Pokémon Scarlet and Violet are BROKEN. What happened? - Tama Hero 

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The random pokeballs embedded in the ground are actually the pokeball of your lead Pokemon. If your lead Pokemon is in a different ball, the balls on the ground will change to that ball. You tend to see them in doorways in the academy, and during the herba mystica scenes.

"Let's look at the credits to get an idea what happened." I'm blaming everything on Ed Sheeran, then.

Something that this game made me realize is that I have a way higher tolerance for graphical and technical issues than I thought. Unless it hurts my eyes, or straight up makes me lose hours of progress, then I usually just can ignore all the issues, or just find them funny. Maybe because I'm used to play games on an underpowered PC.

I'm a developer but not a game developer (backend engineer), and I don't know much about how development works within Game Freak, but one thing that stuck out to me is that there are some areas of the game that are incredibly well polished and some that are outright falling apart. The Pokémon look better than ever, all the new texturing on them is gorgeous and the way that lighting interacts with them is also such a step up from previous titles. It's obvious that this is something that must've been part of the plan since development started. But to me the one part of the game that is most broken has to be the real-time Tera Raid Battles. The disparity in quality leads me to suspect that in response to focus group testing, some manager or executive made a late-in-development demand that raids be made real-time, and shuffled the team around to allocate resources to that effort. Now most software devs know that adding resources to a late project doesn't work (read "The Mythical Man Month" if you want to learn more about that), but hypothetically if you consider the idea of a team of programmers trying to jam that feature into the game as fast as possible, a lot of the other problems we see start to make sense. The UI is unfinished, and raids would've probably required a UI programmer to make it work. The game launched with a bug that prevented sleep animations from properly showing up in battle - again, if you consider the hypothetical battle programmer shuffling code around to retrofit real-time into this ancient battle system, that's the kind of regression you can expect to emerge. Pokémon's battle system just isn't designed for real-time and it's so easy for me to imagine the burnt out and sleep deprived programmers who toiled to make it happen within a ridiculous deadline, making expected mistakes along the way. Add on top of that the obvious memory leaks leading to random crashes, it's clear that the haste was a longstanding problem with these games and these games specifically. The classes of bugs are totally unlike the ones we've seen before in Pokémon. I can feel the mismanagement all over these games.

I can't take my eyes off of the Snorlax in the background. He looks like me after my 3rd plate on Thanksgiving 😂

Excellent video! Two things, Tama: 1: This is exactly what I've been saying. The problem is not that with a failure to outsource or complete ineptitude with programming (though Pokémon games have never been spectacular technical feats, they usually are stable and fine). The problem is the fact that Pokémon is not just a game series, but a multimedia franchise. They, as you said, have built this system for themselves of coinciding new games with new anime seasons, new movies, and new TCG releases. They don't have the luxury of delaying their games because of the treadmill they have shackled themselves to. 2: I do want to make a note regarding QA. You pointed out that you could not find QA for gameplay anywhere in the credits. Maybe there was QA and maybe there wasn't. I don't know if it matters. I am reminded of the Game Grumps' story of speaking with a QA developer for another glirchy mess of a game: Sonic Boom. After finishing their pkaythrough of Sonic Boom, they made a joke asserting the game could not have had QA, even though QA Testers were listed in the credits. This led to them being contacted by a QA Tester who saw that video. The Tester explained to them that yes, the glitches and problems of the game WERE well reported by QA, but it made no difference. The higher ups pushed the game out the door and refused to delay the game any further. Due to the aforementioned release cycle treadmill that Pokémon is shackled to, even if there was QA, I think the same thing would have happened. QA can only help insomuch as the devs are willing and able to take time and resources to fix the problems QA finds. I find myself wondering if they knew there wasn't a point to QA and just didn't bother.

