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I'm pretty sure the salt isn't really as much about the game itself as much as it is about the gap between it and the original SuMo, which is.. One year. Meanwhile, RB/FRLG was 8 years (7 if we go from Yellow), GS/HGSS was 10(9 if we go from Crystal) and RS/ORAS was 12(10 if we go from Emerald) [Of course, this all comes from JP release dates, but the time frame is roughly the same until RS/ORAS which was after they started doing simultaneous int'l releases]. This would be around the time for a remake to come out, which adds vast amounts of things to that gen/region.
However, we got USuMo, which is an updated SuMo only a year after its release. It's that sort of thing that would make you believe it's a cash grab, and I'm inclined to agree. It would be a different story if they released the game on the Switch, but they aren't. I personally believe it should've just been made a DLC for SuMo proper (I'm sure it can be done), which would probably lessen the backlash. That, or they should have released more information. They should know their audience after ~21 years :-s.
Let's list out all the release dates of Pokemon games [by Japanese release].
Red/Green: February 27, 1996
Blue: October 10, 1996
Yellow: September 12, 1998
Gold/Silver: November 21, 1999
Crystal: December 14, 2000
Ruby/Sapphire: November 21, 2002
FireRed/LeafGreen: January 29, 2004
Emerald: September 16, 2004
Diamond/Pearl: September 28, 2006
Platinum: September 13, 2008
HeartGold/SoulSilver: September 12, 2009
Black/White: September 18, 2010
Black 2/White 2: June 23, 2012
XY: October 12, 2013
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire: November 21, 2014
Sun/Moon: November 18, 2016
Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: November 17, 2017
There had always been a one-two year gap in between Pokemon games since the beginnings of this franchise. For anyone to complain, bitch or moan about a
new Pokemon game after an year - clearly have forego any thought of how GameFreak release their games. Furthermore, GameFreak had gone on record multiple times that they will never do any
form of
DLC and the possibility of coming in the future is unlikely. We have no information of whether or not Diamond/Pearl remakes are even coming, and to assume anything otherwise would be nothing short of stupidity and fans being impatient. Then again, this is the same audience that scream in the top of their lungs and prayed to the stars above that Ruby/Sapphire remakes will never see fruition because it did not show up in the Generation 5 era, only to show up in the Generation 6 era. Can these fans simply wait and see what's going to happen next before jumping onto some half-baked conclusions on absolutely nothing?
In addition, this whole "little information" isn't a big deal:
- GameFreak released a 30 second trailer with LITERALLY NOTING with but a few words and a box art, then went silence about a month.
- Corocoro magazine made a joke that they have exclusive information about Pokemon Sun and Moon, only for it t be nothing more than "camera flare" that got in the way in the information.
- Diamond/Pearl was announced in 2004 [in a Japanese Press conference] and there was no information about these games for nearly 292 days straight in regards to Pokemon. It wasn't until mid-2006, that we got anything about the games.
- They went two months without any information about X and Y.
It's a trolling tactic that GameFreak loves to do and how they build up hype for a main-series game. They will go a month or so of not saying absolutely anything about the games after announcement and then, when the dry period is over, there will be an unexpected drop of information and the train will continue off from there. It gives me memories of how people were creating false accusations and bitching left and right of how GameFreak is a terrible company and/or rushing the games Sun and Moon solely because they never said anything about the game for a month [April]. A single month. Instead of being patient and wait for more information to come. This brings onto about Ultra Sumo. We have no idea what the game actually contains outside of a twenty-second trailer and some information on Pokemon website. So how about people just simply wait for more information and if they don't appease to you, then simply don't buy it and wait for Generation 8.
Let's not pretend that this "little information" GameFreak shown is some new concept, they been doing this for years at this point. The fact that they just causally show the trailer simply strengthen their trolling tactic to lure in people wondering "What? I don't give a damn about Pokken! I want this!". How people miss this sentiment is beyond me.
Finally, why on earth would GameFreak would release a game to a console that was recently release? 3DS has a userbase of 61+ million, in comparison to the refreshingly new console of 2-3 million. It makes no sense whatsoever for GameFreak to release a main-series Pokemon game this early and especially since it's currently in a generation. It's the same thing for Black 2 and White 2 that remained on the DS, rather than the 3DS - despite the latter being out for 2 years already. It wasn't because Black 2/White 2 was originally supposed to be the 3DS [an rumor that never had any evidences], GameFreak INTENDED the game to be on the DS. Here's Junichi Masuda's statement of that regard from his
interview:
"The primary goal is to get as many people as possible able to play the game," Masuda explains. "With the Nintendo DS, it's the handheld hardware system that the most people in the world have." Masuda says the team also wants to ensure that fans of the first Black and White releases would be able to play the sequel. "Those who played Black and White may not have a 3DS, but they definitely played on a regular DS."
To further illustrate, this was not the first time they did not release a Pokemon game on a newly released console. Nintendo DS was released in late 2004. Prior to that, Nintendo brought in a Nintendo DS prototype, with a developed and simple
Pokemon game to show off what it can do in E3 2004. Yet, GameFreak continues to make and release two Pokemon games - in the same year - on the GBA. Diamond and Pearl was released on the DS
two years after the release of Nintendo DS. Furthermore, D/P was actually originally intended to be released in 2005 - shy months away from FireRed/LeafGreen/Emerald [emphasizing their one-two year release of Pokemon games]. This should
not be an surprise for anyone that GameFreak would rather wait and see if the potential of the console before making an transition. Just like how they release Pokemon Crystal as a GBC exclusive (while Gold and Silver can be played on both Gameboy and Color) and then a few months later, Game Boy Advance was released.
Masuda already stated his thoughts on the Nintendo Switch and the Future of Pokemon Games[1]:
Without a doubt, Nintendo Switch is the future, but we will have to wait until it goes out on the market and study how it can benefit from Pokemon. When people have it, we will have too see and deeply study how to use it so we can think how the next entries of Pokemon are going to be and how the saga can benefit from the new console.
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1] Junichi Masuda,
Junichi Masuda on the Future of Pokémon for the Switch, 12th Dec 2016, Nintendolife.com
In short, the reason why this "salt" is even salt to begin with is because of a baseless rumor that
eurogamer created with NO EVIDENCES to back themselves, with the claim that Pokemon Stars is under development and will be on the Nintendo Switch. Instead of people taking their article with a grain of salt, especially when this article came out exactly when Pokemon Sun and Moon was first released, it simply snowball from there into people's minds that made irrational theories that forces themselves to believe in bullshittery. The only one that are to blame for this "blacklash" is the people themselves for believing in some faux, baseless article.
Will
main-series Pokemon games be on the Switch? Who knows. Until that time, we simply have to wait and see and people need to have some goddamn patience.
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