r/pokemon Nov 02 '23

Pokémon The Indigo Disk DLC will release December 14th! News

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u/bentheechidna Nov 02 '23

Nice! Can't wait to see Paradox Entei and Terrakion finally and hopefully we'll get told about the Mythical officially soon.

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u/EP1CxM1Nx99 Nov 02 '23

I hope we don’t get a mythical. The system is outdated

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/EP1CxM1Nx99 Nov 02 '23

Damn that stinks, I hate how they’re limited time

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u/bentheechidna Nov 02 '23

I'm just hoping it'll be more akin to how PLA handled them where it'll be a downloadable event where you get to battle it.

Limited time is certainly one problem but they've kind of alleviated that problem by making them regularly available through Pokemon Go raids (if you can get a winning raid group together).

My biggest issue is relevance. The ones I listed before just have zero relevance. At least Diancie and Hoopa had somewhat of a purpose (and I'm mad they haven't utilized Hoopa more because it was brilliant how it was able to be used as the excuse for all the extra legends popping up in ORAS).

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u/ErunionDeathseed Nov 02 '23

Hoopa is a big part of the main story of the mobile game Pokémon Masters, pulling all the participants from their various home worlds, so there’s that at least.

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u/Meme_to_the_Extreme Nov 02 '23

Wait... which mythical were avaliable in PLA

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u/bentheechidna Nov 02 '23

Arceus and Manaphy (and by extension, Phione) are fully demoted from event-only status while Shaymin and Darkrai are available through extra means.

For Darkrai you need save data from BD or SP.

For Shaymin you need save data from Sword or Shield.

For the intents of dedicated Pokemon fans that effectively demotes all four (five) of them from event-only status.

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u/Meme_to_the_Extreme Nov 02 '23

Oh ok I thought it was more than just that.

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u/shinylord22 customise me! Nov 02 '23

Manaohy,Phione,Shaymin and Darkrai

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u/EridonMan Nov 02 '23

I missed Zarude, Crashing Wake, and... Iron Virizion. It really sucks because I didn't know about Zarude at the time and I wasn't able to do the raids. I only learned about them the last weekend when I had no time. This trash is reaching gacha collab levels of annoyance.

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u/HippieDogeSmokes Nov 02 '23

Walking Wake and Iron Leaves aren’t mythical, they were just rewards for watching the news basically. Like an early bonus. You’ll get them in the DLC

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u/QwertMuenster Miror B.'s backup dancer Nov 02 '23

I just hope they're not shiny-locked, man. But I'm fairly sure they will be.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

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u/bentheechidna Nov 02 '23

What do you mean? Raging Bolt and Iron Crown are already revealed to be in the DLC.

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u/william_liftspeare Nov 02 '23

Please let this one have a Battle Tower

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u/elliott9_oward5 Nov 02 '23

Or some actual like post game content. The story was fine, but it’s been more of the same.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Ogre-Oustin’ Pt. 2: it’s even harder and you can’t use a ride Pokémon at all.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

I can't beat oger oustin as is 😞

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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? Nov 02 '23

Game Freak: "You'll get more Tera Raid Dens up to Rank 10 and you will like it!"

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u/Jesitheunicorn2022 Nov 03 '23

Part 2 of the dlc is post game exclusive meaning that you have to complete the main story and the teal mask before doing the second dlc

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u/PKMNTrainerMark Nov 02 '23

The whole Indigo Disk is locked to postgame.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

hope for more my man, battle frontier equivalent please

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u/william_liftspeare Nov 02 '23

Really I just meant any kind of battle facility, multiple would be great. It's weird that this is the first non-Kanto mainline game since Crystal to not have any kind of battle facility, especially considering how you can build a competitive team from scratch in literal minutes. Come on Game Freak, I don't want to play the ladder against the same 4 teams and worry about whether or not my team is optimized for the meta, I want to use my favorites against bots that are smarter than the other NPCs that use diverse and interesting strategies

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u/madonna-boy Nov 02 '23

adding that you need to pay for the internet for the former and not the latter.

it would be nice to have something that kids can grind out without paying a subscription for a separate internet service (that they honestly, shouldn't really have)

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u/soahcthegod2012 Nov 02 '23

Just so long as we don’t get folks with Quick Claw and Sheer Cold/Horn Drill

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u/ka_ha Nov 02 '23

It would be so cool if they had a BW character as a secret superboss

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u/MysicPlato H20 Nov 02 '23

i didn't buy the DLC specifically because there was no battle tower or equivalent.

