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Your Pokemon Can Take On Jobs In Sword And Shield
Pokemon Sword and Shield introduce a few new mechanics to the series, most notably Gigantamaxing and Max Raid Battles. Those aren’t the only features the games are adding to the mix, however. Following the latest Galar Research Update video, The Pokemon Company revealed another new mechanic in the upcoming titles: Poke Jobs.
Each Pokemon Center in the Galar region features a new type of PC called a Rotomi. In addition to being able to store your extra Pokemon here, the Rotomi appears to serve a similar purpose as job boards in other RPGs, letting you browse through a list of available Poke Jobs. Once you accept one, you can then send Pokemon from your boxes out to complete the task, and they’ll return after a certain amount of time with rewards.
According to the official Pokemon website, Pokemon you send off on jobs will earn experience points and may even net you some rare items. Certain types of Pokemon will be more suited to specific jobs, and the amount of rewards you receive will depend on how long the Pokemon worked and how suited they were for the task.
We also recently learned that Sword and Shield will feature their own regional variant Pokemon, much like Sun and Moon before them. The games’ latest trailer revealed Galarian forms of Weezing, Zigzagoon, and Linoone. Interestingly, the Galarian version of Linoone is capable of evolving into an entirely new Pokemon named Obstagoon.
The latest trailer also revealed Gen 8’s adorable Electric rodent, Morpeko, which resembles a hamster and is able to change between “Full Belly” and “Hangry” forms. Additionally, the video introduced two new rival characters, Bede and Marnie, as well as this generation’s villainous team, Team Yell.
Pokemon Sword and Shield launch for Nintendo Switch on November 15, just a few days after Nintendo releases a special Pokemon edition Nintendo Switch Lite. You can read more about the titles in our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/your-pokemon-can-take-on-jobs-in-sword-and-shield/1100-6468959/
FIFA 20: Career Mode’s New Features Revealed
EA has revealed what’s new in FIFA 20‘s Career Mode on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. The mode, which has remained largely unchanged for the last two years, is getting dynamic press conferences, updates to player potential, and more.
“Our vision was to breathe new life into the Manager Career experience by … [building] a variation of ever-changing stories that would surface to our players through pre- and post-match press conferences and player conversations,” EA said in a blog post.
That manifests itself in dynamic interviews with journalists both before and after big matches, with the journalists asking different questions “depending highly on the outcome, goals scored, opponent, time of season or stage of competition, and more.”
Similarly, managers can converse with players one-on-one through a “messaging app-like interface,” EA said. “The manager will have to deal with a variety of requests from players as well as happy or disgruntled players that are trying to get their thoughts across. The manager will have to find ways, either through direct actions or by communicating his/her stance in order to mitigate and solve these situations.”
Together, the two features contribute to a player’s morale, a system which has been revamped for FIFA 20. As well as conferences and one-on-ones, player morale is affected by playing time, wages, and both individual and team performances. High morale boosts players’ attributes, so picking the right answers and playing the right players are important considerations.
The final big new feature is dynamic player potential, whereby young stars’ potential overall rating will change depending on their performances. If, for example, a young striker is banging in the goals in his debut season, his potential peak rating will increase; similarly, an ageing player who’s still keeping up with modern football will see his stats drop off at a slower-than-expected rate.
Elsewhere, Career Mode contains a number of smaller tweaks and updates on the current iteration. These include:
- Improved manager customization, utilizing the new character creation tool seen in Volta and across FIFA 20–this means you can create female managers for the first time in FIFA.
- Rebranded user interfaces particular to the Premier League, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, La Liga, and the MLS.
- New news screenshots and updates
- Two new environments for dynamic negotiation cutscenes to take place in: the restaurant and the rooftop lounge.
You can see the full list of bug fixes and balance changes in the list below, via EA. For more on this year’s game, check out everything we know about FIFA 20’s Ultimate Team, Pro Clubs, or Volta modes. The game launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC–with legacy editions coming to Switch and older platforms–on September 27.
