spemanig said:
No, but there's not really a point in making a new generation for old hardware just to complete an old generation on new hardware. Unless it was a DQ11 situation where the two versions were completely different and only had the story in common, I'd be even more pissed. I don't care about Pokemon being on NX by itself. I care about Pokemon using better hardware to finally fucking evolve. Playing Pokemon these past 20 years has been equivalent to Nintendo making OoT, MM, WW, TP, and SS all top down games while the world around them embraces the new tech. You can already see from the concept that the games are still top down, and that's because of the hardware restrictions. If Sun and Moon are also on the NX, and they still look the way I can already tell they'll look, that's the point where the games will have reached stagnation for me. Everyone has their limit. 20 years with no real progress is reaching mine. |
It would've been likely top down anyway because it's part of the tradition since the beginning. Even on GameCube hardware, they stuck with top down for the most part. In many ways, it has evolved. I could never battle in Y or Black the same way I could battle in Red or Gold because of the new features in the battle mechanics. New types, changes in stats, addition of nature and special abilities, etc. have evolved the battle system and the worlds have evolved through each iteration as well.
Personally, all I see is the trailer being more of a nostalgia trip, celebrating 20 years of Pokemon. Seeing all the people trading, battling, and connecting (which is their main theme here) through each generation really shows how consistent each game has been to their core, even throughout the games' evolutions. I guess the short tease of Sun and Moon does appear underwhelming unless you've taken a chance to see hints of potential scenes and stuff. Who knows why they didn't reveal much from these games. It's like ORAS, but showing how Pokemon has evolved up to its anniversary.
its kinda funny how Nintendo appears to have underwhelming initial reveals for their games this gen besides Smash Bros. and then they suddenly have better trailers since and then people get more hyped. It'll probably still be a great Pokemon experience like previous gens (at least for me since I've enjoyed all the generations of Pokemon). I do wonder what's the new region and does it have connections to all of the various hints that came from Kalos?
