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Posted by: Liаm 16th April 2018, 01:53 PM

Official Nintendo Magazine has confirmed that the Switch game is Generation 8, so we've got a new era of Pokémon coming I'm yet to get a switch but I probably will by the time we get this, I'm so excited for the possibilities! Just imagine a proper huge open world sort of game with the graphics of a home console as well as obviously having the portable option that makes Pokémon so great - the Switch is the perfect console!!

Posted by: Tombo Tingz 16th April 2018, 06:46 PM

I'm looking forward to the new game but the Switch is so much more expensive than all the previous Pokemon consoles so that is annoying as I don't have one yet and it is a lot to pay out but I like how it can be used on the TV or as a portable device.

Posted by: Martyn 17th April 2018, 06:42 AM

So many YouTubers are confirming “exclusively” that Pickachu will be in this game. (Shock)

Posted by: Liаm 15th May 2018, 02:52 PM

Apparently this could be revealed at the end of this month Rumours are that its set in Kanto to capture the older audience back which is probably a good idea, if a bit disappointing for me personally unless it's like a post-apocalyptic or futuristic Kanto or something different. A remake of a remake would be boring af

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 15th May 2018, 03:17 PM

I really hope it's not a Kanto remake, but if it is, I hope it's a big change.

Either way, I know I'm going to buy it.

Posted by: lewistgreen 15th May 2018, 05:57 PM

I'm buying it whatever it is be it remake or a new game. GIMME THAT SWITCH GAME NOW.

Posted by: Oliver 15th May 2018, 06:17 PM

I don't have a Switch so will be unable to play this but I'll definitely be watching playthroughs on YouTube.

Posted by: HausofTroye 15th May 2018, 06:17 PM

The Switch is INCREDIBLE as is but now it's even more essential. Everyone buy one, you won't regret it.

Posted by: Liаm 16th May 2018, 11:13 PM

Let's Go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu have been trademarked by the same Nintendo company who trademarked Sun & Moon, looking more like not just a Kanto game but a Yellow remake/re-imagining (with the option to "be" the Eevee side on one version I guess). This might mean it's still gen 7 then as I doubt they'd kick off gen 8 with a remake

Posted by: rafik4u 18th May 2018, 10:32 AM

Hyped! I might get just the Switch for this game!

Posted by: Cody💧Slayberry 20th May 2018, 03:17 AM

This honestly feels like a spin-off RPG thing separate from Yellow

MYSTERY DUNGEON GEN 7 WHEN

Posted by: Liаm 20th May 2018, 12:47 PM

Mystery Dungeon has been f***ing TERRIBLE since the 3DS, Gates To Infinity was so dull with small oasises of rewarding fun gameplay after hours of slogging through it, and Super Mystery Dungeon was such a slog I couldn't finish it. I played for hours and got what felt like nowhere because there was so many boring cutscenes of going to school and then like 10 minutes of a repetitive boring dungeon. But then I was never the biggest fan of those spin-offs, it was cute and fun the first time but I think with that format once you've done it once there's not much else to do other than "wow we added these new pokemon" with some slightly different environments.

I won't really care if it's a spin-off, I don't think I'd get a Switch for that It could be that though, or as I said a Yellow situation where they're trying to get adults who have the Switch back into Pokemon from their childhood which I'd be here for. We'll see I guess!

Posted by: Atonement 21st May 2018, 02:06 PM

I very unexpectedly got a Switch for Christmas after not owning a 3DS so now I'm back into gaming.

I have Mario Odyssey, Mario Kart and Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze so far. I can't wait for the Yoshi game and the new Pokémon game.

Posted by: Liаm 21st May 2018, 08:48 PM

Apparently it only has the first 151 Pokemon in it..... Could still be a sidegame but looking more and more like a Gen 1 remake.

I know that's what Gen 1 was but they could at least bring it up to date with like later evolution etc. like other remakes. Gen 1 is so overrated At least it isn't gen 2 I guess......

Posted by: Ronald McJackson 21st May 2018, 08:56 PM

We haven't had a Kanto game in so long so it will be nice

Posted by: Ronald McJackson 21st May 2018, 08:56 PM

We haven't had a Kanto game in so long so it will be nice

Posted by: Liаm 30th May 2018, 12:51 AM

News is coming any minute now!!!!!

Posted by: Liаm 30th May 2018, 01:41 AM

Let's Go Eevee and Let's Go Pikachu CONFIRMED! Out November 16th.



Yellow re-imagined via Pokemon Go with a pokeball controller And multiplayer!!!


Honestly idk how I feel about this, it'll be SO cool to go back to the start with this gen's graphics but I don't like that it's so much like Pokemon Go which I am really not a fan of. I do think it's really cool to re-imagine rather than just remake Gen 1 with better graphics but I don't like the lack of random encounters of the capture mechanic either, but at least the battle mechanics look good! I think it's trying to bridge the gap between spin-off and main game to tide us over to gen 8, while trying to grab Go players which I suppose is clever... I just don't know, I think I need more details to see if I'd invest in a Switch for it. It's certainly more interesting than a straight up remake but idk if the formula is for me necessarily...


Gen 8 confirmed for second half of 2019 though!



(we also got Pokemon Quest which looks shite, it's like Pixelmon Pokemon Rumble that you can play on Switch or phone and it's "free to start" so I assume it has microtransactions)

Posted by: Aaron. 30th May 2018, 10:38 AM

Of course there's an accessory they're trying to pawn off on us as well.
But, with that being said, I'm in. Will need to buy a Switch as well which is fine. I'e been holding off.

