Poll: What Did You Think of the Pokémon Direct and Its Big Reveals?

"big reveals" in the headline? Bias much? How about just reveals, because they were not big. I don't know if they even qualify as medium sized...

votes for "What's a Pokemon?" just for lulz

wasn't expecting anything for Switch, at all, so Pokken Tourney with all arcade characters is a nice surprise.

As for the rest... meh. Should've put Pokemon Sun and Moon on Switch, rather than re-release the same games on 3DS the very next year.

Oh well. Pokken Tournament will be good on Switch, and was an unexpected bonus so, I'm happy.

I pretty much assumed a POKKEN TOURNAMENT DX announcement was in the cards as well as a follow up to SUN / MOON on the 3DS.

None of it surprised me, tbh.

My interest in Pokemon kind of fizzled out after X anyway. Never played the first Sun or Moon, and I aim to continue that trend with "Ultra".

I'm glad Pokken is being given a proper life as the focus on NX rumours, leaks and announcements made 2016 Wii U games suffer in terms of potential. It's a shame Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are 3DS exclusive but to be honest I wouldn't have even considered Switch being a possibility if it wasn't for the Eurogamer Stars leaks.

That said I'm likely done with buying new 3DS games, Fire Emblem Echoes was the last of the bunch.

I thought it was awful.

Gold and Silver were my favorite part to be honest.... look, I love the old 3DS, but can we please move on?

Expected the Pokken port completely. Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon being 3DS only is unsurprising.

Gold/Silver on VC was a nice surprise though. A little weird that Crystal apparently isn't coming at the same time considering Yellow was released alongside Red/Blue.

Of course I'd vote for the new mainline games, but I'm almost equally stoked for Pokken DX. That and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe are how you properly port. 5 characters and new modes/features. Good stuff.

Agree with above, wish they announced Crystal as well and found it surprising that they didn't.

Hope a better game for the Switch.

If Ultra Sun/Moon are augmented, "final mix" version, it's rubbish. if they're sequels of sorts with all new content, then maybe...

Bu Pokken? Seriously? Ugh...

Having a whole new Pokemon game on the Switch was just too good to be true. Regardless I love fighters and I'm glad Pokken's getting another chance to shine

I'll be the first person to say that I was happy with all three reveals. Pokemon obviously wasn't going to come to the Switch yet (I didn't buy the Stars "leak" for a second), and Ultra Sun/Moon sound exciting! Pokken on the Switch is fantastic, and I can play my favorite Pokemon game of all time on the 3DS in September! I personally loved the Direct.

It was about what I expected, but it was still a bit disappointing. I'll keep waiting for a new gen on Switch.

Don't you find it disappointing to be hyped for something yet ended up not what you wanted based on a rumor?

While I'm disappointed, I do find it amusing to think that people would be quite excited for this if rumors of a Sun/Moon remaster coming to Switch hadn't got people all hot and bothered.

Still, yeah, Pokken is the last game I wanted a port of. Oh well. Not like there's any shortage of games coming to the system this year.

I expected the Ultra games to be on 3DS to finish off this gen this time BUT from now on they had better be on Switch because it's finally time to put the 3DS in it's grave. Please Nintendo, the system is so old.....

@gloom It's still selling...you are living in cloud cuckoo land mate!

Pokken's a good announcement, though I'm not getting it personally. I didn't enjoy Sun, so I probably won't enjoy Ultra Sun regardless of the console it was on.

Gold and Silver is my favorite announcement. I love how Whitney is practically the mascot of that generation. We see her every time clips are played.

I love how disappointed people are over the announcement of Pokken and a sequel 3DS installment. Like, isn't that exactly what you guys WANTED? lol.

My brother was expecting one or the other. He got both and Virtual Console announcements. He's pretty stoked about the announcements like you all should be.

I just want Darkrai for Pokken U

*fart noise

Disappointed, but atleast they now have time to bring a brand new adventure and generation to the Switch in the future

@Shugo I would love to see NLife and similar sites call out the people behind that Stars rumor, single them out, there's never ever any consequence for media types straight **making things up**, in any field. There should be. Every single time that "source" is mentioned it should be appended with "Who brought us a made-from-whole-cloth rumor about a main line Pokemon switch game." Ideally the site in question would fire the person, fabrication of news should be an automatic career-ender in the journalism industry, even if it's something minor in the grand scheme of things like a pokemon game. Until there are actual consequences for making stuff up, people are going to keep making stuff up.

As for me, I'm excited to see Gen II make a comeback. Gen 1 was my childhood but Gen 2 was just better.

I thought it was likely the new games would be for 3DS. I was hoping it would be for the Switch, but oh well. I'm interested in seeing what they added to Alola still, and will probably get it.

That was embarrasing.

They're not really "big" reveals, as both of these reveals were completely expected, other than maybe S/M 1.5 being for the 3DS instead of the Switch.

I'm not disappointed, but I wasn't really expecting anything other than what was announced.

It's time to move on Nintendo seriously..... All your time and effort and focus should be on the Switch.

I'm amazed how many people apparently think it's so simple to put US/UM on Switch. They'd have to redo everything from scratch. They've never changed consoles mid-generation before, even released B2/W2 on DS over a year after the 3DS was out. Switch will be waiting till Gen 8.

