The Wii U wasn’t the best console for Pokémon fans, save for the two stand out titles Pokkén Tournament and Super Smash Bros., but things may be improving console-wise with the launch of the Nintendo NX. Due to be released early next year, the new console is rumored to have a brand new Pokémon game in its library within six months of its launch.
MCV reports that this game will be developed by Game Freak, which is the studio responsible for primarily the handheld main series. This leaves speculation whether it will be a spin-off title or a more traditional adventure akin to those that have populated Nintendo handhelds for the last 20 years. Another possibility is an HD version of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS titles Pokémon Sun & Moon.
Can’t wait to hear more!
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Alain’s team confirmed: Charizard, Metagross, Tyranitar, Unfezant, Bisharp, Weavile
Two pseudos? That’s a bit much
He’ll still lose so doesn’t matter
Hopefully it’s a fun battle to watch though
Tons of nice Pokes and then an unfezant haha
Looks like an OU team… with special guest Unfezant.
So obviously they want to keep people guessing which one is the mega.
Well if they are indeed doing “Pokémon Sun and Moon HD Remake”, I won’t buy Sun yet and pretend that I’m currently playing Red Rescue Team right now while I’m waiting for mom to buy me a Nintendo DS and Blue Rescue Team…
That Will be f*cked if they release a HD version of SuMo in a year aftrr the inicitial release…
My net is on a spinoff game OR a remake of DP OR yellow remake, last one is my wish though
I don’t want the 3DS to go. Sure, it’s not that strong piece of hardware, but still… They never changed console mid-gen for a main series game or remake before. Publishing a DP remake on NX mid-gen 7 would be just dumb.
yeah I agree, the 3ds still can go for another couple years I think. This is the first time they introduced two generations of pokemon on one device though.. So they easily they can change their ways and make a remake for the NX, idk..
The DS had two generations of Pokemon. The 3DS is nearing it’s end. 2017 doesn’t have too many titles left and it’s obvious Nintendo will soon switch to the NX. The next Pokemon games will be on the NX, but I doubt it’s a port of S/M.
Oh sorry, true true. DS got 2 generations aswell xD
Ugh HD remakes of gen 4 NEEDED
It’s obviously going to be the remake of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, considering that it’s it’s 10 year anniversary.
Are we expecting D/P remakes this gen? This/next year are the 10 year anniversary but I was kinda assuming they would skip a gen like they did between HGSS and ORAS.
look I found this!!
Snag machine? Could gale of darkness be the NX game?
No I think it’s about Sun and moon a new mechanic I had found yesterday on forchann but the discussion about it was immediately deleted it said another leak chinese, then I have not had time to read anything else being deleted
Think its for Poke Ride
I agree. It makes the most sense unless it’s a machine for something else. I mean it looks like something used by Pokemon Rangers.
Oh, that’s interesting
That’s from DeviantArt. It’s a fan made device that uses disc Pokeballs.
really?? link
It’s a Gage Gauntlet. It’s a fan-made device from DeviantArt.
thank you so much!! issue resolved 😀
So there’s hope that the final evos of the starters are fake after all 😀
Seems the Part 1 of Ash VS Alan will involve Pikachu, Noivern, Talonflame, and Hawlucha for the former trainer and Charizard, Bisharp, Tyranitar, Metagross, Weavile, and Unfezent. The first match-up seems to be Pikachu VS Tyranitar.
– Pikachu VS Tyranitar
– Pikachu VS Weavile
– Pikachu VS Charizard
– Pikachu VS Metagross
– Hawlucha VS Weavile
– Noivern VS ???
– Talonflame VS Unfezent
– Bisharp VS ???
Those seem to be the matches for Part 1 and the unfinished ones will continue on to Part 2 as there seems to be a lot of recalling and changing. Plus, Goodra and Ash-Greninja need to appear. Expect the final match to be Ash-Greninja VS Mega Charizard-X with Ash winning.
What do we think the group ‘The Princesses of Pokemon’ that Hala mentions are? They are said to have a connection to the Z ring and Z crystals. Could they be a group of legendaries or maybe the evil team?
