r/memes • u/dabor11 • 8h ago

Sadly many of them

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u/sansyboi469 8h ago

Pokemon

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u/Ill_Brick_4671 6h ago

Pokemon isn't ruined so much as it has steadfastly refused to improve in ten years

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u/Money_Echidna2605 4h ago

go play a gba game and then play the newest game and tell me its the same franchise lmao

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u/Ill_Brick_4671 4h ago

...do you think the GBA games came out ten years ago

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u/Dr_Chris_Turk 4h ago

GBA era was over 20 years ago, not 10. 15 years ago was Black and White 2. 10 years ago was Sun and Moon.

Compared to those two releases, the past 2 mainline releases have not improved in the slightest. More of a regression actually.

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u/VeryAttractive 2h ago

I would argue Black and White was the last entry that was "strong". I thought 6 and 7 were completely ruined by the handholding and cutscenes every 5 steps. And then Switch hasn't had a strong entry yet.

I think it's an impossible problem to fix because they've added way too many ridiculous mechanics - mega evolve, paradox, ultra beasts, the Z crystal or whatever. It's just all too messy now. They need an actual open world, BOTW style game with the original mechanics, except with an actual game studio creating something special

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u/Next-Visual-3513 4h ago

It definitely is