The footage they showed already looks more consistent and polished than both Legends Arceus and Scarlet & Violet, which is a positive sign.
Crazyripps
Man they haven’t even touched the graphics a single bit. :/
Jnick_Mi
Maybe im cynical but idk something about this trailer felt off. Not a huge fan of the art direction/graphic quality either (at least its looks better then the other pokemon switch games). Hope the gameplay makes up for it.
grimnir1066
Looks jank as usual
MarvelManiac45213
Looks slightly better visually than Arceus and Scarlet/Violet but not by a whole lot. Also late 2025!? No actual release date yet!? Switch 2 better come out in like June or it’s going to be a LONG dry year for Nintendo. Since after Xenoblade X next month they basically have nothing slated.
UncannyLucky
What the hell was that at the end?
ryan8954
Finally pokemon I know, but I am sooooooo waiting to buy this. I got burned bad on violet.
crome66
Why two starters from Johto? Makes Tepig feel out of place. They should have done Turtwig or Piplup since they left out the Gen 4 starters last time.
dontreadthismessage
Nah man. Scarlet and Violet scarred me. Ugliest, jankiest ‘AAA’ game I ever played. Not falling for that again.
foodisyumyummy
Bet on the release date being November 21st.
VolksDK
The Japanese trailer says Fall 2025 and the English site says a worldwide release, so I’m not sure why they were so ambiguous with the date here
RedditAstroturfed
Looks fun. I’m sure the internet is going to have nothing but positive things to say about it.
IceFire0518
LETTSSS GOOOO TEPIIIIGGG
TheFriskySpatula
Man, going from the Xenoblade Chronicles X overview trailer to this is…. rough. Muddied textures, flat lighting, and horrible aliasing everywhere. It consistently blows my mind that GameFreak just can’t make a game that looks and runs well on the switch.
Mattsfiesta
Looking forward to Mega Meganium!
wayiswho
I’m so happy to be out of the Pokemon cult and can admit that this looks extremely underwhelming.
MrWeebWaluigi
I am glad Game Freak actually delayed this game and are taking their time. I was worried Gen 10 would ALSO come out this year.
That said… despite the increased dev time, the graphics look no better than Legends Arceus. Game Freak really need to hire more staff, especially for graphics and performance.
Octopus_Crime
They say “Late 2025” like we all don’t know that obviously means November.
romaki
Looks fun!
Adventurous_Excuse_3
Poke-meh
Blackgunter
GameFreak just need to hire one person who knows what a shader is and my childhood dreams will come true, just one shader engineer!! Please!!!
therolando906
For the love of god, please get Monolith Soft to takeover development of all future Pokemon games. Xenoblade Chronicles X on the WII-U looks and runs better than this. I gave them a pass for Scarlet and Violet and Arceus because they were dramatically altering the game-mechanics. But this is the 3rd open-world style game and clearly this engine and this team is incapable of producing modern software. The product is no longer acceptable.
B-Bog
People saying this looks and performs better than the last games, which is true, but it seems to me that those gains are mainly due to more confined environments, not Game Freak actually getting better at making 3D games.
zZTheEdgeZz
Tepig is going to be my starter, very excited.
eatdogs49
I stopped playing Pokemon games after Ruby on GBA. It wasn’t until Legends Arceus that I finally came back because it had the gameplay that I always wanted from a Pokemon game which is open world exploration in the wild.
I don’t know what this game will play like, but I’m not really excited about being in a huge city surrounded by npc’s. I liked the freedom of exploration and solitude from PLA.
RobinU2
Miraculous – A pokemon adventure
CheeseDaver
Here’s to us all surviving long enough to see the release.
Mission_Guidance_593
Pokemon doing away with turn-based battles was not on my bingo card.
Prime_Directive
Looks like a great Gamecube game
pklightbeam
Okay this looks sick
RedRazor2098
Is that him? the greatest starter of all time? Totodile!?
ModernUS3R
Seeing the graphics makes me wonder what the switch 2 version would look like.
Kaldricus
Seeing them battling in the middle of the street made me think of Roy Wood Jr’s bit about Street Fighter. “Commerce is happening in the background.”