That direct was straight cheeks. No, I'm not just saying that because I wanted D&P remakes. I don't see why Pokken port needs that much attention considering that was main focus. Was sort of salty for the Ultra SM reveal considering that game just got annouced and now we're getting some most likely full priced expansion for it. Oh well hopefully E3 will announce detective pikachu, D&P remakes, or something else unexpected.

Disappointing, but people only have themselves (and Eurogamer, Laura Kate Dale etc) to blame. Stars may or may not be a thing, but in the case of the former then it's clearly a thing that is nowhere near ready to be shown. In the case of the latter, hopefully people will learn not to give so much credence to some chick who got lucky once or twice, nor the 'sources' feeding her crap.

Releasing the same games on the same system the following year is a very thinly veiled cash grab (at least prior to gen 5 there was usually a 2 year gap in between, if not more!) If they had released it on the switch (or cross platform) i would have strongly considered getting it, but at this point i think I'll give this one a miss. This has also got me wondering if they purposely kept sun/moon light on features (i.e. Post-story content) just so they could include it in an 'enhanced version' and make a big deal of it

Super disappointed!

Either Gamefreak's engine sucks so bad they are unable to port the Pokémon main games to the Switch or they just like to stay in the past and refuse to release any of their games outside the 3DS ecosystem!

Either way.... it's just stupid.

What a load of

One word - unnecessary.

When I think "Direct" I think "new" games.

1 port on a new console, 2 sequels on the 6 year old console, 2 VC games on the 6 year old console.

Nintneod puts out "News" all the time, I don't think anything in the Direct warranted a Direct, and even all 3 together didn't warrant a Direct, it just got people's hopes up for really no reason.

Had all of these things been announced in the Treehosue streams next week people probably would have been excited. Direct gets people's blood pumping, almost always leaving them feeling dejected.

If the contents of this Direct had leaked beforehand half the people here probably would have thought it was fake as it wasn't Direct worthy. The other half would have thought it was fake b/c half of all leaks turn out to be fake.

We didn't see enough of Ultra Sun/Moon to get me hyped just yet, but I'll get really excited for it if it's significantly different.

Now that Direct is over, I'm still going to wait before buying a Switch. That Direct unfortunately didn't convince me to rush off and buy a Switch.

The worst part was not announcing a new, proper, Metroid game.

Big reveals...Gold/Silver on a device that already plays improved Gold/Silver, Wii U port with few additions, slightly altered release of Sun/Moon undoubtedly be the disappointment of Black2/White2. Blowing my mind with these reveals.

In the press website there is a mention of UltraSun and UltraMoon on the Switch with a release date of TBA.

@Steven_the_2nd That was already debunked.

It met my expectations. I wasn’t expecting an “Amazing” factor (especially a week before E3), but a “that’s nice”.

Out of the 3, I’m more excited for Pokkén Tournament DX, still hoping for more features. I would probably be more excited for Ultra Sun and Moon if I knew more about it beside a teaser and date. As for Gold and Silver, not feeling it, but I guess it’s because I’m not a fan of VC for a game I already played, twice.

I went in with lowered expectations, came out not disappointed.
So, yeah. I guess you can say I was reasonably satisfied with these announcements.

Pokken Tournamen DX - I guess we get the reveal a week earlier than I expected? I figured this was inevitable, been rumored since before the Switch was really revealed and the main reason I never bothered with the first...

Gold and Silver - cool I guess but I'd much prefer Crystal.

Ultra S&M - ...okay? But what is it? Is it just a few more features? Is it a full sequel like B2&W2? Does it have a sizable post game again finally? They didn't give me enough info to actually have any hype. Two new forms for the legendaries I barely used doesn't really excite me...

BW2 came out on the DS after the 3DS launched and it was almost 3 years after the 3DS came out before it got X and Y (Oct 2013) so I am not sure why (outside of hype) people thought they would see mainline Pokemon on Switch anytime soon.

I'm waiting on Amazon to post the preorder link for Pokken.

@XCWarrior a matter of perspective. Even Gold/Silver is a legitimately big reveal after Game Freak claimed last year it wasn't planned and Gen 1 re-release was just an anniversary thing.

I though it was dire till the gold/silver reveal and then I thought "oooooo I'll be buying them" they're he only Pokémon games we don't have

@Hordak yeah, after all, a ball is a vital gameplay element there, too. XD

I was a bit surprised & disappointed with Pokken DX, but well... better than nothing.
Ultra Sun / Moon just left me with Speechless reaction. It wasn't a good surprise but I understand if newest Pokemon games needs more time to be developed.

If I was Pokemon fan, I'd be pissed. A port, 2 half assed updates of current games, and 2 VC titles, does not warrant its own direct.

Not really mind blowing. Gold & Silver on virtual console is nice but the only reveal that really interests me are the Ultra Sun & Moon games. I wonder if we'll hear more about them at E3 or would that be too soon?

It was terrible.

No new Metroid game was announced.

Thumbs down.

At the risk of a lynching, I have to say that I'm not fussed about Pokemon (except for Detective Pikachu - I'd take that). The focus on 3DS for the next main-game is interesting, though.

