2010-05-16, 04:01 PM
Dittoing previous posts by Sarah and Spidey. I love the addition of constant movement to both Pokemon during battles and NPCs, as well as the camera focus on the entire Pokemon when it attacks and the new dimensionality towards the attack (look specifically at Raikou launching a Sp. ATT at Zoroark). However, I agree with Spidey in that the battle flow (attack > hit animation > HP reduction/status effect > battle message) in the home console systems is nice, and that it would be great to see that come to the handheld, but like she said as well, it appears they are somewhat working on that from what we can tell.
Hopefully more testing and work is done on such systems before the games are finally released, and thus I think for the most part, guys, it's important to keep in mind that if you want to call BS or nitpick some excruciatingly specific detail, it's essentially pointless, since the games aren't finished yet. What's important NOW is to look at the ideas behind what we're seeing in general (ie. constantly moving Pokemon animations during battles, not HOW the flash is designed) and whether or not we like them, as well as the concepts that are already set in stone (ex. it's okay to nitpick the starter sprites since those are official). You don't always have to jump the gun and become an expert at every little thing for something when it's first announced, because then you waste all this time for nothing when they change it around (ex. bitching about Evan animations, cast speed, and damage when all we saw were videos coming out of KMST, and then they released an upgrade patch).
Hopefully more testing and work is done on such systems before the games are finally released, and thus I think for the most part, guys, it's important to keep in mind that if you want to call BS or nitpick some excruciatingly specific detail, it's essentially pointless, since the games aren't finished yet. What's important NOW is to look at the ideas behind what we're seeing in general (ie. constantly moving Pokemon animations during battles, not HOW the flash is designed) and whether or not we like them, as well as the concepts that are already set in stone (ex. it's okay to nitpick the starter sprites since those are official). You don't always have to jump the gun and become an expert at every little thing for something when it's first announced, because then you waste all this time for nothing when they change it around (ex. bitching about Evan animations, cast speed, and damage when all we saw were videos coming out of KMST, and then they released an upgrade patch).