Details On Smartphone Game Pokémon Masters Coming This Thursday

An incoming video presentation from The Pokémon Company

by Gavin Lane Tue 25th Jun 2019

The Pokémon Company has announced that it'll lift the lid on its upcoming mobile game Pokémon Masters in a video presentation this Thursday.

The presentation is scheduled for 6am PT / 2pm BST / 10pm JST on 27th June and will be approximately 8 minutes long, so we should get plenty more information. Announced at the end of the pre-E3 Pokémon Direct, the game will apparently focus on facing off against famous Pokémon trainers from the history of the franchise, but there are few solid details at the moment beyond that.

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What form do you think this mobile experience will take? Can any smartphone Pokémon game possibly compete with the popularity of Pokémon Go? Let us know your thoughts below.

[source japanesenintendo.com]

Gavin first wrote for Nintendo Life in 2018 before joining the site full-time the following year, rising through the ranks to become Editor. He can currently be found squashed beneath a Switch backlog the size of Normandy.

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Kalmaro
Tue 25th Jun 2019

I'll check it out but it won't beat mainline games for me

2
funnyman420
Tue 25th Jun 2019

I didn't know this was going to be a thing

3
blackbox64
Tue 25th Jun 2019

I'm vaguely interested, but I imagine this will be heavy on MTX. But considering I enjoy Pocket Camp without having to use MTX, it might be ok.

4
Hobbesyall
Tue 25th Jun 2019

Please Nintendo Forsake the mobile way

5
NIN10DOXD
Tue 25th Jun 2019

This will probably have a bigger pokédex than the mainline games.

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Ulysses
Tue 25th Jun 2019

I'm going to assume it's a Granblue Fantasy lite until I see more on Thursday.

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Cineologist
Tue 25th Jun 2019

No, thank you. resumes with life

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PikaPhantom
Tue 25th Jun 2019

Just for the record, this was announced at the Pokemon press conference and not during the Direct.

As for the game itself, it's certainly not a bad concept, but the execution doesn't appeal to me that much.

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GutayS5
Tue 25th Jun 2019

Everyone is here!

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KazooieTooie
Tue 25th Jun 2019

@Kalmaro Nintendo games on mobile are just little teases anyway

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nessisonett
Tue 25th Jun 2019

Oh look, again people seem to think that Nintendo are somehow skimping on first party games because they also make mobile titles. These mobile games have an audience and if it isn’t you, don’t play it and just play the games that do appeal to you.

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Altaria_97
Tue 25th Jun 2019

I guess I'll check out what it is via articles once it's shown off. I rarely ever play mobile games but I'll keep an eye on it. Pokemon's simplicity works well for quick-play smartphone games.

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Forgotten_Arctic
Wed 26th Jun 2019

For the love of all that is good, STOP RELEASING MORE POKEMON MOBILE GAMES GAME FREAK!

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Heavyarms55
Wed 26th Jun 2019

Mobile games are always inferior to real video games on console and PC. Simple fact. But I don't begrudge Nintendo or anyone else for making them. Profit is profit. So long as they don't stop producing good games on consoles, I have no complaints.

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Kalmaro
Wed 26th Jun 2019

@KazooieTooie Mario run wasn't too shabby. The other games I pretty much ignored though.

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molliolli182
Wed 26th Jun 2019

I’m not that interested. I usually don’t play quick bursts of small simple games on the go because I don’t need to fill every moment with something. I usually even don’t like just casually playing small. I also hate full touch controls and the fact that smartphone batterylife is not that great.
Focus on the console games please GF.

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bagajr
Wed 26th Jun 2019

I'm probably never going to play this, but I'm still excited for it just because the game looks visually amazing and we'll get to see a lot of high-quality character models and animations, at least if the ones we saw in the first trailer are anything to go by.