I really enjoy when people list actual possible reasons for the games having problems instead of “Gamefreak is so lazy”, “Give it to another company”, “Fans do it better”, etc. Nice video 👀

One little thing that should be pointed out, apparently the glitch on the left side of the thumbnail with the player's arms and legs stretching does not happen in the actual games, it's an emulator exclusive glitch we can fault game freak for lots of things but not for that one 😅

I was really hoping that with the current season of the anime not being focused on any specific region or game, that it would allow the game developers more time to create the next generation of Pokemon and make it as perfect as they possibly can. They could extend the Journeys series for as long as they needed to since there's infinite possibilities to pull from with revisiting previous regions, characters, etc. But I guess that wasn't the case. I don't have much else to add that hasn't been said by everyone else, already. I feel bad for the game devs who aren't given enough time to work on these games. And I have little hope in that ever changing since Pokemon sales have never once slowed down, and I'm sure that Scarlet and Violet having the best selling launch Nintendo has ever had will just put even more pressure on getting future titles out even quicker, no matter the consequences.

I work on IT, I'm a senior QA analist (Quality assurance). Literally my job is to work with software in development, look up for bugs, then report those to the developers in order for them to fix em. When things like this happen on this big money things it always amazes me how this could have passed the QA stage. It makes me suspèct that they didnt even test it.

I like that literally everyone I've see talk about this game (who's played it) has, like, the exact same opinion of it: "This game is super buggy, but it's fun." (Also, I really like your top. It's very cute.)

I love SV, they're probably one of my favorites on the series, but I also won't pretend the problems don't exist or are easy to overlook. I've been blessed that most of the major issues haven't reared their head for me, though I have noticed the slowdown is exponentially worse in co-op. With the latest patch announcement from Nintendo's official Twitter, the last sentence in the Tweet was "we are listening", a surprisingly humble statement from Nintendo (at least their English-language branch), and I'm hoping the near-universal outcry will allow something to change behind the scenes. I feel and always have felt that Game Freak is one of the best creative teams in the industry, I truly hope that soon they'll get a dev environment that lets them take their ideas to full fruition

My entire family and I feel the same way you do about this game: It's really fun, but imagine how much better it would be if the development team had more time before release.

Listening to your voice legit gave me the ultimate nostalgia back to when I used to watch your videos back in elementary school. I'm in college now!

Finding out people who worked on Persona also worked on Pokemon Scarlet/Violet makes a lot of sense now, seeing as there's a random "Relationship" system with the teachers in the game

People are acting like this game being broken doesn't hinder the experience in any meaningful capacity, but I think that's absurd. The atmospheric experience of Pokémon Scarlett and Violet is greatly hindered by its technical, graphical and performance hindrances; I have a Switch, yet I'm playing a 2022 AAA game on this console that genuinely looks like a Wii game or a higher-end 3DS game (but even then, many, many 3DS games are beautiful and visually stunning, looking far better than this eyesore) and even then, it can't perform properly. I don't know if GameFreak are funded or rushed poorly, or they just have bad developers. But it's really crazy how Nintendo haven't stepped in to sort this situation out - The Pokémon Company is a corporate mess. Things really need to get polished before they get better. Thank you so much for this great video, Tama.

Awesome vid as usual. I think your comparison of BDSP to SV in so far as bugs is on point. So many people will talk about BDSP or gen 1 or 2 or even emerald bugs, but those bugs never impact the player on accident. You go out of your way to trigger them for benefits like cloning and stuff. This games framerate constantly tanks and there's a bunch of other problems, that is frankly unusual for a Pokemon game.

I honestly really feel for the staff, it is clear that plenty of love/creativity went into the game especially models/design and story but it falls short because the technical problems that hold it back, REALLY hold it back.

Honestly, I wish more people would be as vocal about gameplay features and exploration incentives as they are about graphics.

Really loved this video, probably my favourite you've posted this year. Was simple with minimal footage, yet deep in terms of the background research.

I find it really interesting that somebody who's worked on shin megami tensei helped program the battle system in the game, those games and Pokemon are largely some of the best turn based RPGs that are still around, and have perfected that style of combat. Thank you for doing this video

While watching this, I couldn't get out from my head how much I'd love to see Tama's review of a Megaten game, even if it's not as in-depth as her other videos. That series have a lot of design choices that Pokemon could learn from.

