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Pokemon Go field test datamined
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Nope, just that most people continued playing after gen 1 so they have attachment to the newer Pokémon and feel that they rightfully deserve to share the spot light with the original gen 1 as without them the entire Pokémon series would have died.
That's like being excited about your console only being offered in 1 color variation because it's the color you happen to like.
According to a recent survey 94% of Pokémon fans are Stunfisk fans. It's not a big shock to see a lot of negativity when signs are currently pointing towards Stunfisk's absence in this game.
Not75Drops
Member
Yeah these are the Gen VI models without the filter put on them. You can tell by their poses.
Go capture Pokemon till you can join a gym/team and play with them.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
I can see that, but I imagine that the intended target demo for this game are young adults that grew up with the original gen 1. Nostalgia is most likely going to bank them more profit than scaring them away with creatures they've never seen before.
I'm sure through events and updates, they'll roll out newer ones too, this is essentially V1. That they managed to squeeze in all 151 is a feat in itself.
You're telling me Jynx isn't one of your mains
Pokemaniac
Member
If they wanted to limit the number of available Pokémon, it should have been a mixture of gens like usual.
I'll be very disappointed with them if they start with the original 151 and don't add the rest later through updates.
Weird? Why should people celebrate ignorance and restriction?
I started Pokemon with Blue in the 90s. Why should people venerate the fact that their only in-game content is 20 years old?
jasminlovesyoux
Banned
They're obviously going to add the other gens as time goes on. I don't see the problem people seem to be having with them starting from the beginning.
I would've started with a mix.
UnemployedVillain
Member
GenWunners ruin things for everyone again!
AnkiRendan
Member
Will wait for Gen 5.
I don't see Chansey on that sheet. Maybe I'm blind.
I don't see Chansey on that sheet. Maybe I'm blind.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
This would be a completely different thread if it was gen Vi only lol
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Gotta love all the stupid animosity here.
It's s complex project that's the first of its kind for TPC and Nintendo, on a massive platform, targeting a wide array of people, particularly casual fans.
Of course they're going to begin by focusing a particular subset, rather than all 720+ at once. In a beta.
Of course to the subset would be pre-defined, i.e. generation-based.
Of course the generation would be the most famous one, more widely known and recognized than any other generation by a massive margin.
It's all just sensible marketing and logistics. You all are treating it like a "genwunner" conspiracy, holy shit.
There will be more Pokémon, this is just, unarguably, the most logical starting point.
It's s complex project that's the first of its kind for TPC and Nintendo, on a massive platform, targeting a wide array of people, particularly casual fans.
Of course they're going to begin by focusing a particular subset, rather than all 720+ at once. In a beta.
Of course to the subset would be pre-defined, i.e. generation-based.
Of course the generation would be the most famous one, more widely known and recognized than any other generation by a massive margin.
It's all just sensible marketing and logistics. You all are treating it like a "genwunner" conspiracy, holy shit.
There will be more Pokémon, this is just, unarguably, the most logical starting point.
Not so much no filter (do I need to hastag that?), but replaced textures. Not only are the colours better, but they appear to be a bit higher res too. You're right that it's the same models though, complete with same idle animations and the same particle effects for fire and gas too, from what I can tell from that image.
No other gens is disappointing (I want to see Gen 6 with proper colours!). I hope that's not the case for long, though for a collecting game I can see why they'd want to start off with a limited subset.
MaximumSpider
Banned
That would be pretty cool. It had many great Pokemon design wise.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
The best! They should have just mixed it up 25 from each gen
UnemployedVillain
Member
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
This is clearly marketed at genwunners, not sure what we expected here. People who care about Pokemon are looking forward to gen VII, not Pokemon Go.
No, higher res textures. At about that size in XY you'd be able to see the pixels.
I don't think you can be higher res in terms of poly count, I think the term's just higher poly.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
How else are they gonna hype people for the updates if not by introducing new generations in batches?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
The internet and breeding made it way easier to get every Pokémon than during the days we had to rely on link cables and different versions.
gcncontroller
Member
I didn't see Mr. Mime either. My favorite, left out once again. :^(
Its free tho
Pokemaniac
Member
This is not their typical approach. Usually when working with a subset of Pokemon, they go for a set that's mainly a group of Gen I and current Gen Pokemon (often including enough Pokemon from other Gens to keep evolutionary lines complete).
Just going strictly for Gen I is not something they normally do, and it is as annoying now as it was back the last time they did this for FR/LG.
Weird they're going after the crowd of 20 somethings who haven't played a game since they were kids instead of current generation kids who might actually go on to buy a mainline game.
Those are the gen 6 models with some slight alteration. At first glance I thought they may have had better color saturation but then I noticed Parasect is pink instead of red.
Those are the gen 6 models with some slight alteration. At first glance I thought they may have had better color saturation but then I noticed Parasect is pink instead of red.
I'm disappointed that they have the full 150. Pokemon designs started going downhill after you beat the first gym. A purple snake with its name spelled backwards? What is this shit?
This is golden.
Start with the pokemon that everyone is going to recongize smart move imo, then slowly introduce the others. To bad imma have to wait for Chadenlure
I don't agree
I don't even think three-quarters of the Pokemon of the 150 will be recognized by the majority of people playing this game. Even with people who played Red and Blue when it came out, I'd bet a good portion have forgotten most of these Pokemon.
They could have mixed it up with the most recognizable and some newcomers and it wouldn't have hurt them at all
I remember this was known? And that Gen 2 and further was going to be available later on.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
They don't usually launch a high profile game on on mobile with the goal of attracting 100's of millions of people, the overwhelming majority of which are casually interested in the series, either.
In this particular case a solid gen 1 focus, at least very early on, is fairly logical.
TheCongressman1
Member
Am I supposed to feel bad for liking the first gen of Pokemon? People really seem to not like when others like that.
I'm sure they'll have more later on, but I think it's better to just start off with a complete set.
I'm sure they'll have more later on, but I think it's better to just start off with a complete set.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
It's because a few generations into the series the people that quit playing for one reason or another early in the franchise started coming back, and decided everything after "their" gen/gens was total shit and only their generation is "real". So the people who continued playing or started later on got tired of it and decided to start saying gen 1 is boring and shit, and anyone who prefers it is just wearing nostalgia goggles, with a bunch of arguments "proving" X gen 1 Pokémon is CLEARLY just as bad as Y gen 5 Pokémon.
Basically, people are incapable of nuanced opinions or understanding varying tastes, so either one side likes total shit or the other does and everyone's wrong and here's an argument why Pikachu is both the best thing ever and all gen 6 are shit, and yet is also the worst shit since Vanilish.
Also, everyone's wrong anyway because Gen 2 is better than everything by far.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Yeah, because Gen 1 never had creepy humanoids or object based Pokemon in its roster.
diablos991
Can’t stump the diablos
Progress isn't always a good thing. The Pokemon past gen 1 are largely forgettable. I choose quality over quantity.
It isn't ignorance when I most of the Pokemon since gen 1 failed to make an impression enough for me to bother remembering them; its preference.
I'll always take Gardevoir over Jynx any day of the year.