SwSh Dynamax: Thoughts, Feelings, or Concerns

[swiftgallade46]

Was that really the reason?

And yet we got 2 awful looking Mewtwo, Aerodactyl, Tyranitar, Salamence...

Maybe it was a blessing in disguise as the 3 revealed so far are meh at worse and not as abominable as Blastoise and Lati@s.

Yeah I believe it was Ken Sugimori who said they wanted to give it a Mega but he couldn’t think of a good design for it. I’ll look for the article; it’s a bit old.

Edit: Here it is.

 

[Matleo]

I think some pokemon still would deserve megas more.

Lapras can have G-max form but make it a ice/dragon

 

[Oriden]

I think some pokemon still would deserve megas more.

Lapras can have G-max form but make it a ice/dragon

Based on the three G-max pokemon we've seen, I think it's fair to say that G-max doesn't change a pokemon's type. Or ability. So this is not going to happen.

 

[swiftgallade46]

Based on the three G-max pokemon we've seen, I think it's fair to say that G-max doesn't change a pokemon's type. Or ability. So this is not going to happen.

Yet another reason that G-Max is a strictly worse Mega re-skin....hopefully this trend doesn’t continue and we get some G-Max Pokémon that do change type to make it more interesting.

 

[PocketMonster]

May not have given gmax forms that because regional varients include changing they type. Which id rather have and have a higher chance of not being left behind because npc trades

 

[El_]

If they make Gigantamax forms that actually tie into something (e.g., real life references, in-game story) like this, then I may change my opinion on them:

Spoiler

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/cdjlgf/i_made_gigantamax_forms_for_tyranitar_hydreigon/

But right now, all we know is "lol make them big"

Those are pretty nice.

Y'know, it actually amazes me that Game Freak missed an opportunity to have a Kaiju plot. I still believe giant Pokemon work best outside of a battle mechanic or sports stadium. The whole point imo is that you should be in awe of such a uniquely large creature. Finding something like that in the wild, sometimes unexpectedly even, would have been a potentially amazing experience.

 

[Parissong]

Based on the three G-max pokemon we've seen, I think it's fair to say that G-max doesn't change a pokemon's type. Or ability. So this is not going to happen.

I guess that's the defining difference between G-Max and Mega Evolution then. Good on them on making them distinguishable I guess, so not to completely invalidate Mega Evos

 

[Knightwolf09]

At least this way they can just focus on the quality of the pokemon themselves so a change like megas won't be extremely necessary to begin with.

 

[TechSkylander1518]

I don't think most of the Megas really needed changes to begin with, though-they were already pretty high in stats.

 

[Knightwolf09]

I don't think most of the Megas really needed changes to begin with, though-they were already pretty high in stats.

There's only a handful of pokemon like that. Garchomp, Salamence, Tyranitar, Latis, Mewtwo, and Rayquaza. Out of like almost 50 something megas, that's not much

 

[GiraFragMich]

It also wouldn't make much sense to change type just for three turns.

 

[TechSkylander1518]

There's only a handful of pokemon like that. Garchomp, Salamence, Tyranitar, Latis, Mewtwo, and Rayquaza. Out of like almost 50 something megas, that's not much

Really? I'd consider being 520+ to be pretty high stats, considering that some Megas don't even get that high, like Medicham, Beedrill, Sableye, and Mawile, (There's also only 45 Megas-your count might be off from names like Yanmega and Meganium appearing if you search a page for mega)

It also wouldn't make much sense to change type just for three turns.

Camouflage, Protean, Color Change, Conversion, Forecast...it happens.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Really? I'd consider being 520+ to be pretty high stats, considering that some Megas don't even get that high, like Medicham, Beedrill, Sableye, and Mawile, (There's also only 45 Megas-your count might be off from names like Yanmega and Meganium appearing if you search a page for mega)

520 BST is literally around starter stats dude. Also there's 48 mega forms in total, you're think oh how many pokemon that can mega evolve.

 

[Matleo]

Based on the three G-max pokemon we've seen, I think it's fair to say that G-max doesn't change a pokemon's type. Or ability. So this is not going to happen.

How many megas were without type change? Something should.

 

[Knightwolf09]

How many megas were without type change? Something should.

36 megas had their typings. So majority stayed the same, and I didn't even count Mewtwo and Charizard cause they have 2 forms, and both have one that keeps their original typing.

 

[Matleo]

36 megas had their typings. So majority stayed the same, and I didn't even count Mewtwo and Charizard cause they have 2 forms, and both have one that keeps their original typing.

Ability and typing. People love when this changes not only stats. Not only popular pokemon.

 

[Almonds]

Biggest concern about Dynamax/Gigantamax overall: Will it cause the game to lag?

 

[Oriden]

How many megas were without type change? Something should.

I think out of the three G-max pokemon we've been shown, if any of them were going to change type or ability, one of them should have.

 

[swiftgallade46]

I definitely think some G-Maxes should get Type and/or Ability changes. Otherwise, it’s just barely less bland than Dynamax’s “u get big for 3 turns”. Max moves don’t make things that much more interesting either since most of them are just the same generic move depending on the Type. I guess some of them will have unique ones like Alcremie’s “Calorie Missile” or whatever that was, but I’d rather have some changes to the Pokémon’s overall design rather than its moves.

 

[Knightwolf09]

Biggest concern about Dynamax/Gigantamax overall: Will it cause the game to lag?

From what I've seen from demos, I've seen no lag issues. The game seems to run smoothly as ever.