Wish it wasn't just a Generation 1 Remake. Let's hope they've changed a lot of the storyline to make it interesting.
Not sure how I feel about seeing the Pokemon in the wild and being able to approach them. I would assume they'd respawn quite often if you're on the hunt for a rare pokemon in a certain area.

Posted by: Ronald McJackson 30th May 2018, 10:47 AM

I am excited about this game. The Switch is so expensive though. Each console gets more and more expensive for the Pokemon games. I want to keep playing but there's no way I can afford just under £300 for the new console and I don't trust the second hand ones on eBay (which are still more than the price of a new 3DS XL)

Ughh, I hate being part of this consumerist culture of false needs

Posted by: lewistgreen 30th May 2018, 12:22 PM

I am so ready! This legit looks incredible. Can't wait to play it on a Switch!

Posted by: Jay ☆ 30th May 2018, 12:55 PM

Really looking forward to this, it looks great *.*

Posted by: Defaze 30th May 2018, 01:38 PM

I'm still going to buy this regardless since I've played every mainline game since RB, but the the whole 'catering to new players' spiel they're pushing has me worried. It's almost shocking how much they've already simplified the games since the transition to 3D. I wouldn't be surprised if EVs/IVs had been eradicated, since apparently breeding/wild Pokemon battling are no-more.

That plus being stuck with the original 151 (are they seriously going to limit the likes of Crobat/Blissey/Steelix et al. again?!) and what seems to be an exact replica of the original Kanto region which, while great for nostalgic purposes, is ridiculously bland and one-note. I'm hoping for a few new routes/towns here and there, but what we've seen doesn't really indicate that.

Oh, and for the love of God, less unskippable cut-scenes and no f***ing Lillie/Hau. USUM is nigh-on unplayable for me.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 30th May 2018, 02:22 PM

https://twitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/1001816342469672960

These are not the main-line Pokemon games announced at E3 last year, I'm guessing these are bascially spin-offs.

Posted by: lewistgreen 30th May 2018, 03:35 PM

I think Liam confirmed that already in his earlier post.

Posted by: Liаm 30th May 2018, 03:43 PM

Yep I did

These are still basically main series tbh it's just something different. It's a re-imagining of Yellow really which isn't that far away from the remakes we get every generation which aren't spin-offs, it's just a slightly different way of doing a remake that isn't so note for note. I don't see why everyone is fussing round over whether it's a spin off or main series game as if that's the most important thing lmaooo

They said that there's a main series coming in 2019 so this is the same timeline as always with a remake a year before the next gen.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 30th May 2018, 04:31 PM

That Pokeball add-on looks cool, I hope it isn't too expensive.

Posted by: Dexton 31st May 2018, 03:25 PM

It's too much like Pokemon Go for me. On the one hand, an updated remake of Kanto is great. I quite like how the Pokemon are seen walking around and you just approach who you want to battle, but at the same time it kinda ruins the idea of random encounters. It reminds me of the Pokemon hunting mechanic thing we had in ORAS (and maybe more? I can't remember) where you see a Pokemon shaking its tail and you slowing creep up to it to battle. I like it but I also don't? I like being able to battle wild Pokemon which was the main reason I got bored of Pokemon Go so quickly. What's the point in just throwing Pokeballs at everything without battling them first? It's like the entire game is just a Safari Zone. Safari Zone's are fun for a bit but once you've caught everything there is to catch (like 7-8 unique Pokemon) you leave and never come back...

Posted by: ebae 31st May 2018, 04:03 PM

Maybe you battle them first before throwing the Pokeball.

Posted by: lewistgreen 31st May 2018, 05:14 PM

Has it been confirmed there’s no battling in this game at all.

Posted by: ebae 31st May 2018, 05:21 PM

There's battling in the trailer so it is there

Posted by: Liаm 31st May 2018, 08:33 PM

They've confirmed there is no wild baffles so I think it's just using the Go mechanic. That's my problem with it really, I'm not the biggest fan of Go by any means but it works for something like that, not as a mechanic for the whole thing. Grinding will be even more tedious now, assuming we still get Exp for catching (which obv you didn't in gen 1), that you just have to keep flicking a ball at the same figure to get Exp...

I hope exp is a thing anyway, I'm definitely out if you have to catch like 50 of the same Pokemon to get the "candies" and evolve them :/ I doubt they would though, such simplistic gameplay is fine for a free smartphone game but they wouldn't do that for a full retail game. With battles in the game it'll be a bit rounded but I'm gonna wait to see more before I decide to get a Switch or anything

Posted by: Oliver 31st May 2018, 09:09 PM

Oh definitely; the whole candy evolution thing from the app would be a proper turn off. I know they are trying to cater to the new, young audience, but they seem to be caring less and less about the hardcore original Pokemon gamers who just wanted a proper back to basics game but in glorious HD on a modern console.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 6th June 2018, 03:50 PM

https://www.serebii.net/news/2018/06-June-2018.shtml

The Pokemon CEO has said that the next generation Pokemon game is due for release in the second half of 2019, will have better graphics than any prior Pokémon game, that it'll be completely new aimed at experienced fans, not like Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee and states that it will contain many brand new Pokémon.

Posted by: Liаm 12th June 2018, 05:40 PM

There's CP instead of actual stats this definitely feels like a more fleshed out Go playing out in Kanto.

Posted by: Tombo 12th June 2018, 05:49 PM

What's CP? Is that the same thing from Pokemon Go?

I am quite excited for this game

Don't forget the game next year which will be more for people used to the handhold games.