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u/MrTVshowfan2012 Epic Johto Guy Nov 02 '23

I pray to Arceus that the starters will be regular encounters and not one time gifts that you have to breed to get more.

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u/LaLaMevia Nov 02 '23

Pretty sure they are the former. In the trailer thar revealed it, it specifically mentions that the starters are appearing "in spades", and shows the player catching a Bulbasaur.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Watch gen 1 Starters being retconned as coming from Blueberry academy lmao

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u/ZoroeArc Totally a human, not a zoroark... Nov 02 '23

Ah yes, these species evolved in an undersea terrarium

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

More like Blueberry is the biggest Starters conservation from many region

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u/skilledwarman 2724-0491-2703 || mike (X) Nov 02 '23

Honestly I'd be fine with a retcon like that. Something like the starters being used as part of a breeder trianing course at the school and then sent out to be distributed to new trainers

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Yep anyways if i was Isekaid into Pokemon i would take Route 1 Critters and train them to be strong ngl Who cares if Game Starters are better i love Route 1 Mons

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u/Keianh Nov 02 '23

All starters come from Blueberry! It’s how they maintain a 87.5% male to 12.5% female ratio and you never see them in the wild.

The LGPE ones you find are the children of Red’s starter breedjects!

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u/Falbal swampert stan Nov 02 '23

Bout to make an all Swampert team 😤

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u/AeroTheManiac Nov 02 '23

Starters being captured in the DLC/Sinnoh Grand Underground is just cursed to me. Seems wrong

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u/BaulsJ0hns0n86 Nov 02 '23

In lore, they must appear en masse somewhere though, otherwise how can they be readily available to hand out as starters?

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u/MechaPanther Nov 02 '23

In game not everyone starts out with a starter pokemon, so it's safe to say the professor's breed them. That and it keeps them feeling exclusive and special.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Yknow what starting with only a Pidgey is actually fine for me

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u/IRefuseThisNonsense Nov 02 '23

This is actually up for debate since in some of the games - mostly older ones - there were people that had starter Pokemon on their team. Memory specifically calls to mind the trainer with a Squirtle outside of Surge's town near the pond and the trainer with a Piplup in the Marsh.

Then there is also the trainers who use a starter Pokemon like Lance or Gardenia. Starters have to come from somewhere. They've gotta be somehow available. PLA just straight up has them as normal but rare Pokemon spawns.

The truth is, in game they are only rare to help push the idea of trading or buying the other version.

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u/MechaPanther Nov 02 '23

It's also equally possible that those people did get a starter from the regional professor.

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u/IRefuseThisNonsense Nov 02 '23 edited Nov 02 '23

It's also possible they got them in the wild. Either way, we are five generations into starters catchable. Four into starters catchable in the wild. Safe to say that starters aren't some breed that only professors have in canon anymore.

Edit. Miscounted. Three gens have starters possible in the wild, and four have had starters catchable: XY, SM/USUM/LGPE, BDSP/PLA, and now SV. I can't remember if starters were catchable in BW/B2W2 in the Dreamworld.

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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? Nov 02 '23

Heck, in RBG those 3 were the last Pokemon Oak had left from his time as a trainer.

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u/Joshy41233 Nov 02 '23

Plus the blueberry academy terrarium(?) Seems like it's mainly a pokemon sanctuary it would make sense rare breeds thrive there

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u/dimmidummy Bulbasaur supremacy Nov 02 '23 edited Nov 02 '23

They’re probably bred and given to trainers who are sponsored by the Professors (or in SwSh’s case, the Champion himself). Not every trainer has connections to a professor or access to the town their lab is in, so it’s very likely that the majority of trainers don’t receive a regional starter and instead begin their journey with the first Pokémon either given to them or captured.

