Topic: Pokemon Sword & Shield

I’m just not a big fan of narratives that try to pose questions or push a message that is either obvious or they’re too chicken/incapable to properly handle it. It comes off almost as being meaningless preaching, that instinctively just makes my eyes glaze over.

On another topic, I will always give credit to Gen 6 for atleast changing a lot about Pokémon. Perhaps not a good game overall, but I loved how much of a breath of fresh air it felt for the franchise when it came out.

So, tomorrow/tonight (depending on your time zone) could either bring the reveal of the new games, or absolutely nothing at all. The Pokemon Twitter is doing a countdown with every region; and we know a new trailer for the upcoming film is coming. Probably some TCG stuff since they trademarked a new thing recently. Pokemon GO updates probably. The downside is that all of it could also point to no gen 8 reveal, and just a bunch of other random Pokemon related things. But iirc, the NY store was closed, which could mean something Treehouse related, and there are rumours floating about the webs that people are being flown out for an event. Whether they're just trolling or not, I don't know. Some insiders seem to be confident we're getting something, but they're equally vague about it as well.

Prepare for a bunch of nothing, and don't get excited would be my advise

Since the Alola region is up today on that countdown, I'd guess that we'll be hearing something with or after it in regards to a Gen8 announcement - whether that be a Direct or otherwise.

Rumor times are always funny for me in Pokémon. People always try to make up these serious or scientific names for the games and stuff. When in reality, chances are it’ll be some super simple names like Silver or Gold.

Still confident we’ll see something this week though. It feels too perfect of an opportunity to miss

@-green-
pokemon cardiomyopathy and osteoporosis. nintendo tweeted a picture with red in it so #confirmed

It's a weird one because would The Pokemon Company really want Pokemon Direct announcement to take away attention from the Detective Pikachu trailer? I don't think so and if there was a Pokemon Direct tomorrow, it would be announced today.

@Grumblevolcano Why would you announce more than one thing at the same time? Right, that's what Directs and E3s are for

You could argue that a day of Pokemon news would garner more interest than just another trailer here and there.

That being said, I don't expect we'll get anything tomorrow.

ITS HAPPENING GUYS

Never mind lol.

I’m gonna believe the hype for once and let myself go into the wonder. Let’s see if Pokémon can amaze me again.

@Tsurii Yeah, they were.

We should probably keep our expectations in check regarding new Gen 8 info being released tomorrow. Remember when Sun and Moon was announced we got nothing more than new titles in February 2016. We'll probably get an announcement of Detective Pikachu HD in May to tie in with the movie, some more info on Pokemon Go or a smaller mobile game, and ending with announcement of Gen 8 game titles and perhaps a release date (or at least month). I doubt we'll see anything gameplay related until end of May.

Of course we should be keeping our expectations in check. But there should be something beyond just the names. I'm hoping for an XY-type reveal than a SunMoon one. At least that one showed off the world and battles a bit.

@Tsurii To elaborate, there have been fake leaks about king and queen. However, I believe the original rumour came from this Masuda Tweet: https://i.imgur.com/G718BDs.jpg

#199 is Slowking
#416 is Vespiquen

And the reveal is on 2-26 (226 candy).

I mean, that's all there is to it; and you can interpret those numbers in a lot of ways.

Alright Direct, let's see what you got tomorrow...the series has kinda gotten stale for me. After doing the E4 in Moon I just lost interest in the game completely. Never bothered with the Ultra or Let's Go games. Hopefully this new game will bring me back...

@Joeynator3000
What is E4 from Pokemon Moon ?

Elite Four.

Some of the higher up people seem to be hyping this game up and stuff. I think perhaps my cynicism has held my enjoyment back for a while.

Remember the Treehouse section in the NYC Store? That's just straight up five days of Let's GO PE: