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QotD: If the Pokemon games had a darkmode color palette, would you use it while playing?
Helpful Considerations: Alternate colors while saving eyesite? Dim background lighting? Any drawbacks to this idea?
I think it would be weird but probably cool to try out. Id love if it used the night/day mechanic but also changed the game tone. Dark mode is a bit rougher and more npc dialogue is harsher. Almost like a visual hardness setting.
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I played Red and Blue on a Game Boy Color. In other words, been there, done that. It was definitely the alternate color palette that got the most use but ultimately it was a novelty. I think it would be the same story with newer games. Using E4 in dark mode is bad enough, I’ve been a good boy and weaned myself over to light mode.
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If it’s something originally intended by the developers/modders (or like lyle said, to provide emphasis to some game mechanics) yes, of course.
Any kind of globally swapped palette has a high chance to look extremely bad, especially in the first GB- GBC games
In conclusion, probably not: I prefer enjoying the normal palette using a device which isn’t too straining to the eyes, like a frontlit gameboy. It could be interesting to try, if you’re always playing in a dark room or at night.
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It is indeed, unfortunately not my GB! Mine is better though xd
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