Pokémon is close to 20 years old now, having been started in 1996 by Satoshi Tajiri, and the main series which began the franchise has changed only marginally overall. There are more Pokémon, more types, more characters and more ways to “Catch ’em All!”, but fundamentally each iteration has remained close to the formula introduced in Pokémon Red & Green.
This could change. We already know a new Pokémon project will be unveiled on August 26th, but fans have no idea what to expect. The print edition of Famitsu recently revealed, however, that this announcement is of a “very new development” for the series and described it as “earth-shattering” news. The image was shared by Japanese fan karubiimunomono.
We’re only days away, but this is our chance to discuss what could be coming to the Pokémon franchise and whether or not it will ever be the same again. Is it the start of a second main series? Is Pokémon re-tooling the core RPG? Will we finally get a Wii U game or a console addition to the main series? …or could it just be another spin-off title?
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– “Earth-shattering news”
– Marketers’ propensity for awful puns
Next gen set in land of the mole people confirmed
Propensity? Big words! Nice! XD
Well if it’s EARTHSHATTERING news then I dont think it’s going to be a small spin off game
More Eartshattering than the reveal of Aromatisse? I think not >:D
Ugh -_-
Can I like the Pokemon I want to like?
Yeah, it’s gonna be so much cooler and better.
O.o
Yus lol
Aromatisse is meh
If that’s your opinion on THE BEST POKEMON EVER XD
Lol I just dislike it.
It’s fine, I’m joking XD
But Aromatisse is my second favorite pokemon
What did djja get band for? Or did he delete his account or what?
Djja got banned??? What happened? O.o
That’s what I’m asking. His account isn’t under top comentators, so :/
all actions that results of a band shouldnt be said to the public whatever the mods did they just did it for a reason
I understand.
thanks u for concerns XD
You are the all knowing skidoo XD
You should be a mod
nah XD im really immature
Still, you seem to know so much. You told me about Slips too
well im just like that
What is this?
It’s a private topic, we really shouldn’t bring it up.
Wats in the past stays in the past
;-; Then why did he tell you?
Heidi Kay
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*IDK
I know, I got that and said ;-;
I do too but I miss mah bby ;-;
I hope he didn’t get banned. TBH PokeJungle chat was super fun cuz of him.
His name is not on Top Commentors 🙁
Not from Chat. Just here. And I’m pretty sure es temp.
Or Mega Milotic.
That is literally earth-shattering.
Did anybody actually think that it might have nothing to do with the games and anime?! It might be unlikely but they may be coming up with technology, where they are currently assembling a real life pokeball… but that probably wont happen. If they do make a game, then maybe it’s like a first person game on a game console like the oculus rift, but of course it would probably not be the oculus rift because nintendo only allows games to be played on their own devices…
TCG app says otherwise.
I stand corrected
Your statement is a bit odd. lul. (Not being rude.) A Pokeball in real life now with current technology. Not happening. That would take a ton of money and research to basically port an animal into data and plug them into a ball. I feel like the announcement is about a game.
Well it wouldn’t capture things. I hope OO
yeah lol i was thinking about animal cruelty after i posted that… definitely not going to happen. but i was just trying to say that since gamefreak have been releasing new things that nobody has expected, i was just trying to direct the attention to something other than what everybody thought the news would be about
I NOMINATE GONVAH SKIDDO FOR POKEJUNGLE MODERATOR
like i said im immature XD
The only thing that I can imagine being Ground-breaking & earth shattering is to introduce a new region & more new pokemon in the middle of a generation. I dunno man I have a strong feeling it’s going to happen. Sooo damn hype 0_0
i think its Gogoat Simulator
YES XD
I think its.. no!
im not serious :/
Or maybe its the reveal of Plus & Minus for the Wii-U (first ever Wii-U main games) like those early rumors said a while ago
Yasssss I actually liked those rumors
Same. Tbh it’d make me go out and buy a wii-u lol.
i said Plus is for Wii u and Minus is for 3ds 😀
0_0 aug 26th suddenly seems like a month away.
Because it would make sense
Plus- the HD the biggest because it +
Minus- Handheld Graphics its the – Of the too!
