Let’s begin this off with a giant previous disclaimer: We are usually not sport builders. We are usually not good at programming. We do not actually know why Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have been damaged and buggy on launch. And additionally, we undoubtedly do not simply need to be part of the pile-on of hate aimed toward Game Freak proper now, regardless that they’re in all probability doing superb with a record-breaking 10 million copies of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet bought in a matter of days.
But regardless that we will not present concrete causes for the sport being damaged, or options to the issues, we do have just a few concepts and hopes for the way forward for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet — so we have made an inventory of 30 modifications, fixes, and additions that we might be completely happy to see in an replace.
Here we go…
(*30*)The Changes We’d Like To See In The Next Pokémon Update
Software fixes
General stability enhancements
If there’s one thing that we might wish to see Game Freak deal with first, it is the soundness of the sport. Currently, it’s kind of of a crapshoot to determine if the sport will crash or not — and that is not very best! People have to know that their sport is not going to fall out from beneath them greater than anything.
Better textures
With stability fixes, the sport can be playable, but it surely nonetheless would not be fairly in quite a lot of locations. The foremost obtrusive challenge with the open world of Scarlet and Violet is the textures, that are both boring as hell ( you, sandy areas) or very clearly repeating, as with the cliffs and mountains of Paldea.
A little bit selection and distinction in these areas wouldn’t go amiss, and would make the world look so much prettier, as a substitute of the large partitions of featureless brown scattered across the place presently.
UI consistency
We’re having a nightmare of a time studying which buttons do what on this sport, as a result of it is fairly inconsistent. Sometimes Y is again, generally it is B. Sometimes it is each. The + button feels prefer it ought to open the menu, however as a substitute, it is X to open the menu, and + summons your journey. The Pokédex is mapped to each the minus button and the X button inside the Y menu, and it feels prefer it must be within the X menu as a substitute anyway. It simply feels messy and chaotic.
Faster loading occasions
This impacts retailers and Boxes most of all. It takes an age to load all of the hats and gloves and Pokémon each single time! Surely there is a repair for this? It’s by no means been an issue in Pokémon video games earlier than.
Multiplayer fixes
A big portion of the bugs that individuals are discovering are to do with multiplayer. It’s in all probability to be anticipated — it is a large characteristic with quite a lot of edge-cases which might be exhausting to plan round, particularly on the diminished timeframe that Pokémon video games get lately. But, properly, multiplayer feels very… unrefined at greatest, and unfinished at worst.
Don’t get us flawed — it is actually enjoyable, and with the ability to full story quests with friends round is unimaginable, in addition to seeing the notifications pop up letting you realize what they’re doing on the earth. Also, collaborative sandwiches are probably the most enjoyable we have had shortly. But connection points, animation bugs, and the truth that your friends cannot truly assist you with story quests makes it a little bit of a disappointment.
Character customisation
More pores and skin tones
Pokémon ScarVi presently provides… 4 pores and skin tones. Two are very gentle (and nearly indistinguishable), one is olive, and one is darker, however that is actually not a lot in the best way of choices for a big portion of the inhabitants. Surely pores and skin tones are one of many simpler character customisation choices so as to add? Especially contemplating the huge variety of eyelash varieties there are. Who even actually is aware of their eyelash sort?
More genderless choices
It’s 2022, and the gender-agnostic future that Game Freak desires of is… that nobody is allowed to put on a skirt. Seriously? Why? Give us again our skirts, and let everybody put on them. Forcing everybody into trousers and shorts will not be progress!
Red hair
We perceive that pure purple hair might be not as widespread in Game Freak’s dwelling nation of Japan, but when ten million folks have purchased Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, then statistically, 100,000 of these gamers have naturally purple hair. Not purple like ketchup, however purple like, you realize, ginger hair. It can be good to have a hair choice for them!
No extra uniform
We’re feeling very Pink Floyd’s Another Brick within the Wall about Scarlet and Violet’s option to drive us to put on uniform 24/7. It invalidates quite a lot of the opposite trend selections — what is the level in carrying blue if it clashes horribly with orange?
At least give us the possibility to have what our faculties known as an “own clothes day”, the place you get to put on regardless of the heck you want, as a result of in any case, most of Pokémon ScarVi’s story is not even set within the college!
Motorbike equipment
We love Koraidon and Miraidon because the car of alternative for our Paldean Pokémon coach, so why not allow us to gown them up a bit? Bike horns! Saddles! Tiny little hats! It would assist us set ourselves other than different trainers whereas in co-op, since most of us are working round on the bikes on a regular basis anyway.
More choices
Skip battle animations
Being ready to enter the settings and activate the “skip battle animations” choice is an absolute should for a sport that is all about lengthy, drawn-out battles, and battles that you just need to be over ASAP. It’s been within the sequence for ages, which solely makes its absence in PSV extra conspicuous!
Camera sensitivity
This is a somewhat primary request, and most video games lately embrace this even in a sparse choices menu, however can we alter the digicam sensitivity? It’s presently means too sluggish, and Arceus is aware of the sport has sufficient points with slowness already.
Turn off EXP share
Some of us like with the ability to cut up expertise six methods, however others — those who’re truly good on the aggressive a part of Pokémon — need to have extra management over levelling up their ‘mons. Not giving us the choice looks like a wierd alternative for Game Freak to make, however we are able to see this characteristic returning finally in a future replace, particularly as a result of it is only a comparatively easy toggle.
More selfie poses
We love the selfie poses now we have to this point, however we would not say no to a couple extra. Consider what individuals are taking selfies for — largely to point out off issues or specific a response to one thing within the sport — and add extra poses based mostly on that. Here are some options: 😅😛😒😔🙄😙😲😤
Pokémon selfies
We additionally need to take photos with our Pokémon! Perhaps take a leaf out of Disney Dreamlight Valley’s ebook, right here — DDV can have close by characters come over and pose in the event that they see you take a selfie. In Pokémon ScarVi, our Pokémon are normally working round us in a circle like toddlers having a sugar excessive. Some of them will even purposefully transfer out of the best way once we attempt to {photograph} them, like a grumpy cat. Can’t we bribe them with Pokétreats or one thing?
We’re solely midway via our listing, so preserve going to web page two for much more issues we would wish to see added into the sport…
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