I think Ash having Abs is not on purpose but rather the manufacturer reusing molds for a different action figure. His torso form looks weird in general

I like this take better than “Game freak/Nintendo bad”. It’s clearly an industry wide problem that is more visible with bigger and prolific franchises.

I love this channel. Feels like hearing from my passionate Pokémon friend and having an intelligent, funny conversation about the games were interested in. I also appreciate the comparison to annual sports games.

Having just made it to the credits about an hour ago I think it's a real shame this game wasn't given enough time to be polished because I really think this is the best pokemon game they've made in a long time even in spite of the genuine issues it has. It's clear that there are people on the dev team who care and it's a bit of a shame that the genuine good stuff in the game is being overshadowed so heavily by the negative reception instead of seeing more of both angles being talked about.

They need to not release more than one title a year to give the development team enough time to complete the game. I also think each gen should come out every 4 years instead of 3.

glad you're back, last gens weren't the same without you :c are Ash's 10th anniversary abs canon tho? 🤔

I always applauded game freak for their ability to continually release games that coincide with the anime and other product marketing on time without major technical issues until now. Most other franchises that release games under tight deadlines and schedules to promote other media suffer greatly because they are rushed and I used to defend game freak for purposely not pushing the graphical envelope in mainline games specifically to release games on time without any technical issues. After over 25 years of doing this somehow they let their quality control slip away.

Incredibly informative video. I'm really glad there's someone taking a good look at a credits since there is a ton of information you can get just by checking who worked on what. Really can't wait for your next video on this subject.

"But...But...Gen 1 had glitches!" Yeah....Like Missingno,the invisible PC in Celadon, fishing in the statues. All of these could be triggered by the player.

Great video! Very few people do this sort of work to research who does what in the games industry and I think it's very important. I'd add the technical perspective that digital foundry speculated about: It's likely this game was developed in the same proprietary engine the other game freak games on switch use (lgpe, swsh, pla) because making new engines optmized for every game is very hard and would take a lot of time they clearly didn't have. So it's a pretty sure guess that this old engine did not have the systems and tools set in place to make an open world game, the closest we had to that were the wild area and regions from PLA, which were much smaller than Paldea and even still didn't run that great. One thing people noticed is that SV does not use culling for instance. That is a development technique that's basically obligatory for any open world game to run well, it's a glaring omission from the dev perspective and the only explanation is that either the developers were extremely incompetent or their engine didn't allow for it which is a much more likely explanation I think

As a long time viewer of 10 years... seeing you uplaid so much is healing. Im so here for it

It's cool seeing you talk about a post gen 4 game (the most recent one at that), and highlights that you still have so much Pokémon material you can work with. The sky is the limit.

Its sad that over a year later and the game performance is still not fixed. :(

I swear your videos always brings a smile to my face. I grew up watching your videos and they always bring me back to the classic RU-vid era.

This video really gave me the cold shoulder.

The current issues with S&V are for me the most notorious symptoms of something I've been complaining for a while, Pokemon games prioritizing money over the player's experience, Tama already talked about this on the Pokedex controversy video, but now is just sad to witness how the games have descended even further, and now they're not even trying to hide it anymore.

The Madden comparison is so good. It just goes to show that making a polished game takes time (contrary to the "GF is just lazy" complaints you hear). And it also shows that these games are part of a larger picture. I never even thought about how rooted Pokemon would be in TV seasons. But when you mentioned Madden, it seemed obvious -- of course Madden needs to be on a fixed schedule. Super insightful, as always. Thank you!

Great video! I also realized that since I remember your video on Pokémon Master Trainer dropping I have been watching this channel for ten years....Keep up the great work :)

8:24 crunch culture does exist and it is not healthy.

