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Pokémon Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu (Switch) announced; coming Nov 16th 2018

Which will you throw in the PC Storage first?

  • Pikachu

    Votes: 590 16.2%

  • Eevee

    Votes: 571 15.7%

  • Your hopes and dreams

    Votes: 2,083 57.4%

  • Jmon

    Votes: 387 10.7%
  • Total voters
    3,631
JonnyTorso

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Reactions here are a little crazy. The fully fledged Pokémon game has to be coming out next year.

As for this, my fiance and I still play Pokémon go. It's a nice little bonus to going on walks or meandering on the weekends. She saw the trailer and said we needed to get it once she saw there was multi-player. It probably won't scratch that classic Pokémon itch, but I'm still excited to play it as a Go fan.,
 
Protome

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Redstreak said:
Apparently wondering why so much effort is given to service players who actively dislike 6/7ths of an entire franchise makes one entitled now
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It's largely because it's a baseless claim that stems from the misconception that to like the first couple of gens you need to hate/not played the later ones.
 
Admiral Woofington

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I didn't have expectations, and it still managed to be lower than I was expecting.

I mean, I'll buy it. But I'm not particularly hyped for it. God I'm so easy.
 
Adhrast

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As an European I woke up this morning to the trailer and 20+ pages on this thread (i use the 100 posts per page setting).
At first I didn't know what to think. Then I watched the trailer again and was hyped af.
This game looks great, better than USUM and I really dig the artstyle.
Yes, it's only Kanto region and Kanto Pokémon but nothing stops them to add more Pokémon and regions via patches or DLCs.
You can ride Pokémon and finally have them following you.
NO RANDOM BATTLES, this is beyond awesome.

Then, at work I further examined the trailer with my friend and avid Pokémon fan colleague and some things started to make more sense:
while catching Pokémon you can see both their CP (à la PoGo) and their level, which means it's not full-on Go.
Also, on the battle scene you can clearly see an exp bar below the health bar, as well as the familiar 4-moves and lvl number next to the Pokémon names.
Then, we have the Help command in the catching scene. It would be highly unlikely that that menu is for tutorials, I think it means you can choose to either catch the Pokémon like you do in Go, or use your team to fight it and weaken it, which will definitely handy while trying to catch legendaries.

All in all, I'm not worried about this, we still know next to nothing and there's already a lot to be excited about imho.
 
Zacmortar

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Protome said:
Are they doing that? I've always seen much more "Genwunners are ruining pokemon" posts on here than anything. This thread is a testament to that.
Y'all need to calm the fuck down and stop being so goddamn entitled that they could dare to make a pokemon game that isn't directly for you.


You need to calm down and grow up. Nothing about my post was "playing the victim" if you want to keep crying about minor issues in a game series you claim to like, go for it.
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Because this is the one place where there's a bunch of reasonable adults who arent blinded by their childhood and can either realize they like the series or dont. If you only like the first entry of a 14 entry franchise, youre not a fan. AND HOLY SHIT AT THAT SECOND SENTENCE. Its jaw dropping how astonishing that hypocrisy is.

And lmao for one, I am calm. You can't read peoples attitudes through text. For two, get down of that horse, youre not more grown than someone you disagree with just because you think you're somehow more right than they are.
 

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Again...i hope GF is working seriously in the balance of this game even with only 151 pkm.

But i should not expect new attacks, types or stat changes for classic pkm that were introduced in later games.

Gen 1 was stupidly unbalanced even for a "newcomer" like me that stopped playing at Golf/Silver, that Alakazam killing everyone till the end if the game was...odd.
 

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I'm thrilled for this game, but I'm cautious. I don't mind that it's gen one. I actually love that it is. I don't mind the Go catching mechanic because that's the one thing I liked about Go.

The lack of battling wild Pokémon is something I'll get used to. All they ever were there for was to grind and catch anyway.

My only concern is how much of the RPG elements they strip away. If the core is intact where I can build up a team, battle trainers, and battle against other players then I am fine with the way this game is being handled. If it's not a RPG then I'm out. Time will tell.
 

marcbret87

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BloodshotX said:
Dont really have time to read almost a 100 pages, so can anyone recap?

Basically what i get from the first view pages is that its pretty much a stop gap pokemon game? with gen8 coming in 2019?

