What Can Pokémon Learn from Zelda? 

They should introduce voice acting to battles too,like people cheeding noises when you beat a gym leader.

There really shouldn’t be any counter points. Game freak and Nintendo are huge and they should put out the quality of a triple A company of 2023. Sure games would be delayed but we should collectively want a better and more polished experience. On the bit of criticism. It’s unfortunate that criticizing something is seen as you hating the property. I am most critical of the things that I like. They have attributes that set them apart and I love them for that but it is by no means perfect and can be improved. That idea should never be scorned.

I think the reason for the lack of quality in the recent mainline Pokemon games has to do with Game Freak's mentality on the size of their team, and having the release of the game being aligned with merch drops and the anime. At least, that's what I've heard through the grapevine through what the devs say. Game Freak has this complex of wanting to keep their team small to preserve their "indie" status, and the Pokemon Company want to have merch and shows of the next generation when the new game comes out to maximise profit. I don't think any of this is excusable for what Pokemon SV became, but I think those are counterpoints.

love the new branding!! also, I very much agree; I'd love to see Pokemon Company allow the devs to put in the time and care that goes into the Zelda series

I think they should have, *wandering overworld, bosses* very powerfull pokemon that cant be caught. gives alot of experience points, items and such when beaten. With such a massive ammount of pokemon. We need better ways of leveling them up, than npc,s that can only be challenged once. Its one of the things pokemon go did VERY well. With a endless supply, of team rocket grunts/leaders.

I think that consistently dropping frames in the TUTORIAL of a game is inexcusable. The other you said is spot on, too. 😅

The atla reference lmao 😂

I think you’re absolutely right. A small voice goes a long way. Think about some of the smaller characters in Zelda. You can tell what these characters are like based on their inflection in their voices, despite the fact that they’re not even saying words!! Ever since they created Piers they’ve needed something cause you simply cannot READ lyrics with NO BEAT and NO TONE. I’m not gonna lie.. I wish SV BOMBED in sales because I want GF to improve. Thankfully their statement a while ago about the current status quo of Pokémon seems to be a turning point for them after this Gen. Great video! Very import to highlight the good and the bad. I can tell you’re a real fan and wanna see these games be great and really succeed.

I do want Pokémon to make a game with a style or approach like Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask (note: I’ve never played them but I think I have enough knowledge). Why? I like the open area feel but I also prefer the linear layout and direction. Also Breath of the Wild and especially Tears of the Kingdom are TOO big for Pokémon to try and replicate. They should go back and try small again and I think OoT and MM are good templates.

Maybe Pokémon’s style can learn from Octopath Traveler? 2.5DHD, voice acting when there needs to be, and mixing the battle system that can make Triple battles relevent again.

This video is seriously underrated. I was shocked to see it only has 4,000 views

Now im considering to buy tears of the kingdom, (give me a few years to save up for it) Also love the thumbnail!

Another reaso. Linking to the 2nd reason , in totk you can see the world changing and happen around you , like in a side quest we can acctually see some people fight a horde of mokoblins and it doesnt feel like the world is stale or boring and feels all livley .

One thing that both franchies do very well is music and audio themes. Amazing sound design from both of them!

I hope they bring back the side quests and different ways of catching Pokémon in Arceus in whatever they make next!

What a nice video!!

Consistency for all the generations

Unfortunately, I don’t think anything will change until someone who actually cares whether the game is good or not is in charge

Basically a constant that's in the play in bg, the games aren't where TPCi generates all its income, but they're both the engine for everything else, and *are* the last 15-20% that make that last tip over the safety line when the books gotta be balanced if you happen to follow their actual financial reports regularly over the years. Crazy revenue, not so much on the profit end. Either revenue has to explode, or costs gotta get trimmed ultimately. The thing I think that keeps them from changing is fear that substantial improvement *won't* be reflected in a proportional increase in sales to accommodate it. I.e., say if 3 sets of games over 3 years sell ~60 million, and that gets them over the hump narrowly, is there actually a case where one game is capable of selling that in one shot? Especially if even BotW didn't pass that margin

I agree with most of the things you say except for voice acting Pokémon and voice acting never mix well especially in the games

I agree with you slam gaming 👍I really do I hope this happens

What pokemon can learn is GameFreak management giving the actual devs creative lead and extra tume to give INTERIORS TO THE DAMN BUILDINGS!!!!

I think pokemon should return to its origin idea 1 single game that generates a unique experience each play through like how they wanted each cartridge of the original to be unique to that cartridge except modernized using game seeds that determine what pokemon you get which gyms you face etc people love randomizers and it's not too dis similar of the idea of 2 versions 2 I think yearly release is stupid the quality is dropping BUT they still mannage to do alot in a single year so maybe just up it to every 2 years instead of 1 would be beneficial and would hopefully be enough time for them to add that extra stuff like voice acting, sidequests, more thought out world and who knows maybe even make the story more memorable 3 pokemon should take a page from Bethesda and have random event npcs in its world maybe they have randomly generated trainers walking along the path to x city for you to battle or random nurse joy ready to heal up your mons or other such npcs 4 level scaling or removal of the level system entirely a big complaint of mine is the fact everything is designed to be done in a single linear fashion this defeats the entire purpose of being able to do gyms in any order and the open world concept itself why did you even bother trying if you had no intention of actually committing to it?

Sadly, until the Pokemon Company gives GameFreak more time to develop the games not much is going to change. Both Zelda games on switch took 6+ years of development, Pokémon had about 3.

In regards to SS sales being close to BOTW. I think something that should be brought up is Pokémon is essentially cheating. BOTW is 1 game and SS is 2 games with combined sales.

Whats an arseaous ?

At this point, it's only the mainline Pokemon games that don't have voice acting. Pretty much everything else Pokemon does, even the promo material for said games

Bro you changed profile ❤

Corporations react to money, not critics. Stop preordering and buying day 1. Make them over deliver for sales and you'll see change.

9:27 Yes. But... _...Not ILCA._

A lot

Talk about blind leading the blind

2:15 I actually hate the voice acting in BotW. The vocalizations are important and I agree there, but honestly, if I could turn off the voice acting in cutscenes, I would. None of the other zeldas needed voice acting, so neither does BotW/TotK.

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I don’t understand why people want voice acting, Pokemon has never needed it to be good and it doesn’t need it now

Nah, Pokémon is undefeated. Zelda is so boring to me. No replay value either. I’ll take the lags etc that come with Pokémon.

It can and should learn two main things. 1. Voice Acting. 2. Game Optimization so npcs don't have 5 fps mode when 20bfeet away.