Topic: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!

Yes! This is exactly what I wanted!

https://i.giphy.com/media/l2JJzAiFBakUXxP2g/giphy.gif

Pokemon Let's go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu has been officially annojnced!
Trailer!
https://mobile.twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1001634986498248704...

So yeah. A lot of the rumors seemed dead on.

HOLY CRAP A MULTIPLAYER HD MAINLINE POKEMON GAME

Available November 16!
Looks pretty good!

Well that's one Christmas present down, can't wait, looks terrific!! ! 😊

Not a single gen 2 or newer Pokémon on sight. Combat system seems unchanged.

Edit: Japanese box art

To be honest I'm not sure how I feel about this one... It looks like an awkward mesh between Pokemon Go and a mainline Pokemon game. Seems a bit simplified. But we'll see once we get more info.

I need to know how b******ised the catching mechanics are. It looks just like Go where its pure luck

....And no Gen 2 or beyond Pokemon in sight. sighs

Well, it looks better and worse than I was expecting at the same time. Gen 1 only too. And a new Pokeyman.

Well, there's also another game coming in 2019.

Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee... ugh, I still hate those names. But whatever. It looks mostly fine at least, but I hate saying that because Pokemon should go beyond "fine" imo.

@IceClimbers That puts my mind at ease. I thought this was supposed to be the new mainline game.

And there it is. Stop-gap games until gen 8 rolls in late 2019.

The series is officially on an annual release schedule, if there was any doubt left.

"Trainers can look forward to even more with an all-new core series Pokémon RPG title in development for the second half of 2019!"

Like, you mean we all can go through this all over again? I cannot wait!

@Xaldin It is a new mainline game. They just happened to confirm we're getting an all new mainline title, presumably Gen 8, next year as well.

Somehow GameFreak went and exceeded my pessimistic fears and made something that looks even worse.

It just looks so cheap. Like the style has regressed backwards from Generation VII.

The only good news here is that the "Core RPG" is something different that is coming out next year. I suppose this was a quick and cheap cash-in before that, but boy is it cheap.

Not sure how I feel about Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee yet. I liked some of what I saw in the trailer, but I do have some misgivings. Mainly with the catching mechanics. Hopefully the motion control is optional.