Posted by: Liаm 12th June 2018, 06:00 PM

Yeah it's like the simplified Pokemon Go version idk how it works exactly I think it's like a number that represents everything rather than having attack and speed etc separately.

And yeah true I'll just probably skip this one and wait patiently for the one that's "for" me, it's interesting they are chasing a different demographic!

Posted by: Tombo 12th June 2018, 06:13 PM

Ah ok I play Pokemon Go and there are still stats but just one for attack, rather than special and physical separate. It's the same for defence. Then these make up the CP.

I am just gutted by how much the Switch is

Posted by: Liаm 12th June 2018, 06:41 PM

Oh ok that makes sense it's still simplified from the main games, I think this is a good business move tbf grabbing casual people from Go and bridging them to the "actual" games, as it's still an adventure like the normal games but has the simpler play of Go so newbies will feel its more accessible and not intimidating or too much to learn (not that Pokemon is rocket science, but still). It's just really not for me and certainly not something I'd want to buy a Switch for.

Looks like there's a lot of hand holding so it won't go down well with many hardcore fans as that was an issue in Sun & Moon, for example there's a screenshot that shows you have to have a grass or water type to be able to challenge Brock's gym.

Posted by: Liаm 12th June 2018, 07:54 PM

Lengthy gameplay shown:

Posted by: JSG 25th June 2018, 11:34 AM

I am so stoked for this. Also yay for finally getting a gaming forum back on the site 👏

I really love how Nintendo are encouraging the Go username to buy this game and hopefully a Switch to go along with it.

Game looks fantastic and hands on impressions from E3 seem very positive.

My one gripe would be the lack of random battles since that just incorporates the go mechanic but I would love to see battles introduced for wild Pokemon based on the reaction.

Posted by: JSG 13th July 2018, 06:14 AM

There's a new trailer out (it's in Japanese though) that looks fantastic.

I am so hyped for this game!

Posted by: HarryEzra 13th July 2018, 07:43 AM

Omg team rocket icons *.*

Posted by: JSG 13th July 2018, 11:07 AM

*.

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 13th July 2018, 05:07 PM

English trailer:

Posted by: Dexton 18th July 2018, 06:11 AM

Well that trailer has convinced me, I'm buying a Switch

Also I found this amazing creation on reddit

https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/8zpglt/made_the_entire_kanto_from_polymer_clay/

Posted by: Liаm 18th July 2018, 11:09 AM

The SS Anne will have an exciting journey in that version of Kanto

Posted by: lewistgreen 26th July 2018, 03:55 PM

Pre-ordered. Legit cannot wait for this!

Posted by: Dexton 16th August 2018, 02:44 PM

https://www.reddit.com/r/upvoteexeggutor/

Amazing.

Posted by: Joe. 5th September 2018, 08:24 AM

I was considering getting a switch, but I don't know if I like the whole "no wild battles" thing, surely grinding , though annoying is part of the fun of these kinds of games. Is there lots of trainer battles to help you level up at least?




I want my old team of Pikachu/Raichu, Garydos, Gengar, Charizard and Ivysaur back!

Posted by: Liаm 10th September 2018, 04:42 PM

I just really cannot go for how stupidly watered down and childish these games look, ik i'm not the target audience but I was holding off for Pokemon to get a Switch and really isn't the game to push me

Posted by: Oliver 10th September 2018, 06:59 PM

“Splishy Splash”? “Buzzy Buzz”??? What in the world. They are really going to alienate the audience that got it to where it is with all the watered down, kid-esque stuff they are doing.

Even when it first came out and we were all their “target” audience at the age of 5-10, it was never this bad.

Posted by: Liаm 10th September 2018, 07:33 PM

Exactly! Kids can and always have get on with the game, it's hardly Dark Souls I get that they are trying to grab back the more casual audience who perhaps are into Pokemon Go and I know this isn't Gen 8 but Sun and Moon was bad enough (what with it just generally being super easy other than maybe a totem battle or two if you didn't have the right starter or enough coverage on your team) and I worry that Gen 8 is going to keep going down this path.

Posted by: Atonement 29th October 2018, 06:09 PM

So are people getting this? It all looks really cute but I still have my reservations + I have exams the week after it comes out so I will hold off from buying it and wait for some reviews I guess. My main concern is that it will be too easy.

Posted by: Liаm 29th October 2018, 09:04 PM

I don't have a Switch but whilst I want one I'm still having 0 desire to play this I watch a few Pokemon Youtubers so I will watch one of them play it and perhaps seeing it all properly and presented in a way that I usually enjoy might make me feel a bit warmer toward it and want to play it. It being far too easy is my main worry too, and as I said above I don't see why they have to do it, it's not the hardest game series anyway. The fun of Pokemon for me has always been just being able to pick it up and learn, like when I was a kid and playing Gen 3 for the first time (my first proper games I played of the series and then went back), I knew nothing but I soon learned, it's not really rocket science I'd get it if it was a really complex hardcore series that was hard to get into, but it's always been easy and there's just no need to dumb it down as much as they are. So many of us played as children and got so engrossed and learned as we went, so why is it different now? Especially nowadays when you can go online if you get stuck, but the type match-ups are easy enough and mostly logical if you think about it. I suppose not every game can be for hardcore stans but it's always been an accessible enough series without dumbing down. I love the visual style and it'll be good to see the familiar Kanto in such a new way but that's about the only thing I'm here for

On one hand, it is just one game I can skip but the fact it's a main series game and there's been interviews saying they are planning on maybe doing more worries me that the series is going to continue down this path, especially when Sun and Moon was bad enough for hand-holding. It might just be a personal preference but a lot of the superfan Pokemon Youtubers I watch aren't that enthused either, it's alienating a lot of hardcore fans it feels like. I do wonder whether it'll really take off with casual fans or will kind of bomb because it doesn't hook them in enough and then hardcore fans aren't so fussed either. I feel like it should be a spin-off or they could have kind of scaled it down and did a 3D paid mobile app of a Kanto adventure like this. It's so sad we could have had 3DS or Switch Gen 4 remakes and we get yet another Kanto game that's just really unappealing in how dumbed down it is

Posted by: allfiredup93 11th November 2018, 11:34 PM

Looking forward to this on Friday!

