Topic: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!

@Octane because of money, because at last couple days of November I will learn if I still have money income after November. PS I digital gamer for years, so I know that I won't get games early, everyone knows that.
@Kimyonaakuma cool, thanks.

@SViper Why not put some aside right now?

@Octane because of life, but usually I save most of money.

Mega Evolutions are returning in this game according to CoroCoro.

They trademarked a couple of Kanto Pokémon recently so they will probably be the new Megas

In case anyone's wondering, here's the list: Golem, Machamp, Raichu, Jynx, Starmie, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Hitmontop, Arbok, Weezing, Persian, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, and Dragonite.

Sounds plausible considering two of the four trade evolutions already have one (Alakazam & Gengar), and now Golem and Machamp are getting one too. Though the inclusion of Hitmontop is a weird one. I thought gen 2 Pokemon weren't going to be in LGPE, why is he on the list?

Most elite four and gym leader also own a Pokemon (or pre-evolution) that has a mega evolution, assuming this list is true, except for Erika, Blaine, Lorelei and Koga (in Yellow). Arbok and Weezing for Jessie and James obviously.

@Octane It's been awhile since I've played gen 1 but didn't Lorelei have a Jynx?

@Grumblevolcano You're right, I didn't see Jynx on the list. In that case it's safe to assume that the elite four have mega evolutions. And gym leaders maybe only for their rematch (Venusaur and Charizard for Erika and Blaine perhaps?).

The games already kinda look more like gen 6 games, so the new focus on mega evolution only furthers that connection

The Hitmontop listing confuses me as well since it wasn't introduced until Gen 2. Either they're covering all the bases since the other two Hitmons are in Gen 1, or maybe we have a hint for new Megas in Gen 8? We could be reading too much into this as well.

Or maybe it just means breeding is a thing.

If you can breed your pokemon, then baby pokemon are a thing. And if baby pokemon are a thing, Hitmontop is a thing too.

@Tyranexx In that case it's also missing the rest of the Eevee evolutions, or at least Espeon and Umbreon. Maybe they forgot which two out of the three are gen 1, so they trademarked them all three just in case

Maybe they're adding a few new logical Pokemon to Kanto. Like baby forms (breeding), friendship evolutions, evolutions by move, etc.

Like they did with the gen 2 remakes.

Does this game have a night/day cycle? That one would be a deciding factor for having Espeon and Umbreon. If there's no time cycle then there's no time-based evolutions.

@Yosheel Casuals can't handle a day-night cycle, so probably no

I the original post I read just said "the hitmons", so maybe they just meant the original ones since it's a Kanto game?

That's possible too.

@Yosheel Thinking about it, they confirmed the 151+1 number. So no other gens it seems. Apart from the new one.

So what are the chances these games were originally planned to be 3ds games, but transitioned over to switch?? I have very little knowledge on the matter but it’s something I’ve been wondering about.

Very little.

Though they are clearly using the 3DS artstyle and many of the assets. It's likely more of a "we are using older things to learn new things" situation.

It is their first HD game after all.

Second HD game.