Following Pokémon is back

THEY DID IT. THE FUCKERS ACTUALLY DID IT.

i don' think so

>>33321159
You wish. They can pull a DPP on us and let only specific Pokemon follow you on specific zones.

>>33321159
Looks like it's just a Rockruff NPC interacting with the players.

>>33321209
This

no its not lol

>>33321159
Did you watch the trailer, 2 cuts later he runs alone.

>>33321230
They might not want it to be official yet.

>>33321190
>>33321203
>>33321215
>>33321230

DENIALFAGS BTFO

>>33321209
This

Or this>>33321203

But absolutely not this >>33321159

>>33321159
GF/Nintendo Shills are back at shitposting. You can clearly see that the interaction happens when the character walks by the shitmon.

Not following, just a "neat" interaction.

>>33321251
Ok then, justify why the pc is walking alone.

>>33321278
The interactions also happened in Sun and Moon. It wouldn't make sense to show these couple of seconds.

>>33321293
It could honestly be a toggle thing in case you don't want it on but that's me just being overly hopeful about it. I dunno, hard to say.

>>33321293
You can turn it off and on in the options.
It's not like HG/SS where it's forced.

>>33321293

You can possibly turn it on or off, as well as the fact it's a trailer so they can do stuff that we couldn't do in game.

>>33321299
Explain why it wouldn't make sense and explain why it would make more sense that following pokemon are back.

>>33321159
You only see a Rockruff following the trainer and it that location specifically so one of these options is possible:
>only Rockruff can follow you (possibly only the event one)
>Pokemon can follow you in that area only (maybe not all of them)
>there's an option to toggle the following option
>it's just a Rockruff NPC in that area that follows you around

Either way, don't get your hopes up.

>>33321329
>New feature returns
>Everyone's been wanting to be able to have their Pokémon follow since HG/SS
Everyone's wanted this. It's been a top requested feature for a long time.

I'll imagine they'll tie it in with the Petting part and make it so that Pokémon with 5 hearts can only have the option to follow you.

Lol the denial is real. Why would they give you the option to turn it off? When has GF ever done anything like that? It's clearly just that one rockruff that is interactable. Probably doesn't even follow you

>>33321396
You're the only one in denial.

There were many Pokémon interactions like that on in the first games. Why would they show off that couple of second of animation if we've already experienced it. It wouldn't make sense other than to tease that Pokémon walk with you.

>>33321251
How exactly? You can't just say "btfo" and expect everyone to magically agree with you.

It's not like it would be hard to implement it... the 3D models are all there. It's then just a matter of scaling them when they are following.

It's not, you asses

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>>33321159
>inb4 it's just for the shillmons like Rockruff, Pikachu etc.

>>33321423
>There were many Pokémon interactions like that on in the first games.
uh, which ones?

>>33321230
It's probably optional. Who knows?

>>33321423
What did any other bit of the trailer show you. You thing they wouldn't say it with bold letters if a feature like that was revealed.

>It's not
>It is
Why don't you fags shut the fuck up. There is no confirmation that it's coming or it's not there.
Wait till Nintendo actually confirm it. It does seem a little weird that they'd show off that quick segment though.

>>33321159
IT'S TRUE, HOLY SHIT

>>33321159
It's not. that's a npc.
proof: everywhere else in the video, there's no pokemon following you

>>33321159
Okay. You can clearly see in the video that Rockruff follows you, while in some of the areas Pokemon don't follow you, which makes me to think that this is indeed an optional feature.

>>33321423
Or maybe they showed it to show you can interact with a Rockruff in the overworld........... dumb dick

If pokefollow were back, don't you think we woulda seen it in more than just one portion of one trailer? This isn't the first USUM footage we've gotten lol

I don't believe it until it's outright confirmed. Could be a bait and switch.

>>33321159
I'm gonna laugh when people get BTFO on this. Why do people think Game Freak is ever going to deliver? And if they do, why do you think it will be delivered normally? Just so funny.

If it does turn out to be true then great, I'm still not buying it kek

>>33321526
>implying there isn't an option to toggle it on and off

>>33321577
This. GF are the ultimate trolls. In fact if you want following pokemon to come back, bitch uncontrollably that you never want to see it again on their social media accounts. Then next gen it will return

Maybe it's only for dusk doggo rockruff?

>>33321603
>implying there is
I can play that game too.

>>33321159
Is not coming back. screencap this and ill come back to laugh at you literal autist.

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>>33321631
The backlash would be worth it.

That's just an NPC, you can see on every other scene POKÉMON ARE NOT following you.

>>33321358

There are many things people want to be back in the game, i dont think that makes your "argument" any valid, sorry.

Especially since you've seen other portions of the game, where no pokemon is following.

I would even go so far and say, that this might be another gf bait, to get some hype going.