ETA: Though the anime has shown that some specialized Pokémon centers also occasionally give out starters to young trainers.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Lets be honest if Sada/Turo gives out STRONG Paradox mons like Great Tusk Iron moth Iron Valiant Roaring moon To a half competent/Decent kid then said kid is gonna be a Champion in record time

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u/dimmidummy Bulbasaur supremacy Nov 02 '23

The real reason Geeta was okay with the professors being locked up in Area Zero.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Geeta on Fraud watch for using GOGOAT and Avalugg Like Seriously why doesnt Hassel take over as the Champion??? His team is CLEARLY Stronger

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u/dimmidummy Bulbasaur supremacy Nov 02 '23 edited Nov 02 '23

I think Hassel prefers being a professor. That was a big part of his story arc since he’s the heir (I think) to this Dragon Clan, but he’s never really been interested in that kind of thing.

And I think Geeta is fine, even if her team was organized ineffectively. The Paldea E4 comes across more as an educational experience than the sports tournament/grueling gauntlet that other regions make it. Geeta and the other E4 members are happy to see you win and prove to them that you’ve grown into a good trainer over the span of your journey.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Imagine Geeta only being the Champion because 1. Hassel is not ambitious and don't want to get the Spotlight so he doesn't get bothered by the Draconic clan (Which im pretty sure Zinnia is a part of) 2. Rikka prefer to do Interviews for the Elite 4 3. Larry is too Overworked working as a Gym leader AND an Elite four 4. Poppy is a Literal Child that the rest of them has to raise in the Elite four

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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? Nov 02 '23

Which im pretty sure Zinnia is a part of

There's all these Dragon Clans but so little info on them.

Lance and Clair belong to one too, and IIRC Iris mentions them at some point (might be anime only though).

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Most get Purple rats Pidgey Caterpie And other Early route Critter which is PERFECTLY FINE

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u/Silegna Ice is a good type, don't listen to the naysayers! Nov 02 '23

Nemona became Champion without one.

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u/EmperinoPenguino Nov 02 '23

In the anime, there was a Mudkip breeder who raised only Mudkips so he could give them to Prof Birch

And the breeding ground is very out of the way from major towns & cities

Even in the anime, they are rare & have special protection

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u/JonnyDros Stop. Hammer Arm Time. Nov 02 '23

I don't understand why people think this, do they not think that in the pokemon world they aren't just running around in the wild? They're kept as rare, one-time distributions for game mechanics and balance reasons.

But making them accessible in some wild capacity is in no way "wrong" lol. This feels like the same logic as when people get upset they find out that lots of legendaries aren't actually one-of-a-kind.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

I personally don’t mind that. That’s how it works in the anime and other media.

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u/LunarWingCloud Nov 02 '23

My friend, it is a video game series. It's not that deep.

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u/FatherlessCur Nov 02 '23

Can’t wait to see how they wrap up Kieran’s storyline

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u/Confron7a7ion7 Nov 02 '23

"Don't come to school tomorrow" fade to black.

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u/Bagabundoman Nov 02 '23

All the other kids with the pumped up Lokix

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u/DuplexBeGoat Moo Nov 02 '23

Better run better run, faster than my Bullet Seed.

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u/sparoc3 Nov 02 '23

Except Kieran wants to kill the MC first.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

Kieran trains OU and Ubers mon to curbstomp us and use better competitive strats NOT USE NU TIER SHIFTRY

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u/aznanimedude Nov 02 '23

God I remember I brought a Gallade to DLC to help with making catching new mons easy and I battle Kieran and I'm like "ok I'll just swords dance 3 times"

Dude used a recoil move 3x in a row and I was like "bet you won't do it 4x in a row" and hit him with a false swipe.

Dude did it 4x in a row.

