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bobandbill May 15th, 2018 7:56 AM

UNCONFIRMED: Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu, Eevee next titles
 
STILL A RUMOUR Made the article based on the weight of the (independetly made!) rumours and reputable sites, e.g. Serebii.net, acknowledging said rumours.

My personal feeling - legit, spinoff title and not gen 8.

Personal wishlist - not a remake of Yellow or whatnot and has good postgame, like say revisiting Johto and battle facilities/better online than SM/USUM. :V

L'Belle May 15th, 2018 7:59 AM

I really hope this isn't true. Bringing Pokémon Go mechanics in other games would be awful to me.

strangerhypno May 15th, 2018 8:05 AM

Ew.

Blue_Pigeon May 15th, 2018 8:19 AM

Oh dear.

If this is true, then I hope Gamefreak is ready for a backlash greater than the Ultra Sun and Moon fiasco. Even as a spin off it feels off to me. Hopefully this is just rumour (or information about a spin off way in the future after the mainline switch games).

HeroLinik May 15th, 2018 8:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by L'Belle (Post 9876858)
I really hope this isn't true. Bringing Pokémon Go mechanics in other games would be awful to me.

Seconded, there was a reason they canned that during SM development. If they do end up adding waggle controls, I really hope that they give us an option to disable it because I don't wanna break my arm throwing balls at a legendary.

As for the game itself, I have a really interesting feeling that this is going to be a Kanto reboot. I've said this before, but Kanto on its own has not aged very well, with FRLG as the most recent games with Kanto as the focus (HGSS was there, but Kanto wasn't the focus, and RBY VC are just emulations). If they go down that route, they really need to make the region stand out because it's a pretty bland region as it is, with nothing much like Mt. Chimney in Hoenn and Route 217 in Sinnoh. Maybe it could be kind of distant sequel, where well-known landmarks have been changed drastically and new locations have sprung up - that'll definitely breathe new life into an otherwise outdated region. And please, bring back the Sevii Islands, or at least attach Johto - Kanto can't stand on its own.

Resolve May 15th, 2018 8:40 AM

not another bland/10 pls

Palamon May 15th, 2018 8:58 AM

Sounds fake af tbh

Ducolamia May 15th, 2018 9:00 AM

If this is true, then it's possible that this game is legitimately a spinoff. Which...is weird. Maybe a side game to keep people busy until gen 8 comes out? Though I'd have to wonder why you'd want to start your new game in an old region that's pretty bland. They would really have to do something really and I mean really special in order to gain my attention. Especially when this game is going to cost $60 and their are going to be 2 versions.

On the other hand this could be a good sign, meaning they're actually taking their time in making gen 8 good. I don't know about you guys but USUM left a sour taste in my mouth. So I really hope that if they do release a remake, they make it decent. And I hope they take their time to make the next gen better.

Sabrewulf238 May 15th, 2018 9:23 AM

Eh not really feeling this idea at all.

After not finishing Ultra Sun, if this is true I might just give it a pass.

(Also I feel like they missed the boat on adding Pokemon Go compatibility in the main series, Go isn't nearly as popular now as it was a year or two ago)

L'Belle May 15th, 2018 9:58 AM

Also, this doesn't seem particularly believeable.

thedestinedblade May 15th, 2018 10:02 AM

A re-imaging of Yellow does not get me excited at all. A spin-off seems like an odd way to introduce your star franchise on a new console. Is Gamefreak developing this? Because they don't develop spin-offs, only main games.

Please be false! This killed my excitement immediately, lol.

colours May 15th, 2018 10:08 AM

The thing is, it's not a bad thing that these titles have us revisiting Kanto or whatever for the 100th time. It's just how they structure Kanto that really matters here. What time period is this going to take place in? How is Kanto going to be different (assuming it's going to be different at all)? These questions matter big time; if it's just the same ol' Kanto thats present in first gen and in FRLG, then I can't see this being a super convincing sell to people.

Pokemon GO mechanics are pretty much going to be hit or miss with people. If you don't/rarely play Go, you're not going to find this interesting or appealing. For those that do play Go, they might see the integration as a wise move. Either way though, it's not Go ported on the Switch, so it's not like your Switch is going to be your new phone or whatever and you have to use it to catch Pokemon, lol.

It seems rather likely, however, that Go may be integrated into the main series games. Why wouldn't Nintendo and Game Freak milk Go for all its popularity? Sure, you can make the argument that Go is less popular, but less popular does not mean dead, and Go still has a fair share of people playing it.

Mawa May 15th, 2018 10:10 AM

A remake of Yellow... Not what I wish for, but not the worst thing they could do...

However, adding Pokemon Go mechanics, THAT'S one of the worst thing they can do. I did not hate Pokemon Go, but it is not a main Pokemon game... It can't be...

Nah May 15th, 2018 11:35 AM

I'm just gonna wait and see what comes in the coming days. Still too little confirmed information for me to bother to start forming thoughts about it.

Though I agree with Angie that another game set in Kanto is not necessarily an automatically bad thing, it depends on how they do it.

strangerhypno May 15th, 2018 12:47 PM

Another obviously greedy move by GF to revisit Kanto for nostalgia and to connect to the fad mobile game.