>>33321634
it's following the trainer, has the expressions like HGSS, we know all Pokemon have walking animations from the datamine of sun/moon, it's happening.

>>33321678
>you can see on every other scene POKÉMON ARE NOT following you
you can return the Pokemon to it's pokeball

screencap me, I know I'm right

>>33321720
This.

It has the same speech bubble and musical note from when they followed you in HG/SS

>>33321778
If it was an NPC then why would it be happy with you.

>>33321804
Because it's fucking pokemon you retard.

>>33321827
Yeah man Pokémon just fucking love you straight off the bat.

Fucking in denial retard

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>>33321838

>>33321159
If following pokemon were in this game, would this be the best pokemon game ever made?

>>33321159
inb4 Rockruff and Lycanroc only

>>33321838
This will go nicely next to the fairy collage as the assblasts of the decade.

>>33321868
What? Not a chance

>>33321870
I'd be okay with that since Lycanroc is one of my favorite pokemon

>>33321838

It's a puppy. Puppies love everyone.

I wish. I want the pokewalker back to.

>>33321868
Hell no. Not even the last one that had pokemon following you was particularly good.

>>33321880
What if there were tons of legends from otger regions that you could catch alll over Alola and battle frontier or something similar was added, then would it be the best pokemon game ever made?

>>33321720
Okay, screencapped.

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OMG GUYS FOLLOWING POKEMON IS BACK

>>33321890
nobody cares about your opinions you dumb whore

>>33321920
You cared enough to reply.

Why would they put this in the trailer just to fuck with us though?

>>33321920
t. triggered Johtofag

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>>33321934
shut up, slut

>>33321920
Then don't reply, loser.

>>33321941

To make it seem like the game is worth getting

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>>33321920
>getting mad at someone implying HG/SS was mediocre
Truth hurts, doesn't it?

We need to spam their Twitters for the answer.

>>33321977

If HGSS is medriocre, then every other Pokemon game must be absolute garbage.

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This is Lt. Surge's gym layout. gAMEFREAK, I THOUGHT WE WERE OVER THIS PANDERING-

>>33321979
I've been trying. No fucking response as usual.

>>33321977
HGSS is and always will be in the holy trinity.

Only Crystalfags and 3Dfags dispute this.

Now I'm fucking pissed that they included it in the trailer.
This feature alone will now decide whether or not I buy the game.

>>33321995
yeah yeah hgssfag
go back playing with your underleveled trainers

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>>33321159
The Rockruff only follows you for a couple seconds of the trailer
>b-bu-but m-m-maybe y-you c-can turn it o-off?

Denialfags I know it's hard to believe but it's true. The doggo is already running behind the trainer when the first frame is shown and it's too distant from the kid on the left to be his. Also, the same music note we saw in the poke refresh thing appears right after and that means the pokemon is having fun and becoming friendlier or whatever. Don't know if the following feature is back only for that fucking Rockruff or what, but it's clear that we aren't talking about a random npc encounter.

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>>33321159
i wish this was true, holy fuck that shit was adorable. also

>yfw they finally make your party pokemon rideable

>>33321907
nobody cares abt legendaries

i dont think tthat feature is for all the pokemon. i think its just a side game for rockruff or rockruff being a pokerider.
and also by the looks of the trailer. i think they based the USUM on anime.
based on the trailer, lilie will now have an alolan vulpix rather than nebbie.

>>33322343

>i think they based the USUM on anime
Or the anime was based on GF's plans for USUM

>>33321977
Only a krisfag or a hoennshitter can have an opinion so contrarian and wrong.

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>>33322288
>Riding a Pidey

Hum...

>>33321358
>I'll imagine they'll tie it in with the Petting part and make it so that Pokémon with 5 hearts can only have the option to follow you.
That'd be awesome.

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don't want it ever again if size is not accurate for every pokemon

>>33321539
it's in the first trailer as well, where a wingull follows the protagonist

>>33321946
t. Autistic shinnofethus

>>33322534
I assumed that was just an overworld detail.

>>33321159
>"O-oh, you wanted Pokemon to follow you again, a feature we perfected 3 generations and 1 hardware system ago?"
>"I-it's too hard to program, but here, you can interact with one specific NPC Pokemon in one specific area of the game!"
>"Prease understand..."

I still see a roadblock...

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It's the walking feauture for sure, they even got the same icon. The question is...can you walk with EVERY Pokémon in the game or with just starters and Rockruff?

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>>33321209
BOTW did the same fucking things with dogs. It's amazing how many people are convicining themselves that it's UNDOUBTEDLY Following Pokemon.

>>33322534
Source?

>>33322652
A wingull simply swoops over the protagonist. It's nowhere near the same thing.

>>33322572
Yeah........ that's basically what I'm expecting too....
Especially with rockruff.

If it had been a starter, then I could believe...

But with rockruff, I'm betting it's a pyukumu toss side quest type deal.