I would really like that. With Plus storyline going a few + years into the future, Minus storyline goes a few years back into the past . ^_^
Too much math for me
LMFAO
I want this!!! Of course, I’ll accept anything that’s announced, but this would be really cool!
i thought i was pokken fighters because the teaser image was shown on august 17th 2013 and the live stream was announced for august 26th on august 17th 2014 XD soo GG its not it
Mega-Bidoof confirmed!
God/God
Arceus/Arceus
I not think it will be a main series game. But I have a feeling that it could be another pokemon stadium for the Wii U. It’s too early to announce another main series game, and considering the fact that they’re still working on and as. It’s just way too early for this stuff.where as a spin off would be more reasonable.
^^^^
I’m not sure about Stadium but some big spin-off for Wii U, yeah.
If this is groundbreaking, it can’t simply just be a spinoff, unless it’s Pokenn Fighters. To be honest, I don’t have any idea what this could be.
August 26th is going to be a hyped day. I really can’t wait to see what it’s going to be!
What do you thinks it’s going to be?
If it’s a run-of-the-mill spinoff, I will be so disappointed!
I think it’s a Spin-Off, but something big and new.
Nuff said wish list for a EARTH SHATTERING but wotn happen
-Open world
– Trainers roam around and Pokemon roam wild grass( they dont stand anymore and u see pokemon)
– ull see pokemon swimming and roaming the land
– Any order u can do the gym
– a Online mode where u can be in a world with a bunch of other Players
– All Regions and a new one :O
– Patches and DLC to add new regions that introduce
– Basically saying A MMO but who cares
– Mega Milotic
Water does shatter the earth. Mega Milo confirmed?
Exactly I saw Licki say that and yus it will happen.
No just no
H8r alrt
Stfu snitch
H8r alrt
Dumb ass alrt
And I wouldn’t like Number 2 tbh
And 5, 6, and 7
inb4 we get 2 NEW regions :p
:O STOP IT XD
+Pokemon Yellow remake and D/P/P remakes
I would actually love a Yellow remake.
Same xD
Yellow was the ish
Pokemon mmo confirmed
Nice Wishlist. Yet, the problems are still present. Trainers roaming would get annoying. It wouldn’t be easy to fight. A huge online game… IDK. Not even Xenoblade Chronicles X could pull it off. So far it’s only 4 players Online. DLC… GameFreak already said no. Yet, who knows.
its just a wishlist nothing more 😀 im not saying trainers roaming im saying they just wont stand anymore they would stay in the respectful routes
But then it would be easier to get around them,
troo
That would make them super annoying to pin down and fight. I rather Pokemon keep them as stationary NPCs.
oh ok
They announced that the battling would change in ORAS so
When the heck was that? lul.
Morimoto of Gamefreak wrote that ORAS would
Offer a Change in the Gen VI Battle Environment, but i doubt it’s going to be a huge online game, i agree with you
or ACNL/Pokemon crossover :OOO
^^^ As a spin-off yes
before animal crossing. it was oringally suppose to be a Pokemon game but then it was made animal crossing
What if it’s that Pokemon Plus and Minus for Wii U everyone was talking about a few months ago?.. ._.
It wouldn’t be I think.
A main series game now? Not a possibility. OR/AS is over the horizon. Announcing a new game would slow down sales or diminish them. If it were a new main series game it would have been announced later. It’s marketing.
They normally wait a couple months after the release of a game to announce a new one.
I doubt it too.. But that’s the only “earth shattering” news for me.. It would literally shatter my word. A palm tree legendary? No. Just no. Haha
A paper legendary pokemon xD?
Huh the is no where near done as stated in the article and just because they are annoucing it know it doesnt mean that it’s coming out any time soon lel.
Maybe a tease for it with its mmo capability.
Maybe. But it’s not for the wii u but nintendos next console
i am so hype. gamefreak you are such a c**k tease. sakurai has been teaching you is see. what could it be. pokken, 2 regions that is earth shattering. a new game. new battle system why is not being streamed in the rest of the world. celestial i need u. a wii u game. a special anniversary game on wii u which has all the regions and the islands in full hd. open world. a new region. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Pokken fighter wouldnt be that earth shattering tbh
Ikr. Same for any pikachu game. I honestly think the Pokken game was a tech demo for something
I think GF needs to try an Action RPG pokemon game for the wii u.
lets try and be real it is probs a new region or a wii u game
Not a new region. Being real is a big spin-off (most likely on Wii U)
A new region is “earth-shattering”. I think not. I believe it’s a new game (mostly a spin-off) or a new RPG for the Wii U.
