“Game Freak Lied” – Pokemon Fans Furious

As the release date of Pokemon Sword and Shield nears ever closer, some early-adopters were dismayed to find out that Game Freak had lied about not-reusing models in the title.

Dataminers extracted Pokemon models from Sword and Shield, and confirmed many – if not all – models of returning Pokemon aligned perfectly with models extracted from Pokemon Sun and Moon on the 3DS. This revelation flies in the face of Game Freak’s own statement to Famitsu earlier in the year. As a result, the hashtag #GameFreakLied is now trending on Twitter.

Gamefreak lied about making models from scratch.

Let me preface this by saying there is nothing wrong with reusing mods, Especially the pokemon ones. They're great and look good in HD.

However lying to consumers by saying you remade them all is extremely scummy.#gamefreaklied pic.twitter.com/DdO8n3DhTm

— MrHomelessHobo (@MrHomelessHobo1) November 13, 2019

This situation has only served to rile up Pokemon’s already agitated fan base: Pokemon Sword and Shield has faced growing criticism over it’s graphical fidelity, it’s limited PokeDex, and stilted animations, with many already considering it an inferior entry to the franchise.

The game releases the end of this week, on November 15th.