>>33321358
1.) GF has explicitly said that they disregard fan input.

2.) Oh God, please, don't make it connected to Refresh. I want to be able to have mons follow me without having them make the game cringe-inducingly easy. Please....

>>33322520
that'd be really funny though

>>33322649
>The denial on this post

Lmao

jesus christ you gullible faggots heard one guy say it might be following and now you're all on the bandwagon.

Are you that new to the franchise? You actually think GF will do good things for the game? No no no no no. Say hello to more Z crystals and absolute garbage pokemon.

>>33322520
This. I'll wait til gen 8 or 9 for following mons if we can get them size-accurate.

>>33322706
Explain why all Pokémon have a walking animation and a happy and sad animation from what the dataminers have found.

Sure they didn't utilise it in SM but I think that this time they have. It seems strange that it's constantly following the player with speechbubbles that mimic HG/SS ones.

Why would they show off a shitty interaction with a shit NPC. Most of the NPCs in the trailer were characters that mattered. Not a random Pokémon on the street. It makes no sense and I think that they're teasing the following shit anyways. Like if you look on the first teaser you'll see a wingull following the player and now a rockruff following the player throughout the whole segment.

It seems highly likely that they've added this feature back into the game.

>>33322892

BW and BW2 also have the following Pokemon sprites and and animations from HGSS in them. Doesn't mean shit.

They show one Rockruff following the player and nowhere else in the game does a pokemon follow him. I doubt following pokemon are back, it's probably like that area in Platinum.

>>33322957
retard

>>33322957
On Route 10?

>>33322957
On Route 10, where Rockruff can't be found... not in a park... on Route 10...?

It's probably just the rockruff that'll evolve into lycanroc dusk form.

>>33323044
>>33323051
>>33323071
You guys are getting hyped over nothing lol. I honestly doubt they programmed every pokemon to follow the player. It's probably some NPC's rockruff or something.

>>33321995
HGSS was ok, but Johto is just a shit region. If HGSS was any other region it would be GOAT

>>33322957
More likely it's a mini"game" like the pyukumu toss at the resort.
"Cheer up my rockruff by playing chase with it."

>>33321159
ONE split second scene with a rockruff trailing behind and not even following you

stop trying to give us hope

>>33323089
>I honestly doubt they programmed every pokemon to follow the player.
Why doubt that when they sure as fuck wasted three different studios time modeling all of them walking and running? Don't be a dolt, holy shit.

>>33321720
Actually that gave me a thought, what if they return into their pokeballs in big places that might cause frame rate, or only routes and not cities? I don't know, just a thought

>>33323118
Could be that Pokémon walk around kinda wildly until their affection is increased.

>>33323124
You do realize that could be for something else entirely? prepare for dissappointment friendo.

>>33322520
A Wailord is about the size of a blue whale. A blue whale weighs about 100 tons. A Wailord weighs about half a ton. How the fuck does it dive? Wouldn't it just bob about on the surface like a chunk of styrofoam?

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>>33323095
:(

I mean, it would be cool, it has been proven that GF has the models and animations for every pokemon walking+running, and it is quite a coincidence that they show that in particular in the trailer.

>b-but there is only one time in the trailer where we see the pokemon "following" the trainer

Oh fuck off, we only see the trainer walking outside a cutscene or battle twice in the trailer, one with the pokemon, and one without, for all we know, it could be a 50/50 on the option being there or, as some people already stated, it could be a thing you can toggle or something you need friendship with the pokemon to follow you.

>>33321251
>>33321159
still doubt it, doggo there might just be an NPC and even if follower pokemon were back, huge pokemon would probably be hard on the engine since they're following you around or they'll gimp the huge pokemon with stupid chibi versions either way it's shit

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>>33321159
So, did everyone just forget the walking and running animations unused in SM's files or...?

>>33323384
Of course they did. They're shitposting faggots

>>33323170
>"the float whale Pokemon"

>>33321250
if they didnt want it official they wouldnt show it in the first place

>>33321203
They let a fucking wingull follow you in the first trailer
Who wants a damn wingull

>>33323384

Where were the following Pokemon in Gen 5 despite the files being there?

>>33322673
Since you don't need a full team of 6 you might as well have the sixth slot be for the following Pokémon?

>>33323598
1. Used in the Dream World area.
2. Nonexistent until BW2, not that a newfag like you would know that.

>>33323384
but they were used for Pokefinder

>>33323589
Sailors? Navy kinks? Sea enthusiasts?

Seagulls are mega popular birds. Makes sense for any seagull/sea enthusiasts who play Pokemon to probably have an obsession with Wingull.

>>33323695
All the Pokemon models?

>>33323384
This. Walking pokemon was probably an idea that came too late in development and didn't make it through deadlines.

>>33323982
SM DID seem a tad underdeveloped...

