Pokemon Let's Go! Pikachu and Pokemon Let's Go! Eevee announced for Switch

Rumors about a possible reveal of the first true Pokemon game for Switch have been swirling for a couple of weeks. Speculation pointed to an announcement this month. With just a couple of days remaining in May, the much anticipated news was finally delivered.

[Vegamyster]

I was hoping for a full on 3D game but i'm not surprised, going back to Kanto makes me nostalgic though, i assume it's a full on remake of Yellow.

[Nitrowolf2]

Seems like this may be more of another “side” game. It’s been confirmed the core rpg game coming in 2019. Gotta remember they said before it’ll be a new gen. This seems more so as trying to capitalize more on the GO game (thus the name)

[Vegamyster]

As a side project it looks okay, i'll have to see more though.

[JaguarEvolved]

Lol. This is what the fanatics have been waiting on and bragging about? 6 months in this year and nothing compelling to play on my switch. Where are the compelling switch games because all I've seen are uninteresting games and a lot of silly rumours. It's a good thing I've got a lot of other gaming systems. The switch is in a gaming drought like most Nintendo systems where months goes by without a proper game in sight. I can't wait for steam sales

[CDbiggen]

@Jaguar, not sure why you have 21 disagrees. There really is fuck all to play on switch right now, especially if you already bought all the ports that are coming out for it on previous platforms.

[Neonridr]

@CDbiggen - there is a huge backlog of Switch games to play. Especially if you own multiple systems. Christ, between my PS4 and Switch I don't even know where to start some days.

[-Foxtrot]

I wouldn't mind a side game, it's just a shame they had to exploit a Pokemon Yellow remake for the GO crap

I wanted to see a proper Yellow remake in the future, just not like this and now the chance has been wasted.

[Vegamyster]

CDbiggen

You know, i just made a comment the other day on that "N4G is a cesspool" article stating i wasn't coming to the comments as often because of off topic negativity lol, it would be nice just to have a conversation about the good/bad of a game instead of a irrelevant topic.

[G3ng4r]

@JaguarEvolved These games will do fine. I wouldn't get too excited until after e3.
"This is what the fanatics have been waiting on and bragging about?"
Exactly what I think every time another ps4 exclusive comes out after 3-6 years and scores 79 or lower on metacritic.
"6 months in this year and nothing compelling to play on my switch."
There's always gow, your only notable release so far this year. One is an easy number to surpass.
"The switch is in a gaming drought like most Nintendo systems where months goes by without a proper game in sight."
I wouldn't call any platform an oasis right now. There will be plenty of (new) games shown at e3 that are releasing this year. If this year isn't in sight for you it must suck being your type of fanboy every time a game you want is announced lol.

[NecrumOddBoy]

What the hell is this garbage? This is literally nothing close to what anybody would ever want.

[JBlaze226]

They stated that these versions are a casual based game that is a sequal to Pokemon GO. The game that comes out next year is the sequal to the games we know and love

[porkChop]

These are remakes of Yellow. The gen 8 game is confirmed for next year.

[Vegamyster]

I know now, the information was still coming out when i posted the comment.

[paintedgamer1984]

Oh didnt see that confirmation... many people on here were claiming the mainline pokemon game was this year. Soo basically the 1st year was a wave of first partys and this year is a wave of remasters and small handful of AAA 3rd partys.

[--Onilink--]

“We took inspiration from and used the Pokémon Yellow Version as the base for these games,” Junichi Masuda, director at Pokémon developer Game Freak told reporters during a private presentation about the games last week. “Those games came after [Pokémon Red and Blue] and what they did was take those original games, and add a bunch of elements from the animated series, like Team Rocket and other characters, to better resonate with young kids. We knew we wanted to try out new gameplay ideas with this game, and wanted to find a version to add onto where it would make the most sense.”

It seems like a good idea to use this as a way to test out new ideas and whatever sticks best can be introduced later to the core titles. That plus refining the engine for the core title too

[Prince_TFK]

@Jaguar

Have you played this game yet? Or are you just talking out of your a** as usual?

[Kosic]

I'm glad they moved away from the 4 island challenge. That was such a boring thing to do in the X and Y.

I'm not into Pokémon go mobile. So hopefully this isn't required to use that companion app. But it's looking like a decent game.

Wasn't sure on seeing the Pokémon on the world map and running up to the types you want to battle. I prefer Random battles popping up, but of these Pokémon respawn without having to leave say a cave and re-enter then I'm game for that as well.

