Domains For Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu And Pokémon Let's Go Eevee Appeared!

I doubt Nintendo registered them.

SM were announced a day after the domain was registered. It's happening soon.

Is the nightmare becoming real? Pokémon is ruined.

I don't know if it's just me but I've never really "got" the whole Pokémon thing

Let's Go Eevee?

My nephew's gonna flip!

@JamesR Nintendo don't directly register any of their domain names. Most companies go through a third party company who does it on their behalf. And apparently CSC Corporate Domains are the ones who deal with all Nintendo and Pokémon domains. But this could just be Nintendo covering their backs after the rumours started to spread.

Coolio

Don't like the names at all but not a huge deal. Though my youngest does love eevee so he would be excited. Can't wait to see how this all shakes out!

@thesilverbrick It hasn't been revealed yet. Jeez

Wait, is this related to the Pokemon Switch RPG? If so, will we hear more in E3 2018?

@thesilverbrick lol, my thoughts exactly, overreact much?

@FragRed well if they have previously dealt with Pokemon domains I might be wrong.

Either way, I'm sure there will be news before E3

If this is true would there seriously be any advantage to taking Pikachu over Eevee? As I understand Pikachu is a mediocre 'mon and Eevee gives one a lot of flexibility.

I don't know if this is a core title or weird spinoff or what, but I'm looking forward to hearing about it!

I HIGHLY doubt this as this was the name of the game that was posted on 4Chan on April Fools Day.

WELP

eevee and pikechu? is this a Yellow remake on Switch?

@thesilverbrick Take it easy with the overreaction. Even if this turns out to be true, the leak information is still pretty vague. I'd be willing to bet my unborn child the battling system's core is the same with tweaks like every gen/game with the major difference being how the catching system will be changed. Who knows, maybe you'll end up with a future child of mine.

Ruined Forever!

... Not really, but I'm hoping they don't start incorporating stuff from Go.

Cya
Raziel-chan

The complaining starts despite so many Pokémon fans admitting they didn’t bother finishing Ultra Sun/Moon... The formula still works but there’s no magic anymore. It’s TIME for a shake-up, whatever that may be.

And I’ll gladly take a reimagined Pokémon Yellow over a completely new gen cause the latter would be a rushed mess if released in holiday season 2018.

@SmaggTheSmug I was wondering about Pikachu and Eevee being very different Pokémon so it's a bit weird presenting them as alternative choices. But then again, they're mostly there for story purposes I assume. Other starters would be the same in both versions.

And this being a Kanto re-imagining so maybe they're being so bold as to do a complete overhaul of all the Pokémon, so even if they restart with Gen 1, it will be so different that it's in all practical purposes Gen 8.

If the rumor is true I imagine it was done because of time constraints. A new Gen 8 would require more time to be worthwhile and Gen 1 is arguably the most well known and nostalgic generation.

I hope this isn't the new Switch game but if they are I'm definitely getting Let's go Eevee!

@Moshugan If they're making an overhaul, I would hope for a mixed Gen 1 and 2, as the first 151 were pretty basic, but with 100 additional ones there's a lot more variety with less repetition that was brought on by later gens. Not to mention Kanto and Jotho are neighbouring regions, meaning it's easy to combine them into one big region.
Of course some brand new Pokemon wouldn't go amiss either.

I think we should've expected Pokemon Go integration, considering how well it has done. As long as it's done well, I think it'll be OK.

Really cool that we'll likely be going back to my favorite region!

I'm gonna throw up if this is true

I'm ok with the names, I just will not be ok if they dumb down pokemon more to make it more simplistic like Go. Go worked for what it was, but Pokemon is simple enough. Also i'm hopeful this isn't a straight remake with only a few changes. Those are my fears if the recent rumors are true.

@bratzdoll There's no magic anymore because they changed it. If there were fewer cutscenes and Gyms in SM they might have been my favorite games. The problem is they're ignoring their fans

I love the fact after people saying these rumours were fake yesterday, two websites that were registered 3 years ago with the same names are revealed and they still insist this is fake.