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 12th November 2018, 06:27 PM

Properly buzzing for this now. Tbh, I lost a bit of interest during the Sun & Moon era, but I'm really excited to get back into the games. The Detective Pikachu and Power of Us movies is helping as well.

Annoyingly I have my GCSE mocks next week, so I'm not going to let myself buy it until they're over. Because I know I'll get addicted.

Posted by: DexTheHalls 13th November 2018, 12:35 PM

Without quoting I 100% agree with everything you said Liam If I do eventually get a Switch I will probably get this if just for the experience of playing a Pokémon game on a TV (GameCube nostalgia right there).

A Gen 4 remake would be brilliant. Gen 3/4 were my prime Pokémon generations and I couldnt say how many times I’ve played through each of them I was incredibly hooked. If they were to release a Sinnoh game that isn’t dumbed down for younger audiences to easily pick up & beat the game like the past few games have been I would INSTANTLY buy a Switch and find somewhere in the house for it. I kind of see why they wouldn’t release it for 3DS since there isn’t really a need logistically as far as I can tell but at the same time it’s not like everyone who has a 3DS is converting to Switch like they did with the previous DS versions. Tbh I’d buy Sinnoh for either platform so long as it wasn’t Pokémon Go style

Posted by: WhoOdyssey 13th November 2018, 04:04 PM

Apparently next year will be the first 'proper' Pokemon games on Switch, so it'll be at least 2 more years before Sinnoh remakes.

Posted by: Liаm 14th November 2018, 12:38 AM

Yeah that's legit the only reason I would be interesting, just the thought of playing it in that way, but the more info comes out (I've been peeping datamine videos), the more I actually despise this game Like I said, I'll just skip it and wait for the next games, not every game is gonna be for me and you don't have to be a superfan to enjoy Pokemon, but I'm just worried if this takes off they'll move more towards this for the main series, particularly with this being referred to as a main game. That or they'll stop "actual" remakes and peddle this shit every couple of years, I'm cringing even thinking of them ruining Sinnoh like this

It's just far far too much for me, for example, they've removed LOADS of moves, for example there's no Stone Edge, just Rock Slide, no Leaf Blade, just Power Whip, so it seems to be slimming down what there is to learn (a lot of meta moves like entry hazards, weather and most recovery moves are all gone too bu I never use those anyway). How thick do they think people are? I picked up gen 3 when I was like 8 and learned it all, I know there's 4 more generations since then, but it's really not rocket science, especially at the level of (or lack of) difficulty SM/USUM had.



(sozzzz guys I'm so negative in this thread it's just gutting when your fave game series is potentially being flushed to absolute shit)

Posted by: Cody Manheim 14th November 2018, 02:07 AM

Tbh if they were gonna deliver GCN nostalgia they could at LEAST create a spiritual successor to XD: Gale Of Darkness

I feel like the problem with using the GO mechanics is that it was all good when it was first released since the concept was new and widely available (even with the amount of bugs that came with it) but now the hype's been all used up. It just doesn't feel palpable with a game that's less... interactive.

Posted by: Atonement 14th November 2018, 09:27 AM

The reviews are mostly positive but most of them hinge on nostalgia or are just strange. Nostalgia is great but I think reviewers should just judge the game on its gameplay instead. IGN said the motion controls are not great and that it was too easy yet it gives out an 8.3??

I don't want to buy this but I'm still scared I'll eventually cave . The graphics are just so adorable. I just hate GameFreak/Nintendo/whoever for not making it better!

Posted by: Liаm 15th November 2018, 03:55 PM

Something I am interested in is how Youtubers who do Nuzlockes etc are going to get around this game not having random encounters etc., I'm going to watch my favourite Poketuber (Patterrz *.*) doing his Nuzlocke of it and see, which will probably be my one form of consuming this game

Posted by: Defaze 15th November 2018, 08:35 PM

I pre-ordered this game and f***ing loathe myself for it. Like, it seems objectively terrible and I do truly hope it flops so none of its influence creeps into the gen 8 games, but I'm an absolute sucker for nostalgia and RBY was the first ever games I played.

Having said that, I'm still beyond pissed at the amount of potential they squandered on this; a Kanto sequel with revamped routes/towns and a new Pokedex could've been incredible. Limiting it to the first 151 (plus the jizz pile and its evo I suppose) and replicating 20+ year old maps originally conceived for the Gameboy just seems so mind-boggling to me. Oh well. Guess I'll be using the likes of Persian, Sandslash and Dewgong for 150000th playthrough.

Edit: Okay the party sprites are triggering my OCD. Seems as if they created new ones for anything over 4 feet yet left the others as they were. Gamefreak half-assing yet another feature of this game.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dr4SqqUXQAE2Oim.png:large

Posted by: lewistgreen 15th November 2018, 09:26 PM

I’ve had this on pre-order for what feels like ages and got my dispatch email today. I seriously hope it’s there for me to play tomorrow when I get home from work!

