Pokémon Core Series RPG Will Arrive In The Second Half Of 2019

What was wrong with the last article?

Anyway, good on the Pokémon Company for letting us know a core entry is still on the way. Regarding the Let's Go! titles, my cautious optimism is replaced with indifference. If they're received well, I'll consider picking one up. That swaggy Pokéball accessory is a mandatory purchase, though.

Guess that leaves Super Smash Bros. as the only E-ticket game due for release in 2018. Doubtful that a port of a four year-old game is really going to be the focus of E3 2018, though they've made stupider decisions in the past...

Last I remember this article had a mountain of comments. What happen?

@JTMnM My thoughts exactly.

And I’ll repeat what I said in the other copy of this article: I will wait to play this game next year. The Let’s Go games look horrifically boring and simple.

And then simultaneously, all of humanity breathed a sigh of relief

Don't get what was wrong with the original comment section though

@Liam_Doolan It's all good, just was wondering what happened

Is that a mouse-over title I spy on the thumbnail?

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@Liam_Doolan it's slightly amusing. I thought it was my own mouse until I remembered I was on mobile.

Anyway...
Second half 2019 = 15 November 2019 ??

This is all fair pacing. Though idk how I feel about the Quest game, will have to see...

So 2019 it is.

Good. I can wait for them to perfect it.

Good. It would have been a real shame if the go games would have replaced them when you could finally play them on the big screen.

So the Let's Go games are relatively simple placeholder games to tide people over until the real next gen of Pokémon games arrives. Makes sense.

@Euler
What port of a four year ild game are you talking about?

Don't mind it as much now, but I'm probably going to pass either way.

Too simple, no online as far as I know, 60 dollars for 151 pokemon when 700+ plus was available for 40 on the 3ds (yea i know hardware expenses but c'mon, thats a lot of models left out and a lot of reused models and animations for that value..)

Wow, i'm disappointed. Pokemon (Main Series) and Animal Crossing (Main Series) where the games i was most hyped about and really hoped on getting early in the switch lifecycle. Looks like even two years (!) after release, i'm only going to be disappointed. And when the games release, i will have moved on and won't be touching them.

Did definitely not expect this game to happen 2018, so ... nothing changed really. It was about as likely for 2018 as Metroid after all.

@MrBlacky I think he is talking about the fact that Smash for Switch could be just a port of Smash for WiiU/3DS.

Thank god, watching the Let's Go trailer made me apprehensive that we might be looking at a radical change to the Pokemon formula. Knowing that the Let's Go games are side games is a relief, and also probably makes me more interested in them. I'm happy to see they have Pokemon battles in them. I'll definitely pick up the next core game in 2019, and I'll wait and see on Let's Go.

Pretty disappointed that I won't be seeing a core gen 8 until two years into my Switch's lifespan, but I'd much rather this than a rush-job or some super-safe X and Y kind of title. I just hope Let's Go turns out to be interesting, I'm really not sure what to think of that one but it looks like it's our Pokemon for the year.

There a few insta-buys with me but that is one of them.

@Dan_Dan Apparently two years or more into a platform's life is standard for Pokemon. Zelda and Mario are initial system sellers, Pokemon comes to an installed base.

I think Lets Go could be worse... im cautiously optimistic. I'm so ready for a new mainline game, but i think they need to shake things up a bit

@FTPinkRabbit @Dan_Dan I sincerely don't understand the surprise. The 3DS had to wait the exact same time. The DS was roughly that. 2 years for a core Pokemon game on a new system is not in any way surprising. The surprising thing is that they are releasing something in between.

I feel that these spinoff will use different things that people have been clamoring for, then maybe we can see then make their way to the main titles if they are good enough. The co-op, wild pokemon seen, rideable Pokémon, following, dress up (I'm assuming only for eevee and Pikachu..... I'm am pretty excited for this game..... And the hype for Pokémon 2019 has grown a lot!

Peoples, bon appetit.
Let's we enjoy Let's Go series as Appertizer, while we are waiting for Generation 8 as Main Course on next year.

Wow - it’s Pokémon the Wind Waker.

I think I'll skip the Pikachu and Eevee games. I liked the idea of a Yellow remake, so I lowered my expectations (= no gen 8). Little did I know that it was a stripped down version of Yellow lol. I'll give it another look, but it seems like a very minimal game. Looks good at first sight, but I'm not sure it will have the depth of a regular Pokemon game. And no online play is unfortunate too.

@Thierry No.. They are games that are trying to capitalize off of Pokemon Go and also get people from that user base to buy Switches.

Wah, I don't wanna waaaaaaait!

Cya
Raziel-chan

Look interesting, but the battle system will be the key thing when it comes to whether I buy it or not. If it's like Pokemon Go, then forget it - combat is so awful in that game.

Let's go has all ready got my daughter's in a spin, they want it and the Pokeball accessory. So there we go I get that for them and what ever Gen8 is for me.

Let's once again take note that rumour whilst right, was only a sliver of the thing. Just like the Mario Rabbids rumour that never mentioned "X-Com"

Glad they announced this. Was super disappointed when I thought Let's Go was being made instead of Gen VIII. Now, I think it's a smart move. Ease the Pokémon Go audience into the core series gameplay with Let's Go, then release the next big game.

