In Gen 8 that will no longer be the case, and I think that takes away a bit of the spirit of these games. The Gen 7 games, specifically Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon on the 3DS, allowed you to complete and use a ‘living’ Pokedex, meaning you could own and battle (by swapping out from your boxes and the Poke Bank) every single one of the 807 Pokemon available at the time.
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Though this is an entirely optional way to play, previous games (including Pokemon Go) have been centred around the idea of finding and capturing – or trading – new creatures in order to update your Pokedex and have an enviable collection. Pokemon has always centred around the ‘gotta catch em all’ mentality. Not so much that I would boycott the game or threaten the devs (we absolutely condemn those who have done, that’s not on in the slightest), but enough to irk me.
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I don’t have a Poke Bank full of hundreds of Pokemon, and it’ll take me a long time to fully play and appreciate all of the 3DS games, never mind Sword and Shield, so this decision shouldn’t bother me at all, right? I totally get it from that perspective.īeing new to the series myself, a part of me feels like this should be good enough. You’re in a new region, so it stands to reason it only has so many Pokemon. This is the reason that Game Freak themselves have given, and on first glance it’s absolutely logical – 400 is still a lot of Pokemon. It’s understandable in terms of the sheer volume of Pokemon, and how difficult it would be for the developer to create all of the assets and properly balance them – especially going forward as more and more Pokemon get added in future. This decision to limit the amount of Pokemon available to capture and use in the Galar region means that quite a lot of peoples favourites are simply not going to be available in Sword or Shield. Controversy has swirled around the title for a number of reasons, the biggest of which has been the limitation of the areas Pokedex to 400, rather than the 829 that make up the entire roster. The wait is almost over for the latest game in the Pokemon franchise, and a lot of people are very excited, but the past few months haven’t been all excitement and hype for Gen 8.