@Marios-love-child same here. Never got ‘it’ .....whatever that is. Think it’s great for the system as it will drive sales of the system which is great for everyone but yeah I don’t see it personally

Pokémon Go integration would be fine as long as it's updated to be better and more... What's the word... Fufilling. Go was a fine game, but one I got tired of very, very fast.

Sometimes, only parts of rumors are true. Here's hoping!

All this gnashing of teeth and people running about like thier hair is on fire reminds me of when Gen III was imminent. And Gen IV. And Gen V. And Gen VI. And Gen VII...

It's weird to have Eevee and Pikachu, I know they're both popular first gen Pokémon but one has 1 evolution (2 if you count Alolan form I guess) and the other has 8. One seems a much more exciting prospect than the other.

Unless they're adding Gorochu and that's why it was brought up recently. That would get people excited for Pikachu version I guess.

@MrGawain Yesterday, not 3 years ago, maybe you are reading the dates wrong?

My guess would be the names were jumped on by trolls responding to the rumours but @FragRed seems to think CSC is Nintneod' go to for domain registration so that's good enough for me.

I think these are real spin-off games set for this year, not the mainline games. May even be on 3DS, not Switch. Having another game named Pokemon Go on mobile would be kind of stupid.

I think these are going to be the equivalent of licensed kids games like Hello Kitty Kart Racing if those names hold up.

SM was the first Pokémon game I had played since the original release of Red/Blue. I really didn’t enjoy it all that much. Too much focus on a nonsense story with some super annoying characters. Some of the new gameplay ideas were really cool and obviously much different than gen 1. Just wished it focused more on “catching ‘em all” as that’s the reason I originally got into Pokémon. That being said, I don’t care how far they stray from Pokémon Sun/Moon because it was pretty terrible to me.

I really hope this is for mobile/3DS. The first Pokémon Switch game hopefully won't be tied in with Pokémon Go. Something more traditional would be awesome.

@bratzdoll So taking mechanics from a shallow mobile game will fix it?

The fact that this happened a day after the alleged leaks had me feeling that this is just Nintendo scooping up domains before somebody else takes them to avoid a fake site.

I'm fine with a remake of Yellow, but these names are horrible. They sound like some cheap kids games.

@rjejr Looking up Pokémon.com (https://www.whois.com/whois/pokemon.com) on WhoIs, they are the same company used to register the main domain name. So this looks to me like either the rumour was real and these games are coming, or Nintendo and Pokémon Company got scared by the fake rumours going around and registered the domain names in case someone stole them.

pokemon-stars.com is a pokemon domain, and look how that turn out .
I'm still on team fake. until they give me more info.

@bratzdoll I'd be willing to wait until holiday 2019 or even 2020 if it meant a more fleshed out traditional Pokémon game. The 3rd and 4th quarters of 2018 are already shaping up quite nicely that I probably won't have time to play Pokémon this year, anyway. I really don't want Pokémon Go as a requirement to play the Switch game, either.

Edit: I meant to "maximize" the Switch game, just to clarify.

I visited the website and it's on idle. No connection drop, just idling. If The Pokémon Company did register these, keep checking it everyday, content will surely arrive soon.

@JamesR You're right it wasn't Nintendo, it's most likely The Pokémon Company, who rightfully own Pokémon.

Oh man, I hope these rumors aren't true, but it looks more likely every day.

@thesilverbrick
What exactly is supposedly wrong with this because it's supposed be in Kanto?

@Nin10outof10 Oh, absolutely agree with you on the cutscenes -even worse was the whole intro, most patronizing of the series yet- but I don't think a story-driven approach is inherently a misstep; Black/White are still praised as a series highlight because of that, no? They just didn't fully get it right this time.

Frankly it's not SM when Pokemon lost its magic. BW excluded (precisely for trying something different), Pokemon hasn't felt the same since...Gen 4? I'm sure that's the favorite gen of somebody out there, and I'm not gonna knock that, I'm just saying that's where I'd pinpoint the start of the decline. Personally, I thought SM were an improvement over XY at least.

