Yeah, no kidding. It makes me fear that Scarlet/Violet actually were rushed and that there isn't much to do in these games.
Hmmm, I'm not expecting that.
Yeah, better PR and marketing really need to take a step-up since it seems both of those things have been really lacking for the past few years (though the marketing decline was only recently in comparison to their general PR statements).
That's not how marketing works. It's not a 'gift' to the consumers, it's a way to garner more attention to your products. More sales.
We're only a 'few' months from launch; Probably only 2 or so before the cards will be produced. It's probably feature-finished and into QA.
If that's the case, then maybe the Pokémon Company shouldn't have announced it on Pokémon Day, especially since Legends: Arceus didn't have a lot of time to settle in the spotlight after their release.
While I agree a good bulk of it must have been completed, how feature-finished it might be depends on the scope of what features Game Freak wished to add to SV in the first place. While the main campaign is obviously over and done with, there could be a significant side feature that they want to show off that's taking slightly longer than expected. If so, Game Freak is trying to either finish that up in order to show it off in a new trailer or scrap it temporarily and move it over to the DLC (or save it for a third version if they end up regressing to that). Unexpected things can happen in development sometimes. ¯\(ツ)/¯
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As much as I wish I could agree with you, BDSP weren't feature-complete when they got shipped. I know that was developed by ILCA, but since Junichi Masuda himself oversaw development I could see a hypothetical scenario where TPC force Game Freak to pull the same move as long as most of the game is intact.Alder wasn't a woman
@Kallyle The game would've probably been delayed if it wasn't feature-complete by now. This isn't just a digital download; Those games have to be printed and shipped in time.
Lack of exposure through advertisements isn't going to kill the brand. I mean Pokemon does sell well. People also know Scarlet and Violet are coming because you can't avoid the second trailer every time you walk in to a Game Stop and hot takes and fan art are everywhere on Youtube and social media. You don't need TV promotion in this day an age when you can have other people do it for you for free or easily put a short version of a trailer in rotation as a targeted banner or video ad online.
BDSP seems to be the exception then the rule considering PLA didn't have nearly as big of a content update. I wouldn’t worry too much about it until we get closer to release and we have more information.
