An upcoming official Pokemon Scarlet and Violet tournament will utilize new AI technology, according to The Pokemon Company. While the AI shouldn't have any direct impact on the competitors themselves, the move may still come as a surprise.
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When it comes to The Pokemon Company, they are the mastermind behind the biggest media property in the world. That might sound like we’re overselling the importance of Pokemon, but if you look at the sales? They’re the ones who clean up the most. Anyway, for over 25 years, they’ve been making all sorts of titles attached to their pocket monsters. From the mainline RPGs that started the craze to the NUMEROUS spinoffs that helped build up the brand even more, they’ve been cranking things out almost every year or so. But when it came to the ninth generation of their beloved series, they hit their first true speed bump.
Sure, in the past, not every title or spinoff was “perfect,” and some of the games they approved were a bit “basic” or “low quality,’ but this was different. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was to be their biggest triumph and expansive game, and it was in the sales sense. However, when you look at the reviews and fan feedback from when they launched in November 2022, you’ll see that while the game was good, if not great, in its story and gameplay, the bugs riddled within it held it back.
While there are ALWAYS bugs in video games, Gen 9 had some of the most obvious bugs you can possibly imagine! The Pokemon you would ride on would disappear, leaving you floating in midair! Or how about how the camera sometimes splices into the ground and exposes the empty void under the game world?
Pokemon and characters spazzing out, character models running into each other during storyline battles, framerate issues, and more plagued the game, and fans gave them flak for it. But now, an insider claims that The Pokemon Company has heard these complaints and will ensure that their next titles won’t make those same mistakes:
Andy Robinson from VGC: Pokémon Company took the response to Scarlet/Violet seriously and will be adjusting production for future games.
I hope that's true! Deep down, Scarlet/Violet are good games but the technical issues are unforgivable.
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We’re happy to hear that for multiple reasons. First off, Gen 9 really was good! It had more freedom than any title before it in the mainline games, and the ability to do the “story mode” in whatever order you wanted was great. When you added that to the great characters like Nemona, Arven, and Penny, you get something special that gamers did enjoy…when they weren’t rolling their eyes at all the bugs.
It’s possible that some of these issues could be fixed within the Nintendo Switch successor, especially the framerate issues, but we won’t know until the system launches. Either way, the company is on thin ice right now, and they better not make the wrong step going forward.
An upcoming official Pokemon Scarlet and Violet tournament will utilize new AI technology, according to The Pokemon Company. While the AI shouldn't have any direct impact on the competitors themselves, the move may still come as a surprise.
One of the things that The Pokemon Company should be praised for with how it’s handled its franchise is that they’re never afraid to try new things to get attention for its property. One of the best examples of this happens to be with its animated series and shorts. They’ve hired multiple companies, including legendary anime studios, to create special visions of their world so fans could feel “even closer” to it. Today, the company decided to do that once again, as they made “Pokemon Ceruledge: Rumble in the Ruins,” a short video that features the fan-favorite Pokemon going up against a Dragapult!
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The Pokemon franchise has never really been known for coming anywhere close to pushing the envelope with its technical accomplishments, but recent years in particular have seen a number of the series’ mainline instalments being let down by the poor technical state they have launched in, from Pokmon Sword and Shield to Pokemon Legends: Arceus to Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. The latter in particular launched in such poor condition that Nintendo was forced to issue a public apology.
The Pokemon Company has finally made a public statement about Palworld, but without referring to it by name.