Im talking main series here, not eShop shovelware or whatever the h*ckPokemon Cafe Remixis.
Can you think of a worse pair?
But I like the design of Kalos itself; it had some interesting routes and fantastic Pokemon designs.
Goomy is an all-timer.
Compare that to Scarlet & Violet, and the latter comes up short.
Its world is bland.
Its characters are boring.
How many of the new monster designs will be revered in years to come?
All based on existing Pokemon.
None on the same level as the humble Goomy.
I do have a soft spot for Wo-Chien.
No, Im not sure why either.
What Went Wrong For Pokemon Scarlet & Violet?
Weve established that the monster designs were lacking.
But what else makes these games so bad?
Via twitter.com
Theres no excuse for a game with stylised art like this to run so poorly on a Nintendo Switch.
It should be able to run a Pokemon game of this calibre just fine.
Alas, that is not the case.
The frame rate is one of the worst Ive seen for a triple-A game this century.
The monsters that roam the world pop in about halfway from the horizon.
The windmills sails stutter round as if the wind is blowing in one-second bursts.
via Game Freak
The textures are repeated and pasted without any attempt to look like real cliffs or fields.
TheSwitch 2might be able to fix this.
Its more powerful than its predecessor and this alone could aid these games.
Its also getting a free upgrade to boost performance.
The only problem is, that wont be able to fix Scarlet & Violets biggest problems.
The textures, for instance, will remain rubbish no matter how quickly the console renders them.
Theres also issues with the gameplay.
Paldea is insufferably boring.
Youre never given any good reason to explore.
The various biomes are generic and dull.
Even if this game was rendered in hyper-realistic 4K, roaming through its landscapes would be a turgid experience.
The battles are fine, theyre a tried-and-tested Pokemon formula.
The story is mediocre.
Theres still no voice acting.
The towns are generic.
Even the soundtrack, usually a highlight of Pokemon games, falls flat.
I cant immediately recall any tune while writing, which I can for every other game.
The Legendaries are rubbish, the time-travel plot is underbaked.
Why cant we travel to the past and future Paldea in the endgame?
The Switch 2 cannot fix these issues.
Thats down to Game Freak.
Lets go back to basics.
We dont need an open world if you cant make it interesting.
We dont need 3D graphics if the results look like this.
Pokemon needs a chance to reset, to try something new.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus could be fixed by the Switch 2.
Its only pitfalls are technical limitations.
The Nintendo Switch 2 wont fix Pokemon Scarlet & Violet, only Game Freak can do that.
Im just not sure it wants to.
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