ira 🌷🐰

playing pokémon legends arceus at the same time as my partner is playing scarlet\violet really highlights that they really improved the formula in legends. and then they just didn't keep much of it for scarlet/violet?

the way speed works in leg arc is way more interesting than "who goes first". learning more than 4 moves is so much better. TMs being replaced with an instructor who just says "this pokemon can learn these moves" gives you so much more freedom with less hassle... but none of that really carried over

pokemon s/v has like. a built out "lessons" system where you can go take classes at a university, where the game tells you - in the slowest possible format - some tutorial level information, maybe a little bit of lore.

it has this in the game while other parts of the game are like. missing textures, or buildings you'd expect to walk into replaced with menus. but this odd useless thing is modeled out with some decent interiors? (if low texture quality textures, like the entire game is for some reason)

why were their priorities so weird?