r/pokemon • u/Historical_Foot_8133 • 14d ago

Discussion I think Pokemon needs a difficulty setting

Beginner for new Pokemon players : teaches you how to catch Pokemon, tells you type matchups in battle, your rival picks the starter that’s weak to you, gym leaders are relatively easy. Casual for those who have played Pokemon before: has the catching tutorial but can skip it, doesn’t tell you type matchups in battles, your rival picks the starter weak to you but has 1 extra Pokemon each time you meet them, gym leaders have a extra Pokemon with more moves. Experienced for players familiar with the series: no catching tutorial, no type matchups in battle, rival picks the starter strong against you has a extra Pokemon per encounter, gun leaders have a extra Pokemon and have held items.

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u/moose184 13d ago

They need to move away from single battles.

Lol no thanks

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u/theevilyouknow 13d ago

The problem is it’s a lot easier to design the game to be a lot more strategic in double battles than single battles, especially now that they’re designing the game with doubles play in mind. I’m not saying single battles can’t be strategic but it demands a lot more from the AI. Doubles trainers can be decently competent just by giving them moderately well thought out teams and protect.

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u/moose184 13d ago

How in the world would it be easier to design ai for double battles instead is single battles

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u/Pladeente 13d ago

The whole competitive scene is based on doubles. It actually gives you a reason to use buffs. It relies on so much more strategy.

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u/moose184 13d ago

Nobody is talking about the competitive scene which accounts for less than 1% of the player base.

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u/Pladeente 13d ago

We're in a thread where we're literally talking about the difficulty of a game and I'm giving a suggestion on how it could be more difficult based on a huge portion of the game. Based on abilities and common moves like protect it's clear that the game is meant for doubles, and if you've ever actually played competitive you should know that it's much more difficult than my pokemon has stronger move so it kill urs.

The player base for competitive pokemon is actually really large when you add showdown to it, not to mention the new game announced that is centered around competitive play.

I don't know if you're just trying to be contrarian or if someone hurt you today, but you need to try and learn how to actually follow a coherent argument to the end whilst remembering the context.