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Pokémon Pokopia - Review Thread

If its similar to what DQ did, then I can't see this thing being bad.
DQ Builders was a pretty good and charming game, using their own monster library.
 
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Thread 'Will Nintendo have an 80+ scoring game this year?'

I've mentioned this a few times but it seems like Nintendo has lost the sauce. Their games have been consistently disappointing since they launched the Switch 2 (to be honest since before then, after 2023 they've been pretty meh)

Every game they release since Bananza has been disappointing and scored low. Today's Mario Tennis reviews are not only sub-80, they're sub-70

Pokemon Legends ZA 78
Kirby Air Riders 79
Hyrule Warriors Age of Imprisonment 78
Metroid Prime 4 78
Mario Tennis Fever 67

This is allegedly the best developer on the planet, as much as their business decisions suck their...
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FoxMcChief said:
That's what Mr. Mime is for.
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What is the key card concept again? Feel like this would be a good digital game instead of constantly changing the cards to change games
 
FudgeIt said:
What is the key card concept again? Feel like this would be a good digital game instead of constantly changing the cards to change games
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The cart acts as your game key, so you must insert it every time you want to play after the one-time download. The downside is that you need to swap carts and can lose it, the upside is you retain some control over the license to sell/trade/lend it...but we had that already with games on the cartridge so they aren't much to write home about unless you're a game publisher
 
I'm shocked at the review scores. I had (and have?) no interest at all in this game, and I thought for sure it would be mediocre at best.

Shows what I know. I ought to give this another look, I guess.
 
FudgeIt said:
What is the key card concept again? Feel like this would be a good digital game instead of constantly changing the cards to change games
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You get a physical Cartridge. But on the Cartridge is just a Game Licence instead of the Game Data. The Game must be downloaded from the Nintendo eShop.
 
Surprised by these scores but actually, I was the ignorant one, as I've just read Dragon Quest Builders 2's team worked on it. And that was a really good game.
 
Game key cards makes this difficult to really want. Sure, it makes sense with this type of game but doesnt mean I want it forced.
 
Which reviews should I be looking at for a detailed approach to reviewing? I am really curious which ones are detailed. I may just summarize it via copilot.
 
FudgeIt said:
I am curious what the reviews say regarding on whether me, as an adult, would or should like this. LOL.
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Watch one of the videos of the game.

If it makes you go - Aww thats so cute. I can totally spend 100 hrs doing menial stuff in company of these characters.

Its a game for you.

If you cannot even watch and finish a 2 minute trailer for it, don't bother.

I haven't played the game, but usually these go about like that. If it has deep mechanics and some meaningful stuff to do, I will be surprised. (Palworld is definitely worth playing).
 
vaibhavpisal said:
Watch one of the videos of the game.

If it makes you go - Aww thats so cute. I can totally spend 100 hrs doing menial stuff in company of these characters.

Its a game for you.

If you cannot even watch and finish a 2 minute trailer for it, don't bother.

I haven't played the game, but usually these go about like that. If it has deep mechanics and some meaningful stuff to do, I will be surprised. (Palworld is definitely worth playing).
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Yeah deep mechanics seems not present here just based on what I know, but that is very very very limited so I could be way off base here. But heck, I wish I was a godamn kid again and I miss Nintendo for this reason alone.
 
vaibhavpisal said:
Watch one of the videos of the game.

If it makes you go - Aww thats so cute. I can totally spend 100 hrs doing menial stuff in company of these characters.

Its a game for you.

If you cannot even watch and finish a 2 minute trailer for it, don't bother.

I haven't played the game, but usually these go about like that. If it has deep mechanics and some meaningful stuff to do, I will be surprised. (Palworld is definitely worth playing).
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I agree that if the trailer isn't for you, then yeah pass on it.

But I spent about 10 hours in Dragon Quest Builders 2 and had a delightful time. Wanted to come back to it!

I can see myself playing this for maybe 10-30 hours, especially if I can play with my wife. She loves these types of things.

For me, I play these types of games to turn off my brain for a bit. Usually I'll have something on the TV at the same time.

I thought the same about Fantasy Life i and ended up putting 180 hours into it, so you never know. That game does have combat, though.
 
Looks cute but it doesn't seem lik the gameplay is for me. I feel like it's just a lot of building and not really doing much in between the reading. I know I simplified that, but that's what I got from the video. I would have liked something like this if it had demons, ass, knives and bloodshed.
 
vaibhavpisal said:
If it has deep mechanics and some meaningful stuff to do, I will be surprised.
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If you watched a trailer and don't know if the mechanics are for you, then that's exactly the reason why you would check out a review, isn't it?

This definitely seems to be a case where the initial trailer dramatically undersold the scope of the game, though the gameplay overview from last week's Pokemon Presents did show a lot more.
 
Great scores. Busy few weeks of releases with RE9, Marathon, Pokopia, and Crimson Desert, also incredibly varied in terms of genre
 
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I went from "looks cute, I'll probably get it" to losing interest during the Treehouse.

I've yet to see a single video that does a good job of showing or explaining why this is such a great game.

I had fun with Dragon Quest Builders, even though I never finished it, but there doesn't really seem to be anything here that's drawing me in.

It's either one of those games that's way more fun to play than watch or it isn't for me. Wish they'd release a demo.
 
nikos said:
I went from "looks cute, I'll probably get it" to losing interest during the Treehouse.

I've yet to see a single video that does a good job of showing or explaining why this is such a great game.

I had fun with Dragon Quest Builders, even though I never finished it, but there doesn't really seem to be anything here that's drawing me in.

It's either one of those games that's way more fun to play than watch or it isn't for me. Wish they'd release a demo.
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And that's totally fine. Not everything needs to be for everyone.
 
MagnesD3 said:
Even when it released it wasnt anything crazy (although it was very popular). Minecraft is 9 out of 10 experience. Its more a sandbox toolkit than a game. It relies on the player to make it interesting. It appeals to wide audience due to the same reason legos have a wide appeal.
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That was a new type of experience then, there's a reason it's been so popular. Many GOTY games are less than 9 out 10 experiences...
 
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