Great video! Interesting insight into the developers and what other titles they've worked on. I remember sitting down to watch the direct earlier this year and really hoping there wouldn't be an announcement for a new gen coming out this year after we'd just had Arceus, itself a pretty ambitious game by Pokemon standards. And of course it was and I felt uneasy and, frankly, unenthused. I slowly began feeling more excited for it but the problems plaguing the games do kind of confirm my initial unease. The tragedy is that they're good games that should have had more time and care put towards polish so that they could really shine as a new step forward for the series. I haven't seen a ton of issues in my own playthrough, but Tera raids have been an area where I've encountered some issues, which does impact how well the raid is going to go. I think that the time frame they have is untenable for the scope they clearly want to work with, now. Sadly, so many of these problems are larger issues across the game industry, so there's arguably bigger problems at the root here than just Pokemon.

This why i felt alarmed that they released 2 Pokemon games in the same year. I was praying and hoping SV wouldn't be till next year and let this year be the year of Arceus and maybe support through next year with little updates or something of the sort. This game was clearly not ready to be released this year and yet it was rushed out. While i fucking HOPE this will change something for future releases, but i feel like nothing is gonna change. At least any time soon unless the higher up take notice and actually try to prevent something like this happening again or something drastic like lower sales than usually (not gonna happe), but i sorta doubt it. Especially with the fact that the game literally sold 10 million despite it being a mess of a game. Don't get me wrong at all. Its a very good game, but its sad that such a good game is released in this state. From the biggest franchises in the world even more. Even worse people try to say "but the Switch is underpowered! Obvs it cant handle it" when its not even true. XC3 alone has a huge fucking overworld and it runs flawlessly, yet Pokemon struggles to do that half the time if we're talking about FPS and Xenoblade is lesser known than Pokemon. Devs deserve better. This game deserved better for what it is. Its sad that i can even post a huge thread on Twitter about the glitches in this game when 98% of games i play i can barely even make a tweet about it bc i don't run into bugs/glitches that often.

I don’t work in video games but i do have experience with projects of similar size and scope in financial services. Your comment about there not having a overarching QA group really stood out, and I think that could explain a lot of the performance issues. If the teams building the systems rarely worked on one’s outside their core group there probably was a lot of integration problems that turned relatively okay code into the issues we see today. More time, a dedicated QA team, and better governance would probably significantly improved the game to the extent allowed by the release schedule. As always I love your videos. I’d love to see you take a deeper look into this topic. It’s my favorite ever pokemon game on so many levels but some light needs to be shined behind the scenes. Keep it up!

Ive BEEN waiting for your first SV video. Nice

I'm really on board with the "I love Pokémon, but I don't like Pokémon games" crew rn. Was waiting for this video!

These are all really good points. There are two more factors I wonder about, though: 1) The engine itself - it’s no secret at this point that the engine used here is the same one used in Legends, which is the same one that was used in sword and shield, which is the same one that was used for the 3DS games. I have to wonder at this point if it’s not being pushed beyond its limit. 2) compression issues - one thing that no one is talking about is the fact that both legends and scarlet/violet are about half of the file size of sword and shield. It seems unlikely that the actual assets and content of the games is smaller, and I wonder if some of the performance issues don’t stem from so much of the CPU in the switch needing to decompress the game. That would be a real shame - the likely reason for decreasing the file sizes in this way is to decreased production costs for cartridges, since they could use 8 GB switch cartridges instead of 16.

Just want to say thank you for adding captions, auto generated captions aren't great and I really appreciate when someone goes the extra miles for the small part of their viewerbase that needs them like me :)

Nintendo really DID hire that man. In all seriousness, coming from someone who enjoyed the recent Pokemon games as much as the older ones but is willing to acknowledge the technical issues they can come with, it is always appreciated to see people break down the game's flaws in a way that actually dissects the treatment of workers rather than talking about the developers of the games as a single entity that's lazy and/or incompetent. The way people talked about GameFreak and more specifically Masuda during SWSH's release cycle was kind of deranged honestly, you'd think with how a lot of them were talking that Junichi Masuda himself personally took their favorite Volbeat out back and took it out like Old Yeller. So glad the discourse has changed from that to people pointing out the actual problems on-hand.

