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GreatStateOfSadness t1_j63r9xb wrote

Reply to comment by ploki122 in [OC] Nintendo SwitchGames Review Analysis by matman89

> I'm definitely surprised to see BD&SP, Let's Go, and S&S so low, given how well all of the pokemon games sell.

That's exactly the reason: Pokémon is a massive enough brand to carry even lackluster products. Go on most forums related to the games and you'll commonly hear "yeah the reviews were terrible, but I bought it because it's still Pokémon."

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ploki122 t1_j63s7v0 wrote

>but I bought it because it's still Pokémon

Doesn't that also mean that the game's not terrible?

Because Monster Hunter also notoriously had some of the worst reviews for quite a while, without the playerbase giving the slightest shit as the games kept getting better and better, and only recently managed to swing the reviews with Worlds.

In Pokemon's case, there's a lot of stuff that they aren't adding to the game, but they're keeping the formula intact of encountering cute pokemons, capturing them, evolving them, and just having a fluid gameplay of monster catching. If anything, S&S' and Let's Go!'s attempts to shake things up would justify the low ratings.

Now, Scarlet/Violet definitely had their fair share of technical issues, which would imo warrant those bottom spots more than whatever got BD&SP in the dump.

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EmeraldHawk t1_j6483bs wrote

Don't underestimate the effect of the target age group either. My kids aren't old enough write reviews but they liked Pokemon Shield. Plus it was their first "real" Pokemon game so they don't really have anything to compare it to.

Adults know how much money Pokemon earns and how much it costs to make amazing graphics, plus they've played all the previous games so they have higher expectations.

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