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Pokémon Sword & Shield sound settings have to be unlocked by a key item obtainable from an optional NPC

Posted by Grzmot
Tags: nintendo, pokemon, sword and shield, audio, source.twitter
https://twitter.com/thatdude433/status/1194066042336755712
@thatdude433:
also something that was totally baffling to me was that the sound control settings were locked behind a key item. This key item is obtained from a random totally optional NPC. So if you want sound control, find this guy in Motostoke. #SWSHLeak

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7 comments

  1. [2]
    Grzmot
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    This is a fucking joke. To be able to adjust sound or enable subtitles, you have to find a NPC in the world, talk to them, and obtain an item through conversation. None if this is pointed out. The...

    This is a fucking joke. To be able to adjust sound or enable subtitles, you have to find a NPC in the world, talk to them, and obtain an item through conversation. None if this is pointed out. The NPC is not special in any way.

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    What the fuck?

    8 votes
    1. Seven
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      I didn't realize that subtitles were also locked, that makes all of this even more egregious. What were they thinking?!

      I didn't realize that subtitles were also locked, that makes all of this even more egregious. What were they thinking?!

      2 votes
  2. moocow1452
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    Maybe I'm disqualifying myself from complaining about the complaining by not really being into Pokemon, but the earbud thing is the first thing that seems worthy of exploring how that came to be,...

    Maybe I'm disqualifying myself from complaining about the complaining by not really being into Pokemon, but the earbud thing is the first thing that seems worthy of exploring how that came to be, mostly because locking advanced settings behind an in game item is just such a bizarre option. Everything else people are getting weird about is a mismanagement of expectations, this is just silly.

    1 vote
  3. [4]
    Wes
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    I can understand this being a minor annoyance, but I'm sure the Nintendo Switch has a hardware volume slider.

    I can understand this being a minor annoyance, but I'm sure the Nintendo Switch has a hardware volume slider.

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      Grzmot
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      It locks the entire audio menu though. Which means you cannot adjust speech/music/ambient sounds separately, but also you cannot turn on subtitles. Gamefreak is locking accessibility settings...

      It locks the entire audio menu though. Which means you cannot adjust speech/music/ambient sounds separately, but also you cannot turn on subtitles. Gamefreak is locking accessibility settings behind a fucking random ingame item.

      10 votes
      1. [2]
        Wes
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        I'm not sure it's too important. Do Pokemon games actually have voice acting?

        I'm not sure it's too important. Do Pokemon games actually have voice acting?

        3 votes
        1. Wendigo
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          No... Unless this will be the first to have it seeing as subtitles are also locked...

          No... Unless this will be the first to have it seeing as subtitles are also locked...

          3 votes