@NIN10DOXD We don't know yet exactly what is similar to GO, that "integration" rumor is worrying me too. But we do know that, regardless how we feel about that app, millions of people saw something in it that made them return to the franchise 20 years later. There is something to learn from that. Do I want to pay $60 for a Pokemon GO experience? Absolutely not. But if they looked at GO and decided to take out all the bloat that's piled up over the years -like natures, EVs, IVs, Z Moves, Mega Evolutions etc etc- imagine just how much more inviting the games would feel to the average consumer that hasn't picked up a Pokemon game in a while. Or every fan that avoids competitive like the plague, for that matter. Depth for the sake of depth isn't fun.

And one thing Pokemon GO did RIGHT over any mainline game is the death of random encounters. There is no place for random encounters in 2018, we're only dealing with them out of necessity. That leaked screenshot gives me more hope than dread for this very reason.

edit: Also, it's personal preference and a minor thing but it's been mentioned in the rumors, but I prefer the way catching Pokemon works in GO over the main games, it's way more engaging than just clicking the A button and hoping for the best. I'd be ok with that carrying over.

@SomeWriter13 Same here! But Nintendo wants to sell 20 million Switch units till next March, Pokemon sadly HAS to come out this year. So I'm very much pleased with the idea that the game coming out is a re-imagined Pokemon Yellow, that'd be a significantly more polished experience than a proper new entry ever could be in this timeframe. And I'll join in the rants if Pokemon GO is a requirement instead of an added bonus, believe me.

@AxeltheBuizel - Well Ultra and Super anything are equally bad and should have died with the 90s but look what we got last.

@illmatic20xx It’s the integration of features from Pokémon GO, which is a sad, lifeless mockery of the original games.

@bratzdoll Go didn’t bring anybody back. This people played made either dropped or play occasionally without buying the mainline games. I agree that competitive play in these games is awful, but the main story is already too inviting. These games keep getting easier to the point they are basically Baby’s First RPG. Some mechanics could be fixed, but completely scrapping them wasn’t what the fan base wanted. Just the names alone are tone deaf.

@Nin10outof10 I don't see how they're ignoring their fans tbh. I loved the increased focus on narrative in SM and USUM. It really made Pokémon feel more special instead of just 70-150 new uninspired blobs churned out every 2 years.

The original gen 1-3 pokémon were, in their own right, all very well designed, but from gen 4 onwards things just went completely haywire. We've gotten some amazing designs over the years, but they amount to less than 20% of the total added Pokémon from and including gen 4 till and including gen 7.

The new systems like mega evolution and z-moves are fun additions (though I hate how mega evolution seemingly makes certain Pokémon broken)

That being said, this better not be a remake of Pokémon Yellow.

The only capacity I'd take this without going to Game Freak's HQ and screeching like an autistic mongoloid (DISCLAIMER: terms not related to autism or the mongoloid race) would be if it was Kanto and Johto together with the Pokémon Yellow gimmick of having Pikachu/Eevee follow you (without the evolution restriction thanks), completely updated and remade 3D visuals and with plenty of extra content and all 7 generations of Pokémon obtainable.

It's quite a demand, but I want it, I want it bad. I want gen 8 more, but I want it bad.

@NIN10DOXD I don't think it made too many people buy a 3DS for a core game either, though that's for Nintendo/GF's marketing team to clear up. It did however revitalize interest in people who had left the franchise as a memory of their childhood. I'm the only 3DS owner among my friends yet every one of them was talking to me about "catching a Vulpix" [or any Pokemon of your choice]. Everyone gave it a try. That's such an impressive feat. Somewhere down the line, core Pokemon games lost these people; it makes sense for Nintendo/GameFreak to want them back.

To clear something up, I don't mean for the main game to get "easier", it's already frustratingly easy. I'd even suggest difficulty options, they've been long needed. But you don't need mechanics like Z Moves to beat it, you never did. I want simplicity, not lower difficulty. Red/Blue/Yellow obviously had the most bare mechanics of the series but they're still considered more difficult to beat than their successors. Does that make sense?

@Simon_Fitzgerald Yep you nailed it. All of these bits of info from different sources (including some official ones) all point to this being real.

