I'd sort of always excused how stilted and awkward the 3D modeled Pokemon games have often looked, blaming it on the 3DS hardware or the lower budgets of spin-offs like the Stadium games alternately. Sure, the action is literally bigger thanks to the giant Pokemon of the new Dynamax feature and the fact I'll be able to blast these games up on a 70-inch screen - but I was astonished at just how samey and similar these games feel to everything that's come before. The potential feels endless, and just considering it I'm suddenly a kid again, dreaming about what a main-line Pokemon game for the N64 or GameCube could look like - except bigger and better.Īfter a brief hands-on with the same content playable at E3, I'm unconvinced Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield will actually be bigger or better. After years stuck only on a handheld machine generations behind the rest of the industry in terms of power, Pokemon was finally going to make the jump to something bigger and better. The resurgence of Pokemon isn't just down to the huge success of Pokemon Go, either - there's stuff like Detective Pikachu and new CG-animated movies, but a huge part of the excitement for me is also the Nintendo Switch. Pokemon is enjoying something of a renaissance, but the first home console entry in the main series doesn't appear to live up to its potential.
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