There are still 4 or 5 3DS games I'm looking forward to, but these are localisations of games already released in Japan. The Ultra games are new globally, although as upgrades, I suppose they're not really new. Hmm...

Also, how many fighting games does the Switch need?

Man, Nintendo crashed that hype train HARD
I'm just happy that Gold is coming to the 3DS. That is all I care about

Unless they want Pokken to be forgotten twice, I think for many the worst part about this reveal is you can expect that it'll be a ways until we see anything Smash related on Switch. So, anyone expecting a Smash Deluxe on Switch anytime soon may be disappointed come E3. I'd rather they made a new Smash anyway, but I'm seeing this as a sign that there's no way Smash 4 Switch will appear in any meaningful capacity this year. It's not impossible, but boy would it be stupid to show Pokken this year, have a live event, try to promote it, all while knowing it'll immediately be crushed by a Smash announcement at the very same E3. Nintendo makes odd choices sometimes, but that would be impressively stupid.... which may mean it's more likely than I think. Haha.

@Whopper744 I feel exactly the same way. I was hyped for Pokken Tournament but when I saw Ultra I just lost it. I have every 3DS release and every DS release except for Black and White. I am not paying R600 just to get National Pokedex. Still rather pissed off about the news. Nintendo needs to move on.

Not sure why people expected a new switch game so soon. They never make Pokemon games until after 2 years of the console's life.

It's exactly what we should have expected, both from a pre-E3 announcement to something coming from Nintendo/gamefreak. Lets look at it this way, it's 8 minutes that we won't have lost from the very short E3 spotlight.

I'm not interested in Pokken and find the GB Pokemon games a bit too old to be enjoyable these days, especially since I have HG/SS, but I'm interested to find out more about US/UM. If they are as different as Black and White 2 were to Black and White I'll be very excited. I'm glad they'll be on 3DS because I don't have a Switch yet but a lot of people seem disappointed so it's a shame they can't be on both systems to keep everyone happy.

I'm amazed people invest so much hope and hype into the daily cycle of rumour tit-bit reporting. These sites have to get readers and views. So they're going to publish some wacky stuff - even if they're decent sites like this one. And it's fun to read and speculate. But rumours are rumours - they don't call them news.

However, I agree with people on this thread who are saying that a Direct was over the top and the news didn't fit the form. An announcement with some nice flashy video and images would have sufficed. That bit when they showed the Switch at the start - they must have known they were f*cking with people - right?

My guess is it'll come next Autumn/winter when they have plenty of stock, good awareness in the younger audience and their parents and it'll be a smash hit.

Either that or it'll launch the year after with a kid friendly Switch - bummer time frame for Pokemon fans but it would be a huge shot in the arm for the system.

And ports of really good games are still really good games. Especially for the shed loads of people who will buy the Switch and don't even know the Wii U existed.

@MarioPhD I'd rather have a new smash for 2018 or 2019. Smash 4 sold pretty well for a Wii U game. Leave it alone.

I thought it was good just for Pokken alone. Yes, it's a port, but it's a port of a good game and the fact that the port is getting the fighters that the Wii U version missed out on, along with a 3-on-3 battle mode, makes it worth double-dipping for me. Plus, I can play it on the go

I'm hoping to hear the Ultra games getting plenty more content that Sun and Moon missed out on. I mean, if the upcoming Ultra games are going to improve where Sun and Moon failed, then I see no reason why I would consider them "rehashes".

I'm skipping out on Gold and Silver VC since I still have my Heart Gold cartridge on DS.

Overall, not really disappointed at all and I thought it was just going to be another direct saying "Hey, everybody! We're making this game right here! Okay, that's all folks! Bye!!". So glad to be wrong there! XD

And wow, I'm quite surprised to hear how people are disappointed around here. Have those people even SEEN the direct back in February 26, 2016? THAT was awful (and no, the Sun and Moon rumors are not the reason why it was awful for me)!

The problem with this direct was these were expected.

We know most Wii U games will see a Switch Port, we know the Virtual Console releases of older gen Pokemon games will happen and the next version of current gen Pokemon games always appears a year later!

Telling us what we already thought would happen isnt a something to get excited about.

I pretty happy overal with the direct. Never going to complain about previous gen Pokémon games coming to the VC. Great they have Pokebank support too. Probably skip Ultra S/M. Just recently beat Sun and I'm ready to move on. Pokken for Switch is great. More games the better. Surprised by all the complaints about Pokken. On most "what games do you want ported" lists I read, it was usually in the top 3-5

I'm guessing if they are going to release a main Pokemon game on Switch, they are wanting lots of time for it and it's not going to be ready for at least 18 months. In the meantime they may as well cash in on the expected additional version(s) of the same Pokemon game they've done since its inception. That's the only reasoning that makes sense to me.

My favourite part was the reveal of Gold/Silver on the 3DS VC. I've never actually played a Pokemon game, and from what I hear these are the best. Means I can play them and don't have to worry about getting a fake cart on eBay, worry about the Battery save failing or messing around with the lack of realtime clock in the Everdrive X5

It makes sense and did leave room for a big pokemon reveal for e3

@NinjaWaddleDee They needed to justify their purchase and this time, the console is so different and special that surely all the norms would change...or so they thought.