Posted by: Aaron. 16th November 2018, 07:15 AM

I downloaded expecting to play for 30 Minutes to 1 Hour, but ended up spending 2 1/2 Hours Playing.
Pleasantly surprised. Well, really not. We all know what to expect in the game itself, but there's enough there to keep playing. 1st pokemon I caught was Oddish, which is one of my favorites. Good tie in to Pokemon Go. TBH - had I not been up for 20 hours and have to be up early, I would have keep playing. I'm pleasantly surprised.

TBH - Less juvenile and hand holding compared to the last few games.

Posted by: Liаm 16th November 2018, 02:05 PM

I've been watching bits of playthroughs and the watering down is just really putting me off Like I said I'll watch Patterrz's Nuzlocke, I know watching doesn't form the same opinion but there's just so much about this game that makes me really not want to play it, the more I see the more there is. You don't get much experience from trainers it seems so you have to catch Pokemon for Exp, and surely the novelty of using the joycon to do that all the time like a Wii shovelware minigame collection would wear off? And like I've said many times, there's just so many corners cut and so much watering down, and there is just no need. It's just SO disappointing we could have had the first PROPER home console Pokemon title but yet again, it's not quite a normal title. It's definitely mostly nostalgia, and I find Gen 1 really overrated so don't have that same feeling towards it which doesn't help, it's a cute little package of nostalgia with not enough depth for me in terms of what I like from Pokemon. Now I know how FF fans felt over FFXV being so different yet easy to beginners to pick up! Like them though I'll just learn there are plenty of games for me and let this one be.



The partner Pokemon thing is adorable though I will say, Kangaskhan puts Pikachu/Eevee in her pouch with her baby if you use her as a ride Pokemon

Posted by: Atonement 16th November 2018, 02:16 PM

I'm so weak I'm probably gonna get it. Pray 4 me y'all.

Posted by: Aaron. 16th November 2018, 06:55 PM

Yeah, I see what you are saying Liam.
I haven't found it as watered down as I thought however. Sure. It's not as challenging as other Pokemon games, but Red/Blue/Yellow was never challenging to begin with.
I hate the EXP SHARE, but I haven't explored if that can be taken off.
Had it been solely a full copy of Red/Blue/Yellow I would be disappointed, but it's not. There are new pokemon in most areas I've gone too which is incentive enough for me to catch and explore as much as I can.

The only thing I don't like so far is the remote and throwing the Pokeballs. Partly I think it's because I have my AR not set up correctly but I seem to be going through Pokeballs like crazy. But. You do get them from beating other trainers.

I'm the type of person that once I have my team or I'm all trained up I avoid Pokemon Encounters. I like this setup because I can still see what's around and if it's a LARGE or HUGE pokemon (or whatever they're calling it) I'll go give it a catch.

There's enough new things to warrent a play through for me. Would I have liked a new generation completely? Yeah. Of course. But this is fun for now. As long as we aren't waiting another full year for a new game.

Posted by: Liаm 16th November 2018, 07:57 PM

Nope you can't turn the Exp share off, tbh with the lack of Exp from battling trainers a lot of people are finding they really need it, but they really should have that choice left open! It's not an item it seems to just be a feature built into the game that automatically happens.

Posted by: Aaron. 16th November 2018, 11:09 PM

Yeah. I think I may need EXP Share afterall, someones Diglett just FISSURED 4 times successfully in a row. I just got to SS Anne and I'm just on the cusp of being under leveled. I've stepped back a bit from wild encounters.. or at least the Pokemon around where I am right now aren't ones I'm interested in.

Posted by: DexTheHalls 18th November 2018, 04:22 AM

Actually really want to buy this but I’d have to buy a Switch and I have no idea where I’d put it... Is it possible to plug a Switch into a laptop?

Despite no one really thinking much of this before it was released it looks like everyone is enjoying it It’s a step back from the core series games but it’s cute and plays into nostalgia a lot (obviously). I read that Alolan forms are in this though, are they wild like regular Pokémon or is it a different style? How can alolan Pokémon be in Kanye but nothing from Johto?

Posted by: Liаm 18th November 2018, 04:31 AM

You have to trade for them, you catch a normal one and there are various people who will trade their Alolan form for your Kanto form.

Posted by: Cody Manheim 18th November 2018, 04:38 AM

lmao Kanye form

Posted by: Cody Manheim 18th November 2018, 05:53 AM

anyway I've been watching a playthrough of Let's Go Eevee and



I'm still not all that enthused about the jarring similarities to Pokemon Go but 20 minutes into the video I literally screamed "IT'S SO PURE"

Posted by: lewistgreen 18th November 2018, 11:16 AM

Ngl I'm only at Cerulean City but this is incredibly addictive. A few niggly bits here and there but I'm really enjoying it!

Posted by: Simon. 18th November 2018, 08:51 PM

No fishing rods

However, it’s still really enjoyable! Worth the purchase imo.

Posted by: lewistgreen 18th November 2018, 08:54 PM

Aw what?! I legit searched Vermillion and just assumed I wasn’t looking hard enough

Posted by: Aaron. 18th November 2018, 09:18 PM

Yeah I was wondering why I wasn't finding any rods. I really want a Poliwag =\
The most frustrating bit so far is Lavender Town - Saffron City - Celadon City as there's only a small patch of grass with shitty pokemon and now I'm under leveled going into Silph Co.
In fact, in order to enter Sabrina's gym you need a Level 45 + Pokemon, and I don't have one (close to it..)

