After the small avalanche of Pokémon reveals last week, and the general buzz and discussion around Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, you'd be forgiven for pushing next year's core series RPG to the back of your mind for now. We didn't expect to learn too much about this title for a while, but a trickle of details have now emerged from The Pokémon Company's president.
Speaking with Japanese magazine Famitsu, Tsunekazu Ishihara has discussed all of the Pokémon games that came about from last week's announcement, including next year's RPG. Kindly shared by Japanese Nintendo, the first of these details confirm the news we've already been told - it will be releasing in the second half of 2019, and is an entirely new work (essentially meaning that it will not be a remake of previous games).
Things start to get a little more exciting, however, as Ishihara also mentions that the game should please long-time players of the series (presumably suggesting that this will be the core experience that diehard fans are craving), and that it will include many new Pokémon. While it seemed rather likely already, this should absolutely confirm the fact that this will be the start of 'Generation Eight'.
One final point to mention is the promise of improved image quality. With the series moving from the 3DS to the HD display of the Switch, you would hope for at least some level of improvement, but maybe this hints at a higher level of graphical loveliness than the bare minimum required. Could we see the 2019 game(s) take on a higher image quality than the Let's Go games arriving later this year? Perhaps.
As always, we now have no choice but to play the waiting game to see the final result. Things do seem promising, though, and we'll keep an eye out for any further information.
Are you looking forward to the 2019 game(s)? Let us know what you hope from them in the comments below.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Great!
Can the complaining about Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee now please stop?!
better graphics = same engine as Lets go
@DandaraLHH Yes please tis so annoying
Confirm a larger and more open over world and more content and then I’ll be on board.
I just want a more open-world style map honestly. But either way I'm super hyped for all these new Pokémon games coming out.
Please be open-world! Please be open-world!
Confirm 75% less cutscenes than SM/USUM and I'll be happy.
I predict same old formula but with new forgetable Pokemon... And better graphics but same old square world or limited camera.
Personally, I am just glad we are getting gen 8 and while there are plenty of ideas and changes I'd like to see, I am just gonna content myself with the confirmation that we are getting such a game, and I will try out Let's Go when it comes out, in the mean time.
Frankly I get very annoyed with all the complaints and arguments spawned whenever talk of new Pokemon games is dominating the internet. Everyone and their mom, brother, and 3rd cousin has their own ideas and opinions about what they want from the series...
Please can we have a small teaser trailer next week
@shaneoh That's one I can get behind. Leave the open world nonsense for other franchises.
Hoping they will ditch the grid-based world once and for all. They started this right in Sun and Moon.
An open world with some limitations would be nice. And by limitations I mean like the player would need a certain skill or pokemon to get past. Or just simply that some areas would have Pokemon way too high level to enter at first. I also would like to have a camera that the player could rotate freely, but the game should still be third person view not first person. I don't care that much about the new pokemon-hype. I mean if the new ones are memorable and the game doesn't include every single pokemon from previous gens, then it's cool. But I wouldn't like to get anxious over catching all the 900-1000 monsters the game would have.
Please....
1. HD Open World
2. More Action commands such as Jump, Rolling, Waving, Whistling, etc.
3. Rideable Big Pokemons.
4. More Mini games with Rhythm game inside.
5. Clothing for Both Trainer and Pokemons.
6. Day & Night System + Weather + Seasons changes.
7. No more limitation for Pokemon's ability.
8. 3 vs 3 Battle, some Pokemons have supportive abilities to buff the ally or All target attacks. Digimon & Zettai Onkan Otoda Master NDS used that Battle system.
9. Trivial, a Mini game like Kurikin Nano Island Story NDS (Bacteria vs Bacteria)
10. Customable trainers looking and voices.
Announcements like these make everything ok.
Yes I am unless they decide to lock trading behind a paywall like they are doing for Let’s Go games
@Anti-Matter
1. HD already confirmed, it is on Switch I don't want a full on open world, just more open to the previous games.
2. Rolling? Whatever for?
3. Rideable Big Pokemon are in Lets Go! But I do want to ride a Wailord though
4. I don't want them to waste time on minigames because it will take away from the core focus of the game.
5. Clothing for Pokemon would take FOREVER to develop. Maybe for just a set few
6. I HATED day/night cycles in gen 2. I literally only got to play at night when I was a kid, so guess which of those two eeveelutions I liked better.
7. No more limitation for Pokemon's ability... this is a terrible idea. Think slaking with Wonder Guard. That thing would be legendary status.
8. 3 vs 3 Battle. Yes please
9. See #4
10. Customization on trainers looks are fine. No on the voice, I don't want my avatar talking.
The hype train has no breaks, and Nintendo is the conductor.