Absolute rubbish.

Directs should be used for all new games. I should have stayed in bed. I think they only showed 3 seconds of new gameplay. It was like watching a trailer for a movie that's already been released.

People need to stop boarding that cursed hype train. If you don't get your hopes up, it's hard to disappoint you. Actually had a Pokken port on my E3 Bingo Card my friends and I do every year. Whoever has a bingo has to pay for more beer.

Need to see more of USUM to make a judgement on it. GS doesn't interest me all that much. I'd rather go back to SoulSilver.

I was hoping they could do DP remake but well...it's just the same strategy they used for BW, so I guess it's fair enough.

Glad about Gold/Sliver though, since I've been hunting for a DS remake and all I found were something near 130 NZD. This would definitely cool down the price, though I'll definitely buy Gold/Sliver on e-shop once they're available.

HAHA Apparently the pokken controller and amiibo card are compatible. So yeah I'm selling my copy of pokken ASAP. Can't wait.

Lame, you have a brand new system and still just remastering... Nintendo dont make this a habit unless its from the older gens.

What a bunch of cow dung

I didn't expect too much from this Direct whatsoever. I kind of just expected some mobile crap and something on that 'legendary Pokémon Go summer'... which could categorize under mobile crap too I guess.

So with that in mind, I enjoyed this Direct more than most probably did, but it was still only 'okay' in my book. Not hyped for Pokkén, not hyped for US/UM, not hyped for Gold/Silver VC release. But I'm not against them either. They're just kind of there, to be honest.

..I hope that this doesn't mean that the Pokémon brand as a whole is losing its touch, or that I'm just getting tired of the series, though. Maybe I was just secretly really wanting that next big Pokémon game to be on Switch, and it's coming to 3DS instead. ..if you count US/UM as the next big Pokémon game anyway.

Didn't hope for much, was still disappointed. Oh well, just gonna be staying away from Pokemon a while longer then. On the plus side, Switch might get a proper start to a new Pokemon generation.

@Hordak It's a god*****ed Pokemon direct.

I was hoping for a Main series pokemon game on Switch this year. That's my only gripe. But on the whole, it was a very nice surprise, and the mention of new pokemon will definitely keep my attention at its peak. Guess I just need to wait for Gen 8, right?

Very disappointing. A lot of people are talking about Nintendo and Pokemon since Pokemon go and the release of the switch. I think they're missing out on a huge opportunity not making a switch version.

It was nice. I was a bit disappointed not to get Crystal, but perhaps later?

@Crono1973 lol you're totally right.

Might I point out that this Direct was necessary... Because I believe this is the only thing we see of Pokemon related news at E3 time. Ergo, that just leaves room for the other announcements in the Nintendo presentation. Cant be helped into the presentation. It was a themed Direct and it totally delivered what it was supposed to do.

@ap0001 I absolutely couldn't agree more. This rumor rubbish really needs to find its end at some stage because we've gotten to a point where we continue to let them happen, believe them and allow them to ruin future announcements for us. Getting our hopes up for nothing, only to dash them then have the entire fanbase point the finger at GameFreak for our disappointment is clearly not how things should be. Yet time and time again, that's what we end up with.

I really wish people like Laura Kate Dale no longer held sway on what NintendoLife publishes as news but... there we go.

Pretty meh, to be honest. The only thing I want from these guys is for them to make a mainline Pokemon game on the Switch, but they are being stupid and making games on an outdated console instead. Can't say I'm surprised, though. They did this with Black and White 2.

Only surprise was Gold/Silver on VC which is nice. Wasn't disappointed because I loved Pokkén on Wii U so I am intrigued with the DX port. Even as a Switch owner I'm not surprised the Ultra games are on 3DS, I'll probably get Ultra Moon as I enjoyed Moon, and haven't missed a main series entry since Diamond. I believe the Gen 4 remakes will be Gen 8 which will probably be on Switch, this excites me more because it'll have fresh Switch engine that'll hopefully be larger jump than from DS to 3DS.

Pokken is good news for the console. I would like to see an open-ish world Pokémon RPG. Nino Kuni comes to mind.

@XCWarrior
They really should have just been called "reveals," I agree, but to minimize them is kinda silly. The only reason you're doing that is because you were expecting a mainline game for the Switch (which many of us were).

In a vacuum, the games they announced are pretty awesome. Pokemon players are gonna love having two brand-new games on the 3DS this year.

Disappointed, but not because I was one of the people who wanted Stars on the Switch. I don't really think an update to SM is worthwhile period. Unlike most gens, there really isn't much to build on with SM and they're going to be limited in what they can change, so what are they going to do to make a revisit more exciting, much less one that's coming out just one year after the original? I mean, I'm not completely ruling anything out but I just don't see the potential in this game.

I thought it was pretty good. Not anything incredible, but it was fine. I'm excited for Pokken DX. Pokken was one of the games I most wanted for the Switch, so this is a great announcement.

I might just skip out on Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon if they are more third version than sequel. However, if they turn out to be full-fledged games, I'll be all for them. I never wanted Stars, nor found it likely it would ever be on Switch, so I'm not disappointed. Moral of this, I suppose, is to not let rumors make your hype skyrocket to unnecessary levels.

