Highlights
- Fans nostalgic for customizable Secret Bases in Pokemon series, expressing desire to see feature return in newer releases.
- Pokemon games have had variety of side features over the years, with customization of personal space being a popular one.
- Long-time fans disappointed in recent Pokemon releases, hoping for return of beloved features like customizable home bases.
Pokemon fans want the ability to customize and decorate their Secret Bases and bedrooms back. The feature has generated a lot of community buzz, with players reminiscing about the missing functionality in recent Pokemon releases.
While the core of capturing and battling Pokemon has remained more or less the same since the original titles’ releases in the ’90s, there have been a lot of side features and minigames in Pokemon games that have come and gone over the years. Unfortunately, while some fans thought it would return in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, having a customizable home base seems to be one of them.
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Pokemon fan Hsiang7 shared their thoughts on how some of the games over the years allowed players to collect and decorate their own personal space. In some of the titles, this function was in Secret Bases, but a form of the feature was around all the way back in Pokemon Gold and Silver, where players could set up small decorative knickknacks around the player’s childhood bedroom. Hsiang7 wondered if fellow fans were eager to see this feature return, and it seems that most of the community is in favor of it coming back.
Fellow fans reminisced about the feature, with some even sharing screenshots of their Secret Bases with fellow players. Others lamented the downgrade Secret Bases received in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl from the original versions, as players were far more limited in how they could decorate their space. While it seems that many fans would enjoy seeing the feature return, many don’t have any faith in it actually happening.
Pokemon Players Lament Downgrades and Missing Features
Many fans in the comments were quick to point out that it’s unfortunately common for unique features to be added to the Pokemon series only to never make an appearance again. Others lamented that the games seem to feature less side content in general than they did in the past. Several players noted that they were excited when the player’s dorm room in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet was revealed, believing that some form of this feature would return. With an increased focus on multiplayer, it would have been the perfect time for it, but players were sorely disappointed by the dorm room lacking major customization features.
Unfortunately, while the Pokemon series is still extraordinarily popular, it seems a lot of long-time fans have been disappointed in recent times. Pokemon Scarlet and Violet launching in a severely buggy state surely didn’t help matters. Pokemon Legends: Z-A is bringing back Mega Evolutions, but it remains to be seen if there will be any other callbacks to prior entries.
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Pokemon
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