Hiatus May 15th, 2018 2:37 PM

Please keep GO and main series separate entities.

bobandbill May 15th, 2018 7:10 PM

I think there's little reason to worry about GO things atm. Connectivity can be as simple as 'you can transfer Pokemon from GO into the games', and there's unused data in SM/USUM for noting a Pokemon has come from GO (plus this was talked about at E3 2016).

Reminder too that the Switch is both a handheld and home console; can't swipe on the screen GO-style when it's docked.

I did note that one rumour mentioned Pokemon following you is a returning feature. I would be very happy with that... and it would give more meaning to all those walking/running animations that exist for every Pokemon in gen 7 too that are largely unused. Atm they only feature for Pokemon in the overworld in USUM, and Pokemon in the Poke Finder spots.

Kyrul May 15th, 2018 9:19 PM

Well, that's a buzz kill. I don't think we have to worry about the Go implementation, It'll probably be something like the Pokewalker with HGSS, a neat little feature for those who use it, but not necessary for the games.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire May 15th, 2018 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeroLinik (Post 9876868)
Seconded, there was a reason they canned that during SM development. If they do end up adding waggle controls, I really hope that they give us an option to disable it because I don't wanna break my arm throwing balls at a legendary.

As for the game itself, I have a really interesting feeling that this is going to be a Kanto reboot. I've said this before, but Kanto on its own has not aged very well, with FRLG as the most recent games with Kanto as the focus (HGSS was there, but Kanto wasn't the focus, and RBY VC are just emulations). If they go down that route, they really need to make the region stand out because it's a pretty bland region as it is, with nothing much like Mt. Chimney in Hoenn and Route 217 in Sinnoh. Maybe it could be kind of distant sequel, where well-known landmarks have been changed drastically and new locations have sprung up - that'll definitely breathe new life into an otherwise outdated region. And please, bring back the Sevii Islands, or at least attach Johto - Kanto can't stand on its own.

The reason they canned it was due to technological issues. They apparently couldn't figure out how to link up Go with the Gen VII games...

Anyway, seems a lot of people are in denial about these being the Gen 8 games. If the titles are true, then I bet that these are the Gen 8 games. They haven't made paired spin-offs since the original Mystery Dungeon. Plus, GF appear to be involved in this as Masuda has been providing hints toward it and told fans who don't yet own a Switch to go buy one... And GF as we all know, GF usually doesn't advertise spin-offs...

Starry Windy May 15th, 2018 10:49 PM

Even though I'd like to take these titles as the grain of salt, I'm also intrigued by supposed titles like Let's Go! Pikachu/Eevee which somehow have some nice feel for me. This may be the kind of games that I'm interested at if this is real, but I'm also concerned at supposed Pokémon GO integration. I hope this would mean the 'mons that are caught in GO can be transferred to the game or something.

HeroLinik May 16th, 2018 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire (Post 9877099)
Anyway, seems a lot of people are in denial about these being the Gen 8 games.

Yeah, same here. Personally, I feel that now is way too soon to be announcing a new generation, even though USUM has been out for a fair while and lots of people are getting bored of it and moving to other games. What I think this is, is a paired spinoff that is designed to persuade fans to get at Switch and tide them over while they're developing the actual Gen VIII title.

While it may seem outlandish, as you stated, the last time they did a paired spinoff was with PMD2 (Time and Darkness), and with GF almost never having involvement with spinoffs, it could be that this is the first time they're actually getting involved, to give people an idea of what the Gen VIII title will be. The whole "persuade fans to get new system to tide them over while they wait for new release" has been done before by the big N themselves, and a glaring example of this would be the releases of Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD, for Breath of the Wild. This also was kinda done with GF themselves as well, with Pokemon Dream Radar designed to get people ready for XY by forcing people to get a 3DS.

The other thing is that I'm almost absolutely certain that the Switch game is going to drop next year, with an announcement to come at the start of it. This may sound like a weird theory, but the reason I feel this is the case is because of the legendary dump they gave us in USUM. Surely they should give a rhyme and reason as to why they had to dump every legendary on us, right? Well, they can't just do it for the sake of it and not let us actually use them competitively. ORAS let us do that with VGC16, and by principle, USUM should do the same next year. Give every mon a chance, for once!

LusoTrainer May 16th, 2018 12:16 AM

I could see the logic and potential of remaking or reimagining Red/Green/Blue, but Yellow?! Seriously?! Yikes...

Yotes May 16th, 2018 2:06 AM

Anything as ambitious as a Yellow remake gets tossed out the realm of possibility for me. Looks like a simple spinoff featuring Pokemon's 2 most marketable characters. Could be about anything.

And after Detective Pikachu, I mean ANYTHING...

L'Belle May 16th, 2018 3:47 AM

So apparently Domains for these names have been claimed?! Presumably by the same company that claimed the name for Sun and Moon? This worries me.

pkmin3033 May 16th, 2018 3:56 AM

Can't be any worse than Gen VII, surely.

Either way, I can't see these as proper Gen VIII titles - if nothing else, the naming is wrong. We already have a Switch spinoff in Pokken (even if that is a re-release) so another one dropping before proper core series titles isn't that farfetched an idea.


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