Pokémon has announced a press conference being held today to announce new business strategies and company partnerships. This unexpected development could mean anything for the series and fans are eagerly awaiting what it could mean.
The conference is being held on Japanese video site NicoNico and we’ll be updating this post with the information that comes from it. Make sure to refresh!
- The stream has started! Does anybody have any guesses as to what’s going to be announced??
- New Nintendo collaboration with Niantic, Inc. featuring a product based on Augmented Reality for mobile devices.
- Pokemon Go will be making its way to iPhone and Android devices in 2016.
- I have included a link for the new Pokemon Go trailer at the bottom of this article.
- Junichi Masuda is now on the stage.
- Mr. Masuda mentioned how he thought 2016 was going to be a big year for Pokemon considering it’d be Pokemon’s 20th anniversary. No sign of main-series game, however.
- Pokemon Go Plus revealed. It’s a device that connects via Blue Tooth with Pokemon Go and notifies you of what’s happening around you in the game via LED lights.
- Aaaaand that’s a wrap! No new main-series game announcements, unfortunately. Be sure to watch the trailer for Pokemon Go that is posted below and let us know in the comments if you’ll be playing it on your smartphone device in 2016.
Update: Pokemon Go will be free to play but will also feature in-app purchases.
Thank you PJ for letting me cover this news conference and I hope to return to cover some more news in the near future!
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There’s your Pokemon Zequel and what’s probably going to be in Coro Coro! 😀
Interesting concept though. It’s like a combination of that Google maps thing and the Pokemon shuffle pokemon catching sequence.
while u talking about pokemon shuffle ….could I rise above hate and download it for free ???
Hate? I like shuffle. It’s good to pass the time.
yeah i know ….i told i want to love it but i can’t maybe i can if i play it for free hehe could i ? ….i am not joking i didn’t know how i can get it .
Eshop on 3DS or the app store if you have a smartphone. I think Google Chrome can play android games too so there’s that.
for free ?
That reminded me that I had a food in microwave. Thanks.
So this thing is using GPS, AR and Bluetooth all at the same time? Prepare for major battery drain…
This is definitely the most exciting image of the whole event. Is it me, or does it look like they’re implying Generation 7 is coming next year?
My theory is this: Gen 7 and Pokemon Z are the same thing. Think about it, people keep talking about “Gen 6.5” and “Southern Kalos”. Well, couldnt you call Johto “Western Kanto”? And isnt Gen 2 kind of like Gen 1.5? I think the next main games, coming late next year, will be Gen 7, but will also continue the story of X and Y like Gold and Silver to Red and Green.
That does seem plausible, but then why would Zygarde be in the next movie with new forms? Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to see a new generation, and this timeline does appear to be a strong hint, but shouldn’t at the very least Kaijugarde get it’s own game first?
His games will probably be the next games. I’m not sure how that would work exactly, but i’m gonna stick with my new idea until proven wrong.
I’ve been thinking that for a long while now as well. It’s possible that we could go through an improved Kalos, then after the game travel to an entirely new region with new Pokemon.
That would solve the Zygarde problem too! It would basically be like 2 games in one, starting in Kalos with Zygarde as the main legend, and then continuing your journey to thd southern region with new pokemon and the new box legendary for Gen 7.
I like this idea. If they get the levelling right between the two regions (like causing a temporary drop in levels when you travel to the new region), then it could be a really good game.
Interesting. I think it’s more plausible that we travel in southern Kalos first, in what would be spain, then go back to Kalos.
I was thinking the same thing and Masuda did say the 20th anniversary was very special to him, but I feel it’s special to everyone so I’m thinking something big is gonna happen. I can’t wait for corocoro to leak!!!!
I got the impression that he’s gearing us up for a new game announcement soon. That slide was absolutely unnecessary in this presentation, yet it was there and clear as ever. I feel like they may hint at a new game announcement for next month within this CoroCoro…which will hopefully leak tonight!
I hope so and I know I shouldn’t get all hyped up for next year cause GF is unpredictable but I just can’t help it.
I HIGHLY doubt we’ll get a main series game leak now. Pokemon Go is more likely to be in it. Why else would they announce it right before Coro Coro?
It was supposedly just to say and show in a fancy way that the 20th Anniversary is coming up next year.
Ooh! I’m hype! I seriously want to know what’s in store for 2016. It might be the 7th Generation or new games in Kalos. Honestly, it’s any man’s guess at this point. I hope the CoroCoro leaks soon!
