Pokémon Sword and Shield announced. Coming Late 2019

[Opa-Opa]

I'm gravitating towards the Bunny.

 

[ned_ballad]

Since Sun and Moon lacked Solrock and Lunatone in their dexes, I'm going on the assumption this game will not have Aegislash in its dex

 

[cw_sasuke]

I thought it looked really good! I'm surprised some people are so disappointed.

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This was always going to happen no matter what they showed - typical first reaction.

 

[V0ltg]

Wow, it actually looks pretty good.

And thank God no open-world or removal of turn-based combat.

 

[V_ac]

Fully expecting Scorbunny to have a buff ass hell evolution. Not sure which starter I'm picking yet.

Ignoring Let's Go for everything is mostly a plus to me as well, but no option for following Pokemon is kinda lame.

 

[Umbrella Carp]

Doesn't look like an open world to me. 2d like corridors design. I hope we can visit the hills in the distance but not hoping much

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It doesn't look like you can tbh. The distant hills and forests look like cardboard cutouts beyond a game boundary

 

[ZeroX]

So many people were mad that Let's Go experimented with the series too much and wasn't like the others

Now people are mad that it's too traditional and doesn't shake things up enough

There was never an everybody wins situation here

 

[Uncle at Nintendo]

Game Freak continuing the tradition of dropping the best features of the previous game to the next one.

 

[MillionIII]

map looks linear as fuck though

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Hmm looked pretty wide to me, the shots of the mountains and fields were really good for a pokemon game

 

[Raspyberry]

Please please don't be fire fighting. It probably will be but oh well. I'm hyped. Didn't really like Sun and Moon.

 

[Batatina]

Not amazing but pretty good. Just like any other pokemon game to be honest, and I still love them. The only real disappointment is going back to random battles.

 

[Ahri]

Looks really great. Can't wait for it.
What a massive year for Nintendo this shapes up to be.

Also, Waterboi > *

 

[jorgejjvr]

so more of the same

meh

Damn, how does something like pokemon Colosseum in GC still looks better than this??

 

[Betty]

grookey is the best little lad you monster

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At least it's not Sobble.

 

[Fosko]

There you have it, sun and moon hd.

Anyone expecting more than that might be disapointed.

 

[Vampirolol]

Let's Go rocking over this as expected.

 

[Beje]

The map still looks super cramped, small and railroad-y. Best they could do was just Sun/Moon "plus"??? Blergh

 

[Moist_Owlet]

can i dress up the avatar? fashion is the most important thing in games

 

[Maxina]

Gamefreak: "Pokemon 2019 will be a traditional game for fans"

Random internet users: "wtf its the same shit"

 

[crimsonECHIDNA]

Wouldn't be the start of a pokemon gen without people overhyping the fire starter.

 

[woopWOOP]

I AM YOUR SHIELD

Region looks cool, all three starters look cute.
I'll probably go for the fire bunny, but the lizard and lemur both look good too. Curious what way they'll take the final evolutions to

 

[AnilP228]

Don't want to have a kneejerk reaction, but I'm not impressed. This was below my low expectations...
Graphics look like a Vita game, routes don't look any bigger than normal, random encounters are back, fixed camera, no sign of Pokemon following you...

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Yeah, the scale of the game has surprised me. I was hoping things felt bigger and a bit more adventurous. My biggest criticism of Sun/Moon is how tiny the entire world felt.

 

[808s & Villainy]

It's super hard for me understand how even jumping to consoles doesn't bring with it the massive leap in fidelity which that hardware should offer you. The art is great, and no doubt it looks better than predecessors, but man, always a half step forward with Nintendo.

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Well for one this isn't a Nintendo game nor is it developed by Nintendo developers in any way

 

[Egida]

Looks good. No random battles it's the only thing I'd had kept from let's Go, but, whatever.

 

[TheGamingNewsGuy]

Curious, has there been an official statement on the inspiration for the region but we all know it's the UK?

 

[V-Faction]

This guy got two out of three...except the one people wanted.