Loved this video and the recent TamaBites, they've been super interesting to look at in regards to aspects of the franchise we just kinda take for granted. I think it'd be interesting to look at Shinies and their place in the series in a more in-depth way. We kinda take them for granted now and talk abou the best/worst ones, how to get them, we discuss our shiny stories, but it's interesting that this is a mechanic at all and one so treasured despite being so far removed from the game play.

This was very insightful and thoughtful. Thanks for the great video! 😁

Super happy to see Tama posting regular vids again! *Insert AZ meme* “it’s been 3000 years”

Awesome video! I think you're spot on with the idea that people might think the (not-so) long-distance animations are slowdown. If your eyes are focussed at one thing that's clearly moving at 2FPS, it can make the whole game feel really chunky, sometimes even if there are other things moving at the full 30 at the same time (there probably is some real slowdown, too, but maybe not as much as people are saying)

Hey Tama, I'm a software dev and have done game dev work before and I have 2 things to point out: 1. I don't think SV's biggest issue was time. Sure, it was likely a huge issue and the games would likely have been a lot better with more time, particularly some of the silly bugs like camera getting stuck etc. However, there's something else going on. SV use fairly outdated rendering techniques, which is one of the main reasons why the game's performance is so obviously terrible when compared to some of the better looking open world games released on the Switch, like BotW, Xenoblade 2/3, etc. I don't know if the issue there is that the devs are incompetent / don't want to use newer techniques, that GF doesn't want to change their rendering tech because their devs are most familiar with this, or something else, but fixing this game's performance would need a significant rework of the rendering technique, which is most likely why we won't see a major performance improvement in any of the upcoming patches. Software companies are very hesitant to throw code away, as it essentially means throwing a lot of money down the drain. 2. You say that you think people mistake the reduced animation framerate on further away Pokemon for slowdown. That... isn't really true. There are in-depth performance breakdowns of the game, which analyze the framerate using software, and it's obviously a mess. The game targets 30 FPS, but even with a very aggressive dynamic resolution feature, it only manages about 20-24 FPS in the open world, and that's a very unstable 20-24 with constant dips. To players who are used to playing games at a stable 60 FPS, 30 will already seems slow, so 20 is terrible, and the fact that it's unstable makes it really obvious and annoying. Some people are used to playing on 30 FPS or on unstable FPS so it won't be as immediately obvious to them, but it's certainly not the animations that make people think the game is slowing down.

Great video as always! Indie solo dev here (or at least an aspiring one) I agree the scope and time of the development cycle are a huge issue. I haven’t bought/played Scarlet and Violet, but this imo started from XY. They weren’t very buggy, but I’d say they were a bit more of a mess compared to BW/B2W2. While ORAS was much more polished, probably because they had more time and they didn’t have to make a whole new game, the foundation was already there. Asides from that, ever since the switch to 3D, I feel they’ve been having a hard time getting things right. I’m not sure which engine they’re using to develop, but a lot of in-house developed engines tend to have problems that largely used ones Don’t have. Example: Luminous engine vs Unreal4 for square Enix. They clearly have a lot of talented people working on it, SMT series and Scarlet Nexus are some of my favorite games of all time, and bad management definitely seem to be at play here. It looks they’re just throwing people at the problem, without wanting to pose more realistic goals for their games. But I guess it’s just capitalism…

Your videos are always so good!

Omg!! You are back! Thank you!

The minute they announced Scarlet and Violet right after Legends Arceus made me realize they didn't have the time to iron out all the bugs. I feel bad for the developers that had to work on Legends and Scarlet/Violet simultaneously.

Great in depth discussion. I hate the time constraints developers are put under for these games but I think we are fortunate to have these fixes take place in patches, dlc, etc. I hope to hear you cover strategic gameplay sometime. I am curious to hear your take on how the gameplay has evolved over the years. “Look at those abs!” 😂

4:00 there's a ghost orb behind Tama! Look! It flies across the screen!

Makes me wonder if GF would have had a better time just going back to 2d. They could make some really polished sprites, animations, and worlds and might even be able to include all the new fun aspects like open world and multiplayer without so many performance issues.

