SBG: "A few weeks ago I told you that Game Freak –the makers of Drill Dozer– were primarily known for their Pokemon games. After enjoying Drill Dozer so much, I thought I’d check out what other games they’d made. Turns out, even though they’re exclusively contracted with Nintendo these days, they actually made two games for the Mega Drive in Japan. The first one is called Magical Tarurūto-kun and is based on an anime you’ve never heard of. It’s a kids game, but is pretty fun and looks beautiful. The second is a game I didn’t know about but apparently has a pretty strong following."
For anyone who somehow missed the news over the weekend, Pokémon developer Game Freak suffered a data leak in August which has just come to light, with various internal docs, source code to games, and other material finding its way onto the internet.
I imagine if the source code for legend ZA gets dumped online, even in an unfinished state, modders will finish it, clean it up and it would punch a hole right though the games sales numbers
I wouldn't think they'd have enough to make much more than a tech demo, obviously the game would be pretty under baked at the moment (plus that would be a lot of work for a small group of modders).
Some of the stuff from these leaks is pretty wild, particularly the human/Pokémon relations, I imagine Game Freak spends a lot of time reigning in the lore guy (supposedly it's a girl) who's totalling into that mythos. Makes me wonder if some of the stuff we see in game is toned done versions of that stuff that has been sanitised for the audience (some of that is really interesting though).
Pokemon developer Game Freak hit with big hack, leaking source code news about MMO-like game Synapse with ILCA, and more.
This is the first time a hack has me feeling happy. These pompous fools deserve to get hit with something to drop them down off their high horse pedestal. They had a hit formula decades ago, and they've just been riding off that for all of their careers. Bringing nothing but minimal effort enhancements for every full-priced game.
Up until just after Diamond/Pearl, I adored this franchise. After those, I realized we were just repeating the same thing over and over again. They can't even put in the effort to make a 3D game run at PS2 quality these days for their main franchise. That's honestly sad to see for a once great developer.
Hacked or nah they'll keep lazily crapping out mediocre Pokemon games, and people will continue to defend them. "it's a game for kids" I guess kids deserve crap then. Like an idiot I bought the last game, couldn't even finish it cause of how dreadfully unimaginative it was. Meanwhile the anime has only gotten better and their cards have been selling like crazy.
I’ve never been into this series.. I was already not into it when it first came out on gameboy..
I think Arceus was cool but just showed how lazy this developer is.
Instead of making a full open world game technically on point they release not even game in its pre alpha phase.
People's personal data got leaked and is online for millions of people to access, that's nothing to feel happy about and anyone that does is a pig
This isn't just about games so get your head outta your ass before you choke on it
They've leaked tons of employees personal data and contact information none of those people deserved to have that happen and will result in a holes going after them and their families over some dumb game
It took you about 10 years to realize that? lol. They were COD before COD, but for jrpgs.
Feels like so many people have aged out of the franchise but don't want to admit it. It's a franchise aimed at kids not saying adults can't enjoy it but there's a reason why they can recycle content ideas and concepts at will because they generally rotate the fanbase every five years or so.
It's why games like Pikachu's adventure on Wii exist they make nursery rhyme videos on YouTube kids and get them in young and keep them interested until they age out.
I was there for gen one and aged out of the franchise by gen 2 now the kids in my family are there for gen 9 it's like Mickey mouse in a way there's a cycle
It blows my mind that such an awful, technically embarrassing company still has access to one of Nintendo's biggest IP while they drop yearly garbage 15fps slop - and while every other first party Nintendo release has been knocking it out of the park with banger after banger. I'm not much of a Switch gamer but it's hard not to notice how impressive their output's been this gen, minus the Pokemon games.
That being said, the number of hacks this year is becoming a bit concerning.
Not even just in the gaming world, but government, infrastructure, news sites, the entire internet archive, etc. We probably shouldn't be cheering this on, unless it somehow results in [pretty much any] other devs getting the Pokemon license.
Game Freak is a co-owner of The Pokemon Company along with Creatures and Nintendo. They have access because they have ownership.
You'd think though with all the money Nintendo has they'd have tried to go for full control or at least chip away at it slowly by gaining more shares of it or something.
I feel like if Nintendo did it in house the quality would have been a lot better over the years.
Some people only see the company getting impacted by this and forget that all their employees personal data was tied up in this leak and trolls are going to go after them because they didn't get the game they wanted or something equally as dumb like it's their personal fault.
These hacks and leaks are often purely a distraction for a established company they might be fined by a governing body at worst but the reality is no other publisher would buy their data and use it as that's highly illegal.
So hackers who aim at these companies and try to sell game source code are more often than not incapable of doing so like the Rockstar hack or EA hack.
So I'm not sure what's to gain here outside of blackmail that won't get paid.
Brandon Johnson for SUPERJUMP writes: "Despite recent attempts, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet feature a shell of the world Game Freak once created"
They're better off making another gba game, selling it with a gba or something. It's like they are not even aware their recent games are like 3 generations behind others in terms of every aspect.
I’ve honestly stopped following this series after Sinnoh League.
Still love Pokémon just can’t follow the new games and anime after that.
Johto League will forever be my favorite.
The game is very empty and lifeless. I'm not really having much fun with it and I'm almost done the game. Mechanically, its great. So many quality of life improvements. Technically, it's an embarrassment. The further you progress into the game, the worse the frame rate gets. The giant Lake and the Snowy Mountains are awful. There no part of the story I find interesting. Just the usual 'collect 8 badges and go to the Pokemon league.' I hope the criticism is a wake up call for their next entry. But I'm certain it won't be. It sold well, and that's all that matters to them.
It didn't just sell well. It's one of the top selling games of all time for the switch. So yeah, I wouldn't expect much to change next iteration.
On one hand, the Pokemon franchise is doing exactly what every Nintendo franchise does: roughly the same thing every game. It's why Nintendo IPs have such strong public awareness. You know Mario is the jumpy one, Metroid is the spooky maze one, and Pokemon is the dog fighting one.
Pokemon unfortunately is the one that has the weakest mechanics and most outdated presentation. It's like a challenge GF takes on every development cycle to see if they can make their next game only marginally different than the last with no big innovations. Pokemon fans still line up in droves to buy the latest. Chalk it up to kids being inexperienced and wanting a colorful game with friendly looking creatures. Adults on the other hand, at this point, if you're complaining about Pokemon games feeling empty and lifeless, it's because they are. Play a real JRPG.
@sadraiden
I'm quite partial to the team building and management mechanics as well as evolution of the creatures captured.
Can you recommend some JRPG titles that have a similar vibe? Other than Shin Megami Tensai?
Lol a world building problem? At this point the Pokemon franchise is all but transparently creatively bankrupt. It's only ever been about separating children from their parents cash. Gotta catch em all being one of the greatest marketing slogans of all time.