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I guarantee these were probably passed around at the GF roundtables. The new starters are probably a result of not sticking TOO close to the designs for obvious reasons.

 

[NHarmonic.]

They still can't bring back pokemon following you around, or even add more pokemon in the OW.

I mean even HG/SS did it better.

Wish GF had a major direction overhaul so we could actually have some cool stuff in these games. Even Yokai Watch looks more promising.

 

[Vidiot]

You think those hills and shit are explorable or just eye candy?

 

[Shoichi]

Got everything I was expecting which wasn't much

HD version of sun/moon. Didn't expect any drastic changes to the formula.

Sobble best one!

 

[The Cellar Letters]

Looks like an upscaled version of the 3DS game. Still gonna buy it though lol

 

[Fulminator]

Random encounters being back sucks. Such a step back from Let's Go.

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i am so so glad they kept random encounters

a nuzlocke would be so much less interesting if you could pick and choose what you got

 

[TheFireman]

Random battles, the one good thing about Let's Go, are gone again.
World looks way too empty and I don't trust GF to get the framerate working well.
The region is a straight line.
Only the fire starter looks good.

 

[B4mv]

I'm torn between the monkey and the bunny :(

I don't understand people who aren't hyped for this, I think it looks amazing. A massive leap over Sun/Moon which didn't hold my attention longer than a few hours.

 

[Masagiwa]

"ItS gOinG tO bE lIkE BoTw"

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Who said this haha? It looks pretty much as I expected nothing too crazy or too out there.

 

[Mashy]

none of the rumors seemed true, other than perhaps the setting based on England.

looks pretty safe and conversative to me. it's also only 7 minutes, so we'll see at E3.

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Might have changed names last min but its likely that hints about an England setting was the only thing that was true.

 

[NotLiquid]

Quite honestly, it looks like a Pokémon game. I don't know why people expected anything else.

The settings in this game look really gorgeous. I like what they're going with.

 

[Champion]

DAMN YOU MASUDA

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[Deleted member 33082]

lol

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Same camera, random encounters, etc. Of course the graphics are better.

 

[Raza]

Yep. I'll get it day 1. I really love the idea of playing Pokemon at home on a big TV and I like the style and graphics they chose. I do wish we could see the Pokemon on the overworld, but overall this looks pretty great, if not a bit safe.

 

[Cronogear]

I hope you're not saying it looks like USUM...

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It really does though.

Obviously in HD with better textures and lighting, but art direction, character movement, and gameplay all look very similar.

 

[Deku_o4a]

I think, I will end up liking this less than Let's Go just because random encounters are back.
The world looks good, the fixed camera not so much.
I'm a bit disappointed honestly.

 

[GamerJM]

The overworld looks fantastic, the starters look great but a bit derivative. Don't mind the lack of series changes. Only thing that bothered me was the music. Idk if it was the stream quality or what but it sounded like ass.

 

[Comic Obsessed]

Well, I have mixed thoughts about this.

Is not the graphical upgrade I was hoping for but I guess is understandable since they try to make the 3D exploration more important but at the same time it seems like they dropped the visible Pokémon from Let's Go which is disappointing.

But the starters look fine and I might be willing to try this anyway.

 

[Karu]

The one thing that has me worried is the world map. Looks like a straight path up.

 

[Deleted member 2145]

the new region looks amazing though

but random fucking encounters after Let's Go lmao

 

[Deleted member 202]

Third version: Pokémon Armor?

 

[Deleted member 38573]

free camera was like the bare minimum................

 

[Yukinari]

This looks far better than what I thought it would. I'm especially happy that they aren't including let's go features such as overworld encounters.

I'm really excited now!

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I feel like overworld pokemon was the one thing people praised even if they didnt enjoy LGP. Its very game freak to cut a feature that would be worth revisiting.

 

[--R]

Direct feed trailer.

 

[King Alamat]

I think this will be the first generation I don't pick the grass starter. Grookey just doesn't appeal to me and Sobble looks too much like a Chao.