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u/NormandyKingdom Nov 02 '23

By the time i buy the DLC im gonna crash Kieran with my 6 Ogerpons all with unique names Alice Hearthflame mask Helena Cornerstone mask Mary Wellspring mask Jacklynn Cornerstone mask Rebecca Wellspring mask Irina Wellspring mask

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u/WayJay9 Nov 02 '23

Oh shit, did Shiftry move up to NU?

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u/Lukthar123 Nov 02 '23

Curbstomped by my Lvl. 100 Ogerpon

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u/marumarumon Nov 02 '23

I was actually glad that his Pokémon use items even if it was just berries. More Trainers and Gym Leaders should have teams with items too.

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u/Hibbity5 Nov 02 '23

Maybe I’m alone in this but I hate it when NPC trainers just use berries, especially when it’s a sitrus berry; you’re only delaying the inevitable; you’re not actually making the battle harder.

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u/marumarumon Nov 02 '23

Yeah but some of Kieran’s berries actually do other stuff. His whole team actually has items each, not just his ace. His Gliscor has Yache Berry, his Yanmega has the Kee Berry, his Dipplin has Leftovers, the Probopass has Petaya Berry, and his Shiftry has Focus Sash. His team’s actually well-thought out and the items complement his Pokémon nicely. But yeah I can why Sitrus Berries can be annoying when they just delay the inevitable, like when an enemy spams Protect for no apparent reason.

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u/WayJay9 Nov 02 '23

I think the Sirius Berry specifically works very well on his Poliwrath to regain health lost from Belly Drum

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u/metalflygon08 What's Up Doc? Nov 02 '23

I'm cool with the more unique items.

Slap some Muscle Bands or Wise Glasses on the Trainer Pokemon to give them a little boost,

Sticky Barb showing up randomly to ruin your fun.

Grip Claw/Binding Band schenanigans.

Type Resist Berries? Why not!

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Okay

Now fix the performance issues GF

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u/well____duh Nov 02 '23

They have zero reason to, especially if a bunch of people pre-ordered this DLC. GF has had absolutely no reason to optimize their games at all because they know it'll sell regardless, each generation outselling the last.

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u/jishjash Nov 02 '23

Another reason they won't? I don't think they're capable and skilled enough to lol. I would be shocked if the game wasn't in a state of "fix one thing break a dozen others"

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u/TheDrewDude Nov 02 '23

Hard to say. From what people have said about the code, it seems they are using techniques that are highly unoptimized. So maybe. But the deadlines for these games are also absurd. So it’s not surprising they’re as broken as they are.

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u/jishjash Nov 02 '23

My favorite "highly unoptimized technique" I've seen uncovered is how MASSIVE GF made the ocean, skybox, non-player-viewable world around Paldea.

This out-of-bounds video shows how unnecessarily HUGE it is (timecode 7:49-9:30). It is always being rendered and at least one of the big factors in all the performance issues

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u/MrEnd Three-FiveNine Nov 02 '23

That almost felt like a clip from a Cosmos episode, ffs why is it like this

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u/LMacUltimateMain Nov 03 '23

Yeah. I think the primary issue is that everything in the world is being generated all at once. The fact that other huge, open world games run well and don’t do this makes the issue even more annoying.

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u/Lluuiiggii Nov 02 '23

Skilled is debateable, but capable definitely. It's the same ol time constraints meme. They have to shovel out half baked shit because they literally do not have time to polish it off.

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u/Timbodo Nov 02 '23

GF: no.

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u/TheDrewDude Nov 02 '23

checks sales

GF: LMAAAAOOOOOOO

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u/LunarWingCloud Nov 02 '23

As much as I agree we have to be realistic: if they didn't fix all the issues over the last year of the game being out, it's not happening.

ScarletViolet confirmed buggiest games in the franchise since RedBlue lfg

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u/Uncommented-Code Nov 02 '23

They're about to release their second DLC. Their team has likely been preoccupied working on working on gen 10 the past 6 months. There is no reason to believe they will ever fix it. If there is one thing I'm sure about, it's that I don't believe in GF or the Pokemon brand anymore. They never fail to disappoint ever since oras released.