>>33322007
>the aNNOYING TEXT CRESENDO
>CUTTING OFF YOUR OWN SENTEN-

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>>33323170
>about the size

Blue Whale = average 80 feet/24.4 metres, confirmed maximum up to 98 feet/29.9 metres
Wailord = 47.6 feet/14.5 metres

If these two are considered close then I'm about as tall as a basketball hoop. Not trying to be a dick, but Blue Whales are right proper fuckhuge.

GameFreak is awful at creating realistic sizes. Steelix is another example.

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>>33323095
I agree. The only thing that bothers me is; why they choose this "reveal trailer" to show us something so insignificant

>>33321159
I hope so. That was my favorite feature in heartgold and soulsilver.

>>33323652
I think that was a rhetorical question you fucking faggot

>"We need to compete with mobile Game(s)Freak", the masters of laziness, added following pokemon and included details like Wingull swooping down or Rockruff stopping to play
Literally why the fuck are you kidding yourselves?

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>>33321977
>mfw you're wrong

>>33324080
I think a 100 ton Pokemon would be kind of excessive

>>33324315
If these creatures are basically animals with extra powers and abilities, why is a 100-ton Pokemon more excessive than a 100-ton mammal?

>>33321203
>>33321159

It seems more like in ORAS when Wingull and Beautifly would fly past etc.

>>33324372
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XA0ClmKH4A

>>33324409

Everyone knows about the animations, retard. Doesn't mean they're going to get used for following Pokemon.

It's literally impossible to determine with what we have seen.

>>33324428
how the fuck not? they showed the Rockruff showing expressions like HGSS and it was following you

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>>33323695
>pokefinder

you cant be serious?

>>33324447

>expressions like HGSS
It showed a single music note. Could just be that particular Rockruff being happy about chasing you.

>it was following you
Pokemon following you in only certain portions of the game isn't a new thing nor does it mean anything.

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so what pokemon are you gonna walk with the most?

>>33321977
when they said "posting a smug bitch with your post increases the amount of responses", they didn't mean it literally

>>33324487

You realize Pokefinder uses walking and running animations, right?

>>33321483
jigglypuff in the pokecenter, pokemon yellow in general, farfetch'd chase in gen 2, etc.

>>33324447
Why did they not follow you in the city then. And don't say something like you can turn it off because it wasn't in HGSS and it's a stupid assumption.

>>33324488
>that particular Rockruff being happy about chasing you.
what is the point of this if it isn't your Pokemon?

>>33321918
delet this

>>33324501
It use the battle models

>>33324524
What's the point of chasing farfetch'd?
What's the point of poochyena chasing Birch?
What's the point of that peeko chase around the table?

When HGSS was first revealed they did a full segment showing off the following feature. They didn't just throw it randomly into a trailer. If following Pokemon was back they would've made a video for it like they did for the photo thing.

>>33324514
>it wasn't in HGSS
that doesn't mean anything

>>33324536

Then how come I see Pokemon in Pokefinder waking and running around? What battle animations shows Pokemon walking and running? Fucking idiot. You realize models and animations are different things, correct?

>>33324550
I feel there are literal kids here that weren't alive when we got the first HGSS trailer, whose point was exactly to showcase following pokemon.

>>33324557
You can't turn off a feature as big as that with a button GF doesn't do things like that. If it's new they will beat you over the head with it.

>Turn off following pokemon
Just like you can turn off trainer models in battles right?

>>33324587
so why did they put in a whole new feature of random pokemon chasing you on routes with a music note?

>>33324619

>a random npc interaction in a trailer that was shown for 2 seconds is "whole new feature"

Are you retarded?

>>33324619
Same reason Farfech'd and Poochyena was there, it's route one you are still on the rails at that point. And it wasn't just any random pokemon it was Rockruff and it will only be Rockruff, or do you think that the random overworld Exeggutor also follow you.

>>33324571
no, they use battle animations, just like aime use battle animations
how stupid are you?

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>>33324536

>>33324686
amie*

>>33324649
why would they put effort into making the dialog box for the music note and have a Rockruff following/chasing the trainer? seems like it's part of a new feature, also they didn't show much of anything in the trailer, everything was pretty much 2 seconds

>>33324571
Not >>33324536

But your still wrong.

1.KazoWar the guy who uploaded the Pokemon walking and running animations already said that Pokefinder animations are in there own section in the code. Meaning they are supposed to be separate.

2. Just use common logic. If it was for poke finder only they would not have animated Pokemon that can't be found in the wild at all. Like jirachi, volcanion, and victini. also Pokemon that are sealed away like kyogre and groundon. If you honestly think they did all of these animations for a feature that probably won't even be in the next generation considering how ganefreak operates than you are in denial.

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>>33324686

>>33321159
Even if it was who cares. Sun and Moon is still the worst generation. followed by the generation before that. There is no way they can salvage that train wreck and it is just going to get worse and worse.

