Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Nintendo Switch Review - Are They Worth It?

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[TheGamingDruid]

I think that GameFreak should start outsourcing some of their graphical stuff to Monolithsoft, like Nintendo did with BOTW. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is a technical marvel on the Switch, in my opinion.

[romagamo]

The story of, “its a step on a right direction but not a good contemporary game” is getting so tiring and frustrating, but the worst of it is that this will be the eternal cycle this games will be in since Pokemon as a whole will always sale well despite delivering average experiences in their main line console games… It’s sad but there’s not much that can be done… unless few people buy this games which will probably never happen…

[alejandrolopez]

Every Pokemon game is a step in the right direction.... but look, we don't need another step, we need a destination.

[draconiansoul]

I wonder how many steps multi billion dollar franchise can step in the right direction before it actually gets it right

[Kalagni]

At this point, Pokemon really need 1 - 2 rival franchise that can show to us this type of game can have stellar performace and beautiful stylistic world. Temtem, MH Stories or even Digimon need to step up and capitalize this when many people questioning game freak capability to create a game with stable and solid performance.

[himeistrying]

highest grossing media franchise ever btw

[lawrencebaker]

An important lesson on why competing companies is always great for product excellence. Gamefreak have no competitors in this niche so they can release whatever the hell they like and it'll pull record sales. These graphics and performance are borderline hilarious.

[JohnnyHikesSW]

I’m very, very concerned about what’s going to happen when online co-op launches, I can’t imagine the performance being any better in that mode and I don’t think people are going to tolerate an even choppier framerate

[Aelrandir]

I didn't expect stellar performance...but wow...I would ask how anybody could release a game in this state, but then I remember it's Pokemon so it will still sell millions even at 10 fps.
I've been excited for the game but after seeing that performance it's really put a damper on that excitement. Feeling a lot more patient to play than I was before.

[lizard]

I think that Pokemon should be a once in a generation game, like Mario or zelda. It would still sell zillions of copies. They can easily make spin-off games throughout the years to get more merch, cards, TV episodes, etc.

Then again, this will probably sell zillions, and even more than sword and shield. Why bother fixing your square wheel when it sells, and it sells well.

[ollieheath]

I’m looking forward to Digital Foundry’s coverage on this - performance this bad deserves to be criticised

[supermiketendo]

Such a shame that a multi-billion dollar company doesn't put more effort into their games. Worse still, these latest ones will certainly be a financial success so they'll have no reason to learn from some clear mistakes.

[smasherthecannonball]

I see alot of folks saying its a step in the right direction, so imma wait until they actually get there.

[Johnjohnson]

Remember when everyone said the previews weren't the final build and the technical issues will definitely get sorted?
Look at those sunflora. Yikes

[DrewJoiner]

No voice acting bothers me every time I play a modern Pokémon game. It breaks the immersion so much

[EduFirenze]

We spent 15 years with steps in the right direction...just give the series to another developer

[unninspiriert]

Why the heck didn't they scale the level of the pokemon in an open world game?

[Sam_Richins]

Since PLA and S/V were being made at the same time, i hope that whatever they are doing for their next game (Be it another Legends game 🤞) takes a lot from PLA (catching mechanics, sense of wonder) and marries it with S/V to create a game that is just fantastic. It seems like Game freak didn't think that PLA would do as well as it did, and so i hope they are starting on... Legends... Rayquaza? I know if i had a choice, I'd rather play a Legends game than a mainline game, but if they took both and put them together, I'd 100% play that

[RetroCabeza]

The 'Step on the right direction' saga. I don't get why this traditional and consistent dissapointment sells that well, with only the promise than the next one will be better.

[rattiom]

I knew there was going to be technical issues going in but wow, this is something else.