[execution17]

Sun and Moon had the island challenges, X and Y had the 8 gym badges

[senorfartcushion]

! :)
That's next year

This is a Kanto warmup, and a way of easily transferring Kanto Pokemon to Gen 8

[Kosic]

@execurtion17, you're correct. I knew it didn't sound right when I posted it. :)

[hench07]

This isn't even the "core RPG" game, thats confirmed to be in 2019. Seems like this is their test run games.

[Gemmol]

They wrote on twitter it is Pokemon yellow remake with stuff added

They do this all the time, did you forget how they remake gold and silver for the 3ds and called it heart gold and soul silver

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah but Heart Gold and Soul Silver from the moment the rumours hit, to the first trailers to finally launch all looked amazing...and it was. This looks, well...meh.

[Samonuske]

You’re confusing heart gold and soul silver for Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby gold and silver were remade on the regular DS

[-Foxtrot]

Looks alright but considering how long we've all waited for this and the ideas that have poured out of us over the years the fact they took their main inspiration from Pokemon GO...sigh. Then you have the motion control stuff, I'm hoping you don't have to throw it like that and can just press a button.

I'm more worried we only saw a fragment of the battles, every time they ran into a Pokemon it would come up like Pokemon GO with the ball, like you were going to capture it.

Oh well I suppose it might be good but who knows at this stage, I guess the Kanto region will give us some nostalgia.

[Vegamyster]

Someone was translating from the conference and stated that there is a core "next-gen" game coming out in 2019 as well, he didn't say what that meant exactly though.

[-Foxtrot]

So what you're telling me...there's a chance

https://media.giphy.com/med...

I'd have just preferred a straight up Pokemon Yellow remake, with one single game and more time spent on the core game then the Pokemon GO stuff. I'm sure they could have done a full on Pokemon GO spin off console game. Oh well.

Hopefully the REAL Pokemon console game you've said will come next year turns out to be the real deal. Fingers crossed.

[Vegamyster]

Apparently the dude from Gamefreak that announced the new Pokemon games at last years E3 was talking about the 2019 games, not these two so I'd expect something a bit grander. That said the series hasn't taken a massive step forward gameplay wise ever really, so I'll keep my expectations in line. Even though i never played Go i'm still excited for these two games, primary for nostalgia lol.

Edit: I didn't see a attack option in the trailer on a second glance during wild encounters and no items ect during trainer battles, i hope it's not some collectathon in that regard, my interest has waned if they dumbed the formula down more.

[-Foxtrot]

Annnd no chance

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[Newmanator]

Wow that sucks.

[slate91]

But you do gather Exp to level up your pokemon from catching wild pokemon and battling trainers. I think there is just no battling wild pokemon. There's a CHANCE this could work. It would boil down to how you obtain pokeballs and items and such. And of course there needs to be gym battles and nifty items like the bicycle and cruise tickets you have to obtain.

[senorfartcushion]

It's more like the show, then.

They didn't potter about beating the shit out of wild pokemon, only trainers - and the odd Spearow.

[The 10th Rider]

Yeah, if it was the next core title I'd be bummed, but they said a new core RPG is coming next year. Seems like a fair compromise, as it's only been a year since Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and it gives them enough time to make a true gen 8 game. As a side game the Let's Go! titles look okay. No battling wild Pokemon and only 153 Pokemon are huge letdowns, but I guess the games are designed as sort of a halfway point between the core titles and Pokemon Go.

[Blastoise]

Underwhelmed. Looks fun but a bit dated :(

[Majin-vegeta]

Yea I was hoping for the battle to be like Digimon new world order where you can control the characters to battle

[Gemmol]

That would not be Pokemon if you move the characters, we have enough action games, like dragon quest you stick with turn base

[Nebaku]

For those who are disappointed(a.k.a most everybody), know that they clarified another core game(i.e. gen.8) would be dropping later in 2019.

[ShadowWolf712]

And that makes me less disappointed.... how?

[Doge]

By the gods. Both Smash and Pokémon this year and another Pokémon next year 😱

[Teflon02]

I don't mind a yellow remake. But this is just Pokémon go on a damn switch in Pokémon yellow. Trash. Was hoping for a legit Pokémon game THIS year. Don't get why they have to try do the most all the time... Just remake the game and simple. This extra crap was all unnecessary. Pokémon go already exists. Leave the phone game in the phone

[Adnanilyas21]

This is not a yellow remake, it's inspired by Yellow

[Gemmol]

It's a remake

Just like gold and silver was remake into heart gold and soul silver on the 3ds that game also change things from the original

[Teflon02]

if just inspired, even worse because this looks trash. That would be it's only redeeming factor right now.