Pearl and Diamond where my favorite
It seems like this is what they really had in mind when they did that Google maps thing a while back. Well I’ll certainly buy I guess! Lol Either way this seem like it’ll b something that u can use to add more to the main series games that will come out next year. I think of it similar to Dream radar where u catch Pokemon and then transfer them to the actual game.
This is great and all, but can we just get the announcement of the main game for Arceus’ sake?!
I expect CoroCoro will have some kind of teaser for an announcement next month. I really don’t know, though. I can’t wait until next year when we can analyze what kind of odd pattern Game Freak has been following this year. It’s just so strange.
PLEASE. ANYTHING.
I know this is slightly off-topic, but I’ve heard that there’s going to be a big anime announcement next month, does anyone know the exact date?
Apparently, that poster supposedly was to say and show in a fancy way that the 20th Anniversary is coming up next year. Masuda just said: “I’m thinking about “how” this game will connect with titles in the main series of Pokémon games.”
He did say “future titles in the main series of the pokemon games.”
That could mean anything. Z or whatever is already likely done. Just waiting for an announcement time. He probably means how he’s gonna incorporate it into the 7th Generation games, as those are probably still in development.
And connecting the main series games to phone apps is a big move, hopefully they do really cool events on go, to transfer to gen 7 games 🙂
Before he showed the graph, Masuda said that next year is a very meaningful year to him because it’s the 20th Anniversary and that’s really excited to be working on a project on such a momentous occasion. Z or whatever is already likely done. It is just waiting for an announcement time. Masuda probably means how he’s gonna connect it to the 7th Generation games, as those games are probably still in development.
Good point! I always forget how far ahead of us GF is
3 day from hell ….it’s like horde of Tyranitar and Hippowdon surrounding my house i am breathing sand ……any body have Rayquaza number ?
Lightweight I’m always in a sandstorm
i am sure if u would try this maybe u will become fairy lover .
This will only be amazing if I get to see Mewtwo just fucking wail on small pokemon while having nerdgasms with other people.
Seriously, this looks great. I hope we get something very close to the trailer, atleast with the battles. As for the times square scene, that is very plausible due to the Nintendo store in the city. I got high hopes!
I can already imagine a huge event in Rockefeller center
There is going to be a Pokemon Press Conference today. It’s at 2AM EST (lol. I’m going to be asleep!). They actually might announce something today! Here’s the link to the stream: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv234440920
Sorry bud that was last night. While it was 3pm Japan and 2am EST
Let this sink in:
You will now be able to catch, battle, and trade Pokémon with people who have easy access of the game within their smart devices. You can easily pull out your phone, do a quick battle, then leave.
And to think, you can find Pokémon no matter where you are in the world. This is the definition of Pokémon existing in the real world.
And if you think a bit harder, this is what GameFreak always wanted Pokémon to be; a game where you could easily battle, trade, and collect Pokémon with people anywhere in the world easily and efficiently.
This is a huge milestone for all Pokémon fans and the Pokémon community itself, and I hope it turns out as great as it sounds.
OMG!!!!! I just realized Masuda is in the video!!!! hahaha At 1:31 those guys that r biking and skate boarding fly past him lol
How can he stay young like that? I believe in occult societies cutting virgins and drinking their pure blood for the sake of Satan but he doesn’t seem like a guy that is into things like this.
Some people age very gracefully…..Plus he’s only like 47 so over all he’s really not that old lol
Oddly its the famous people….
(Except bill murray, he did not age well at all)
Meh Bill Murray aged fine…..he just looks like a funny potato now lol
No pain, no gain. That’s an ethereal law.
Yea, thought I was the only one who noticed.
I JUST REALIZED WE CAN HAVE ACTUAL GYMS NOW
That’s gonna be awkward tbh
AND WE CAN HAVE REAL LIFE POKEMON DOG FIGHTS!!!!
I was just talking about this to one of my friends, but instead of walking everywhere I would drive lol.
Well, I suppose I’ll be getting a lot of Venusaur, Executor, and Carnivine… Yay, more plant buddies!
This sounds really cool! I wonder if we’ll be able to transfer the pokemon to our handheld games? This will probably be the thing that actually makes me go outside for once. Man, I haven’t been on here for a while.
This looks incredible, I want like nooooowww
Another thing, the time line highlighted important dates of new generations, it also had 2016 so will 2016 be a year of new region?
The possibilities of next game are large!
