PokéDoko Teases Special "World Premiere" Video To Celebrate 1,000+ Pokémon

News about Detective Pikachu 2 would be nice.

It won't be anything big. Gamefreak is most definitely saving big reveals for Pokemon Day in February.

From 1000+ Pokemons over there, I like Sawk the most.

I'm hopping that it's the old Poké-rap they used to play during the first season, but it's, like, 20 minutes long and includes all 1008 Pokémon.

Speaking from personal experience, these "world premieres" from the Pokemon variety shows tend to be really disappointing. Any notable announcements would be saved for a proper presentation, not a TV show. It could be a fun little video or some merchandise or something, but I wouldn't expect any actual news until we get a Pokemon Presents.

Ahh yeah, an 1000 entry Pokerap. 😉

Should have been on the 12th

I can't imagine they'll do anything big with the anniversary next month.

The only thing that makes me enjoy games 100 times more also gives me insatiable munchies.

1,000+ pokemon; but still not all catchable in one game

@novasoup As someone who likes to fill the pokedex. 1000 Pokemon in one game is my literal nightmare.

@WiiWouldLikeToPlay Agreed. There's plenty wrong with recent Pokemon entries, but an ''uncomplete'' national dex isn't one of them. You honestly can't expect 1000+ different monsters in a game, I'd rather have them work on other stuff. 300-400 is more than enough.

@Octane i mean i'm fine with them not all being technically catchable or having a national pokédex, but i feel like they should all be transferable into the game at least

@novasoup I fail to see how that is any different. They still need to be programmed into the game. It's just as much work.

A 1008 pokemon pokerap would be fun, if they do it like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQRKz5tYo8Q

It's not a Rickroll (Really!), it's from the original "Animaniacs"-show, where Yakko Warner sings all the words in the English language.

@Octane To be fair, they manage to do this in Gen 7, on a less powerful handheld console. So I don't think it's totally off base to speculate why it can't be done in the Switch games.

Personally, I've long moved past being annoyed about the situation. But I can understand the frustration (from the consumer's POV) of having to keep your Pokemon in a storage service, paying for this service with no guarantee any of the Pokemon will ever be included in a game again

@UmbreonsPapa yeah i was about to say that they managed 700+ on a 3DS, plus its not like pokemon are hard to code in for a multi-billion dollar company
as a massive pokémon nerd, i have a huge passion for the series and i wish i could see every pokémon in one game and catch them all WITHOUT an unstable subscription service (yes, even volbeat and the rest of the forgettable ones)

Maybe i'm seeing hints where there aren't any, but i find the emphasis on "Enjoy the games 100 times more", for lack of a better phrase, oddly specific.

Are they going to announce 100 of something?

My investigation work suggest this shown is on 8am JST on TV Tokyo?

Anyone confirm?

@UmbreonsPapa The console doesn't matter. The DS could've handled 1000 Pokemon. That is not the issue. I'm positive the Switch can handle it.

The problem is that keeping up with the ever growing number of Pokemon is just not viable in the long term. What happens in 20 years from now? Do you expect them to include 2000 monsters in a single game? While yes, they re-use models a lot, the SV also had new models and new animations for Pokemon, so they do update them with every game.

They currently can't even develop a decent game. SV doesn't run well, even though BOTW proves the Switch is capable of more. The game is barebones with no interiors. The number of glitches is laughable, and the game even crashed on me nearly a dozen times. It's not a smooth experience at all. If they can't even do that, the last thing they should worry about it including another 600 monsters in the game.

Here's the kicker though, I absolutely believe they should be doing more, the national dex is just all the way at the bottom of the priority list. And Pokemon is the most profitable franchise ever, so it's not like they can't afford it. They somehow manage to sell millions with budget games. Maybe they should also focus on fewer games, but make them worthwhile when the come out. But they're somehow bound to this annual cycle.

And Pokemon HOME should be part of the Switch Online sub anyway, it's ridiculous that it's another subscription on top of the one that already exists for the Switch. And it's just cloud saves, Microsoft does it for free.

@Octane I don't necessarily need a National Dex in the game. The National Dex hasn't been in a game since X and Y. I don't mind having it offloaded to a separate app (as they did with Bank and now with Home). So that isn't really my bone of contention with the issue. It was nice to just have the ability to just use any Pokemon I wanted in Gen 7 games and not being stuck in storage.

But you are right in that it isn't necessarily a priority. Your point about slowing down and trying to make the best game possible, rather than annual releases is probably what they should be focused on more so. Scarlet has been fun to play. But it definitely should have had another 6 months to a year in development. Same with Legends and SwSh

As for what they should do in 20 years if they continue to add more Pokemon? I don't know. I personally think they need to slow down and not add as many each gen as they have been. I say this. But the official youtube channel just put out a really well-done video celebrating 1008 Pokemon. So now the nostalgia glasses have me thinking "Why stop there?" 😂

It's going to be the "One Thousand Pokemon" video released today.
Looking at the Japanese announcement, it didn't even say "World premiere", seems like that was made up by serebii...

@MysticX It's just common Japanese phrasing, like how something originally written in English might say 'dozens of times' but other languages might not. The phrase 'enjoy 100 times more' in Japanese gets 30 million google hits.

@eltomo Yep, that's the right time.