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Famitsu: Mega Evolutions and Z-moves have been removed from Pokémon Sword and Shield
- Thread starter Atheerios
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So glad to hear they’re gone. I really haven’t liked these constant gimmicks they keep adding. I much preferred when the gimmicks were additional to battles like the Poketch.
I'm talking about their special cups. It's already something they can do ingame, it should just be a case of applying that national dex wide and the Z-Move and Mega mechanics.
I would have loved it if Dynamaxing Pokemon that had Mega Evolutions changed their appearance to their Mega Form at the very least.
Guess they’re trying to even out the Pokémon?
Guess they’re trying to even out the Pokémon?
It's not the end of the world, but I'm gonna miss my buddy mega Pidgeot and some of the other looks :( Would be nice if they could've kept the models somehow at least. But given they are not including all Pokemon I can see how megas are an even lower priority.
Yeah just saw it in the direct after looking closely, i really don't like that, i was excited about dynamaxing in Raid battles but not sure if it's the right move for PvP.
This is how I feel about it too.
Megas were neat and I will miss them. Z-moves always felt superfluous to me.
I always hated them both, so I'm not complaining.
But I will weep for Mega Mawile and Mega Pinsir though.
I have my fingers crossed they could implement the designs as proper evolutions.
But I will weep for Mega Mawile and Mega Pinsir though.
I have my fingers crossed they could implement the designs as proper evolutions.
This sucks. I have so many pokemons trained for their mega abilities. So basically at least 20 of my competitive pokemons are useless again. Blaziken with speed boost is still viable, however with weaker Pokémon it sucks. Megas brought new fun elements and abilities to the game.
I shudder at the Pokédex shit because maybe half of my 98 competive Pokémon team might not be able to be transferred (as I have a variation of pokemons spanning several regions and underrated ones). This is a new low of gamefreak.
I shudder at the Pokédex shit because maybe half of my 98 competive Pokémon team might not be able to be transferred (as I have a variation of pokemons spanning several regions and underrated ones). This is a new low of gamefreak.
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They're not bringing back the best new mechanic (Mega Evos) since the physical/special split?
Fuck if I know.
Fuck if I know.
To the people saying they should've kept them as perma evolutions, they already mentioned waaay back when XY was released that they didn't want to make a new tier of evolutions and they wanted to make something that would feel unique.
So yeah, no chance of them doing that at all. :p
So yeah, no chance of them doing that at all. :p
The list of Pokemon that get shit on by this move is actually far bigger than most Mega haters are willing to admit.
They got rid of gimmicks to add a gimmick. Next game will do the same, as they're apparently not convinced they can make a game that stands on its own terms and refines existing mechanics that were in need of it.
I don't think anyone is arguing that certain Pokemon are worse without their Megas because that's pretty undeniable.
Pour one out for Mega Charizard X and Gallade.
Y'all happy to see it go acting like Megas were intrusive to the main story or anything save for final final battles.
And I know most of y'all don't fuck with competitive.
Y'all happy to see it go acting like Megas were intrusive to the main story or anything save for final final battles.
And I know most of y'all don't fuck with competitive.
I loved Mega Evolutions much more than Z-Moves, but it's clear they didn't want to support it from now on. It's better the cut them out than keep them as vestigial mechanics. That said, I kinda want the same to happen to the Alolan forms. Unless this new gen has Galar forms as well.
I definitely don't expect Regional forms to return in this, which is a damn shame.
Just reboot the series already if this will continue being the case going forward.
A real reboot. Start from scratch focusing on new Pokémon only and don’t pretend it’s a continuation of the old dexes.
A real reboot. Start from scratch focusing on new Pokémon only and don’t pretend it’s a continuation of the old dexes.
I do not really like Megas but removing a big part of competitive battling, and also removing just the Mega designs themselves is super disheartening. I hate that Game Freak always does this. Z moves aren't so bad, but I still don't like it.
Rotation battles and Triple battles cut from 3DS games because the models were too high quality.
Now important aspects to the Gen 6 and 7 battle systems cut, apparently because the models are hard to do in high quality. (But they're the same???)
What's next, Alola Pokemon cut because we aren't in Poke Hawaii?
Can't wait until Dynamax is cut in Gen 9.
Rotation battles and Triple battles cut from 3DS games because the models were too high quality.
Now important aspects to the Gen 6 and 7 battle systems cut, apparently because the models are hard to do in high quality. (But they're the same???)
What's next, Alola Pokemon cut because we aren't in Poke Hawaii?
Can't wait until Dynamax is cut in Gen 9.
True, but a common complaint was when something powerful or "popular, but good enough" ended up getting one. Very few meeting that criteria turned out to be unhealthy for competitive environments. I would dare say, most of those ended up being redundant for that species.
I never liked Mega Evolutions, so I won't be shedding a tear over this. Pokémon has enough legacy baggage to deal with besides this stuff, and giving real evolutions to underpowered Pokémon is a more elegant, permanent solution anyway.
Mega Rayquaza wasn’t made to be balanced, which is why it’s normally banned.
It remains to be seen but I suspect Dynamax will be less interesting than z-moves. It's too flexible, with Z-moves you have one, very specific shot. Imagine a Dynamax Protean Greninja, what do you do agains something with 4 STAB Z-moves?
Blaziken
Gengar
Lucario
Gyarados
Salamence
Tyranitar
Garchomp
Mewtwo
The Gen 3 trio
Swampert (maybe)
It's really not a big list
Pokemon that didnt need Megas:
Blaziken
Gengar
Lucario
Gyarados
Salamence
Tyranitar
Garchomp
Mewtwo
The Gen 3 trio
Swampert (maybe)
It's really not a big list
RIP Beedril, Charizard, Gengar, Kanghaskan and Mawile. They better give them a good ass Dynamax otherwise they will never be seen again.
Gengar was nerfed to oblivion with the removal of Levitate, he's pretty average by himself. Sceptile is also shit and his mega was also shit.
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They’re doing this to reduce workload on animations, not for balancing purposes
Yeah. Always felt like mega evolutions and Z moves was gamefreak trying too hard to add something different but they both ended up being unbalanced and superficial gimmicks that looked cool to market. They will never be able to revert these bad decisions back as this thread and your reaction show, but i'm fine with their absence in this game
And the other 37 species? Think this through nice and slowly.
Charizard never seen again? That'll be the day. Also the Champion has one right behind him lol
