A new job listing has revealed that The Pokémon Company International is working on an "upcoming mobile game".
Posted just hours ago, the listing is looking for a Principal Game Designer who will work "within a team of designers, engineers, artists, producers, and testers to create an upcoming mobile game". The job description states that a successful candidate must be a "creative individual that not only understands the secret sauce to fun games but also can communicate that vision to others" and will have the following duties:
- Work with artists and designers to create a fantastic UI experience.
- Work with Product Management to define the ideal feature set for this game.
- Work with Producers to manage all the designers’ sprint tasks.
- Work with the Director of Gaming to define/enforce the vision for this game.
Naturally, the job listing avoids spoiling anything that could give the game away - ahem - but is still an intriguing prospect for fans of the series regardless. Interestingly, an identical listing was also published a few weeks ago; whether this is a second, identical position, or whether a successful candidate wasn't found the first time, is unknown.
So what could this game be? Well, it's impossible to know. The job is based at The Pokémon Company's US office in Bellevue, Washington, so the game is seemingly being made in-house rather than with an external developer like Niantic's Pokémon GO, but that's all we know. Perhaps this could be a smartphone companion for the upcoming Generation Eight Switch game(s), or maybe something new entirely?
What would you like to see from a future Pokémon mobile game? Share your thoughts with us in the comments
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Pokemon Go Back On Console
Pokémon Racing?
Someone equally silly that no one wants?
Remember, Game Freak developed Pokémon Quest, which first released on Switch and then later on Mobile.
It's actually the only Pokémon series mobile game they've developed, but they've also developed Pocket Card Jockey for 3DS and Mobile.
Pokemon Goes!
Pokemon Snap AR.
Upcoming Pokémon games for the next decade:
Pokémon: Let's Sleep In, Snorlax!
Pokémon: Let's Pash, Jynx!
Pokémon: Let's Sleep 20 Hours Per Day, Komala!
Pokémon: Let's Stink, Garbodor!
Pokémon: Let's Hide Between the Couch Cushions, Klefki!
Pokémon: Let's Bite Each Other's Heads Off, Hydreigon!
Pokémon: Let's Make Love, Ditto!
Pokémon: Let's Inconveniently Melt Around The Sides of the Cone, Vanilluxe!
Pokémon: Let's Warp Space and Time to Bring Those Gen IV Remakes Forward, Dialga and Palkia!
Of course, the naysayers will say that the Pokémon franchise has jumped the Sharpedo.
@Rhaoulos
I believe they had an official Pokédex app before. So it would be nice if they made one again. I know there’s alternatives out there. But most seem to be lacking one thing or another.
@UmbreonsPapa
Pokédex 3D Pro for 3DS and iOS was not Game Freak, it was Creatures Inc, who incidentally develop all of the Pokémon 3D models and animations for the main series games, which are also featured in Pokémon Go.
Creatures Inc also make their own Pokémon games without Game Freak, such as Poké Park Wii 1/2 and Detective Pikachu.
@Silly_G
YEEAAH thats Game Freak for you. All their games are looking fwd to be made for babies. Game freak is no legendary developer, far from it and their big boss had left LOL!!!.
Now all that remains in the company are incompetent Ex - kindergarten ABCs teachers.
@Evilworm ...Seems like you should spend some time with those teachers, if that's the case. For successful rage-inducing trolling, use proper grammar and punctuation.
Another one? Okay then.
@JackEatsSparrows well it obviously triggered you so i say it was super effective
@phanboy Nah, I'm just bored this morning It was more like using Flail.
Ι would love to see a pokemon yellow remake on the mobile. Even with micro transaction. Pokemon company is not gamefreak. They havent released any decent game as far as i know (well Pokemon Go is Niantic.
Hopefully the game is a real Pokemon game. Not something like Pokemon Shuffle or Quest.
For F#$ks sake, just get the mainline Pokemon ready first. This lack of news is leading me to believe we will not see this game this year.
Heck, I'd settle for a remake for both Coliseum and XD as I've never played either. Plus they were apparently a little darker than the main series and a lot of other spinoffs.
No clue. The mobile games are pretty much entirely different games on their own with the Pokemon branding, so it could be anything. I don't expect it to be related to any existing spin-offs, so it's probably going to be something new. Maybe another shared release with the Switch.
In terms of games designed for consoles first, I'm hoping that we'll get a revival of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, since those games are generally successful, well received, and would transition over the easiest. I'm also hopeful for the Ranger games to make a comeback, but that might take a bit longer since the Joy-Cons gyroscope has the issue of drifting-and spinning it around wouldn't help much. Plus, without a stylus, it would probably be a bit awkward to play on the go.
@MisterKorman I do hope your right, Mister. The Metroid situation is making me doubt EVERYTHING lol.
Well then, probably another Pokémon game that I will not play. =/
@MattFox Game projects get cancelled all the time, by bigger publishers. The difference is that they're not usually announced, until it's a sure thing that's less than a year out. Nintendo unfortunately jumped the gun on Metroid Prime, likely eager to buy time for big games like Smash and this year's Pokemon. But that doesn't mean other Nintendo games, developed by other internal studios, are also going to experience similar issues.
This definitely does not reflect on Game Freak, which is still it's own seperate entity. They like to release Pokemon during holiday season, and have done so consistently for awhile now. As for when they announce details, it can be anywhere between January to May. Though, considering the circumstances, I wouldn't be surprised to see a pokemon direct sometime in February. But it can always come later, and I wouldn't start worrying about it, unless we make it to May without any info.
Pokemon: Let's Avoid Releasing a Main Series Game on a Home Console for a Little Bit Longer Since We're Apparently Allergic To That, Even if it's on a Hybrid Like the Switch.
I wouldn't mind a Pokemon companion app that connects with the console games. Does anyone remember the Poke-Walker that came with Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver? I loved that thing! If they released an app like that, obviously with more features, that works on the phone, I'd be like 112% okay with that.
It would be doubly cool if they connected it to both the main series game and Pokemon Go.
@Heavyarms55 I'd like to see them incorporate the Pokemon bank into such an app. Allowing us to store and play minigames with said Pokemon. But I feel that's just a pipe dream.
Pokemon lets appeal to the majority of our demographic rather than the small portion of screaming 20-30 year olds
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