The Pokemon Company (Nintendo + GameFreak + Creatures) higher ups dragged the game devs into the home console dev generation kicking and screaming, instead of, I dunno, letting Genius Sonority, who literally developed all the Pokemon console games up until then (Stadiums 1 and 2, Colosseum, XD, Battle Revolution) develop the Switch games.
Hell, they could’ve partnered with or even BOUGHT and absorbed Genius Sonority into TPCI. Wouldn’t have fixed the horrendous dev cycle overall, but maybe, just maybe, it could’ve smoothed the transition just a bit more instead of being “Sonic had a rough (skin) transition into 3D Part 2: Electric Terrain Boogaloo”.
Nintendo desperately trying to keep their IPs relevant instead of releasing good new games.
I had no idea game developers filmed movies these days /s
3DS and Switch Pokemon games in a nutshell.
The Pokemon Company (Nintendo + GameFreak + Creatures) higher ups dragged the game devs into the home console dev generation kicking and screaming, instead of, I dunno, letting Genius Sonority, who literally developed all the Pokemon console games up until then (Stadiums 1 and 2, Colosseum, XD, Battle Revolution) develop the Switch games.
Hell, they could’ve partnered with or even BOUGHT and absorbed Genius Sonority into TPCI. Wouldn’t have fixed the horrendous dev cycle overall, but maybe, just maybe, it could’ve smoothed the transition just a bit more instead of being “Sonic had a rough (skin) transition into 3D Part 2: Electric Terrain Boogaloo”.
I demand Pikmin 8!