Lachtan
PS2 visuals, running at 30fps.. Just why? This franchise deserves much better 😑
Tjockwave
Go back to 3ds oras art style if you cant handle full 3d worlds please
TheloniousPhunk
Gameplay looks cool
Setting is neat
Character models look slightly nicer
Environment textures look absolutely terrible – Gamecube era graphics.
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I really liked the game mechanics, but the graphics are just a copy and paste of Scarlet/Violet.
CHIKORITA!!!!!!!!!!!! LET’S GO!!!!!!
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The footage they showed already looks more consistent and polished than both Legends Arceus and Scarlet & Violet, which is a positive sign.
Man they haven’t even touched the graphics a single bit. :/
Maybe im cynical but idk something about this trailer felt off. Not a huge fan of the art direction/graphic quality either (at least its looks better then the other pokemon switch games). Hope the gameplay makes up for it.
Looks jank as usual
Looks slightly better visually than Arceus and Scarlet/Violet but not by a whole lot. Also late 2025!? No actual release date yet!? Switch 2 better come out in like June or it’s going to be a LONG dry year for Nintendo. Since after Xenoblade X next month they basically have nothing slated.
What the hell was that at the end?
Finally pokemon I know, but I am sooooooo waiting to buy this. I got burned bad on violet.
Why two starters from Johto? Makes Tepig feel out of place. They should have done Turtwig or Piplup since they left out the Gen 4 starters last time.
Nah man. Scarlet and Violet scarred me. Ugliest, jankiest ‘AAA’ game I ever played. Not falling for that again.
Bet on the release date being November 21st.
The Japanese trailer says Fall 2025 and the English site says a worldwide release, so I’m not sure why they were so ambiguous with the date here
Looks fun. I’m sure the internet is going to have nothing but positive things to say about it.
LETTSSS GOOOO TEPIIIIGGG
Man, going from the Xenoblade Chronicles X overview trailer to this is…. rough. Muddied textures, flat lighting, and horrible aliasing everywhere. It consistently blows my mind that GameFreak just can’t make a game that looks and runs well on the switch.
Looking forward to Mega Meganium!
I’m so happy to be out of the Pokemon cult and can admit that this looks extremely underwhelming.
I am glad Game Freak actually delayed this game and are taking their time. I was worried Gen 10 would ALSO come out this year.
That said… despite the increased dev time, the graphics look no better than Legends Arceus. Game Freak really need to hire more staff, especially for graphics and performance.
They say “Late 2025” like we all don’t know that obviously means November.
Looks fun!
Poke-meh
GameFreak just need to hire one person who knows what a shader is and my childhood dreams will come true, just one shader engineer!! Please!!!
For the love of god, please get Monolith Soft to takeover development of all future Pokemon games. Xenoblade Chronicles X on the WII-U looks and runs better than this. I gave them a pass for Scarlet and Violet and Arceus because they were dramatically altering the game-mechanics. But this is the 3rd open-world style game and clearly this engine and this team is incapable of producing modern software. The product is no longer acceptable.
People saying this looks and performs better than the last games, which is true, but it seems to me that those gains are mainly due to more confined environments, not Game Freak actually getting better at making 3D games.
Tepig is going to be my starter, very excited.
I stopped playing Pokemon games after Ruby on GBA. It wasn’t until Legends Arceus that I finally came back because it had the gameplay that I always wanted from a Pokemon game which is open world exploration in the wild.
I don’t know what this game will play like, but I’m not really excited about being in a huge city surrounded by npc’s. I liked the freedom of exploration and solitude from PLA.
Miraculous – A pokemon adventure
Here’s to us all surviving long enough to see the release.
Pokemon doing away with turn-based battles was not on my bingo card.
Looks like a great Gamecube game
Okay this looks sick
Is that him? the greatest starter of all time? Totodile!?
Seeing the graphics makes me wonder what the switch 2 version would look like.
Seeing them battling in the middle of the street made me think of Roy Wood Jr’s bit about Street Fighter. “Commerce is happening in the background.”
PS2 visuals, running at 30fps.. Just why? This franchise deserves much better 😑
Go back to 3ds oras art style if you cant handle full 3d worlds please
Gameplay looks cool
Setting is neat
Character models look slightly nicer
Environment textures look absolutely terrible – Gamecube era graphics.
Typical GameFreak.