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[Shikamaru Ninja]

The HAL copyright is 1999... most likely that just means they're using HAL's renders made for Pokemon Snap/Stadium rather than HAL making the game (similar to NCL always using Rare's DK render). Besides, I thought Famitsu already confirmed Ambrella was the developer?

If you look in the scan. There is an actual picture of Pokemon Snap. Its even got the camera pointer on it. It's the pic of Pikachu in the blue-violet box. That Pokemon Snap segment looks completely different from the rest of the game. As far as the modeling goes in the Pokemon games. Looks like Pokemon Snap ported into that special feature in Pokemon Rangers. Meaning that HAL is just getting credit for contributing that element into this game.

Pokemon Snap (HAL & Creatures) Creatures did about 30% of the Pokemon 3D models.
Pokemon Stadium (EAD&Creatures) Creatures did about 50-60& of the Pokemon 3D models and there were wayy more Pokemon in EAD's game than HAL's.

 

[jj984jj]

Nintendo has release the screenshots from that scan in much better quality.

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Looks way better. How does the game actually play?

 

[Nester]

Count me in the "Pokemon shouldn't go online" camp. The second it does, it's going to be ruined by trolls and cheaters who give themselves perfect stats, and that's literally the last series I want that to happen to.

I don't see people in World of Warcraft cheating to give themselves perfect stats or weapons. Those types of things can be prevented.

 

[lyre]

I don't see people in World of Warcraft cheating to give themselves perfect stats or weapons. Those types of things can be prevented.

Unfortunately, I see Nintendo/Game Freak/Creatures more along the same light as Sega and Sonic Team than Blizzard when it comes to online balance and reliability (at the moment). But one can be surprised.

Truth to be told, I'd rather just have online battles since link modes were the reason to play Pokemon and I hope the games stay that way (well a hub would be welcome to talk but that's as far as I would want in an online world). The quest was merely a way to get players to know the game, get used to the play style, prepare their monsters then tweak them to their liking before ultimately taking them to fight to their faints (in a steel cage hovering over a river of fire with barbwire rope)

Though Pokemon spinoffs that feature more gameplay that is not monster raising (come on, Pokemon battles on an SRPG field plz!~!) is fine with me, as long as they're fun and well made (which the Fushigi no Dungeon games look the part, dunno about Ranger though it's an ARPG so I'm keeping an eye on it).