As a multiplatform title, many were expecting Pokémon Legends: Z-A to push the Nintendo Switch’s graphical capabilities to its limit while showcasing the potential of the Nintendo Switch 2. Though the game pulls this off for the most part, many areas throughout Lumiose City use low-polygon assets to cut down on production costs and memory usage. Case in point: its flat grapes.
As pointed out by Game*Spark, these fruits look eerily similar to Final Fantasy XIV’s infamous “low-poly” grapes, which are crystal-shaped models wrapped with a grape texture. While FFXIV’s low-poly grapes have become shinier with succeeding updates, their status as a meme within the game’s community has prompted the developers to keep them in.
When viewing Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s grapes at an angle, players will see that they aren’t three-dimensional objects but rather paper-thin 2D models affixed to solid vine models. Considering the game’s file size (4GB for the Switch and 7.7 GB on the Switch 2), it seems like Game Freak had to make some bigger cuts when compared to FFXIV’s roughly 140GB, which is available on beefier platforms.
Pokémon Legends: Z-A is available on the Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.
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