Decided to skip ahead and head to Fuschia City and complete the gym there and head back up to challenge Sabrina.

Team right now: Lapras, Gyarados, Snorlax, Charizard, Gloom and Pikachu.
May want a Poliwag/Dratini at some point so will need to sub some out.

Posted by: lewistgreen 18th November 2018, 09:23 PM

Even though the Anime puts Sabrina 4th, pretty sure it's always been Celadon and then Fuschia before Saffron which would explain the high level needed. I sort don't like the 'you need this type' or 'you need this level Pokémon' before you can enter a gym. It takes the fun out of battling Sabrina with a level 20 Ditto

Posted by: Liаm 20th November 2018, 01:27 PM

Yep Sabrina is technically the 6th gym, obviously it is able to you earlier but I always got bodied when I tried to do it that early given Psychic was ridiculously broken and OP in Gen 1 (an error meant even ghost wasn't super effective and Dark didn't exist, plus I'm pretty sure at the time the only damaging Bug move was Twinneedle :')) I did always like though that you could do them in either order, that was something we didn't even really get in later games when nothing is stopping them being a bit more open.

One thing I do want Gen 8 to keep is the the way Pokemon appear on the overworld map instead of there being random encounters, I'm growing to really like that. You can easily just pick what you're catching for the team plus they're fairly easy to avoid if you just want to dash through to get to the next town because you've caught everything or just don't want them on your team so aren't bothering. Obviously rare ones still take time to spawn but you don't have to waste time running from loads of encounters until you get that one that you want, it seems much easier to do it in the overworld. Battling them needs to be back though ofc.


And another thing that really niggles me about the game (shock xx) is it actually seems quite lazy in places... It's like they put everything into it just being cute so people wouldn't really care, but the sprites of the actual people are AWFUL. They're just so empty and hollow, the Youtuber I'm watching said "one step away from T posing" Like they just stare at walls or TV screens that aren't on, idk if it's some weird "homage" to the original days in some way but like this is the Switch! Could they not walk around or be talking to each other or at least have the bloody TV on, this is the same console that has Breath Of The Wild on it so it can at least manage that.

I don't think the graphics are all that either oops, I get that it's cute and stylised but again some of the Pokemon sprites... Sandslash's quills were where I noticed it most, they kinda look like PS2 graphics

Posted by: Atonement 20th November 2018, 02:02 PM

I watched a bit of walkthroughs on YT and I'm not really sold. The player K.O.'d all of Brock and Misty's Pokémon with one super-effective move.. I also read there's no possibility to re-battle trainers.

I think the post-game activities are very meh and the re-play value seems really low so I think I will pass on this game after all.

Posted by: DexTheHalls 20th November 2018, 03:08 PM

I'd love a Pokemon game where you can just travel to each city/gym in whatever order you like obviously with the leader's Pokemon (and their level) being slightly adjusted depending on how far into the game you are. The scaling for villainous teams, rivals, etc. etc. wouldn't need to be changed since the core story of the game would still point you in a certain direction - just that you could for example decide to battle Pewter City gym as your final gym and you'd be faced with Golem, Steelix, Aerodactyl, and Rhydon. I remember a few times in the anime there would be trainers with all sorts of different gym badges because they'd challenged the leaders in a different order to Ash. Theoretically you could then play the entire game without necessarily challenging any gyms if you wanted to (assuming you don't need HM access or anything) and even rp as a Coordinator or a Ranger

The more I think about it the more I want that to be a thing tbh... Sinnoh remakes could easily be much more open and ofc so could an entirely new region centered around that mechanic

Posted by: Liаm 21st November 2018, 12:54 AM

There is a Crystal fangame like that, it doesn't actually have any story but you can challenge the 16 gyms of Kanto and Johto in any order and the teams scale with you, idk how they did it and ofc it's quite basic as it's Crystal but it shows it can work! With the actual team behind it and on the Switch on a huge scale it could be amazing

Yeah I've seen a lot of that, I'm properly watching one but have dipped into others and the partner Pokemon moves are soooo OP, like Pikachu has one that always goes first and always crits, Eevee has so many broken ones It has loads of 90 base power moves for different types that mimic moves like Reflect, Light Screen, Leech Seed and Aromatherapy, or are guaranteed to burn/paralyse. There are others saying "it gets a bit harder than you think" but it feels like despite that, they've basically made it so you cannot lose with the partner Pokemon. I guess you can just not teach them those moves or only use them when absolutely needed, but then they both have really lacking movepools and you wouldn't want that as your main Pokemon. Besides, even if you don't, in the case of Brock's gym you kind of have to catch Oddish to be able to have any chance and then you end up (if you have Pikachu version) with two Pokemon that make it easy to just blitz Misty. I guess a lot of it comes down to whether you use the ridiculous buffs they give you, but most people will

I agree about the re-playability too, like it's definitely cute but as I said the graphics actually aren't that great once the novelty of "aww Pikachu riding on your shoulder" wears off. You aren't going to want to replay every time and be almost forced to use the same starter and do the same really easy gyms. For a game that costs like £50, it should have a bit more to it and a bit more replay value.

Posted by: Atonement 21st November 2018, 06:11 PM

And then they have that annoying thing where they ''hang on'' with 1 HP left, or shake off poison, so that you won't worry/cry or whatever :eyeroll:. Watching a bit of the walkthroughs is enough for me with this game. There are just too many things annoying me for me to buy this atm.

But luckily Smash Bros. is coming out in a little over 2 weeks!