@bratzdoll That’s true. I just feel like the branding is messy a long with some of these ideas. It’s probably not completely accurate in details though if it’s real.

@thesilverbrick You're not overreacting. If this is true, Pokemon is ruined. I'm holding out hope that these are unannounced spinoffs and not really Gen8 main series. Pokemon Go is terrible.

@Simon_Fitzgerald Those people on Twitter aren’t really insiders lol

The move to remake/update the yellow version makes sense for Gamefreak. They have never worked on anything like the switch before and didn't know what they were dealing with so instead of making a bad GEN 8 game first they decided to remake yellow in a region they know very well. It will teach them a ton about the switch while at the same time touch the nostalgia of the world. It also gives them way more time to create new pokemon with better designs then we have been getting

@FragRed This is what I was wondering as well. There would be nothing stopping Nintendo from going: "Well...this is the newest rumor about our upcoming game...we've got plenty of cash on hand...so why not stoke the fires and lay a smoke screen?" I think it would be rather hilarious if that's what this was, actually. Nintendo hears the rumors...reads about what everyone is saying about them...and decides to pump up the rumors in the totally wrong direction by doing something like this.

@bratzdoll I don't think it needs difficulty modes, but I know what you're getting at. One of the things that I like about Pokemon is that it's easy to pick up and play, but super deep if you get into it. It needs to capitalize on that elegance. I'd love to see them shed the bloat that the franchise has built up over the years. Double battles were an awesome addition, but since then it's been grasping at straws: form changes, triple battles, Z-moves, pokemon amie, mega stones, exponentially-increasing-numbers-of-legendaries... you get the idea. Shed the bloat. Let's get back to playing Pokemon. Does it need a reboot? Maybe, but I really hope these rumors turn out to be spinoffs, because if they're Gen8 then they're swatting a fly with a nuke.

@FragRed Thanks. But really, you didn't have to go through all of the extra trouble, I trusted you the first time.

Yeah, 100% positive this rumor is true. Like, even more so than Star Fox Grand Prix, which I think is real as well.

Now let's wait and see to find out what the Go integration is. Could just be pokeball flicking on the touch screen (motion control for docked/tabletop).

I also wouldn't be surprised if you could transfer Pokemon from Go over to these games.

@Simon_Fitzgerald Maybe what we’re going to get is one of two reveals. A proper, from the ground up Switch Pokémon, as well as a Yellow remake to hold things over until its ready

These rumors are making it even worse.
Please don't let this "Let's go" thing be on Switch

@bratzdoll glad we see eye to eye! Though honestly with the way the Switch is doing, 20M isn't too hard even without Pokemon this year. I'm willing to bet Monster Hunter alone is going to move 3M copies at least, and probably convince more people to buy Switch consoles. (Nowhere near MHW yet because of the current install-base, but the franchise has rabid fans, myself included.)

Then again, a new Pokemon will make 20M a certainty.

@NoxAeturnus You're both overreacting the game isn't even out yet you have zero clue what it will look like or how it will play. You're basing all your information rumors. How about you and everyone else complaining wait for a reveal of the actual game

Oh god no.

I refuse to buy. Rabbids will completely ruin Mario.

@canucksfan989 We're all waiting for an official reveal. I don't think it's unreasonable to say IF THIS IS TRUE that pokemon as we know it is dead. To my mind that is a bad thing. Telling everyone to wait for a reveal before speculating is equivalent to saying: "Please stop speculating based on rumors in the public discussion forum of an article about those rumors." What would you like to talk about here instead?

@bratzdoll Can't blame them - if they played vanilla Sun & Moon, there's really no reason to play the first three-fourths of Ultra SuMo because they're mostly identical.

We've known they've been working on a new Pokemon for Switch for awhile now, so if it's a new Gen, I don't think it'd be rushed. But TBH, even though I kind of find Kanto bland nowadays, another remake of RBY wouldn't be bad to me. Mostly because FRLG were made before the Physical-Special Move Split, meaning the original Kanto games are the last ones that really 'need' remakes.