It could be:
1. Kalos again just remade
2. East Kalos making a gen 6.5 with 70 more pokemon (or could be 7th gen but like johto and kanto, kalos and 7th-gen-region are connected and includes 70 more pokemon)
3. Kalos+Hoenn since masuda said he planned on tying things together and mentioned hoenn in the same quote
4. Kalos+Kanto, since GF is making a big deal about 20th aniversary, so they could be including kanto with kalos
5. Kanto- same with the aniverssary thing
6. 7th generation, I mentioned this earlier about the timeline
With these options what do you guys WANT to happen and what do you guys THINK will happen?
pls no Kanto
Personally, I HOPE for Kalos+Hoenn because then we would hopefully get bf and the story could be nice
But I THINK we will get kalos+kanto or east kalos
I’m hoping for that too it seems more likely you have proof on the Kalos+Hoenn
I think that Kalos Hoenn thing was the transition to XY to ORAS via Primals and more Mega Evolutions, that kinda ties
I wouldn’t think we would get Kanto remakes, but they are very likely to be remade during Gen 7, mainly because that’s the only generation that can’t be played on a 3DS without installing homebrew. I would think a throw back to Kanto would be interesting for Gen 7. Like Gen 2 was basically a sequel to Gen 1, let us go the Eastern Region beside Kalos, probably Germany, and then revisit Kalos for the Z story. Gen one and two are the only generations connected in that way and GF isn’t going by their usual formula anymore…
I don’t get why do many people think Kanto remakes are going to happen. Just because there’s an anniversary does not mean there’s going to be a remake. Plus, we’ve already had a remake this generation. And in any case, we’d be overdue for a Colosseum remake, and nearly overdue for a Gale of Darkness remake, right?
CoroCoro has to leak tonight. The wait has been intense. Maybe we’ll finally have the main series answers we’ve been waiting for.
either the 12th or most likely 13th
Why is that any more likely than tonight?
because on the last corocoro serebii said the next issue would drop around the 13th
Well no, that can’t be right. The issue itself releases on the 15th, and there’s no way Serebii could know exactly what day between the 7th-14th it will leak.
We’ve gotten leaks on the 10th/11th b4 Idk y it would b a problem now lol
This month has gone by quickly. With Go announced today, I think that’s all we’ll get game wise…
I feel like Pokemon GO sucked the enthusiasm from everyone for a game announcement this month. lol I just hope CoroCoro’s promise isn’t gonna b lackluster in it’s own right. Bc while I think Pokemon GO is really cool, I don’t feel like it’s a substitute for real info. If they hadn’t announced GO I wonder what we would think about the CoroCoro info (assuming it’s not what we hope it is). I guess thinking about this kind of stuff is useless until we kno what’s actually in CoroCoro hahaha
I literally woke up this morning, checked youtube, and thought GO WAS the main series. I got so excited, until I found out what it really was..I mean it still looks cool and all, but…
how could u sense this …….i can’t sense any leak for toady …we will know who have the real 3rd eye .
I originally thought it would be today, but it turns out I was analyzing a closely parallel reality. I believe that tonight will really be it.
u still thinking it will happen tonight ??…..u make me confuse i think i have to take deep meditation To cut the doubt .
Actually, thinking about it, this would be nice to have. Future games wouldn’t have as many older pokemon and they could really focus on new designs WHILE having a way for us to have easier access to older pokemon. I do believe I read these pokemon would be transferable, however I won’t be completely sold until we get more info.
Yeah I can definitely c this playing apart in how they stock the future games. I kind of c it more like the Dream radar where u can transfer the Pokemon u catch in it to the main games.Only I c this being more fun and like a game rather than that lol It’s funny, I woke up for a min after the conference b4 going back to sleep and even without seeing that the Pokemon were transferable I was thinking about how they should make PokeBank integrated into the app for easy transfer. Now I don’t kno if that’s what they have in mind, but I gotta say it’s not a bad idea hahaha
this video is cool actually ….when the players decide to beat Mewtwo that’s remind me of pokemon MMO.
If you can transfer your Pokémon from the new games to this game where it looks like Gen 1 Pokémon are exclusively available, will it add those Pokémon to the world? Or would you just be special?
Here’s an article from m The Verge with close ups of the game screens and the Go Plus. http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/10/9300099/pokemon-go-plus-hands-on-photos
Will Pokémon go require internet connection?
More than likely since it uses your location via smartphone gps.
Well, looks like I may have been right about CoroCoro possibly not leaking until the day it is officially released in Japan.
Someone give me a cookie now.
Well, it’s 9:30pm JST on Friday now, there’s still hope that it could leak over the weekend. From memory, Corocoro usually leaks on the 12th or 13th, so there’s still hope.
No cookies for doomsayers.
ur one of them too didn’t u ?
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