Topic: Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee!

@Octane @DanteSolablood Fair enough. You both are right in that they do have an interest in helping the Switch. But just to play devil's advocate - where was this interest for the 3DS when it took them 2.5 years to release a Pokemon game on it? Where was this interest for the DS when it took them around 3 years to release a Pokemon game? Granted, those systems are backwards compatible so maybe this is an apples to oranges comparison, but still.

That being said, I do think Pokemon is coming out either 2018 or early 2019. Idk, it just doesn't seem like a holiday 2019 game to me. If it does come out this year, hopefully it's what @DanteSolablood said that rumors claimed (due to early dev kits) rather than what other rumors claimed (GameFreak releasing a beta/incomplete game)

@shadow-wolf If it makes it any better, GameFreak started prepping for the leap to HD back during Gen V, so clearly the upcoming games have been under consideration for a long long time.

@link3710 Hopefully - you're right about the Pokemon models themselves. We'll see what they come up with in terms of the rest of the game.

@shadow-wolf You have a good point with the 3DS & DS release dates however Gamefreak did seem to release a new game around each handheld's launch - FIreRed/LeafGreen on the GBA in 2004, near enough the DS' launch & then Black/White for the DS in 2011 around the 3DS' launch... a new Pokémon to play on your new console which ALSO allows them to sell to owners of the previous console.

To summarise, Gamefreak was abusing backwards compatibility to maximising profits because business.

As speculative evidence of Gamefreak preparing for the Switch pre-announcement we have both the HD ready player/pokémon models which are well above what is required for the 3DS & the Switch control scheme baked into Sun/Moon... odd how the left d-pad is set up to work like individual buttons eh?

Usual discliaimer, everything is speculation until it isn't.

@link3710 You're correct about the models, we've actually seen some of the Gen 5 models used in promotional material in the last few months with HD textures/shading... and nobody could work out where they came from as they looked fantastic. I believe it was Bulbasaur that caused all the hubbub.

I think @shadow-wolf might find this video of how the models in Sun/Moon look when rendered at 1080p, they're HD ready & only missing the textures. https://youtu.be/0qX5dcyQHes?t=1m1s

@DanteSolablood You made a good point about business and how making a game for the previous system meant having an audience for both systems. Actually, that honestly does sound like the most logical argument for a Switch Pokemon game coming out this year.

And I actually saw a video of Sun and Moon in HD in the past, but still, looking at the video it is quite amazing how nice it looks. Some characters and Pokemon look a bit ... plasticky for lack of a better term, but that could probably be fixed up with some added textures.

I think it's important to look back at the follow-behind models in SM/USUM's data (walking and running models for every single Pokemon to date, even the USUM-exclusive newcomers), because that could potentially imply one of two things.

Either they planned to implement the follow feature fans have been clambering for ever since HGSS but just simply couldn't make it work without the 3DS imploding in on itself, or, the more likely answer, they had foresight and saved themselves some dev time by making all those models ready for an easier transference to HD when the time came. But it could just easily be a mixture of both guesses, especially with how blatantly they've teased the feature's return in USUM in the many overworld mons you can interact with (even the emoticons they use practically mirror those from HGSS).

As it has been discussed, GF is always ahead of the game in terms of what's coming up next, so it could be suggested that they've been at this longer than many would think. But whether this means gen 8 will arrive this year is still up in the air as far as anyone can tell. But we can definitely be rest assured that we will find out more soon.

@DanteSolablood @shadow-wolf The in-game models in gen 6 and 7 and the models from Pokemon GO are the exact same. Goes to show what improved textures and lighting can do.

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Creatures is the company that made the 3D models.

I'm hoping for good April Fools pranks tomorrow for this game.

I'd love if Gen VIII used a graphics style more in line with what Colosseum and Gale of Darkness had, but they'll probably stick with the current graphics, considering they are HD proofed already.

Seconding this. With how desperate everyone is for information this game is just begging for it.

Pixelpar is a ''reliable'' source. It supports the tieba.baidu rumour. The only problem is the unfortunate timing...

https://twitter.com/pixelpar/status/980118679500279808?ref_sr...

It does look like what I expected.

Remember the first DS game looked like a better GBA game with 3D assets.

Then BW happened.

Then the first 3DS game looked like BW only full 3D.

Then S/M happened

I hope that's fake, it looks too much like SUMO/USUM and the switch is capable of a lot more than that.

The games tend to look better the older the console gets and more used to the tech they are but even so...

I hope this is fake....because that image isn't a good sign. And I'm not talking about how blurry it is

I'm guessing slightly early April Fools joke.

Lets get real here, have images ever leaked from Pokemon games before they're even revealed? I have no recollection of this ever happening, especially not in recent memory. Of all of the things that can leak for Pokemon games, I don't remember pre-reveal screenshots ever being true.

It's not to say that the game(s) couldn't look that disappointing, but I don't think this is where our hope should die.

@Harmonie It dose look like a 3ds game i do not think they put that out unless out of it.But they need to show it off even if it is a trailler with art and the name and to cool the rumors down people are getting to this point.

People say this stuff a lot about many things, but I doubt that Pokémon cares at all about these ‘rumors”. They’ll go at their own pace regardless.