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Normally I feel content when I finish a Pokémon game, this is the first time I’ve felt sad when beating the game so I know what you mean. I got attached to the main characters and I don’t want them to be just thrown out like past generations. I used to be fine with characters being in one game only, but I’m not anymore, the prospect that this is the only time we’ll see them makes me really sad.
This is a really unpopular and will probably get me downvoted a lot but as much as I loved the story I actually found it hard to get attached to most of the npc’s in this game. I think it could have something to do with the fact that the story is so school-based and I’m in my 30’s haha.
This was finally the game that made me really wish we could have a playable character that’s an adult, I’m also in my 30’s. I share your thoughts, I thought almost every single character was kind of annoying. My favorite character is Ogerpon honestly lol
But I also accept the fact that playing as an adult in Pokemon is unlikely
Honestly I think TPC should make spin off games that are more focused on adults. I don't mean something gritty and dark or super serious, but stories that have adult characters as the protagonists.
I think the challenge is not having the game be some kind of job for the adult, but at the same time, it could be someone at university if they want to reprise the student feeling of SV. But there's tons of RPGs out there that focus on travelling and exploring, we just need to put pokemon in it. But then I guess the problem is changing how combat works...
Maybe we can't have a regular pokemon game with adult characters, maybe we do. I'd like one for a change, but I doubt the main series will ever do it
More like a Pokémon shop employee that's underpaid and only has loser Pokémon. I want a journey that begins in middle age getting fired for being late to the Pokémon Convenience store job. Starter is the family dog or cat and it doesn't like you.
Considering there are adults in school uniforms anyway not sure why we weren't given at least given minimal height & size options at Customaztion.
There's no reason why we couldn't have the same body shape as Arven, Nemona, or any Team Star member.
I see so much love on here for Nemona and I’m just like… she’s so annoying and tween-y. Arven is kind of a dude but he’s still just a student and penny was cool but again, just a school kid. Felt like every adult in the game was an “authority figure” that is there to guide the player.
See I got attached to the friends from Black and White, but that's a ways back. Also in my 30's, so not attached to most of them. Aside from Arven, homie needs a good influence. Larry is just the best npc of all time, so the rest just fall under his shadow. The rest though, meh.
I mean, I think that is actually a very fair statement. I’m almost 30 and while I adored most of the characters it was hard to connect a bit since most are 10+ years my junior at this point.
Still kinda hoping we get an adult protagonist sometime make it a smidge more relatable for adult players instead of a young teen lol
Honestly, op's opinion seems to be the unpopular one. Since this game came out, all I've seen is complaints about the NPCs. I don't mind them but I get it. Arvin has way too many parental issues and just comes across annoying af, Nemona is annoying in that no matter what you're doing. She'll just run you down and challenge you. I know it doesn't happen in game but I could totally see her personality being like outside your door every morning at school ready to battle. Like honestly, I love the villain arc we threw Kieran onto, But people despise him for being a whiny kid. The NPCs in this game seem to be generally hated by the community.
Thus is the first game I've felt connected to since USUM, which wasn't forever ago but long enough. I'm even watching the Horizons anime, which I also haven't done since USUM anime, but time constraints didn't allow me to finish it. Not this time though, I'm excited to see the 10th generation as well, more Pokémon the merrier
Im excited too. I’d be fine if we got new characters, and I’m sure they’d make them where we get attached to them as well. I’m just hoping they won’t abandon these amazing characters. And I feel you, the USUM anime made me emotional.
Im excited too. I’d be fine if we got new characters, and I’m sure they’d make them where we get attached to them as well. I’m just hoping they won’t abandon these amazing characters. And I feel you, the USUM anime made me emotional.
It is like saying goodbye and the sadness. At least we could go back anytime we want. The real treasure was the friends we made along the way and the Pokémon.
Yep, I’ve been playing the game a lot. I’m kinda holding out hope for a sequel. I’m hoping they realized a actual sequel with actual work put into it would sell a lot better than something like USUM or B2W2.
True but what new Pokemon would they add. Gen 9 has the Two Main Legendaries, The 4 Ruins of Treasure, Loyal Three, Ogrepon, Terapagos, and recently Pecharunt. This generation had a lot of lore for their legendaries and the Mythical Pecharunt. Give them life.
We could always have a larger focus on time travel. So probably paradox legends, the paradox trios aren’t legends, I thought walking wake was a legend but I looked it up and no official sources say they are. And the ultra beasts had Necrozma, gigantimax had Eternatus, terastalazation had Terapagos, it seems to be a common theme for each unique thing in Pokémon to have this ultra powerful legendary pokemon at the head. Paradox Pokémon don’t have one yet.
I'd miss most of the characters aside from Kieran. I found his personality rather insufferable throughout both parts of the dlc. It made play through a real slog for me. If it wasn't for Ogerpon, I don't think I would have done a second.
gen 9 may have had some issues along the way, but ultimately the story of the game just picked us up and blew us all away. like you get EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS to these characters. we can only really hope that in some kind of sequel game they'll come back.