I thought I heard Princes, but whatever. Really reminds me of Pokemon Ranger Shadows of Almia because it has a similar thing. Gemstones associated with a prince/royalty. Maybe they might do something similar? (Princes helped save their father/world from darkness and the current gemstones were used to stop the Shadow Crystal/darkness)
They both roughly mean the same thing so ye is doesn’t really matter. Maybe they could do a similar thing, would that make Z crystals an artificial thing? Do this group have something planned that involved Z crystals and Z moves. Does Z tie in with Zyguard. Definitely interesting to think about.
Someone posted this on Reddit. When you think about it, it does make sense:
I have a theory that the generations revolve around the opposition of “new” and “old”.
Generation 1: “new” – the whole franchise is new.
Generation 2: “old” – it was so influenced with the previous generation we could travel back to the first region.
Generation 3: “new” – many new features added to the game.
Generation 4: “old” – it introduced a plethora of cross-generational evolutions as an influence of previous gens.
Generation 5: “new” – the point was to create a dex full of brand new Pokemon.
Generation 6: “old” – Mega evolutions were introduced to keep old Pokemon in game.
Generation 7: “new” – it seems like this gen will fit in the pattern as apparently they gonna change a lot in the gameplay.
Additionally, every time they released remake games, it was an even numbered generation (except for Gen 3).
Remakes are just based on the system and not the generations, as it does not make sense to do a remake for a system that is only slighty older. All remakes have been 2 systems ahead, it’s only because BW released on the same system as DPPt that it gives you the ‘even metric’ even though 2/3 is not good enough to come to conclusions.
Also, Gen 3 was “new” in that it was the first generation which lacked backwards compatibility (and therefore didn’t have access to all preexisting Pokémon when initially released).
Although I love this theory, I definitely feel like it’s more of a natural progression as opposed to an intended pattern (I’m not saying this to oppose you, as you’ve never specifically suggested intentionality either – it’s just an observation).
Although only not very related, this reminds me of the “Strauss–Howe generational theory” on a much smaller scale.
saw this on deviantart. this has got to happen even tho its very unlikely 🙁 (rf)
I like Serena’s design in this. Not a fan of Ash’s Design though. I like his hat, but not his shirt.
Hi, can we get hairstyle changes too in SM ?
Yes, the multiple trailers released thus far have confirmed the ability to not only change your hair style, but without the goddamn hat as well. Rejoice.
I honestly don’t know yet…
Ash looks like a pirate lol.
He’s always been a member of Team Aqua…
Team Aqua Grunt.
I apologise in advance. Ash, you are a pirate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMhfbLRoGEw
Why do people want Serena to stay with Ash so much? She is sooooo bland imo
Which is why she needs to stay, so they can make her less bland
May forever!
Also, bring Brock back.
Wait, better idea, give Brock his own spin off where he switches between love struck fool and totally serious, well respected hero at the drop of a hat.
It would be the perfect time because he’d be able to get himself an ice vulpix and justify him singing Takeshi’s Paradise.
no, they need to do away with ash, even though that’s even more unlikely….
I’m suddenly reminded how much I hated Serena getting a haircut.
I don’t understand why y’all think it’s going to be a remake isn’t the NX a home console
We should be rooting for a Battle Revolution game
Rumours saying its a hybrid console/handheld
There are two ways to think of the NX at this point. A handheld and console or a hybrid. You pick.
It would be a great opportunity to continue with a third game taking place a few years after XD. Those two GameCube games are so underrated and much better then a few regular series games
XY sucked, too short, not enough story.
He was talking about XD, though I can see that you interpreted it as better than XY.
I was saying XY sucked and they are main series and Colo/XD are better.
Yeah. I want Miror B in HD 😀
I could forgive them for diverging from the Shadow Pokemon idea slightly though. It would be a good excuse to try out some new ideas, like a region that’s nothing but drastically different islands or making something heavily story centric, comparable to the films. The locations in the films almost always seem to outshine the games. The sea crown/palace from the Manaphy film, the castle and tree from the Lucario film, that tower that was based on the sagrada de famila for gen 4, and now the mechanical castle of Volcanion and Magearna. Heck, even Mewtwo’s palace from the first film was cooler than a fair number of places from the games.