@JohnQuixote Funny, but different situation. I'm perfectly fine with a spinoff. What if rabbids were a major part of Odyssey?

Aside from the names being kind of stupid, I'd be fine if these were new remakes of the Kanto games, as while FireRed & LeafGreen were things, they were made in Gen 3 which was before the Physical-Special Move Split of Gen 4. In other words, despite having remakes already, they don't have the modern mechanics introduced in Gen 4 that we still have now. Besides, maybe they could do something awesome and show Red's journey after Kanto & the Sevii Islands - AKA Johto & Mt. Silver.

@NoxAeturnus I'm saying stop with the overreactions saying Pokemon is dead when you're basing you info on text. No gameplay videos just text. You don't know how it will play because all we have is text on what this game could look like. Even if it's true you and a lot of people are overreacting and it's pathetic.

@thesilverbrick

This is he calm before the storm. Just watch as they reveal these two new games and poo hits the fan.

@canucksfan989 I'm not sure you know how speculation works. Here's the basic formula: If A happens, then B, and I think XYZ about that. For example: If the main line Pokemon becomes more like Pokemon Go, then Pokemon is dead and I think that is bad. Here's another example: If Pokemon Go integration does not replace the core mechanics of Pokemon's main series, this might turn out to be interesting for me.

I'm not saying Pokemon is definitively dead based on rumors. I'm speculating that if aspects of those rumors turn out to be true, then Pokemon will be dead. It's an if...then statement. That's what speculation is.

So weird that Nintendo and Pokemon Company didn't think to reserve those URLs until the day that everyone started talking about a 4chan post like it was truth

I really, really hope that the romored "pokemon go" integration is only that, a rumor. I hate that bloody grind-to-evolve system of pokemon go and i hate that stupid battle system. I hate everything about go.

@thesilverbrick
Oh yeah if they do that and you cant cut it off just not use it I wont buy it either.

Probably already stated, I'm being lazy, but would they really use those incredibly long urls for the websites even if true?

I mean, I would imagine they would be shortened variations.
Letsgopikachu
Letsgoeevee
Pikachugo

Or something? shrug

@Blizzia Don't get me wrong I would love an HD Kanto remake/ sequel that would be awesome. What worries me are the names and the gameplay leaning toward Pokemon Go. I love Pokemon Go but its clearly a mobile game. If mainline pokemon games were like go I wouldn't get into it. I play pokemon because of Gyms, Exploring the new region and then new creatures. I would rather have the same copy and paste story with an evil team and elite 4. If you remove the turn based rpg and catching mechanic then pokemon might as well be dead to me.

I just hope they don't go with something very gimmick over say, taking advantage of the hardware and doing something huge like a big 3D Open World. Even if we took a stand and not brought them, the kids will still eat em up regardless, so all we can do is hope (For one thing Metroid Federation Forces changed nothing despite huge fan backlash, though it did eventually give us 2 proper Metroid announcements.)

But we'll see, I mean they must be out of colours to call new versions right........right?

@Nin10outof10 Yeah it's a bit worrying. I loathe Pokémon Go and find it super shallow, so really hoping it has nothing to do with it :/ I agree with pretty much all of that statement. Pokémon Go is a fine game in its own right, for mobile platforms, but it's too shallow for main games.

@NoxAeturnus I think it's fine to playfully and rationally speculate. Its irrational to claim a franchise is ruined or dead when there's not much else to go on and the little we do have to go on is unconfirmed. Not suggesting you personally are acting irrational. But there's a lot of unnecessary Chicken Littleing going on over these rumors.

@SmaggTheSmug Maybe its Detective Pikachu and he has a set of coffee based attacks.

@UmbreonsPapa I can accept that some may be overreacting. I think that lumping all negative speculation about the potential outcomes of the rumors together and saying that they're an overreaction is, itself, an overreaction.

@SmaggTheSmug The rumored Raichu evolution is probably going to be in the game so that could add a more linear evolution where as Evee will have far more options overall, and hopefully they finally give Evee the Dragon evolution we have all been waiting for!