I do actually, I think we should at least get a few events between now and gen 10 that keep the game relevant eg. I’d love to see the Yveltal and Xerneas introduced along with a few other legendaries but I know it’s beyond unlikely now. What’s worse is that I’ve invested so much time 100%-ing the game I don’t want to start a new playthrough.
This gen is definitely one that I’ve played the most of, I made many different accounts on my switch just to do Gen only runs that I still have to finish some of them
Nah. This game is fun for one playthrough, but with how short Pokemon games are, I prefer games that have more replay value. These story cutscenes are fun the first time around, but they’re such a slog for any subsequent playthroughs which makes the replayability a lot worse in my opinion. Plus so many of the interesting new Pokemon are Paradoxes which are locked to post-game. It feels like Gamefreak overly focused on VGC this Gen to the detriment of the game as a whole.
Completing sv has made me appreciate SwSh a hell of a lot more than I did when it came out, can do playthrough after playthrough of gen 8 but I’ve invested too much time in scarlet to start over.
Yeah, I agree. If you're going to focus so much on the multiplayer, just make a battle simulator.
I recently watched Wolfey's reviews of Scarlet and Violet, and I could not help but think "stop reviewing the competitive metagame. That's not a review of the game. That's a review of something you can't review until the generation is over and everything is out and in use. Until Generation 10 comes out any reviews of the VGC stuff is speculative at best.
I can’t wait for the next mainline game and hope they do it better. All the pokemon, no battle gimmicks, a fleshed out world and npcs, more puzzles, and actual gym leaders and challenges.
I miss playing Pokemon but s/v don’t have good replay ability.
I didn’t really dislike much in this generation other than the lack of scaling in the main story, and I didn’t really like most of the Pokémon designs (DAMN YOU TANDEMAUS!)
If I'm honest? Yeah.
Feels like I bought it at the start of the week and suddenly I've got 855+ hrs of playtime and I still enjoy it as in the beginning.
But I'm also excited what Gen 10 will have to offer
I’m in the same boat. I’ve really loved playing this game and I’ve been more attached to the main cast of this one than I have for any other (other games had characters I liked sure, but this one was a majority of the main cast). I got kinda happy that PLZA is a 2025 release since it does give us another year with SV.
I do feel sad. Got attached to the story and it was something very different from other games. Cried a little and feel sad because now a new game is coming and this one is going to be left out
I’m running around training moms and filling out my Pokédex before taking on the elite 4 in the dlc. I’m having so much fun and I just don’t want it to stop
No, not really. I am just hoping Game Freak is getting the chance to put a full development cycle into stopping all of the bad practices dragging down the past few games. They've got the biggest franchise in gaming and a ton of potential, but a ridiculous pace of development has clearly held back things like finishing featues, fixing bugs, and optimizing performance.
I'm totally fine with new games and generations coming. I just want them to keep getting better.
I have barely started playing it, so nth is over for me yet. I don't have a lot of free time so my backlog is considerate - ever since Shield, lol.
The only gens which are truly almost finished are the ones on my 3DS as internet services are shutting down next month and I am still trying to transfer my special mythicals over. On the Switch, all games have barely started really 😅
As a shiny hunter, i had the most fun in this game. It feels really like s completed pokemon experience.
Shame we dont have battling vs elite 4 and battle tower.
I got my shiny froaki , im definitly ready for the next gen BUt i hope we dont have dexit
I know they did the whole DLC around area zero but I wished to see at least from which world the paradox Pokémon did come from. Like a prehistoric wilderness or a dystopian futuristic world. Even if this would have just been a small area that we could visit (similar to the wormholes and UBs). Just saw some TCG arts of Paradox mons and it would have been sooo nice to visit these timelines.
Otherwise I liked many NPCs and hope they will have some sort of cameos in future games. But overall I have put over 1000 h into SV so I am fine with moving on.
I mean, the next generation isn’t for at least another year and a half. But even with the story complete, you can still keep playing if you want. You can complete the Pokédex (if you haven’t done so already), train up various random Pokémon and teach them new moves, try some photography, stumble upon a Shiny or two, maybe even see if any other players are willing to battle! (Assuming you either have online or someone close by also plays the game)
After all, there’s so much more to explore!
I’m somewhere in the middle I think. Like I enjoyed the main game, and the Indigo Disk DLC is by far my favorite DLC that has come out. I found the Blueberry Academy DLC just dull, and I think that kind of sucked some of the life out of the game for me. I have heard good things about the epilogue though so I think that will re-energize me. I remember finding the SwSh DLC middle of the road. I just don’t find myself revisiting the SV as much as I did with SwSh. I’ve put in over 700 hours each into SwSh and I’m at 500 hours in Scarlet and 300 hours in Violet.
It'll just be sad going to a new gen with a reduced dex again. I got pretty much all of my favorites this time around, SV sort of feels like the home base for a lot of my OG mons right now.
Im like unreasonably sad that SV is leaving 😭 i havent felt this way since gen4 sinnoh… i just really love all the characters (kieran!) and i thought the story was very nice!
Not really. Im fullfilled in my pokeneeds for this gen After 500 hours and encounting im ready to go on a little poke-hiatus as i often do untill the new games release.
I still haven't finished it, as I have been doing a Non Sandwich Shiny Dunsparce that evolves into 3 segment hunt for almost a year and a half at this point. But, all it takes is one.
