When asked if the main Pokémon games would ever see a migration from handheld systems to home consoles, Masuda had the following to say:
“When coming up with the idea of Pokémon, what we really wanted to create was something where people could get together and have fun trading, battling, showing off their Pokémon collection, and just talking about their own adventures with the game. Handheld consoles and devices offer us the best way to achieve this vision.”
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Anonymous
>>31293887 thanks Capt. Obvious
if Switch somehow doesn't replace 3DS I'll be super happy desu Anonymous
>>31294061 Why would you be super happy exactly?
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>>31293887 Good thing the Switch literally allows you to do that? It's fucking DESIGNED to be a Console/Handheld mix.
Anonymous
>>31294061 Why would a home console replace a handheld?
Jimmy Neutron !1ahbdFjl0w
That's because they didn't have to put much work into Nintendo weak ass handhelds. Can't wait until we see their first Switch game.
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>>31293887 It's a lie.
The truth is Nintendo needs Pokemon in order to sell more than one console, or remain competitive in the handheld market.
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>>31294128 Not him but I get to pirate new releases
>>31294189 It shows off where you could play it
I wouldn't want it/think it but other people do
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>>31293887 Pretty logical desu.
>Parents don't want to spend too much in videogames >Little fucker would naturally ask their parents' phone to play some shitty F2P game >Parents would be okay with that until little fucker discovers microtransactions, plus it's not nice to have to charge your phone each 2 hours, damned be them if they're stupid enough to not activating parental control to stop little fucker from draining their credit card in some bonuses from some shitty game >3DS is a very good option for kids to keep the fuck out from their parents' cellphones >>Shit, do I need to spend in videogames for this shit to work too? >Handheld games are cheaper to produce, and they cost about 2/3 the cost a home console game would. >>Now this little fucker can finally let me be Being a jaded uncle gives some perspective.
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>handhold
Anonymous
>>31294196 Please turn off the tripcode.
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>>31293887 The switch is handheld
Jimmy Neutron !1ahbdFjl0w
>>31294643 Please silence yourself.
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>>31295733 2. Remember. 2.
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Good thing the Switch is a handheld