Posted by: Liаm 22nd November 2018, 08:40 PM

Impulse bought a Black Friday Switch, and I've ended up caving and getting this with it ffs Half "I've played every other main game" and half I kinda want see the feel of it for myself, plus it's nice to have a few games with it (it comes with Odyssey and Mario Kart 8 and I'm deffo getting Smash with my work discount when it's out!).

Posted by: lewistgreen 22nd November 2018, 08:46 PM

You won’t regret it Liam

Posted by: Atonement 22nd November 2018, 09:43 PM

nnnnn :side-eye:

Posted by: Liаm 23rd November 2018, 12:21 AM

I'll blame myself when this creeps into Gen 8 x

I think like Dexton said it's also the experience of playing on a home console, I should not be so loyal to Pokemon they don't deserve it Idk I've just had every main game and as I was getting a Switch I just thought "ah f*** it" ffs

Posted by: DexTheHalls 23rd November 2018, 12:54 AM

How much was it? ;o I’ve even started playing Pokémon Go lately to turn me away from going out and buying this but I have little-to-no self control too so if I find a good deal I might splurge

Posted by: Atonement 23rd November 2018, 08:46 AM

I feel you. I think what makes it easier for me to skip this one is that I never owned a 3DS so I never played the 6th and 7th generation of Pokémon either. I'm not as attached to the franchise as I used to be.

(not excluding the possibility that I might pick it up in a few months or so after all)

Posted by: Liаm 3rd December 2018, 01:34 AM

I actually like this a lot more than I expected having had it for a week! It's not really *that* hand-holdingly easy in terms of the actual games, as I said Pokemon has always been easy. The partner is quite OP at the start but I think it balances out a bit as the game goes on, and I try not to just spam my partner's OP tutor moves for everything (I have Sizzly Slide and Baddy Bad of those on it atm). It's easy, but no more easy than SM/USUM was (save for that bloody Totem Lurantis if you didn't choose Litten at the start). It's just a fun, nostalgic trip into Gen 1, and I'm trying to not take it as anything other than that.




Having said that, I can't see it having any replay value for me. It's not that the games are easy which has put me off, but as obviously a big Pokemon fan I just find the amount that's been cut out pretty jarring. I keep thinking of moves that could be good on my team, only to remember they've been taken out The movesets are quite limiting, I also keep thinking of held items, of course they can't be used in this game, and my head is programmed to abilities (I keep not using Dig on the Gastly and Koffing lines when they'd go down so easily to a Nidoking Dig). Grinding is also a bitch, you don't really need to tbh as there are enough trainers in a normal playthrough between gyms or big battles but I got a Dratini when I got the Surf technique and it's level 20, whereas my team is around level 40 at the moment so I want to put it on my team but as you can't rebattle trainers it's hard to train it up without the rest of my team getting too many levels and the Dratini always being far behind I tried taking all my team off bar Dratini and going to Diglett Cave to chain until I get a Chansey (they're quite common if you chain, I've got one every time I've got to the 10-20 range) but grinding that way is SO tedious. I know using the VS Seeker for example was hardly the biggest thrill, but it's legit just swinging your controller at the right time at Digletts for what feels like hours on end. It's ok if your team sort of naturally comes together (the Alolan forms you trade for always happened to be around the right level when I got them, and I've had Nidoran/Eevee since the start), but once you get a low leveled Pokemon later in the game and want to add it, it becomes a slight issue. Grinding is never the most fun thing but it's so so tedious, I'm very close to just ditching the Dratini and sticking with Gyarados...

Also, being limited to just Kanto Pokemon means that there is a limit to the teams you can build around the starter you get. I have the partner Eevee, Alolan Raichu, Alolan Ninetails, Nidoking, Venusaur and Dratini atm, I know that's two Poison types so I might swap out Nidoking for a water type idk. I didn't want to use all the starters so I haven't got a water or fire type atm, I did have a Gyarados but swapped it for the Dratini for now as that can learn Water moves although it ofc doesn't have STAB for them. I guess I could have Rapidash or Alolan Marowak (which doesn't actually get a physical ghost STAB...) for fire, Growlithe/Arcanine are only available in Pikachu version, but the Eevee tutor moves can cover whatever gaps you have if you don't feel like using certain Pokemon so I don't feel limited to having to have one of each of the core types, I usually tend to make sure I do. Idk, I just can't think of many more Pokemon I'm that desperate to use that would make a viable team with enough coverage, it's hard when you're limited to the original 151 + Meltan/Melmetal (which I can't even have bc cba playing Pokemon Go enough to unlock them) and don't want to keep using the same Pokemon I've used in so many playthroughs of Red/Fire Red.

Posted by: DexTheHalls 3rd December 2018, 04:45 AM

Eevee/Rhyhorn/Lapras/Charizard/Victreebell/Machamp is my current team, also with Sizzly Slide & Baddy Bad on Eevee I have the fairy move too right now which helps a lot functioning as a cleric. I’ve changed my roster up a hell of a lot through the game too which isn’t something I normally do in Pokémon. Nidoqueen, Gyarados, Blastoise, Haunter, Arcanine, and Pidgeot have been thrown away in favourite of better coverage In regular games I wouldn’t do this because leveling up newer stuff would be too much of a pain...

Although usually I also don’t use as many Pokémon because I have a set core team I want to go into the E4 with... In Ruby/OR I basically always saved a slot for Altaria, Glalie, and Dusclops despite all being fairly late game additions

Posted by: Atonement 3rd December 2018, 12:32 PM

Wow I didn't even know all these things were cut from the game. The ones coming next year better be vastly different.