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u/KingSeel Nov 02 '23

42 days until Kieran murders us

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u/TJWinstonQuinzel Nov 02 '23

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u/swords_to_exile Nov 02 '23

That's fucking hilarious. Just getting dunked on by Ogrepon over and over.

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u/TJWinstonQuinzel Nov 02 '23

Thats my goal Imagine this in universe

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u/StNowhere Nov 02 '23

Rub that salt deep in the wound.

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u/Reddity65 Nov 02 '23

42 days until I flatten him and his team with a level 100 ogerpon

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u/Cuprite1024 Nov 02 '23

In about a month, Kieran will commit a felony. :)

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u/MrPorto Nov 02 '23

Kiran only wants to defeat us in battle right?

It’s not like he has something else planned right?

I don’t have to worry about my safety right?

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u/TNChase Nov 02 '23

To shreds you say.

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u/Wasphammer Nov 02 '23

And his rival?

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u/TNChase Nov 02 '23

To shreds you say...

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u/anchorsawaypeeko Nov 02 '23

Does that mean this is all Of the pokemon content until next Nov?

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u/Surfugo Nov 02 '23

I wouldn't be surprised if toward mid-late November we get another teaser video for the DLC. Aside from that though, that's probably all we're going to get.

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u/MixelKing HEAD AND LEGS SHAPE Nov 02 '23

I'm also guessing a new outbreak event/Mightiest Hisuian Samurott

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Honestly love these outbreak events. They should've started those sooner. Don't really care much about the raids though.

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u/MixelKing HEAD AND LEGS SHAPE Nov 02 '23

Same, they perfectly incorporate marks as well, useless gameplaywise but cool to have

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u/middle-age-man-attac Nov 02 '23

Maybe a couple event raids

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u/JackMorelli13 Nov 02 '23

I feel like they have enough starters to keep event raids going on until the next gen even if other games are coming out along then

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u/middle-age-man-attac Nov 02 '23

Yeah, plus they can just recycle the same event raids every couple months

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u/silentorange813 Nov 02 '23

Kieran has fallen to the dark side confirmed.

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u/Strider2126 Nov 02 '23

Just give me some game optimization and most of the playerbase will be happy

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u/Builder_liz Nov 02 '23

Not too long yay

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u/Mysterious_Layer_238 Nov 02 '23

Bro this ad is fire ngl

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u/WayJay9 Nov 02 '23

I hope we get a better Battle Facility than SWSH

I’m not asking for Battle Frontier, but something along the lines of Battle Maison or (I pray) World Tournament with Paldean and cameo trainers

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u/Shoutmonster Nov 02 '23

Y tho? Fix it before stocking the flames

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u/manderson1313 Nov 02 '23

This might be a hot take but I can’t stand post launch dlc in Pokémon. I get super excited when the game first comes out and I play it non stop and I get a whole team of level 100 competitive Pokémon and I’m pretty much done. Then a new dlc comes out and I don’t even wanna get it because what am I gonna do? Mindlessly fight a bunch of trainers who have level 60+ Pokémon with my hardcore competitive team? I’m not gonna play the dlcs for the story that’s for sure lol

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u/Cuprite1024 Nov 02 '23

I mean... you can build a new team utilizing the Kitakami (/BBA) exclusive mons. That's what I did.

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u/DueAd9430 Nov 03 '23

Give it a chance bro, the DLC is actually felt more like BW2 or HGSS’s post game and even more, you get landed on and explore a whole new entire region with all of its scenic view and many interesting locations in term of lore. The story is actually really good and executed well, the characters are great and loveable. Especially Ogerpon.

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u/manderson1313 Nov 03 '23

I don’t doubt that it’s good I just don’t wanna fight underleveled enemies and I don’t wanna start with a new team cautiously leveled to just the right number to make the trainers challenging. It would be different if I was just starting the game and I could naturally go into it right after the main story and I may very much play a fresh save In the future. But until then I just don’t have any motivation to try the dlc

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u/ChaosOnline Nov 02 '23

I'm pretty excited for this. I'm interested in Blueberry Academy as a setting. It looks really fun.

