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Pokémon Winds and Waves announced, releasing 2027
First Look: Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves | Announcement Trailer

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Show threadPonyOfWarFeb 27

Finally, hardware is powerful enough that even Gamefreak can make a decent looking 3d game!

In all seriousness though, it looks pretty nice. Looking forward to the return of diving. South-east Asia is an interesting setting for a new region. I have a feeling IGN isn’t going to like it though…

Show threadDGenFeb 27

And its Not final. I’m Sure world building is mostly done. But I believe chars and Pomémon model will also bei polished.

I expected less tbh. I’m curious about further steps later in years.

Show threadherrvogelMar 1
“It’s not final” unfortunately means Gamefreak still have time to scale it down and make it look uglier. As they’ve done in the past.
Show threadpopcar2Feb 27
Huh, so they’re actually going to wait a year. I honestly expected them to push a Pokemon game ASAP for the Switch 2, but I guess it’s better that they take their time than release a mess like Scarlet & Violet.
Show threadchuckleslordFeb 27
Legends Z-A was the title for the switch 2. I mean, Scarlet and Violet was clearly supposed to be the switch 2 title (its obvious they developed the game for that hardware) but they needed to rush it to get their one game a year quota.
Show threadpsx_crabFeb 27
They have to make time to finish that Sekiro-like.
Show threadCoelacanthFeb 27
Let’s see what kind of unbelievable powecreep they come up with to upstage Urshifu and the horses.
Show threadcattywampasFeb 27
As someone who hasn’t played a pokemon game since Gen 3, what are they like these days? Have they totally jumped the shark?
Show threadNate CoxFeb 27

Terrible. They are terrible today. The last game pair they put out was an absolute joke in every regard.

I recommend never giving them another penny.

Show threadcattywampasFeb 27
Sounds good, I’ll continue to emulate Soul Silver and Emerald on my phone 😁
Show threadTruscapeFeb 27
DS generations are probably the last ones worth playing - although hard to emulate on a phone with comfortable controls, I’d imagine.
Show threadcattywampasFeb 27
I think I tried Platinum for a bit but yeah it was too cumbersome to play on my phone.
Show threadCoelacanthFeb 27
HGSS is peak Pokémon.
Show threadMisshapenDeviateFeb 27

It definitely depends on how much they incorporate improvements from Legends: Arceus (one of the side games). Gens 6 - 8 were all so easy that a popular way to play each of those is with a difficulty mod, if you are able.

Gen 9 tried to mix it up a bit, but as another user mentioned the performance on the Switch was so poor that it was hard to enjoy.

Legends: Arceus has introduced several quality of life features that could be game changing if they make it into Winds & Waves, but we shall see. This could be the most fun mainline gen, if they do it right, or they could fumble it again.

Show threadchuckleslordFeb 27
Arceus turned the whole game into pokemon snap with balls. Or the safari zone. It wasn’t good, unless you like playing pokemon games to catch every pokemon as fast as possible
Show threadMisshapenDeviateFeb 27
I meant to say Z-A. My bad. Arceus didn’t really hold my attention, likely for the reason you mention.
Show threadmnemonicmonkeysFeb 27
Not only that, Arceus is terribly empty
Show threadchuckleslordFeb 27
I’ve played every main-line and reboot pokemon game since they came out. I didn’t finish Scarlet and Violet, it was so bad, also didn’t finish Legends Arceus cause it was so lazy, and I’ve never played Legends Z-A. They’ve stopped putting in any amount of effort, so why should I bother to play them?
Show threadchunesFeb 28

My wife is a true blue pokemon fan, even loved Sword and Shield…

And even she couldn’t finish ZA.

Show threadKobibiFeb 28
The Internet hates modern pokemon - and a lot of their critiques are valid - but imo they’ve been consistently fun and I have no idea why there’s so much hate for the latest ones which were a pretty chill time
Show threadRizzRustboltFeb 28
Pokemon in Margaritaville?
Show threadlemmy_get_my_coatMar 1
Looks very pretty. I wonder if Gamefreak has finally pulled their finger out of their ass.
Show threadRykardNixonMar 1
When hell freezes over, we’ll get the Pokémon game we all want and deserve
Show threadBigBananaDealerMar 1
hell, michigan gets pretty cold
Show threadBut_my_mom_says_im_coolMar 1
Switch 2 sucks. What even is there for it that is a must? I still play switch 1 but there’s really nothing that makes me want to get the switch 2
Show threadSkunkWorkzMar 1
I want a 3D Pokémon in the graphics style of Animal Crossing New Horizons, the lighting and shading in that game looks way better than whatever GameFreak makes. The last couple of 3D Pokémon games look so generic, basically bog standard anime game.
Show threadkittykillinitMar 3

Game Freak hasn’t put any effort into their games since going 3D.

There’s a reason why Pokemon XD and Battle Revolution still look the best, and they’re not even made by GF.