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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 22:39

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Game Freak, the developer of the Pokemon video games, has caught a lot of heat on social media about the availability of certain Pokemon in the newest games, Pokemon Sword and Shield. Let’s look at the controversy, learn about game dev, and maybe even talk a little philosophy.

CONTENTS:
0:00 Intro
1:07 The Body of the Lie
4:11 The Anatomies of Lies
10:03 The Harsh Reality of Game Development
19:15 Conclusion
21:49 Outro

SOURCES in order of reference:

Kevin Knezevic, Gamespot, “You Can’t Transfer All Of Your Old Pokemon To Sword And Shield” - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/you-cant-transfer-all-of-your-old-pokemon-to-sword/1100-6467720/

Kevin Knezevic, Gamespot, “Nintendo Switch’s Core Pokemon RPG Will Let You Use Your Older Monsters” - https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-switchs-core-pokemon-rpg-will-let-you-use/1100-6462481/

Owen S. Good, Polygon, “No, Pokemon Sword and Shield is not reusing models from recent Pokemon games” - https://www.polygon.com/pokemon/2019/7/13/20693069/pokemon-sword-shield-pokedex-limited-game-freak-statement-nintendo-switch

Resetera thread - https://www.resetera.com/threads/open-spoiler-now-that-the-entire-sword-shield-pok%C3%A9dex-leaked-lets-mourn-the-pok%C3%A9mon-that-got-thanos-snapped-by-game-freak-see-staff-post.151080/

Game Freak interview (Japanese, archived) - https://web.archive.org/web/20191118045452/https://www.gamefreak.co.jp/recruit/interview_02.html

Paul Cotton, Dexerto, “Why #GameFreakLied is trending ahead of Pokemon Sword Shield release” - https://www.dexerto.com/pokemon/why-gamefreaklied-is-trending-ahead-of-pokemon-sword-shield-release-1285768

AngryJoe, Angry Joe Show, “No Man’s Sky Angry Review” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTTPlqK8AnY

Sam Zucchi, Kill Screen, “The apocalyptic fandom of No Man’s Sky” (archived) - https://web.archive.org/web/20160816043824/https://killscreen.com/articles/no-mans-sky-religious-fervor-fandom/

FtwGameplay, “No multiplayer in No Man’s Sky! Video Gameplay Evidence” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZLSffRsdfw

Ben Fruzzetti, Nintendo Wire, “The Pokemon Company made a humble ~$3 billion in merchandise sales in 2018” - https://nintendowire.com/news/2019/08/12/the-pokemon-company-made-a-humble-3-billion-in-merchandise-sales-in-2018/

Brian Ashcraft, Kotaku, “Report: Konami Is Treating Its Staff Like Prisoners” - https://kotaku.com/report-konami-is-treating-its-staff-like-prisoners-1721700073

Tom Phillips, Eurogamer, “Rockstar attempts to defuse 100-hour work week controversy amid storm of criticism” - https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-10-16-rockstar-attepts-to-defuse-100-hour-work-week-controversy-amidst-storm-of-criticism

Jawad Ali, Segment Next, “Mortal Kombat 11 Developer Was Diagnosed with PTSD Due to Graphic Violence” - https://segmentnext.com/2019/05/09/mortal-kombat-11-developer-ptsd/

Cecilia D’Anastasio, Kotaku, “Inside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games” - https://kotaku.com/inside-the-culture-of-sexism-at-riot-games-1828165483

Video footage sourced from various trailers for Pokemon Sword and Shield, Mario Kart Tour, and No Man’s Sky, except the video of Sean Murray on The Tonight Show with Stephen Colbert, Angry Joe’s “No Man’s Sky Angry Review” video, and that tiny snippet of Granblue Fantasy I captured myself. Oh right, and Jurassic Park, there was a chunk of that in there.


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