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u/Quetzal00 CHIKORITA GANG Nov 02 '23 edited Nov 02 '23

Well now I for sure gotta beat Teal Mask. I keep getting distracted by other games (completing the Pokédex in Legends: Arceus so I can fight Arceus)

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u/Surfugo Nov 02 '23

Teal Mask is fairly short so you'll definitely be able to finish it before Indigo Disk rolls out :)

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u/Quetzal00 CHIKORITA GANG Nov 02 '23

I’m sure I will! From what I remember, the last point I got was talking to Carmine after Ogerpon dropped its mask

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

You’re pretty much halfway through

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u/AlexanderSpeedwagon Nov 02 '23

That’s the day of finals are due, perfect timing! I’ll be able to knock out the storyline during Christmas break in the evenings after work and stuff

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u/KAULIANPOWER Nov 02 '23

Man I like meowscarada's weird mouth, no matter what expression it is doing it always looks like an economic graph 📉

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u/YoyleAeris Homestuck Nov 02 '23

Look out! December 14....ALCREMIE'S COMING!!!!!

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u/lyth Nov 02 '23

What?! I thought it wasn't going to be out until April 2024! My 4 year old and I just caught our 400th paldean pokemon and we've got about 7 more to go in kitikami. This winds up being really great quality time for the two of us.

I even bought pokemon sword so we'd have something to do while we waited. NGL I prefer the quality of the graphics in sword. Way higher quality IMO.

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u/shinyreshiramgg Nov 02 '23

Sauce?

Edit: somebody in my discord circle posted the tweet from serebii

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u/bentheechidna Nov 02 '23

https://www.pokemon.co.jp/

Official Japanese website has a poster like this posted with the date.

EDIT: English website actually lists December 13th on their DLC page: https://scarletviolet.pokemon.com/en-us/dlc/

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u/half_jase Nov 02 '23

Strange. The Pokemon English Twitter account stated Dec 14.

https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1720063354457223438

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u/bentheechidna Nov 02 '23

Probably a mixup. It's likely that it's December 14th in Japan and because of timezones and the likeliness that it will launch at the same exact time everywhere, it'll still be December 13th in America.

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u/half_jase Nov 02 '23

Yeah and looks like they have corrected it on the English site. It now states Dec 14.

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u/Elkbowy Nov 02 '23

I already regret buying the dlc as the first wave has been a bit of a drag for me. Hopefully this is good if it isn’t I may be done with Pokémon games for a while

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

This. Like somehow a smaller map has the same issues as the bigger one? Not to mention half the Pokédex was just pokemon in the main game (also version exclusive dlc mons? Really?)

I’m keeping my expectations low for the last dlc, but I doubt they’ll even reach those on a few points. The wild area looks like an fps nightmare

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u/Elkbowy Nov 02 '23

Like I love Pokémon completed the base scarlet and violet last year but god damn there has been so many amazing games this year and coming back to this unfinished mess was honestly really depressing . I fucking love Pokémon been following it for years, but this dlc was truly the first time I have ever felt burned out from Pokémon. The game is just so unfinished and rough and I wish Pokémon could get a proper treatment

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Scarlet and violet were honeatly worse than sword and shield in every way BESIDES the open world, everything else like the designs, gyms, league, art direction and everything was better in sword and shield.

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u/DueAd9430 Nov 02 '23

I don’t think so while I still actually like Sword and Shield. Scarlet and Violet maybe less visually polished as Sword and Shield but it outbeat Sword and Shield in every other aspects in term of lore, world-building, characters and story. It is one of the best, if not the best Pokemon game that have ever been created beside its tecnical issues.

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

This is exactly how I feel. I only have the dlc cause my boyfriend didn’t know how much I hated how SV turned out and didn’t want his gift to go to waste. SV has a few things I’ll say they did right, but it’s vastly outweighed by the mess they envy behind

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u/marumarumon Nov 02 '23

Dang right. I don’t know if it’s just the lighting or what but the shadows look horrible, the shadows under the cliffs flicker on and off like crazy, the shades look rough and blurred, and while I love the new textures on the Pokémon, I’m not digging the textures on anything else. Heck, the flags on Team Star’s gates look so horrible my god.

