{"id":134080,"date":"2023-08-08T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-153721"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:00:00","slug":"talking-point-should-the-pokemon-company-stick-to-just-one-pokemon-presents-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/08\/talking-point-should-the-pokemon-company-stick-to-just-one-pokemon-presents-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Talking Point: Should The Pok\u00e9mon Company Stick To Just One Pok\u00e9mon Presents A Year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5476e3a8c53d8\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5476e3a8c53d8\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon Presents\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d8b8fa3140fb\/pokemon-presents.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/4d8b8fa3140fb\/pokemon-presents.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Presents\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">Serious question \u2014 <em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/features\/pokemon-presents-august-2023-every-announcement-full-livestream\">Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase today<\/a>, and while they&#8217;ve gained something of a reputation for not being the most scintillating of Nintendo-related presentations, there&#8217;s usually <em>something<\/em> worth tuning in for, even if you&#8217;re a latent Pok\u00e9fan who drifted away after Gen I.<\/p>\n<p>Today, though? Blimey. The pacing seemed totally off, it seemed <em>way<\/em> longer than its 35-minute runtime, and also felt light on big announcements. A date for Part One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet_-_the_hidden_treasure_of_area_zero\">Scarlet and Violet DLC<\/a> was the bare minimum of reveals, and&#8230; there wasn&#8217;t much else at all.<\/p>\n<p>Or was there? The new shows and anime stuff looked nice, but it&#8217;s hardly earth-shattering news. A Mew \/ Mewtwo event? Sure, why not. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_cafe_remix\">Pok\u00e9mon Caf\u00e9<\/a>&#8216;s still trucking along, is it? Good for it. Niantic&#8217;s got some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_go\">Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/a> events planned? Someone fetch my <a class=\"enlarge\" href=\"https:\/\/i.gifer.com\/1SqV.gif\">Meryl Streep groundbreaking gif<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\">A bunch of stinky shoes felt like an apt visual for this one \u2014 <em class=\"credit\">Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/mobile\/pokemon_sleep\">Pok\u00e9mon Sleep<\/a> coverage did what it set out to do, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/detective_pikachu_returns\">Detective Pikachu Returns<\/a> looks fun but came across as a real known quantity (it wasn&#8217;t wow-ing anyone with its visuals, that&#8217;s for sure), and the imminent World Championships details only really served to highlight all the cool stuff you&#8217;re missing out on if you&#8217;re not attending. Maybe someone out there <em>is<\/em> excited to see what swag the competitors themselves could be leaving the tournament with.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/related-articles:153695 @ 2023-08-08T21:25:09+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>We get that The Pok\u00e9mon Company is trying to thread multiple needles here, hoping to unite disparate audiences through their shared love of Pok\u00e9mon and onboard fans from one thing to another. But we also get the impression that <em>nobody<\/em> came away feeling particularly positive after that one.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_unite\">Unite<\/a> and <strong>Masters EX<\/strong> and all the other spin-offs have their fans \u2014 hey, we like a lot of them! \u2014 but it doesn&#8217;t feel like these presentations are doing those games any favours whatsoever. In fact, at this point, we&#8217;d wager they&#8217;re actively turning some prospective players off.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon Presents\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d3528381507e9\/pokemon-presents.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d3528381507e9\/pokemon-presents.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Pokemon Presents\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\">This looks good \u2014 <em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the answer? Well, we wonder if there really needs to be more than one Pok\u00e9mon Presents per year. There were three in 2020, and two in every year since. Would a single killer showcase not be sufficient?<\/p>\n<p>It could be on Pok\u00e9mon Day (27th February) but it needn&#8217;t be. There&#8217;s plenty of opportunity to drop Pok\u00e9mon game news in Nintendo Directs at other times throughout the year, and if the reception to today&#8217;s livestream is anything to go by, it makes you wonder if TPC is doing more harm than good stringing fans along for 35 minutes. When your most exciting news (outside of DLC details) is dropping two old games on Switch&#8217;s subscription service, perhaps it&#8217;s time to step back and reevaluate.<\/p>\n<p>Then again, maybe we&#8217;re reading the room wrong. Perhaps this one went down a treat for the majority of Pok\u00e9mon fans! For Team NL, though, we sat back in our chairs at the end feeling deflated and a little confused. Big hmm.<\/p>\n<p><em>What&#8217;s that?<\/em> No, &#8216;Big Hmm&#8217; is not the name of one of the new Pok\u00e9mon. Although it may well be what we end up nicknaming that Paradox Raikou once we catch him.<\/p>\n<p><em>So, what did you think of the August 2023 Pok\u00e9mon Presents? Would you rather TPC stuck to one real mother of a blowout just once a year? Let us know in the polls below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-how-would-you-rate-the-august-2023-pokemon-presents\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/how_would_you_rate_the_august_2023_pokemon_presents\" data-id=\"8037\" data-question=\"How would you rate the August 2023 Pok\u00e9mon Presents?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"How would you rate the August 2023 Pok\u00e9mon Presents?\">How would you rate the August 2023 Pok\u00e9mon Presents? (631 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">10 &#8211; Outstanding<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"8 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">9 &#8211; Excellent<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"6 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"1\"><span class=\"val\">1<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">8 &#8211; Great<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"17 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"3\"><span class=\"val\">3<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">7 &#8211; Good<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"40 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"6\"><span class=\"val\">6<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">6 &#8211; Not Bad<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"41 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"7\"><span class=\"val\">7<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">5 &#8211; Average<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"117 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"19\"><span class=\"val\">19<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">4 &#8211; Poor<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"139 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"22\"><span class=\"val\">22<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">3 &#8211; Bad<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"93 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"15\"><span class=\"val\">15<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">2 &#8211; Terrible<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"61 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"10\"><span class=\"val\">10<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">1 &#8211; Abysmal<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"109 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"17\"><span class=\"val\">17<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"poll-do-you-think-the-pokemon-company-should-go-back-to-doing-just-one-pokemon-presents-a-year\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/do_you_think_the_pokemon_company_should_go_back_to_doing_just_one_pokemon_presents_a_year\" data-id=\"8038\" data-question=\"Do you think The Pok\u00e9mon Company should go back to doing just one Pok\u00e9mon Presents a year?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"Do you think The Pok\u00e9mon Company should go back to doing just one Pok\u00e9mon Presents a year?\">Do you think The Pok\u00e9mon Company should go back to doing just one Pok\u00e9mon Presents a year? (581 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Absolutely!<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"299 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"51\"><span class=\"val\">51<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Two feels good, but less padding, please<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"226 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"39\"><span class=\"val\">39<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Multiple smaller presentations might work better<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"43 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"7\"><span class=\"val\">7<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">Hey, look, I liked it! Keep on keeping on, TPC<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"13 votes\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"2\"><span class=\"val\">2<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"J4O_D2VYYPQ\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serious question \u2014 Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company There was a Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase today, and while they&#8217;ve gained something of a reputation for not being the most scintillating of Nintendo-related presentations, there&#8217;s usually something worth tuning in for, even if you&#8217;re a latent Pok\u00e9fan who drifted away after Gen I. Today, though? Blimey. 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