What disappoints me most about Sword and Shield (my personal favorite pokemon gen) is that they had a beautiful, EASY setup to have the capitalist villain have the Elite 4 all working for him. Since the battles are televised, I was sure we would be exposing their plan live, during the championship! - ThreadSky

ramensalt.bsky.social • 8 days ago

What disappoints me most about Sword and Shield (my personal favorite pokemon gen) is that they had a beautiful, EASY setup to have the capitalist villain have the Elite 4 all working for him. Since the battles are televised, I was sure we would be exposing their plan live, during the championship!

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ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

Once you win/reveal Rose's secrets, the chairman interjects and disqualifies you for "slander", battling you himself instead of a very confused Leon when you refuse to exit the stadium. This event better sets up the climb in his HQ, and maybe TV copters follow you to the roof for the Eternatus fight

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

he could've had gym leaders and some contestants in his pocket, forcing Eternatus' return, while also excavating the sword/shield relics to capture and use it for war. the relics don't work, you and Hop save the day with doggies- and it's broadcast on Rose's TV network.

WHY didn't they write this!

izzyfatcat.bsky.social•8 days ago

Maybe because having a corrupt UK-adjacent media industry affecting politics directly would be too real life to actual UK lmao

But also this slaps.

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

nah the UK would look at Rose and be like "oh he's brown! surely this can't be a game about us"

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

i know this is like, one of the least loved generations, but like FOR REAL, they set the stage for a way more interesting plot up from the immediate, actual first second of the game... AND THEN DO NOTHING WITH IT.

no conspiracy, just a genuine tournament on the side while he tries to kill the world

fynnbytez.bsky.social•8 days ago

They did this with Scarlet / Violet too where there was a potential for a gripping plot and they just... Don't take it. It's really annoying.

growlithe.pizza•8 days ago

swsh's story feels like it could have been SO COOL but it just ended up feeling like i'm a kid doing pokemon stuff while other adults endanger/save the world around me and i'm only barely involved

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

which continues happening even after you literally have the eldritch alien god sleeping in your pocket, smhhhhh

hintetsomaru.bsky.social•8 days ago

That's actually why I got heavily disappointed with Sword/Shield. As much as I love Shield Doggo and Sif 2, the story was just such a flop when it could have been infinitely better.

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

all the way down to the foreshadowing that goes nowhere

like, the legendaries contact you in the woods at the start, and then instead of that being bc they're trying to tell you something, it's just "bro did you know the dog on the front cover is IN THE GAME??"

hintetsomaru.bsky.social•8 days ago

For real.

gavinastrawolf.bsky.social•8 days ago

Cause Sword and Shield's plot is slop lol

Like it feels like it doesnt want to commit to anything and its so safe and boring. Pokemon doesnt wanna write anything too radical since Gen 5 lol

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

i think i'd say gen 6 was cool because it is definitely playing with the idea of fascism hidden under our noses (and the villain had a machine whose express purpose was to kill everyone we loved, which is sick) but yeah they were/are too afraid to be OVERT for sure.

bluebirdbreeze.bsky.social•8 days ago

I mean, to me that's another reason why I kinda don't like this lmao. The story feels like missed opportunities, just like every closed door in the game you can't interact with. x3

ramensalt.bsky.social•8 days ago

my entire kingdom for a town with NPCs inside buildings

bluebirdbreeze.bsky.social•8 days ago

At least it had more polish that SV

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