Gamestop: Pokémon 2016's biggest sellers, most pre-ordered

>>30133836
bump

>>30133836
Congratulations!

>>30133836
It's not just GO, Gamefreak is marketing their games in earnest now. Changing up the formula also helped get people excited.

>>30133836
Where were you when GF and TPCi incited another Pokemania?

>>30133836

>Even more pre-orders than fucking GTA V.

jesus christ

although it makes sense because GTA V was a hard-M game and Pokemon is E so there's no issue of parents not letting their kids buy it

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I guess the people that wanted the games to fail need to wait 3 more years for their next chance.

>>30133836
It won't last, these kinds of fans are incredibly fickle. Hell I bet there's a lot of bitching on twitter that SM is nothing like GO.

>>30134971
It really is unfortunate that Gamefreak is going to keep being encouraged to make bad games.

>>30134880
>2016
>parents giving a shit about what their do/get

>>30135015
Lemme upvote date spicy post

>>30135033
Be sarcastic if you want anon, but Lillie's game isn't very good.

>>30135181
It really is, my son.

>>30135214
>I sure do love a short game with a tiny region and barely any new pokemon just because it gives me an adorable waifu who steals the protagonist role from me.

>>30135538

>20-30 hours
>short

>>30135577
I mean if you compare it to Bravely SECOND of Xenoblade Chronicles X it is.

>>30134971
>>>/ATRL/

>>30135629

yeah but you could also compare it to the average AAA that sells millions with a 4-6 hour campaign

>>30135538
even if the main character is mostly just autistically following around lillie, i think the story is a huge step up for a pokemon game

i havent really cared about the characters in a pokemon game until this one

i loved hau, gladeon, lillie, all the kahunas, team skull

such a huge step up from xy with that dancing fat faggot

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>>30135665
this

I really could care less about any of the "companions"

I mean, they're nice and all, but they're just so...boring.

>>30135577
For pokemon.

>>30135665
Nobody said XY was good either. The story just made you an irrelevant statue, and that instantly makes it trash.

I don't know how anyone can like Hau or Gladion, and the Kahunas really aren't much for characters.

>>30135665
This. SM easily has the most memorable characters. Hau and Gladion constantly shitting one one another's attitudes was great, and then the supporting cast (Nanu, Lana, and all of Team Skull in particular) were pretty great.

Even Faba turned out to be memorable out of nowhere.

>>30135015
>It really is unfortunate that Gamefreak is going to keep being encouraged to make bad games.
I don't care if you like Sun and Moon or not, but this tells them it's a good idea to change shit up, and try new things as far as presentation and formula goes. If you didn't like it this time, maybe you'll get something more to your liking next time.

>>30135786

>For pokemon.

Kek, RBY were like 10-hour games, RSE about 15 hours max, BW about 20 hours...almost 30 hours on an AVERAGE playthrough is pretty good even FOR pokemon.

>>30135665
The edgy mcedgerson actually got fucking character. That ALONE is fucking praiseworthy. Holy fucking shit.

>>30135856
No, it tells then that these changes are good, that it's a good idea to make a short game, with a tiny region, barely any new pokemon, even more handholding, and a waifu that steals the plot. It doesn't mean they're do something completely different next game, but rather more of the same because a company does not just abandon a winning formula and there's no way to tell if the next weird bullshit they try will make them as much money. For people who dislike any of those changes above, this is a terrible, terrible thing.

>>30135871
>RBY
Well no shit the first game was the smallest. It's unsporting to even count it.

I find it hard to believe that SM has more gameplay than Emerald and anything beyond it. Seriously. If you're racking up more hours, I want you to consider how much of it is cutscenes.

>>30135871
http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=7169

>B-but I can beat RBY in 10hrs 12984753 years after release, since I played though it 924410 times!!1

>>30135968
>I find it hard to believe that SM has more gameplay than Emerald and anything beyond it.

Try backtracking.

>>30136037
What, you mean how you need to go through a bay or two on Melemele once you get Lapras?

>>30135968
>that it's a good idea to make a short game
Relative to other Pokemon games? Not really.

>>30136083
Yes really. The region and all the routes are shorter. As I said in that post, if you're racking up more hours, they're probably from watching cutscenes.

>>30136033
10 hours is longer than it took for me to just get nidoking as early as possible and steam roll the game normally.And i figured that out when Yellow came out.

>>30136107
The cut scenes are even that long. Try again.

>>30136083
>>30136107
>No
>Yes
>No
>Yes
>No
>Yes

>>30136073
Or the side paths and quests that unlock after the barricades, the multiple strength blocks, etc.

>>30136033
http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=37220

Fucking hell, it is an hour shorter!
http://howlongtobeat.com/game.php?id=37220

>>30134971
Sales do not equal quality retard.

