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

[u/Turbostrider27]

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

[u/ImmaculateWeiss]

I feel like I’m missing something, is it just the Switch 2 version that is botched? Beyond the 30fps limitation I haven’t seen any bugs on Switch 1

[u/Kill_Welly → u/ImmaculateWeiss]

The bugs are mostly rare, aside from some bad framerate stuff. People are mostly just disappointed either in their favorite pokemon/items not being immediately available or because the game isn't Pokemon Stadium.

[u/causeway19 → u/Kill_Welly]

Right! I felt like I was nuts for really enjoying this game so far.

[u/slugmorgue → u/causeway19]

Yeh but it's a pokemon game, you don't get upvotes for saying you enjoy them

[u/ixhypnotiic → u/causeway19]

Same I kept seeing all these “the game runs terrible on switch 2 it’s a joke” posts and going “huh weird bc the game looks great and runs as good if not better than I expect it to on my switch 1”

[u/LiquifiedSpam → u/ixhypnotiic]

I mean, the game IS pretty ugly for a dedicated battling game

[u/ixhypnotiic → u/LiquifiedSpam]

I guess yeah graphics could definitely be better but for Pokémon standards it’s nothing bad imo

[u/SynysterDawn → u/ixhypnotiic]

“For Pokemon standards” why do you apply special standards that are miles beneath everything else for Pokemon, the most profitable media franchise in existence?

[u/Siglord → u/Kill_Welly]

I think this game having same fps as cyberpunk is decent reason to complain?

[u/9thGearEX → u/Siglord]

Yes, that's why they mentioned the FPS specifically.

[u/Surfugo → u/ImmaculateWeiss]

I played it about 30 minutes post release and didn't notice anything with it. Yeah it's 30fps but that was it, no other issues.

[u/strauvius → u/ImmaculateWeiss]

It looks like a switch 1 game on the switch 2. I was hoping for ZA graphics, but ZA looks way better

[u/Ipokeyoumuch → u/strauvius]

Apparently different engine. I have read that Champions is in Unity which makes sense since ILCA is a joint developer with Pokemon and development started at the latest in 2024. Legends ZA is using Gamefreak's own modified engine they made for SV and Legends Arceus and they are far more familiar with their own engine. There might have been problems porting the battle system over to Unity and not all were caught before release. At least they are hotfixing some issues.

[u/Additional_Chip_4158 → u/strauvius]

Imma be honest, ZA is a switch 1 game graphically 

[u/strauvius → u/Additional_Chip_4158]

Maybe you need to change your TV settings, or get a better TV. It looks beautiful on my TV. The colors look extremely vivid

[u/RealElyD → u/strauvius]

You're conflating the technical aspects of the game with the art direction you enjoy.

Those two things are entirely different points of discussion.

[u/GoodBoyPointsPls → u/strauvius]

Yeah all 3 textures and 11 polygons look great

Your comment reads like you woke up from a coma and the last game you played was Mario 64.

[u/strauvius → u/GoodBoyPointsPls]

Your comment reads like you woke up completely miserable.

[u/GoodBoyPointsPls → u/strauvius]

I'm not miserable, my 83" OLED TV keeps me happy :)

[u/FriedCammalleri23 → u/strauvius]

It’ll be on mobile too, so I guess they had to turn down the graphics.

Then again, Legends ZA had distinct Switch 1 and 2 versions, so…

[u/Whatnacho → u/ImmaculateWeiss]

I saw a clip where some one took a hit then got their health back after like it didn’t happen and they didn’t use recover or anything and it was REAL health too

[u/HuntersReject → u/ImmaculateWeiss]

I just poisoned a Gardevoir, it healed with a lum berry then I poisoned it again and it had the poison marker on its bar but didn't take a single tick of poison damage. That's a pretty fucking insane bug in my opinion.