>>33324686

You have no idea what you're talking about.

>>33324704
Was does it seem like a feature of that scale, it's just one rockruff with a popup music note running around in the beginning of the game. Have you actually played a pokemon game before, everyone has listed plenty of past examples you seem to actually not have experienced them.

Seems like it an overworld pokemon that just followa you, you know like he probably doesn't belong to the trainer and and just follows ypu as you paas by

>>33324754
no u

>>33324742
underrated best post

>>33324712

>Pokefinder animations are in there own section in the code. Meaning they are supposed to be separate.

Because they are being used for Pokefinder, obviously they had to be put in their own separate section from the unused ones. It's not rocket science.

>If you honestly think they did all of these animations for a feature that probably won't even be in the next generation considering how ganefreak operates than you are in denial.

They were probably made for a future generation, yes. USUM isn't that.

>>33324755
it wasn't in sun/moon, old gens don't matter in this case, they went out of the way to put this pop up box/chasing/following thing in USUM, all the game scenes in the trailer are important, but you're saying that the rockruff chasing/following thing isn't worth taking note of when we know about the cut walking/running for all Pokemon in sun/moon?

>>33324717
it's different, go ask Kazowar

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>>33324819
definitely in denial

>>33324899

I won't be the one crying, whining and spamming the board when it turns out the feature isn't in.

>>33324899
This thread will be in the collage when you are blown the fuck out and you will be mocked for all eternity.

>>33325007
https://twitter.com/KazoWAR/status/805744147046998016

>>33324619
From what I get from the trailers, seems like one of the new features in USM is the abundance of pokemon models in the wild doing shit, there's wingull flying around, pikachu zone, the exeggutor in the island will probably do something goofy and all that, they're probably there just to spice up the areas maybe rotom will be useful for once and let you fill the dex like the dexnavi in Oras.

>>33324909
>>33325007

This guy>>33324899
Isn't me I'm >>33324712
And I think following Pokemon aren't in USUM it's definitely for gen 8. But it's not for pokefinder

>>33324080
>implying you can confirm a maximum size on an animal

>>33321159
OP, it's a NPC's Rockruff that is trying to play with you for the lols. It's not even your Rockruff.

Walking feature is not fully integrated; it will just be implemented on a sporadic basis .

USUM are being used to test this feature for a future game, just as the Sinnoh games tested the walking Pokemon feature that was eventually included in HGSS.

I highly doubt the 3DS is powerful enough to use this feature completely.

>>33324819
>skipping 1/3 of my post
Ok

>They were probably made for a future generation, yes. USUM isn't that

I don't know if your talking about pokefinder or walking Pokemon here but if you are saying that following Pokemon is for a future gen and not for USUM then were on the same page.

>>33324742
This.

>>33325085
"Confirmed maximum" as in "Highest verified maximum." There are reports of Blue Whales reaching about 110 feet in length but they are not totally confirmed. 98 is the highest definite measurement.

>>33321159
What kind of shitty pathfinding would they be using that puts Rockruff a full meter behind the player and at a janky angle?

But then again it is gamefreak so it wouldn't surprise me.

>>33325104

> if you are saying that following Pokemon is for a future gen and not for USUM then were on the same page

Yes, that's what I was trying to say.

>>33325230
Well then have a good day then sir

>>33321159
HOLY SHIT YES

>>33321159
We have had that in the orginial SM. It was locked away but every single pokemon had a following animation. All USUM is is the actual not rushed game. Fuck gamefreak.

>>33321977
>can't even give one reason as to why HGSS isn't one of the best if not the best mainline series pokemon game ever

>>33321882
Faggot

>>33323946
Yes

>>33324489
None.

>>33324489
The hackers did show that you can inject the walking models of NPCs into the following animation. I will walk around with the the female ace trainer.

There's a hacked Sun and Moon on iTunes that's an MMO that has the walking animations from the data mined implimented into the game where Pokémon follow you. It's called pocket town

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>>33326913

>>33323870
Only the japanese like seagulls, just look at Wind Waker/like every fucking pokemon game ever after gen 2. They're hideous rats with wings and basically every other bird on earth is better. All seagulls deserve a 6-pack ring around the neck and beak.

>>33324489
If it's really around, which i HIGHLY doubt, Wooper.

>>33326958
If every other bird is better why are seagulls so wildly successful?

Checkmate speciesists

why would they show this clip and then show the clip without a following pokemon
it's like they're trying to bait us

>>33326913
>>33326943
holy shit lol

>>33327003
It's almost as if they want money for rehashing the same game but with a few changes.

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>>33324549
don't forget furfrou in x&y

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>>33327028

>>33321159
go back to the trailer and watch how the rockruff moves around. In my opinion it doesn't look like it's so much following behind the player like in DP, HGSS, and B2W2 as it does that it's just restricted to one area and is following the player's movement when you walk around it

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>>33327057
BTW this game only uses the Sun and Moon game files. They got the following working with the games files.