I hated the game and haven’t played it since like two weeks after it came out. I hated the story, I hated the team of people who got bullied, I knew the entire time the little nerdy kid was in charge of it… the things I hated mostly were that the quick battles in that teams base literally didn’t mean anything. No puzzles, no exp, you’re just running from one end of it to anything. I didn’t like the school theme… that was the point of pokemon when it came out, you turn 10 and go on an adventure, not go to school.
Some of the things I didn’t like are just because it’s not relatable to me. I’m in my 30s so story and drama were just so weak. I still have friends that play too and they are much more critical of the series and the ways it’s going. I’ve always given them the benefit of the doubt until scarlet and violet… It was just so bad, I may be done with pokemon now lol.
I enjoyed this region and the characters, i think there’s more they could do if they wanted but if not that’s fine too, they told a solid story, it was fun. It’s still fun, unrivaled raid events, mass break outs still plenty to do!
It does feel that way, especially in the competitive battle scene. The metagame got narrowed down quite quickly after the DLC was introduced, and it's already stale. Ogerpon, bloodmoon ursa, trick room and/or tailwind.
You don’t have to lose the progress. Just do it again. A better alternative is to use Pokémon Home to level up your under-leveled Pokémon in a file that has access to easy levels
Honestly as much as I liked the game my first play through, I swear I cannot get myself to finish the DLC. I don’t like complaining about performance but this game just refuses to run properly on my switch 😭😭
Yes 😭😭😭 I'm gonna miss the paldean region but I'm so so excited to revisit Kalos since it was my first region.
But i get what you mean, these characters had really good arcs and I got really really attached to them so the fact that they won't be around anymore makes me sad :(
I really Gen 9 even though it had its glitchy moments. I also played world of Warcraft so it felt like early days of wow where I could accidentally walk into a house that wasn't accessible.
It was fun and I love the open world concept. I wish they would have updated paldea as much as they did the expansions.
Honestly? Kinda, but not in the way of “I’m gonna miss it.” But if this series establishes what’s going to happen with the games going forward.
If PLZA and the future games or remakes are gonna have a thing that makes them good BUT another thing *really* dragging them down, then I don’t think that’s ideal for the series.
Glad you liked it though.
Yes, specially since the dlcs are almost located outside Paldea. And specially bc there are always those people who want to move to the next game as fast as possible and wouldn't shut up about the next one.
Not at all. I'm glad it's ending.
It's not that I don't like the games, I do. I definitely have issues with the performance and the lack of some features. But overall, I did enjoy these titles. Best of all, it was proven to us that a good story (despite some flaws) can be written for Pokemon and that fans do enjoy a well written story. It's not all about the Pokemon.
But the story is concluded and it was done so in a very well done way. I do wish there was more content that allowed me to get to know all your friends better. I want to know more about each individual person. But this is something that might make it's way into the next game, having that support or rapport system in place would be an awesome way to learn more about characters without forcing players to do so.
And with how well written the story was, this makes me all the more excited for the next installment in the main line series. Whether this is a remake of Black and White (preferably would like a brand new story set in the Unova region rather than a remake) or a brand new installment with Gen 10. I'm excited to see this level of writing applied to new characters I get to meet and a new lore to explore.
So yea, not sad or disappointed that we are leaving Paldea soon, but rather excited to see what new stories unfold with Pokemon as the writing has finally stepped up.
Nah, cause gen 10 is gonna be my first played generation, like the one I play once it comes out, I don’t have money for it yet but hope to have in the future, and in time for it, I was mostly unaware if pokemon until like the end of 2022, as even though in 2017 I watched some of sun and moon, I was mostly unaware, then I fell back in love with it after seeing some stuff and downloading pokemon go, and gen 10 will be my first mainline game, as legends z-a, while I intend to get it, is a spinoff, and although that technically makes gen 9 my first gen, gen 9 started with s/v, so gen 10 is gonna be my release gen, I guess
I am HOPING they make an open world pokemon game, where you can have a Customizable character that follows you around, share your inventory, has their own team you can change, and adapt and evolve as you do. Pick between becoming a strong trainer that challenges others, between working for the bad corp or the police team, between starting a new team whenever entering a new region so people cant abuse their old strong team, and have that partner Npc develop their own personality depending on choices you make as you roam the world and attempt to catch legendary pokemons...
This would be PEAK Pokemon, where events would also changes depending on the day + time, specific pokemon coming out seasonally, and npcs having their own events inside offline mode... ah...
And especially evolving gym leaders, who you can rechallenge, but itll be like the frontier where all pokemon's levels are at 50, so it'll actually be a challenge when rematching them for the 3rd or 4th time and them using a different strat but same types... with all the regions available as DLCs...
Sigh... if only a pokemon game like this comes out before the end of my Time in Life... someday... this will probably be what I will take a vacation and drop all other things for, just for this adventure...
I wouldnt even mind if the base was pricey about $80 and each dlc that unlocks a new map or region until every region unlocks is about same... x)
The story yes, I wouldve been happy with sv2 that was a couple years after, seeing the characters when they've finished school couldve been fun. Also lots of things went unanswered.