[Gh05t]

That makes it even worse.

[Deep-throat]

If you're a guy, 14 or older, playing this game = disaster

[FullmetalRoyale]

You look so cool right now... I’m seriously intimidated by your overall manliness!

[GrubsterBeater]

@Deep-throat

Your insecurity and shattered ego are showing.

How about you go make yourself feel better by dousing yourself in Axe Body Spray and shotgunning a Bud Light, while you talk about "all the ladies that you TOTALLYYY get with on the daily".

What a dude-bro you are...

If only any of us who enjoy Pokemon games could be even a 1/10 as cool as you are...

[Tazzy]

Disaster like the Xbox brand has been??

[AgeInTheCage]

I would chose an xboxone any day over the switch, switch has no 3rd party support, their games are all aimed for kids and the handheld is so underpowered its not worth the 299.99 price.

[AgeInTheCage]

Nintendos switchs fanbase consists of 3/2ds kids, a bunch of grown men that refuse to let go of pokemon and mario bros and their countless spin offs. If youre a grown man playing splatoon thats obviously aimed for kids then you are sad.

[Tazzy]

Wii didn't need third party support and it outsold PS3 and Xbox 360 the Switch isn't far behind Xbox One in sales the fact is Nintendo puts out better games than Microsoft.

[porkChop]

Honestly, this doesn't look too bad. I don't like the Go-style catching, but everything else looks good and I like the coop. I'm much more pumped for the core game they confirmed for next year though.

[Adnanilyas21]

This looks awesome, not fond of the catching but this game looks awesome live how the Pokemon follow you sitting on top of Onix and flying on charizard can't wait to see more

[PhoenixUp]

Glad to see Leaf get represented again in modern media, but can’t say I care much for her and Red’s redesigns

[Double_O_Revan]

My son is gonna love this. He's 6, and this is absolutely perfect for he and I to play together. We played Go for a long long time. So if we can bring them over into this, were set!

[DialgaMarine]

That’s just awful... Come on Nintendo, seriously? I get that the next genuine Pokémon RPG is coming in 2019, but this is just dumb. I seriously this gimmicky ass crap isn’t reflective of the next game.

[DrierofLeaves]

This is perfect all around! More casual games this year, ones for the fans next year :)

[TH3 GAM3]

So they put Pokemon Go on the Switch with fresh paint.

[DARK_FOX]

Wow yellow remakes and then gen 8 in 2019! Nintendo is on fire!

[Goldenhawk521]

I don’t understand what E3 is for if game companies continue to announce games just before E3. Why wait for it when you can just announce your game anytime you want?

[TimelessDbz]

Press conferences is what e3 is about not trailers . If you only care about game trailers and demos you are better off waiting for show floor day and not e3 day .

[Goldenhawk521]

But doesn’t E3 involve the announcement of new games in general? That’s what it use to be anyways. E3 was smething to get excited for because of the surprise announcements and stuff. Idk

[TimelessDbz]

E3 was always about the brand , future, what they are going to do, sales and announcements as to why its only possible on said console"exclusives". Then you have show floor day where you see all the new games and hands on/ interview. Now and days E3 just seems be a youtube playlist of trailers on a big screen.

[tontontam0]

gen 8 e3 reveal?

[Razmiran]

Its like people found out today that pokemon spin offs exist

[Sm00thNinja]

The fact that ANYONE is rationalizing this in a positive light is abhorrent. They're going to adopt this casual system going forward and push the mobile games along with it. The Pokemon game THIS year was supposed to be a core Pokemon title.

"Masuda had no comment on if this core RPG will be compatible with Pokemon Let’s Go"

There's always next year next year. Ugh.... That being said Let's Go! Pikachu all the way F*** A EEVEE.

[NotoriousWhiz]

Pokemon Snap
Hey, you, Pikachu!
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Pokemon Rumble
Pokemon Trading Card Game.

How many of those affected the core Pokemon games?

[Sm00thNinja]

Hey let's TALK ABOUT THE PAST TO SUPPORT my argument about something in THE FUTURE!

