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Following Pokemon will never come back because it would be too difficult.
We've got the models made. But they're not scaled for an overworld. Imagine a Dialga trying to follow the player character through a craggy mountain range. Flying Pokemon would look awkward hovering behind the player character. Serpentine Pokemon would be a challenge to animate moving at a pace that matches the player's while not getting in the way. I assume fish Pokemon would levitate, but that leaves non-fish aquatic Pokemon, like Tentacruel, Eelektross, Milotic, and others a challenge to animate well.
Then there's interacting with them in the overworld. If you walk into a narrow hallway, can you turn around and phaze through them? Would they immediately walk through the player to be behind you again?
Sprites had a "charm" to them. Pic related is pretty much the largest any sprite could get. They had a few frames of animation, they could phaze through the player and it would look alright because it's 2D. Sprites can get away with having a few frames of idle animation, while 3D models would need much more complex ones in order to not appear lazy and lifeless.
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HGSS already made you put away big Pokemon in caves, buildings, and tight spaces, do the same shit
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>>28012571
It really shows how johto is a terrible region since this and being able to go to kanto are the only things people remember about it.
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>>28012632
This.
On unrelated note, I think PBR is the only game where Wailord's model is not scaled down. Colo/XD has better scaling than XYORAS, but I swear it still wasn't as big as it should have been.
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>>28012641
Yup. It wasn't even a good feature, I don't get the obsession over it,
>>28012632
You' have to do it in more places, though, and that would make people bitch.
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>>28012571
Fuck pokemon following you, give me back seasons instead.
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>>28012632
Not caves, just buildings
but still...
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>>28012571
Gamefreak is lazy.
Gamefreak is a shitty company.
That's the gist of it. That's all there is to it.
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>>28012641
I remember lots of things about it but I also don't like following Pokemon or care for being able to go to a heavily stripped down Kanto
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>>28012641
Yeah no.
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>>28012722
This, for being a big budget game franchise it's insulting how cheap everything is. We finally got proper instrumental music and it's still weak compared to random jrpgs and korean mmos.
open-source pokemon game when? pokemon battle facility simulator when? online is fine but I'd love to try out some pokemon stadium esque shit with gen 7 pokemon
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>>28012571
Good. I hated following Pokémon.
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