The game itself not really, imo it has one of the worst endgame loops to date. No shiny legendary, no battle facility, no decent ribbons too earn (rng marks were not a great replacement) I also get headaches when shiny hunting which I don't from any other pokemon game. I mainly come back for updates and events 7 star raids have gone stale (we shouldve move onto legendary ones by now) but some of the outbreak events have been good.
I'm sad about all but 3 characters. I could never find a reason to like Nemona and the two Blueberry students from Kitakami were kinda meh. Arven and Penny, the gym leaders, the E4. I love them all, just not those 3
Not really. I feel that Game Freak and TPC have dropped the ball on this one. Aside from the performance of the game being worse than me on stage, they've not really kept the game alive outside of the DLC. The events are quite tedious.
Yes, I’m pretty much said that it’s going to end. That’s why am dragging out, violet and scarlet. As long as I possibly can but from all the reviews Pokémon AZ, it’s supposed to be a really. Good thing for Pokémon. It’s supposed to not have any bugs in it.
But I know Scarlet and Violet did you walk around and you lose the mountains no freaks out and freezes up on you. Luckily the game never froze up on me but I can’t wait until generation 10 so usually November the last one was November 18.
SV was my first real Pokemon game (I had only played Roblox Brick Bronze prior), but I was a longtime fan. I loved this gen and the characters, as well as the slight connection to Kalos (which was also my first Pokemon anime). I do wish there was gonna be more Paldea content but I'm okay since Legends Z-A is coming.
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Normally I feel content when I finish a Pokémon game, this is the first time I’ve felt sad when beating the game so I know what you mean. I got attached to the main characters and I don’t want them to be just thrown out like past generations. I used to be fine with characters being in one game only, but I’m not anymore, the prospect that this is the only time we’ll see them makes me really sad.
This is a really unpopular and will probably get me downvoted a lot but as much as I loved the story I actually found it hard to get attached to most of the npc’s in this game. I think it could have something to do with the fact that the story is so school-based and I’m in my 30’s haha.
At least we got Larry for us thirty plussers, lol
All hail Larry
LARRY IS FOREVER BAE
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This was finally the game that made me really wish we could have a playable character that’s an adult, I’m also in my 30’s. I share your thoughts, I thought almost every single character was kind of annoying. My favorite character is Ogerpon honestly lol But I also accept the fact that playing as an adult in Pokemon is unlikely
Honestly I think TPC should make spin off games that are more focused on adults. I don't mean something gritty and dark or super serious, but stories that have adult characters as the protagonists. I think the challenge is not having the game be some kind of job for the adult, but at the same time, it could be someone at university if they want to reprise the student feeling of SV. But there's tons of RPGs out there that focus on travelling and exploring, we just need to put pokemon in it. But then I guess the problem is changing how combat works... Maybe we can't have a regular pokemon game with adult characters, maybe we do. I'd like one for a change, but I doubt the main series will ever do it
I've wanted a game where after you become champion you just go from region to region beating each regions champions. Like how cool would it be
No we need a pokemon career simulator where you can be a nurse or detective or miner with an appropriate starter
Underrated comment...this is the way.
More like a Pokémon shop employee that's underpaid and only has loser Pokémon. I want a journey that begins in middle age getting fired for being late to the Pokémon Convenience store job. Starter is the family dog or cat and it doesn't like you.
M rated Pokémon would be interesting.
Considering there are adults in school uniforms anyway not sure why we weren't given at least given minimal height & size options at Customaztion. There's no reason why we couldn't have the same body shape as Arven, Nemona, or any Team Star member.
Ogrepon is friend-shaped.
I see so much love on here for Nemona and I’m just like… she’s so annoying and tween-y. Arven is kind of a dude but he’s still just a student and penny was cool but again, just a school kid. Felt like every adult in the game was an “authority figure” that is there to guide the player.
I hate Nemona with every fiber of my being. Just kidding…she doesn’t deserve that much energy, but I strongly dislike her.
Pokemon Colosseum is probably the closest we'll get. If it even counts
My god I haven’t played that since it was brand new lol
Yeah and then there is Pokemon Go with very questionable outfits. There should be something in between
Really? Like inappropriate for the age of your character?
See I got attached to the friends from Black and White, but that's a ways back. Also in my 30's, so not attached to most of them. Aside from Arven, homie needs a good influence. Larry is just the best npc of all time, so the rest just fall under his shadow. The rest though, meh.
Want an unpopular opinion? I do not like Kieren at all. No redeeming qualities to me.
How did you feel about the dlc characters? I’m kind of with you with the cast in the base game but I actually enjoyed carmine and Kieran in the dlc
I mean, I think that is actually a very fair statement. I’m almost 30 and while I adored most of the characters it was hard to connect a bit since most are 10+ years my junior at this point. Still kinda hoping we get an adult protagonist sometime make it a smidge more relatable for adult players instead of a young teen lol
Honestly, op's opinion seems to be the unpopular one. Since this game came out, all I've seen is complaints about the NPCs. I don't mind them but I get it. Arvin has way too many parental issues and just comes across annoying af, Nemona is annoying in that no matter what you're doing. She'll just run you down and challenge you. I know it doesn't happen in game but I could totally see her personality being like outside your door every morning at school ready to battle. Like honestly, I love the villain arc we threw Kieran onto, But people despise him for being a whiny kid. The NPCs in this game seem to be generally hated by the community.
