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I’m very very excited for Thursday. 🤗🥰🎉

PSA for all btw:

Event pokemon are in the game!! This includes Deoxys, Lugia and Ho-oh. You get their event tickets once you beat the Elite Four.

@Zaruboggan We only knew about FR/LG getting released two weeks ago and have it today. TPC could literally do the same thing this summer and/or fall.

My expectation though is they won't release the next games until 2028 (HeartGold/SoulSilver).

TCG getting another Celebrations treatment, Champions dropping in April, Pokopia next week, WiWa in a year...

My only wish was for more ZA DLC but that said, this Presents had everything I expected with no disappointments.

@IronMan30 oh truly!!

Between my Legos arriving, FR/LG playable, Pokopia and Gale of Darkness in March, Champions in April... I might not have time for anything other than Pokemon for a while!!

Been digging playing so many games on the Switch 2 as well... No Man's Sky is finally going to take a back seat for a bit.

@IronMan30 MKW, Bananza and Pokopia are system sellers all in the first year. Pokopia is about to be the biggest game of the year.

I'm very excited for you to finally be upgrading.

This wasn't running at 60 fps on Switch?? Wut...

To be fair, this game doesn't need more than 30 fps. Surprised it's not just standard locked at 120 fps or 30 fps though and dropped. Really does not matter for this game.

Pumped for mouse inclusion though!! More of that please (looking at you RCT games...)

@RupeeClock I have seen a couple of these sites crop up lately.

Serebii will always be my go-to for anything Pokemon related.

Good luck and Arceus speed to these newcomers I suppose.

Tinkaton followed by Ceruledge…

Tinkaton is easily the best new Pokemon introduced since Mimikyu.

@ButterCashier But... why?

I just hope GX and Coliseum drop on the 27th or at least one of them.

Otherwise, all my wishes are pretty much confirmed in the Presents already:
-LeafGreen and FireRed launch 27th
-Pokopia final trailer
-Champions (hopefully launches 27th)
-Gen10 starters revealed and hopefully show off the geography

*note: if Gen10 releases this November, it may be a full-blown trailer

The fact that these were added before Legends ZA is sending me.... it's been four months!!!! cries in corner

@thesilverbrick Link trading (wireless) is in the official blog for the game.

Home Support "was" in the eShop listing but has now been removed. We still expect that feature will exist but will be part of a Home support announcement on the 27th.

If the game does not have Home support, it will be the first games to break from that.

Subjectively speaking... if the games do now support Home, I may not buy them at all.

@thesilverbrick Yes... link trading and Home support (future release) will exist. No online support though.

Omg this is so FIRE!!! (and Leaf )

Thank Arceus this is available to buy and not attached to the subscription service!! Let's ******* GO!!!

AI in voiceovers for broadcasting in sports games is literally the only place I want AI.

Broadcasts would actually be dynamic and respond to you and your actions. And they would be able to pronounce all of your custom names without having to record infinite dialogue.

Just then... the grass in front of me cleared away before my eyes... the bottom half of each blade lay maybe two feet off the ground while the top halves were cleaved and floated away... a harsh breeze whipped my face as I saw the silvery glow of what appeared to be a bug Pokemon's scythe slashing just inches in front of my face.

Without hesitation, I threw the ball I had in my hand just as a quick defense reaction hoping to thwart or distract this creature from endangering my life. The ball made contact with the face of the monster...

White light appeared... was I dead?!

And then disappeared with the creature now seemingly gone...

The ball!!! It captured it inside?!!? The ball stayed in position in the air for a mere moment before falling to the brush below. I couldn't see it completely as it was covered by a couple feet of the now-trimmed brush.

I cautiously moved forward spreading the blades in front of me so I could visualize what the ball was doing.

The light on the front of it was glowing a soft dim light... and it wiggled!! Oh no!! I need to run!! It's going to break free!! I'm so dead!!

I stumbled again backward as I was getting ready to flee.... but I was entranced by what this ball was doing. The creature did not break free. There were some subtle noises the ball was making as it wiggled every so often. I was probably observing this new phenomenon to me for what seemed like an hour.

Then... it stopped? The ball stopped moving. And the light went out. I then heard a slight locking mechanism take place.

I caught it!!! Omg I actually caught it!!! I was so suredly going to die just then but I caught it!!!

I have to leave... this is dangerous. I quickly gathered up the ball and threw it in my front pants pocket.

I then scurried back to my uncle as I was sure he would be able to tell me what just happened. My heart was racing so rapidly and yet my eyes were flooding over with absolute joy.

I just caught my very first Pokemon.

This will always be my favorite memory in my long history of Pokemon.

I remember my first Pokemon I ever caught like it was yesterday:

I woke up early one morning when I was 15 in a small little town in Southern Nippon. My mom was the only one home and already cooking up some breakfast. She was getting everything setup for my new chapter of life that was to unfold that day.

After breakfast, I met up with my uncle at the local Laboratory that was setup to help study and learn more about Pokemon. It was at this time that catching and training Pokemon was becoming a new way to promote agriculture, technology, travel, and defense from the outside world or other organizations that were using these pocket monsters for their own "evil" agendas.

Anyways... after meeting with my uncle, I decided to head out north of town as I had pocketed a couple Poke balls of my own over the years. A couple were fairly new, but I had one that I had with me since I was 5. It was special to me because my Father had gifted it to me before he left for the War.

This ball had etchings on it and had a metallic blue color rather than the new standard red. It's catch rating was also inferior to the newer Poke balls that have been in circulation for the past couple of years.

I started weeding through some tall brush the was off the beaten path of Route 1. When fanning through some of the grass blades I heard something dangerous heading for me.

"Psy!!!" The brush was becoming restless in front of me as something was heading fast in my direction. "Psy!" As this creature gained closer and closer its cry was getting louder and louder. I stumbled backwards a bit in the brush and fell on my hind. I reached in my bag and searched rapidly for something to distract this creature with when my hand landed on the etched, blue ball.

So was Kena the only “exclusive” really shown off during that state of play?! Seems 90% of what they showed off is coming to Switch and the GoW 2d game is rumored. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@gcunit Wut?

This is my highest wanted game for 2026. March can't get here fast enough!! Anything else coming out in 2026 will just be extra cherries on top.

Question is can we crossplay with PC players?

I'm honestly very excited for Orbitals. Great announcement!

That said, with some of the games we know are coming to Switch 2 that were not shown off in this Direct, this was very lackluster.

Now my assumptions are there is a full-blown Nintendo Direct impending before the end of March.

Truly innovative stuff out of Blizzard. I am absolutely mesmerized. #GameOn

Shadow dropping tomorrow is...

Elden Ring

@Darthroseman Genshin for Switch was cancelled back in 2019.

@Gen4Fan And it's cancelled.

Switch 2 upgrades only...

Sarcasm aside, I want one or two surprises. Something from Xbox and GameFreak would be ideal...

@garfreek What?? If you think developers are going to compress their games down further than 64 gbs on Switch 2 (think COD and FF7 Remake), you're out of your gourd.

Bigger carts need to become available. Otherwise, people should expect all big games to be GKC releases. And that's ok.

@Grumblevolcano smaller cart sizes?? I'm assuming you meant, larger.

@Magician why?

@RedRaven723 No they won't.

@SuperEndriu I know what you meant...

People keep saying Nintendo would sell even better with a 3D platformer like Mario... even though checks stats Mario Kart games have been selling 2:1 over those games lately.

Expect a new 3D Mario game this year or next.

@Gen4Fan Both games were already reported as being canceled on Switch 2 following the Dispatch and Borderlands 4 news.

@FrenchVaniIIuxe Nate is on a truly incredible losing streak at this point. Hopefully he hangs up his batarang and cowl soon.

Let's go!! I'm hoping to see 3rd party releases from:
-GameFreak
-Pokemon Studios LA
-Zelda Rockstar North
-Bioshock
-Elden Ring Software
-Baldur's Gate III

@SuperEndriu A new Mario game just came out in June and another one comes out this month.

@Nep-Nep-Freak Is this good?? I heard that PlayStation and Xbox sold 10x that amount during the same period. Explains why Nintendo stock is in the toilet...

And that everyone who isn't buying Nintendo stock right now is missing a great opportunity.

Note: I am not a financial advisor

Makes complete sense. The honeymoon period is over for Nintendo and their sales for the Switch 2 prove it. People are way more interested in PlayStation, the Steam Box, and especially, the Xbox. #GameOn

What is this game about exactly? Does it play similarly to Mario Kart Tennis?

I'm hoping it goes up to $550 minimally so that it can compete with PS5's price increase.

Honestly, Nintendo should go the Apple route at this point and charge $900. Maybe lock wifi behind a subscription service too.

But how does this compare to other consoles? Is this good or bad?

I would pay $20 for this. I picked up the other Mario Tennis game on Switch and played it for maybe 30 minutes.

I'm just happy you can actually play tennis in this new game. Truly, an unexpected innovation from Sony this generation for gamers. #GameOn

@FrenchVaniIIuxe It has to do with lack of "new" Pokemon introduced. If the legends games ever added a considerable amount of new Pokemon, the sales would likely double like that of SwSh or SV.

Just release the game with the censor option like in the other releases outside of the Japan region. That’s it.

Physical sales have really dropped off a cliff in Japan for software. Was expecting FF7 to do a little better there but may have to do with GKC releases. Excited to see how well it did in the US.

ZA is still holding steady beating out MKW overall week after week.

Omg yes I have to get this!!! Also... release the music on the App already!!

@Ichiban You're not looking forward to this?? This IS Nintendo's biggest game in like a decade. I don't think they have anything else bigger than this slated for at least the next several year.

@Switch4Life Oh like what? What did they include in game you don't agree with that will absolutely tarnish the level of fun you would have had otherwise in this game?

@Switch4Life What are they allowing?