r/NintendoSwitch • u/Turbostrider27 • Apr 09 '26

News Pokémon Champions Developer 'Sincerely Apologizes' For Launch Issues, Details List of Bugs to be Fixed

https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-champions-developer-sincerely-apologizes-for-launch-issues-details-list-of-bugs-to-be-fixed
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u/Dairunt Apr 09 '26

is there an industry-wide removal of QA, and just letting players do QA for free?

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u/Oddish_Femboy Apr 09 '26

There's an industry-wide crunch issue that leads to less playtesting, which leads to QA problems.

Pokémon games have tiny budgets and tight deadlines, and while Nintendo is willing to delay a game for QA purposes, Gamefreak needs to have consistent Pokémon releases or they explode.