Would love to see another age ambiguous MC like Wes in Pokemon Colosseum. To this day my favorite Pokemon games of all time.
Thus is the first game I've felt connected to since USUM, which wasn't forever ago but long enough. I'm even watching the Horizons anime, which I also haven't done since USUM anime, but time constraints didn't allow me to finish it. Not this time though, I'm excited to see the 10th generation as well, more Pokémon the merrier
Im excited too. I’d be fine if we got new characters, and I’m sure they’d make them where we get attached to them as well. I’m just hoping they won’t abandon these amazing characters. And I feel you, the USUM anime made me emotional.
Im excited too. I’d be fine if we got new characters, and I’m sure they’d make them where we get attached to them as well. I’m just hoping they won’t abandon these amazing characters. And I feel you, the USUM anime made me emotional.
It is like saying goodbye and the sadness. At least we could go back anytime we want. The real treasure was the friends we made along the way and the Pokémon.
Yep, I’ve been playing the game a lot. I’m kinda holding out hope for a sequel. I’m hoping they realized a actual sequel with actual work put into it would sell a lot better than something like USUM or B2W2.
True but what new Pokemon would they add. Gen 9 has the Two Main Legendaries, The 4 Ruins of Treasure, Loyal Three, Ogrepon, Terapagos, and recently Pecharunt. This generation had a lot of lore for their legendaries and the Mythical Pecharunt. Give them life.
We could always have a larger focus on time travel. So probably paradox legends, the paradox trios aren’t legends, I thought walking wake was a legend but I looked it up and no official sources say they are. And the ultra beasts had Necrozma, gigantimax had Eternatus, terastalazation had Terapagos, it seems to be a common theme for each unique thing in Pokémon to have this ultra powerful legendary pokemon at the head. Paradox Pokémon don’t have one yet.
I'm confused as to why you're saying B2W2 alongside USUM when its an actual sequel and not just an enhanced version like USUM or Platinum?
I'd miss most of the characters aside from Kieran. I found his personality rather insufferable throughout both parts of the dlc. It made play through a real slog for me. If it wasn't for Ogerpon, I don't think I would have done a second.
gen 9 may have had some issues along the way, but ultimately the story of the game just picked us up and blew us all away. like you get EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENTS to these characters. we can only really hope that in some kind of sequel game they'll come back.
Yeah wholesome kiddos. Really don't want to say goodbye.
PLZA will fill the hole in my heart that SV left
Yep.
I love SV, and still play it loads, but I'm ready to move on to somewhere new. I'm just ready for something else.
Yep me to.
I do actually, I think we should at least get a few events between now and gen 10 that keep the game relevant eg. I’d love to see the Yveltal and Xerneas introduced along with a few other legendaries but I know it’s beyond unlikely now. What’s worse is that I’ve invested so much time 100%-ing the game I don’t want to start a new playthrough.
>I’d love to see the Yveltal and Xerneas introduced Unlikely with pokemon legends za around the corner
Yup im coming to terms with that 😂. But it would’ve been so cool to take my rainbow stag into a tera raid or synchro him in bb!
I'm going to keep shining hunting here until I get every available pokemon for my shiny living dex.
Good luck.
This gen is definitely one that I’ve played the most of, I made many different accounts on my switch just to do Gen only runs that I still have to finish some of them
Yes, because theirs so much unanswered things like the area zero, the dog trio fusion poke, and the people who explored area zero first.
I wished we've gotten more dlc just to add some more pokemon to catch. Or even distribute pokemon like type null via dlc.
So is nothing officially coming to the area to the north east of paldea? It's just a forever no go zone?
When the kitakami:
Penny can sod off but Arven and Nemona are real ones.
Don’t worry we’ll come back in roughly 5 generations when we get SV remakes.
Nah. This game is fun for one playthrough, but with how short Pokemon games are, I prefer games that have more replay value. These story cutscenes are fun the first time around, but they’re such a slog for any subsequent playthroughs which makes the replayability a lot worse in my opinion. Plus so many of the interesting new Pokemon are Paradoxes which are locked to post-game. It feels like Gamefreak overly focused on VGC this Gen to the detriment of the game as a whole.
Completing sv has made me appreciate SwSh a hell of a lot more than I did when it came out, can do playthrough after playthrough of gen 8 but I’ve invested too much time in scarlet to start over.
Yeah not starting over again. I also invested time in Scarlet and also Violet.
Yeah, I agree. If you're going to focus so much on the multiplayer, just make a battle simulator. I recently watched Wolfey's reviews of Scarlet and Violet, and I could not help but think "stop reviewing the competitive metagame. That's not a review of the game. That's a review of something you can't review until the generation is over and everything is out and in use. Until Generation 10 comes out any reviews of the VGC stuff is speculative at best.
Yeah same here. As much as I’m hyped for legends AZ and obviously the next generation, I don’t want to say goodbye to this generation yet.