I started with Red version on that giant brick that was the original gameboy. I obsessively played Gold version, and by the time I got Crystal I was playing competively, breeding for perfect IVs, and had a fully completed pokedex.
Once I found out that the GBA series wouldn't let me transfer all my perfect IV teams over that I spent countless hours on, I threw in the towel and vowed to not get tangled up in this series ever again.
Then decades later, Pokemon Go came out and I gave in to temptation. It's definitely more of a fun phone app than a pokemon game, so it wasn't really cheating. My girlfriend has never touched a pokemon game outside of Go, but it looks like we'll both be diving in to the Lets Go Pikachu/Eevee games on the Switch.
Depending on how Gen 8 looks, I'm more than likely going to be getting back into the series, since there will most likely be interconnectivity with the Go series in some form or another, and I won't be starting from scratch.
So, I'm one of those lapsed players they were trying to get back, and my girlfriend is one of those players new to the series altogether. We are living proof that their marketing strategy is effective as hell, and a genius move.
Even if you're upset with the direction of the Let's Go games on the Switch, I guarantee it's strengthening the series more than you may realize.
I can't help but be a little sad that this is the end for portable Pocket Monsters on the pocketable 3DS, the Switch isn't exactly pocket sized. :-/ Maybe the franchise will have to be rebranded Bagmon.
I'll be happy with these things and as long as you actually battle pokemon, if they bring the Go catching mechanics with no battling to the new gen game I might be done with the series. That's my biggest thing I don't like about the Let's Go games is I'm pretty sure that is going to really make the game much shorter, and additionally going to get repetitive and boring even more so than grinding xp that some complain about.
It better have better graphics, the two holdover games are 99% reused assets from gen 6 and 7.
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Sorts of Pokémon there should be included that haven’t been used before:
*Dolphins
*Hammerhead Sharks
*Roaches
*Mosquitoes
*Fleas
*Moose
*Llamas/Alpacas
*Red Pandas
*Platypuses
*Flamingoes
*Peacocks/Peahens
*Humming Birds
*Puffins
*Komodo Dragons
*Iguanas
*Anacondas
*Dimetrodons
*Stegosauruses
*Velociraptors
*Ankylosauruses
Not to mention that when it comes to introducing Sound Types, Pokemon based off Instruments should be introduced, and when it comes to introducing Cosmic Types, Pokemon based off Infamous Aliens should be introduced
If this hasn’t been abandoned Gen VIII should have more further Evolutions and pre-Evolutions to existing Pokemon. For instance a pre-Evolution that can put Pokémon with Counterparts into the same evolutionary line, and an evolution for Male Combee and Male Salandit.
Let’s not forget MORE MEGA EVOLUTIONS THAT DON’T HAVE IT ALREADY. Would be swell in Sinnoh Remakes if there was a way to toughen up the Fully Evolved Starters, like we did with the Fully Evolved Starters in the Hoenn Remakes.
@CuriousUserX90 The following Pokémon Types have not yet been used with Starter Pokémon as their Secondary Types to date:
*Rock
*Electric
*Bug
*Normal
*Ice
Technically though Dragon has been used with Mega Evolutions. For whatever Water Starter they go with it should be based off a mammal that does not live in the sea like a Hippo, a Beaver, a Platypus, or a Polar Bear.
Plus let’s think of how this list could decrease come the next Gen: https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/5drn0b/all_unused_type_combinations_as_of_gen_7/
What I would like to see a huge improvement on in the next generation of Pokemon games is a more fluid and engaging world.
I feel like all the NPCs are placed in the game to serve the player, to give hints and talk endlessly about Pokemon tactics. It would be great to see real characterization, real stories and NPCs that are doing 'something' even if the player isn't present.
About 4 - 5 hours into any Pokemon game I simply stop going into houses, stop speaking to NPCs and stop interacting with the world because it's really actually very shallow & boring.
I hope it looks better. Let's Go looks like an upscaled version of XY/ORAS with better textures. I hope the next one looks like Sun Moon but lets you control at least the camera (and make the world more connected, Sun Moon had a lot of loading zones).
@Silkyinsect_UK They actually did something like that in USUM. A dude outside from a resort is sad because he wants to work in a better resort but he feels like that would be rude to his boss, which gave him an opportunity to work there. If you talk to his boss he tells you to show him a magmar I believe. It is quite simple but I was impressed that that was in the game. Hopefully we'll get more in the next game.
@Devlind Cool, I didn't play US/UM. It would be great to see that sort of thing with all the NPCs in the new game!
@Silkyinsect_UK USUM is pretty awful so you dodged a bullet there.
