>No hordes
>No super training
>destiny knot locked behind battle tree, which itself necessitates having a destiny knot to breed perfect iv mons
>no player search system
>no o-powers
>took out every single piece of clothing in XY when they could've just ported them all over
>no rotation battles
>no triple battles
>no inverse battles
>can only hyper train at level 100 but there are no good places to train
I sure am glad they added stupid shit like adding brushes to pokemon-amieafter taking out all the minigames that made it even moderately interestingand making a much more obtuse and tedious version of join avenue, version exclusive clothing and this stupid farmville pokepelago shit.
gamefreak defense force, defend this
>>30133754
>no rotation battles
>no triple battles
>no inverse battles
>>30133754
>wanting QoL features to be kept from game to game
>>30133754
>destiny knot locked behind battle tree, which itself necessitates having a destiny knot to breed perfect iv mons
not really
I bred for ivs as far back as diamond and all you really need is speed and the relevant attack stat, which is easy
>>30133754
>version exclusive clothing
What are all the differences? I know each game has different colors for the plain clothes, but are there shirts with different print/designs?
>>30133754
>He actually liked the tedious minigames
Opinion discarded
>>30134129
I didn't like them. But they were at least there.
>Gen 6 introduced pokemon actually worth using
>Gen 7's only non-legendary non-shitmon is Toxapex
awesome
>>30133754
Your forgot,
>Have to spend hours upon hours in Festival Plaza before you can efficiently remove EVs, dye your clothes, etc.
>No place to cycle endlessly in one direction to hatch eggs
>No move tutors
I'm praying to God the third version will fix some of this.
>>30133754
>legitimate point
>SOS is the next best thing, its just more tedious
>wait for bank or git gud
>the replacement is fine, its neutered, but works
>oh no, I have to play bike simulator 2016 a little longer
>that would've been great
>rotation battles were fucking awful
>triple battles were almost as bad
>inverse were mediocre, the only positive about them was getting evo stones when you win
>tedious, but don't play pokemon if you don't want grinding
>>30134755
>gamefreak defense force actually defended this
>needing penta or perfect IV's to do Battle Facilities
>implying they wouldn't have had to remodel all the XY clothes to match the new overworld proportions and the different proportions of the MC's anyways
Everything else blows as does Destiny Knot not being easily available on its own
>>30133754
>>30134755
they didn't even give use a good bike route ora bike
why was this allowed
>>30134838
>>implying they wouldn't have had to remodel all the XY clothes to match the new overworld proportions and the different proportions of the MC's anyways
god forbid gamefreak actually has to put in work
the only saving grace is that pokepelago, refresh, battle royales and festival plaza are so awful and not worth doing that they won't be missed in gen 8
>>30134910
>are so awful and not worth doing that they won't be missed in gen 8
Yeah they will, someone's going to make a thread exactly like this after gen 8 comes out.
why can't i change clothes at pokemon centers anymore
it was so much more convenient than having to track down a clothing shop
>>30134319
Bewear is really good. Hight attack and defense.
Literally just inject to fix your mons and ev train them. It's otherwise a great game. Gamefreak is practically trlling you to at this point
>>30135260
IT'S JUST LIKE, IT'S JUST LIKE, A MINI-MALL
>>30133754
just abuse the tapus to get some BP
>>30133754
>Not chaining those tasty 4+ 31 IV mons
>Chaining is also EV training same time.
Sure chaining won't give you egg moves but it gives good moves.
>>30135848
Can you make chained mons more likely to have a certain nature with Synchronize?
>>30134319
Mimikyu and Tsareena are pretty good
>>30133754
>>30133869
Fucking THIS! What the fuck was Game Freak thinking? Not to mention...
>No gyms
>Countless tedious "trials" and side fetch-quests that emulate Yokai Watch's in stupidity.
>Really bizarre reasons for the roads to be persistently blocked off until you complete a quest, again, a la Yokai Watch.
>UNSKIPPABLE CUTSCENES
>Daycare neutered
>Every single Pokemon has access to 100+ power moves with Z-powers, even at level one.
>Introducing the mechanic of mega evolution in gen 6 without expanding upon it at all in gen 7, instead opting for Z-shit.
They did some okay things, such as by finally getting rid of HMs and giving you access to fly much earlier, but honestly, what the fuck is this? Not to mention the game looks like shit compared to XY.
>>30133754
Mostly agree.
Any mini game that isn't actually about Pokemon is ass though. Glad those are gone just like the Berry blending shit.
>>30134910
Doing more work is fine, however, the implication is the XY clothes would've been an effortless port job, which they wouldn't be
>>30135936
Yes, as long as the Synchronizer is still out.
>>30133754
I'm pretty sure my meowth picked up a destiny knot. She gave me a leftovers too. I don't even breed for ivs
>>30136067
Good to know.
>>30136028
I found the removal of gyms to be refreshing.