Love the video and keep up the great work tama

Great video,and well said!

Something tells me that management needs to be reevaluated when it comes to the next Pokémon mainline game. I think everyone, even investors would like some of these Pokémon games on a delay or two to perfect itself.

I used to think “they need to hire more talent, they’re being stingy and greedy by keeping the studio small” but after this video I’m pretty convinced that a good product takes time and the Pokemon release schedule just can’t realistically allow that. What a shame. Pokemon deserves quality games, it’s where the whole franchise originated after all.

I love this video. Thanks for making this discussion, Tama!!

Great video!

I would be glad to see this series to understand the current issues with Scarlet and Violet.

I really liked the formating of this video, all the info you wanted to share was clear and concise. Unfortunately for me, I had no plans to get Scarlet and Violet because to be honest, I'm just not digging majority of the Pokemon designs this time around. It's Black/White all over for me again and I'm hoping that the next gen will have better designs but as of now with the Paldea region, I think I'm gonna pass on it because there's just not much about this game that is enticing me. Lackluster Poke' designs (in my opinion), the character customization is severely lacing (when it comes to the clothing choices), and the main gimmick this time around is not doing anything for me neither so yeah, I think I'll sit this one out lol. But again, awesome video!

I'm actually pretty impressed with what they managed to pull together all things considered. I was worried it was going to be far worse. Yes the polish is missing but they put I think more than usual time into themeing, character and pokemon designing and really trying to integrate the open world into the feel of the game. I hope GameFreaks is able to learn how to push for longer lead times from this experience.

Its really sad to hear SMT devs worked on this game and it is still as horrible as it is.

ok love the video but i was distracted by the Rainbow High doll in the corner bc my collector mind kept zeroing in on her lmao

My favorite glitch so far is entering battle with your back to a higher ground and appearing on top at the end of battle. Great for exploration. Early on. I found a Tera Leafeon within minutes of starting the game!

I like the filter you have in this video, gives off a cool aesthetic

Great vid! Appreciate all the research you did into who actually worked on the game. I'm kicking myself for picking up Violet day one - it's the most disappointed I've ever been with a new release, but it's more disappointing to know that there is a great game in there somewhere!

That sweater is so cool EDIT: I really like the outro music too!

Was expecting the same Scarlet and Violet buggy and bad spill, but was pleasantly surprised to see you delve into why it ended up this way

The game itself is alright so far. I'm about halfway through. For me and a few of my friends, the game just seems empty. Like it has no heart. Yeah, I'm enjoying playing the game, but I haven't felt emotionally attached to a game since Gen 5.

great analysis as always, Your videos are so informative! It's really sad how much crunch I'd assume happened with these games. The core of it is some of the most fun I've had in pokemon in a long time. However the performance, textures, lighting, as well as the art direction really hurt these games. Some of the new pokemon have the best designs we've ever seen with others being complete cop outs to add fluff to the over all dex. *spoilers ahead for those that may read this* Dudunsparce, Mousehold, Pawmi line, etc are some of the worst designs we've ever had. As well as some lines just having extra polygons added. Paradox pokemon are a good idea in theory but most designs are boring or ugly. I understand these takes to be subjective but I still believe the designs to fall short due to crunch.

What you haven't mentioned is that what they released is probably the least amount of effort required to extract the most amount of money out of people. If they have perfected that balance, they wont ever "try" again, no point in talking about time frames.

It’s nice to see someone actually look through the credits if these games since its always been something I’ve been curious of. Credits are important for this kinda thing imo, and yet people hust throw around conjecture about who made the games without actually knowing who made the games. A video like this is nice to see :).

What’s truly unfortunate is these games are never going to get any better. When they achieve sales records with the absolute bare minimum time and effort, what’s the point in trying? Absolutely nothing will change until people stop buying these games.

