ZeroGravity
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Reminder these games sold six million copies in a matter of days and are the fastest-selling Switch games so far.
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The Pokemon Company suing Sword & Shield leakers, citing "irreparable injury" to the franchise
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Reminder these games sold six million copies in a matter of days and are the fastest-selling Switch games so far.
Michele
you.
This is good news. Despite the leaks not affecting other peoples, they didn't need to see the disappointment this early. They should have never leaked the games. Now it happened. Hopefully this will tell other leakers to stop leaking.
ZeroGravity
Member
I'm not sure what you mean by this?
Reviews for this game were embargoed very close to launch, resulting in a limited number of reviews prior to the game's release, and even then most of those reviews not even touching on the game's major issues. The leaks were incredibly useful for actually demonstrating the game's lack of quality.
Michele
you.
I was actually referring to the leaks not happening. They shouldn't have happened at all, and clearly, to be honest, I'd have just preferred that the peoples see the game on launch instead of looking at the leaks (I know that you don't have to look at leaks or spoilers, but I'm talking about them NOT happening). But because the leaks happened, they whined even more. I wouldn't be surprised if there was no leaks in a next Pokemon game.
SidViscous
Member
How dare you disappoint our fanbase before we do!
blackjon24
Member
The irreparable injury to the series were inevitable the minute the game went gold. I'm happy I found out sooner since I doubt gamefreak will ever admit to lying about the reused models
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Trojita
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Judge: The leaks of the strategy guide did irreparable injury to the franchise, how?
TPC: It showed parts of our game.
Judge: How would that do irreparable damage to your game. It is showing part of the game that you yourself the plaintiff created?
TPC: Well you see....
Judge: Is the game bad?
TPC: Fuck
TPC: It showed parts of our game.
Judge: How would that do irreparable damage to your game. It is showing part of the game that you yourself the plaintiff created?
TPC: Well you see....
Judge: Is the game bad?
TPC: Fuck
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levyjl1988
Banned
GameFreak perpetrated the shit storm that was Dexit. I’m curious for next year if they will continue to Dexit and snap half of Pokemon.
TacosNSalsa
Member
I hope Leonard French gets a hold of this and makes a video I would like to hear what an actual lawyer thinks about it
Quezacolt
Member
So you would rather people not know the truth about the cut content and lack of quality? i'm glad the leaks happened, because it opened the eyes to many, im sure, when they could have wasted money on this. I do know personally some people that didnt want to support gamefreak anymore after seeing what they have done with gen 8 and were glad they saw that before buying the games.
Ballthyrm
Member
I don't think leaks benefit anybody really. (apart from the famed "gaming journalist")
It's not like leaking it early would change the quality of the game.
What does it matter if you get convince to not buy the game before or after release ?
Really... that's just people not doing they due diligence and pre-ordering the game in advance.
It only damage people who pre-ordered the game who should justly be punished for pre-ordering a game in the first place.
It doesn't matter if the leak did damage or not, that's a not legal requirement for what the leakers did.
What kind of justice system would that be if we judge criminals by how successful they are. (that's the Donald Trump current defense)
If it takes Nintendo to push against this practice, so be it.
If Nintendo lied on their advertising, sue them for that.
(Feel free to abuse the wonderful US justice system /s)
It's not like leaking it early would change the quality of the game.
What does it matter if you get convince to not buy the game before or after release ?
Really... that's just people not doing they due diligence and pre-ordering the game in advance.
It only damage people who pre-ordered the game who should justly be punished for pre-ordering a game in the first place.
It doesn't matter if the leak did damage or not, that's a not legal requirement for what the leakers did.
What kind of justice system would that be if we judge criminals by how successful they are. (that's the Donald Trump current defense)
If it takes Nintendo to push against this practice, so be it.
If Nintendo lied on their advertising, sue them for that.
(Feel free to abuse the wonderful US justice system /s)
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StormCell
Member
They're still fooling me. I'm having a lot of fun playing the "half-assed" Pokemon game.
Well at least you can admit its actually half assed because it really fucking is thats not a opinion.
MagnesG
Banned
What precedent, so that any leakers wouldn't get away with it? Well they shouldn't in the first place. In any case.
mcjmetroid
Member
.... This has got to be one of the most moronic companies on the planet. They could give 90s Atari a run for their money.
