Nintendo Switch

[Mike S]

And, we have the official logos

Another new one next year?!?!?!

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Another new one next year?!?!?!

Yup, and it seems like the one for 2019 will be the more traditional Core-RPG people expect.

Meaning, this game is just a way for Game Freak to burn off steam.

 

[JungleSkip]

The Let’s Go games are “filler”(even tho they look great).

2019 games are the real deal

 

[AlexanderMBush]

After trying to contain myself, some thoughts.

• Love the fact that they are going back to Generation One. For me, this is going to be my first time with Pokemon (even if it's not in the traditional way), so this is going to be my chance for seeing the property with open eyes.
• The graphics are incredible. Looks stunning, and is exactly what I imagined for HD Pokemon, even if my prior viewing is from screencaps
• Super happy that Eevee is going to be my first starter, as she was my first starter for Pokemon GO. Color me amped up for being with her.
• Happy to see that they aren't beating around the bush on if there'll be another Pokemon title in 2019, and that I'm glad that this won't be a traditional Pokemon RPG, as this will give me the chance to try some things out.

Color me excited so much for this game, and the Local Co-Op is another great selling point for me, as I can get others to join in with me too.

#TeamEevee

 

[quinnmac000]

I love the two player mode....but yea this feels like filler. And I actually hate seeing the roaming pokemon...part of the fun was the surprise of trying to find pokemon you wanted. I'm also glad from what it seems that Pokemon Go don't automatically join your team.

But with it being based off Pokemon Yellow...we get to fight Jessy and James in this game which other games we did not.

Also hate no wild pokemon battles...like wtf

 

[AlexanderMBush]

Pokemon Quest is out now.

Pokémon Quest for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Game Details

 

[Kraken&Manta]

Meh. X and Y got me to buy a 3DS, these aren't going to get me to buy a Switch. Hopefully the Go catch mechanisms and lack of wild Pokemon don't leak into the 2019 games.

 

[yankees13]

I’m excited for this, and probably will like this more than the new one in 2019. Pokémon Go rejuvenated my Pokémon fandom that hadn't been around since I was about 10. So I missed all these incarnations, Gold/Silver, Saphhire/Ruby etc.

The Gen 1 Pokemon being the focus of Go definitely helped me get back into it. So this game looks to be right up my alley. I did play Sun on 3DS but I prefer to deal with the G1 Pokémon

 

[Mike S]

After trying to contain myself, some thoughts.

• Love the fact that they are going back to Generation One. For me, this is going to be my first time with Pokemon (even if it's not in the traditional way), so this is going to be my chance for seeing the property with open eyes.
• The graphics are incredible. Looks stunning, and is exactly what I imagined for HD Pokemon, even if my prior viewing is from screencaps
• Super happy that Eevee is going to be my first starter, as she was my first starter for Pokemon GO. Color me amped up for being with her.
• Happy to see that they aren't beating around the bush on if there'll be another Pokemon title in 2019, and that I'm glad that this won't be a traditional Pokemon RPG, as this will give me the chance to try some things out.

Color me excited so much for this game, and the Local Co-Op is another great selling point for me, as I can get others to join in with me too.

#TeamEevee

I’d probably be Team Eevee too if I could evolve it into Espeon but that doesn’t look to be the case with the Kanto focus. I’m going with Pikachu.

These games look adorable :grin:

Meh. X and Y got me to buy a 3DS, these aren't going to get me to buy a Switch. Hopefully the Go catch mechanisms and lack of wild Pokemon don't leak into the 2019 games.

There are wild Pokémon. Unless you mean battling wild Pokémon.

 

[Mike S]

There will be online battles and trading and you won’t need Nintendo Switch Online for it.
Game Freak's Junichi Masuda on Pokemon: Let's Go, Pikachu / Eevee, update on online - Nintendo Everything

 

[AlexanderMBush]

And they did record the press conference.

 

[Mike S]

And they did record the press conference.

And here they keep referring to it as main series but more casual.

 

[JungleSkip]

It's a gateway for kids and Go players to get into the series and the Switch before the "real" mainline game next year. I think it's a really shrewd move

 

[Magic-Man]

Wow. These games might actually get me into Pokemon.

 

[happy bunny rabbit]

As a person who gets why people enjoy the main series Pokémon games, these look awful. So many people are goin to be expecting the level of a main core game, and will be disappointed. Gosh I wish Nintendo would stop the gimmicks, but I get that’s how they survive.

 

[Mike S]

As a person who gets why people enjoy the main series Pokémon games, these look awful. So many people are goin to be expecting the level of a main core game, and will be disappointed. Gosh I wish Nintendo would stop the gimmicks, but I get that’s how they survive.

They’ve made it clear the core games are next year. These games are to bring in GO fans.

 

[happy bunny rabbit]

They’ve made it clear the core games are next year. These games are to bring in GO fans.

I get that, but main series fans have been waitin for any main series game on the Switch for ages, Nintendo is taking way too long IMO. Smash’ll prob keep Switch sales up, though, so I guess it won’t be the biggest deal.

 

[pat_naughty05]

Man, following this Pokémon conversation in two threads is exhausting. :tease:

 

[Frogki]

As the saying goes, a delayed game can eventually be good, a bad game is bad forever. I'd rather they take their time with the core series and in the meantime, this looks absolutely fun. Honestly, I feel like Nintendo actually went above and beyond expectations - we're getting two games less than a year apart, so what if the first one we get isn't a core game? I'm super excited - and you can bet that I will be getting a Pokeball plus!

 

[Mike S]

As the saying goes, a delayed game can eventually be good, a bad game is bad forever. I'd rather they take their time with the core series and in the meantime, this looks absolutely fun. Honestly, I feel like Nintendo actually went above and beyond expectations - we're getting two games less than a year apart, so what if the first one we get isn't a core game? I'm super excited - and you can bet that I will be getting a Pokeball plus!

At least in this case it’s just 1 year of waiting. Even then it’s not really a wait as next year’s release is in the typical time frame of a new generation’s debut on a new console.