We get that The Pokémon Firm is making an attempt to string a number of needles right here, hoping to unite disparate audiences by means of their shared love of Pokémon and onboard followers from one factor to a different. However we additionally get the impression that no one got here away feeling notably optimistic after that one.
Sure, Unite and Masters EX and all the opposite spin-offs have their followers — hey, we like a whole lot of them! — but it surely does not really feel like these displays are doing these video games any favours in anyway. In truth, at this level, we would wager they’re actively turning some potential gamers off.
So what is the reply? Properly, we marvel if there actually must be a couple of Pokémon Presents per yr. There have been three in 2020, and two in yearly since. Would a single killer showcase not be adequate?
It might be on Pokémon Day (twenty seventh February) but it surely needn’t be. There’s loads of alternative to drop Pokémon sport information in Nintendo Directs at different instances all year long, and if the reception to right now’s livestream is something to go by, it makes you marvel if TPC is doing extra hurt than good stringing followers alongside for 35 minutes. When your most enjoyable information (exterior of DLC particulars) is dropping two outdated video games on Swap’s subscription service, maybe it is time to step again and reevaluate.
Then once more, possibly we’re studying the room improper. Maybe this one went down a deal with for almost all of Pokémon followers! For Workforce NL, although, we sat again in our chairs on the finish feeling deflated and slightly confused. Large hmm.
What’s that? No, ‘Large Hmm’ isn’t the identify of one of many new Pokémon. Though it might be what we find yourself nicknaming that Paradox Raikou as soon as we catch him.
So, what did you consider the August 2023 Pokémon Presents? Would you fairly TPC caught to at least one actual mom of a blowout simply annually? Tell us within the polls beneath.
