A new Pokemon game got announced today, so I decided to do something that I haven't done since the last time a new Pokemon game was announced- go browse /vp/. Somehow, people were surprised that the game series that hasn't had a good entry since 2014 looks like dogshit.
Let's talk about what's in the name first- the Pokemon! Right now, the only ones that have been revealed are the starters.
Personally, I feel very neutral. They look soulless and corporate, just like the Pokemon franchise itself.
Now, what does /vp/ have to say about them?
Personally, I got into sounding with the stylus of my DSi back in 2011.
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Most of the other discussion surrounding the starters is either "DUCKBROS WHERE YOU AT?" or schizos trying to prove/debunk various theories involving the starters. "ALLIGATORS ARE RELATED TO SNAKES AND IT'S THE SWAHILI YEAR OF THE SNAKE SO THIS PROVES ZODIAC THEORY!" and shit like that. I would have posted interesting examples if there were any.
The intellectual discussion surrounding this trailer has to do with the new region. We don't know its name yet, but we do know this- it's not!Spain.
Just realized that I haven't brought up the games' names yet, wow.
First reply:
Wow, 4chan not immediately rushing to support fascism? Never thought I would see the day.
Nevermind.
Ooh, is this mutual hatred between Spaniards and Portuguese I sense? Is it time for /r/2Iberian4You?
If you've read this far, you're probably thinking, "Pokemon fans are surprised that a children's game is shitty, and I'm surprised that they have internet connections in Iberia. What made this rdrama.net worthy?"
My dear reader, this is because the whole time, I have been skirting around the most important part of any Pokemon games: the female character designs.
And boy, are they something.
Are they dumbing down the games even more to seek an even younger audience or they are marketing it to libertarians now?
Yo-Kai Watch is the better series.
As someone who always self-inserted as Youngster Ben, I'm not complaining.
It was a nice ride, you guys.
shorts on the girl
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There are some dissenters.
They're wrong.
Japanese fans have also had some things to say about these designs.
I'm surprised with how few are libertarianphilic in nature.
Now, some of you might be wondering, "Is how attractive the 10 year old player characters are really that big of a deal to Pokemon fans? There's no way that they're all libertarians." Allow me to show two average threads from /vp/.
/vp/ should not be a blue board.
Now currently, due the games only being announced today, there's not much material for drama creation. If Gen 9 is going to be anything like Gen 8, Nintendo will make a big announcement in June that causes flame wars hotter than the 
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25 years later and the starter pokemon are still fire/water/grass
How immensely boring
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They only work on graphic and slightly balance. But best part they make every year new Pokemon game now but nobody cries about it being cod or asscreed
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Don't get me wrong, exploiting dumb goomers is a noble pursuit, I'm just baffled they've managed to do so for so long while introducing virtually no significant change in the gameplay.
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It’s good marketing they now show poke players as 35 something year old models in fashion clothes playing pokemon with their kids.
If you also noticed most ads are aimed at foids and general younger folks since the companies trying to grooming loyalty.
Only legit shit thing in this Pokémon game and that game that released in January (Pokémon arcsus or something) is graphic and I strongly believe it was a new 3ds game first. The game has size of NDS3 room and with lower rez and texture it could run fine on it.
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Are you calling a childrens game advertising to children "grooming loyalty"?
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i thought they changed it with the last games? i saw a video of it being like a third person shooter except you throw pokeballs
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Nah, that was a spin off that will languish in the depths of heck after it falls out of popularity.
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They sell the same game 4 times on one platform. Todd howard has to wait for a new console before he can sell skyrim again.
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Slightly balanced until you catch a high level legendary with all of the overpowered attacks right before the elite 4 every time. It is as balanced as Ukraine vs Russia
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Why are the graphics still fricking terrible then?
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It's cause Pokemon isn't meant for adults, it's primary audience will always be kids who are experiencing it for the first/second time.
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It's target audience is kids, but I doubt the majority of buyers are first timers and definitely not younger than 10.
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Those are some pretty hideous starters, but if you're still playing Pokemon that's kind of on you.
Also just jack off to the adult gym leaders you sickos
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why care about the adult gym leaders when there are so many good Pokémon around
but yeah main-series pokemon has been a cheap cash grab for ages now; anyone still playing deserves what they're given
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i love 'tito but i'm afraid it will evolve into furry bait ala Braixen
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Yeah, ‘tito isn’t bad, and it’s even got exciting potential to evolve into furry bait a la Braixen!
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Snapshots:
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/r/2Iberian4You:
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/r/2Iberian4You is actually a thing? Funny.
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Das rite. Anyway see you again next year, g*mer, for another re-release pokeman game.
!slots100
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By making the male and female character look so similar they are discretly moving away from the lolicon demo and pandering more to shotacons. No I will not elaborate.
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How many times have you read Ane Naru Mono?
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I've never read Naruto.
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vp was saying lolistrags/pedis won and coomers lost which checks out. These protags look much younger than previous ones
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I must agree with the degenerates on one thing though: the MCs really do look basic/uninspired.
