D, while they completely "forgot" to keep money to buy spare parts or machines on the critical and fragile machine our entire production depends on. We obviously have only one machine like this, and the entire production stops anytime we have an issue with it. Great management, right ? 

Their usual excuse is that "no-one in the company has management training or experience", and it seems pretty usual because foreign friends in other companies tell me the same thing. It's entirely possible that the GF management is just completely incompetent and got lost in their "let's innovate with new titles" stuff. 

I've heard and experienced things like this many times during my time here in Japan too. I was working with management at an NGO and they wanted to spread a story, so they made an animation (one of the most terrible I've ever seen) and spent 200,000+ yen recording it professionally, but forgot to check the script before doing so, and ended up leaving a bunch of mistakes in, so they threw away all that money for nothing (and that's a fuckload for a non-profit). Friends at Rakuten have told me how poor management there is too. Seriously, leadership over here seems to just be awful no matter where you go. As you say, Game Freak is obviously no different, sadly.

Compared to France, I almost never see here advertisement for management schools, and I think it makes sense. Leadership is non existent in Japan, the hierarchy is usually made depending on the age of people. When they get older, they get promoted, and nobody cares if they are good managers/leaders or not. They don't delegate either, the CEO decides a ton of small stuff, even if he doesn't know anything about it, because you don't have leaders under him. 

Seriously, they asked me to "manage from the bottom", because even the guys who are 4 or 5 levels above me in the company and "manage" 50 people have no idea how to manage a team or project. They're technical experts, but worthless as managers. 

Society being way more important than the individual, they are educated to be part of a strong society, but in the other hand they are "weaker" as individuals: no leadership, less initiatives, less problem solving capability, less innovation. They're great at following orders, but terrible at deciding the right orders. And of course, even if the manager gives terrible orders, people will obey without saying anything. 

Last edited by Faelco - on 12 June 2019

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Ugh. I mean the game looks great, but this is a real shame.

Also they better not release a third version without offering it as dlc/discount to owners of the original. Same with Persona, Japanese developers need to stop that shit. It's not 2004 anymore. You shouldn't have to pay $60 for the game you already bought plus 5-20% more content.

Last edited by Barkley - on 12 June 2019

The Pokemon Direct already convinced me that I'll be waiting for either Sword & Shield 2/Ultra/3rd version/etc. or Gen 4 remakes, but wow now there's absolutely no chance I ever get this game. I guess the notable increase in laziness from Gamefreak since Ultra Sun/Moon is permament and applies to every game going forward.

RingoGaSuki said:

Having read through a bunch of the actual Japanese, it's looking even worse than I thought.

Straight from Masuda. There will never be a Pokemon game that contains all of them again, ever.

He said -
"。。。今作から対応方針を変えることにしました。冒険の舞台に合わせて、拘って登場するポケモンを決めている。"

From this game forward, our policy has changed. Pokemon will be specifically chosen to match the setting of the adventure.

Don't expect any game to ever have 'em all again. Even if there's a DPPT remake, it will only have a limited selection of Pokemon, separate to SS, and they will not be compatible.

Damn, guess I'm gonna be done with Pokemon then. A game could still be worth getting if the other content is really good, but knowing Gamefreak that'll never happen. It's sad I used to love this series so much. :(



That alone would already subtracts a solid 2 points out of 10 from my rating. And another -2 if Plusle isn't in there.

A lot of the Pokémon we'll be getting will be the same ones they always put in, and the same ones will be forgotten again.



Lol.



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People act like GF is happy with doing this. Did you not see Masuda during the treehouse? He was clearly very upset about it. They would have to delay the games to have every pokemon in there, and that isn't possible. I wonder what the problem is. Maybe animations?



MasonADC said:
People act like GF is happy with doing this. Did you not see Masuda during the treehouse? He was clearly very upset about it. They would have to delay the games to have every pokemon in there, and that isn't possible. I wonder what the problem is. Maybe animations?

If they really gave Pokemon to a secondary team, to focus instead on other games like Town, they maybe just don't have enough people on it to finish the game on time. 



I gave up on completing the Pokedex ages ago, would rather have them focus on only new Pokemon from now on, is part of the reason why I loved the main game of Black/White so much.



To be honest it doesn't bother me, don't play and have never played the game to "catch them all" but I can understand why those that do would be upset.

And as much as I loved mega evolutions, there were a few pokes that shouldnt have got one and just got regular evolutions instead (Pinsir, Mawile etc.) and I never really cared for z-moves.

Also as people have mentioned, B&Ws lack of being able to catch them all, didn't remove my enjoyment of those games.