Mewtwo’s palace is one of my favorite places ever
Yeah, if they really wanted to do something Kanto-based and impressive they would have stuck the island Mewtwo’s weird abandonned lab/fortress was on in the game and have the player confront and capture him like in the very first film :D.
What if: because we already got FRLG, and we just got RS remakes, which were also gen 3, they remade yellow, the third game?
I think they’re just re-making the main games of each generation:
– Firered and Leafgreen derived from Red and Green/Blue
– Heartgold and Soulsilver derived from Gold and Silver
– Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire derived from Ruby and Sapphire
– Sinnoh remakes based on Diamond and Pearl
– Unova remakes based on Black and White
– Kalos remakes based on X and Y
– Alola remakes based on Sun and Moon
They just add an adjective in the beginning of the name. I was actually hoping for a sequel to Diamond and Pearl instead of full-on remakes.
I feel like they should never have to remake Gen 6 onwards unless the graphics really get a boost or something.
Frankly I think they should stop at D&P, I think B&W are too modern to need a remake. Besides which they’ve got to the point where all the remakes are for different consoles from each other anyway.
I’ve gotten tired of the numerous NX rumours. Eurogamer, with their lack of information, managed to stir up the Nintendo news. Anyways, at this point the NX is either a console and handheld (Newest rumour is the leaked profile of Nintendo employees which states the NX console is embedded x86 and the handheld is ARM) or the fabled hybrid. Anyways, I’m sure it will be a port of Sun/Moon in potentially HD with some improved textures and added features. I don’t think it’s an outright new game unless GameFreak split their team. Honestly, who knows? I don’t know if this sources will be entirely quoteable. Take it as a rumour.
That would be a terrible marketing move on their part and could potentially deflate sales of Sun/Moon. Additionally, who knows how much they’re going to spend on the final marketing push with television adverts as television is still the largest and biggest marketing tool in Japan with more than half of the marketing budget usually shelved out just for television. I think they should release Sun/Moon, wait about a year for things to simmer down, and announce the HD and improved version of Sun/Moon for the NX and somehow let there be refurbishments for players who’ve already bought a copy for the 3DS to not only increase sales for the NX, but for the combined sales of Sun/Moon and HD Sun/Moon as well. Ideally they should also tie in the release of Sun/Moon with Pokemon Go as that has over 80 million players worldwide, so room for the marketing of HD Sun/Moon is nonexistent and would just take the limelight from the premier of the normal Sun/Moon games. As you said, if there’s even any factual grasps with the tenuous evidence considering how, “Jump the gun” the gaming community is.
Quite the lengthy post. I added Diamond and Pearl remakes. It’s a confusing bit. GameFreak would never release games this rapidly. Honestly, until I see an announcement it seems fishy.
I apologize, I love writing a little to much. Anywho, I agree. They should just focus on the marketing campaign of Sun/Moon and letting those truly succeed before making Disney-like business moves and killing the sales of their own products in favor of a newer, better version/product.
Nothing wrong with a long post when it makes sense, which yours did. At this point, I heavily doubt this. I believe that NX Pokemon games will be seen near the fall/winter of 2017.
Why do you get tired of them? Things change over the years, and with companies wanting to keep things very secret, most of the rumours are vague or already incorrect. Nobody wants to put their job on the line if they leak important details, as the top guys know what everybody knows in the company chain and if your leak would hurt the company, you can be sued for the total imaginary losses the company suffers (possibly billions). So that’s why these leaks are nothing really concrete and sometimes even controlled teasers to gauge market reaction.
As for the game, they still could make a third version on the hybrid, add some things here and there and give people more reasons to rebuy than just better graphics and connectivity. They haven’t done a third version in a while, but it’s still a possible solution.
I hope we don’t get an HD port of SM, but rather something else. If we got a port, I feel like they might hold back some features for the port, and I want the full experience. Plus I doubt that they’d do that, they’ve never ported a game, they didn’t with BW2, and that was close to the 3ds release.