I'm certain following will be in the new game for sure.

>>33327003
It's pretty simple to include a toggle for it. Make it an option you select from the party menu. That way it's not limited to the first slot or you can just turn it off. That makes too much sense for Gamefreak though and it's more likely not in the game at all. They showed the Rockruff because they're incompetent and just thought it was cute without considering the implications it might give people.

>>33327067
It moves different becausee older games used the grid system. It's not comparable. Not that I'm expecting it to be in USUM.

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>put animation in original game
>sell the feature a year later
Please don't fall for this

>>33327067
it's probably just something you can do as an option with Refresh, like someone earlier in the thread suggested.
2 points of affection and you can take your pokemon for a stroll, but they return to their ball if you leave the area that you let them out in.

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>>33324108
So we can shitpost and argue about a possible feature in a children's game on a mongalion basket weaving forum.

>>33327272
I'd be totally happy with this
I mean we saw all those unused walking animations I don't think it's too unreasonable to be speculating.

>>33322288
I want typhlosion to ride me.

>>33327714
In the wissy-cat and clown car way?

>>33324819
I mean, i dont know whether this feature will be in, but your logic doesnt make any kind of sense. If you say that they use the walking and running animations in pokefinder, why would they make a distinction between the finder and the walking/running animation, and even worse, repeat animations of the pokemon used, because, friendly reminder, even tho the walking animations are separated, that doesnt mean that pokemon who are in finder dont have a walking animation, why would they separate the animations and duplicate them if they were "only for pokefinder"?

>>33322905
It was missing most of the gen 5 sprites though.

>>33329861
that's why we didn't get many dream world Unova pokemon

>>33327236
i dont care
pokemon games are worth every penny
i'd gladly pay double for USUM
not even baiting

>>33330122
Each Pokemon game gets me over 100 hours of entertainment for $40. I am pretty satisfied with them, but they could improve the Postgame content a bit. Really excited for USM and Switchemon!

>>33322657
I disagree...that wingull is following the protagonist.

>>33321484
Getting your hopes up is very unhealthy.

>>33331134
No the camera angle is from really beginning of the game. Even before getting starting

No way protagonist caught a wingull

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>>33327813
AAAAAAAAAAAA FUCK YOU I WAS TRYING TO FORGET ABOUT THAT FUCK

>>33321159
It's lagging a little too far behind for me to buy it
And besides, that's just npc interaction

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>>33321322
>You can turn it off and on in the options.
So why is it still there in the first place? I don't think you can just walk off without it.

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>>33327092
>They got the following working with the games files.

>>33331134
Nah mate. Watch its shadow, it moves from behind the player to in front of the player.

>>33321159
There's no denying that the Rockruff is following the player, but will it be limited to certain mons? And why is nothing following the player in the clip of Hau'Oli City..? Unless it can be switched off, of course.

>>33331766
Omg can we stop this 'debate'? It's so fucking obvious what it is. It's just a Rockruff NPC that when you get close to it it just fucking chases you. Once you get past a certain point the Rockruff will probably just walk back to that same point it started. baka

>>33327028
>>33327057
>>33327092
>>33326943
And yet Game Freak still won't do it as well as this.

>>33326736
Why would GameFreak make them only for the Pokefinder if most of them are just going to be left unused? Seems like a huge waste of time.

>>33324108
>to show us something so insignificant
Because they have nothing else to offer

Why do people keep saying "in denial" as an argument against people saying it's NOT following pokemon? I think following pokemon is a feature everyone wants/would like, so there's no reason to deny it if it were actually happening. But let's be realistic, it's Game Freak, the same company that says they remove new features so that there's a reason to return to the older games. We're not in denial, we want the feature, we're just not fucking morons.

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I want to believe but shouldnt Rockruff be closer behind the trainer if it was actually following him?

weirdest thing is

why do they show it in the trailer ? They perfectly know how it gonna be interpreted so if it's not what we think, they are deliberatly lying to us

if it's really following pokemon, why didn't they advertised it more then ?

Both answers tell us that Game Freak promotion is really big bullshit

>>33321159
>>33332199
It doesn't look a fucking thing like following Pokémon. It looks like EVERY first-or-second-city-has-an-encounter-with-wildish-mons-now thing like the Beautiflies going past in ORAS

>>33332089
In HGSS there is a line that says "[Pokemon] is struggling to keep up with you!"

Maybe it lags behind you a lot at the beginning?

to get dusk form you need to walk with your rockruff

>>33325007
Say hi to future anon, this is going to be on the collage

>>33334014
It's coming back. There is no way they would break their science after all this time, and show a random NPC interaction like that.

