Alongside the recently revealed images of fan-favourite locations in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, bundles for both games have now been announced that include the new Poké Ball Plus controller.
Yes, buy purchasing one of the bundles shown in the lovely image above, you'll be able to buy your pick of the two titles with one Poké Ball Plus controller included inside the box. It's currently unknown how much these bundles will cost, or whether they will be cheaper than buying a copy of the game and a controller separately, but we're hopeful for a slight price reduction.
In case you happened to miss the news, it has also been revealed today that the Poké Ball Plus will come with a Mew already inside - available to add to your team in the games. Mew is an incredibly rare legendary Pokémon that is unlikely to be obtained through other means, so this could well push some people towards a purchase who were originally on the fence.
The bundles, and standalone versions of each game, will be available on 16th November. Further details will become available at a later date.
Will you be purchasing a Poké Ball Plus?
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I guess the price will be $ 110 ( $ 60 for game + $ 50 for Pokeball).
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Locking Mew behind this accessory is worse than the approach Nintendo took with Samus Returns' content-locking amiibo.
What are they going for on eBay?
I'll play "The Price is Right" with Anti and guess $99.99. Nintneod would be nuts to go more than that on a "kids game".
@Ralizah I am hoping Mew will be available for everyone within the game but instantly accessibly for those with the Pokeball. If not then Nintendo are making mistakes.
It will be like the BotW items locked behind the Amiibos which haven’t been in stock since launch and Nintendo haven’t made any more of... totally ridiculous.
Sorry... I’m still salty about that. Hehe
I would have preferred Mew to have been under the truck Game Freak
First they took away wild battles and 2/3 of the lineup, then they locked trading and battling behind a service, now we need an accessory for a pokemon? Let's Scam! is truly a neverending gift.
Awesome, waiting patiently for these to pop up on Amazon, thanks for the info.
Just got my pre order in with Best Buy ($79.99 USD after GCU)! I cannot wait to play a remake of one of my all time favorite games as a child with my child! He's super into Pokemon so this bundle is a no brainer!
So... you can actually start the game with Mew in your party? And that won't cause balancing issues because...?
Alright, with a Mew I guess I'll do it. So long as its $100 or less. Eevee version for me.
I already have the game pre-ordered but I just want the controller pre-order to go up. If that or this bundle goes live first, then I'll switch over to this. I just want to be able to secure that Pokeball controller for day 1 please.
I will probably switch preorder over to the bundle if the price works out to be less then buying them separate
@Kienda I wouldn't mind if Mew was available somewhere in game, but it seemed pretty clear to me that they're using it to push this silly controller.
Norwegian online stores doesn’t offer this bundle for pre-order yet... I need a pokéball!
@Kienda Everyone who got a Mew from Pokemon Go will be able to transfer it to PLG
Oh ok. I’ll switch my preorder once this goes live.
I'll go for Eevee ...and the ball thing with Mew in it.
@Steven_the_2nd https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1006629183857025025
so what is the truth
Still waiting for a surprise announcement of Let's Go, Magikarp!
Do it!
Since I'm planning to buy the game digital, I'll just get the Pokeball separately. The mew is a nice bonus if you were planning to buy it before this news.
Still easy to get legitimately then the 1st Pokemon Yellow.
Just pre-ordered one of each bundle at Best Buy. Holiday gifts sorted for the kids
@bratzdoll didn’t see that. Then it’s true then. That kinda sucks
@Silly_G how would the karp follow you? A wagon with a fishbowl? Actually that is hilarious.
@Ryu_Niiyama : Or it could just flop about in the player's arms, occasionally falling out and prompting the player to pick it back up.
I don't care how they do it. I just think that The Pokémon Company have squandered a huge opportunity by choosing a relatively unpopular Pokémon when a left-field Pokémon would have been more successful commercially, and also give the useless fish its own AAA game.
That's not to say that Eevee is necessarily unpopular, but its popularity stems from its ability to evolve into a wide range of creatures, and that trait is not available to the starter Eevee. Magikarp on the other hand is popular on its own merits (or rather the lack of) independent of Gyarados's strengths.
To sweeten the deal, an exclusive move or two for a starter Magikarp (to make it at least somewhat usuable in battle) and/or making it shiny by default would make such a game just that little bit sweeter.
If the rumours about Nintendo shipping an equal quantity of Pikachu and Eevee units at launch is true, then they are making a HUGE mistake. I would expect Pikachu units to far outsell Eevee, perhaps as much as 10:1. I imagine that most Eevee sales in the long term will result from the Pikachu edition being unavailable. Now, if we had a Magikarp version as opposed to Eevee, then I would imagine that the sales gap wouldn't be quite so wide.
I'm not paying 50 bucks for Mew. Will these games work with bank?
I like that fact that, for once, we will finally be able to actually use an event Pokemon in-game. I hope we get it at level 5. I have never liked how special Pokemon are always released at a level where they'd either break the game, or only obtainable after finishing all or most of the game. It's always "Yay, I got Jirachi! Level 100... In the box, never to see the light of day again..."
With the exception of wi-fi battling of course, if you soft reset for IVs and nature. But Let's Go seems way too casual for that.
@Kienda Locking Mew behind an add-on that was only announced a month after the game went on pre-order?
Sounds about right for the franchise. I really enjoy the games but these limited-time Mythical distributions are the one part I hate.
Got the Best Buy bundle for 100.
Not cheap, but I need that Mew and I don't want to play this game before the bundles sell out. Better to lock it in.
Got the Pikachu bundle for under $50 on Amazon due to price error, we will see if it sticks. I've had good luck in the past but this was a big mistake not sure on this one!
@Ralizah In theory, one could reset the data on the Pokeball to get infinity Mews.....possibly. There's online trading in the games, so.....
So the pokeball controller has to be a fully functioning joycon right? They said you could play the whole game with just the pokeball. Anyone gonna try and beat Dark Souls with it?
@redd214 Same. Got it just in time, with seconds to spare. Screen shotted my ordered page as a "just in case", as well.
I lost my Pokemon Go Plus a few months ago and have been looking to replace it...so I'm actually considering this.
What's stopping me from just transferring my mew from Pokemon Go?
@90sRetroGaming glad you got in on it too! For anyone if you have Twitter follow Wario64 and turn on notifications. He's always tweeting out deals and ways to get free stuff. I've gotten hundreds in free credit/books/price errors from following him. It's worth the minor annoyance. Got the deluxe edition of the breath of the wild guide (a $60 book!) for free last Christmas!
Just pre-ordered one at Best Buy. As of 9:30 EST they're still available.
@AshFoxX 😂😂😂
@Silly_G I will say I was disappointed watching magikarp flail behind the player. It feels like animal abuse so I leave mine in the pokeball.
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