FIFA 20: Career Mode Spot Fixes And Balance Changes
General Improvements
- Added an option in the player actions pop-up to add a player to the shortlist and immediately go to the transfer hub with the respective player.
- Redesigned Team Management layout to allow for easier player attribute comparison.
- Added an option to disable international management job offers at the start of a new career.
- Increased the initial Composure attribute values for generated youth players and redistributed weights for player growth between physical, mental and skill attributes to allow for more physical growth.
- Improved distribution of ethnicity within a country when generating youth players.
- Significantly increased the initial amounts for wage budget allocation.
- Increased the player value of defensive players based on the latest transfer market activity.
- Fixed multiple issues with leagues that split into play-offs after the end of the regular season.
- League objectives are now correctly tracking the play-off instead of the regular season standings. Champions celebrations are triggered at the end of the play-offs.
- Improved the algorithm used by AI teams to determine their starting XI. Moving forward you should see far fewer instances in which the opponent isn’t using their prime starting XI in important matches.
- Re-adjusted the number of saves to eight, inside Career Mode, to address the feedback received from our players during the ’19 cycle.
Competition Changes
- Fixed multiple fixture congestion issues. The winter break roll-out this season, as well as the removal of the FA Cup 5th Round Replay, have improved fixture congestion issues in English leagues. We’ve slightly altered the authentic schedule of the English Championship by pushing its completion to a later date. This ensures that schedule conflict situations between Championship rounds and European football nights aren’t possible. A lot of the congestion issues reported by the community were happening with mid-week league rounds happening at the same time as European football, which, although unlikely in the real world, is a common occurrence in Career Mode.
- Added the new format and schedule of the Spanish Supercup.
- Added support to round down the points in leagues that split into play-offs and halve the points such as the Austrian Bundesliga.
- Updated usage of the fourth substitute in extra time to all competitions that support this new law of the game.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/fifa-20-career-modes-new-features-revealed/1100-6468954/
Pokemon Sword And Shield Have Their Own Regional Variant Pokemon, Including An Incredible Weezing
Pokemon Sun and Moon for 3DS introduced Alolan forms to the series–regional-exclusive variants of some older Pokemon that boast a different appearance and typing. The upcoming Sword and Shield for Switch will have their own regional variants as well, and we got a look at a handful of them in the games’ latest trailer.
First is Galarian Weezing, which could very well be this generation’s equivalent of the wonderful Alolan Exeggutor. Galarian Weezing has smokestacks atop its two heads that resemble long top hats, while the smog around its mouths looks like facial hair. You can see the dashing Pokemon for yourself below.
We also got a look at Galarian Zigzagoon and Galarian Linoone. Unlike standard Zigzagoon and Linoone, these forms have black and white fur rather than brown, giving them a distinctly punk aesthetic. Intriguingly, Galarian Linoone is capable of evolving into an entirely new Pokemon named Obstagoon. The official Pokemon website explains that “some regional forms have developed unique Evolutions unseen in any other region,” which suggests that other regional variants may also be capable of evolving into brand-new Pokemon.
Beyond that, the latest trailer revealed an entirely new Gen 8 Pokemon named Morpeko, which appears to be this generation’s adorable Electric rodent Pokemon. Interestingly, Morpeko is able to change between “Full Belly” and “Hangry” modes, the latter of which turns it into a Dark-type and gives it a more menacing appearance. The trailer also introduced two new rival characters named Bede and Marnie, as well as this generation’s villainous team, Team Yell, who appear to be more like hooligans than an actual criminal organization.
Pokemon Sword and Shield arrive for Nintendo Switch on November 15. A few days prior to their launch, Nintendo will release a special edition Pokemon-themed Nintendo Switch Lite that features the games’ Legendary Pokemon, Zacian and Zamazenta, on the console. For more on the titles, be sure to check out our Pokemon Sword and Shield pre-order guide.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-sword-and-shield-have-their-own-regional-v/1100-6468955/