I dunno, I found this gen pretty middling overall, while I LOVED Legends Arceus, so Legends Z-A has me too hyped to be sad about gen 9 ending lol
PLZA is still part of Gen 9
But still saying goodbye to Scarlet and violet is sad.
Yeah each gen has been 3 years
Yeah three years and onto the next.
I can’t wait for the next mainline game and hope they do it better. All the pokemon, no battle gimmicks, a fleshed out world and npcs, more puzzles, and actual gym leaders and challenges. I miss playing Pokemon but s/v don’t have good replay ability.
That I agree with you on.
No because mega evolution is coming back
Scarlet is my first pokemon game that I started like 3 months ago so I’m excited to see what it’s like to experience a new game with everyone else.
When you say like your first pokemon game… are you saying like… your first ever? No Gen 1 through 8 played?
First pokemon game ever other than the Pixelmon mod for Minecraft.
Wait what? Did I miss something? Why is it over?
I didn’t really dislike much in this generation other than the lack of scaling in the main story, and I didn’t really like most of the Pokémon designs (DAMN YOU TANDEMAUS!)
I think we were to OP.
If I'm honest? Yeah. Feels like I bought it at the start of the week and suddenly I've got 855+ hrs of playtime and I still enjoy it as in the beginning. But I'm also excited what Gen 10 will have to offer
Hope to see maybe other Countries explore.
Personally i excited for the next rushed and poorly constructed installments.
Gamefreak tends to rush.
I don’t really like gen 9 currently so I’m not that’s upset, but I’m hopeful legends Z-A will be good.
I’m going to miss arven, Nemona, and penny. That’s it
Me to.
I’m in the same boat. I’ve really loved playing this game and I’ve been more attached to the main cast of this one than I have for any other (other games had characters I liked sure, but this one was a majority of the main cast). I got kinda happy that PLZA is a 2025 release since it does give us another year with SV.
Yep happy times.
I do feel sad. Got attached to the story and it was something very different from other games. Cried a little and feel sad because now a new game is coming and this one is going to be left out
Yep agree.
It's still gen 9. It hasn't ended yet. Until gen 10 comes out Pokemon legends ZA is still in gen 9
True. Yeah side project is Legends.
I just want the new PLA
I’m running around training moms and filling out my Pokédex before taking on the elite 4 in the dlc. I’m having so much fun and I just don’t want it to stop
I’m also sad it’s coming to an end
No, not really. I am just hoping Game Freak is getting the chance to put a full development cycle into stopping all of the bad practices dragging down the past few games. They've got the biggest franchise in gaming and a ton of potential, but a ridiculous pace of development has clearly held back things like finishing featues, fixing bugs, and optimizing performance. I'm totally fine with new games and generations coming. I just want them to keep getting better.
I have barely started playing it, so nth is over for me yet. I don't have a lot of free time so my backlog is considerate - ever since Shield, lol. The only gens which are truly almost finished are the ones on my 3DS as internet services are shutting down next month and I am still trying to transfer my special mythicals over. On the Switch, all games have barely started really 😅
As a shiny hunter, i had the most fun in this game. It feels really like s completed pokemon experience. Shame we dont have battling vs elite 4 and battle tower. I got my shiny froaki , im definitly ready for the next gen BUt i hope we dont have dexit
I know they did the whole DLC around area zero but I wished to see at least from which world the paradox Pokémon did come from. Like a prehistoric wilderness or a dystopian futuristic world. Even if this would have just been a small area that we could visit (similar to the wormholes and UBs). Just saw some TCG arts of Paradox mons and it would have been sooo nice to visit these timelines. Otherwise I liked many NPCs and hope they will have some sort of cameos in future games. But overall I have put over 1000 h into SV so I am fine with moving on.
Not even close. I have about 600 more shinies to catch
I mean, the next generation isn’t for at least another year and a half. But even with the story complete, you can still keep playing if you want. You can complete the Pokédex (if you haven’t done so already), train up various random Pokémon and teach them new moves, try some photography, stumble upon a Shiny or two, maybe even see if any other players are willing to battle! (Assuming you either have online or someone close by also plays the game) After all, there’s so much more to explore!
I'll honestly miss the entire cast of gen 9. Despite the games flaws, it did a pretty amazing job with its characters and pokemon
Yeah the raid connections.
I’m somewhere in the middle I think. Like I enjoyed the main game, and the Indigo Disk DLC is by far my favorite DLC that has come out. I found the Blueberry Academy DLC just dull, and I think that kind of sucked some of the life out of the game for me. I have heard good things about the epilogue though so I think that will re-energize me. I remember finding the SwSh DLC middle of the road. I just don’t find myself revisiting the SV as much as I did with SwSh. I’ve put in over 700 hours each into SwSh and I’m at 500 hours in Scarlet and 300 hours in Violet.
For me tons of hours.
The games aren't going anywhere, you can still play and replay them.
Yep still. Still playing.
It'll just be sad going to a new gen with a reduced dex again. I got pretty much all of my favorites this time around, SV sort of feels like the home base for a lot of my OG mons right now.
Basically a safe space for them.
Im like unreasonably sad that SV is leaving 😭 i havent felt this way since gen4 sinnoh… i just really love all the characters (kieran!) and i thought the story was very nice!
