"Its been said before but why isnt there a difficulty setting?"

Surely Gamefreak are aware they have such a diverse fan base; everything from kids just getting into the franchise to now 18+ fans who haven’t felt the same feeling from any other game.My opinion is that one of their next games needs something along these lines:Easy: pretty much Pokemon sword and shield, it runs you through everything, holds your hand through the first hour of gameplay, tells you what moves are effective once you’ve fought a Pokemon before, all opponents are brain dead.Normal: should be aimed for the 12-15 kinda age group, people who haven’t necessarily played loads of Pokemon games but know their way through the basics, shortened tutorial that simply has a “would you like me to get you up to speed on the world of a Pokemon trainer?” Prompt from the professor at the start. You aren’t told type advantages in battle and opponents aren’t geniuses but don’t spam “but it failed!”/“but it doesn’t effect x!” Kinds of movesHard: no tutorial, massively reduced ‘death by explanation’ including removal of “its super effective!” Prompts. Opposing trainers have basic knowledge of type advantages and have generally higher level Pokemon with better moves.Veteran: the mode people like me would die for, same as hard but your rival chooses the type effective against yours, constantly adapts their team based off of what Pokemon you had last time you fought with them or against them so you’re left at a disadvantage if you don’t update your team. All trainers have perfect type advantage knowledge, have higher level Pokemon and some will be able to use advanced items such as full restore, normal revive and status condition remedies. Wild Pokemon will regularly hold berries and can use better moves. This mode could also be more rewarding with higher payouts from battles, increased chances for shiny Pokemon and maybe a handful of retro Pokemon usually not found in the region available only through this mode.I already own a switch but I guarantee that if the Pokemon franchise brought a challenging experience to the table for fans, they’d see a lot more sales from that age group. I like the new games, but sword was so easy, I don’t think I actually had a Pokemon faint once throughout it, it just doesn’t give you that feeling that the old games did. Dug out my DSi and (shamefully) my old R4 card because I wanted to see if I was just having nostalgia for the old games and only loved them so much because I was younger. But played some Diamond and the game still gives me enjoyment even after all this time, because it is more challenging, especially at the start. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3eFddsf