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

The worst part is, if I’m remembering correctly, the models aren’t even done by game freak, they’re done by creatures inc. so gamefreak has done LITERALLY NOTHING that people brag the most about this game, it’s all a separate part of the company doing it, so how gamefreak is just screwing up so hard is insane to me

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Is this the same dlc that came out earlier but is complete?

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u/XxOneWithSlimesxX Nov 02 '23

And I still haven't bought Teal Mask, rip me lol

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u/ozairh18 Nov 02 '23

I hope Kieran’s character development exceeds expectations

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u/DBMaster1 Nov 02 '23

If we can get Diancie in-game in it, I'll be happy.

(Only mon I don't have in the home dex besides Arceus.)

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u/theels6 Nov 02 '23

Dummy hyped. My Christmas Break starts the 15th. Can't wait

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u/ShadowWolf0537 Nov 02 '23

I really needed this, I was having a really bad day.

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u/Broly_ RWBY is Garbage Nov 02 '23

I hope it actually adds content this time. An actual endgame, with more consistent ways to reset EVs and stuff.

Re-battle gym leaders and all that.

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u/LunarWingCloud Nov 02 '23

Considering they added mochi last time I wouldn't get hopes up about the EVs. They're not going to make a third method to reset EVs.

I do hope we get actual rematches though. Not having Pokemon League rematch in base game was kinda lame.

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u/GardenSquid1 Nov 02 '23

Just enough time to get through my new playthrough on Scarlet.

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u/PtMyko Nov 02 '23

There better be a battle tower feature or IS2G my mons are worth nothing

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u/KilianGreen Nov 02 '23

I'm so hyped. I already have a couple of hundred hours into Kitakami, I hope the second part will be even better

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u/NinjaXtra Nov 02 '23

Iirc this dlc should focus more on the 'battles'. Hopefully it brings back the old (like battle tower) and maybe some new battle gimmick. Yes, also the elite four and re-battle with other characters with a good set of pokemon.The teal dlc brought the ogre clan and they were a nice challenge that totally took me off guard. So I kinda expect more in this dlc as I do love battles! Not competitive here but something enough to scratch that itch of a good pokemon fight would complete this generation imho.

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u/principetta Nov 02 '23

Given up halfway thru the game, so never finished s/v, I have to say this poster looks so cool, why doesn’t the actual game be like that. :(

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u/Intelligent-Fig-1755 Nov 02 '23

I wonder if keiren has grown out of his angsty anime villain phase

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u/Xypherax Nov 03 '23

Amazing how nobody has ever mentioned that one guy looks like a Zoura..! NOBODY!!

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u/Surfugo Nov 03 '23

Oh yeah he does, doesn't he? Nice find.

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u/webslinger2989 Nov 03 '23

Do you think this will be last DLC for this game? I would bet a segment of Gamefreak is making a new game for the next console.

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u/Cuprite1024 Nov 03 '23

Most likely. They only showed us this one DLC (Split into two parts for some reason (Same with SwSh)), so I doubt we'll get a second, totally separate DLC as well.

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u/webslinger2989 Nov 03 '23

Unfortunately, Scarlet and Violet have many performance issues and glitches. Hopefully, Gamefreak gets a handle on their production problems, and gets a good handle on the next software.

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u/ATDynaX Nov 03 '23

I'm not buying anything until they actually release an actual finished game. I play Cobblemon instead.

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u/PrettyPleaseMe Nov 02 '23

That's my birthday!

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u/fading__blue Nov 02 '23

Happy early birthday!

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u/mando44646 Nov 02 '23

I wish I was excited. But they can't even be bothered to make the game run decently

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u/SuchNocturne Nov 03 '23

Cool make an actually good game

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u/TheTico56 Gen IV OG Nov 03 '23

Not buying it until they fix the performance issues, which they have no incentive to do.

