The Pokemon franchise has grossed more than MCU, Mario, and Harry Potter combined. Why do these graphics look like they're from a GameCube game?
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Oh, and this is a good time to drop a reminder that Breath of the Wild was a Wii U game. BotW runs on a console released nearly 10 years ago. While that itself is absolute sorcery, it also puts this into perspective.
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It's actually so mindblowing that it can keep happening and it's just accepted lol
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Why put in the effort, time and money of fancy graphics if this will make them millions as is? Duh.
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true but a wii is a slightly buffed gamecube
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correct we will. why? because most of us dont complain about small things like this lol. games good we buy. that simple.
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I genuinely can't see how these graphics are bad. They look completely fine to me.
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If pokemon doesn’t look like it could run on my $10,000 gaming pc i’m gonna cry
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Because we keep letting game freak make the damn games. They need to pass it off to a better studio from now on. They also should take more time to produce the games.
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gamefreak isn't the problem, the pokemon companies itself putitng game freak on a deadline+ no giving enough money to development and also just game freak being a 100 ppl team with creatures.inc working on the models and tha'ts about it when most dev teams are 3000+
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I want some too!!!!
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The only thing I can think of is that they are greedy enough to not even try on the graphics anymore. They know they'll make money so I guess use whatever graphics you want!!! Its a shame tbh
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bro its the switch. it can barely do graphics to begin with why is everyone so shocked
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Then why do games with similar art styles look better
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Something must definitely be wrong with your eyes then
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because fuck graphics. this is proof that all that time, money, crunching workers, etc just for AAA graphics is unnecessary. Just make a fun game.
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The ironic thing is Pokemon games are made with loads of crunch lol.
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Pokémon Legends: Arceus' graphics aren't bad at all
Despite somewhat negative reception from the people within the Nintendo community, the open-world Pokemon Legends: Arceus game looks pretty good!I feel like ...
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I'm gonna assume you never played xenoblade 2 and is just oblivious to the MANY texture and framerate issues that game has still 4 years after realise
Fr yall need to stop using xenoblade 2 as a comparasion bc it's a really bad comparasion
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Because the Pokémon audience will always buy anything as long as it is written pokémon on it. As long as it is marketed correctlely, litteraly anything would work, which is honestely super weird
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The graphics argument is so dumb, just because they CAN be “better” doesn’t mean it makes them a bad game, as a fan the issues with modern Pokémon are plentiful but the graphics aren’t one of them, the older games with dated graphics are still excellent experiences
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100% agree that graphics do not reflect quality of gameplay. However, they reflect a lack of investment of time and resources. It can also mean the game is engineered too inefficiently to handle quality visuals, and bad engineering adversely affects *all* aspects of development.
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tapora dan jantando pokemon mas desenvolver uma sequencia de doki doki não quer ne crl
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Doki Doki não tem que ter sequência. A graça do jogo é se surpreender com tudo o que acontece nele e uma sequência não teria quase nada disso.
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Because Game Freak hasn't really had a budget increase since they made Gold and Silver, as far as I know.
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Because The Pokemon Company obliges Game Freak to make one game per year.
Even if nobody asked for it.
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i think game freak really really struggles with art direction as a studio these days - less about the power or expensiveness of the graphics tech and more just... what to do with any of it
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but like . . this game is very clearly one where they had a potential art vision. it's Feudal Japan Sinnoh With A Splash Of Steampunk! it's all there!
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