If they had any sense they would shut up and pretend the franchise disappointment never happened. A lawsuit will remind people for months about how disappointing the games ended up being.
I didn't end up buying sword and shield because of their attitude and I certainly wasn't the only one.
If they had any sense they would shut up and pretend the franchise disappointment never happened. A lawsuit will remind people for months about how disappointing the games ended up being.
I didn't end up buying sword and shield because of their attitude and I certainly wasn't the only one.
Guardian's Light
Member
It's funny how they're trying to switch attention to other things like leaks, instead of a state of the shit game they just released
Irreparable damages caused by terrible quality games, not by leaks
Start putting more effort in the - iirc - most profitable series ever, and then We'll talk again
Irreparable damages caused by terrible quality games, not by leaks
Start putting more effort in the - iirc - most profitable series ever, and then We'll talk again
Silent Duck
Member
Clearly, you are a “the Pokedex is half full” kind of guy.
RainblowDash
Gold Member
Now this makes them look a lot more shitty then the flaws with S/S. Hope they don’t get anywhere with this.
ExpandKong
Banned
Kind of an odd strategy for winning back consumer goodwill but let’s see how it pays off.
TheDuskwalker
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Juke Joint Jezebel
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Over 6 million plus copies sold? Would hardly say it's irreparable damage TPC. If anything, a huge chunk of consumers bought into the same formula yet again! Reactions from long-term fans and the media on the other hand? Well that's a different story:
Lowest rated mainline pokemon game by critics in almost a decade? Check!
More lambasted by fans on social media post-release than even Pokemon Let's Go? Double Check!
When even journalists aren't handing out high eights and nines like candy, you know people are less tolerant of recycled shit!
Oh? And the early leaks of the pokedex's missing roster? We already knew that there'd be cuts months before the games release. So that influx of info? Pretty non-consequential in the long run when you think about it! Nintendo and Game Freak sure as hell weren't spilling the beans on the specifics of cut features, pokemon, etc, so yeah, they can go ride a dick for all I care. Total overreaction, if anything they should go after the retailers who sold the Pokemon S/S strategy guide early, which is where most of the information came from!
Lowest rated mainline pokemon game by critics in almost a decade? Check!
More lambasted by fans on social media post-release than even Pokemon Let's Go? Double Check!
When even journalists aren't handing out high eights and nines like candy, you know people are less tolerant of recycled shit!
Oh? And the early leaks of the pokedex's missing roster? We already knew that there'd be cuts months before the games release. So that influx of info? Pretty non-consequential in the long run when you think about it! Nintendo and Game Freak sure as hell weren't spilling the beans on the specifics of cut features, pokemon, etc, so yeah, they can go ride a dick for all I care. Total overreaction, if anything they should go after the retailers who sold the Pokemon S/S strategy guide early, which is where most of the information came from!
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lukilladog
Member
Fuck off, deal with your own leaking employees yourselves.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Cliffnotes Version:
- Game Freak said they removed a gigantic chunk of pokemon from this game to create better models and animations for each one which ended up being a lie: They're practically identical in polygonal/tri structure complexity to the last 3DS iterations, Sun and Moon, which had WAY more pokemon than this game, they just slapped better textures on them, and the move animations are still just as primitive and lacking as always.
- Even the trainer and NPC animations are lifted and recycled out of Sun and Moon as well.
- Shortest pokemon game to play through in a long time. Extremely light on meaningful content even compared to the DS/3DS games.
- A complete ignorance to push the series in a new and refreshing direction or adding game-changing features and tweaks despite having vastly more powerful hardware than previous systems.
- Terrible online play when teaming up with randoms. Raids are inconsistent to join as well unless you're playing with friends.
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Real
Member
Let me get this straight.
They're mad because they tried pulling a sneaky on everyone with marketing but it failed because "muh leaks" so they want compensation for making a bad game. The "damage" is entirely self inflicted by the product itself.
What if the leaks had gone in their favor?
They're mad because they tried pulling a sneaky on everyone with marketing but it failed because "muh leaks" so they want compensation for making a bad game. The "damage" is entirely self inflicted by the product itself.
What if the leaks had gone in their favor?
CuteFaceJay
Member
Aren't they meant to sue GameFreak then?
That's why it's called a leak because it's always internal.
That's why it's called a leak because it's always internal.
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