Posted by: Liаm 3rd December 2018, 03:42 PM

It affects some worse than others, in some cases it just sort of simplifies movesets (for example Giga Drain doesn't exist, but Mega Drain is buffed to have the same power, which I didn't care much about to be honest), but in others it is to the detriment of the Pokemon (for example, Alolan Dugtrio has no physical Steel STAB because Iron Head doesn't exist, and obviously it's a more physical than special Pokemon so Flash Cannon isn't really good enough as its only Steel STAB).

My big thing still is I'm not sure what the point is to it all. I kind of get making it simpler so people can get on board, but when (and they bloody better had) they go back to "normal", surely for people who have really got into Let's Go and played it all year until the new game comes, it's going to be SO overwhelming to suddenly have 809 Pokemon, over 700 moves, 233 abilities, all the held items that are possible etc. Not that it's hard to learn everything, but if people spend this year or so getting used to the Let's Go way, it's going to probably be quite jarring for them when they move across. I get simplifying a bit, but the fact it only had Kanto Pokemon (which of course locks out a lot of moves that no Kanto Pokemon learn anyway) was probably enough, without removing moves that they learn. I just think there's more of a middle ground that could've been taken in terms of what's been removed.

Posted by: Envoirment 4th December 2018, 08:35 PM

Got Let's Go Pikachu the other day and really liking it. Compared to the main games it's quite easy, especially with awakening values. Not to mention shiny pokemon are much easier to get - I got a Shiny pidgey in like 15-20 minutes of chaining. It's a good way to bridge the gap between Pokemon Go and the main games though for when they come out next year. I'm hoping you'll be able to transfer pokemon from Let's Go Pikachu to the next gen games. I assume you will be able to.

Posted by: lewistgreen 17th December 2018, 06:35 PM

So I finished the game the other day (well, I beat the Elite Four) and now I’m sort of like meh now what? Being able to battle the gym leaders again is a nice touch, but I legit don’t get or like the specialist 1:1 battles and it’s a struggle to level up now without randomly catching the same Pokemon over and over again. Also, I lost my chance for Mewtwo which I’m gutted for, but I had no idea it was Level 70 so I had no chance there AND Water Pokemon should be more easily available. Apart from Psyduck and Krabby you legit have to wait until you get to Fuschia City which is a pain... I wanted a Poliwag/Horsea earlier on! Especially when Poliwag can be caught between Viridian/Victory Road. I’m not saying I want a Goldeen in the wild as that’s just stupid, but those that can reside on land should be easily available too.

Legit tempted to start over again, which is something I always enjoyed doing with the handheld games. I’m hoping they do a Johto and Hoenn version of these games as it really works as a concept.

Posted by: DexTheHalls 18th December 2018, 03:47 AM

The Elite 4 was incredibly easy I found tbh. The first two kinda took a big chunk out of my team and I forgot to stock up on revives, but then I swept through the second two Elites and the Champion with a Lapras and 3 X Speeds... I had Machamp as a backup for Lapras but he never even saw battle because my Lappy was that much of a beast. A shame really because I haven't picked up the game since then not even to go get Mewtwo :/ Post-game challenges aren't really a new issue for Pokemon games though because hardly any games have had decent things to do after beating the Champion.

Btw I think having Squirtle available fairly early on is supposed to make up for the fact the rest of the water types are kept until late game.

Posted by: Liаm 18th December 2018, 07:09 PM

I finished the other day too and have pretty much 0 desire to replay, I did enjoy the game more than I thought in the end as I've said but it doesn't have a lot of replayability for me, as I said there aren't too many other teams I'm that fussed on using that work type-wise.... The Master Trainer things just seem so pointless, like you'd have your team of 6 and be able to do those but who'd bother doing them all?! Like wow you get to go in Cerulean Cave too. I found the Elite Four super easy as well, I went in underlevelled thinking it might buff up the challenge a bit but it didn't

I miss the likes of 4th gen's postgame when there was the whole Battle Frontier island, or even at least gen 3's with the Battle Frontier facilities. They could have at least added the Sevii Islands from Gen 3's remakes or made a new sort of Battle Frontier type challenge somewhere. But that's not just a problem in this game by any means, sixth and seventh gen both were quite lacking in that department. The Battle Tree in the latter was fine I guess, but it would be nice if every game had a new mini-region or island at least for something to do after the game. A lot of other RPGs have an extensive post-game so idk why they can't, hopefully the Switch gen 8 game can!

Gen 4 is definitely my fave thinking about all of this, the Elite 4 actually felt like a challenge which it hasn't since really (Gen 5's was ok in that regard) and the postgame was excellent, it's a shame things have moved slowly backwards from then.

Posted by: WhovilleOdyssey 21st December 2018, 07:08 PM

Really enjoying this!

4 gyms in, my current team:

1. Pikachu
2. Charizard
3. Vileplume
4. Raticate
5. Articuno
6. Blastoise

Posted by: WarnerKef 17th January 2019, 12:30 PM

let me pitch an idea here. First, we start a GitP Dominions Discord. Secondly, people get paired up so that new players can jointly run a nation with an experienced player in the first game or two as a kind of mentoring thing. How does that sound?

Posted by: Joe. 17th January 2019, 03:19 PM

Completed the Indigo league.

My team was Charizard, Pikachu, Rhydon, Gyardos, Venusaur and Gengar. Rhydon was very helpful for one of the Elite Four, but I swapped him out for Mewtwo now.

Posted by: Prettylittlebry 3rd February 2019, 04:04 PM

Has sold 10million units since release, not bad going for a remake!