It goes further than semantics though. New generations or "new adventures" or whatever you want to call them have new regions, new Pokemon, new characters, and a new graphical engine. That's not something they come out with spontaneously and just abandon, they're putting a huge investment into all of that so the economical thing to do is to get as much mileage out of that as possible. Taking SM, upgrading it on a new console, and then throwing it away two years later is not very economical.
Thats assuming the new game on the switch will be a 7th gen game. The fact that it seems like they're rushing through this generation makes me think there is a good possibility that the new game could be 8th gen.
It makes sense to milk as much out of each generation as possible.
Maybe it doesn't make much sense to rush. But perhaps nintendo strong armed game freak to make their next game on the switch to push sales for the new console. Considering how bad the wii u ended up being. Nintendo probably didn't want to take any chances.
Just because they've planned them in advance doesn't make them good ideas. There's a lot of issues with mid gen transitions. It's not very economical as I mentioned above, they'd be spending more money on newer hardware. Then there's the matter of getting it to sell, how many people do you expect to shell out $300 to play a game that's very similar to one we've already played? Most Pokemon fans are probably waiting for 8th gen, which would be built from the ground up with a new graphics engine that can surpass the limits of the 3DS and new gameplay mechanics based on what the Switch can do. Then there's issues with transferring your Pokemon, having separate hardware can cause communication issues that would make trading difficult (this is one reason why we saw transfers instead of full trading and why transfers to the 3DS had to be done through Bank instead of in game). If Stars is a Switch game, most likely your old Pokemon would have to be transferred through Bank and it might also be one way. Ultimately this is just a large risk for a minimal reward. Not a smart business decision.
I never said they were good ideas. I was making a counter argument to you saying they released them early.
It may not seem like a smart idea, but who are we to say that it isn't. We aren't nintendo. They have people who weigh the risks/rewards. There is no way they would do something unless they had enough evidence to believe they would have more reward than risk. The fact that pokemon games almost always sell well would be a good indicator for more reward than risk. The fact that the 3DS has been around for the longest time, and is slowly being outdated.
Anytime pokemon has moved from one console to another, people always complain about having to buy the new console to play the new games. But what do you expect. They need to keep upgrading to keep up with other games. I remember people complaining about having to switch from the DS to the 3DS. And the gameboy advance to the DS. Happens everytime. But if they can't move to the new hardware they can't progress.
What I'm saying is a questionable strategy. Why DIDN'T they put 7th gen on the Switch instead of just having Z if they were just going to move on to 8th gen immediately after anyway? If they really wanted a launch year title, that would be the best approach. You would have a relatively cheap third version of XY in 2016 to make another quick buck and then you would have a bold, next generation Pokemon title to help sell the Switch. That would've been a much better scenario than having a wonky mid gen transition or a one off generation. The fact that they chose to move onto a new generation in 2016 implies that they intend on releasing at least one more 3DS game.
I agree that it is a questionable strategy. But we don't know all the details. Just what game freak has shown us. You could be completely right and the next game is 7th gen. But it being released on the switch I think is a marketing strategy by nintendo to push the sales of the switch. Which would be smart cause of how popular pokemon is.
IDK, some of the older ones people complained, but I didn't see much hate for BW2. I'm surprised we haven't seen more of that.
I agree, I didnt see much from B2W2. But perhaps they stopped making them before that, and since it takes years to make a game we just haven't seen the new third games yet (if they did start making them again).
Again, it comes down to SM being a new region instead of a Kalos game, and that's what was most questionable about SM. Did we really need a new region in 2016 on a handheld that was clearly about to be replaced? This is where the .5 idea comes from, because the fanbase feels it's too soon for new regions but would be open to having more new Pokemon.
And if the next game after SM is 8th gen, that makes things even more questionable. Because then the rush for a new region on the 3DS will look pointless since they were already working on a new region anyway, so they would've had time for a Z or some other proper Gen 6 game.
I agree, I don't think we needed a new game if they were immediately going to to switch or whatever new handheld they're coming out with. But B2W2 came out way late in the life of the DS, so maybe they're doing that too? Too milk as much money as they can since so many people already have 3DS'.
And I do get where the .5 generation goes from, but my point is there is no basis for it. Pokemon has never hinted at anything like that. Its just people hoping for something more. There is no speculation because there is nothing to speculate.