I didn't get Red, Blue, or Yellow on VC, and have HGSS for all my Johto needs, so I'll definitely skip our on GS, but I do know a lot of people wanted it. There's a market for it.

@Joeynator3000

Wats a pookeman?

Ol, I had to do that just because

Just going to say: I didn't watch the direct but I did read the news and I am stoked about the VC releases and I am also happy about the Ultra series games.

I see they took a Black
/White Black 2/White 2 approach with Alola.

I'm happy about this but I can't shake the feeling that it is a sort of a re-skin of the first. I really hope they shake things up a lot so it feels all new again. It becomes a bit monotonous when you buy Sun and Moon, beat one of them and then go onto the next o it to see they are yet again releasing 2 more titles... it's like "how much time do I have to really play these?!"

But it's great.. really — I'm very happy about the direct overall. Especially since I don't even have a Switch yet.

I am not sure what people were really expecting out of an 8-minute throwaway, out-of-the-freaking blue Direct a week prior to E3. A Pokemon mainline game (or port) debuting on the Switch is not something you announce in under eight minutes. This is why rumors hurt everyone because it gets people's hopes up for nothing.

I think the best thing to come out of it, though, is that it is 8 minutes saved from the 30 minute Spotlight next week that can be spent talking about other things.

Pokemon Gold was my favorite Pokemon I have ever played. Of course I haven't really played anything after that, except for Diamond but that was only a couple of years ago and I guess Pokemon has lost a bit of it's charm for me. My son played the Sun/Moon demo and kept asking me to get it. I told them to save up their allowance and do extra chores around the house and he could buy it. He never talked about it again. I am not willing to pay for a game several times just so everyone who wants to play it in the family can have their own save file.

@ericflapjack

"I think the best thing to come out of it, though, is that it is 8 minutes saved from the 30 minute Spotlight next week that can be spent talking about other things."

I imagine that is why they had a separate Direct for this as well. Though I will be downright ticked if they do repeat all of this information during the 30 minute spotlight.

While I don't mind the existence of Wii U ports I don't plan to buy them either, so Pokken Tournament being the only announcement for Switch is a bit dissappointing.

About the Ultra versions of Sun/Moon, if they're similar to White/Black 2 then I can see myself buying a copy, 3DS is my favourite handheld and I'm always happy to see new games for it.

If they want to sell a bunch of Pokemon games - and lets face it, that is what Pokemon games need to do - doesn't it make sense to sell it on the system that has a huge install base as opposed to the new one that is still building awareness?

The Direct was disappointing in the way they presented information, not the actual information itself. The Pokémon Company pissed everyone off when they started talking about the Switch but then just revealed a port rather than a new mainline game like some were expecting,

I love Pokémon, I might pick Ultra S/M up, but I'm really sick of those 240p.
Sadly we'll see the main series coming to the Switch only in 2018

I enjoyed the announcement of Gold and Silver on 3DS VC
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon came out of nowhere but truth be told I'm not all that jazzed to go back to the alola region as I thought Sun and Moon was good but not amazing.
Pokken Tornament DX getting announced was expected so no real surprises from me.

The best part of the direct for me was reading all the salty comments about how it wasn't Pokemon Stars and how it wasn't coming to the Switch. That honestly made my day. It was kinda ridiculous how many people believed Stars was going to be a thing with next to no evidence to back up its existence. I know people like to get their hopes up and all but at the very least I think people should be realistic about what they expect.

@Zoda_Fett Every third-version is just another full-price expansion.,,

I'm right with these announcements, specially with Ultra Moon and Ultra Sun, however, my only little dissapointment is that these games will arrive very soon, not chance for more time with the originals Sun & Moon..., oh well.
yeah, I also hope for some more for Switch, besides of Pokken, but, still there are more time for some new with Pokemon and Switch; and, well, also, my little dissapoiment is not Meloetta for Pokken...
My only big dissapoiment is not for games, is for some people (as I mentioned in another post), their despair, irritation at the unfulfilled rumor (or main Pokemon game in Switch) is more sad and, well, annoying..., oh well...

@BinaryFragger i'm more disappointed in sun and moon getting whats essentially remasters for the same platform (the entire 3DS family, rather than a switch remaster) at what will likely be full retail price within one year of the games original release.

@Dakt Exactly this. Virtually every bit of disappointment with this direct has to do with people feeding the rumor mill and setting themselves up for disappointment in the process. I was actually sorta pleased with the Direct because I had no expectations.

I wonder how the results of this poll would have changed if the Pokémon "Stars" rumor didn't become as massive as it did.

I'm disappointed with the naming of the games. Also instead of a proper third version they decided to split it in half.

They added stuff to the overworld and changed the colors to be more vibrant, I hope it wont drop the FPS even more on old 3DS.

This is obviously not a sequel but a Platinum/Emerald style game where they are retelling the story in a different way.

It's exactly what I expected, which is disappointing.

I love Pokken Tournament and can't wait to get it on the Switch. It's one of my most frequently played game on the Wii U. Now, so many more people can enjoy it as the Switch has a very broad audience, overall.

