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Announced officially by the Pokemon Company in Japan. Launches November 16 of this year. It takes players back to Kanto, it's based on Pokemon Yellow. Switch exclusive.

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You can choose between Eevee or Pikachu, and they'll ride on your head, just like the rumors.

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You can swing the Joy-Con to catch Pokemon, similarly to how you do in Pokemon Go.
Has local multiplayer features.
You can take the Pokeball accessory with you like the Pokewalker.
You can ride on Pokemon like Onix.
Has Pokemon Go transfers.

 

[Xzi]

As far as leveling per catch, it will likely be distributed to all your party at once. However in GO, catching pokes doesn't really give much XP, like the first catch of the day gives a tad, and catches give a tiny amount, but real XP is from raiding and gyms.

At level 25, I need 190k XP, and I get 100-250 for catching Pokemon depending on the throw. It really isn't worth it, to catch for XP at higher levels in go. I bet the same will apply to this game, catching may give a decent early level boost, but as you get high in levels battling is needed.

I haven't played GO since the summer of launch, has it improved at all? I had two big issues with the game: lack of distribution of Pokemon in rural/wild areas, and gym battles were pointless tap fests which involved no skill. Gyms would trade ownership a thousand times a day when the game was popular.

 

[pedro702]

I haven't played GO since the summer of launch, has it improved at all? I had two big issues with the game: lack of distribution of Pokemon in rural/wild areas, and gym battles were pointless tap fests which involved no skill.

battling is still the same lol not sure about pokemon distribution tough.

 

[DeletedMember411838]

I haven't played GO since the summer of launch, has it improved at all? I had two big issues with the game: lack of distribution of Pokemon in rural/wild areas, and gym battles were pointless tap fests which involved no skill. Gyms would trade ownership a thousand times a day when the game was popular.

Ehh I'm with you, played when it was popular went hard, caught most the 150, and quit. Came back to go when the leaks said you could trade across.

The gyms are still pretty bad lol, the raids use the same idea, with a bunch of people, and beating really hard mons alot of the time at least near me, kind of fun.

The Pokemon variety has increased alot in my experience, I am on the Mew questline and need to catch a ditto, so I been looking for commons that can be ditto (Pidgey, Rattata, Hoot Hoot, ECT) and can't find them lol, use to be all I find is Pidgey and Rattata, not anymore.

I still see quite a few of the same, but the rotation of the same is much bigger, and I see alot more rarer stuff then I use to. I also live in a small town, about 7k people, but there is 3 towns with us in the middle, so the whole metro area is like 30k across the 3.

(May not be small to some lol, I grew up in Pheonix Arizona, so it's small to me .)

 

[subcon959]

Why didn't they release the core game this year and this kiddie one next year instead :/

 

[Xzi]

Why didn't they release the core game this year and this kiddie one next year instead :/

I don't think they really had anything "new" ready, so this was a stop-gap using the 3DS engine. It also makes sense to get this out during summer/early fall when people will still want to go outside.

 

[Skylinedeadline]

Why didn't they release the core game this year and this kiddie one next year instead :/

Maybe to draw in more casual players to hopefully buy the core game when it's out or because they're still working on it and need a lot more time. I mean if people buy this lite game they're probably more likely to check the core game no? I just hope the go gimmicks won't come into the future main games.

 

[VitaType]

Why didn't they release the core game this year and this kiddie one next year instead :/

Because this way around you're more likely to buy both. You want your Pokémon fix and regardless of if you need a Pokémon fix (or just replay the last entry you bought a second time) you buy the game of the new gen because it's a whole new gen.

 

[subcon959]

Well, as long as they are completely unrelated projects and this release doesn't actually turn out to be a lite version stop gap.

 

[KingVamp]

Making the core or traditional Pokemon game next year, gives them more time to work on it.

If the CEO of The Pokemon Company says it's a mainline title then it's a mainline title. (Which is what happened here)

The point is, wording aside, the are clearly making a distinction between this title and the title that is coming next year. They didn't feel the need to make such a distinction with the other main titles.


Speaking of wording, “core series” and "main series" may also have distinction now, but I'm not sure.

 

[DeletedMember411838]

Making the core or traditional Pokemon game next year, gives them more time to work on it.


The point is, wording aside, the are clearly making a distinction between this title and the title that is coming next year. They didn't feel the need to make such a distinction with the other main titles.


Speaking of wording, “core series” and "main series" may also have distinction now, but I'm not sure.

Well of course they made a distinction, they changed the formula and they need to cover bases.

So here is what happens next, this game comes out and people buy it.

If the game sells well, very well, then you can expect a Gen 8 Go Intergrated title. If the game sells terribly, then we can expect the old formula to return.

They had to try something. If we look at sales, we see Gen 1, with 60million sales, then we see Sun / Moon with 24m sales, if we look down the line it is a steady but sure sales decline (with the Exception of X/Y).

Pokemon had to make a change, and try to get fresh meat in, but they had to be careful, they had to do it in a way that doesn't destroy their existing fan base. This game is a test, they are not sure how it will work out, and the only way to know is try. All they know is Go was a sensation, and they seen the light.

So mark my words, if Let's Go beats Sun and Moon in sales, this will be the future. They are a business, a few peoples wants are irrelevant to them. Speak with sales, if you don't want this to be the future, do not buy it.