>Having to sit through that Charizard animation each time you use Fly
>>30136028
>daycare neutered
>no longer have to worry about overwritten egg moves when breeding
Nursery is way better than the Day Care
>>30136028
>>Daycare neutered
but the day care being neutered is a good thing.
Plus you can still level up your mons in the Pelago.
>>30133754
>wanting even more lag when it cant even handle a double.
one thing im nervous about, how DO you grind in this game.
>>30133754
>Over complicating the PSS system that was just fine
>Lillie
Dude my Meowth picked up a Destiny Knot.
And the worst part is, they removed HMs! Wtf Gamefreak?
>>30133754
>version exclusive clothing
Moonfag here, what am I missing out on?
>>30136878
If this isn't bait, I'd love to see you defend a wasting move slot.
>>30136939
Micro-bikini.
How are people grinding in this game? there is no bike right? how are people cracking eggs, the sauna? how fast is it? I thought eggs were faster in this game.
Does the elite four get stronger?
>>30134319
Salazzle is better than the starter
>>30137139
the bike route is gone, but there is a straight street directly under the day care
however it's shit because there is a transition between the day care and the route
you can use isle avue if you want, it probably takes like 2 days to hatch anything. check serebii
>>30137407
Is there a bike or do you have to use the pokemon?
Also
>no customization of battle scree
>no wallpapers
it's the little things
>>30137442
no, but stoutland is as fast as the bike
>>30137139
1. Dunno. Trying to figure that one out myself
2.Tauros is the replacement for the bike
3. Flame Body/Magma Armor got buffed for Overworld ability wise, and also since the game isn't on a grid anymore, steops count for each actual step your character takes so you can now hatch eggs by simply spinning your circle pad (counter)clockwise
4. only by 10 levels, and the challenger varries from levels 55 to 65. Luckly you can soft reset just before the Challenger battle to get the high level battles.
>>30137524
That sounds like a retardedly inconvenient thing to have to do in order to level up.
>>30138126
>playing a gamefreak game
>doesn't like retardedly inconvenient things
why are you here?
>>30133754
>no national dex
>removal of some mega stones
These are what get me the most.
>took out every single piece of clothing in XY when they could've just ported them all over
Its a different player model, you dunce, you can't just slap that shit in and expect it to be fine, they'd have to edit the models, or more likely have to re-model them. Either way, they focused on NEW stuff
HOWEVER, I will concede they didn't make enough fashion items or hairstyles/colors for this game, it's not particularly hard to model more clothes for something this low poly.
>>30139608
>game somehow has fewer skin and hair options than mii maker
the worst thing about the game is the fucking bottom screen in the overworld. le ebin wacky rotom eyes taking up a third of the screen is a just a flat out waste of space and the join avenue ISN'T a good substitute for the PSS.
>>30139780
the only good thing about this game is that it's non-linear desu
>>30139780
More like Inferior Join Avenue. Festival Plaza reeks of mobile/mmo P2NotGrind without the ability to actually pay, so you're just grinding with daily limits.
>Daycare no longer levels up your pokemon
>Pokemon keep egg moves
>The cost to get them back is fixed at 500 insead of paying multiple thousands for each one
>there is literally a square 2 feet below the daycare where you can circle around infinitely with Tauros to hatch eggs and see when you have a new egg available
>people think this is a bad adjustment
>>30141124
Reminder
>>30133754
>NO DEXNAV
>NO INDICATION OF WHETHER YOU'VE CAUGHT ALL THE MONS IN AN AREA
>>30133754
>>destiny knot locked behind battle tree, which itself necessitates having a destiny knot to breed perfect iv mons
> You can get it by Pickup
>>30134812
Better defending than straight out lying, like OP.
>destiny knot locked behind battle tree
>>30136028
You can just read "Yokai Watch" in this post and dismiss it entirely.
>>30133869
Totem Pokemon battles alone caused frame dips.
Imagine what 6 pokemon on one screen would be like...
I miss secret bases.
>>30144206
There are lots of other games on the 3DS that can get tons of models and shit in the same screen without it becoming a lagfest.
Admit it, GF is fucking shit at programming.
>>30144206
Is it like this in the N3DS?
>>30134547
Just like how XY's third version fixed some of its problems.
>>30134755
>Actually defending this
>Using arguments such as:
>it's just more tedious
>git gud (when breeding takes 0 skill)
>unironically saying that play bike simulator 2016 a little longer isn't a bad thing
>as if bike simulator 2016 isn't a bad thing already
>saying extra features were bad even though they were just extras and probably didn't effect his experience of the game at all
>>30139696
Gee, an RPG about catching and battling pokemon via turn-based strategy has less player customisation than something specifically designed to customise players. Who'd have thought?
>weather S.O.S battles
>>30137504
and tauros is faster than stoutland
>>30146433
>using both hands to breed
>was looking forward to Super Training and it able to change IV
>turns out to be only maxing it to 31 IV and no way to decrease ATK for special attackers down to 0
Who disappointed here?