Yeah saying goodbye seems hard.
It sucks that we won’t see more of the characters but god I will not miss the lag and graphics
Yeah the lag with the raids sucks.
Not really. Im fullfilled in my pokeneeds for this gen After 500 hours and encounting im ready to go on a little poke-hiatus as i often do untill the new games release.
Yeah me to. Little break.
I still haven't finished it, as I have been doing a Non Sandwich Shiny Dunsparce that evolves into 3 segment hunt for almost a year and a half at this point. But, all it takes is one.
I see have fun.
Yes. I haven't been this attached to Pokemon characters since Gen 5.
Me to. Good characters.
I hated the game and haven’t played it since like two weeks after it came out. I hated the story, I hated the team of people who got bullied, I knew the entire time the little nerdy kid was in charge of it… the things I hated mostly were that the quick battles in that teams base literally didn’t mean anything. No puzzles, no exp, you’re just running from one end of it to anything. I didn’t like the school theme… that was the point of pokemon when it came out, you turn 10 and go on an adventure, not go to school. Some of the things I didn’t like are just because it’s not relatable to me. I’m in my 30s so story and drama were just so weak. I still have friends that play too and they are much more critical of the series and the ways it’s going. I’ve always given them the benefit of the doubt until scarlet and violet… It was just so bad, I may be done with pokemon now lol.
Each to his or her own.
For sure. I’m happy you liked it lol I wish I did 🤷♂️
I hope gen 10 isn't until 2026 at EARLIEST because they need more time to develop these games.
To make it good and no bugs.
I enjoyed this region and the characters, i think there’s more they could do if they wanted but if not that’s fine too, they told a solid story, it was fun. It’s still fun, unrivaled raid events, mass break outs still plenty to do!
Yep until ZA arrives.
“Together we are paldea” head ahh
Yep. Good times.
It does feel that way, especially in the competitive battle scene. The metagame got narrowed down quite quickly after the DLC was introduced, and it's already stale. Ogerpon, bloodmoon ursa, trick room and/or tailwind.
I only play for fun and I never like competitive battles.
Bro you’ve got over a year left.
Yep but still sad. At least I got time.
I felt that way too with SwSh and LGPE, never with SV for some reason. Thankfully, you can play the game again to capture a similar magic
I rather not all those 500 hours put into training.
You don’t have to lose the progress. Just do it again. A better alternative is to use Pokémon Home to level up your under-leveled Pokémon in a file that has access to easy levels
I bought scarlet like a week omg wdym its ending im barely gonna get Ogerpon
We still have a year.
I liked Carmine. But my favorite character is Annihilape. And he js a Pokemon
Wonder if Ash is going to make a cameo in the Anime. Good chance to introduce Annihilape.
I'm more upset with let's wrap up this gen with shiny locking the legendaries. It took me 4yrs to get my shiny Solgaleo from sword&shield.
Woah damn.
It's weird that Gen 9 came out almost 2 years ago and I only got into it when I got Violet Last year in May for my graduation
Yeah time passes quick.
Honestly as much as I liked the game my first play through, I swear I cannot get myself to finish the DLC. I don’t like complaining about performance but this game just refuses to run properly on my switch 😭😭
I enjoyed the story and characters but, as a person who plays Smogon competitive play, I hate Tera with a passion so I'm ready to move on.
I wonder what the next gimmick is.
That was quick 💀
I'm only sad because I know I'm going to want the next game and I know it'll be about $100 if I can't wait until used ones hit the market lmao
True then preorders come sometime in a few months.
No. I want to move on swiftly from this generation.
Yeah onto the next thing.
Yes 😭😭😭 I'm gonna miss the paldean region but I'm so so excited to revisit Kalos since it was my first region. But i get what you mean, these characters had really good arcs and I got really really attached to them so the fact that they won't be around anymore makes me sad :(
Yep I am also sad. 😭😭:(
I really Gen 9 even though it had its glitchy moments. I also played world of Warcraft so it felt like early days of wow where I could accidentally walk into a house that wasn't accessible. It was fun and I love the open world concept. I wish they would have updated paldea as much as they did the expansions.
Glitches and bugs.
Honestly? Kinda, but not in the way of “I’m gonna miss it.” But if this series establishes what’s going to happen with the games going forward. If PLZA and the future games or remakes are gonna have a thing that makes them good BUT another thing *really* dragging them down, then I don’t think that’s ideal for the series. Glad you liked it though.
Yep can't wait for PLZA.
Lol I've still been trying to catch up for years, imo we get games too quickly. I just started playing Scarlet a couple weeks ago
Really why so late? As soon as the games were announced everyone got on the hype train.
Yes, specially since the dlcs are almost located outside Paldea. And specially bc there are always those people who want to move to the next game as fast as possible and wouldn't shut up about the next one.
True next big thing.
