They literally never introduce any new concepts to their games I think the last new innovation in the pokemon game is supposed to allow you to have two vs two. That was about 10 years ago I think

[–] gerbler@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm so so sorry to do this to you. Double battles were introduced with Ruby and Sapphire... 22 years ago...

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vicious rumor spreading will not be tolerated. The '90s were 15 years ago

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

Already 15? Wow time flies

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like to shit on Pokemon and Nintendo as much as the rest of them but this isn't really true. Legends: Arceus, while not a great pokemon game overall, introduced several new mechanics, some of which then made their way into Scarlet/Violet. The biggest and best of which, in my opinion, is the ability to catch wild pokemon without battling them.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You have always been able to throw a ball at an unharmed Pokémon to capture it. Just had a very low chance of success unless it was either very low level or it was a great ball or one of the other ones they introduced later. But even back in red and blue you could always try it and it might work.

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

but you still had to initiate a battle. Unless you're just playing stupid, you should go watch some Arceus gameplay to see what I mean.

[–] Brutticus@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

I think there are triple battles now. Those might be 10 years old