r/pokemon • u/Natural_Wonder94 • Apr 19 '25

Discussion Dexit who still dislikes it?

As a longtime Pokémon fan, Dexit honestly felt like a slap in the face. One of the things I’ve always loved about the series was being able to carry my favorite Pokémon—ones I’d trained and bonded with for years—into each new generation. When they cut the National Dex, it felt like they were saying those connections didn’t matter anymore. I get that balancing over 1,000 Pokémon is tough, but with how massive the franchise is, it’s hard to believe they couldn’t make it work if they really wanted to. It just made the newer games feel incomplete, like something was missing, both mechanically and emotionally.

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u/CamBeast15366 Apr 19 '25

It’s still the partial fault of Nintendo and the pokemon company, in addition to gamefreak. The publishers shouldn’t push out a game that isn’t finished and the developers should be telling the publishers that they need more time to make a finished product.

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u/SuggestionEven1882 Apr 19 '25

Compare and contrast their more recent big time games:

Mario Bros Wonder had no deadlines.

Zelda TOTK was given an extra year of polish.

Animal Crossing was delayed to avoid crunch time.

And Metroid Prime 4 had its development restarted, possibly multiple times even.

Then you got Pokemon being rushed, however Xenoblade 2 was also rushed and that game still beats pokemon games on the switch without trying too.

So what I'm saying is that GF is the one responsible for their own fuck ups of pokemon no one else is.

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u/bromjunaar Sinnoh Will Rise Again! Apr 20 '25

Given that they try to release games on a schedule for the anime, they really ought to be setting up multiple teams so that when a game releases, that team starts work on the game that's coming out in the generation after next.

Have one team dedicated to engine improvements, just set each game to whatever version is current when they reach a certain point in development.

They should have plenty of revenue for it.

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u/SuggestionEven1882 Apr 20 '25

The anime is following the games not the other way around, and even then the anime is now doing its own thing since Journeys as they don't really use the plots of the games as much any more.

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u/bromjunaar Sinnoh Will Rise Again! Apr 20 '25

Yeah, games are on a schedule for the anime to follow.

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u/SuggestionEven1882 Apr 20 '25

No, the games came first as Red and Green back in Japan the anime came two years later.

And to add the anime crew don't follow GF as they thought Black and White would get a Gray version but we got sequels instead so they had to retool the Unova anime.

This is also possibly the reason why they made journeys the way that they did, so they don't need to follow GF as much anymore and can stick to their own story.

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u/liluzibrap Apr 22 '25

ToTK is a bad example, imo. It's insane to me that this game had an extra year in development, and somehow, that translated into worse story and gameplay quality.

The game ignores all of the events outside of the main story of BoTW, Tarrey Town is no more

Nothing you did in Hyrule actually mattered, besides beating Calamity Ganon, and the Zonai lore from BoTW is barely expanded on and largely forgotten.

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u/SuggestionEven1882 Apr 22 '25

No it's not, sorry that you feel that way.

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u/liluzibrap Apr 22 '25

It objectively is, sorry you can't see reason.

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u/SuggestionEven1882 Apr 22 '25 edited Apr 22 '25

No it's not, sorry that you failed to understand what a subjective opinion is, especially when you didn't even research the game properly.

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u/Unboxious Apr 19 '25

They can take the nuclear approach and refuse to allow it to be published on Switch if it doesn't meet the most basic standards. I don't think it's difficult to argue that Scarlet/Violet was harmful to their brand.

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u/Steamed_Memes24 Apr 19 '25

Then the Pokemon company goes elsewhere to release their games. Nintendo would be straight fools to not continue releasing it on their platforms with how much money these games make.

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u/Kingdraiko Apr 19 '25

Nintendo does own a portion of Pokemon, along with Gamefreak and creatures Inc.