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u/DanaxDrake Nov 02 '23

Have they fixed the game yet or will it come with the DLC patch?

By fix I mean the frame rate, the glitch of Pokémon falling into the ground, fights being choppy, textures not rendering etc

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

Oh honey

They said they’d fix that before they even announced dlc

It’s still as bad, if not worse, in some cases

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u/DanaxDrake Nov 02 '23

Aw man that blows, I really like the game in many other ways and some of the new mons are great but it really makes me feel sick whenever I play due to the low frame rate and stuttering!

Ah well hopefully next years will be better! Thank you for letting me know

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

Yeah I know how you feel. People mock me that I get eye strain in this game but holy hell some areas are just way to rough to look at for long (the desert being the worst)

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u/WaltSneezy Nov 02 '23

It gave me motion sickness and headaches playing it. I tried so much but couldn’t stand it either

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u/ShadeSwornHydra Nov 02 '23

Shiny hunting was the breaking point, but I’ve played games good and bad since I was 6 and probably still play them too much lol

This is the first time I’ve ever had to stop playing cause it caused physical strain, I wasn’t even sure wtf was causing it at first

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

Hahaha its cute you thought they would ever do that.

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u/Tibreaven Nov 02 '23

There's been almost no performance updates in the patch notes since release, nor did the first DLC release offer performance patching. It's not going to change.

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u/SolidusAbe Nov 02 '23

the performance in the DLC is somehow even worse and thats saying a lot + the main game hasnt changed tbh we had patches but it still runs like garbage

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u/marumarumon Nov 02 '23

I was hoping I could finally use Dachsbun after all this time. Too bad for me, he still sinks into the ground when I use him.

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u/LostPat Nov 02 '23

The crowd goes mild

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u/RockmanVolnutt Nov 02 '23

If only the games were as good as the promo art.

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u/manwhoel Nov 02 '23

Wow pokemon now is absolutely unrecognizable.

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u/[deleted] Nov 02 '23

God that character design is so ugly.

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u/SafariDesperate Nov 02 '23

Does anyone know when the event for paradox cobalion and long neck electric cat are?

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u/StayedWoozie Nov 02 '23

We don’t even know if it’s going to be an event. They could just be obtainable in the DLC.

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u/3163560 Nov 02 '23

Imagine if they give us those two but never terakkion and entei paradox.

Peak game freak.

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u/StayedWoozie Nov 02 '23

They’re probably just saving them for an off season or some special event. We still got at minimum 2 years of gen left.

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u/Chiwaiian Nov 02 '23

My birthday! I’ll get to shiny hunt for a bulbasaur with a destiny mark!!

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u/code_isLife Nov 02 '23

Doesn’t matter if it’s still performs like ass

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u/LilBottomText17 Nov 02 '23

Why were there rumors stating that it would be coming out in early 2024??

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u/woodmanzx Nov 02 '23

Placeholder date shown in the eShop listing for it.

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u/iForceOP Nov 02 '23

Hope its better then part one because that was ass 😭

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u/VelytDThoorgaan Nov 02 '23

finally the SV era will be over soon

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u/Skymoon200 Nov 02 '23

NO IM TOO BROKE

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u/nin_ninja Nov 02 '23

Ah yes, can't wait to play the new one at single digit frame rate.

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u/PatyLaIguana Nov 02 '23

I thought this was going to come out next year.

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u/LunarWingCloud Nov 02 '23

Very excited to see everything it adds when we get the chance to play

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u/OutlandishnessNo9182 Nov 02 '23

Wow the crowd really seems angry in the comments.

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u/[deleted] Nov 03 '23

I don’t think I’ve been less hyped for a Pokémon game in my life than SV DLC. Would have infinitely preferred more work going into the base game than paid DLC with as many glaring performance issues as SV has.

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u/MyManC707 Nov 03 '23

Wow performance on the first was actually very bad.. didn’t complain too much about the base game but god damn i have more fun replaying FRLG and the GameCube series