I wonder if earth-shattering > biggest scoop of the century?
I’d like to see a pokemon (fakemon) designing game. Each evolution expands the size, movepool, and customization options. This would not be the whole game, but a “stunning” mechanic.
are you new.. that idea is good. a fan game. actually that would be amazing a good tribute for pokefans for the anniversairy
Well, I used to be a regular, before X/Y, but basically yes! Thanks.
how come this news is not on any other websites
PokeJungle is not just some other website. :p
Because they are noobs or don’t care atm. PJ is all about hype, while the others just cover it as it comes out.
maybe more info will be released about this a the tokyo game show
the info release this monday?? or not??
i know but maybe more info after that
See trollfreak reveal Pikachu Detective. XD
thats not earth shattering, thats my eyeballs shattering
It’s our hearts shattering
Unless there is a nintendo direct, it’s not going to be a mmo or non-spinoff game. Remember guys, a pikachu detective game would be shocking, but I think the only thing shattering would be the fans hearts.
its a big announcement that will change pokemon forever…. not everything has to be in a direct
But they need a way to announce it in the US if it’s so big. They could just announce it on the pokemon website, but it seems more unprofessional for such a “big” game.
i dont think so
i want it to be pokken
So do we know it’s definetly a game
yep what else would it be
It will either be that Pokken fighters game or that detective Pikachu game…. I suspect it will be for the Wii U though. However, the Pikachu game was already announced to be in development, so I wouldn’t think it’s that. Oh well. We only have to wait until Tuesday….
This!!!!!!!^^^^^^^^^^^^
Lol whoops wrong post to reply to XD fail
Oooh I like this. What I expect is a pokemon game that plays like real-time strategy + open world, in 3d. Pokemon battles are all turn-based strategy. Changing the core essence of pokemon being turn-based that lasted since red/blue, I feel is an “earth-shattering” news.
Lol. Pokemon game for the Oculus Rift.
That would force me to buy it tho ;-;
“With Facebook integration so you can connect with friends and send them requests!”
I feel like it will be this but as Pokken or Battle Revolution typed format, not an open world. They’ll use Iris using Axew in the game to show it off.
Overall it’ll be a spinoff.
maybe, who knows. But I don’t think spin-offs are “earth-shattering” xD
Yeah, but they wouldn’t announce it a couple months before another mainstream game is even released, would they? It’d take all the ORAS hype away.
This regi XD!!! I want turn based strategy!!!! UPVOTE
But I’m saying that they will change that xD Meaning it will be a pokemon game that doesn’t use turn based strategy but rather real-time strategy kinda like xenoblade.
“Aura Sphere!”
“Dodge, Pikachu and use Iron Tail to hit it back!”
OMG I am an idiot I read that wrong. The way I was thinking was it is going to be sorta like FE. But that could be cool too!
Strategy Game? Just play Conquest. lel.
Everyone says Open World. 😉 Anyways, making the game an Action RPG would be “shattering” and really change the demographic of Pokemon!
Well the reason I say open world is because exploring was was one the main essences of pokemon as well as capturing. Tajiri designed pokemon as a nod to bug catching in a forest in his childhood. That is more true to pokemon than action.
An open world would be fun. Yet, I wonder how they would flesh it out. We’ve been seeing Pokemon as a linear game. So, this would definitely be a new direction!
Exactly my thoughts xD I’m thinking this pokemon game will be a lot more of a personal experience story wise
Of course. Yet, I wonder how they would program the game. If you could easily roam the world there would have to be a lot of ideas going around. Zelda for Wii U is open-world yet it took 4-6 years to fully create the idea.
Free world would take quite the long time. Idk if any of you played the elder scrolls V skyrim? That was free world and probably the buggiest game ever. Pokemon would be just as buggy. Not to mention they are trying to prevent cheating and hacking tis the reason why X and Y hasnt been succesfully hacked. At least not in the USA. My point in that is a free world Pokemon game would be buggy amd glitchy therefore easy to hack and mod for your own desire. I dont think the pokemon company is that stupid or naive to give up on the “No Hacking Our Systems Or Games” . When cheaters do so the company loses money. Sorry to chop down your hopes but free world is probably not gonna happen.
We don’t know how long they have been working on the game, but you got a good point.