@Marios-love-child it’s better than cod I can tell you that 😉

Definitely interesting as long as it’s a spin-off I don’t mind trying something different like rumble world/mystery dungeon/hey you pikachu etc.. I’m just praying they don’t change the formula for the main series games

I suspect the "Pokemon is ruined" comments will follow the announcement of every Pokemon game, as I expect all future Pokemon games to integrate with Pokemon Go in some capacity.

The Pokemon community is a lovely community, isn't it...

@Blizzia I think they are turning catching pokemon into a mini game and nothing more, it is clearly going to be more like the oldschool games as far as combat people are too gamefreaked out.

@bignrules
This will be a main series Pokemon game.

But it won't be Pokemon Gen 8, which is likely coming next year (or in 2020 at the latest).

@NoxAeturnus Everything will be fine, they are going to allow trading between Go and this title as well as Pokemon bank integration for both, no worry there IMO. Changing too much would be suicide for the series.

@westman98 where did you hear that?

@bignrules
Well, the description of the rumor itself makes it clear that it is a Kanto remake/reimagining. No new region. No new starters. So it's not the beginning of a new generation.

But this is definitely a core RPG Pokemon game, not a Mystery Dungeon/Rumble game.

@Jokerwolf Doubt they'll do that, that's what the entire franchise has always been based on - catching them all.

@westman98 we shall see!

@Jokerwolf I hope this is the case. My fear is that it is not. Absolutely agree that too much change would be suicide for the series, depending on what those changes are. Guess we'll find out for sure when they do a full reveal, but I'm certainly more nervous than excited right now.

If it's again a remake of the first gen I would be SO MUCH disappointed
Just make a new generation .... or Gen 4 remake, it would be so cool, imo it's maybe the best generation (at least one of the best)

@LightBeam Gen 4's my second favorite Gen, but it definitely does not need a remake (yet). Aside from Megas & Z-Moves, Gen 4's mechanics are the same as Gen 7's. And while RBY already had remakes in FRLG, those games were made before Gen 4 where we had the Physical-Special Move Split, meaning they have outdated mechanics.

And if done right, a Yellow remake could be a very good distraction until an actual new game. Imagine going to Kanto & the Sevii Islands like in RBY & FRLG, but also seeing Red's journey through Johto & to Mt. Silver, along with the Battle Frontier Johto had in its remakes. Besides, what better games to be the first main HD Pokemon games than remakes of the games that started it all?

Remember when we saw the leaked photo of Mario + Rabbids, and 80% of you thought it was one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse? Turns out it ended up being some people's favorite game last year. This is not much to go on, we just need to see a proper announcement before judgement is passed.

@thesilverbrick It doesn't have to be entirely influence by GO. Game Freak claim that the majority of the gameplay will be a "core" RPG experience. How it looks in action will determine my verdict.

@w00dm4n yes. Yellow remake.

I really want a Pokemon on my switch, a full on RPG not some crap based on PokeGo. . Pokemon Go was junk, the one plus is that switch does not have GPS or mobile data so they can't quite make it the same crap game at least.... Here's hoping this is just some weird spinoff thing and the switch game has nothing to do with it.

@NIN10DOXD Exactly. Nintendo has done this with several Pokemon fake games after rumors circulated. Pokemon Delta Emerald was the game last time. They just don't want someone to go "Look! There's "this" Pokemon game website so it MUST be real."

@BetterThanVegas I think they did it with Super Smash Bros Universe too.

I'm not against this, but I just have a hard time believing it because there have been like a million Pokemon "leaks", rumors etc before practically every mainline Pokemon game and they've all been false.

If this is true, it'll definitely be interesting. I'm not gonna scream "Pokemon is dead",(seriously, I've heard that since before Gen 3, 15 years ago..) A full gen 1 remake in HD and the newer Pokemon integrated would be nice. Gen 1 isn't my favorite, but it's the games I started on and even FR/LG are outdated now.

@thesilverbrick "It’s the integration of features from Pokémon GO, which is a sad, lifeless mockery of the original games."

sigh Look, just because they are going to implement a feature inspired by Pokemon GO, doesn't mean the ENTIRE THING is going to be Pokemon GO.

