NINTENDO and its console, the Switch, are known for their hugely popular major franchises.
Whether you like The Legend of Zelda’s exploration or Super Mario’s platforming, there is something for the whole family from Nintendo’s classic lineup.
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The other thing that Nintendo is known for is the quality of their games, often taking extra time on production to ensure that everything is just right.
However, one of the big Nintendo franchises didn’t seem to get the memo, and fans were very disappointed at launch.
We are talking about the release of Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, which could have been the best game in the series to date, if it wasn’t for all of the bugs.
While the open-world game design was the best the series has ever seen, features not working as intended did a lot of hamper enjoyment.
The issues were so bad that The Pokémon Company had to acknowledge them and patches have been released slowly to fix them.
However, the general consensus seems to be that fans wish they could have waited longer in order to experience the fully completed product.
Speaking at the Pokémon World Championships, Takato Utsunomiya, the COO of The Pokémon Company addressed the previous quick-fire launches of Pokémon games.
He said: “I think in general, if you look at the past, the path we’ve taken up until now has been to constantly release, always regularly releasing products on a fairly fixed kind of [schedule].”
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This refers to the releasing of games in quick succession like how Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Legends: Arceus, and Scarlet and Violet, all launched within the same 12-month period.
Utsunomiya continued: “[We] always have these products [that are] able to be introduced and new experiences for our customers, and that’s how we’ve operated up until now.
“I think we will still operate in that way, but [we are having] more and more conversations, as the development environments change, about how we can continue to do this, while making sure that we’re ensuring really quality products are being introduced.”
Utsunomiya seems to be suggesting that The Pokémon Company will continue to have at least one release a year.
However, the mainline games could see a longer period between releases leading to higher quality in the final product.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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