What Happened
| Image: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo Like many live-service games before it, Pokémon Champions' launch has been messy.
Why It Matters
The free-to-start battle sim, which is out now on the Switch and Switch 2 (and also coming to mobile later this year), is plagued with bugs, some of which cause issues with basic battle mechanics – not great for a game that's only about battling.
Key Details
- But bugs can be fixed, and encouragingly, some of them already have been.
- Champions' bigger problem is that, in trying to be a competitive battling platform for all kinds of players, it risks satisfying none of them.
- Coming hot on the heels of Pokopia, a creative and cozy spinoff with no battling whatsoever, Champions … Read the full story at The Verge.
Background Context
You first, dude. | Image: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo Like many live-service games before it, Pokémon Champions' launch has been messy. The free-to-start battle sim, which is out now on the Switch and Switch 2 (and also coming to mobile later this year), is plagued with bugs, some of which cause issues with basic battle mechanics – not great for a game that's only about battling. But bugs can be fixed, and encouragingly, some of them already have been. Champions' bigger problem is that, in trying to be a competitive battling platform for all kinds of players, it risks satisfying none of them. Coming hot on the heels of Pokopia, a creative and cozy spinoff with no battling whatsoever
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Source: The Verge – Original Link
Source: The Verge