>>30147098
We all knew it would raise the stat only.
>>30146174
there are plenty of rpgs with better customization than pokemon, like monster hunter and bravely default and shit. what's your excuse now?
>Complaining that destiny knot is locked behind battle tree
>Catch a meowth with pick up and put it in my party because free loot
>First item it brings me is a destiny knot
It's not the only one its brought me either.
>>30136870
don't tell them about the best ability
don't tell them about 6x pick up
>>30136028
>the game looks like shit compared to XY
this is bait right? or maybe you're just blind
>changing rooms in PokeCentres replaced with useless cafes
>>30145210
Yes
And with a lot more than just totem pokemon battles. Sometimes I would drop to garbage fps when using items
>>30147564
Y-you can get rare candies from the cafes wh-when you feed your pokemon e-enough beans in refresh anon
>>30147564
Dont forget
>took away option to save outfits
>Gamefreak still takes out as many good features of previous generations as it adds
Can it fucking stop, DexNav and super training were great and shouldn't have been removed
>>30148752
But then Gen 6 wouldn't be unique and memorable! :^)
>>30133754
I hope that stupid faggot rat fucking dies.
>>30133754
I like SM but it really does have its share of issues desu
>>30150986
All pokemon games do, people should come to expect this by now.
SM's flaws don't even come close to some of the flaws of previous gens.
I've been playing this for 15 hours and I don't have a bike, did they remove it too?
>>30137407
>>30137139
I'm hatching eggs and breeding more literally right below the nursery. There's a hole you can get in and mount a tauros and no matter what direction you spam it won't get out. So you can just have one hand wiggling the thumbstick randomly while you watch videos and occasionally look down to see if an egg has hatched or if the nursery girl crossed her arms (which you can see from the spot)
>>30151824
no bike, nor any usable item outside battle, the only thing you will look for in your key items bag are xp. share and the zygarde box.
>>30133754
>liking Amie's shit minigames
Post discarded!
>>30136028
>>No gyms
Post discarded!
>>30151992
>no bike
REEEEEEEEE
>>30145032
GF is bad at optimizing.
Who gives a shit about ivs in the game itself ? Are you people autistic?
>>30151972
Thanks senpai
>>30152101
(you)
>>30152141
No but seriously
Why do held items and ivs even matter?
Why would any of you fucking bother when pokemon showdown exists
>>30152189
I dunno, maybe I want to actually put effort into the game and say "Hey, I made this Pokemon myself and it's really cool" or I want to battle my friends when I go to a local card game shop or I want to see how far I can get in the battle tree.
That's like asking why anyone would bother getting an SNES when emulators exist. It feels better to have the actual thing in hand
>>30152189
maybe for the pleasure to play without the showdown retards ?
don't think because you like your brain cancer everybody does.
>>30152025
>i-i need the same autistic joke of the bike costing a billion dollars unless I have a super special voucher!
Fuck off. Riding Pokemon is a better mechanic and I don't need to constantly set up my registered key item
>bitch about framerate in XY, which fucking chugged in horde and triple battles
>Bitch when they're removed for doing the exact thing people complained about
>>30137026
This is joke?
>>30133944
>>wanting QoL features to be kept from game to game
>wanting to regress
>>30153597
>Something doesn't work properly
>let's completely delete it instead of fixing it
Good idea
>>30133956
Fucking this.
>nerfing new pokemon while keeping megas
>doing fucking nothing to help the Gen 2 starters after starting the last gen by sucking Kanto starter dick
>>30133869
Pls i dont want my 3ds to explode
>>30144206
>>30133869
As much as I like a bunch of the new features I don't quite understand why they have to remove a bunch outside of GameFreak being GameFreak.
The lack of Rotation, Triple, and Inverse battles (even though there's one "mini game" in Festival Plaza that tests your knowledge on Inverse type match ups...) really bothers me in particular. Battle Royal has eight models on screen (four Pokemon, four Trainers) while Triple Battles and Rotation Battles would theoretically have the same (six Pokemon, two Trainers). It's garbage.
>>30157380
Gen 6 had non-legendary pokemon that were great in their own right:
>greninja
>talonflame
>aegislash
>diggersby
>hawlucha
in addition to the UU and RU mons, some of which had niches in tiers above their own like Noivern and Pupcake
Gen 7, however is populated ENTIRELY by shitmons, with the lone exception of Toxapex. They half assed alolan forms, only 3 of them will ever have a role on any team anywhere and the rest are dogshit that are barely better than their bases forms, if even better than them. Some of them, like Muk, are actually worse in battle
>>30157420
>gamefreak took out battle modes in order to put opposing trainer models there instead
>opposing trainer models don't do fucking anything and may as well not even be there since they're so small (even on a 3ds xl) and pointless
>>30133754
>streetpass is gone and dead
>game is no longer compatible with 3DS friend codes in anticipation of future Switch support
>>30158200
your friends appear on the plaza though