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Sephiran on 23 July 2025
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Slownenberg said:
curl-6 said:

I wouldn't underestimate the appeal of Pokémon; Scarlet/Violet was a technical disaster but still one of the highest selling games on Switch, and the Switch 2 version offers the first chance to play a modern Pokémon game with decent performance.

True, but I'm not saying it'll sell poorly, I just feel like it won't be a must-have game on Switch2, where the early buyers are presumably looking for next-gen games, and a boring looking cross gen game (and it very much looks like a Switch1 game with just a cleaner coat put on) IMO feels like it'll sell more to the massive Switch user base than the next gen users.

I'd be very disappointed if I was looking to buy a next-gen Pokemon game and this was it haha. Legends Arceus was a small step in the right direction, and S/V seems like conceptually it was a good step in the right direction and was just mired by being a technical disaster. Z-A feels like a major step backward into boredom.

The counter point of course is that there won't be a lot to play on Switch2 yet so people might simply be desperate for a new major game on the system.

Pokemon is a mega popular IP, so brand recognition makes it a perfect choice to tie a new Pokemon game to a new console, it makes both more attractive for consumers.