This thread is gonna be gold mine when it's confirmed not walking Pokemon

>>33321159
I want to believe this so much, but as my hype cools down i start to see a lot of problems with that clip that suggests its anything but pokemon following you.

it almosts looks like rockruff in that clip was just running in circles by itself and the player is just running around with it. If this is the case it will definetely be the breaking point for me and i will officially hate gamefreak. theres no way they didnt know that would look like following pokemon, especially with the music note which they used for following pokemon in HGSS

>guys guys POKEMON ARE FOLLOWING YOU HOLY SHIT
>Cool, But will the game improve the post-game content, have proper RPG exploration and quests, a non shit and non intrusive storyline?
> idk but man POKEMON FOLLOWING YOU LOL

>>33334051
That's why I think it must be true, surely they aren't THAT stupid, right?

>>33334078
>non intrusive storyline

Has that even existed since DP? (Ignoring remakes)

>>33334079
It's gamefreak. Surely they are

It all comes together was marketing bullshit. This will be no different

>>33334096
Saying "It all comes together" isn't the same thing as showing actual gameplay footage that implies a beloved feature is returning.

>>33321293
Considering how vocal neo-Hoennbabbies are when they complain about every little aspect of HGSS and how much they hate on following Pokémon under the guise of "you can't turn it off!!!!!" it's not out of the question that Game Freak listened and added an "off" button.

>>33323283
They have walking and running animations for every single Pokémon including huge ones like Wailord and Mega-Groudon. Every Pokémon ALSO has an optimized model with a lower poly count that would fit in fine in the overworld.
Do you really think they would take the time to do ALL of that for future-proofing? Do you really think Game Freak will find a reason to make all 28 formes of Unown walk and run around in the overworld on the ground before hardware improvements make the current animations too subpar to use?
I have to point out again that Sun and Moon always has weird moments where an NPC explicitly calls out the lead Pokémon in your party. It felt weird as hell to me while playing but it would have made perfect sense if they had following Pokémon and were able to show that Pokémon next to you in the cutscene.

>>33334854
Explain why megas have walking animation

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>>33321358
>the only way to get following Pokémon is to irrepairably (without trading to reset the hearts or ditching your current team) break the game
I would break my 3DS at the revelation but it sounds like something GF would do.
>>33334860
If I had to make an assumption it would be because you can have the Mega form follow you in the overworld by equipping a Mega Stone. Considering how attempting to use a Mega in Amie/Refresh crashes the game, it makes sense for them to make them compatible.

>>33334886
Megas are temporary, even anime, which often break all rules, was like that

>>33334854
They don't all have the low poly overworld models though, anon. They have them for very specific Pokemon like the starters, Rockruff, Ride Pokemon, etc.

>>33327163
>They showed the Rockruff because they're incompetent and just thought it was cute without considering the implications it might give people

People like OP who made this thread

>>33324671
Farfetch'd wasn't on Route 1 at all, and it had a generic bird sprite in Gen 2. It had a special sprite in Gen 4 but Gen 4 had overworld sprites for every Pokémon because of the following feature.

>>33334920
They did, I distinctly remember the dataminers explicitly saying every Pokémon had them, and Google searching it doesn't give me the original datamine but every thing that quotes it also specifically saying EVERY Pokémon has it.

>>33321159
Once again Pokefags are getting themselves hyped up over something that obviously isn't the case and will blame GF when their own delusions prove to be false.

>>33323124
They were just getting ready to reimplement following Pokemon into the Switch game, kind of like in gen 6 the entirety of the gen was spent getting the 3d models to be ready to be used for the next 20 years

>only for the special event rockruff
YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE LYCANROC

>>33324034
That doesn't make any sense retard, they were too busy doing other shit that they couldn't finish walking pokemon. If they had the time they would have, they didn't just stop for no reason.

>>33326696
level curve

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>>33335652
We're going to need a Lycanroc version of this soon aren't we?

>>33332030
Yeah man I'm sure that mobile game is reeeeallly fucking good.

>>33334078
>intrusive story line
literally what? go play showdown you function-faggot LOL autism

>>33332393
Are you stupid? That's just flavor text, the Pokemon is never further than 1 panel behind you at all times, exceptions being when you're on a bike, in Clair's gym, or if a huge Pokemon enters indoors.

The OP image seems like a Rockruff was just sitting around, the player got near it, and the Rockruff chased him a bit. Maybe if Rockruff literally weren't the most common overworld Pokemon in the game then I'd be more inclined to believe in following Pokemon again, but until then we probably aren't getting it until Pokemon Switch.

>>33321396
Underrated post

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You people are stupid. THE WALKING ANIMATIONS WERE FROM A SCRAPPED FESTIVAL PLAZA FEATURE. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE FUCKING PROMOTIONAL ART.

