Legend Of Arceus

[17:51] +Rhydonphilip: They had no plans to have mega evolution to come back this gen, however, I too lack any source saying it will be back for the follow up game (which is sorta gen9, they split arcade style and the new style to be 2 series now)
[17:52] Oathkeepre: figured yea
[17:54] +Rhydonphilip: also, gimme a sec to catch up on the direct, because I also have more info on dpp remakes and the next game from leaks which were posted like 3 hours before direct even became live
[17:56] Oathkeepre: oh
[17:56] Oathkeepre: consider me intrigued
[18:01] +Rhydonphilip: oh right release in november, as per usual. Pokemon Legends was suggested to be a legacy of sorts, with the original leaker (literally 4 or so months ago now) saying it would go over all the gens seperatly in a retelling. I didn't think it would be a literal story telling
[18:02] Oathkeepre: interesting
[18:02] +Rhydonphilip: but not complaining there. That series of legends however will be a seperate new "gen" of sorts. The combat is mostly the same except now with stamina like Final Fantasy/TemTem has instead of PP
[18:02] Oathkeepre: right
[18:03] +Rhydonphilip: as you saw, you can throw pokeballs at pokemon directly or directly engage incombat where you stand. If you don't have any pokemon on you, you can, no joke, fist fight them yourself
[18:03] +Rhydonphilip: you "faint" if you run out of health, not your mons
[18:03] +Rhydonphilip: LOL
[18:03] +Rhydonphilip: Its truely brilliant
[18:03] Oathkeepre: oml
[18:04] Oathkeepre: idk whether to get it for the lore or for the gameplay or both lol
[18:04] +Rhydonphilip: idk, but I do not mind that design decision
[18:04] Oathkeepre: same here
[18:05] +Rhydonphilip: eitherway, stamina includes almost all actions you make(idk if switching costs any) so there will be a limit to how many moves your mons each can make, instead of a limit of how many times you can use each move
[18:05] Oathkeepre: sounds like a cool mechanic
[18:06] +Rhydonphilip: which is literally what temtem uses, I could show you gameplay of that and it's essentially that. It's overall a better option then having to waste multiple turns on a mon spamming recover or clicking one attacking button over and over
[18:06] Oathkeepre: which can get boring lol
[18:07] +Rhydonphilip: it's still turnbased and and there is no notice of them removing any current mechanics, so I assume abilities still activate
[18:07] Oathkeepre: most likely yeah
[18:10] +Rhydonphilip: oh right, only the 3 starters you saw, for got to mention that bit. There is a thread I had opend on phone but can't find it
[18:11] Oathkeepre: i guess my question is
[18:11] Oathkeepre: will these same mons be allowed like the DPP remake mons will be?
[18:12] +Rhydonphilip: I don't actually know anything on what pokemon will be available, idk if they will even be transferable as they outright wanted it as a split series developed seperatly. the classic series is now in hands of the people who made pokebank
[18:12] Oathkeepre: *crossing fingers*
[18:12] +Rhydonphilip: they did in the trailer mention you start with the classic dex, but there will infact be downloadable content(no clue of paid) be for arceus tale
[18:13] +Rhydonphilip: (which they didn't mean to share but still did caue coro coro has their hands in the good stuff)
[18:13] +Rhydonphilip: all I just stated is stuff they will explain in coro coro comming in like 2 months
[18:14] Oathkeepre: mhm, now's the hard part
[18:14] Oathkeepre: waiting
[18:15] +Rhydonphilip: ye it's planned for next year, I would expect not too long into next year as GF actually had since dlc 1 to work on this
[18:15] +Rhydonphilip: (with full force)
[18:15] +Rhydonphilip: while sw/sh was made in uh, 75 people (half force) in 1.5 year