I'm so tired of this overreaction.

@Alantor28 This is the Pokemon Switch RPG.

@thesilverbrick

We don't know enough yet so I am waiting for some more concrete info although these latest rumours seem more solid than previous ones.

Nintendo are looking for titles to sell as many consoles as possible and the franchise does need a bit of a shake up imo,but this could just be some minor changes as we don't really know anything yet.

@MimoDX2,

Yes there is a lot of jumping to conclusions going on based on a games supposed title.

And there is no direct evidence that Nintendo have anything to do with these domain names,domain trolls appear all the time in an effort to make money by registering domain names in the hope a company will need to buy them back.

Game Freak are not stupid and considering all the 3DS titles have sold north of 14 million units they will never mess with the formula that much on a console imo.

@BetterThanVegas,

Pretty much all main leaks that are reported on main gaming websites are controlled by Nintendo imho,this goes for ones thet turn out to be true or fake.

Rumours/leaks spread info and build hype,they also take peoples eyes off what developers are truly planning.Another good outcome is they soften the blow when a game/console is officially revealed,a perfect example of this is "Mario Rabbids" as if this game was just revealed for the first time at E3 people may not have given it a chance,their surprise and uproar could have taken their minds away from what a pretty awesome title it was,getting people used to the idea behind the game and effectively tempering their initial shock makes them judge the game on it's own merits,this gets them to look passed the initial surprise and shock that a certain developer has gone in a direction they were not expecting.

I always look back at the Eurogamer Switch leak and it's timing,as a Nintendo executive had just stated that "Pokémon Go" might not be the cash cow some Nintendo stockholders were expecting as Nintendo did not own or develop the title,this resulted in Nintendo's share value that was riding high on the games initial reveal to drop.

Nintendo needed to get the price back up so they leaked detail's of their upcoming console,this added even more hype to the NX rumours and pushed the share price back up.

Anybody that doubts this only needs to look at the original 3DS XL reveal,Nintendo were asked directly at that years E3 event if there were any plans to release a revision of the existing 3DS hardware,Nintendo stated very openly that there were no plans.

Then next thing we new days after the event as I recall,was the director of Nintendo Europe pictured in a distribution facility with loads of boxed 3DS XL's behind him,now you have to consider that this was not a plan/reveal of a 3DS revision that Nintendo would release later down the line,but a console they had designed,made and ready for market....just imagine how many people must have known about that and could have leaked it.

Trust me on this Nintendo can keep secrets if they want to.

If I get to choose Eevee as a starter, it's a done deal! I don't care if we go back to Kanto, but I think they need to add something very new to make that work. Instead of the Sevii Islands, maybe we can visit all the regions or Johto and a new region. That would be too good to be true but I can dream, can't I? Honestly, I think these are going to be Pokemon mobile games.

They domains where registerd after all the rumors came up. Might as well be someone trying to mess with people.

Anyone can buy a domain name with a few bucks. This doesn't actually prove anything.

Funniest thing is how everyone is hoping for a mainline pokemon game on switch.hello people gamefreak already said it was lol a few times already does anyone listen when these guys speak

@Slim1999

Lol, amen. People need to calm down.

@johnvboy Exactly. For the most part leaks are "leaked" to drive hype and control fan response, as well as measure it. Its done by most companies. Look at the Black Ops 4 leaks. They just turned out to be mostly true and softened the backlash of features getting cut while driving hype for its Battle Royale mode. Its marketing 99% of the time. South Park does an episode on a similar premise; that being that all government conspiracies are a government conspiracy. I just hope that if the rumors are true the story and gameplay branches physically. Like one game goes to Kanto and the other goes to Johto. That would make me want to buy both.

@BetterThanVegas
Pokemon games come in pairs to encourage trading, not because each game in the pair will be drastically different.

If Johto appears, it will probably be in the post-game.

This sounds like a super casual pokemon spin-off and not a new mainline pokemon. If it turns out to be just a casual spin-off, pokemon fans will be pissed.