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Rumors and leaks are going wild, as the minutes count down to the awaited reveal of what The Pokemon Company has in store for the future of the franchise. Whether or not you believe the "leaks" that are being passed around, it's time to hand in your hype train ticket and board, as today's Pokemon Presents is just about to begin.

It begins.

We get a retrospective on how Pokemon has evolved, and the various media that it had over the years. Even the Pokemon Mini got a shoutout.

Tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the Pokemon series.

First off is New Pokemon Snap gameplay. You can edit your photos with stickers and frames. Photos can be shared online.

Next are some events that will be held to celebrate the anniversary. There's a Gigantamax Pikachu raid in SwSh, Go will have a Kanto celebration, and Pokemon Cafe Mix will have free tickets. Pokemon Masters EX adds Leon and Charizard.

Finally, the next games.

It's a DS...Diamond and Pearl's intro screen...

Remakes confirmed! Just as the rumors said, they'll be in a chibi-fied form that emulates the sprite look of the originals, but in 3D. Battles will instead look like Sword and Shield's. Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl release Late 2021.

It's time for a new era...

It's a prequel to Diamond and Pearl, taking place in the ancient era of Sinnoh. The gameplay shows open fields where you catch Pokemon by sneaking around and throwing Pokeballs yourself. Arceus is teased at the end. This more action-based take on the franchise is called Pokemon Legends: Arceus. Releases early 2022.

The DPPt games will be "faithful remakes". ILCA is developing them, the team from Pokemon Home. Game Freak's Masuda will be involved, though. The Underground is shown, too, confirming that it'll be included.

Legends Arceus is a different take on Sinnoh, with Pokemon from other regions appearing as well. The village is your base, and your goal is to create the first Pokedex. There are normal turn-based Pokemon battles.

 

[Rafciu]

I like they kept the view like in old diamond/pearl. Characters looks... different but i can live with that.

 

[Kioku]

why are you generalizing? i never asked for anything near this lol, didn't even care for remakes. but this is plain disrespectful.


as someone who consumes basically every pokemon thing i have every right to "piss and moan" since they look like shit, and that's objectively. you cant watch those trailers and tell me they look good, my dude.
I give the Arceus one the benefit of being super early since we have more than a year to go, but the remake STYLE is fucking bad.

The remakes look fine, and pay proper homage to the originals. The open world game didn't look anywhere near as choppy as you're heavily insinuating. It's fine, you're just being a dunce about it.

 

[Physix]

y'all don't get it
they're doing ANOTHER thing people have begged for
they're bringing back the old chibi art style from the 2d games
funny how the instant you get it, something you wanted turns into something you hate

I never asked for chibi style pokemon games, even the 3d environment is meh. To be honest a simple one to one copy of D/P/P rom with switch compatibility and revived online services would have been enough for me. But yeah I guess modern gamers dont like oldschool 2d sprite artstyle anymore jeez.

A remake in X/Y/Moon/Sun game engine/environment would have been good aswell (from technical/visual point)

 

[MasterJ360]

Well.... this just means more Cynthia at Rule 34. Im probably the only oddball happy about that

 

[Kioku]

I never asked for chibi style pokemon games, even the 3d environment is meh. To be honest a simple one to one copy of D/P/P rom with switch compatibility and revived online services would have been enough for me. But yeah I guess modern games dont like oldschool 2d sprite artstyle anymore jeez.

A remake in X/Y/Moon/Sun game engine/environment would have been good aswell (from technical/visual point)

Then people would have cried about that. You can't please everyone.

 

[jomaper]

The remakes look fine, and pay proper homage to the originals. The open world game didn't look anywhere near as choppy as you're heavily insinuating. It's fine, you're just being a dunce about it.

or perhaps you're the exact reason why the biggest franchise in the world keep releasing these half baked games since they will still sell like hot bread.
look at the catching animation, literally 4 frames for chimchar, fuck off mate.

 

[limpbiz411]

the game looks fine, people complain too much.

 

[Windaga]

Well that was interesting. The Remake looks interesting - I wonder how they're going to handle the pokedex, Megas / Dynamaxing, and battle formats (though I wonder that for the entire series, moving forward.) I'm also interested in how they're dealing with the Underground, so I can't wait to see more. The art style on the overworld is certainly interesting, but the in game battles like normal so I'm cool with it all around. It might be the best option for the Switch either way. I love Pokemon Sword and Shield, but a lot of areas, like the Isle of Armor's forest, look super messy and ugly.

The Legends title also looks pretty cool! I wonder if it'll be an MMO, or if it's just a single player experience. The framerate and animations do look a little troublesome though. I wish Nintendo would just release a Switch Pro already; games like Legends, Age of Calamity, Doom, Monster Hunter Rise - they all deserve to run better than they (apparently) currently do.

 

[1B51004]

alright
i know we're all in a lot of discourse about this, some more than others.
all I'm saying once legends gets hacked and we're able to edit stuff, that's when I'll hack my switch.

 

[gamefan5]

Remakes are decent. Now, will I buy them again? Depends on the content.

As for the Pkmn Legends game, looks cool, but not enough to pique my interest. And hopefully they’ll do something about that framerate. I think it could be better,

 

[KingVamp]

Honestly, I didn't think it was going be top-down. Not that I mind either way.

 

[mangaTom]

Even if the stream was disappointing for me, at least the comments section is what I expected it to be.

 

[RobXcore]

I'm very pleased with the Pokémon Presents to be honest. Not only did they showcase the so anticipated D/P remakes, but also and finally, a game that's more appealing to the adult audience, which apparently is also open world. I really hope gen 9 takes a similar approach as Pokémon Legends: Arceus.

 

[Kioku]

I'm not-so-secretly hoping we see a Switch successor or even upgrade this year as well. I'd love to see this new title running at 60fps.

 

[jomaper]

I'm not-so-secretly hoping we see a Switch successor or even upgrade this year as well. I'd love to see this new title running at 60fps.

stop pissing and moaning, you got like 5fps dude, take it

 

[Deleted User]

The remake looked terrible, might as well play the original on the DS.
That open-world game looked okay at best and more like an Indie project and not a game coming from a multi-billion dollar company.

 

[WaffleRaccoon]

Woah this is super cool! Wonder why people aren't impressed.

 

[Big Man Tyrone2]

Diamond and Pearl remakes look okay, I'm not sure why everyone doesn't like it. It's a homage to the DS titles.

Pokémon Legends though looks really interesting. I'm just curious on how battle mechanics will work. Hopefully they fix the framerate issues as well.

 

[Plasmaster09]

Woah this is super cool! Wonder why people aren't impressed.

because they're entitled whiners constantly reinterpreting what they want so that they get to feel smugly outraged at everything, even when they've been given what they wanted five seconds ago

 

[EmanueleBGN]

Koholint Sinnoh confirmed!