Both Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl and Pokemon Legends: Arceus are Switch exclusives, meaning that a lot of people will probably play them docked. I know this is a point of contention now. It needs to be handheld - otherwise, it’s just not the same. It needs to be the only thing you’re focusing on but also sufficiently non-intrusive for you to involuntarily look around and see what’s happening offscreen. It needs to be played on the couch, in the car, or in bed. Pokemon doesn’t need the spectacle of a 50-inch OLED or fancy soundbar. My argument is just that when I play Pokemon on a telly instead of on a little device in my hands, I feel as if the whole experience is missing something irreplaceable.
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Note that I’ve said “feels” there, and that the headline also clearly states that “playing Pokemon on a TV feels wrong.” I’m not interested in touting prescriptive ideals or telling anyone that the way they personally like playing a specific game is inherently incorrect. Whether it’s Pokemon Blue or Pokemon Sword, playing in handheld just feels right. It might sound pretentious to suggest this, but there’s a sort of experiential quality imbued in this mode of play that makes the entire phenomenon both more cohesive and more contained. Call me an overly nostalgic genwunner, but the magic of these games is best captured on a small screen that quite literally places the world at your fingertips. What I mean to argue is that mainline Pokemon games - the conventional RPGs tied to numbered generations - just aren’t built for entertainment centres. Essentially, Let’s Go joins Snap in the ranks of “Rare Pokemon games that are better on TV.” I have no intention to refute that claim. They also make clever use of motion capture controls to create a unique catching mechanic. TheGamer’s editor-in-chief Stacey Henley also pointed out that Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee are more suited to docked play, largely thanks to them boasting a different - and better - aesthetic to most other Pokemon games. Related: You Can't Truly Appreciate Pokemon Until You've Seen The Movies A photography game all about the intricate interactions between Pokemon in distinct environments rendered with stunning visual fidelity deserves a bigger screen than the one built into the Switch. I predominantly played New Pokemon Snap in docked mode because it’s objectively better that way. This, I now know, was a grave mistake.īefore I get into why playing Pokemon on TV is sacrilegious, allow me to preface my argument by acknowledging some exceptions to the rule.
Technically speaking, I could have used this time to a) exercise, b) clean, or c) work on personal projects, but I inevitably did none of those things and instead chose to whack my Switch in the dock and continue my Galarian adventures on a telly.
Given that I was in the middle of a pretty good Max Raid run, I wasn’t in the mood to leave it on charge.
I was having a cup of tea in my kitchen last night when my Nintendo Switch had the audacity to tell me it was low on battery.
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