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Bulbasaur chads rise up
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Mudkipz or death
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blocks your path
poor "people" make me mad
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You mean splashes in your path
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Water is weak to grass, r-slur.
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magikarp is sexier
poor "people" make me mad
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Bold of you to assume I'll use water attacks against you
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Boring, pick a better grass starter
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The reason is that pokemon creators don't have a lot of turn around time. they have churn out this stuff fast, and quality gets lost in the process.
whats the best way to have a boy and girl protagonist? add a pony tail to the same model for the girl. bam. done. what's the fastest way to add 100 new pokemon? pallet swap. bam. done.
people will still buy the game. They'll just be a bit more unhappy when they do.
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exactly, people keep buying it so why bother improving it
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They release a new gen every 3 years. Game freak is just shit at making games.
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I heard they insist on having a small team while churning out beta test after beta test, and if you think about it for a minute you realize how insane it is to account for every pokémon in development
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Bold of N-tendo to announce a pokemon game during black history month and not have it set in Africa.
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Those starts look better than many past starters and since 4 gen ago you can dress up your character and last game had some fine leather leggings so maybe they show those clothes to look pg and the game it self has better clothes
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Let's play a game: nerd or libertarian? Which are you?
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I can name you 3 pokemon Pickachu, mew and mewtwo and I played gen3 Pokémon and Gen8
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Okay so both, got it
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Those protags look a lot worse in game than they do in the drawings jeez
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First time trying to make a longpost, why didn't my imgur links embed properly?Thanks for the advice, I got all but the albums working now.
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I think when Aevann made multiple images embed he did it with rdrama's inbuilt image thingy
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u linked to an album not an image
you need to link to images
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I see, thanks.
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Type it like this ![]()
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You have really good side remarks.
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Thanks!
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Do you downmarsey you're own comments?
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Yes. I had made a sincere, positive comment, something that goes very against the spirit of the site, so I had to downmarsey.
btw you spelled your wrong
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I camt wait for the mainseries pokemon franchise to die, the only thing good that comes out of the franchise is the spin offs lol
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I assume you got groomed by Mystery Dungeons in that case
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alright next MCs will have the siracusa lemon skin color and slanted slits for eyes, thanks for the input japx
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why do they all look like discount digimon
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They axed Sugimori (the guy who did all the art for the first handful of gens) and replaced him with a worse guy.
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Little known fact about /vp/, the "P" actually stands for "Libertarian", that was the intended use, but it attracted the Pokemon fanbase instead.
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So they're basing pokemon games on countries now? I hope they do a german one next.
It would be so funny (and immersive) to watch your character wait two months for a return letter for their application form to the theoretical test of the German trainer's license.
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They've been basing Pokemon games on countries for a while. Kanto and Johto were regions in Japan, while Hoenn and Sinnoh were islands in Japan. Unova was NYC, Kalos was France, Alola was Hawaii, and Galar was the UK except for Northern Ireland.
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I get that theyre out of ideas, but how does every new pokemon keep looking like shit?
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Game Freak (the company that develops Pokemon) was a small indie studio back in the 90s when they first made Pokemon, and have never been expanded even after being partially acquired by Nintendo. They know that consoomers, coomers, and r-slurred children (the target audiences for Pokemon) will buy anything, no matter how bad it is, so they're currently testing just how low the budget can be while still getting a game out in time every few years.
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They are right about new pokemon get less detailed and more generic. I just don't care, because I am not 10 years old. If you want a game for adults try Yu Gi Oh
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Yu-Gi-Oh! is just playing solitaire, but with someone else playing their own game of solitaire and occasionally interrupting yours. I was Platinum in Master Duel, I would know.
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i am a pokemon enjoyer and i think the new games look awesome but im not neurodivergent where pokemon makes up my entire life and personality.
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The foid is going to see it
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I don’t even play video games but this is uncool man
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Why do they always look so bad. It's always the same colour pallete or the same size
and then they add random details on their head or somewhere that just make it worse.
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Just post the links to 4chud
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Fire starter is the best as usual
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No it's the green cat because it's a cat
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The duck because it wears a hat
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The "w" on its hat stands for Wario.
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They/them pronouns when?
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Republican propaganda sure has longevity.
Also, LatAm is just Iberia 2.0 but either more tropical or arid.
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I like the fire dinosaur
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There’s already a new game? I thought the game after S&S still wasn’t out yet?
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S&S was 3 years ago, Legends: Arceus was a spinoff so it didn't detract from the main development cycle.
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Ah ok, don’t pay much attention to Pokémon so that slipped past me.
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That fire type starter is kinda cute.
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Yokai watch is far better than pokemon and it really sucks that we won't get any new yokai watch games ever.
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how am I supposed to c*m to this shit? you know why the 3ds pokemon games had the option to use the L button instead of the A button? So you could jerk off while you played! g*merfreak has been infiltrated by
s. Sad!
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The thing is the designs are actually better than the last games
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You're wrong and you should feel bad for having that opinion.
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I like the croc. It looks cute.
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Tbh the grass one is pertty cute
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If your eyes meet, they get your wallet
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