The other announcements are just "meh" for me, but I'm not at all disappointed. I'll still get them all, though!

http://www.meristation.com/reportaje/entrevista-masuda-y-ohmori-padres-de-pokemon-nintendo-switch-es-el-futuro/2163540

This was an interesting interview I found with Junichi Masuda and Shigeru Ohmori that took place just after Pokémon Sun/Moon launched to record breaking sales. Here is an important part of the interview:

"Sin duda, Nintendo Switch es el futuro, pero tendremos que esperar a que salga al mercado y estudiar cómo puede beneficiarse de Pokémon. Cuando la gente la tenga, tendremos que ver y estudiar profundamente cómo la utilizan para entonces pensar cómo serán las próximas entregas de Pokémon y cómo la saga se podría beneficiar de esta nueva consola. "

This roughly translates to:
"Without a doubt, Nintendo Switch is the future , but we will have to wait until it comes to the market and study how it can benefit from Pokémon. When people have it, we will have to see and study deeply how they use it to then think about how the next installments of Pokémon will be and how the saga could benefit from this new console."

It's pretty clear the Gen 8 Pokémon games will be on the Switch, especially now that it is pretty much confirmed that the Switch isn't going to sell like a dumpster-fire Wii U.

However, it seems Gamefreak wants to analyze how people play and interact with the Switch and create the next generation of Pokémon games on the Switch based on their observations, rather than just releasing an enhanced port of Pokémon Sun/Moon onto the Switch (Ultra Sun/Moon) and calling it a day.

Expect to see an 8th Gen Pokémon game on the Switch in 2018 (or 2019 at the absolute latest if TPC/GF become lazy and skip 2018 for Pokémon).

My answers, in order: Gold And Silver, and "pretty pleased" (second option).

Rhetorical question - who's the wise guy who actually picked the "What's a Pokémon?" joke answer?

@BinaryFragger Haha I get what you mean. Just the sheer amount of salt on display is enough to give me high cholesterol for 10 lifetimes.

To get a brand new Pokémon like on the handhelds was always a remote chance, so I'm not too disappointed that Pokken DX is the Switch game. While I know little about the series, it seems more button bashing and less strategic, and Pokémon numbers seem limited. I guess that's the nature of the game. You can't really have hundreds in their. I'll wait for more information and reviews before I consider a purchase.

@rallydefault They are not brand new 3DS games. They are tweaks from last year. The changes will be minimal from a gameplay perspective.

Pokémon SoulSilver was my favorite Pokémon game of all. Beat it in 2011 and started playing it again last winter when I was sorely disappointed with wasting my money on that horrid Pokémon Moon game.

I'm kind of 'meh' about it, honestly. I didn't really like Sun/Moon all that much, so Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon still don't really interest me, although I had been expecting a single third version. I think I may actually give these two a pass, even with the new storyline and extras.

Pokken Tournament I don't care for either. In the end, only the GS ports were of any real interest to me, but not by much.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE
You're not the only one.

Sucked harder that I could ever imagine, that said Pokken on Switch is a good thing at least.

I'm happy I'll be able to finally play Pokken. But I had hoped for some kind of a bigger Switch announcement like everyone else. Hopefully E3 will not disappoint.

Pokken Tournament is an excellent title and one of only a couple fighting titles that surprised me with how great it was , The only thing I cared about going into the direct was that I was hoping Pokken Tournament would get a proper home on Nintendo Switch, Day One purchase.

Removing the rumors giving this artificial hype, I would say it was below average at best.

-I liked Pokken, but not enough to pay another $60 on it.
-I'm sure that Ultra Sun/Moon will be good, but it really seems like an effort to make the most out of the 3DS Pokemon engine before they put the console to rest. They need to reveal more before I can get excited though.
-I'm sure the only reason there is no VC release for Crystal is because they knew no one would buy Gold or Silver if it was alongside them on the eshop.

I know that putting Pokémon on the Switch would've been more work and that Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are ez money, but I'm just going to ignore those two things and just say that they made a stupid choice.

Sun and Moon Switch would have been cool

"What's a Pokemon?" Lol

A Pokemon game for Switch is happening, they're just saving it.

@MegaVel91 sarcasm, friend. It will be ok

What I don't get is that people are complaining that US/UM are "rehashes" while then complaining that they didn't release Stars.

Like, wtf did you people think Stars was?

@IceClimbers They're just salty this isn't on the Switch. TBH, they're better off waiting until 8th gen with a new region on a new engine built around the Switch, that would be much more effective at drawing people into the Switch.

arlos left field Nintendo theory strikes again!

Some of you might roll your eyes at this but ... I still think Sun and Moon will come to Switch as a port. Why? 3 things:

1. Eurogamer rumor. Yes, yes they could be wrong, but they were the first ones to accurately predict what the NX was so I would give them some sort of attention.

