Edit: Not insulting the ps2 btw. Just pointing out that even the ps2 of that time could pull of something like this. I honestly expected “breath of the wild” Pokemon. But as many of you have said, it will change nothing in terms of sales.
Usually I would say this is a bad take because artstyle matters a lot but I actually agree that the Pokémon games have really fallen behind in terms of visuals. I mean, look at BotW compared to the newer Pokémon games. Imo there’s no excuse for how boring and empty the worlds in these games are. Pokémon is one of the most profitable and popular franchises of all time, they can allocate their resources towards visuals a lot better than they are.
The most abysmal aspect of this whole image is that fucking water texture. Like there’s no way that’s actually the water they’re going to use right? Or is it render distance? But if it’s render than omg how poorly optimized is this?
Graphics asides. It seems Gamefreak has listened for once, and made a lot of requested changes to gameplay and mechanics[.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FJojv-gakAExgc3?format=jpg&name=large)
You gotta be joking, the Pokemon game actually looks like that?
Not sure if it’s a fair comparison /s
but we can all agree, game freak has been half assing the Pokémon series for years
Edit: had to add the sarcasm because it did not translate well
Is that game release footage or development footage? Actually asking.
It’s sad how much money pokemon is making and how less they investing in the games.
That water texture 😂
I mean…I would’ve done horrible things to have this game on N64 back in the day
This looks like some starter Unity project…
Is that Arceus screenshot from the final release?
Bro, a Roblox game looks better than that
Why does Oblivion look better
This is some ps2 era Jrpg looking stuff. Wow…
Edit: Not insulting the ps2 btw. Just pointing out that even the ps2 of that time could pull of something like this. I honestly expected “breath of the wild” Pokemon. But as many of you have said, it will change nothing in terms of sales.
No way thats a AAA game
Man, I wish pokemon just stayed 2D and improved on their art, sprites, frames, animation, or anything else other than go 3D.
Why not just cel shade everything? The textures look out of place in comparison with the character.
Holy shit that looks like a slightly enhanced version of Mario 64…
They have no incentive to spend more time or money or effort. It will sell the same. So financially it’s smart. But creatively it sucks.
Usually I would say this is a bad take because artstyle matters a lot but I actually agree that the Pokémon games have really fallen behind in terms of visuals. I mean, look at BotW compared to the newer Pokémon games. Imo there’s no excuse for how boring and empty the worlds in these games are. Pokémon is one of the most profitable and popular franchises of all time, they can allocate their resources towards visuals a lot better than they are.
this literally looks like a screenshot from one of those “i remade game xyz” videos
The most abysmal aspect of this whole image is that fucking water texture. Like there’s no way that’s actually the water they’re going to use right? Or is it render distance? But if it’s render than omg how poorly optimized is this?
Everyone living in 2022 while gamefreak living in 2002
Nobody show them 2007 Crysis.
Bro why does it look like an early og Xbox game
This is unacceptable for a modern era game from literally the highest grossing media franchise in the world