I’ll take Let’s Go for now, just don’t drop the ball on this one...

Latter half of 2019? Could be Pokémon is getting it's BotW transformation after all!

Can't wait, Pokémon Let's Go, will keep me occupied until the main RPG is released. Let the hype train commence.

@thiz Not to be a downer, but BoTW is essentially a port too...

That should give them lots of time to make gen 8 just as fresh gen 6 once felt when it came out to 3DS. But give us gym battles. Real challenging battles! Keep Pokémon a proper strategy turn-based game! Other that that I’m open to a different type of story this time.

@thiz
byebye

The free to play game looks crap. As for the "Lets Go" games: So they are basically Pokemon Yellow remakes with vastly improved graphics...but simplified Pokemon Go gameplay and Pokemon Go connectivity. Hmm, such a shame.

Maybe they just use it to pull Pokemon Go players to the Switch, so that they will also buy the real new one in 2019.

@FTPinkRabbit XY released under similar conditions as this game, 2 years into the system's life and with a 3 year development time. Doubt this game is going to be any better than the likes of XY and SM.

@thiz What about Project Octopath, Blazblue Cross Tag Battle, Valkyria Chronicles 4, Shining Resonance, Yoshi, Monster Hunter & possibly Smash which come out in the next few months? I neither think they are ports nor indie games. What kind of games do you want?

** and Bayonetta 3

@MrBlacky Some people believe that the Super Smash Bros. game is going to be an enhanced version of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS rather than a new game. While this was my hot take at first, most people (myself included) gradually became convinced that it’s actually going to be Super Smash Bros. 5 that comes out this year.

Never been a huge Pokemon fan, and never played GO.

But Let's Go Pikachu and Evee looks incredible. First time a Pokemon game has really grabbed my interest. Idk what the main games coming next year will entail, but as of now these games are everything I could have imagined them to be.

I love the aspect of throwing the ball into the TV to catch the Pokemon. That's so cool. It's a game about collecting, after all. Can battle trainers and I'm sure legendaries as well. Basically it's Pokemon GO adapted into the core Pokemon blueprint, specifically adapted into a Pokemon Yellow remaining, without needing F2P or a mobile phone.

I'm all in. This will be the first Pokemon game to get me into the series.

If they still try and push that annoying Pokeball throw mechanic, I'll be very upset.

All I wanted was a new core series. Not really interested in these 'Let's Go' games😒 I'll be waiting til next year, I guess.

I'm confused about what the "Let's Go" games are. Are they remakes of the original Yellow version but with access to Pokémon Go accounts? Does it follow the original story? I apologize if this has been called out in an article and I missed it.

If "Let's Go" is more like Pokémon Go, I'll skip for sure and patiently wait for the Core Game to come out.

I’ll likely grab both versions of Let’s Go! for my kids. They are 5 & 7 and enjoy Pokémon Go along with the mainline series. They seemed excited by the announcement. Especially the pokeball accessory. For me, i’ll hold off until 2019 to grad the next “core” game. The exclusion of battling wild Pokémon is what killed it for me. Glad they announced the 2019 game now, so at least we know this wasn’t the “core” game we’d been waiting for.

What a nicely unsurprising development.

@thiz I reckon we'll get a Bayonetta or a Metroid or an Animal Crossing this year. E3 will confirm of course. This Pokemon isn't going to appease anyone, and if Smash isn't a brand new game it's going to piss off a lot of people.

Still, I play the Switch daily, even if has just been for indies of late. I've got a lotta lotta hours logged on it!

Never a fan of the game series or tv show, never ever played before. I think the spin off are targeted to me, sorry guys. Did this unintentionally, never thought they will try to capture my attention. So I’ll try the free to play and after being disappointed will see if I dive in with Let’s Go. Who knows, I may end up marking the calendar to purchase Gen 8 next year (and then, a Markeing Executive somewhere will get his wings)

I might buy one of the Go games.I need more information about them first though.

@frabbit there have been lots of rumours of Bayonetta coming this summer
Hopefully E3 brings it to the table

@Hyrule feel the same way.

@thiz fair enough. Imo the Switches exlclusive lineup is pretty solid. It has 5 non-port exclusives and around 6 ported from Wii U right now which is very good considering it's only >1 year old. And there are like 4 more non-port exclusives coming in the next 3 months. (Note: didnt consider kirby, fire emblem warriors, etc. because i dont like to count bad games) Thats a good figure especially comparing to PS4 and Xbox One after one year. In the end you have to like these games anyway so just counting numbers isnt enough. People always have to consider that the system is only one year old and that a lot of titles (metroid, pokemon, smash, bayonetta, etc.) And 3rd party will come. What I just wanted to say is that the Switch doesn't have a bad exclusive lineup at all, you just dislike the games. Sadly I cant help you with that tho. I hope you find the console and games you like in the future 😁

Damn I wrote a long ass paragraph lmao.

That's a lot of Pokemon. Let's Go this year, probably 8th gen next year, and probably Diamond/Pearl remakes the year after that. Consider me on board!