Pokémon Presents February 26th - Diamond & Pearl remakes, Pokémon Legends Arceus (open world RPG)



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.
 

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No disappointments to be found, it was a fantastic presents! We finally got the Sinnoh remakes and they look incredible and very true to the original games. We also got another mainline game for next year which is also in Sinnoh with open world mechanics, Hype train has finally arrived!
 

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It's really weird seeing such a harsh reaction towards the D/P remake's art-style, I figured most folks that played it in the past would have wanted to see it remade visually similar to the original.
I do like the art style - it's similar to Link's Awakening or A Link Between Worlds - but it NEEDS more snow.
Platinum had snow patches in Twinleaf, and this remake could've extended that to Route 201 too, along with Verity Lakefront.

That Legends game, though...brings back major Breath of the Wild vibes, stylistically, which isn't a good thing.
 

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I think I'm in the minority but I was bummed to see Pokémon drop the chibi art style- it had so much charm to it. I'm glad to see it back but the graphics in general look unfinished as if what ever retarded game engine they're still using is still not optimized for the switch.

Pokémon legends just looks like its being run by a potato. That frame rate makes my eyes bleed
 

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Is the video for anybody else laggy? The music plays, but the picture only changes all few seconds. On YT it works.

hmm
I just REALLY hope that they will not use the trashy catching mechanics of "Let´s Go".

A real open world Pokemon would be beautiful.
 

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I would've loved an actual Platinum remake, since that improved on pretty much every issue DP had - Surf speed was increased from walking to running speed, a decent amount of Fire-types were added to the regional Dex (so Flint could have an actual themed team), Distortion World, Battle Frontier, introducing Rotom formes and Shaymin Sky forme, VS Recorder, earlier Cyrus appearances including a new battle in Celestic Town Ruins...that Wi-Fi room not many people could experience due to the DS not supporting anything better than WEP...

Why did you choose the inferior games, guys? Why?

Just please don't make it worse by removing stuff again...
 

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Diamonds and pearl are by default great games, this " remakes" looks awful I don't care if people are blind as fuck, we waited for 14 years it was the most waited generation remakes and they totally ruined it, THANKS.
 

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one thing that amazed me is that it's open world and kinda feels like BoTW.
im guessing they will show us more mechanics throughout the year but it seems in the trailer you can catch Pokemon without battling? Maybe player movement spectrum is wider like rolling and crouching. You can rotate the camera too it seems.
I'd love it if they made the Pokeball controller as an optional way to play. (Not forced, just optional. A single Joy-con would be cool too, just like the Let's GO! games.)

Diamonds and pearl are by default great games, this " remakes" looks awful I don't care if people are blind as fuck, we waited for 14 years it was the most waited generation remakes and they totally ruined it, THANKS.
Nah fam, they tried to keep it "in the feel of" the DS version, graphically. Just like they did with the OR/AS remakes, and they did the same with the HG/SS remakes. Kept the graphics close in style to the originals. I prefer it this way.

NOT PLATINUM

DAMN IT YOU FOOLS

...What, is it "too hard" to redo the Distortion World? What about the Battle Frontier, and the VS Recorder?
Maybe they'll sell us back the Platinum stuff as a $20 DLC pack. I'd be down for that. Give us a New Game+ mode with the Platinum stuff as an option. And maybe a new difficulty for seasoned veterans. I'm kind of shocked they haven't added in randomizers and stuff that fans have been doing mods of for years.
 
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i appreciate them trying something new, but i dont think the stubby toy overworld look is going to do well on the switch.

also, i really hope they don't believe that 20fps is a design choice... like, why was that footage dropping so many frames?
 

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"I don't want Diamond/pearl remakes" "then why did you ask for them"
Exactly, people set their expectations too high. I think they're perfect as they showed them.
 

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