Pokémon Sword and Shield!
Dec. 1st, 2019 07:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rainwatersparkPokémon Sword/Shield is the first non-remake Pokémon game I've been interested in since Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald!
I mean, I did play a bunch of White 2/Black 2 (though now I can't even remember which one I played...), and a tiny bit of Platinum. And I'd intended to play Pokémon X at some point but didn't get around to it.
But yeah, I'm so hyped for Sword/Shield!
I think part of it is that I really fell in love with the overworld pokémon idea from Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, and I also love that the game introduces you to the Wild Area fairly early on so you can choose from a wide selection of pokémon. I also like the Dynamax idea better than mega evolutions (which just made me think of Digimon...). Also, the graphics are beautiful!
I know lots of people hate the idea of not every pokémon being available...but to be honest, I don't care as much. I'm not interested in trading pokémon from older games into Sword/Shield, and I'm not particularly angry about not having my favorite Gen 1/Gen 2/etc. pokémon available in Sword/Shield when there are so many others.
I saw one person complain that Sword/Shield is "too linear" (mostly compared to Sun/Moon). Granted, I've never played Sun/Moon, but I'm pretty used to linear Pokémon games in Red/Blue and Emerald... (And, I dunno, I checked out some Youtube videos of Sun/Moon and honestly thought it looked more linear because it forced you to follow a really involved plot and long tutorial section. But seriously, who plays Pokémon for the plot...?)
The only thing is that I'm forcing myself to wait to buy Sword until I've finished my revisions for Novel #3...so...I probably won't play it until early next year. SIGH.
(Though that idea is possibly backfiring a little because I find myself watching tons of Pokémon videos on Youtube instead. MEGA SIGH.)
I mean, I did play a bunch of White 2/Black 2 (though now I can't even remember which one I played...), and a tiny bit of Platinum. And I'd intended to play Pokémon X at some point but didn't get around to it.
But yeah, I'm so hyped for Sword/Shield!
I think part of it is that I really fell in love with the overworld pokémon idea from Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, and I also love that the game introduces you to the Wild Area fairly early on so you can choose from a wide selection of pokémon. I also like the Dynamax idea better than mega evolutions (which just made me think of Digimon...). Also, the graphics are beautiful!
I know lots of people hate the idea of not every pokémon being available...but to be honest, I don't care as much. I'm not interested in trading pokémon from older games into Sword/Shield, and I'm not particularly angry about not having my favorite Gen 1/Gen 2/etc. pokémon available in Sword/Shield when there are so many others.
I saw one person complain that Sword/Shield is "too linear" (mostly compared to Sun/Moon). Granted, I've never played Sun/Moon, but I'm pretty used to linear Pokémon games in Red/Blue and Emerald... (And, I dunno, I checked out some Youtube videos of Sun/Moon and honestly thought it looked more linear because it forced you to follow a really involved plot and long tutorial section. But seriously, who plays Pokémon for the plot...?)
The only thing is that I'm forcing myself to wait to buy Sword until I've finished my revisions for Novel #3...so...I probably won't play it until early next year. SIGH.
(Though that idea is possibly backfiring a little because I find myself watching tons of Pokémon videos on Youtube instead. MEGA SIGH.)