If there is online, then that's a test too. I know they said VGC will stay on 3ds, sales can change that. I know it's the 151, DLC can change that. Maybe they are paying attention and thinking hmm, we have always been the smart ones, by selling multiple copies. What if we can sell multiple copies, and then for each copy a 30 dollar DLC or 3, of which is game specific, so you will need the DLCs for each version you buy.

 

[KingVamp]

So mark my words, if Let's Go beats Sun and Moon in sales, this will be the future. They are a business, a few peoples wants are irrelevant to them. Speak with sales, if you don't want this to be the future, do not buy it.

Or they can simply just have two different series, so they aren't needlessly alienating one fanbase for another. Not like we don't have other Pokemon games that are clearly spinoffs.

 

[DeletedMember411838]

Or they can simply just have two different series, so they aren't needlessly alienating one fanbase for another. Not like we don't have other Pokemon games that are clearly spinoffs.

Not the same thing, then they are alienating the bigger audience, if this game sells 40 million copies, why would you release gen 8, in the same fashion as gen 7 when it sold 24m? You wouldn't that is not a good business move.

I know people are afraid of change, everyone is it's okay, they don't care, if it sells well that will be the future. They are in a business to make money, and your feelings of alieanation are ireelvant to that.

 

[pedro702]

I don't think they really had anything "new" ready, so this was a stop-gap using the 3DS engine. It also makes sense to get this out during summer/early fall when people will still want to go outside.

afaik its coming out november 16...

 

[Xzi]

Not the same thing, then they are alienating the bigger audience, if this game sells 40 million copies, why would you release gen 8, in the same fashion as gen 7 when it sold 24m? You wouldn't that is not a good business move.

I know people are afraid of change, everyone is it's okay, they don't care, if it sells well that will be the future. They are in a business to make money, and your feelings of alieanation are ireelvant to that.

There's little chance 24 million Switches will have been sold by the time this releases. There's no chance that 40 million Switches will have been sold by then.

afaik its coming out november 16...

Oh my bad, I thought it said September. Yeah, the release timing for this is pretty iffy in that case, but I guess that is summer for a few countries.

 

[pedro702]

Or they can simply just have two different series, so they aren't needlessly alienating one fanbase for another. Not like we don't have other Pokemon games that are clearly spinoffs.

Not the same thing, then they are alienating the bigger audience, if this game sells 40 million copies, why would you release gen 8, in the same fashion as gen 7 when it sold 24m? You wouldn't that is not a good business move.

I know people are afraid of change, everyone is it's okay, they don't care, if it sells well that will be the future. They are in a business to make money, and your feelings of alieanation are ireelvant to that.

pokemon got alot of diferent series going besides main series even tough they woudnt sell as much some bigger names are

pokemon mystery dungeon series it has 5 diferent games
pokemon rumble 4 games
pokemon ranger 3 games
poke park 2 games


so yeah there is no reason why not to continue to do main pokemon games and then continue the lets go series too, for instance this one is gen 1, next lets go would be lets go based on crystal and called lets go suicune and lets go raikou for isntance, then 3rd gen would be lets go emerald based and so on.

 

[shadow1w2]

I just want the dumb poke ball plus thing but the game's price is, way high for what is assumed to be a casual spin off.
Still looks fun for family though and any connectivity to Pokemon go, heck any gameplay additions to that are welcome since it well, lacks a lot of gameplay.
Fingers crossed four moves and proper turn based battles move to Pokemon Go as well.
Only thing I dislike the most (sides the 60 dollar price, yikes, amazon pre-order price btw) is that battles with wild pokemon are well, there are no battles with them.
You still jsut throw a ball at it, kind of takes a bit of strategy and fun from the game but eh, in the mobile game its to speed things up but here, I dunno, I hope they do more with it than they show.
While I hate the price, I kinda want it anyway.....
Imagine having six poke ball pluses and using them in a tournament with a hologram arena setup.
This.... this has to happen.
The claim the next pokemon game will use it and seeing this as a casual focused game I'm hopeful we'll see more hardcore gamer stuff in the next pokemon game.
Though I kinda hope all these games will connect together somehow.

 

[WhiteMaze]

Aaaaaaaaaaaand it's horrible.

 

[Xzi]

I just want the dumb poke ball plus thing but the game's price is, way high for what is assumed to be a casual spin off.

I mean, it is a Yellow remake, I expect about the same amount of content as Sun/Moon. The GO catching mechanic can be considered an extra time-waster like all that pointless exposition was in Sun/Moon.

 

[Jacklack3]

Yeeeah I'm not really looking forward to that. The local multiplayer thing is neat, good addition IMO (and I hope it's also online, I only skimmed the trailer but I didn't see anything about it), the rest of it really turns me off. I don't want fucking Pokemon Go mechanics in my Pokemon game, thanks.

I think the Pokemon GO thing is cool but I hope that it's not a "core feature" and rather just something to get you playing Pokemon GO again.

 

[HoTsHoTz79]

Even if it is a remake of Yellow, they probably want all the 'new' players to Pokemon to hop on Nintendo Switch.
A lot of people played Pokemon Go only because everyone else was playing it.