Lol people really want Breath of the Wild style for this game
This doesn't really tell us anything that we didn't already know/guess. It's still nice to have confirmation about gen 8 at any rate.
Please no open world. I'd be fine with a sandbox but Pokemon doesn't need that. I want at least 100 new Pokemon and unique cities and dungeons with a Black and White level of depth to the story. It doesn't have to be world ending stuff but more complex and make you question the Pokemon society. It would have to be appropriate for children of course but give me that and I'm a happy fan.
I like that they put special emphasis on 'many new pokemon' which I really hope is a sign that the gen 8 games will introduce over 100 new pokemon again. Even though I really liked gen 6 & 7, one thing that always really disappointed me was that both gens introduced a really small amount of new pokemon so with the extra power of the Switch and (hopefully) more creative fuel, GameFreak can easily make up a plethora of new Pokemon for the new games (e.g. anything 120+ is perfectly fine with me).
Also, another thing I really hope they DON'T do is introduce a crap ton of legendary pokemon like they did in Gen 4 and Gen 7 just to pad out the pokedex and make it seem bigger than it actually is. Legendaries are cool, don't get me wrong, but I kinda feel like they lose their value if the game just crams a bunch of new legendaries down your throat. Out of all the gens, I feel like Gen 3 did the legendary roster the best; got your two cover legendaries, the 'other' cover legendary, the small cute one, the extremely mysterious one that no one knew existed at first and a couple of smaller legendaries that while not integral to the plot still exist to give the game life.
Nintendo and Pokemon Company still trying to band-aid the negative reaction from the Let's Go reveal I see.
I can't be excited for a new Pokemon game, until they do something new and fresh with the series. Pokken was a step in the right direction, IMO, giving you control of the Pokemon for the battle. However, all the "main/core" games have virtually been the same. Pokemon needs a "Mario Odyssey" or "Breath of the Wild".
I'm still hoping for the time when Pokemon can have more than four moves to choose from, at least for the story mode. Four moves just doesn't seem to be enough.
Hate to break it to you, but if it stays named "Stars" It's just gonna simply be the third game in Gen7. Just maybe with new mythics like the one that's been floating around recently. And even then this is a bad move on GameFreak/TPCI's part. I fully expect a 3DS port too, otherwise they're screwing over a good chunk of their base that has been through the entire handheld run of over 20 years (And no, I do not consider the Switch to be a handheld. I consider it to be purely console.)
We still haven't seen all possible type combinations. And there's so much more they could do for new pokemon. I really hope we go over the 1000 mark of pokemon in Gen 8 because at this point, I think it's a must. Only about 100 are usable at all in competitive play so we definitely need more unique pokemon and type combinations injected into the mix.
Doesn't Pokemon Let's go games features a whole new graphic engine? I doubt we will see a new one on the GEN 8 games. Graphics looks pretty good for me.
BTW Pokemon on 3DS was pretty impressive graphical wise. What hold it back like most 3ds games was terrible resolution, blur and screen quality
I want the typical battle system of mainline Pokémon. I love the visuals we’ve seen for Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee. I wouldn’t say no to an open world like Breath of the Wild, even if they had to still keep battles as random encounters. But if they could add a Pokémon snap mini game in different parts of the map, I’d be ecstatic!
@DrakeFeathers It's smart to only release it on Switch. It will force people to buy it if they want to play Pokémon.
@DrakeFeathers hate to break it to you, but the switch is a handheld. Regardless of if you consider it to be purely a console, it's still a handheld as well. That's why you have the three modes, one of which is officially called "handheld"
So no, they won't be screwing over the fanbase that has been with them on handheld for 20+ years, because if they choose to, it can still be played entirely as a handheld experience. They just have to buy a switch if they want to continue the journey, in the same way that Gen 1 & 2 players had to buy a GBA for gen 3, then a DS for gens 4 & 5, and a 3DS for gens 6 & 7.
Can we please END blind random encounters! Swatting away the same 'mon over and over waiting for a chance at an elusive Pokémon is just tedious. Having a living, viewable ecosystem would make a huge difference!
It would be great to have more specific triggers to encounter different wild Pokémon.
@MH4 This isn't just a hype train. It's a hype rocketship, blasting into the stratosphere and making a landing at E3!
@BlueBlur101 Awe yeah!
It's a hype interdimensional vortex that's suckin up all our money
It will build on the engine of Let's Go.
@MH4 I'm literally looking at my wallet lying on the bed dying in the hospital, and it's so satisfying! (for some reason)
@BlueBlur101 I salute all wallets and budgets out there who sacrificed themselves for the greater good of all of us.
Thank you.
I'm not used to this short of a wait between Smash announcement, and Smash gameplay reveal. 4 DAYS!
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