This series is legitimately going to survive another 20 years. By Gen X they're gonna have to rely solely on more outrageous gimmicks to sell the games to circumvent the >1000 Pokémon issue.
>7th slot Pokémon which provides a passive ability for your team
>Wearable armor for Pokémon for mechanical and cosmetic purposes
>Shouldermons, which are on the field at all time either as background or as a fighter
>Mexican standoff battles
>Synchro evos
>Fusion mons (but only with those already canonically established)
>XYZ moves (like Z-Moves but involve multiple Pokémon in coordination)
>make-a-Pokémon (e.g make your Pikachu a Grass type and give your Fearow flaming wings to make it Fire type)
>pairable Pokemon (allows you to physically carry 12 Pokémon in your party at a time, but only 6 can be used on the field as always)
>Fusion Mons part 2 (now unestablished fusions are available due to Team Andromeda's research on molecular combination)
>Omega Pokémon (remember those rumors of God Pokémon way back in Gen II? These are those guys)

>>30136163
it might as well, to gamefreak

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>>30136163
That's not even what he said, retard.

>>30136139
But there are many, many, many of them. Every route or so.

>>30136145
>Side paths
Yes, what amounts to about two short bays. Besides, you act like none of the other games had the same thing.

>Quests
>Catch be a Stufful!
>Significant content

I only want the ability to decorate my Pokeballs. It makes no sense that you can't paint or draw shit on your Pokeballs.

>>30136198
Fuck it might as well to any company sadly.

>>30136176
Never ever, all debunked by some shit.

>>30136219
I'm sure you will get that eventually.

And then it will be removed in the game after and never seen again.

>>30136176
>Synchro
>Fusion
>XYZ

Pokemon x Yugioh for 2020

>>30136176
>>7th slot Pokémon which provides a passive ability for your team

Pokemon has enough fucking balance issues as it is and now you want to make it worse?

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>>30135968
>because a company does not just abandon a winning formula and there's no way to tell if the next weird bullshit they try will make them as much money

Hi

>>30136256
That actually already happened. Gen V had it iirc. Wasn't very fleshed out, but it was there.

>>30136176
some of these are really good ideas i cant wait

>>30136219
That was a really fun feature in DPPt. I hope it comes back eventually.

>>30135577
>10 of which are cutscenes

>>30136256
>>30136310
>Gen IV

At least I'm glad with SM.
If they keep going the same way I'll buy the next one.

I have no idea what new gimmick they could add outside of more battlebond.

Hopefully it leaks too, there is no better review than your own.

>>30136033
That would also probably be an hour or two shorter if there were a running option like later games.

>>30136163
I'll take contrarian bullshit for $400 Alex

>>30136309
Sega is a special kind of retarded.

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>>30136033
I get my money's worth, maybe a bit more

>>30136327
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYw0mQ62rI4
Oh...

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>>30136477
I think we have to wait to get a working timer.
All those games have at least thrice the registered players.
>>30136309
Game Freak/PCi did the right thing.
Spin-offs without leaving the main series behind.
At least Colors was fucking fantastic.

>>30135968
It's called new pokemon and thanks to the new exp. share I can train and catch all da pokemon I want. Thirty plus hours and most of it is me catching and training new pokemon for fun.

>>30135181
I want to make sex with Lillie

Even if I lose my penis in the process.

>>30136639
It's gonna take you a lot less time to catch this pitiful amount of new pokemon, especially with all the single stagers.

>>30136477
>x/y main 32 hours
>x/y main + extra 63 hours
how? did the guy recording this not know how to track the legendary bird with the pokedex or what? everything after korrina while still catching everything on every single route takes 5h at most, and the post game 3h (7 if you count farming bp and money to buy everything), where did those extra 28-24 hours come from?
this chart is bullshit

>>30137122
This is why I said we have to wait.
As of now, only people that rushed are posting their times.
The ones that analyze every tree aren't done yet.

>>30137058
Would imagine so. It took me 2 months to get all the pokemon from gen 1 to gen 6 using only pokemon Y only waiting for events mon. But not going to stop me as I plan on using a ev train somewhat good iv team to beat the game.

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>>30136163
Seems like you are both a retard and illiterate. You shouldn't get so assblasted because the game didn't bomb like you wanted.

>>30137227
nigga I buyed it on launch and I'm still on the first island just fucking around, almost 20h, but even counting the cinematics this shouldn't take more than an hour, people that spend their time doing more than the necesary to complete absolutely everything shouldn't be counted for official "how longit take to finish"
and I still don't see how XY can take that long useless you are retarded, and waiting for the time of raging retards that can't find the objective even with rotom signaling them where it is will do no good to any argument about the game lenght

>>30137545
not him and I love the game but sales never equal how good a game is, otherwise I love CoD and ME3 now

>>30133836
The new CoD is underperforming so badly that if you trade in one of several new games like BF1 or Dishonored 2 or any of the 10 billion normie sports games that come out every year, you can buy the new CoD for literally one fucking dollar

>>30137545
>>30136207
Wait am I missing something? When did we start using American horror story photos as reaction gifs/photos?

>>30135538
>50hrs in and not finished

>>30137740
Hello outlier.