2. The entry removed earlier today about Switch versions of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon released TBA. The Pokemon Company quickly said it was a mistake and that it was not indicative of any future plans. If it were "Switch - November 2017" alongside the 3DS games then I would believe that. However, "Switch - TBA" sounds like there genuinely are Switch games in development, but development is taking too long. Rather than announcing release "TBA" and eat into 3DS game sales, they chose to announce at a later date. The Pokemon Company said it was not indicative of any future plans, but companies have lied before in the past (see Nintendo and "Switch is not a replacement for Wii U")

3. The existence of the Rotom Pokedex: Often, a Pokedex in a game looks like the handheld system that the game releases on. For example, the Ruby and Sapphire Pokedex looked like a Game Boy Advance and the Diamond and Pearl one looked like a DS. What does the Sun and Moon Pokedex look like?

A single screen with detachable arms. Sort of like a certain Nintendo system that released 3 months ago...

Obviously this isn't guaranteed proof that the game will arrive on Switch, but there's enough evidence to support the possibility, however unlikely it may seem. I'm going to still believe in the idea of Pokemon Stars releasing on Switch, potentially in 2018. Now, if it's 2019 and there's still no Stars on Switch, I'll admit defeat. But until then, I'll stay hopeful.

@thehoppypoppy Moon really wasn't my cup of tea, to be honest, and I only finished it because my pokemaniac friend insisted I did. I made MANY good memories playing it, but in the end I didn't mind selling it for what it was worth. Pokemon just isn't my thing, I guess.

Honestly besides the VC announcement, not impressed.

@shadow-wolf I think you simply might just be out of luck. Nintendo would have to add loads of new content for a switch release for it to be worth it, and then there's Ultra adding the new stuff just around the corner, so...sorry. I really believe it's just a fan rumor.

@IceClimbers EXACTLY. You understand.

I'm confused how the virtual console re-release is my favorite part, but it is. Huh.

Shocked to see around 45% saying disappointing about this news. Let's be realistic the only disappointment was the WiiU in how Nintendo doomed it before it even hit the market and how they handled it after along with third party abuse. They (both sides) ran off long time fans of the hardware, myself included who never sold off a Nintendo console in 30 years in disgust. I missed out on Mario Kart 8 which came out shortly before I sold out, so a game like Pokken Tournament is most excellent news. I'd so buy this, wanted it back then too but keeping a system for like two more games was stupid. Even then it would have amounted to one given how poor Starfox turned out.

The only thing that would be nice is a Switch Pokemon RPG, but let's be realistic what we see here now was already in development well before Switch arrived. Those may be the last of them too on 3DS, likely really. Give it another 12-18mo after those come out and it'll happen.

While I love Pokemon (especially Gold Silver!), I was personally disappointed by this announcement. Not a real problem; I'm sure Nintendo will have plenty of really awesome things to announce for 2017 and 2018!

I knew a proper Pokemon for the Switch was mostly just fan dreaming, but I'm more annoyed that - once again - the lack of concrete future plans for the Virtual Console means I will be endlessly waiting to buy Pokemon Gold/Silver on the 3DS while wondering if it will ever hit the Switch. Honestly, Nintendo, just tell me there WON'T be a VC for the Switch. I'll be disappointed, but at least I'll know what to buy.

I would call this moderately interesting, but this isn't something that is a long lasting game or integrates story. Leveling up is great, but there are no new skills to achieve or places to go. I think E3 needs to be much bigger than this. I figure there will be a Smash Bros DX, but I don't think they should even mention Splatoon or Arms at E3. There is already plenty of news about those.

Eh, I'm looking forward to Gold and Silver being released on the 3DS's VC. I don't have any interest in Ultra Sun and Moon and I'll wait on Pokken DX.

I me kinda early.. But Is the new sun and moon a sequel or..the same game with added content?

Kinda glad I didn't get it yet.

Lol, lots of crying going on.

It's not that it is "more old games" ported from the Wii U, it is that it is is this game.... N has some of the best IPs and but Pokken T was a dull un-featured game 10 years out of date.

I would happily pay a platinum price to buy some of the fantastic Wii U games again, maybe tweaked slightly as per MK8D. I think that some of the exceptional games from the Wii U were not experienced by enough people, however Pokken T is a big pair of soiled pants.

Gold and Silver quite interesting depnding on the price that is!

@VIIIAxel pokemon stars is a codename for ultra sun and moon

Just as was pokemon rainbow (Sun and moon)

If anything, ill wait for ultra eclipse as per the update to the rumours on 29/4

Where theres smoke theres fire.

@Jasspur they only interesting part is the timing of the direct.

Pokken DX took me by surprise. I will admit them bringing the former arcade exclusives to consoles is awesome. Croagunk is a fan favorite of mine.

The "Ultra Sun/Moon" announcement was a bit disappointing since I thought they'd be a cool release on the Switch. Still getting it though because it looks nice.

The VC stuff was cool. I should totally get those. Iwata made those games even better. I should totally get them.

@SLIGEACH_EIRE For someone who doesn't like Pokémon (or Pukemon as you call it ), why waste 8 minutes watching the direct? Then give the worse feedback ever that contributes nothing? You're entitled to do so, but your negativity stands out too often, it makes you look like a fool.

Lol people need to realize that those games just came out to keep the fans busy while meanwhile, theyre probably working on smthg big, GameFreak isn't that stupid, they probably expected such response from their fans.

I was hoping for a mainline pokemon for switch , oh well.
Here's to a stellar e3 that hopefully has some suprises in store.