So if Green Hair is joining Knucklehead I wonder what Pokemon she has on board
Obviously she must have a Lurantis or at the very least Fomantis
I don’t want to say Rowlet yet since Dummy usually catches the Grass Type Starters
Maybe a Bounsweet to fawn over,
And that’s it, I wanted to say Exeggecute but I dunno if that’s too on the nose
Well if this is true then that ruins my intentions to get the steel book off of amazon. lol If it’s coming to the NX then I’ll just get one normally for the 3DS and get the other for the NX lol
Just gonna put this out there, but Fomantis is too much like Petalil and Lurantis’ Legs look like Bell-bottoms made of uncooked bacon. Just sayin’
Well i guess that’s realistic because 6 months after the launch of the NX it’s alteady September.
Alot of the Main Games were released in September (in Japan).
If GF decides to put Diamond and Pearl remakes in the NX
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I would love DP remakes on NX. What do you have against it?
i dont want to buy the NX lol. i going to buy a 2DS and SM this year and the NX reallly doesnt call my attention…yet
Then just play the original Diamond and Pearl on it instead. Don’t bother buying the NX just to get the remake. I’m personally hoping that a remake for Diamond and Pearl will be made for the NX, for I do not want to buy the same game on a console that is backwards compatable, just like Twilight princess.
same guy who has new “info” has new stuff to share:
“So, each island has 4 trial captains, one for each type excluding Dark, and Fairy. On each island you battle each Trial Captain, and once beaten you can battle one of the four Totem Pokémon, they are: Gumshoos, Lurantis, Bruxish and Drampa. Once beaten, you recieve a “totem key” similar to badges, these become important later, and then you can battle the Four different Kahunas, who specialize Electric, Ghost, Fire and Psychic Pokémon. If you beat the Kahuna you will recieve a reward and can move to the next island. In the case of Hala, you get the Z-Ring.
Each Kahuna has a Z-Ring and the island’s Guardian Deity Pokémon. The last two types, Dark and Fairy, are what make up a battle on the man made island. Lillie specializes in Fairy, while her father the leader of the evil team uses Dark types.”
You know what? I think I could believe that. It makes sense that dark type STILL wouldn’t get some sort of gym lol
Link?
here’s the full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMoonSun/comments/4w359h/pok%C3%A9mon_sun_and_moon_news_confidential_info/
Reading the thread this sounds SO FAKE :p
Lol at 26 new ice types.
That smegma stole my Popplio name Searen
i bellieve this
No love(Mega/Alola Form) for Slowking =(
so…. theres a trial captain for electric ghost fire and psychic, followed by a kahuna battle with the same types? honestly that sounds awful.
Aren’t the trial captains are Grass, Water, Electric, Fire?
according to the “leak” above, theres a lot more captains than revealed.
Can GF please stop stereotyping Dark types…I know the translation is close to “evil” but they’ve basically shown that not all dark types are evil. I was hoping they’d get rid of their old bullshit ways with this new gen and they were doing a good job so far. I know it’s just a rumor but this sounds decently legit.
I definitely agree, considering that they’ve made multiple E4 Dark members.
EXACTLY. It really bugs me, which is ridiculous because it’s a friggen game
Especially when one of them, Karen, literally said play with your favs regardless of strength. That’s definitely an ‘evil’ statement 😛
I loved that advice 🙂 I don’t know what the issue is here. Clearly they love contradicting themselves
I highly doubt we get a port of SM to the NX or any remakes on it UNLESS there is a handheld device to compliment the system and make it portable. I could see stadium remakes or and HD Ranger game but not main series.
Also if you’re going to post potential spoilers, type it in a separate application and screenshot it, or space your comment out so readers have to click the “read more” tab. And don’t forget to label it as a spoiler. There are some readers that are not interested in potential spoilers, mainly because they don’t want the games ruined if they end up being true.
I can’t wait for Pokemon Z to be for 3DS and NX. Pokemon Z will feature 37 more new Kalos Pokemon plus the Southern Kalos Pokedex.
What?
sure it is
I wonder, with the open world Zelda on the NX do you guys think that an NX Pokemon game could be semi open world as well? Alola seems like a step in the right direction at least. Also, there has never been a generation that spans two consoles so do you guys think that, if the dubious HD sun and moon doesn’t happen, this gen will only contain SuMo? This rumor could mean a lot of things if true.