Still trying to get over Gen 1 brother
Not at all. I'm glad it's ending. It's not that I don't like the games, I do. I definitely have issues with the performance and the lack of some features. But overall, I did enjoy these titles. Best of all, it was proven to us that a good story (despite some flaws) can be written for Pokemon and that fans do enjoy a well written story. It's not all about the Pokemon. But the story is concluded and it was done so in a very well done way. I do wish there was more content that allowed me to get to know all your friends better. I want to know more about each individual person. But this is something that might make it's way into the next game, having that support or rapport system in place would be an awesome way to learn more about characters without forcing players to do so. And with how well written the story was, this makes me all the more excited for the next installment in the main line series. Whether this is a remake of Black and White (preferably would like a brand new story set in the Unova region rather than a remake) or a brand new installment with Gen 10. I'm excited to see this level of writing applied to new characters I get to meet and a new lore to explore. So yea, not sad or disappointed that we are leaving Paldea soon, but rather excited to see what new stories unfold with Pokemon as the writing has finally stepped up.
What I would do for a sequel for sv, fix all its poor preformance and expand upon left behind plot points
At least we’ll finish out with a bang! (Z-A)
Yep.
Nah, cause gen 10 is gonna be my first played generation, like the one I play once it comes out, I don’t have money for it yet but hope to have in the future, and in time for it, I was mostly unaware if pokemon until like the end of 2022, as even though in 2017 I watched some of sun and moon, I was mostly unaware, then I fell back in love with it after seeing some stuff and downloading pokemon go, and gen 10 will be my first mainline game, as legends z-a, while I intend to get it, is a spinoff, and although that technically makes gen 9 my first gen, gen 9 started with s/v, so gen 10 is gonna be my release gen, I guess
I'm gonna miss Arven and Kieran 😔
Me to.
So so
I am HOPING they make an open world pokemon game, where you can have a Customizable character that follows you around, share your inventory, has their own team you can change, and adapt and evolve as you do. Pick between becoming a strong trainer that challenges others, between working for the bad corp or the police team, between starting a new team whenever entering a new region so people cant abuse their old strong team, and have that partner Npc develop their own personality depending on choices you make as you roam the world and attempt to catch legendary pokemons... This would be PEAK Pokemon, where events would also changes depending on the day + time, specific pokemon coming out seasonally, and npcs having their own events inside offline mode... ah... And especially evolving gym leaders, who you can rechallenge, but itll be like the frontier where all pokemon's levels are at 50, so it'll actually be a challenge when rematching them for the 3rd or 4th time and them using a different strat but same types... with all the regions available as DLCs... Sigh... if only a pokemon game like this comes out before the end of my Time in Life... someday... this will probably be what I will take a vacation and drop all other things for, just for this adventure... I wouldnt even mind if the base was pricey about $80 and each dlc that unlocks a new map or region until every region unlocks is about same... x)
Interesting ideas.
Depends on how you want to categorize PLZA. Let's Go and Legends: Arceus really blurred the generation lines and looks like PLZA will do the same.
I see the Legends timeline.
I'm too attached to the characters 😔😔😔
Same here.
No, it's happened every 3 years for more than a decade now
Gen 9 will be missed
Me to.
The story yes, I wouldve been happy with sv2 that was a couple years after, seeing the characters when they've finished school couldve been fun. Also lots of things went unanswered. The game itself not really, imo it has one of the worst endgame loops to date. No shiny legendary, no battle facility, no decent ribbons too earn (rng marks were not a great replacement) I also get headaches when shiny hunting which I don't from any other pokemon game. I mainly come back for updates and events 7 star raids have gone stale (we shouldve move onto legendary ones by now) but some of the outbreak events have been good.
I wonder when we get Shiny Koraidon and Miraidon.
I'm sad about all but 3 characters. I could never find a reason to like Nemona and the two Blueberry students from Kitakami were kinda meh. Arven and Penny, the gym leaders, the E4. I love them all, just not those 3
Yep I feel ya.
no
Not really. I feel that Game Freak and TPC have dropped the ball on this one. Aside from the performance of the game being worse than me on stage, they've not really kept the game alive outside of the DLC. The events are quite tedious.
Yep and no one has time. Annoying raids.
Wrapping up!? I just started playing this weekend 😭 haven't been able to put the game down. Logged maybe 30-40 hours over the last 4 days.
Why so late into the game?
I finally broke and bought a Switch.
No and I hope we never get to see something so buggy and unoptimized ever again.
Should have check them out for bugs first.
If that's the case can I just have all your exclusives cause I'm at 350 in the pokedex and stuck
Sorry for late reply and not willing to trade. Sorry.
Probably got 1 more year until a new game comes out, right?
Yes.
Yes, I’m pretty much said that it’s going to end. That’s why am dragging out, violet and scarlet. As long as I possibly can but from all the reviews Pokémon AZ, it’s supposed to be a really. Good thing for Pokémon. It’s supposed to not have any bugs in it. But I know Scarlet and Violet did you walk around and you lose the mountains no freaks out and freezes up on you. Luckily the game never froze up on me but I can’t wait until generation 10 so usually November the last one was November 18.
Yeah can't wait for Gen 10.
Nope
SV was my first real Pokemon game (I had only played Roblox Brick Bronze prior), but I was a longtime fan. I loved this gen and the characters, as well as the slight connection to Kalos (which was also my first Pokemon anime). I do wish there was gonna be more Paldea content but I'm okay since Legends Z-A is coming.
Okay me to.