Nintendo apologizes for Pokémon performance problems, promises “improvements”

Re:Nintendo apologizes for Pokémon performance problems, pro... by 63 on Friday December 02, 2022 @10:31AM (#33831798)

I always got the feeling it was the other way around. I know there are some incredibly talented people at Game Freak who are ashamed of these games and didn't want them to ship, but Nintendo needs to sell switches at Christmas and a new Pokemon game is essential for that

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Re:Nintendo apologizes for Pokémon performance problems, pro... by edgyquant on Friday December 02, 2022 @10:33AM (#33831823)

Nintendo is a lot of things but they have never been afraid to push back release dates

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Re:Nintendo apologizes for Pokémon performance problems, pro... by nerdjon on Friday December 02, 2022 @10:48AM (#33832068)

As someone else said, Nintendo is the company that publicly restarted the new Metroid game development because it was not up to their standards.

They seem like the company that will hesitate the least to push back a game. Partially I assume because they know that no matter when it releases it will likely sell well, but also because of their reputation.

I can't think of a rushed Nintendo game in recent memory (outside Pokemon). Nintendo sets a pretty high standard for game quality across the industry.

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