Pokémon Sword And Shield Expansion Packs: 10 Features Fans Demand
5. Smooth Framerate In The Wild Area
There's a lot of things to admire in the Wild Area, but a steady framerate isn't one of them.
Everyone knows that online isn't Nintendo's strong suit. But that's no excuse for how slow the game runs when playing online in the Wild Area.
There's weather, sprawling landscapes, and dens waiting to be explored. But for a location that players will likely spend half their time in, maintaining a steady framerate for those murky textures is apparently too much to ask for.
And while we're in the Wild Area, max raid battles need to speed up. When a move alters stats of multiple Pokémon, sometimes it's shown one at a time with the text following even slower. These battles aren't challenging enough for the scale and length that they borrow from MMORPGs, so efficiency would be appreciated.
This is a minor complaint, but if the company wants to get back in the good graces of its community, it's the small stuff that adds up. And it's important because both packs include their own Wild Area.