Pokémon Shuffle: The First Freemium Pokémon Game on the Nintendo 3DS and Mobile

[Lumastar]

It was bound to happen.

Pokémon Shuffle, first announced last month in the Nintendo Direct, is basically Pokémon'a take on Candy Crush Saga. To play a level, you must spend one heart. You can have up to five at a time. What happens when you run out of hearts? You must either wait 30 minutes or pay to get Jewels to get more hearts. You can also spend about a dollar's worth of coins if I'm correct to get a Great Ball and instacatch a Pokémon.

To be fair, the game does look okay. I just really don't like that we're seeing one of Nintendo's franchises dipping into this style.

 

[Icemario]

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Have some gameplay.

To be fair, the game does look okay. I just really don't like that we're seeing one of Nintendo's franchises dipping into this style.

Per this so much.

 

[Lumastar]

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I've read some more about this game, and it seems to be quite the disappointment among editors. Hopefully this teaches Nintendo a lesson.

 

[Aiko Heiwa]

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I've read some more about this game, and it seems to be quite the disappointment among editors. Hopefully this teaches Nintendo a lesson.

You are aware that this game was developed by Genius Sonority, right?

Genius Sonority is entirely independent from Nintendo.

 

[EctoBiologist]

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Imo that game isn't bad. I don't understand why people are whining about microtransactions. IT'S FREE TO FUCKING PLAY LIKE TF2 OR ANY OTHER FREE TO PLAY GAME. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIT. Besides IDC about the timer since I can go and just boot another game to kill time.

 

[Lumastar]

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I've read some more about this game, and it seems to be quite the disappointment among editors. Hopefully this teaches Nintendo a lesson.

You are aware that this game was developed by Genius Sonority, right?

Genius Sonority is entirely independent from Nintendo.

I looked it up, and you're right. Still, I doubt that this game had zero consent from Nintendo and/or The Pokémon Company.

Imo that game isn't bad. I don't understand why people are whining about microtransactions. IT'S FREE TO FUCKING PLAY LIKE TF2 OR ANY OTHER FREE TO PLAY GAME. IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR SHIT. Besides IDC about the timer since I can go and just boot another game to kill time.

I still think that timers are a bad idea in any game, at least the way that it's done in this way. While I still need to try it out later, I can tell from preview footage that this game has many times that it basically asks for your money.

 

[DragonFreak]

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This is the exact mobile gaming trash that I hate.

 

[Aiko Heiwa]

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what to do if you don't like this game:

don't download it

i know amazing concept, right?

 

[Glowsquid]

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This is up there with "I bet you can't film a movie/make a game/bake a good cake!" in the altar of thought-terminating clichés. A game's business model making it unappealing is a perfectly reasonable critcism to voice.

 

[YuruNex]

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eh, at least you don't get the option to share on [insert social site here] to beg for more hearts. plus, the time limit seems to only be 30 min for your hearts to recover.

 

[Kong Rong]

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Bad form Nintendo

 

[Lumastar]

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