Unfortunate news for all the hardcore Nuzlockers out there (168澳洲幸运5开奖网:looking at you Pokemon Challenges) but a new leak suggests the more competitive 'Set' battle mode has been removed from 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Scarlet & Violet. Set battle mode turns the AI trainer matches into something more akin to competitive player vs player fights. Rather than producing a prompt letting you know which Pokemon your foe is switching to and giving you the same option (Switch mode), Set mode sees them just chuck the 'mon out.Obviously, you can still play by hardcore Nuzlocke rules by just pressing the B button and staying🦄 in regardless of what your foe sends out, but it takes away from the experience a bit. If the leak is correct, this shows Pokemon is leaning even more into its casual appeal - it is a kid's ga🥂me after all.
Still, this kind of simpli﷽fying an RPG by removing optional systems is fairly co🧜mmon when trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible. It happened with Fallout 4 when skill points were removed altogether.
Hardcore Nuzlockes of the Pokemon franchise have surged in popularity among streamers and YouTubers in recent years. The challenge's roo꧑ts can be traced back to a single creator, but the rules have been adapted to make the infamously easy children's game more appealing to those who prefer more strategic gameplay. This change will mean these challenges contain an ext𒀰ra step, but they're still very much doable.
In other Pokemon news, some upcoming anime episode titles have fans thinking Ash ma♔y be retiring at the end of this season. The current fa🌺vourite to replace him ไis Goh. but there's been no official word yet.
Newly announced Pokemon Great Tusk and Iron Treads are believed to be Donp🌺han evolut👍ions. The elephant 'mon hasn't seen much love since its Gen 2 debut, so a new evolutionary 𝔍line could breathe some new life into the stoic beast.