I never got Pokken Tournament for the WiiU so this is a game I might be interested in.
I was disappointed when no mainline Pokemon game was announced for the Switch, but I still believe it will happen down the line just not yet. Maybe next year?

I'm a bit disappointed that they're not updating Pokken on Wii U to include the extra characters, but I never really got that into the game anyway.
USM I'm happy to see... partly as it shows they are keeping the main series on the 3DS for the time being, and partly because it strengthens my theory that Stars on the Switch won't be a main series game (the name Stars is clearly for this generation, but we have the 'third game' of the generation now, making a spin-off more likely)... although I was expecting a DP remake first, but GS is probably filling that slot for this year.

I'm heavily disappointed with this. I was seriously expecting a mainline Pokemon for Switch but instead we got Pokken, a game which I bought for the Wii U and literally threw out in a week due to boredom. 5 new characters won't change anything. Pokken isn't Mario Kart that people will still buy it over and over.

I said in an earlier article that if it was Pokkén Tournament 2 (DX), I'd be annoyed. And boom, first announcement was that.

I may be a Smash head, but PT was an awful game - I tried so hard to get into it initially, but the mechanics were just bad and nothing revolutionary to me. Then you have something like ARMS, which really is refreshing and fun. So now we have three fighting games on the Switch; USFII, ARMS, PTD - which lessens the chance of a Smash port coming soon at all (maybe I was a fool to think that it would).

I'm definitely not one of the Gen IV remake campers, but I'd have still taken that over US & UM. Personally though, a single game akin to Yellow and Crystal etc. in the form of "Stars" or whatever for both the 3DS and the Switch is what would've saved it for me. Better yet (and here's me being overly optimistic), a unique 3D Pokémon Switch adventure, Pokémon Stadium 3, or Pokémon Snap 2 is what I've always wanted.

Ah well, at least my favourite gen has come to the VC - not that I'm going to buy it

The virtual console releases are good, the rest is pretty meh. I liked Pokkén in JP arcades, didn't really like the D-pad controller, and got my fix on Wii U. Not sure if I double-dip even though it bugged me why they never added the new arcade (support)characters as DLC on Wii U.

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon either have to be on Switch or really, really special in order to have me travel around Alola again. Still enjoying the endgame on regular Moon.

@IceClimbers It wasn't much about being Stars, but rather about being on Switch. If US and UM are formally announced for Switch, people will quickly feel more positive about the situation.

@IceClimbers
Maybe most people only bought yellow instead of double-dipping.

This pokemon direct felt like negative news.

Im not sure how anyone truly believed that they would unveil a switch pokemon game at this point?

The other stuff was pretty bland. I do love Pokken, but i play it on my wiiu. Im not sure a couple extra characters is worthy of another purchase. If you dont already have it though its an essential purchase for the switch.

From someone on the outside that's not really into Pokemon, it just looked like a load of rehashes really so can see why some are disappointed.

Having said that it's a relatively quick and easy way for Nintendo to get some more content to their consoles.

I really hope it's in the same vein as B&W2 and not retreading S&M with 20 mins of gameplay tacked on the end.

@XCWarrior The "big" in the title is obviously clickbait, it was an 8 min direct 10 days before E3 what were they supposed to announce?

well disappointed that pokemon Zombies wasnt announced for switch. Not surprised it was Tournament don't think we will see Pokemon Switch to the 3ds is dead. But I did like the advert.

@Nico85 More than what they did. Atlus revealed 3 new 3DS games later on Wednesday, and I think it's going to be very hard for Nintendo to top those announcements next week in a tiny 30 minute presentation.

Keep in mind, for me, any more ports announced receive a negative grade from me. Give me new stuff, not repackaged. And I'm fully expecting 1/3 of that 30 minute presentation to be on repackaged WiiU and DS stuff.

It was OK....I think Pokken on Switch is a great idea. I am interested to see how it will play with the single joycons. I agree with others that Pokemon on Switch doesn't quite make sense yet. Think about it most Pokemon games sell 10+ million per generation. I think it is likely Nintendo's biggest cash cow. So a better bet for a Sun/Moon port or a new game would be sometime in 2018. They are likely going to want to see the installed base be close to 20mil before releasing a Pokemon game on Switch. Sure it will push units, but really Switch is like Wii in that it doesn't need system sellers apparently to sell systems. They will have plenty of content by xmas to keep people buying so Pokemon @ xmas 2018 is the card they should play to make sure they dominate xmas two years in a row.

@RadioShadow I wanted to see if Switch could get some software that would sell the hardware in huge amounts. The more hardware shifted the more likely 3rd parties are to turn their head the way of Nintendo. Though it could be argued that games like Pokemon and Monster Hunter are their own thing. It doesn't really increase 3rd party sales overall for other publishers. Anyway, Switch got another Wii U port. Yay!

They announced 4 games i already own and a fighting game that i only care about because of how hard it punctuated the fact that there is nothing to play on the switch.

Thinking about selling it if E3 ends up being half as disappointing.

0/10 - Will buy none of it.

I think it was complete garbage. A 1 Minute Trailer would have been enough. UltaSM should have been on Switch aswell.

Please add "none" as an option for your 1st poll