On the other hand, however, Scarlet and Violet have made numerous missteps, which are even more apparent due to some of the gameplay improvements. Namely, the game’s performance levels have been highly criticized by reviewers and fans including heavy framerate drops, extreme pop in, low resolution textures, and various bugs and glitches. For all the bad, many players have found some good, including improvements to character interactions and cutscenes, though these improvements continue to be undermined by a legacy staple of the series.

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As such, Pokemon fans like Zipzzo have started to highlight their hopes for future games in the franchise. On Reddit, Zipzzo noted how much stronger the Pokemon Scarlet and Violet cutscenes were from previous games in the franchise thanks to the use of emotion and a more dynamic style. Many in the community have stated how certain parts in the game made them feel different emotions like surprise, hype, and others.

Even with these cutscene and interaction improvements, much of it is undercut by the fact that no voice acting has been used to deliver these lines. With the improved emoting and the stronger dialogue, characters silently mouthing the words makes this issue even more painfully apparent than it has in the past. Zipzzo is hopeful that Game Freak addresses the voice acting issue in the future as adding voice work could take these moments to another level entirely. While the discussion has seen tons of replies in favor of this change, many assume it won’t likely happen.

Nintendo has a long history of avoiding voice acting for many of its first party games, the studio started to change course in 2017 with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. For the first time, Nintendo used voice acting for characters that had been notoriously left silent like Princess Zelda. Fans immediately took to the change, praising the decision to finally add this element to the series which is set to continue with the game’s sequel, The Legends of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are available now on Nintendo Switch.

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