#GameFreakLied Trending Worldwide On Twitter
Today we have some disappointing news about Pokemon Sword and Shield on Twitter.
A hashtag called #GameFreakLied has become one of the top trending hashtags in the world today. Trends24 is showing that the hashtag was the No. 6 trending hashtag worldwide 2 – 3 hours before this story was written:
At one point, the hashtag was the second trending hashtag in the United States.
The hashtag was started by angry Pokemon fans who believed that the Pokemon models in Pokemon Sword and Shield were reused, as Game Freak claimed they were not reusing the models from past Pokemon games on Nintendo 3DS.
These are the models dataminers have released to support those claims:
However it’s important to note that the number of triangles are different:
Bulbasaur: 5372 (Sun/Moon) | 5200 (Sword/Shield)
Clefairy: 4872 (Sun/Moon) | 4874 (Sword/Shield)
Noibat: 6156 (Sun/Moon) | 7142 (Sword/Shield)
Some tweets made with the hashtag include:
#GameFreakLied just a reminder that the switch can run this but apparently swsh is too big pic.twitter.com/BoI67VHZAi
— spooke dan (@bruhmomentedos) November 13, 2019
Pokemon Fans: "Gamefreak lied to us! Boycott them! The graphics and game looks like shit!"
Activsion-Blizzard/Bungie Fans: pic.twitter.com/7xc4Gx20gp
— Cressy (@ShadowCressy) November 13, 2019
hello #GameFreakLied! if you're not sure what they lied about, have a look right here! pic.twitter.com/pLTIHAofsD
— CLANG GANG (@extendedfreezer) November 13, 2019
#GameFreakLied about making new models. Play Fire Emblem: Three Houses instead pic.twitter.com/Nd1HMJSy8o
— Etika Pierre Polnareff (@dirtymemesd4c) November 13, 2019
#GameFreakLied Cut 400+ pokemon,get many same rooms.Yes we can go inside all houses! pic.twitter.com/UkDXhHbGqo
— BlingBlingの走路草 (@Mr_Flyfish) November 13, 2019
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