I looked forward to it since last year, but to say that it looks bad is an understatement. We had the gorgeous X3 only a couple of months ago and they come with this mess…? Hard pass for me. Going for Ragnarok instead (which pushsquare absolutely loves)

Which is a shame really. I have a feeling user comments are going to be broken down to, those who can cope with the problems and stay positively overall anyway, those who can't cope with the performance issues and it has to be a bad game for them, and those in-between these two sides. Wow. They both actually have good designs. But I think the Splatoon one is better, the colours and designs blend in well with the switch, whereas the Pokémon one looks too bold. Gamefreak really needs to hire some new developers. The old guard at the company clearly don't know what they're doing from a technical standpoint. A billion dollar franchise like Pokemon deserves better. With the consistent decline of GF’s overall attention to quality, it’s becoming clear that this company’s employees are burning out on the franchise. Let them make something else.The Nintendo Switch shines out an excellent gaming experience with its OLED display, as you can play superbly even during the day when the sun is shining. With 2 additional controllers, you can even play with four people, even without power, provided you have charged the device and the controllers beforehand. A Deeper Experience with Multiplayer* Gameplay - Pokémon Violet allows multiplayer gameplay with up to four players. Along with series staples, such as trading and battling Pokémon, you will be able to explore the various locations of the region in these games with other players. You can discover new Pokémon and explore unfamiliar areas with your friends and family, opening the door to an adventure more precious and fun than ever! We all know they can do way better than what they give us and launching these latest games with such poor graphics quality and then still having serious framerate issues is inexcusable! No idea how in earth Nintendo approved these games to launch in such a state?! I don't understand what's making the performance so choppy. I'm still in the tutorial and I've seen my character briefly freeze and sprint to catch the first mon. I'm on Violet if that helps narrow down why it seems why some people aren't being affected.

Can't help feeling Legends should have released in this window now, and Violet/Scarlet in November 2023. In addition to a brand new trailer for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Nintendo has announced a special edition Switch OLED based on the new entries. Of the three paths, ‘Victory Road’ will be the most familiar to veteran Pokémon Trainers. Collecting eight gym badges is pretty much the Pokémon rite-of-passage, and it’s mostly the same here, except instead of making your way through a gym puzzle, you’ll need to participate in a Gym Trial before taking on the leader. These can range from rolling an oversized olive around a maze to taking part in a stream and battling Pokémon trainers, and it helps change up the formula a tiny bit, and we found most of them pretty fun.Big issue is with battles, if you can still not abort them and forced to sit through the whole battle until all your Pokemon are defeated, get money penalty, etc. Between the continued performance issues and the option to break the intended flow of gym encounters (but no level scaling mechanic to accommodate this), I'll be giving this one a pass unfortunately. Otherwise, battling and catching Pokémon is no different compared to previous mainline games. Fight your Pokémon in turn-based battles, catch them if you want, etc. In addition, trainer battles are now optional, which works because we usually didn’t want to be distracted from just riding around in the wild — you're able to initiate fights by just talking to the trainers. We’re lamenting the loss of Legends: Arceus’ ability to catch Pokémon by simply throwing Pokéballs at them, but we love the addition of something we touched on earlier: 'Let’s Go'. Kind of buffling that the games look and run worse with every new game coming to the Switch. The Let's Go games looked beautiful with pretty much no performance issues yet here we are ... I guess that's what people get for wanting their open world experience in every franchise.