Also please tell me i can play lets go with my pro controller (pretty please : ) )
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It seems this is indeed a stop-gap game. We still need more information, but it does seem like a Gen-1 remake with some Pokemon Go stuff tacked onto it. My guess is that you will be able to play the game as a fairly traditional Pokemon experience if you want to. And yes, Gen-8 is coming 2019, I am guessing they just wanted a Pokemon game this year on Switch to keep the console's momentum going.
 
Conor419

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Idk why the 'genwun grrr' people are angry.

Nintendo could have very well announced today that Let's Go: Pikachu/Eevee would be mainline-esque reboots, and that we wouldn't get a proper generation 8 game until 2020 earliest, and everyone would have thought that this would have been perfectly reasonable given the costs associated with the transition to developing a mainline Pokemon game on a HD system.

Instead, we get a really fun looking game that connects with Pokemon Go this year, and an official announcement of a mainline Pokemon for 2019.

Literally could not have asked for a better scenario.
 
purseowner

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So is this thing going to have much of a plot, given how much real-world integration stuff is now in?

We see Team Rocket stuff in the trailer, but I fear this may be even more bare-bones than your average Pokemon game in terms of forward momentum.
 
Łazy

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Zacmortar said:
Genwunners sure felt entitled to the series for decades, and it's actively started to affect and ruin the series.
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Nice generalisation. I remember playing the first generation and liking it, but skipping a good part of what came after a point (I think gen 2 was fine) as it got tedious for me when trying new versions here and there.
I'm happy with that Let's go as it has only the most important features of pokemon and local COOP.

I mean I'm glad people can get their 2019 pokemon, why can't lot's of them understand that Let's go might actually be very appealing and interesting for different reasons.
And certainly not just "casual trash".

We focus on different things.
I love RPG with extremely complex systems but I prefer pokemon as it's shown in Let's Go. Straight to the point, focusing on trainers battles more than thousand of randoms.
Feels like no pokemon titles especially needs the rando battles to me.
The strategy lies in the player vs trainer/player part, if you see what I mean.
 
zoukka

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I am a consumer, I dont care about them running a bussiness, I care about my enjoyment of the game which is what every consumer should do.
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This is a personal opinion and you are completely entitled to it!

eonden said:
Their focus on grabbing nostalgic bites of people that left the franchise after gen 1 and will not stay unless they are the main focus is also not a growing factor in the long term as it will just create a toxic relationship where you will end up suffering much more heavy franchise fatigue as the focus is always on the same set of pokemon.
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This is business strategy analysis and in my opinion you are completely wrong. There is a real need for "soft reboots" every now and then when a series bloats to the point where Pokemon is (over 800 designs!).
 

Juj

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I'm like: cool yeah a new Pokémon. But also: why the fuck didn't you get creative for a
bit and do something new, like a third person open world kinda thing, would sell fucking trillions game freak arghhhh
 
Noppie

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Scrawnton said:
I'm thrilled for this game, but I'm cautious. I don't mind that it's gen one. I actually love that it is. I don't mind the Go catching mechanic because that's the one thing I liked about Go.

The lack of battling wild Pokémon is something I'll get used to. All they ever were there for was to grind and catch anyway.

My only concern is how much of the RPG elements they strip away. If the core is intact where I can build up a team, battle trainers, and battle against other players then I am fine with the way this game is being handled. If it's not a RPG then I'm out. Time will tell.
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We know you can build a team, battle trainers and battle online against players. So, you know, get hyped.
 
Zedark

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WrenchNinja said:
Catering to people who couldn't care less about the series for 18 years, surely this will win them over and make them longtime customers
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I mean, there are 800 million people who played Pokémon Go, so there's potentially a very large base beyond the people who have only played gen 1 to convert to mainline pokémon games. This game is clearly their attempt to ease those players into the franchise. I think it's quite logical that they would try to reach out to that massive Go userbase, since even converting a couple million people to the main franchise is a huge boon for them.

They also are considering their current loyal fanbase by making it clear that a new generation game is coming next year for those who don't like the simplified mechanics of Let's Go.
 
Sander VF

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Redstreak said:
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Probably because the wider audience that is familiar and nostalgic for Gen 1 aren't the same people who get into dumbass arguments about how new designs are crap on 4chan or whatever.

That you can't seperate some lapsed Pokemon fans from hardcore forum warriors whom the "genwunner" is really weird.
 
