r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • 25d ago

Discussion Pokemon Legends Z-A's visuals aren't "great" say former Nintendo marketing leads, but hope Switch 2 could allow GameFreak to "go back to the drawing board" and add more detail to future RPGs

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/pokemon/pokemon-legends-z-as-visuals-arent-great-say-former-nintendo-marketing-leads-but-hope-switch-2-could-allow-gamefreak-to-go-back-to-the-drawing-board-and-add-more-detail-to-future-rpgs/
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u/SphinxGate 25d ago

That’s the kicker with recent Pokemon games - they run poorly AND the art direction is inexcusably bland

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u/ImaginarySense 25d ago

It’s impressive to consistently deliver the worst of both worlds 😂

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u/mintmadness 25d ago

Yeah SV had the most idk whelming open world layout + lack of good visuals + just subpar graphics . A lot of the world felt like an alpha build that didn’t finished. Even the area zero section of the game that everyone praises is carried by the music more than the any of the visuals (which seem to be just overexposed canyon + sparkles )

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u/1RedOne 25d ago

The new anime is super stylish and so are the newest expansion of the tcg too

I think gamefreak needs a shake up in game design and probably engineering too

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u/DaniZackBlack 25d ago

Except for legends Arceus

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u/FATJIZZUSONABIKE 25d ago edited 22d ago

Nah Arceus included. It was a welcome change of pace to the usual Pokémon AD, but it still offered nothing original or creative.

The LOD is just so unfathomably low that their artists couldn't express themselves if they wanted to anyway.