As someone who was a fan since Ruby/Sapphire days, this was rather painful to watch; watching a title clearly needing more time. And still net millions worldwide sales. Scarlet and Violet's infamy reached a point of hyper-sensationalism, further burdened by the implementation of annual releases and media tie-ins, and not helped by a release schedule when Arceus came out months ago in spring. I met someone who kind of passive-aggressively snapped at me stating, "she's sorry I didn't get the game" and "games usually have bugs and glitches". Sure, while it is playable; it does feel like the marketing team is taking us for granted, we love Pokemon, but we hate it to see a new jump into the generation by clipping into a backroom. A new patch is just the bare minimum; it doesn't change the fact the game was clearly rushed, released within the same year as Arceus. Based on reports, it's still impressive the team was able to churn out what looks like a solid, game within less than a year. Praiseworthy, but accidentally earned for the most part. Pokemon was held down by linearity where series traditions started to have trouble be written together organically. And for once the 3D models do have nice textures, a graphical element I wished to see in Sw/Sh. As much as I hope Gamefreak/Pokemon Company would improve their structure, we simply don't know. Does it mean they will have to rebuild it from scratch, or just place their solution on top of their problems? Hoping, but a teaspoon's worth. We appreciate your research into this piece. 👍

7:53 shout-out to the flygon that flew across the camera 👏

biggest slow down for me happens during extreme weather, and slight hiccups when crossing area thresholds

Interesting stuff. I wonder if it’s a too many chefs in the kitchen type deal. Like, a lot of outsourced work to speed up the time, but it doesn’t come together just right.

I’m playing Scarlet on my Switch Lite, movement is laggy when seen from a far. I had the camera glitch into a building when playing today. I have yet to experience major issues, but I am awaiting them lol.

The poke balls weirdly enough are assets used during your poke ball emote. You can tell because they always match the ball of your lead pokemon, and because they will disappear and don't reappear in that scene after you use the emote

I think you’re pretty on the mark for your thoughts and it’s refreshing seeing someone also weed through the game’s development details rather than just throw their hands up and call it bad. I also noticed that low quality load in of the models and even choppy far away animations are basically the results of a type of dome shaped effector that follows the player around, but the problem with that is if you have a giant open world, that dome needs to be way bigger, but maybe they cant enlarge it bc itll cause even more performance issues?? *rubs temple*

Yeah, this checks out. It'd been apparent for a while that the time crunch was getting to the developers, but nowhere is this more apparent than SV. Like you said in the video, I think they prioritized content over performance this time (as opposed to SwSh where it was the opposite) and it makes for a much more fulfilling game, just one that is terribly optimized. And that was definitely the right move, I would take another SV any day next to some bland mess. If they had more time, I have no doubt SV would've been THE best games in the franchise. As it stands I still adore them, but I can't fault people for wanting to skip them. Sadly ik this crunch will only get worse as time goes on. We can only hope someone higher up gets some of that passion back so we can get the fantastic games everyone deserves and worked so hard on

I bought Scarlet on launch day, but I find it literally unplayable for one reason: it makes me motion sick. I don’t know if it’s the swerving camera, the flickering shadows, the inconsistent frame rate, or something else. I didn’t have this problem with any of the other Pokemon games on the Switch.

Beautiful as always

Not too on topic, but if someone gets tired of pokemon, the Megami Tensei series is a great RPG to get into. They've aged pretty well (IMO) and there are sooo many of them.

Great video loved it as always. Very in depth. You always look pretty as ever.

If only this small indie company had the funds to hire more people to work on their games

I picked up the game yesterday, after the announcement of the Dec 1 patch I felt reassured that they would actually try and fix this mess. So far I've been lucky not encountered anything glitchy or buggy, just some low FPS and janky transitions. I think the worst was early on when I left the pause menu screen and started moving and my character zoomed forward without moving for half a second before the animation started.

Another banger! Keep ‘em coming and I’ll keep watching! Still won’t play Pokémon though 🤣

Sad thing is the anime was given extra time to finish up their story, being the only series (gen 8) to finish after the next generation of games (gen 9) debuted, but I guess there were other factors into why they couldn't just release it in January

I would like to add my voice to the cacophony and say "Thank you for such a strong, informative, and thoughtful video Tama."