#but I've come full circle and are using them for splatoon

[luc3ks]

what if agent 24 splatoon was people

[dodgernic]

ok so pokemon

so the new pokemon games have been revealed and the virtual concert has happened, and I think I've had enough time to process what the hell happened.

The diamond and pearl remake is the big thing people expected to happen and happen it did, and from what I'm seeing there are really mixed opinions, the two main sides are "why does it look like that please stop immediately" and "wow they're small just like the old 2d sprites, that's so cool" I personally think that the chibi style looks good, but I think it was a bad decision to try and recreate 2d sprites in 3d, it looks like it would fit better in something like pokemon rumble than a main rpg. It's a little disappointing that the characters in battle are the best looking pokemon has been in 3d and we have the majority of the game's story and dialogue given to us by tiny characters that won't be able to emote in the same way a full sized character could.

Legends Arceus is the most exciting thing that's been announced for pokemon, an open world with battle being a natural part of the world is not only something that people have wanted for years but also the biggest change to the pokemon formula since mega evolution was added in X & Y. It is marketed as an action rpg but it looked like it was still turn based combat, hopefully a more involved battle system will be part of the final product. The trailer looked a little rough in some areas but that's probably just early footage, although after playing Sword and Shield I've set my hopes fairly low for the visuals. If they use the year they have before the release date to polish it up it'll probably be the best pokemon game since Black and White 2.

The third pokemon event is Post Malone, I don't really understand why this happened, a lot of pokemon fans are older but ultimately it is a children's game, Post Malone is definitely not a musician for children, a lot of his music has themes of drink drugs and sex, including the songs in the pokemon concert. Even if the concert did have a set list for all ages, kids have access to youtube, Circles was the second song in the concert, the music video on Post Malones youtube channel immediatly has bloody corpses in the aftermath of a battle, kids can find things online so easily and pokemon has pointed them directly at something they shouldn't see. A virtual concert set in the pokemon world is a brilliant idea, I'm about to completely disconnect from the original conversation of Post Malone but, imagine a virtual pokemon idol, characters like Dawn, May and Serena are contest stars, they perform along side their pokemon. With the rise in popularity of things like vtubers and the already popular ar concerts (Splatoon had an ar concert) they could definitely introduce a pokemon pop star and have her perform on youtube. That's way off topic but I'm absolutely on to something with that.

Overall I think Pokemon's 25th anniversary has so far had a huge divide between good and bad, hopefully the good parts that seem to be coming from Legends will bring the standard of pokemon quality up and lead to more good pokemon games in the future.