Does Pokemon Sword and Shield use templates?

This has been a roller coaster ride for Pokemon Sword and Shield in recent months, many details have been revealed among the accusations that Pokemon models have been taken over from previous games.

In an interview with Famitsu, via Polygon, Game Freak stated that the models for Pokemon appearing in Sword and Shield had been built from scratch.

This contrasts with the accusations of Pokemon fans who accused Game Freak of reusing the textures of Pokemon Let's Go and Sun and Moon. A Reddit user said, "The textures are the same. [Game Freak] uses an effect called Fresnel edge lighting, which illuminates the outer area of ​​an object, which is very transparent on all Pokémon. "

The evidence is pretty overwhelming, it's hard to look at the comparisons and to conclude that the models are really new. Nevertheless, we can not completely exclude the claim of Game Freak.

This is not because the models look like those of Gen 7 and Gen 6 games that they are identical. They may have been built from the ground up and some of the Pokémon ended up looking like, which could have happened easily. It is also possible that the truth lies between the places where these older models were used as models.

However, more cynical Pokemon fans will believe that Game Freak is simply lying. Another comparison suggests that Pokemon Sword and Shield have also reused animations, which only adds credibility to the copy claim.

A trainer in the same thread asked, "Whether they are or not [are] This is a question that summarizes the frustrations of Pokemon fans. Another coach tried to answer the question by saying, "That's really the problem. Who cares if they remake everything from scratch if it looks the same? It's a useless effort and a terrible excuse to exclude things. "

Regardless of whether the models are reused or not, many potential Pokemon Sword and Shield players are not satisfied yet. The Pokémon community feels that the game's development has been mediocre.

Nevertheless, the hype of Pokemon Sword and Shield remains and we will not know if the critics are justified before the release of the game on November 15th.