[Gh05t]

This would be fine a year AFTER they released a core game. As if the switch doesn't already have a Pokemon spinoff game (pokken).

[Blu3_Berry]

Hmmmmm, honestly I'm not sure how I feel about this. Seems like this is more of a game to hold people off for the real main core pokemon game than anything else.

Going back to Kanto, only the original 151 pokemon, removal of wild battles. Seem like they are simplifying things to get all the casuals from GO into this. The art style is nice, but I was really hoping for the ability to have full control of the camera like most games.

Still though, not very happy about how the battles will be handled. I dunno I am rather disappointed.

[Sirk7x]

It is definitely for the casual audience, which is a good move regarding business. You can take more time to develop the core series on Switch, which probably is necessary and will be using a new engine, mechanics, etc. Also, you have another holiday sales period for the Switch, giving you a larger userbase when the core game is released, and you attempt to pull GO users into buying the hardware and immersing further into the IP.

[Prince_TFK]

Whoa.....the trailer look awesome. And local coop? Count me in! My gf is gonna really like this.

[blanka4545]

dang cool! :)

[terrorofdeath]

Looks good! A nice warm up for the core Pokemon game coming out in 2019.

[SoulWarrior]

Why do they have to try and spoil the first Pokémon on Switch with Go features? Keep that crap on mobile please...

Having said that, it does look like a Pokémon game at it's core from the trainer battles and such, removal of wild battling is still really jarring to me though... not sold on it yet, I need to see more info in regards to battling, the roster and levelling system.

[OnDec76]

If game plays with motion controls only , it's a No for me

[Gh05t]

You are not alone.

[Platformgamer]

switch is killing it...
it's killing the fun

[OzzY-waZZy]

Like someone said, they showed this crap before e3 to avoid disappointment. Hopefully, they'll have some core game screens or trailer or something?

[InTheZoneAC]

I do not want to swing my arm or tilt the controller in a certain way. Can this Yellow remake be played normally?

[akaFullMetal]

Meh, looks like I'm waiting til next year's game.

[Failcube]

Disappointing that this isn't an 'evolution' of the franchise, but same stuff as before. They confirmed new core game for 2019 though so maybe they'll go 3D with that one?

[Cheesetoenails]

You would think that after all these years, graphically or even textures and effects would be better on this switch game. Looks more like a port of Wii U game. But I digress, I'll be getting it.

[ShadowWolf712]

Local multiplayer only, NO Pokemon battles other than other trainers, whole game is built around friggin' Pokemon GO...

They have a LOT of nerve charging a full $60 for this.

[Tazzy]

This game is going to sell millions for Nintendo people can have a negative reaction but how many millions of copies will be sold in it's first week???

[milohighclub]

Don't mind the throwing pokeballs n motion control etc... But why remove battles for encounters? How do you train Pokemon?

[Adnanilyas21]

by battling trainers

[milohighclub]

So they're gonna have to either re-balance the game, make leveling up easier, add more trainers or allow rebattles because from trainers alone in yellow it wasnt enough to beat the elite four. Heck there it wasnt even enough to beat brock. I remember having to grind verridian forest to get a butterfree to beat him...

[masterfox]

barf ,sorry suddenly didn't feel good.

[narsaku]

So is it April fools still?.. Cus that shit is a fucking joke.

[Gaming_1st]

Only joke is you and your comment.

[Nybz]

I'm freaking into this.

[paintedgamer1984]

Not the game nintendo fans were hoping for and especially not the game to sell out switches around the world. Yawn

[ZombieKiller]

I want to see more but so far it loos pretty good! Looking for a full on RPG into the Kanto region again. I was a huge fan of Yellow, Red and Blue

[AgeInTheCage]

Nintendo doing what they do best, milking mario bros and pokemon. sad nintendo nowadays is all about that dollar and not the people they screwed with the wii u.

[babadivad]

meh

[Sirk7x]

As much as I always enjoyed the series, Pokemon is meant for, and will always be marketed towards children. That's how Nintendo makes their money, and they're not suddenly going to make the games more difficult in an attempt to shift their target audience. It's a billion dollar brand, and selling backpacks, lunchboxes, kids' shirts, toys, etc, is how they make their money. Expect the next core game on the Switch to be just as easy as every other Pokemon main game for the last twenty years.

[Hero-Q8]

i will pass this one better waiting for core rpg one :p

[DefaultComment]

Eevee for smash Bros. Wooooo!!