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Thoughts on Sword/Shield?

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:08:35 No.44783738 View View Reply Original Report

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Hi anons,
Long time pokemon master here, I've played every game in the main franchise, completed the original 151 pokedex on yellow, and was heavily into competitive battling on pokemon sun (Pheromosa-MegaCharizardY-Garchomp for the win!) until Nintendo unplugged the pokemon global link. Now I'm wondering - is it worth getting a Switch just to be able to transfer over (some of, I know they're not all available) my old mons and get back into competitive?
Any thoughts on Sword and Shield for an adult (I'm 25) gamer?
Any thoughts on Sword and Shield competitive in particular?
Thanks in advance, anons.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:12:04 No.44783760 Report

Quoted By: >>44783775

For online it's worth it. Just don't expect the best single player experience.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:15:39 No.44783775 Report

Quoted By: >>44787276

>>44783760
Thanks for the reply. Sounds similar to pokemon sun - I suppose nintendo appeals to all ages by making the campaign for kids, and the comp meta for us

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:17:30 No.44783786 Report

Quoted By: >>44783793

I-is this bait

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:19:05 No.44783793 Report

Quoted By: >>44786627

>>44783786
No, I'm a newfag on forums but oldfag with the games. Sword/shield is the first one I haven't played at launch because I don't have a switch

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:20:58 No.44783801 Report

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>>44783738
The game is kind of a comp fags wet dream so you're in luck, and if you count the DLC there's plenty of shit to fill your time with in between matches, I actually enjoy running around the wild area and especially the IoA. The main campaign is fucking dog shit tho, only a couple decent battles and even then, they're mostly shit. If you've ever used the word "soul" it's safe to say you won't like this game

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:25:00 No.44783824 Report

Quoted By: >>44783923 >>44783941

>>44783738
Sword and Shield main story is 40hmax.
The postgame is like 30minutes
The raids are one of the most borring shit them have made.
Its really easy to get new and good pokemon.
3/10 One of the worst Pokemon games, yet it provides solid Pokemon experience.
If you buy it - DO NOT use dynamax in gym battles. It will give you decend chalenge.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:37:45 No.44783905 Report

Quoted By: >>44784247

>>44783738
HI anon

Me anon here

I was born in August of 1990, 30 / 5 to be exact. Makes me a little more more.

Anyway, I feel you ask as I felt, but I never play competition or much of that, enjoyed the old games on pc here in Africa with no net.

I am very settled in life, kid of 30, gf of 5 and he has a kid even, he breaks my nintendiums so beware. In 5 years this warning may help uuu

I got a switch for my bday, I am to busy to work I still have not play....

Stop slaving and get a switch you may die of fake covid.

I got a switch, having it is the ability to play if you want to, so have one atleast

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:42:25 No.44783923 Report

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>>44783738
If you're only in for the competitive side, just go play showdown
>>44779109

Otherwise Sword/Shield is piss easy, but features some good shit like real gym challenges that isn't just battle X trainers while heading to the end. It's best enjoyed with the mons you like and not a team of full on competitive mons. Camping is great if you're a sucker for cute stuff

If you got the money and nothing to do, make sure to get both the online/DLC or you'll fuck yourself right out. On the plus side getting shinies is piss easy thanks to Den and surprise trade and you can give a name to traded mons that wasn't given any

>>44783824
Dynamaxing in sword/shield just require you to either get non-evolved mons/shitmons like Delibird or simply have your team not exceed a X level while using a B team to do the trainer slaying

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:44:46 No.44783941 Report

Quoted By: >>44784027 >>44784101

>>44783824
Yeah I probably wouldn't use dynamax at all... seems like powercreep cancer. I miss the elegant simplicity of gen 1, before held items.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:46:11 No.44783948 Report

Quoted By: >>44783999

pheremosa, garchomp, and mega charizard y are currently all unavailable

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:52:31 No.44783976 Report

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>>44783738
The competitive, particularly ranked singles and VGC is great. I really like Dynamax because it's a lot more strategic than Megas and Z-moves where you want to immediately Mega Evolve and use your Z-move as soon as possible. Dynamax you can use as weather setters with Max Fire/Water/Ice/Rock moves, set terrain with Max Grass/Electric/Psychic/Fairy moves, or stat boosts with any Max move of a type not mentioned. You can play Dynamaxed mons hyper offensively, you can use them more supportively (Max Fighting/Flying move to boost stats or any of the terrain/weather setting ones), I sometimes use bulky Dynamaxed mons just to stall out my opponent's Dynamaxed mon. You can use Dynamax immediately, use it when you're at a disadvantage, or use it for late game sweeping. Dynamaxed Mudsdale with Max Knuckle (Body Press) is particularly annoying because you're boosting your teams attack but also surviving more hits that activate Stamina and boost your Defense to power up Body Press, while your boosted attack helps boost your Heavy Slam/Iron Head, Earthquake/High Horsepower, and Stone Edge/Close Combat/other coverage move.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:55:22 No.44783999 Report

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>>44783948
Good, I was getting sick of taking a shit on the sun/moon bss meta anyway

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 05:58:52 No.44784027 Report

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>>44783941
Fuck off shitter. Gen 1 was the worst for multiplayer battling. Dynamax is easily the best battle mechanic gimmick we've had. It can make almost any Pokémon somewhat viable. That's way better than having half of the Megas be given to Pokémon who don't need them, or Z-moves which were a one time "nuke" that barely did more damage than Thunder, Hydro Pump, and Fire Blast.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 06:09:44 No.44784101 Report

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>>44783941
>Not using a mechanism for the fun of it
Okay

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 06:11:00 No.44784111 Report

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>>44783738
I liked it, but I'm a casual who likes Pokemon as my go to easy game. I can understand why people are pissed but I still liked it a lot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 06:11:10 No.44784113 Report

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>>44783738

i have a feeling you are not going to like it. was in a similar situation to you and i did not enjoy it too much. felt kind of like playing a half finished mobile game. feel free to buy a switch with other games tho. i recommend fire emblem.

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Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 06:31:57 No.44784247 Report

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>>44783905
what the fuck did i just read

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 06:35:28 No.44784266 Report

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>>44783738
>long time pokemon master
>heavily into competitive battling
>played PGL until nintendo pulled the plug
>have gen 7 mons you want to transfer up
>20-something
Yeah I think you're their core demographic with swoshie, you really should have gotten the game on launch. It's almost exclusively a QoL update for competitive players with just about fucking nothing of substance for casual/story driven players. You'll probably enjoy it, but probably check out the meta on showdown before buying a whole damn console for it.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 13:35:07 No.44786577 Report

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Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 13:40:37 No.44786627 Report

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>>44783793
>I'm a newfag on forums
Obviously. You're asking people give you all the information instead of just researching.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 10 Sep 2020 14:48:38 No.44787276 Report

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>>44783775
That's exactly what they do.
Competitive is better than ever. Breeding has been simplified, now you can breed and train an entire team in a few hours.
Also, transferred Pokémon are legale in ranked, so you can play with them, if you want.

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