Benzychenz

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Zacmortar said:
Because this is the one place where there's a bunch of reasonable adults who arent blinded by their childhood and can either realize they like the series or dont. If you only like the first entry of a 14 entry franchise, youre not a fan. AND HOLY SHIT AT THAT SECOND SENTENCE. Its jaw dropping how astonishing that hypocrisy is.

And lmao for one, I am calm. You can't read peoples attitudes through text. For two, get down of that horse, youre not more grown than someone you disagree with just because you think you're somehow more right than they are.
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You're talking about reasonable adults and yet your posts here sound like they're coming from a whiny entitled child.
 
MondoMega

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SuperBlank said:
They trigger the GO style catching mechanic, not a typical Pokemon battle. Those seem to be exclusive to trainers.
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I think I know what he's talking about. In the trailer we see that trainers still stand behind their Pokemon in battle (like in Gen 7).
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But in some other shots in the trailer (just a few seconds later) the trainers are nowhere to be seen.
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There's probably some reason behind it, but if you didn't know any better you would probably just assume that these are wild Pokemon battles.
 
Llyrwenne

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I absolutely adore this.

Wild Pokémon in the overworld, riding Pokémon (Flying around on Charizard!), local Co-Op, Pokémon Go catch mechanics, nice graphics, customization for your main buddies, battles still turn-based as traditional, etc.

The only thing I'm mixed on is no more wild Pokémon battles - but it is something I won't miss as it was mostly just busywork to me. I also suspect that you will still need to fight and beat legendary Pokémon before catching them - like Raids in Pokémon Go.

I never played Pokémon for competition, challenge, or complexity, and even if I did, I'd find it hard to get upset at this game as they confirmed that they are working on a traditional / 'core' title as well.

I'm in.

Let's Go!
 
Zacmortar

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Nice generalisation. I remember playing the first generation and liking it, but skipping a good part of what came after a point (I think gen 2 was fine) as it got tedious for me when trying new versions here and there.
I'm happy with that Let's go as it has only the most important features of pokemon and local COOP.

I mean I'm glad people can get their 2019 pokemon, why can't lot's of them understand that Let's go might actually be very appealing and interesting for different reasons.
And certainly not just "casual trash".

We focus on different things.
I love RPG with extremely complex systems but I prefer pokemon as it's shown in Let's Go. Straight to the point, focusing on trainers battles more than thousand of randoms.
Feels like no pokemon titles especially needs the rando battles to me.
The strategy lies in the player vs trainer/player part, if you see what I mean.
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Dude, genwunner has always had a negative connotation, and has always had the same definition. If you are offended by that and identify with the label, then you are the problem im referring to. Im not even gonna read the rest of the post after the first two words lol
 
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Looking at the "wild Encounter UI" there will be more to wild Encounters than just the throw mechanic. Maybe help is even calling a pokemon for battle to weaken the wild one.

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Let's hope that after this game we'll finally leave Kanto behind us.
Ah, who am I kidding. They'll still pander to gen 1 while ignoring the other regions and games.
 

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marcbret87 said:
It seems this is indeed a stop-gap game. We still need more information, but it does seem like a Gen-1 remake with some Pokemon Go stuff tacked onto it. My guess is that you will be able to play the game as a fairly traditional Pokemon experience if you want to. And yes, Gen-8 is coming 2019, I am guessing they just wanted a Pokemon game this year on Switch to keep the console's momentum going.
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Excellent decisions if you ask me, so the pokemon title announced last year is not this. I know allot of people wanted gen8 this year. But its just too soon.

Gamefreak clearly wants to take their time with gen8 and not rush it(like x and y). They could release gen 8, but it would probably be a simplification if what they want gen8 to be. Clearly gamefreak also sees the importance of having a big installbase when gen8 is ready, and the lets go game will clearly make sure of that.
 
SliceSabre

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These games honestly do nothing for my as I tried pokemon go and absolutely hated it and I just see these games as pokemon go plus. It's fine for the people into that but it isn't for me so ya'll can have your fun with this. I question the wisdom of paying $59.99 for this game though.

My only hopes are Gamefreak are using this extra time to improve upon Pokemon 2019 and they aren't actually just using this time to monitor Pokemon Let's Go and see what they can take from that to bolt into Pokemon 2019 which I suspect is probably what they're gonna do. But maybe being too hopeful as actually improving things or being innovative aren't things Gamefreak is known for. If anything they're known for making cool features that they then take away in subsequent games for no rhythm or reason.
 
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