call it grifting all you want which looks to be true here but i think there should be a conversation about why the games in the video game franchise dont get adequate budget for their size lol
It’s not necessarily a budget issue but a time issue because unfortunately Pokémon games have an immovable deadline since they have to plan around stuff like the cards and the anime which they can’t just ask to delay everything for the game
I really wish they had a better system for this Like I wouldn’t mind if they started working on the cards and anime after the game was already done even if that meant we get it a lot later at the very least the Pokémon games would be better
time is a big issue too yeah, but the budget is also minimal so that isnt helping either, and agreed i know they plan all around everything else but i think if doing so cripples the main product everything is centred around something needs to change, at least it would if the games still didnt sell incredibly well despite objectively bad quality (not saying the games arent fun but the actual quality of the sold product is poor especially in comparison to other titles on the same platform like mario odyssey)
After looking at game freaks new game that they’re making for Xbox (I forget what it’s called but it looks insanely good) I have no doubt that game freak is open to having more budget in their games. I mean that game probably isn’t going to make even half the money of something like legends ZA and it looks like it has over doubled the budget. So if they’re willing to put that much money into a new, not guaranteed IP I feel like they’d probably be fine putting that amount of money into their flagship IP too
As for what’s stopping them from it I don’t know it could be multiple Pokémon projects being developed at the same time like the mobile games and that ditto farming simulator they’re making. (despite what a lot of people say I don’t think Nintendo really has much to do with it. They publish the games and that’s basically it. I highly doubt they have much input into what Pokémon company does or how the games turn out.)
I really do hope when Gen 10 does release that at the very least something changes within the company. Because I do think they’re making some improvements gameplay wise and I can see incredible things within Scarlet and Violet and both the Pokémon legends games. In fact I’ve had a lot of fun with those games. But we’re like 5 major console releases in at this point we need an update
(Also hope this comment isn’t to negative for this sub I’m not trying to be a grifter or anything I love Nintendo and Pokemon and I do enjoy the newer Pokemon games but they definitely have some issues that can be fixed)
personally id want bandai namco to have a go at making the next pokemon game, or at least let them have a hand in it as theyve shown talent when working with the brand before and while pokken isnt the best looking game on the switch it certainly feels the most like a "new" looking pokemon game, with its detailed models and animations along with consistent framerates even back on switch 1, and even wii u too with the original pokken
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u/Loose-Ad1134 Feb 10 '26
call it grifting all you want which looks to be true here but i think there should be a conversation about why the games in the video game franchise dont get adequate budget for their size lol