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>>33335727
>denialfags think having one Pokémon model in the overworld is too hard on 3DS hardware
>thinks Game Freak would try putting 16 models in a single area

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>>33335658
thats more or less what i meant
there was stuff that was on the docket at one point, but it ended up getting cut for unknown reasons
the original SM are worthy "final products" , for sure, but they could've added more to them and some places in the games felt conspicuously lacking, almost as if something is absent, e.g. the construction sites

in other words, while SM are complete, they're not as complete as they could've been. USUM is thus getting released to fill in the blanks, or so i figure

if that makes sense

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>>33335757
I'm glad the irony isn't lost on everyone on /vp/

>>33335757
Holy fucking retarded. I missed the part where you were running around with your friends in FP. It's still JUST YOU, and the area is small.

>>33335760
>unknown reasons
>what are budgets and deadlines
just because you don't understand something doesn't mean your vague assumptions are correct. if anyone on this board actually had to make a video game they'd curl up in the fetal position and cry

I guess we'll just have to wait and see for more info, don't we usually get another reveal at the end of worlds?

>>33335885
well unknown to me at least
i think a better word for it would have been "various"

but yeah i can agree with your statement about game-making

>>33321907
Well, it would follow the tradition of BW2 with the direct successor being the best game in the franchise.
It's hard to beat BW2, though. Following Pokemon would be a huge plus tho.

>>33335857
There are up to sixteen other trainers who can appear via Spotpass. If they were going to add it as a Plaza-only feature, then I would assume their lead Pokémon would appear with them. If it doesn't appear with you when you appear in someone else's plaza, then what's the fucking point in adding it in that one tiny area?
Being able to show your ace or your favorite in the plaza when you travel to someone else's game is actually a good idea for a game that already has following Pokémon, but if you were both going to not have following Pokémon outside the Plaza AND not show anyone's Pokémon but the one you have on you while in there than that's a worse waste of resources than USM's new Snapchat feature.

>>33331283
Forget what?

>>33336127
It's a shame it's not a direct successor though.

>>33336145
Not much room for expansion in Alola, both physically and story wise. They kind of wrote themselves into a corner.

3rd Version is basically their only answer.

>>33336269
Yeah. I would've loved for them to make it work, but I'd rather a third version than them force it.

>>33336136
If you don't know what it is I'd suggest not looking for it

>>33336269
maybe it couldve worked with a "revenge of the ultra beasts" kind of storyline

might not be the best for a video game but it sounds like a half-decent 1950's sci-fi flick

>>33336398
Could have a Delta episode type plot like that.

>>33336269
>Not much room for expansion in Alola,
>story wise
Eh, I've had a few ideas for a sequel to SM, like the emergence of a completely new evil team, and the revelation as to how Mohn got sucked into Ultra space.

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>>33339868

>>33321347
>>33321159
or your pokemon roams a bit and doesn't just stand in the tile behind you

>>33335665
waaaah, don't make the game SLIGHTLY challenging because then shitters like me might have to think before we act.

>>33335680
Thanks for proving my point further.

>>33340776
>bad level curve is a challenge now
it's a poorly designed game.

Stop acting like this is some great ground breaking feature

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>>33341298
It is, and is the only shit that matters besides new mons and region, and enchanced battle mechanics things that will not happen because that only comes with the pair of games that launch a gen. Until now theres reason for buying the same fucking game again.

The new photo game is lame, the only change in the map its just 3 fucking beaches, and the other new things are just mediocre as well

>>33341612
there's no reason*

>>33322638
Didn't a coro coro leak from last year say something like "rockruff shares a trait with the starters"?

I think we're finally gonna see what they were talking about!!!

>>33342240
That was a translation error

>>33335727

Because promo artwork has never shown Pokemon walking besides their trainers right? Fucking dumbass.

>>33340776

>requiring tedious grinding is a challenge

>>33321159
>talking in absolutes before all evidence is presented
I HATE it when people do this.

>>33335727
>Muh diversity

>>33335699
And I'm saying the flavor text could be used as an actual mechanic, your point?

somebody can tell me once again; why they can't just make pokemon follow us if they have models? but be honest, explain this shit to me like to 3y old

>>33342463
Too computationally expensive.

>>33342463
Because /vp/ hates gamefreak with such a passion that they have made themselves think gamefreak does things to intentionally make them angry, and that they are unable to listen to fan feedback.

>>33342474
You're telling me one more model in the overworld is going to kill the game? Have you ever been to festival plaza?

Most places in the game have 4-5 NPCs on screen max, festival plaza has much more with no lag.

>>33342474

which translates to?

>>33342489
It translates to "I'm on the Gamefreak hate bandwagon and I'm going to keep making stuff up to justify my beliefs"

>>33342502

this is the worst technical shortcut extension I ever seen

every single gen, without fail, you fags will get hyped over nothing and cry when you're disappointed

>>33340776
other way around, it makes the game trivial when your team is lv40 and the trainers are lv25