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r/videogames • u/PoopsMcScoots • Aug 19 '26
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I can agree with this.
The fans keep handwaving the terrible mechanics and graphics, when both are clearly beyond dated.
The switch had breath of the wild, ffs.
There is absolutely no reason a Pokémon game should look like “my first unity project”
37 u/IntrepidAstroPanda Aug 19 '26 Ive always assumed pokemon is so profitable that it falls into this weird void where the expectations of revenue are so high they never have the margin to make a quality game Edit: quality 3D game 13 u/Whind_Soull Aug 19 '26 so profitable Pokemon is the highest-grossing intellectual property of all time, and beats the second and third place winners combined. 4 u/PoopsMcScoots Aug 19 '26 So… Resting on laurels?
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Ive always assumed pokemon is so profitable that it falls into this weird void where the expectations of revenue are so high they never have the margin to make a quality game
Edit: quality 3D game
13 u/Whind_Soull Aug 19 '26 so profitable Pokemon is the highest-grossing intellectual property of all time, and beats the second and third place winners combined. 4 u/PoopsMcScoots Aug 19 '26 So… Resting on laurels?
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so profitable
Pokemon is the highest-grossing intellectual property of all time, and beats the second and third place winners combined.
4 u/PoopsMcScoots Aug 19 '26 So… Resting on laurels?
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So…
Resting on laurels?
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u/PoopsMcScoots Aug 19 '26
I can agree with this.
The fans keep handwaving the terrible mechanics and graphics, when both are clearly beyond dated.
The switch had breath of the wild, ffs.
There is absolutely no reason a Pokémon game should look like “my first unity project”