Game Freak have said very plainly that all of it has become a bit too hard to manage- which is totally understandable. That’s over a thousand separate characters, essentially, that they have to program, code, and animate, not to mention the fact that they each need to be balanced so that the core gameplay – and the competitive multiplayer scene – doesn’t break. Counting the over 800 Pokemon that already exist, plus the new ones that will be added in Galar, plus all the different forms and variations that multiple Pokemon have, the developers say there are now over a thousand Pokemon. The reason Sword and Shield’s Pokedex will be, essentially, incomplete, is that there are just too many Pokemon now. While the disappointing of the hardcore Pokemon fanbase isn’t without merit, it has to be said that Game Freak’s reasoning for this decision also makes sense. In light of that, all the disappointing we’ve discussed up to this point only gets compounded.īut. But. It seems like the days of new Pokemon releases supporting every single Pokemon species are gone. There’s also the fact that this isn’t something that’s going to be exclusive to Sword and Shield- it’s just how things are going to be going forward. So of course, knowing that a chunk of that progress won’t be considered with Pokemon Sword and Shield can feel a bit deflating. With Sword and Shield, however, there will be a certain number of Pokemon – we don’t know how many yet – that simply will not be supported.įor fans, not only does that seem to go against the core conceit of the series, it also seems like its disrespecting all the effort they’ve put in over the years trying to build their Pokedexes- catching all the new Pokemon and transferring the older ones forward from game to game, from year to year, to amass a roster that represents years of progress with the series. But even Black and White at least allowed us to import our Pokemon from other games, so that we could add the new Unova Pokemon to our ever-growing Pokedexes. Sure, there have been Pokemon games in the past that didn’t natively have previous Pokemon species – like Black and White, for example. For a Pokemon game to not include every single Pokemon species stings so much for fans because it seems contrarian to the crux of any Pokemon experience- because how can we “catch them all” if a Pokemon game doesn’t even have them all? To be honest, Game Freak’s position isn’t hard to understand either, but I’ll get to that in a bit- for now, let’s speak about the fans’ side of things. For many years running, we’ve sort of taken it for granted that each new Pokemon game will support every single Pokemon species in existence, and the fact that Sword and Shield won’t be doing so has upset a lot of people. Not too long ago, it was confirmed that of the aforementioned over 900 Pokemon species, Sword and Shield wouldn’t feature support for every single one of them. Over the last few weeks, however, the massive worldwide fanbase of the series has been up in arms over the fact that Game Freak itself doesn’t seem to be respecting that mantra. But even still, Pokemon fans live by that one mantra- gotta catch ’em all. With every new game in the series, Game Freak adds multiple new Pokemon species to its ever growing roster of pocket monsters, to the point where now, we’re standing at over 800 Pokemon (soon to be over 900). Since 1996, “Gotta catch ’em all” has been the war-cry of millions of Pokemon fans. At a time when we all should have been waiting for the upcoming releases with child-like anticipation, many series fans are instead showing their displeasure with some of the decisions Game Freak is taking. While there’s no doubting that this will still be one of the biggest releases of the year and will end up selling gangbusters, the general mood in the hardcore Pokemon fanbase seems to be one of early disappointment. Over the last few weeks, however, things haven’t been going as expected. As the first new generation of Pokemon games to launch on a console, and as a sequel that’s looking like its going to make some tangible changes which fans of the series have been dreaming about for years, Sword and Shield should, on paper, be all set to take the industry by storm. Pokemon Sword and Shield are launching later this year, and by all accounts, this is one of the most momentous releases this series has seen in years. Like a call to adventure and a journey through a wonderful new world, full of amazing new monsters to see and befriend. No matter how frequently we get new instalments, no matter much better (or worse) the series gets with its iterations, every new release still feels like a celebration. Every time a new Pokemon game releases, millions of people around the world sit up in giddy anticipation.
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